Thousands of Indiana 4-year-olds from low-income families lack access to high-quality pre-K. We support efforts along the education continuum – including postsecondary education and workforce development initiatives – that build a community’s talent pool.
In an effort to provide support and resources for existing and emerging child care providers, Glick Philanthropies partnered with Child Care Answers to launch the Strengthen Indy Child Care Grant program. This partnership creates opportunities for aspiring child care providers to start their child care programs and for existing providers to expand and improve the quality of their programs in eleven high-need zip codes.
Bottom Line is a national nonprofit dedicated to advancing economic mobility by helping low-income and first-generation students get into and complete college. Its Indiana Demonstration Project provides intensive, individualized coaching for students to support persistence, degree completion, and career readiness.
Stand for Children Indiana partners with parents to support their children’s education journey and to become strong advocates. Its Just and Equitable IPS initiative engages parents and students in the work of the new Indianapolis Public Education Corporation (IPEC).
Brightlane Learning works to break the cycle of homelessness. By providing personalized academic support to students—and critical guidance to their families and caregivers—they interrupt the cycle of homelessness with the power of education.
Circle City Prep implements targeted academic initiatives to support multilingual learners and students performing three or more years below grade level.
Dream Alive is an Indy-based mentorship program like no other. They make a seven-year commitment, beginning in 6th grade, to help students excel through high school, partnering with Indiana companies to provide character lessons, career-based field trips, and various mentoring programs. The students graduate at higher rates, experience fewer disciplinary challenges, and achieve better academic outcomes.
Exponentia Prime is closing the math opportunity gap by providing Black, Brown, and urban students with enriching and engaging high-level math learning experiences. They get students excited about math and build their problem-solving skills and confidence with fun and challenging learning events and materials.
La Plaza’s mission is to support and empower the Latino community of Indianapolis through advocacy, education, and services. Tu Futuro is a program for Latino students in high school that teaches important academic, social, college, and career readiness skills that encourage students to graduate from high school and pursue a postsecondary education.
MelanatED Leaders builds a powerful community of education leaders of color across Indianapolis to inspire, educate, and edify each other for students of color. Their vision is that every school or entity that supports students of color is led by a leader of color at every level.
Teach Indy seeks to elevate the teaching profession so that teachers can experience fulfilling and sustainable careers and students can achieve the outcomes they deserve. They do this by:
Teach Plus Indiana’s mission is to empower excellent, experienced, and diverse teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that advance equity, opportunity, and student success. Through their programs, teachers from across the state learn how policy is made and how it impacts their classroom.
The Mind Trust works to improve academic outcomes by ensuring students have access to an excellent education that enables them to reach their full potential.
The mission of Youth Global Perspectives is to provide underprivileged youth with immersive cultural experiences that encourage them to understand their own, as well as other, cultures and share their perspectives.
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Preserve and expand quality affordable housing that supports resident well-being
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Increase economic mobility by decreasing barriers to employment and education
Close achievement gaps in early childhood, K-12, and postsecondary education
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