Grantor Name: Accelerate ED: Seamless Pathways to Degrees and Careers, a part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Program Name: ElevateEdAZ – Advanced Manufacturing Career Connected Pathways
Grant Amount: $175,000
Recipient Name: Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation
Overview of Use of Funds: Good Works Grant Writing is delighted to congratulate our client, the Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation (the Foundation), for being selected to receive a $175,000 Accelerate ED grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Funding will support ElevateEdAZ, the Foundation’s strategic education initiative that aligns students with high-wage, in-demand jobs, preparing them to graduate with industry-recognized credentials, early postsecondary credit, and professional relationships. By leveraging the Foundation’s industry connections to connect secondary education to workforce needs, ElevateEdAZ improves educational and economic results for low-income students.
Overview of Grant Objective/Impact: ElevateEdAZ will participate in Accelerate ED: Seamless Pathways to Degrees and Careers. The initiative is a part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation featuring technical assistance, grant support, coaching, and opportunities to work with an advanced practice community as the ElevateEdAZ scales up strategies to expand free pathway models for high school youth that result in the achievement of an associate degree by year 13. For ElevateEdAZ, it will scale up its Career and Technical Education pathways aligned to high-wage, high-demand occupational pathways. These efforts will focus specifically on advanced manufacturing as a model pathway to increase student outcomes to attaining 30 early post-secondary credits of dual enrollment and a clear transition strategy to community colleges.