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Supporting the Summer Youth Program Fund's initiatives in Maricopa County, Arizona helps enrich, enhance and expand summer programs for children across the community. These summer programs provide youth, especially economically-disadvantaged youth, with creative, recreational and educational outlets while fostering personal development and life-long learning.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2015</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Summer Youth Program Fund</p><p>Amount Funded: $300,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Supporting the Summer Youth Program Fund's initiatives in Maricopa County, Arizona helps enrich, enhance and expand summer programs for children across the community. These summer programs provide youth, especially economically-disadvantaged youth, with creative, recreational and educational outlets while fostering personal development and life-long learning.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=273 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

2015 - Florida Children's Council - Florida Grade Level Reading Campaign

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2015</p><p>Partner Name: Florida Children's Council</p><p>Program Funded: Florida Grade Level Reading Campaign</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,200,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.flchildrenscouncil.org">Florida Children's Council</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=275 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Urban Teacher Residency Partnership Program (UTRPP) works to increase the effectiveness of teachers serving low-income students, increase the distribution of effective teachers for low-income students and increase the academic achievement of low-income students in six Hillsborough County Public Schools.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2015</p><p>Partner Name: Hillsborough County Public Schools</p><p>Program Funded: Urban Teacher Residency Partnership Program (UTRPP)</p><p>Amount Funded: $300,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Urban Teacher Residency Partnership Program (UTRPP) works to increase the effectiveness of teachers serving low-income students, increase the distribution of effective teachers for low-income students and increase the academic achievement of low-income students in six Hillsborough County Public Schools.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.sdhc.k12.fl.us/">Hillsborough County Public Schools</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=272 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Neighborhood School Readiness Collaborative provides opportunities for thousands of children to enter school ready to read and succeed. The project provides comprehensive early literacy programming for children ages birth to five that is focused and coordinated in twelve high-need neighborhoods surrounding Tucson Unified School District elementary schools.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2015</p><p>Partner Name: Make Way for Books</p><p>Program Funded: Neighborhood School Readiness Collaborative</p><p>Amount Funded: $415,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: The Neighborhood School Readiness Collaborative provides opportunities for thousands of children to enter school ready to read and succeed. The project provides comprehensive early literacy programming for children ages birth to five that is focused and coordinated in twelve high-need neighborhoods surrounding Tucson Unified School District elementary schools.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.makewayforbooks.org">Make Way for Books</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=276 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This project helps expand Take Stock in Children's traditional mentoring model to implement a school-wide approach utilizing UNISON: Uplifting Non-Cognitive Skills and Innovation through Student Opportunity Networks. UNISON focuses on non-cognitive abilities including: social emotional curricula, professional development, college success coaching, college tours, home-school partnerships and parent workshops in order to improve academic achievement and increase college and career readiness.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2015</p><p>Partner Name: Take Stock in Children</p><p>Program Funded: Unison - i3 Match</p><p>Amount Funded: $250,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: This project helps expand Take Stock in Children's traditional mentoring model to implement a school-wide approach utilizing UNISON: Uplifting Non-Cognitive Skills and Innovation through Student Opportunity Networks. UNISON focuses on non-cognitive abilities including: social emotional curricula, professional development, college success coaching, college tours, home-school partnerships and parent workshops in order to improve academic achievement and increase college and career readiness.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.takestockinchildren.org">Take Stock in Children</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=269 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Participation in this program which eliminates educational inequity by building a highly selective service corps of the nation's most promising future leaders - outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors - who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2015</p><p>Partner Name: Teach for America Orlando</p><p>Program Funded: Teach for America</p><p>Amount Funded: $500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Participation in this program which eliminates educational inequity by building a highly selective service corps of the nation's most promising future leaders - outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors - who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.orlando.teachforamerica.org">Teach for America Orlando</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=268 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This investment will help Teach for America Miami-Dade to develop a new fundraising strategy, retain high-performing staff members and diversify strategic partnerships in order to sustain its current work while also building infrastructure for the future.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2015</p><p>Partner Name: Teach For America, Miami-Dade</p><p>Program Funded: Sustainability</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: This investment will help Teach for America Miami-Dade to develop a new fundraising strategy, retain high-performing staff members and diversify strategic partnerships in order to sustain its current work while also building infrastructure for the future.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.teachforamerica.org">Teach For America, Miami-Dade</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=274 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Florida Consortium of Metropolitan Universities is a partnership consisting of Florida's three largest urban research universities - Florida International University, the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida. Through this consortium, the universities will share best practices, policies and programs to maximize career-readiness, particularly among under-represented and limited-income students, and they will better track students’ degree progress, provide more targeted support through mentors and advisers and identify local partnerships that could lead to internship or practicum opportunities for students.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2015</p><p>Partner Name: University of Central Florida Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Florida Consortium of Metropolitan Universities</p><p>Amount Funded: $500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: The Florida Consortium of Metropolitan Universities is a partnership consisting of Florida's three largest urban research universities - Florida International University, the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida. Through this consortium, the universities will share best practices, policies and programs to maximize career-readiness, particularly among under-represented and limited-income students, and they will better track students’ degree progress, provide more targeted support through mentors and advisers and identify local partnerships that could lead to internship or practicum opportunities for students.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.ucffoundation.org">University of Central Florida Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=270 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thriving Together’s mission is to build a robust community and economy through collective action that fosters success from birth to career for every child, youth and young adult. The initiative aims to change the course for 250,000 children living in the Phoenix metropolitan area - students who are in the Phoenix Union High School and feeder district boundaries. The initiative measures progress, works to make sure goals are being met, and uses data to identify the effectiveness of a practice.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2015</p><p>Partner Name: Valley of the Sun United Way</p><p>Program Funded: Thriving Together</p><p>Amount Funded: $375,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Thriving Together’s mission is to build a robust community and economy through collective action that fosters success from birth to career for every child, youth and young adult. The initiative aims to change the course for 250,000 children living in the Phoenix metropolitan area - students who are in the Phoenix Union High School and feeder district boundaries. The initiative measures progress, works to make sure goals are being met, and uses data to identify the effectiveness of a practice.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.vsuw.org">Valley of the Sun United Way</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=253 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Continued funding of the ACT District Choice State Test in Arizona to provide school districts with data and tools to support the development of college- and career- ready students.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: ACT, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: ACT - District Choice State Test</p><p>Amount Funded: $635,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Continued funding of the ACT District Choice State Test in Arizona to provide school districts with data and tools to support the development of college- and career- ready students.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.act.org">ACT, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=261 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

2014 - Arizona College Access Network - College Access Network Standards

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona College Access Network</p><p>Program Funded: College Access Network Standards</p><p>Amount Funded: $400,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azcan.az.gov">Arizona College Access Network</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=244 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

This capacity building investment will broaden Arizona College Scholarship Foundation's community impact, with in increased focus on advocating for and building supports and programs that will increase postsecondary student success in Arizona, especially for under-served communities

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona College Scholarship Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Capacity Building Partnership</p><p>Amount Funded: $3,175,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: This capacity building investment will broaden Arizona College Scholarship Foundation's community impact, with in increased focus on advocating for and building supports and programs that will increase postsecondary student success in Arizona, especially for under-served communities</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azcsf.org">Arizona College Scholarship Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=265 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charitable Contribution

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments</p><p>Program Funded: Charitable Contribution</p><p>Amount Funded: $920,230.00</p><p>Impact Area: Charitable Contributions and Other</p><p>Description: Charitable Contribution</p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=267 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Includes: Chairman/President Grants, Director Discretionary Grants, Charitable Contributions/Event Sponsorships, Employee and Board Matching Grants and Related Supported Organization Grants

