Research funder · United States
Lumina Foundation
Non-profit educational organization
- Grants since 2016
- 200
- Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published)
- $61.7M
- Funded works, last 5 years
- 23
- Funded works, all time
- 155
Grants
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To engage and educate higher education stakeholders on the scope, requirements, and uses of IPEDS, both current and emerging.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support public universities and community colleges in IL with the implementation of the Supporting Universities and Colleges on Creating Equitable Student Success (SUCCESS) initiative.
Illinois Community College System Foundation
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support the Hope Center in examining federal policy solutions and investments that secure students’ basic needs and provide economic mobility in higher education
Temple University – Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To provide learning sessions and practical resources for advancement professionals to support today’s students.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support the expansion of Third Way Civics
Ball State University Foundation
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To develop a landscape scan of existing adult literacy and numeracy supports in community college workforce programs.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To launch a national cohort of higher education institutions that are exploring, implementing, or scaling career-integrated holistic advising practices.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support the newsgathering rights of journalists and news organizations in Indiana through legal resources and training.
Reporters Committee For Freedom Of The Press
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support CivicLab to strengthen higher education and employer relationships.
Columbus Learning Center Management Corporation
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support non-partisan efforts to provide professional development on higher education policy to Congressional staff and the larger higher education community and to support expanded data-related initiatives
Postsecondary National Policy Institute
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To expand access to substate employment projections for state workforce boards.
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support the development of tools to assist community college leaders deliver better short-term programs.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To provide direct and indirect consultative higher education policy and strategy support to states, policy leaders, and Lumina Foundation Public Policy team.
Education Trust, Inc.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support free expression and academic freedom
Pen America
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support CUNY Beyond systemwide effort to embed career connections into every facet of a student’s college journey.
Research Foundation Of Cuny
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To advance Lumina’s public policy priorities among state legislators.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To implement education for HR leaders and hiring managers on skills-first hiring and advancement strategies.
Society For Human Resources Management Foundation
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To provide technical assistance to support two institutions in re-engaging students who lost financial aid due to Satisfactory Academic Progress policies
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support the University of Texas System’s work on labor-market aligned Major Redesign Project
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To provide technical assistance and capability-building services to support the institutions and intermediaries affiliated with the Career-Connected High-Impact Practices (CC HIPs) initiative.
Office Of Research Administration
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To provide operational support for programmatic efforts.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support in-depth national coverage on improving educational opportunities beyond high school.
Hechinger Report
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support a cohort of community colleges in transforming their dual enrollment programs towards equitable access and increased post-high school matriculation
Achieving The Dream, Inc.
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To explore the idea of continuous enrollment at community colleges.
Persistence Plus Llc
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To identify policy options for the collection of defaulted student loans
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To implement a non-credit recognition plan.
New England Commission Of Higher Education
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support the Campuswide Immersion project to advance key capacities for democratic participation and engagement for today’s students.
Institute For Citizens And Scholars
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To strengthen Campus Compact’s student voice and leadership efforts
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support the establishment and operation of Students First: A Student-Centered Higher Education Coalition.
Education Trust, Inc.
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support COE’s membership services and the Executive Leadership Institute for College Opportunity Professionals.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To better understand faculty and staff retention and the impact on student success.
Regents Of The University Of California – Merced
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To develop research and resources to further inform decisions made elected and appointed officials on their decisions.
Community College Research Center
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To Support the Student Basic Needs Coalition (SBNC) to develop a Regional Campus Organizer (RCO) program.
Student Basic Needs Coalition
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support CREED in leading coordinated state policy and advocacy efforts that elevate North Carolina’s 10 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (NC10) and expand opportunities for the diverse students they serve.
Center For Racial Equity In Education
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To provide technical assistance to a cohort of regional public grantees in the Career-Connected HIPs initiative.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support the University of California Office of the President’s “Degrees Plus” pilot initiative.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support the National Commission on Emergency Aid Scholarships
Scholarship America
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To design a collaborative career services network that expands access to high-quality career preparation for students at independent colleges.
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support a US-focused philanthropic effort to build a future in which AI can be harnessed for humans to flourish
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To develop standardized, equity-centered methodologies for estimating student living costs
Hildreth Institute