Today at the final day of the Business-Higher Education Forum’s (BHEF) Spring 2025 Convening, BHEF and Trellis Foundation announced a $500,000 investment to BHEF to expand the Workforce Partnership Initiative: Texas (WPI Texas) to new communities across the state of Texas. Hosted by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo President and BHEF Vice Chair Jeff [...]
CHILDREN AT RISK (C@R) is excited to announce we have received a $200,000 grant from the Trellis Foundation to strengthen our advocacy initiatives supporting Opportunity Youth and Young Adults (OYYA) across Texas. This critical funding will power our efforts to improve outcomes for young Texans aged 16-24 who are disconnected from both education and [...]
In December 2024, the Trellis Foundation made an investment of $450,000 to UP Partnership to enhance college and career advising, support students’ postsecondary success, and advance data-driven decision-making. This investment will help to maximize the impact of the Future Ready Bexar County Plan. Launched in April 2022, the Future Ready Bexar County Plan brings [...]
Region One Education Service Center (Region One) was awarded $450,000 for a span of three years to re-engage students ages 18-26 and assist them with earning a high school diploma and post-secondary credential, paving the way to successful careers. The award was provided by the Trellis Foundation, an organization that focuses on improving post-secondary [...]
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 [...]
