The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation uses business-based practices to accelerate our global philanthropic work. We align performance management principles with our mission.
We fund social enterprises that directly serve or impact children or youth from urban low-income communities in the areas of education, health, and family economic stability (including livelihoods and financial services). These social enterprises may be structured as for-profit or nonprofit entities.
Our Focus Areas
ECMC Foundation enables postsecondary success by investing in ideas, institutions, and innovations that help learners persist, complete their credentials, and move into meaningful careers. Through strategic grantmaking, mission-aligned investments, and a clear North Star goal that guides our work, we partner with organizations across the country to strengthen systems and support for learners furthest from opportunities.
Encompassing all of our core program areas, Community Impact Grants respond to the diverse needs in each of the communities we serve across Arizona. Additional consideration is given to programs that serve under-resourced populations.
Save the date for the second annual Hopeful Horizons: ASU Language and Literacy Conference, hosted by ASU's Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation!
This free, virtual conference will bring together educators and advocates of K–8 learning to explore topics designed to empower diverse learners through inclusive, research-based literacy and language practices that honor culture, identity, and community. Enhance your literacy practices while earning professional development credits.
Join us for a spring sports event! MLFC will join W.P. Carey to pack the pool. Come cheer on our women's water polo team as they take on Fresno State!
The game starts at 6 p.m. at Mona Plummer Aquatic Complex, 601 S College Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281.
Admission is free but limited—get there early and be ready to cheer!
The Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation is proud of the many accomplishments our graduates achieved during their college career. Students, families, friends and mentors are encouraged to attend the convocation ceremony and cheer for their loved ones as our MLFC graduates cross the stage and receive their diploma cover.
AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of the country’s most pressing challenges through national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps members serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities and those serving.
Through STEM Convergence, we seek to transform the STEM ecosystem into an inclusive and accessible space where girls and women, especially from underserved communities, study, work, and thrive in healthy and supportive environments.
If interested, please complete the online Proposal Intake Form by February 3, 2026.
Millions of young people turn to youth-serving organizations to enrich their lives through after-school programs, summer learning, youth sports and other evidence-based activities that support their learning and development. As demand for these integrated student supports grows, so does the need to sustain a skilled youth-focused workforce.