Lumina Foundation



Lumina Foundation is a private, independent foundation established in Indianapolis since August 2000. They are the nation's largest foundation dedicated to increasing students' access to and success in post-secondary education.


The mission of the foundation is to increase the percentage of Americans who hold high-quality degrees and credentials to 60% by 2025.


The foundation have worked with and made grants to many colleges, peer foundations, associations, and other organizations to improve student access and outcomes across the nation.

Web Address

www.luminafoundation.org

Social Media Links

Twitter - @LuminaFound

Foundation Grants and Resources





    

Recent News from Lumina Foundation


Republicans want Clinton Foundation investigated
Foundation: International Youth Foundation, Lumina Foundation

William S. Reese, the president and CEO of the International Youth Foundation, has said federal grants “have been awarded following all...more

Lumina Foundation Announces Strategic Social Investment Strategy
Foundation: Lumina Foundation

Lumina Foundation is striving to help close the gap between the number of college graduates in the United States. Their focus is to be to partner with investors that share the same approach as...more

Editorial: Building a future for our region's children
Foundation: Lumina Foundation, Southwest Florida Community Foundation

Spearheaded by the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, the goals of the coalition are to improve post-secondary graduation rates...more

Edtech Startup Credly Raises $2.5M Seed Round From VCs, Lumina Foundation
Foundation: Lumina Foundation

The foundation formerly made grants directly to schools such as Indiana University for college retention programs and other higher...more

Who Does Gates Fund for "General Operating Support"?
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Lumina Foundation

On its website, the Gates Foundation makes it clear that it often initiates contact with organizations to apply for specific grants and that it does not...more

Goal is greater impact with fewer, but larger, grant awards
Foundation: Community Foundation of the Ozarks, Lumina Foundation

With our Metro Springfield grant rounds completed for 2014-15, the Community Foundation of the Ozarks awarded $268,393 to...more

Coalition launches, hopes to improve degree achievement
Foundation: Lumina Foundation, Southwest Florida Community Foundation

Sarah Owen, president and CEO of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, said 27 percent of the workforce in Lee, Collier, Charlotte,...more

Gates Foundation announces four priority policy areas on college completion, with data system to ...
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Spencer Foundation

In addition, future grantees in higher education will be required to use the metrics, the foundation said. That means measuring how grant money...more



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