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Partnering For Postsecondary Success In Rural Texas, Allison Pennington
Partnering For Postsecondary Success In Rural Texas, Allison Pennington
The Foundation Review
Although students living in rural areas perform academically on par with their peers, they are less likely to complete a postsecondary credential due to geographic, economic, and other barriers. Greater Texas Foundation, a private grantmaker focused on postsecondary student success in Texas, fosters rural collaborations as part of its philanthropic strategy.
This article reflects on lessons learned by foundation staff from this strand of work. It describes innovative models for postsecondary support developed by the foundation’s rural partners, discusses the need to balance direct program support and capacity building, and emphasizes the importance of visiting rural communities in person.
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Coherent Assistance In Education Improvement: How Foundations Can Help, Ann Jaquith, Rosa Chavez
Coherent Assistance In Education Improvement: How Foundations Can Help, Ann Jaquith, Rosa Chavez
The Foundation Review
Philanthropic organizations are experimenting with ways to support capacity building in order to scale innovations and leverage funding for greater social impact. Increasingly, philanthropies are also attending to their own organizational needs for learning in order to inform strategy, shape future work, and measure effectiveness.
This article shares the lessons of the Aligned Partners Project, a three-year study of a foundation-funded interorganizational collaboration to align the work of three technical assistance organizations to meet the needs of one school district. It identifies challenges to providing coherent assistance as well as grantmaking practices that could address them.
A foundation seeking to …