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments</p><p>Program Funded: Charitable Contributions and Other</p><p>Amount Funded: $3,698,029.00</p><p>Impact Area: Charitable Contributions and Other</p><p>Description: Includes: Chairman/President Grants, Director Discretionary Grants, Charitable Contributions/Event Sponsorships, Employee and Board Matching Grants and Related Supported Organization Grants</p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=245 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abriendo Puertas is an innovative partnership with Chicanos Por La Causa and brings to Arizona the nation’s first evidence-based parent leadership program for Latino parents with children ages birth to five. The program works to build the capacity and confidence of parents to be strong and knowledgeable first educators, promote their children’s success, and become an integral part of their education process.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Chicanos Por La Causa</p><p>Program Funded: Abriendo Puertas</p><p>Amount Funded: $445,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: Abriendo Puertas is an innovative partnership with Chicanos Por La Causa and brings to Arizona the nation’s first evidence-based parent leadership program for Latino parents with children ages birth to five. The program works to build the capacity and confidence of parents to be strong and knowledgeable first educators, promote their children’s success, and become an integral part of their education process.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.cplc.org">Chicanos Por La Causa</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=264 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

2014 - Community Wealth Partners - Advancing BUILD Arizona

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Community Wealth Partners</p><p>Program Funded: Advancing BUILD Arizona</p><p>Amount Funded: $500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=248 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Common Core Communication Collaborative works to support the Common Core State Standards through communication and legislative advocacy work.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Consortium of Florida Education Foundations</p><p>Program Funded: Common Core Communications Collaborative</p><p>Amount Funded: $100,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Common Core Communication Collaborative works to support the Common Core State Standards through communication and legislative advocacy work.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.cfef.net">Consortium of Florida Education Foundations</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=255 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mobilizing members in support of the Common Core State Standards.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Consortium of Florida Education Foundations</p><p>Program Funded: Common Core Rapid Response Fund</p><p>Amount Funded: $130,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Mobilizing members in support of the Common Core State Standards.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.cfef.net">Consortium of Florida Education Foundations</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=254 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arizona Aims Higher media campaign to raise awareness for Arizona's College and Career Ready Standards and an aligned assessment.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Expect More Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona Aims Higher</p><p>Amount Funded: $80,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Arizona Aims Higher media campaign to raise awareness for Arizona's College and Career Ready Standards and an aligned assessment.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.expectmorearizona.org">Expect More Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=250 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Sunshine State Scholars is a statewide math and science recognition of Florida’s top 11th grade students in science, technology, engineering and math and works to recruit them to attend Florida colleges and universities, increasing the likelihood that they will join Florida’s workforce.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Florida Education Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Sunshine State Scholars</p><p>Amount Funded: $60,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Sunshine State Scholars is a statewide math and science recognition of Florida’s top 11th grade students in science, technology, engineering and math and works to recruit them to attend Florida colleges and universities, increasing the likelihood that they will join Florida’s workforce.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.floridaeducationfoundation.org">Florida Education Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=259 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

2014 - Florida International University - Talent Development Network

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Florida International University</p><p>Program Funded: Talent Development Network</p><p>Amount Funded: $100,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.fiu.edu">Florida International University</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=249 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Learn More Go Further Initiative is a communications project that is intended to build awareness and support for the Common Core State Standards.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Foundation for Excellence in Education</p><p>Program Funded: Learn More. Go Further.</p><p>Amount Funded: $500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Learn More Go Further Initiative is a communications project that is intended to build awareness and support for the Common Core State Standards.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.excelined.org">Foundation for Excellence in Education</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=247 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jumpstart is a national early education organization with the vision that all children, regardless of the zip code into which they are born, should enter kindergarten prepared to succeed. This investment brings Jumpstart’s proven curriculum to Arizona to help children develop the early language and literacy skills they need to be ready for school.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Jumpstart for Young Children</p><p>Program Funded: Jumpstart AZ</p><p>Amount Funded: $275,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: Jumpstart is a national early education organization with the vision that all children, regardless of the zip code into which they are born, should enter kindergarten prepared to succeed. This investment brings Jumpstart’s proven curriculum to Arizona to help children develop the early language and literacy skills they need to be ready for school.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.jstart.org">Jumpstart for Young Children</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=260 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

2014 - Live the Solution - Arizona Earn to Learn

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Live the Solution</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona Earn to Learn</p><p>Amount Funded: $135,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=258 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

This investment includes comprehensive student supports and resources, such as financial assistance, mentoring and academic support, opportunities for parent and family engagement, academic planning and other services. Students will be engaged throughout their community college experience with supports toward Associate’s degrees and/or certificate completion, as well as transition into baccalaureate degree granting institutions.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona Latino College Success Initiative</p><p>Amount Funded: $2,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: This investment includes comprehensive student supports and resources, such as financial assistance, mentoring and academic support, opportunities for parent and family engagement, academic planning and other services. Students will be engaged throughout their community college experience with supports toward Associate’s degrees and/or certificate completion, as well as transition into baccalaureate degree granting institutions.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.maricopa.edu/foundation/">Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=256 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Future Plans™ is a collaborative effort between Pinellas County Schools and the Pinellas Education Foundation. It provides college and career guidance and evaluates student aptitudes, values and interests in alignment with 21st century careers.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Pinellas County Education Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Future Plans</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,250,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Future Plans™ is a collaborative effort between Pinellas County Schools and the Pinellas Education Foundation. It provides college and career guidance and evaluates student aptitudes, values and interests in alignment with 21st century careers.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.PinellasEducation.org">Pinellas County Education Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=246 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tucson Values Teachers is a partnership among the business community, educators and the public in Southern Arizona. The organizations is dedicated to transforming the ways teachers are valued and economically supported as a means of improving the K-12 system in the region.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Tucson Values Teachers</p><p>Program Funded: Tucson Values Teachers</p><p>Amount Funded: $75,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: Tucson Values Teachers is a partnership among the business community, educators and the public in Southern Arizona. The organizations is dedicated to transforming the ways teachers are valued and economically supported as a means of improving the K-12 system in the region.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.tucsonvaluesteachers.org">Tucson Values Teachers</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=263 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

2014 - University of Florida Foundation, Inc. - Early Learning Florida

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: University of Florida Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Early Learning Florida</p><p>Amount Funded: $900,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.uff.ufl.edu">University of Florida Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=262 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

2014 - WestEd - Third Grade Retention Policy

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: WestEd</p><p>Program Funded: Third Grade Retention Policy</p><p>Amount Funded: $550,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm">WestEd</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=257 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ready Now Yuma is a partnership between Helios Education Foundation and Yuma Union High School District in Yuma, Arizona to ensure that every student is challenged, supported and prepared to succeed in college and career. The Ready Now Yuma Evaluation & Communication investment provides resources to Yuma Union High School District to implement an evaluation plan as well as further expand Ready Now Yuma’s communications and community engagement efforts.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2014</p><p>Partner Name: Yuma Union High School District #70</p><p>Program Funded: Ready Now Yuma</p><p>Amount Funded: $900,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Ready Now Yuma is a partnership between Helios Education Foundation and Yuma Union High School District in Yuma, Arizona to ensure that every student is challenged, supported and prepared to succeed in college and career. The Ready Now Yuma Evaluation & Communication investment provides resources to Yuma Union High School District to implement an evaluation plan as well as further expand Ready Now Yuma’s communications and community engagement efforts.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.yumaunion.org/">Yuma Union High School District #70</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=237 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Continued funding of the ACT District Choice State Test in Arizona to provide school districts with data and tools to support the development of college- and career- ready students.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: ACT, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: District Choice State Testing</p><p>Amount Funded: $575,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Continued funding of the ACT District Choice State Test in Arizona to provide school districts with data and tools to support the development of college- and career- ready students.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.act.org">ACT, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=239 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

