Funding search · higher education access · Texas
Who funds higher education access work in Texas
11 funders have a record of paying for higher education access work by Texas recipients: 24 grants totaling $5.2M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Michael & Susan Dell Foundation ($2.6M), Greater Texas Foundation ($1.8M) and The Kresge Foundation ($250,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Texas recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $582,000 to Breakthrough Central Texas — transforming first generation student success in central texas
Largest: $400,000 to TEXAS A&M FOUNDATION — to support the capabilities of rural school districts to provide college access advising.
Largest: $100,000 to COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS — this general operating grant will enable the texas college access network (txcan) to address the covid-19 pandemics negative impact on fafsa completion, college enrollment, and gra…
Largest: $25,000 to UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS — first generation student program
Largest: $250,000 to University of Dallas — support the constantin scholars program for low-income first generation students
Largest: $5,000 to PROJECT GRAD HOUSTON — project grad houston-college access and success programming
Largest: $83,000 to Catch the Next — toward expanding programs to increase the postsecondary completion rates for latino and first-generation students in north texas
Largest: $100,000 to KETTERING UNIVERSITY — increase college access to under-represented or under-resourced students.
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1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to INSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATIONSEMESTER AT SEA — to support the gaylen little family gap year and first generation student scholarship fund
Largest: $50,000 to WONDERWORKS — support of expanding and enhancing wonderwork's arts and humanities, and college access projects
Largest: $9,836 to COLLEGE FORWARD — to fund a low-cost randomized controlled trial on the grantees college access and completion programs.
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