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Alumni giving’s growing relationship with high-profile, big money donors 

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Boone Pickens—who died in 2019—gave $120 million as a legacy gift to his alma mater, Oklahoma State University (OSU). Sustainable impact for future students Other wealthy alumni giving seeks to instigate wholesale transformation of their alma maters. In June 2023, for example, famed investor, T.

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September Cause Awareness: National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

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The foundation’s mission is to help people like Amber through their educational programs for students, parents, teachers, staff, and community members. NAMI Oklahoma NAMI Oklahoma is a branch of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and has seven affiliates across the state of Oklahoma.

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VisionLink’s Strategic Advantage Consulting is Proud to support the Complete College America Strategic Planning Academy

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Participating states will develop work plans for the development and implementation of corequisite instructional models, develop multiple gateway math pathways for students aligned to programs of study, and develop an intake process for guiding students into appropriate gateway courses either with or without additional corequisite academic support.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

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The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. Areas served: Worldwide. Carnegie Corporation of New York. The Kresge Foundation.

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10 Awesome LGBTQ Organizations You Should Support This Pride Month

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From Equality Florida to Freedom Oklahoma to Basic Rights Oregon, we amplify the power of the state-based LGBTQ movement. Equality Federation. Equality Federation is the movement builder and strategic partner to state-based organizations advocating for LGBTQ people.

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American Indian Resource Center: A TechSoup Youth Organization Profile

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in Oklahoma is one of the frontline organizations that addresses these and other issues in a very interesting way – starting with the children. is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, which is the capitol of the Cherokee Nation. Most Native American students do not go to college, so many Educational Talent Search.

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

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Pottsboro is a small town located 75 minutes north of Dallas on the Texas-Oklahoma border. Many students in the town did not have Internet access at home, so the library found the money and opened on Sundays to provide their nine public access computers and five tablets to the kids. Their prize was a Dell Latitude Tablet 10.

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