This investment assists in developing a comprehensive three-year business and strategic plan to position ACSF for growth and broader statewide impact on postsecondary education success.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona College Scholarship Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Capacity Planning</p><p>Amount Funded: $100,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: This investment assists in developing a comprehensive three-year business and strategic plan to position ACSF for growth and broader statewide impact on postsecondary education success.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azcsf.org">Arizona College Scholarship Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=223 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios Education Foundation partnered with NBC News to bring the Education Nation “On-the-Road” tour to Phoenix, Arizona in May 2013. The Education Nation activities included town-hall style forums involving teachers, students and business, government, education and other community leaders discussing Arizona’s more pressing education issues. The goal was to create a local forum for sharing information, exchanging ideas, inspiring change and identifying solutions that better prepare Arizona students for college and career.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Education Nation Phoenix</p><p>Amount Funded: $0.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: Helios Education Foundation partnered with NBC News to bring the Education Nation “On-the-Road” tour to Phoenix, Arizona in May 2013. The Education Nation activities included town-hall style forums involving teachers, students and business, government, education and other community leaders discussing Arizona’s more pressing education issues. The goal was to create a local forum for sharing information, exchanging ideas, inspiring change and identifying solutions that better prepare Arizona students for college and career.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=231 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Northern Arizona College Resource Center strives to increase the number of students who apply for, are admitted to and attend college by providing the correct technical assistance, guidance and referrals students and their families need to ensure postsecondary education success. A part of the Center’s focus is to improve the college-going rates on five Native American reservations and the schools that serve them in Northern Arizona, where the college-going rates are much lower than the state average.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Northern AZ College Resource Center</p><p>Amount Funded: $208,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Northern Arizona College Resource Center strives to increase the number of students who apply for, are admitted to and attend college by providing the correct technical assistance, guidance and referrals students and their families need to ensure postsecondary education success. A part of the Center’s focus is to improve the college-going rates on five Native American reservations and the schools that serve them in Northern Arizona, where the college-going rates are much lower than the state average.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=241 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios has provided a planning grant for the Arizona Science Center to improve classroom instruction in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) areas. The planning phase will help the districts design teaching practices and learning opportunities across the education continuum that integrate critical college and career ready skills such as problem-solving, critical-thinking and collaboration.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Science Center</p><p>Program Funded: Center for Leadership in Learning</p><p>Amount Funded: $266,500.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Helios has provided a planning grant for the Arizona Science Center to improve classroom instruction in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) areas. The planning phase will help the districts design teaching practices and learning opportunities across the education continuum that integrate critical college and career ready skills such as problem-solving, critical-thinking and collaboration.</p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=227 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios Education Foundation's funding is helping support the annual Arizona SciTech Festival which hosts a series of events, workshops, conversations, exhibitions and debates that showcase how science, technology and innovation will drive every aspect of our communities in the future.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Technology Council Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: AZ SciTech Festival</p><p>Amount Funded: $150,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Helios Education Foundation's funding is helping support the annual Arizona SciTech Festival which hosts a series of events, workshops, conversations, exhibitions and debates that showcase how science, technology and innovation will drive every aspect of our communities in the future.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.aztechcouncil.org/cwt/external/wcpages/index.aspx">Arizona Technology Council Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=234 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

This investment helps fund an Opportunity Youth Grant through the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions. The collaborative, led locally by the United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona, will harness the power of cross-sector collaboration to make substantive progress for opportunity youth, defined as youth 16-24 who are disconnected from education and work.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: Aspen Institute - Aspen Forum for Community Solutions</p><p>Program Funded: Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund</p><p>Amount Funded: $150,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: This investment helps fund an Opportunity Youth Grant through the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions. The collaborative, led locally by the United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona, will harness the power of cross-sector collaboration to make substantive progress for opportunity youth, defined as youth 16-24 who are disconnected from education and work.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/community-solutions">Aspen Institute - Aspen Forum for Community Solutions</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=266 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charitable Contribution

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments</p><p>Program Funded: Charitable Contribution</p><p>Amount Funded: $920,230.00</p><p>Impact Area: Charitable Contributions and Other</p><p>Description: Charitable Contribution</p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=229 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

College for Every Student works to increase the number of underserved youth pursuing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in college and career. The program strives to serve a minimum of 175 low-income students in grades 6-12 in the Tampa Bay area throughout four districts over three years. A key objective is to increase interest, knowledge and skills within STEM fields.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: College for Every Student</p><p>Program Funded: CFES/STEM Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $800,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: College for Every Student works to increase the number of underserved youth pursuing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in college and career. The program strives to serve a minimum of 175 low-income students in grades 6-12 in the Tampa Bay area throughout four districts over three years. A key objective is to increase interest, knowledge and skills within STEM fields.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.collegefes.org/">College for Every Student</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=240 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios Education Foundation partnered with the Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County and the University of South Florida to host an early childhood convening event in Tampa, Florida. Recognized national and local experts and practitioners engaged in a discussion focused on the availability, appropriateness, limitations, alignment and future directions of early childhood assessments, particularly as they relate to program evaluation and statewide school readiness policy and practice.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County</p><p>Program Funded: Early Childhood Assessment Convening</p><p>Amount Funded: $125,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: Helios Education Foundation partnered with the Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County and the University of South Florida to host an early childhood convening event in Tampa, Florida. Recognized national and local experts and practitioners engaged in a discussion focused on the availability, appropriateness, limitations, alignment and future directions of early childhood assessments, particularly as they relate to program evaluation and statewide school readiness policy and practice.</p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=236 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hispanic Heritage Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to Hispanic students pursuing a college or university degree. The Helios investment establishes a scholarship endowment and completes the development of a comprehensive multi-year strategic framework and business plan to specifically address college persistence, degree completion and pathways to careers in fields of high demand.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: Hispanic Heritage Scholarship Fund of Metro Orlando</p><p>Program Funded: Scholarship Endowment and Capacity Planning</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: The Hispanic Heritage Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to Hispanic students pursuing a college or university degree. The Helios investment establishes a scholarship endowment and completes the development of a comprehensive multi-year strategic framework and business plan to specifically address college persistence, degree completion and pathways to careers in fields of high demand.</p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=242 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Literacy Connects provides provides research-based literacy programming for children birth through age eight. The project addresses critical needs such as kindergarten readiness, reading at grade level by third grade, English language reading and writing, one-on-one literacy support, and opportunities for learning through creative expression and arts integration such as painting, drawing, dance and drama.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: Literacy Connects</p><p>Program Funded: Literacy and Language Skill Development</p><p>Amount Funded: $487,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: Literacy Connects provides provides research-based literacy programming for children birth through age eight. The project addresses critical needs such as kindergarten readiness, reading at grade level by third grade, English language reading and writing, one-on-one literacy support, and opportunities for learning through creative expression and arts integration such as painting, drawing, dance and drama.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.literacyconnects.org">Literacy Connects</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=230 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Metropolitan Education Commission’s establishment of a Regional College Access Center (RCAC) continues the mission to improve accessibility and success for Arizona college students in Pima County, Arizona. The initiative focuses on low-income and first-generation college students. RCAC aids in preparing students and providing funding for college, in helping them advance toward graduation and in supporting workforce development. The program is also providing academic advising, outreach, technology and social networking services.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: Metropolitan Education Commission</p><p>Program Funded: Regional College Access Network</p><p>Amount Funded: $225,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Metropolitan Education Commission’s establishment of a Regional College Access Center (RCAC) continues the mission to improve accessibility and success for Arizona college students in Pima County, Arizona. The initiative focuses on low-income and first-generation college students. RCAC aids in preparing students and providing funding for college, in helping them advance toward graduation and in supporting workforce development. The program is also providing academic advising, outreach, technology and social networking services.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.metedu.org/rcac">Metropolitan Education Commission</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=226 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios Education Foundation is partnering with SRI International to develop a Center for Digital Learning which will create a portfolio of digital learning projects to enhance student achievement in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: SRI International</p><p>Program Funded: Center for Digital Learning</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: Helios Education Foundation is partnering with SRI International to develop a Center for Digital Learning which will create a portfolio of digital learning projects to enhance student achievement in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.sri.com">SRI International</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=232 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Science City is a part of the annual Tucson Festival of Books hosted on the University of Arizona campus. Science City’s purpose is to expand the public view of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and engage individuals in the importance and relevancy of STEM in everyday life. The pavilion is filled with enriching, hands-on activities, exhibits, lectures, and shows all related to science and technology.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: Tucson Festival of Books</p><p>Program Funded: Science City Sponsorship</p><p>Amount Funded: $105,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Science City is a part of the annual Tucson Festival of Books hosted on the University of Arizona campus. Science City’s purpose is to expand the public view of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and engage individuals in the importance and relevancy of STEM in everyday life. The pavilion is filled with enriching, hands-on activities, exhibits, lectures, and shows all related to science and technology.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.tucsonfestivalofbooks.org">Tucson Festival of Books</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=238 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Yuma Early Literacy Collaborative aligns with the state literacy plan; integrates the best practices being implemented in other Helios-funded communities and targets programs and services that specifically support the needs for children birth-8 in Yuma County.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: United Way of Yuma County, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Early Literacy Collaborative</p><p>Amount Funded: $500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: The Yuma Early Literacy Collaborative aligns with the state literacy plan; integrates the best practices being implemented in other Helios-funded communities and targets programs and services that specifically support the needs for children birth-8 in Yuma County.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.unitedwayyuma.org/">United Way of Yuma County, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=235 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Native American Soar program is a mentoring and service learning program focused on Native American high school students who will be mentored by Native American graduate students from the University of Arizona.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: University of Arizona Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Native American Soar Project</p><p>Amount Funded: $667,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Native American Soar program is a mentoring and service learning program focused on Native American high school students who will be mentored by Native American graduate students from the University of Arizona.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizona.edu">University of Arizona Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=224 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Helios STEM Middle School Residency Program: Transforming STEM Teacher Preparation for the Transition Years is a collaborative partnership between Helios Education Foundation, the University of South Florida’s colleges of Education and Arts and Sciences and Hillsborough County Public Schools to build a teacher preparation pipeline that will place 80 science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers in Hillsborough County public middle schools by 2017.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: STEM Middle School Residency Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $2,736,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Helios STEM Middle School Residency Program: Transforming STEM Teacher Preparation for the Transition Years is a collaborative partnership between Helios Education Foundation, the University of South Florida’s colleges of Education and Arts and Sciences and Hillsborough County Public Schools to build a teacher preparation pipeline that will place 80 science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers in Hillsborough County public middle schools by 2017.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.usf.edu/scholarships">University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=228 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Florida College Access Network (Florida C.A.N.) is Florida’s first collaborating network of national, state and local groups committed to increasing the number of working adults who hold a high quality postsecondary degree or credential. Florida C.A.N. works toward engaging communities in higher education through the promotion of programs and policy changes that can improve college-preparation, access and completion for underrepresented, limited income, first generation students.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Florida College Access Network</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Florida College Access Network (Florida C.A.N.) is Florida’s first collaborating network of national, state and local groups committed to increasing the number of working adults who hold a high quality postsecondary degree or credential. Florida C.A.N. works toward engaging communities in higher education through the promotion of programs and policy changes that can improve college-preparation, access and completion for underrepresented, limited income, first generation students.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.usf.edu/scholarships">University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=225 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ready Now Yuma is a partnership between Helios Education Foundation and Yuma Union High School District in Yuma, Arizona to ensure that every student is challenged, supported and prepared to succeed in college and career. The Ready Now Yuma Evaluation & Communication investment provides resources to Yuma Union High School District to implement an evaluation plan as well as further expand Ready Now Yuma’s communications and community engagement efforts.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2013</p><p>Partner Name: Yuma Union High School District #70</p><p>Program Funded: Ready Now Yuma</p><p>Amount Funded: $440,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Ready Now Yuma is a partnership between Helios Education Foundation and Yuma Union High School District in Yuma, Arizona to ensure that every student is challenged, supported and prepared to succeed in college and career. The Ready Now Yuma Evaluation & Communication investment provides resources to Yuma Union High School District to implement an evaluation plan as well as further expand Ready Now Yuma’s communications and community engagement efforts.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.yumaunion.org/">Yuma Union High School District #70</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=218 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Continued funding of the ACT District Choice State Test in Arizona to provide school districts with data and tools to support the development of college- and career- ready students.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: ACT, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: ACT/ACT-District Choice State Test</p><p>Amount Funded: $275,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Continued funding of the ACT District Choice State Test in Arizona to provide school districts with data and tools to support the development of college- and career- ready students.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.act.org">ACT, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=199 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Support educational component of the Arizona Centennial celebration

