Expanding educational horizons for Texas students
Big state.
Big challenges.
Let’s create
big opportunity.
We partner with educational institutions, organizations, and state leaders to help more students earn a postsecondary credential that puts them on a path to success.
Sharing our resources and expertise, we work with other changemakers to improve access to postsecondary education and enhance completion for all kinds of students.
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Together we can help students see beyond the horizon and into a brighter future for themselves. We make grants, convene leaders, form partnerships, fund research, and share knowledge.
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Rural Roscoe Collegiate ISD is helping students thrive after graduation with Early College High School and valuable workforce certifications that give them meaningful job opportunities in the local economy.
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Funding from Greater Texas Foundation is bringing this successful model to other school districts in Texas and across the nation.
By 2036, 71% of jobs will require some college education, but only 23% of Texas students currently earn a degree or credential after high school.
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Recent News
Grant Announcement: Data-Driven Investments in the Workforce of the Future
A $600,000 grant from Greater Texas Foundation will support Texas 2036 in its efforts to create a unique, robust, and multi-faceted set of data infrastructures
Grant Announcement: A Community-Based Study on the Impact of Texas’s SB17 on Marginalized College-Going Students
With a $299,999 grant from Greater Texas Foundation, IDRA will conduct actionable research on the impact to marginalized college-going students of Texas’s Senate Bill 17
Grant Announcement: Expanded Systems of Support for Students at Texas Colleges and Universities
Greater Texas Foundation is pleased to announce a $300,000 grant to EMERGE to help more high achieving low-income students in the Houston region connect with
Greater Texas Foundation courageously provides leadership and resources to the era-defining issue of postsecondary success for all students.”
-Hector Bojorquez, Intercultural Development Research Association
