At their September 2024 meeting, the Trellis Foundation Board of Directors approved over $2 million in grants, bringing the total giving for the Foundation’s fiscal year to $10.6 million. Approved grants include awards to: Region One Education Service Center: $450,000 to re-engage students ages 18-26 and assist them with earning a high school diploma [...]
This fall, as nearly 650,000 Texas students step onto local community college campuses, they will be filled with excitement and hope at taking the next big step in their lives to achieve their academic and professional goals. Of course, those feelings will often be mixed. The pressures of being a college student—with tuition payments, homework and [...]
At their meeting in June 2024, the Trellis Foundation board of directors approved more than $3 million in new grant awards, including: A $370,000 grant to the Alliance for College & Career Student Success (ACCSS) to support a partnership between six rural school districts and Blinn College District. The ACCSS project offers academic/career support [...]
In the spring of 2024, the Trellis Foundation board of directors approved $2.9 million in new grant awards, including: An investment of $1 million for the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute and the Texas Success Center to develop and implement Minding College Minds, an initiative that includes a first-ever postsecondary mental health framework, curriculum, [...]
Trellis Foundation and the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute are hosting the 2024 Higher Education Policy Summit in Austin on April 19. The summit connects national and state thought leaders, policymakers, elected officials, and practitioners to discuss opportunities to improve the mental health and wellbeing of college students as a key strategy for improving [...]
Trellis Foundation, a public charitable organization focused on improving college attainment for low-income students and students of color in Texas, has announced the appointments of Ms. Dora Ann Verde as chair and Ms. Alma Garcia as vice chair to its board of directors. Ms. Verde will assume the role of chair from Dr. Mark [...]
In the fall of 2023, the Trellis Foundation board of directors approved over $2 million in new grant awards, including: A total of $1 million to four advocacy nonprofits to support the participation of Texas college students in policy fellowship programs: The Education Trust in Texas, Every Texan, IDRA, and Young Invincibles. A $110,000 [...]
Today, the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT), in partnership with the National Head Start Association (NHSA), launched “Kids on Campus.” Trellis Foundation is proud to support this five-year initiative to bring more Head Start centers to community college campuses throughout the country. Read the press release from ACCT & NHSA. >> “Nearly a [...]
The Lee College Foundation has received a $750,000 grant from the Greater Texas Foundation and Trellis Foundation to launch a new program to help incarcerated students complete their college degrees and certificates once they are released from prison. The “Pathways from Prison to Postsecondary Education” project offers individuals leaving the justice system a chance [...]
Trellis Foundation is pleased to announce $1 million in total awards to four advocacy nonprofits to support the participation of Texas college students in policy fellowships programs. “We’re proud to support expanded capacity for these organizations who share a commitment to equitable access and outcomes for students in higher education,” said Trellis Foundation’s Executive [...]