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Centennial 2012 Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Virtual Arizona Experience</p><p>Amount Funded: $50,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: Support educational component of the Arizona Centennial celebration</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.az100years.org/">Arizona Centennial 2012 Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=196 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rodel Foundation, MacRo Program alignment with Common Core Standards

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Rodel Foundation, MacRo Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $415,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Rodel Foundation, MacRo Program alignment with Common Core Standards</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=221 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scholarship partnership with Arizona College Scholarship Fund, including a mentoring initiative to ensure postsecondary success

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: AZ Diamondbacks foundation/ Diamondbacks Helios Scholars Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: Scholarship partnership with Arizona College Scholarship Fund, including a mentoring initiative to ensure postsecondary success</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/ari/community/foundation.jsp">Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=219 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Encourages high school students to play an active role in creating a college-going culture within their schools and advances community leadership and public service opportunities for young students.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University</p><p>Program Funded: ASU - Spirit of Service Scholars</p><p>Amount Funded: $120,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: Encourages high school students to play an active role in creating a college-going culture within their schools and advances community leadership and public service opportunities for young students.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asu.edu">Arizona State University</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=206 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Establish the Education Innovation Collaborative, a statewide, sustainable structure capable of creating systemic educational change by bringing together diverse schools to collaborate.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Center for the Future of Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: Education Innovation Collaborative</p><p>Amount Funded: $525,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Establish the Education Innovation Collaborative, a statewide, sustainable structure capable of creating systemic educational change by bringing together diverse schools to collaborate.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizonafuture.org">Center for the Future of Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=200 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

2012 - Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments -

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments</p><p>Amount Funded: $719,805.00</p><p>Impact Area: Charitable Contributions and Other</p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=195 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drama-infused Language Acquisition and Literacy Professional Development in Early Childhood Education

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Childsplay</p><p>Program Funded: EYE Play: Teaching Literacy Through Drama</p><p>Amount Funded: $347,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: Drama-infused Language Acquisition and Literacy Professional Development in Early Childhood Education</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://childsplayaz.org/">Childsplay</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=197 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Middle school STEM Professional Development for STEM instructional leaders in Hillsborough County Public Schools.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Council for Educational Change</p><p>Program Funded: Project STEM: Strong and Steady...Building Capacity for Student STEM Success through Excellence in Instructional Leadership</p><p>Amount Funded: $471,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Middle school STEM Professional Development for STEM instructional leaders in Hillsborough County Public Schools.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.changeeducation.org">Council for Educational Change</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=207 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Facilitates the awarding of an associates degree to students who transferred from a college system to a state university prior to completing the AA, and who meet degree requirements.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Foundation for Florida's Community Colleges</p><p>Program Funded: Credit When It's Due</p><p>Amount Funded: $495,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: Facilitates the awarding of an associates degree to students who transferred from a college system to a state university prior to completing the AA, and who meet degree requirements.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.fldoe.org/cc/foundation/default.asp">Foundation for Florida's Community Colleges</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=208 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Creation of an organizational model and implementation plan for effective professional development in rural counties.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Gila County Education Service Agency</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona Rural Tri-County Education Initiative</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,274,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Creation of an organizational model and implementation plan for effective professional development in rural counties.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.gilacountyaz.gov/government/school_superintendant/education_service_agency/index.php">Gila County Education Service Agency</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=209 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Regional college access services.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Metropolitan Education Commission</p><p>Program Funded: Regional College Access Center</p><p>Amount Funded: $225,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Regional college access services.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.metedu.org/rcac">Metropolitan Education Commission</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=204 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

NBC Education Nation On-the-Road - Miami, FL.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Miami Dade College Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Education Nation On-the-Road - Miami</p><p>Amount Funded: $100,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: NBC Education Nation On-the-Road - Miami, FL.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://mdcalumni.com">Miami Dade College Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=215 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Partnership providing matching scholarships and mentors for Tampa Bay area college-bound high school seniors with limited resources.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Rays Baseball Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Double Up for Education</p><p>Amount Funded: $500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: Partnership providing matching scholarships and mentors for Tampa Bay area college-bound high school seniors with limited resources.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.raysbaseball.com">Rays Baseball Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=205 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Development and implementation of the Arizona STEM Network, including Knowledge Management, Helios STEM Schools Pilot and a suite of web-based tools for teachers and administrators

