To support its nonpartisan policy analysis and advocacy efforts to ensure that every child in Colorado has access to a school that will help them thrive.
To seed the Colorado Pay It Forward Fund which provides innovative, student-centric and outcomes-focused financing for workforce training and upskilling for low-income Coloradans through partnerships with highly-vetted training programs.
2023
Education
$1,000,000
The Colorado Education Initiative
Advance opportunity pathways policy and programs in Colorado, providing statewide thought leadership, implementation support, and meeting convening with cross-sector partners.
To provide support for extensive programming for evaluators and field building efforts through Expanding The Bench, provides opportunities for community and relationship building and learning among the entire evaluation ecosystem.
To advance education opportunity pathways in Colorado through the engagement of business and industry.
2023
Education
$75,000
Education Reform Now, Inc.
To gather public and stakeholder discussion on K-12 accountability issues in Colorado, including how to integrate workforce readiness outcomes into the state accountability system.
To support policy advocacy efforts in its Colorado, Georgia and Tennessee chapters, and continue the development of policy guidance, national tools and communications efforts to serve its broader network and the education reform movement more widely
To increase the number of Denver youth participating in high-quality career pathways, improve data sharing and transparency and support an enabling environment for permeable career pathways
