Rockford Schools Receive $400000 Grant
Foundation: Joyce Foundation
Rockford wasn't the only beneficiary of Joyce grants. The Foundation also awarded money to school districts in Madison Wis; Columbus, Ohio;...more

Joyce Foundation Grants $3M to Expand College and Career Pathways
Foundation: Joyce Foundation
BLAZE A TRAIL: Four Great Lakes communities will soon get help ensuring their students are ready for lasting success in their education, careers...more

RPS 205 receives Joyce Foundation Grant
Foundation: Joyce Foundation
Alignment Rockford and Rockford Public Schools will be awarded $400,000 over two years. The grant includes hands-on technical support...more

Joyce Foundation's $3 million grant to expand college and career pathways in Great Lakes ...
Foundation: Joyce Foundation
A $3 million Joyce grant announced today will provide each community with ... "College and career pathways transform high school by making...more

Rockford schools win $400k grant, named to Great Lakes College and Career Pathway Partnership
Foundation: Joyce Foundation
CHICAGO – The Rockford School District and Alignment Rockford have won $400,000 and been named to an elite regional partnership aimed...more

MinnPost and VOSD launch joint Knight-funded project to build membership and sustainability
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Northwest Area Foundation, Otto Bremer Foundation, Brown Foundation, Bush Foundation, Joyce Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis Foundation
Thanks to a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the organizations will engage in a two-stage process over the next two-plus years:...more

Following the money in public education
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ford Foundation, Joyce Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, Wallace Foundation
A major study of public education philanthropy found that education reforms have been accompanied over the last decade by a shift in financial support from private foundations. The biggest example is...more

A blueprint to end poverty
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Northwest Area Foundation, Brown Foundation, Joyce Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis Foundation
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is convening a task force to examine and recommend solutions to homelessness in St. Paul. He has tapped two leaders, Carleen Rhodes of the Minnesota Community Foundation...more

Joyce Foundation awards grant to Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism ...
Foundation: Joyce Foundation
The $100,000 grant from the Chicago-based foundation, to be split by the two nonprofit news organizations, will fund coverage of political reform, environmental protection and gun violence issues in...more

Philanthropy: The Hope of Many Disenfranchised Voters
Foundation: Joyce Foundation, Open Society Foundations
Philanthropy should be concerned about who doesn't get to vote and the Alliance for Justice states that foundations can play a vital role by lawfully doing the following: Support efforts ... But...more