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Science Foundation Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: Developing the Arizona STEM Network and Implementing the Helios STEM School Pilot Project</p><p>Amount Funded: $4,050,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Development and implementation of the Arizona STEM Network, including Knowledge Management, Helios STEM Schools Pilot and a suite of web-based tools for teachers and administrators</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.sfaz.org">Science Foundation Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=198 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grassroots leadership development in support of improving public education. Arizona Affiliate Expansion

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Stand For Children</p><p>Program Funded: Stand Arizona Education Reform</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: Grassroots leadership development in support of improving public education. Arizona Affiliate Expansion</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.stand.org/Page.aspx?pid=2323">Stand For Children</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=216 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

To ensure children read at grade level by the end of third grade.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: United Way of Northern Arizona/Northern Arizona University</p><p>Program Funded: Read On Flagstaff</p><p>Amount Funded: $330,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: To ensure children read at grade level by the end of third grade.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.nau.edu">United Way of Northern Arizona/Northern Arizona University</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=222 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A component of a larger education initiative focused on early education and reading at grade level by the end of third grade

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: United Way of Tampa Bay, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Early Literacy Initiative</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: A component of a larger education initiative focused on early education and reading at grade level by the end of third grade</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.uwtb.org/">United Way of Tampa Bay, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=210 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

To ensure children read at grade level by the end of third grade.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: United Way of Yuma County, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Read On Yuma</p><p>Amount Funded: $150,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: To ensure children read at grade level by the end of third grade.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.unitedwayyuma.org/">United Way of Yuma County, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=212 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

To ensure children read at grade level by the end of third grade.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: United Way Tucson & Southern Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: Read On Tucson</p><p>Amount Funded: $310,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: To ensure children read at grade level by the end of third grade.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.unitedwaytucson.org/">United Way Tucson & Southern Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=220 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Provides stipends to mathematics and science teachers to attend teacher development programs. These teachers will become Master Teacher Fellows and will be prepared to assume leadership roles within their schools or other high-needs district schools

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Robert Noyce Master Teacher Fellowship Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $225,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Provides stipends to mathematics and science teachers to attend teacher development programs. These teachers will become Master Teacher Fellows and will be prepared to assume leadership roles within their schools or other high-needs district schools</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.usf.edu/scholarships">University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=217 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

To ensure children read at grade level by the end of third grade.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Valley of the Sun United Way</p><p>Program Funded: Read On Phoenix</p><p>Amount Funded: $550,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: To ensure children read at grade level by the end of third grade.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.vsuw.org">Valley of the Sun United Way</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=213 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Statewide partnership for the advancement of mayoral participation in education across the state of Arizona.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: WestEd</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona Mayor's Roundtable</p><p>Amount Funded: $250,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: Statewide partnership for the advancement of mayoral participation in education across the state of Arizona.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm">WestEd</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=214 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

District-wide implementation of a high expectations, performance-based education model designed to graduate knowledgeable, highly skilled students academically prepared for success beyond high school.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2012</p><p>Partner Name: Yuma Union High School District #70</p><p>Program Funded: Ready Now Yuma</p><p>Amount Funded: $3,900,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: District-wide implementation of a high expectations, performance-based education model designed to graduate knowledgeable, highly skilled students academically prepared for success beyond high school.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.yumaunion.org/">Yuma Union High School District #70</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=156 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funding supports a third and final year of the administration of the ACT college entrance exam to all high school juniors in ten Arizona school districts. The purpose of the final year funding is to retain the momentum gained in changing attitudes about college going and to identify strategies to sustain the district wide exams for juniors on a going forward basis.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: ACT, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona ACT - Focus on Sustainability</p><p>Amount Funded: $355,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Funding supports a third and final year of the administration of the ACT college entrance exam to all high school juniors in ten Arizona school districts. The purpose of the final year funding is to retain the momentum gained in changing attitudes about college going and to identify strategies to sustain the district wide exams for juniors on a going forward basis.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.act.org">ACT, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=178 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This partnership will help fund scholarships through a program of academic competitions for high school students of all scholastic achievement levels.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Academic Decathalon</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona Academic Decathlon 2011 Regional & State Scholarships</p><p>Amount Funded: $20,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: This partnership will help fund scholarships through a program of academic competitions for high school students of all scholastic achievement levels.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.azacadec.org/">Arizona Academic Decathalon</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=164 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Northern Arizona College Resource Center (NACRC) is a collaborative effort among community partners in Northern Arizona to increase the number of students who apply, are admitted and attend college by providing information, technical assistance, advice and referrals to students and their families regarding applying to and financing postsecondary studies.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Northern Arizona College Resource Center (NACRC)</p><p>Amount Funded: $104,500.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Northern Arizona College Resource Center (NACRC) is a collaborative effort among community partners in Northern Arizona to increase the number of students who apply, are admitted and attend college by providing information, technical assistance, advice and referrals to students and their families regarding applying to and financing postsecondary studies.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=179 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios' partnership with the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is helping Hispanic students achieve scholarships to attend an institution of higher education in Arizona.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Fund</p><p>Amount Funded: $10,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: Helios' partnership with the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is helping Hispanic students achieve scholarships to attend an institution of higher education in Arizona.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=182 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Supporting the Summer Youth Program Fund's initiatives in Maricopa County, Arizona helps enrich, enhance and expand summer programs for children across the community. These summer programs provide youth, especially economically-disadvantaged youth, with creative, recreational and educational outlets while fostering personal development and life-long learning.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Summer Youth Program Fund of Maricopa County</p><p>Amount Funded: $300,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Supporting the Summer Youth Program Fund's initiatives in Maricopa County, Arizona helps enrich, enhance and expand summer programs for children across the community. These summer programs provide youth, especially economically-disadvantaged youth, with creative, recreational and educational outlets while fostering personal development and life-long learning.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=193 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios Education Foundation's $3 million investment in Expect More Arizona is fueling the growth and sustainability of the organization. The investment will advance Expect More Arizona's efforts to engage more parents, families, students and voters in championing a high quality education for all children and students. These dollars are funding the infrastructure and capacity needed to ensure Expect More Arizona can influence positive change in education for generations to come.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Expect More Arizona</p><p>Amount Funded: $3,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: Helios Education Foundation's $3 million investment in Expect More Arizona is fueling the growth and sustainability of the organization. The investment will advance Expect More Arizona's efforts to engage more parents, families, students and voters in championing a high quality education for all children and students. These dollars are funding the infrastructure and capacity needed to ensure Expect More Arizona can influence positive change in education for generations to come.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=183 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios Education Foundation is expanding the Next Generation STEM Leaders program in Pinal County to now include school administrators. The Next Generation STEM Leaders initiative is aimed at building a core of educators in Pinal County schools in Arizona who, by 2013, can become the school-based change agents needed to expand STEM learning.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Rural Education Alliance Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Next Generation STEM Administrators</p><p>Amount Funded: $40,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Helios Education Foundation is expanding the Next Generation STEM Leaders program in Pinal County to now include school administrators. The Next Generation STEM Leaders initiative is aimed at building a core of educators in Pinal County schools in Arizona who, by 2013, can become the school-based change agents needed to expand STEM learning.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.area-foundation.org/">Arizona Rural Education Alliance Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=157 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This partnership will help put the Latino education gap in the context of social and economic outcomes that will impact neighborhoods and the state as a whole. The project will utilize novel strategies to uncover the influences of neighborhood effects and education policies on long-term achievement.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Revisiting Arizona's Latino Education Dilemma-Morrison Institute</p><p>Amount Funded: $50,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: This partnership will help put the Latino education gap in the context of social and economic outcomes that will impact neighborhoods and the state as a whole. The project will utilize novel strategies to uncover the influences of neighborhood effects and education policies on long-term achievement.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=180 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios Education Foundation's funding is helping to support the first annual Arizona SciTech Festival. The series of events, workshops, conversations, exhibitions and debates will showcase how science, technology and innovation will drive every aspect of our communities in the future.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Technology Council Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona SciTech Festival</p><p>Amount Funded: $50,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: Helios Education Foundation's funding is helping to support the first annual Arizona SciTech Festival. The series of events, workshops, conversations, exhibitions and debates will showcase how science, technology and innovation will drive every aspect of our communities in the future.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.aztechcouncil.org/cwt/external/wcpages/index.aspx">Arizona Technology Council Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=161 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

