Our Funders
The first decade at CUE has been a period of intensive research and development. Beginning with the theoretically grounded model, the Diversity Scorecard, now called the Equity Scorecard™, and eventually expanding into in-depth examinations of transfer barriers; pathways to science, technology, engineering and mathematics degrees for Latina and Latino students; benchmarking; and Institutes for Equity and Critical Policy Analysis, CUE has thrived in its first ten years as a result of the generous support from the following major foundations:
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Corporation of New York, which was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 “to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding,” is one of the oldest, largest and most influential of American grantmaking foundations. Andrew Carnegie envisioned Carnegie Corporation as a foundation that would “promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.” In keeping with this mandate, our work incorporates an affirmation of our historic role as an education foundation but also honors Andrew Carnegie's passion for international peace and the health of our democracy.
The Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges
The mission of the California Community Colleges Board of Governors and the state Chancellor's Office is to empower the community colleges through leadership, advocacy and support.
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is a private, independent foundation established by Jack Kent Cooke to help exceptionally promising students reach their full potential through education. Launched in 2000, the Foundation focuses in particular on students with financial need. The Foundation's scholarship and direct service programs support the education of approximately 650 remarkable students each year, while our grant making allows thousands more to engage in challenging educational experiences.
The Ford Foundation supports visionary leaders and organizations on the frontlines of social change worldwide. Created with gifts and bequests by Edsel and Henry Ford, the foundation is an independent, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, with its own board, and is entirely separate from the Ford Motor Company. The trustees of the foundation set policy and delegate authority to the president and senior staff for the foundation’s grant making and operations. Program officers in the United States, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America explore opportunities to pursue the foundation’s goals, formulate strategies and recommend proposals for funding.
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has been making grants since 1967 to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. The Foundation's programs have ambitious goals that include: helping to reduce global poverty, limiting the risk of climate change, improving education for students in California and elsewhere, improving reproductive health and rights worldwide, supporting vibrant performing arts in our community, advancing the field of philanthropy, and supporting disadvantaged communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.
James Irvine, a California agricultural pioneer, established the Foundation in 1937 to benefit the people of California. Since then, the Foundation has met the objectives of its founder by providing more than $1 billion in grants to over 3,000 nonprofit organizations across the state.
The Walter S. Johnson Foundation seeks to help youth become successful adults by preparing them to participate fully in their education, their workplaces and their communities.
Lumina Foundation for Education
Lumina Foundation for Education, an Indianapolis-based, private, independent foundation, strives to help people achieve their potential by expanding access to and success in education beyond high school.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of about $6.9 billion (FY 2010), we are the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing.
Nellie Mae Education Foundation
The Nellie Mae Education Foundation is New England’s largest public charity dedicated solely to preparing all the region’s learners for success. The Foundation and its precursors have been strategically investing in the future of New England since 1990. In that year, the Nellie Mae Corporation, a nonprofit education-financing company, created the Fund for Education, pioneering philanthropy within the student loan industry. Over the next eight years, the Fund for Education provided $5 million in grants and support to advance more than 300 education programs throughout the region. In 1998, the Nellie Mae Foundation was formed.
The following year’s purchase of Nellie Mae Corporation by Sallie Mae (SLM Holding Corporation) created the endowment for what is currently the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.
The Teagle Foundation provides leadership for liberal education, mobilizing the intellectual and financial resources that are necessary if today's students are to have access to a challenging and transformative liberal education. The Foundation's commitment to such education includes its grantmaking to institutions of higher education across the country, its long-established scholarship program for the children of employees of ExxonMobil, and its work helping economically disadvantaged young people in New York City—where the Foundation is based—gain admission to college and succeed once there.