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 support non-partisan efforts to provide professional development on workforce and higher education policy to Congressional staff, executive branch staff, and policymakers
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To provide technical assistance to Michigan, Tennessee and Virginia as part of the Credentials of Value and Economic Mobility State Challenge.
Education Strategy Group
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To provide last mile funding for the evaluation of the VA Get a Skill, Get a Job, Get Ahead program.
Community College Research Center
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To use the Hermin Rubin Fund to support the Marvella Foundation’s Girls Sports Leadership Experience.
Marvella Foundation, Inc.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support a public editor in Indianapolis to bridge audiences and newsrooms and build trust in local news.
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To measure the non-economic value of postsecondary credentials across sectors
President And Fellows Of Harvard College
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To provide technical assistance and support to California postsecondary institutions for the implementation of AB 789
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To expand the capacity and impact of the HLC Credential Lab.
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To provide technical assistance to Louisiana and Mississippi as part of the Credentials of Value and Economic Mobility State Challenge.
Century Foundation, Inc.
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To elevate student voices in federal postsecondary policy discussions and build out a coalition of young adult organizations
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support in-depth, student-focused reporting on post-high school pathways in Texas.
Texas Tribune
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To advance a new frame for evaluative thinking in philanthropy
Seattle Foundation
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support American Journalism Project-aligned coverage of Gary, Ind., by Capital B News.
Capital B News, Inc.
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To provide technical assistance to Texas, New Jersey, and Connecticut as part of the Credentials of Value and Economic Mobility State Challenge.
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To conduct qualitative research with young men
Public Agenda, Inc.
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To reengage in a strategic redesign of the NextGen Service student survey
Volcker Alliance, Inc.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support research, policy analysis, and coalition engagement that aim to strengthen affordability, access, and workforce pathways in postsecondary education
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To conduct a landscape analysis about which affordability policies best promote improvements in enrollment, completion, and post-enrollment student success
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support in-depth coverage of higher education nationally and in Indiana.
Open Campus Media, Inc.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To study the relationship among youth mental health, educational success, and new models
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support in-depth reporting and a podcast on higher education.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To expand the impact of Second Nature’s Higher Education Climate Leadership Network
Second Nature Inc.
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To expand the Noncredit Research Collaborative community in partnership with ACCT
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To expand PERIL’s tools that support resilient campus communities
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To provide technical assistance to Colorado and Alabama as part of the Credentials of Value and Economic Mobility State Challenge.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To evaluate the Degree Plus pilot
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To provide journalism training that helps improve coverage of higher education and workforce training, benefiting today’s students.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To provide central coordination for the Great Admissions Redesign.
Education Strategy Group
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support investigative training around higher education and the workforce for professional journalists through multiple national conferences.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support the creation of field-facing practitioner tools to guide states with funding model development,
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To conduct a cross institutional study of the Caring Campus model
Institute For Evidence-based Change
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support efforts to protect the financial stability and economic prosperity of student loan borrowers.
Project On Predatory Student Lending, Inc.
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To expand Climate Wayfinding in higher education
Multiplier
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support UNCF’s HBCU Work Integrated Learning Accelerator
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support the development of a scalable investment and partnership strategy to grow workforce programs at rural community colleges
Windward Fund
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To understand the experiences of students pursuing noncredit programs and help colleges improve current policy and practice in noncredit education
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
to advance the understanding of how to effectively strengthen and scale high-impact, career-connected Early College programs.
Massachusetts Alliance For Early College, Inc.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To align educational programs with regional workforce demands for green skills in New York
Suny Impact Foundation Inc.
2025–2027 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support the implementation of the Colleges Contributing Value to Communities framework at 7 community colleges
2025–2026 · grant · Lumina grants database
To support the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board with their comprehensive assessment of their capacity and strategies to meet their 2030 attainment goal.
Texas Higher Education Foundation