2011 - Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments -

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments</p><p>Amount Funded: $993,201.00</p><p>Impact Area: Charitable Contributions and Other</p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=184 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios is working with College for Every Student on a new pilot initiative in Tampa, Florida focused on STEM education. This partnership is helping raise the academic aspirations and performance of underserved youth, better preparing them for and helping them gain access to a postsecondary education.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: College for Every Student</p><p>Program Funded: CFES National & Tampa Bay STEM Program Planning Grant</p><p>Amount Funded: $62,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Helios is working with College for Every Student on a new pilot initiative in Tampa, Florida focused on STEM education. This partnership is helping raise the academic aspirations and performance of underserved youth, better preparing them for and helping them gain access to a postsecondary education.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.collegefes.org/">College for Every Student</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=158 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Sunshine State Scholars recognizes Florida's top students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and recruits them to attend Florida's Colleges and Universities, increasing the likelihood that they will join Florida's future workforce.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Florida Education Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Sunshine State Scholars</p><p>Amount Funded: $25,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Sunshine State Scholars recognizes Florida's top students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and recruits them to attend Florida's Colleges and Universities, increasing the likelihood that they will join Florida's future workforce.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.floridaeducationfoundation.org">Florida Education Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=165 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This teacher professional development partnership with Florida State University and Southwest Water Management District will integrate STEM interdisciplinary professional development to 6th-8th grade math and science teachers in Citrus County to increase their knowledge in the integration of math, science and computing in the classroom.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Florida State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Integrating STEM</p><p>Amount Funded: $495,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: This teacher professional development partnership with Florida State University and Southwest Water Management District will integrate STEM interdisciplinary professional development to 6th-8th grade math and science teachers in Citrus County to increase their knowledge in the integration of math, science and computing in the classroom.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.fsu.edu">Florida State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=166 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This planning grant will support the research, evaluation and recommendation for a cohesive statewide infrastructure that will identity key practices to the success of parent engagement and student performance in Arizona.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Rio Salado Community College: Arizona's Model for Systemic Family Engagement in Education</p><p>Amount Funded: $142,711.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: This planning grant will support the research, evaluation and recommendation for a cohesive statewide infrastructure that will identity key practices to the success of parent engagement and student performance in Arizona.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.maricopa.edu/foundation/">Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=167 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Mesa Literacy Project is a partnership among Mesa Public Schools, the National Literacy Project and Helios Education Foundation to establish a systematic and sustainable approach to literacy and learning intended to increase student achievement in science, math, and social studies.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Mesa Foundation for Educational Excellence</p><p>Program Funded: Mesa Literacy Project</p><p>Amount Funded: $448,700.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Mesa Literacy Project is a partnership among Mesa Public Schools, the National Literacy Project and Helios Education Foundation to establish a systematic and sustainable approach to literacy and learning intended to increase student achievement in science, math, and social studies.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.mpsaz.org/foundation">Mesa Foundation for Educational Excellence</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=168 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Regional College Access Center (RCAC) is a collaborative partnership in Pima County, Arizona established to facilitate college access and success for all Pima County students, with a particular focus on students from low-income households and/or who are the first in their family to attend postsecondary education programs.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Metropolitan Education Commission</p><p>Program Funded: Regional College Access Center (RCAC)</p><p>Amount Funded: $112,500.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Regional College Access Center (RCAC) is a collaborative partnership in Pima County, Arizona established to facilitate college access and success for all Pima County students, with a particular focus on students from low-income households and/or who are the first in their family to attend postsecondary education programs.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.metedu.org/rcac">Metropolitan Education Commission</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=185 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios' continued support of the Pinellas Literacy Leadership Project in partnership with the National Literacy Project and Pinellas County Schools is helping improve the reading and writing success of students in Pinellas County. This effort has also lead to the development and implementation of a unique literacy action plan designed to meet students' needs.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Pinellas County Education Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: The Pinellas Literacy Leadership Project</p><p>Amount Funded: $165,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Helios' continued support of the Pinellas Literacy Leadership Project in partnership with the National Literacy Project and Pinellas County Schools is helping improve the reading and writing success of students in Pinellas County. This effort has also lead to the development and implementation of a unique literacy action plan designed to meet students' needs.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.PinellasEducation.org">Pinellas County Education Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=172 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grant provides seed funding to establish the William and Sue Jenkins Kiwanis Scholarship Fund which will provide higher education opportunities for youth in south Scottsdale, Arizona.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Southwest District Kiwanis Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: William and Sue Jenkins Helios Education Foundation Scholarship Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $25,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: The grant provides seed funding to establish the William and Sue Jenkins Kiwanis Scholarship Fund which will provide higher education opportunities for youth in south Scottsdale, Arizona.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.kswdfoundation.org">Southwest District Kiwanis Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=181 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios’ support of Tampa Bay’s Talent Dividend is helping the Tampa Bay region compete against 50 U.S. cities for the $1 million Talent Dividend Prize awarded by CEOs for Cities. The competition is focused on increasing the number of postsecondary education degrees granted per one thousand population through 2013.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Tampa Bay Partnership Regional Research and Educational Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Tampa Bay's Talent Dividend</p><p>Amount Funded: $15,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: Helios’ support of Tampa Bay’s Talent Dividend is helping the Tampa Bay region compete against 50 U.S. cities for the $1 million Talent Dividend Prize awarded by CEOs for Cities. The competition is focused on increasing the number of postsecondary education degrees granted per one thousand population through 2013.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.tampabay.org">Tampa Bay Partnership Regional Research and Educational Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=170 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Student Success project is an integrated effort among the academic, student support and financial aid departments at the University of Tampa to improve the persistence rates among high risk students. The Student Success model will capitalize on the relationship among classroom learning, campus support organizations and financial aid support; all necessary components to ensure that students matriculate, achieve and complete postsecondary studies.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: The University of Tampa</p><p>Program Funded: Student Success - Responding to a National Imperative</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,331,100.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: The Student Success project is an integrated effort among the academic, student support and financial aid departments at the University of Tampa to improve the persistence rates among high risk students. The Student Success model will capitalize on the relationship among classroom learning, campus support organizations and financial aid support; all necessary components to ensure that students matriculate, achieve and complete postsecondary studies.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.ut.edu">The University of Tampa</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=154 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Arizona BUILD partnership will work with Arizona leaders to define goals and objectives critical for the development of a comprehensive early childhood system. The process will be developed through the convening of public/private leadership teams and will include core components such as content knowledge, collective understandings, core programs, infrastructure, public support, adequate financing, and political will. The initial phase will culminate with the creation of a strategic plan that cultivates partnerships and identifies partners roles and responsibilities within the early childhood system.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Third Sector New England</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona BUILD</p><p>Amount Funded: $300,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: The Arizona BUILD partnership will work with Arizona leaders to define goals and objectives critical for the development of a comprehensive early childhood system. The process will be developed through the convening of public/private leadership teams and will include core components such as content knowledge, collective understandings, core programs, infrastructure, public support, adequate financing, and political will. The initial phase will culminate with the creation of a strategic plan that cultivates partnerships and identifies partners roles and responsibilities within the early childhood system.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.tsne.org">Third Sector New England</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=159 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios Education Foundation funding supports the interactive Science Pavilion at the 2011 Tucson Festival of Books includes information for teachers about curriculum, outreach activities and modules that can be adapted for the classroom.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: Tucson Festival of Books</p><p>Program Funded: Helios Education Foundation Science Pavilion</p><p>Amount Funded: $35,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Helios Education Foundation funding supports the interactive Science Pavilion at the 2011 Tucson Festival of Books includes information for teachers about curriculum, outreach activities and modules that can be adapted for the classroom.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.tucsonfestivalofbooks.org">Tucson Festival of Books</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=191 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios Education Foundation and the Rays Baseball Foundation have partnered to support the United Way of Tampa Bay’s Operation Graduate program. This initiative is focused on increasing the number of Tampa Bay youth who graduate from high school on time. Benefitting youth ages 14 to 18, the program is centered on providing at-risk teens with life and financial skills and educational opportunities, helping them become successful, contributing members of society.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: United Way of Tampa Bay, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Operation Graduate Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $75,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Helios Education Foundation and the Rays Baseball Foundation have partnered to support the United Way of Tampa Bay’s Operation Graduate program. This initiative is focused on increasing the number of Tampa Bay youth who graduate from high school on time. Benefitting youth ages 14 to 18, the program is centered on providing at-risk teens with life and financial skills and educational opportunities, helping them become successful, contributing members of society.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.uwtb.org/">United Way of Tampa Bay, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=160 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This partnership seeks to create opportunities for children to access effective schools and strong systems of family and community support that will prepare them to attain an excellent education and successfully transition to college and career. The University of Arizona Foundation envisions a collaboration of multiple partners that provide a pipeline of effective schools and family/community support for children from cradle to college through career.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: University of Arizona Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Zona de Promesa: Children's Promise Zone</p><p>Amount Funded: $40,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: This partnership seeks to create opportunities for children to access effective schools and strong systems of family and community support that will prepare them to attain an excellent education and successfully transition to college and career. The University of Arizona Foundation envisions a collaboration of multiple partners that provide a pipeline of effective schools and family/community support for children from cradle to college through career.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizona.edu">University of Arizona Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=171 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funding supports years two through five of the redesign of The University of Arizona Early Childhood Education Teacher Preparatory Program. The redesign will incorporate a community based program with a particular emphasis on the literacy needs of English Language Learners, their families and communities.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: University of Arizona Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: CREATE (Communities as Resources in Early Childhood Teacher Education.)</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,550,384.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: Funding supports years two through five of the redesign of The University of Arizona Early Childhood Education Teacher Preparatory Program. The redesign will incorporate a community based program with a particular emphasis on the literacy needs of English Language Learners, their families and communities.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizona.edu">University of Arizona Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=187 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios is working with the University of Arizona to provide 4th through 6th grade teachers with online professional development opportunities focusing on rational numbers and early algebra concepts. Potentially reaching 150 teachers and ultimately impacting 3,000 students, this initiative will better prepare teachers to help students transition into more rigorous STEM courses.