Arnold Ventures (AV) is a nonpartisan philanthropy whose core mission is to invest in evidence-based solutions that maximize opportunity and minimize injustice. The Higher Education initiative seeks to identify and scale effective practices that improve student success and address equity gaps in higher education.
To strengthen Africa’s higher education sector by improving the training, retention, and research productivity of academics in select countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
The Bob Woodruff Foundation invests in programs that help our service members, veterans, their families and caregivers thrive.
The Bob Woodruff Foundation Grants Program funds programmatic efforts serving the military/veteran community. BWF focuses on programs that improve overall health and wellbeing of service members, veterans, their families, and caregivers. We are interested in programs that:
Presently, the U.S. immigration system keeps too many from fully participating in the American experience—to the detriment of our society. Reforms that incentivize legal immigration and welcome the majority of prospective immigrants, while preventing those who would come to do us harm, can yield safer communities and a stronger economy.
The Higher Education Program welcomes excellent, innovative proposals from colleges and universities and the organizations that support them. The program encourages inquiries from institutions that are less well-resourced and/or that serve disadvantaged or marginalized communities.
Higher education program grants have several characteristics:
Open year-round, reviews applications on a rolling basis, and funds innovations in any sector and in any country where USAID operates.
Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) is USAID’s open innovation program that tests and scales creative solutions to any global development challenge. By investing in breakthrough innovations driven by rigorous evidence, USAID impacts millions of lives at a fraction of the usual cost.
The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation has always recognized the power of providing grants to partner organizations that we knew were already working hard to improve the lives of urban children living in poverty. By aligning with organizations that are already making a difference, we continue to make an immediate impact on the lives of thousands of children.