Tag: W.K. Kellogg Foundation

STEM

MACH-III Receives Almost $1.5M to Strengthen STEM Teacher Pipeline

To increase the number of Black male science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers at the P-12 level, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation has provided close to $1.5M in funding to Prairie View A&M University’s Minority Achievement, Creativity and High-Ability Center (MACH-III). For low-income Black youth, being taught by at least one Black teacher in third, […]

March 5, 2021

News Roundup

AAC&U Report Highlights Results of Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Centers Effort

As part of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers effort, 10 colleges and universities used TRHT’s framework to address campus racism. Now, in a new report from the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), each of the 10 institutions describe the changes they made to address racial […]

July 2, 2020

COVID-19

In Light of COVID-19, Five Foundations to Increase Support for Higher Education, Other Nonprofits

Recognizing the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, five foundations have jointly agreed to commit $1.7 billion to the nonprofit sector, including higher education, the arts and humanities, and racial equity and social justice. This financial commitment by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the John D. & […]

June 12, 2020

News Roundup

Xavier University Center Gets $500,000 Kellogg Grant

Xavier University has received a $500,000 grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to fund the Center for Equity, Justice, and the Human Spirit at the Louisiana HBCU. The grant will fund initiatives aimed at building leaders, improving child well-being and advancing community engagement and racial equity through a focus on building stronger ties between […]

June 9, 2019