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Technical Assistance Fund is sponsored by Lumina Foundation For Education Inc.. Provides quick-turnaround microgrants to support capacity-building activities such as convenings, travel, stakeholder engagement, state data analysis, marketing campaigns, and strategic consulting. The fund is divided into Level 2 grants ($5,001-$15,000) and Level 3 grants ($15,001-$25,000).
Geographic focus: United States (State-level entities)
Focus areas: Postsecondary Education, State Policy, Data Analysis, Capacity Building
Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt:
Lumina Foundation grant and corporate sponsorship information Today's Students at a Glance Financially Stressed Students First-Generation Students Minority-Serving Institutions Quality in Higher Learning Expanding the share of Americans with education and training after high school Education Attainment Levels Higher Education Redesigned An index of news stories, blog posts from Lumina staff, events, speeches, grantee and partner news, as well as daily higher ed headlines. Tools and takeaways from our efforts to create a better-educated nation. Equity in Education → Disparities in Higher Learning Talking about Education and Race History of Federal Student Aid A Stronger Nation data tool → Local Talent Handbook → The next chapter of A Stronger Nation: From progress to payoff From Campus to Career: We’re looking to fund ideas that connect experiences to career preparation We envision a system that is easy to navigate, delivers fair results, and meets the nation’s need for talent through a broad range of credentials. How Our Philanthropy Works Your Experience with Lumina’s Grant Process Today's Students at a Glance Financially Stressed Students First-Generation Students Today’s Institutions → Minority-Serving Institutions Today’s Credentials → Quality in Higher Learning Expanding the share of Americans with education and training after high school Education Attainment Levels → Higher Education Redesigned → Education for Impact → An index of news stories, blog posts from Lumina staff, events, speeches, grantee and partner news, as well as daily higher ed headlines. Lumina News & Blog → Tools and takeaways from our efforts to create a better-educated nation. Equity in Education → Disparities in Higher Learning Talking about Education and Race History of Federal Student Aid A Stronger Nation data tool → Local Talent Handbook → We envision a system that is easy to navigate, delivers fair results, and meets the nation’s need for talent through a broad range of credentials. How Our Philanthropy Works Your Experience with Lumina’s Grant Process Expand your reach with support from Lumina. L umina Foundation believes that education provides the basis for individual opportunity, economic vitality, and social stability. With its partners, Lumina works toward a goal of 75 percent of Americans with a college degree, workforce certificate, or another high-quality credential beyond high school by 2040. Lumina’s outcomes-based approach focuses on helping to design and build an equitable, accessible, responsive, and accountable post-high school education system for all. While we recognize there are many worthy ideas and organizations, Lumina does not accept or respond to unsolicited requests/letters of inquiry . Our grantmaking is primarily proactive in nature, where we solicit ideas directly
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Lumina Foundation grant and corporate sponsorship information Today's Students at a Glance Financially Stressed Students First-Generation Students Minority-Serving Institutions Quality in Higher Learning Expanding the share of Americans with education and training after high school Education Attainment Levels Higher Education Redesigned An index of news stories, blog posts from Lumina staff, events, speeches, grantee and partner news, as well as daily higher ed headlines.
Tools and takeaways from our efforts to create a better-educated nation.
Equity in Education → Disparities in Higher Learning Talking about Education and Race History of Federal Student Aid A Stronger Nation data tool → Local Talent Handbook → The next chapter of A Stronger Nation: From progress to payoff From Campus to Career: We’re looking to fund ideas that connect experiences to career preparation We envision a system that is easy to navigate, delivers fair results, and meets the nation’s need for talent through a broad range of credentials.
How Our Philanthropy Works Your Experience with Lumina’s Grant Process Today's Students at a Glance Financially Stressed Students First-Generation Students Today’s Institutions → Minority-Serving Institutions Today’s Credentials → Quality in Higher Learning Expanding the share of Americans with education and training after high school Education Attainment Levels → Higher Education Redesigned → Education for Impact → An index of news stories, blog posts from Lumina staff, events, speeches, grantee and partner news, as well as daily higher ed headlines.
Lumina News & Blog → Tools and takeaways from our efforts to create a better-educated nation. Equity in Education → Disparities in Higher Learning Talking about Education and Race History of Federal Student Aid A Stronger Nation data tool → Local Talent Handbook → We envision a system that is easy to navigate, delivers fair results, and meets the nation’s need for talent through a broad range of credentials.
How Our Philanthropy Works Your Experience with Lumina’s Grant Process Expand your reach with support from Lumina. L umina Foundation believes that education provides the basis for individual opportunity, economic vitality, and social stability. With its partners, Lumina works toward a goal of 75 percent of Americans with a college degree, workforce certificate, or another high-quality credential beyond high school by 2040.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: State governmental agencies and state-focused nonprofit organizations. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates Up to $25,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
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View Foundation ProfileApplication snapshot: target deadline rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows; published funding information Up to $25,000; eligibility guidance State governmental agencies and state-focused nonprofit organizations.
Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
Lumina’s outcomes-based approach focuses on helping to design and build an equitable, accessible, responsive, and accountable post-high school education system for all. While we recognize there are many worthy ideas and organizations, Lumina does not accept or respond to unsolicited requests/letters of inquiry .
Our grantmaking is primarily proactive in nature, where we solicit ideas directly from partners based on their unique capacities to leverage large-scale systemic change. Periodically, we hold open Request for Proposals (RFPs) or calls for work around specific topics which are announced on our website. For more information, see the Lumina Grantee FAQ.
We also offer investment capital for strategic social initiatives through Lumina Impact Ventures . Current grantees should review the Grantee Resources page for details on Lumina’s grant management process and to access Grantee Reporting Forms. To comment on Lumina’s grant process, please use the Grantee Feedback form .
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