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: University of Arizona Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Algebra Ready: Transitioning to Academic Success</p><p>Amount Funded: $560,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Helios is working with the University of Arizona to provide 4th through 6th grade teachers with online professional development opportunities focusing on rational numbers and early algebra concepts. Potentially reaching 150 teachers and ultimately impacting 3,000 students, this initiative will better prepare teachers to help students transition into more rigorous STEM courses.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizona.edu">University of Arizona Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=155 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scaffolding the First Generation Scholars is a partnership among the University of South Florida, Redlands Christian Migrants Association and the Foundation designed to provide professional development, tuition support, customized curriculum designs, and culturally and linguistically appropriate mentoring for a traditionally underserved group of early childhood teachers in the rural Tampa Bay area. The goal of the program is to give teachers the opportunity to earn the required credentials for early childhood teaching and to acquire the academic language proficiencies and dispositions necessary for ongoing success in higher education.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: A USF/RCMA Collaboration: Scaffolding the First Generation Scholar in Early Childhood Professional Development, Language Acquisition, and Literacy</p><p>Amount Funded: $771,011.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: Scaffolding the First Generation Scholars is a partnership among the University of South Florida, Redlands Christian Migrants Association and the Foundation designed to provide professional development, tuition support, customized curriculum designs, and culturally and linguistically appropriate mentoring for a traditionally underserved group of early childhood teachers in the rural Tampa Bay area. The goal of the program is to give teachers the opportunity to earn the required credentials for early childhood teaching and to acquire the academic language proficiencies and dispositions necessary for ongoing success in higher education.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.usf.edu/scholarships">University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=169 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The collaborative partnership with the University of South Florida-Polytechnic will provide 96 middle school teachers in Polk County Florida with a graduate certificate in Integrative STEM Teaching and Learning. The certificate program, the first of its kind in Florida, provides 12 graduate credits of professional development focusing on STEM content, applied problem-based learning (PBL), development of integrative curriculum and inquiry-based activities, content literacy strategies, and the development and use of authentic performance and standards-based assessments. ASAP also incorporates professional learning communities and externships to provide a comprehensive professional development experience.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Accelerated STEM Academic Pipeline (ASAP)</p><p>Amount Funded: $950,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The collaborative partnership with the University of South Florida-Polytechnic will provide 96 middle school teachers in Polk County Florida with a graduate certificate in Integrative STEM Teaching and Learning. The certificate program, the first of its kind in Florida, provides 12 graduate credits of professional development focusing on STEM content, applied problem-based learning (PBL), development of integrative curriculum and inquiry-based activities, content literacy strategies, and the development and use of authentic performance and standards-based assessments. ASAP also incorporates professional learning communities and externships to provide a comprehensive professional development experience.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.usf.edu/scholarships">University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=188 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This planning grant will help the Florida College Access Network expand its reach and galvanize a statewide network of organizations focused on helping students prepare for and gain access to a college education. The Florida College Access Network is working to improve college-preparation programs, ensure quality services to low-income, first-generation students and help those students prepare for, transition to and succeed in postsecondary education.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Florida College Access Network Strategic Planning Project (FCAN)</p><p>Amount Funded: $200,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: This planning grant will help the Florida College Access Network expand its reach and galvanize a statewide network of organizations focused on helping students prepare for and gain access to a college education. The Florida College Access Network is working to improve college-preparation programs, ensure quality services to low-income, first-generation students and help those students prepare for, transition to and succeed in postsecondary education.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.usf.edu/scholarships">University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=190 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Helios STEM Middle School Residency Program: Transforming STEM Teacher Preparation for the Transition Years is a collaborative partnership among the University of South Florida’s colleges of Education and Arts and Sciences and Hillsborough County Public Schools. The primary goal of the partnership is to develop a new education program to prepare middle school STEM teachers.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Helios STEM Middle School Residency Program: Transforming STEM Teacher Preparation for the Transition Years</p><p>Amount Funded: $430,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Helios STEM Middle School Residency Program: Transforming STEM Teacher Preparation for the Transition Years is a collaborative partnership among the University of South Florida’s colleges of Education and Arts and Sciences and Hillsborough County Public Schools. The primary goal of the partnership is to develop a new education program to prepare middle school STEM teachers.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.usf.edu/scholarships">University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=192 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This commitment will help strengthen the existing Scaffolding the First Generation Scholar project by testing the viability of the professional development model. Scaffolding the First Generation Scholar is aimed at giving teachers the opportunity to earn the required credentials for early childhood teaching and to acquire the academic language proficiencies and dispositions necessary for ongoing success in higher education.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2011</p><p>Partner Name: University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Scaffold-the-Scholar</p><p>Amount Funded: $40,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: This commitment will help strengthen the existing Scaffolding the First Generation Scholar project by testing the viability of the professional development model. Scaffolding the First Generation Scholar is aimed at giving teachers the opportunity to earn the required credentials for early childhood teaching and to acquire the academic language proficiencies and dispositions necessary for ongoing success in higher education.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.usf.edu/scholarships">University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=110 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Year two funds support a final year of the administration of the ACT college entrance exam to all high school juniors in ten Arizona school districts. The purpose of the final year funding is to retain the momentum gained in changing attitudes about college going and to identify strategies to sustain the district wide exams for juniors on an annual basis.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: ACT, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona ACT Pilot</p><p>Amount Funded: $355,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Year two funds support a final year of the administration of the ACT college entrance exam to all high school juniors in ten Arizona school districts. The purpose of the final year funding is to retain the momentum gained in changing attitudes about college going and to identify strategies to sustain the district wide exams for juniors on an annual basis.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.act.org">ACT, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=123 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phase II of 'To Learn and Earn' is being undertaken by the Arizona Minority Policy Analysis Center of the Commission. Phase II investigation is directed by preliminary research completed by the Morrison Institute that identified what is known regarding preparation of students and adults for the workforce. Phase I summarized what is known from global, national, state, and local studies. Phase II is designed to investigate how Arizona students, workers, employers, and policy leaders make decisions. Through examination of a series of questions, this research will provide the next steps for Arizona in its quest for an equitable, high-wage economy.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education</p><p>Program Funded: To Learn and Earn: Arizona's Unfinished Business in Human Capital</p><p>Amount Funded: $25,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Phase II of 'To Learn and Earn' is being undertaken by the Arizona Minority Policy Analysis Center of the Commission. Phase II investigation is directed by preliminary research completed by the Morrison Institute that identified what is known regarding preparation of students and adults for the workforce. Phase I summarized what is known from global, national, state, and local studies. Phase II is designed to investigate how Arizona students, workers, employers, and policy leaders make decisions. Through examination of a series of questions, this research will provide the next steps for Arizona in its quest for an equitable, high-wage economy.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azhighered.gov">Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=111 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Expect More Arizona is a statewide public-private partnership dedicated to making education Arizona's top priority. Utilizing multi-media advertising, online and social media communications, public relations and grassroots outreach strategies, Expect More Arizona seeks to increase awareness and understanding of the issues affecting education. More than a public awareness effort, however, Expect More Arizona presents Arizonans with opportunities to be actively engaged by volunteering, voting, investing and being a vocal champion for education. Expect More Arizona strives to leverage existing community resources, directing Arizonans to existing programs, organizations and institutions working to improve education in our state.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Expect More Arizona</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: Expect More Arizona is a statewide public-private partnership dedicated to making education Arizona's top priority. Utilizing multi-media advertising, online and social media communications, public relations and grassroots outreach strategies, Expect More Arizona seeks to increase awareness and understanding of the issues affecting education. More than a public awareness effort, however, Expect More Arizona presents Arizonans with opportunities to be actively engaged by volunteering, voting, investing and being a vocal champion for education. Expect More Arizona strives to leverage existing community resources, directing Arizonans to existing programs, organizations and institutions working to improve education in our state.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=126 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Accio Education Fund is a partnership between Helios Education Foundation and the Arizona Community Foundation designed to identify, expand and recruit exemplary education organizations that can advance proven systematic reform efforts in Arizona. This grant represents the second round of Accio funding.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Accio Education Fund</p><p>Amount Funded: $563,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: The Accio Education Fund is a partnership between Helios Education Foundation and the Arizona Community Foundation designed to identify, expand and recruit exemplary education organizations that can advance proven systematic reform efforts in Arizona. This grant represents the second round of Accio funding.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=149 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Foundation partnered with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Valley of the Sun United Way to support the Shirts Off Our D-backs fundraiser. Funds support Valley of the Sun United Way’s Early Childhood Education programs.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Shirts Off Our D-backs</p><p>Amount Funded: $50,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Foundation partnered with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Valley of the Sun United Way to support the Shirts Off Our D-backs fundraiser. Funds support Valley of the Sun United Way’s Early Childhood Education programs.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/ari/community/foundation.jsp">Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=138 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Next Generation STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Leaders is building a core of educators in Pinal County schools in Arizona who, by 2013, can become the school-based change agents needed to expand STEM learning. The program focuses on STEM teachers serving students in grades 5-8. The goal is to build a core of teachers who can demonstrate knowledge of content, pedagogy and problem-solving skills in STEM, and who, through shared learning experiences, will better understand how students learn math, science and technology. STEM leaders will also work closely with parents, stressing the importance of parental support and involvement.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Rural Education Alliance Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Next Generation STEM Leaders</p><p>Amount Funded: $806,322.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Next Generation STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Leaders is building a core of educators in Pinal County schools in Arizona who, by 2013, can become the school-based change agents needed to expand STEM learning. The program focuses on STEM teachers serving students in grades 5-8. The goal is to build a core of teachers who can demonstrate knowledge of content, pedagogy and problem-solving skills in STEM, and who, through shared learning experiences, will better understand how students learn math, science and technology. STEM leaders will also work closely with parents, stressing the importance of parental support and involvement.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.area-foundation.org/">Arizona Rural Education Alliance Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=124 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mission of this program is to address present and future workforce needs in the public and nonprofit sectors by awarding prestigious scholarships to outstanding students and providing them with an extraordinary academic and real-world education, a life-long interdisciplinary network, and committed, effective mentors. Helios Education Foundation's funding supports the high school mentorship component of the program.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Spirit of Service Scholars (SOSS)</p><p>Amount Funded: $100,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The mission of this program is to address present and future workforce needs in the public and nonprofit sectors by awarding prestigious scholarships to outstanding students and providing them with an extraordinary academic and real-world education, a life-long interdisciplinary network, and committed, effective mentors. Helios Education Foundation's funding supports the high school mentorship component of the program.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=127 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

