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.
WHERE: Log on to the Lumina website at http://www.luminafoundation.org to watch the announcement of The "NextGen" winners and to learn how their planning grants will harness the power of...more
On Monday, the Lumina Foundation, a private foundation based in Indianapolis, announced grants worth $7.2 million to coalitions in states with growing Latino populations. The North Carolina project,...more
Other accreditors and major organizations interested in grants to test the Degree Profile should contact Lumina Foundation. During the course of experimentation with WASC, HLC and CIC, which could...more
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Several Foundations are offering upto half a billion dollars to match federal grants that encourage education reform which will take the pressure off schools scrambling to find matching dollars they...more
A coalition of 12 foundations have offered up to $500 million to match federal grants that support educational reform.
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Twelve foundations will be spending $506 million this year on grants designed to bolster a new $650 million federal grant program for the expansion of innovative school improvement projects.
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