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School Comes First? Non-Traditional Students and “Hidden Curriculum”
School comes first. It is a phrase we often hear from our parents and teachers from a young age, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing your focus on schoolwork. Even in graduate school, while pursuing [...]
Get to Know Jesus Perales
It is a pleasure to join the Trellis Foundation as Program Officer. As an immigrant and first-generation college graduate, increasing higher education attainment for under-resourced communities is a deeply personal mission. My parents, who [...]
Fall 2023 Grant Awards
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 [...]
Kids on Campus: Supporting Childcare for Student Parents in Texas
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 [...]
Lee College Awarded $750,000 to Launch Innovative Pathway Program for Incarcerated Students
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 [...]
Trellis Foundation Announces $1M in Grants Supporting Higher Education Policy Fellowships
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 [...]