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Known for decades as Great Lakes, we're now Ascendium Education Group. While our name has changed, our mission remains the same: helping people reach the education and career goals that matter to them. We invest in projects designed to increase the number of students from low-income backgrounds who complete postsecondary degrees, certificates, apprenticeships and internships, with an emphasis on first-generation students, incarcerated adults, rural community members, students of color and veterans. Our work identifies, validates and expands best practices to promote large-scale change at the institutional, system and state levels — with the intention of elevating opportunity for all.
Hawkeye Community College
$59,500
2016-2018 Dash Emergency Grant Program
Loras College
$410,540
2015-2018 Career Ready Internship Grant
Simpson College
$134,200
2014-2015 Career Ready Internship Grant
Grant sizes vary.
Rolling basis; see website for details.
Applicants must be one of the following types of organization: nonprofit, Title IV-eligible, institution of higher education OR community-based nonprofit organization, classified as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.