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Fall 2024 Grant Awards
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: [...]
Empowering Nontraditional Students
In my previous blog, I shared my experiences as a nontraditional student trying to complete the hidden graduate school curriculum - those unspoken expectations and necessities for successful degree completion - while finding employment [...]
Meadows Institute to Launch Minding College Minds Learning Community to Increase Mental Health Services at Texas Community Colleges
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 [...]
Cultivating Collaboration: Lessons from Gardening for a Thriving Social Sector
As we close the values blog series sharing Trellis Foundation staff reflections on our values, it’s fitting that we end where our social sector begins: collaboration. In Kristin’s introductory post, she pointed to the [...]
Making Informed Decisions: Beyond the Data
In highlighting data-informed decisions as a core value, the Trellis Foundation is elevating just one element of our greater commitment as a learning organization. For over a decade, the philanthropic sector has explored “What [...]
Integrity in Grantmaking: Improving Accessibility, Clarity, and Transparency
It’s never easy to say “no.” There are power dynamics in philanthropy that need to shift, and processes that favor funders and waste applicants' time need to be changed. There are myriad examples of [...]