Project Details

Agency Name: Greater Texas Foundation

Agency Type: Non-Profit and Foundation

Services: Strategic Communications

Client Goals

Greater Texas Foundation (GTF) needed support in identifying and assessing needs for an effective scholarship program for vulnerable youth in Texas.

Safal Approach

Safal developed a strategic plan for GTF’s scholarship program to increase their impact on the educational outcomes of vulnerable youth in Texas. We partnered with FSG Social Impact Advisors and the foundation to examine how scholarship funders, including GTF, could design their programs to improve post-secondary persistence and completion, in addition to improving access. Key accomplishments included: 1) Developing recommendations for an effective scholarship program, leading to the launch of the foundation’s signature scholarship program; and 2) Co-authoring a research report, “Dollars for Degrees,” on the role of aid and scholarships in post-secondary completion.