IDEAL ITQ: Improving Teacher Quality is an initiative that is making teacher education materials accessible online to rural community teachers who cannot otherwise attend face-to-face workshops. Partnered with The Applied Learning Technologies Institute (alt^I), the institute will create a series of online professional development courses based on five projects, as a strategy by which out-of-field middle-school science teachers can prepare to become highly qualified through the Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessment.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: IDEAL ITQ: Improving Teacher Quality</p><p>Amount Funded: $75,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: IDEAL ITQ: Improving Teacher Quality is an initiative that is making teacher education materials accessible online to rural community teachers who cannot otherwise attend face-to-face workshops. Partnered with The Applied Learning Technologies Institute (alt^I), the institute will create a series of online professional development courses based on five projects, as a strategy by which out-of-field middle-school science teachers can prepare to become highly qualified through the Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessment.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=128 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaders for Learning is a statewide model for development of school leadership. The program implements a common curriculum through statewide regional training designed to increase production of high quality school administrators, thereby addressing the shortage of approximately 400 school leaders in Arizona. Leaders for Learning builds on existing assets and successful models. Through common work, the initiative further develops collaborations/partnerships among multiple agencies and organizations to increase the rigor and alignment of leadership training activities, extend leadership work across the range of leaders statewide. Leaders for Learning partners include ASU, University of Arizona, Northern Arizona University and the Arizona Department of Education, among others.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Leaders for Learning: Building a Statewide System of Leadership Development Administrators</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,866,650.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Leaders for Learning is a statewide model for development of school leadership. The program implements a common curriculum through statewide regional training designed to increase production of high quality school administrators, thereby addressing the shortage of approximately 400 school leaders in Arizona. Leaders for Learning builds on existing assets and successful models. Through common work, the initiative further develops collaborations/partnerships among multiple agencies and organizations to increase the rigor and alignment of leadership training activities, extend leadership work across the range of leaders statewide. Leaders for Learning partners include ASU, University of Arizona, Northern Arizona University and the Arizona Department of Education, among others.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=129 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arizona State University and The University of Arizona have created a teacher certificate program illustrating how different technologies can serve as high-impact educational tools for K-12 students. Course content addressed low-cost technologies currently available for quick and easy implementation. Teaching an Enhanced, Advanced, Customized, Hands-on Technology Education Course (Teach Tec) exposes teachers to the latest technologies that will enhance classroom STEM education.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Teach Tec (Teaching an Enhanced, Advanced, Customized, Hands-on Technology Education Course)</p><p>Amount Funded: $115,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Arizona State University and The University of Arizona have created a teacher certificate program illustrating how different technologies can serve as high-impact educational tools for K-12 students. Course content addressed low-cost technologies currently available for quick and easy implementation. Teaching an Enhanced, Advanced, Customized, Hands-on Technology Education Course (Teach Tec) exposes teachers to the latest technologies that will enhance classroom STEM education.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=142 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The STEM in the Middle program is designed to increase middle school students’ success in mathematics and the sciences, and enhance their interest in careers in science, technology engineering and math. The program incorporates best practices in teacher professional development, mentoring and problem solving.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: STEM in the Middle: It Takes a Village</p><p>Amount Funded: $823,826.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The STEM in the Middle program is designed to increase middle school students’ success in mathematics and the sciences, and enhance their interest in careers in science, technology engineering and math. The program incorporates best practices in teacher professional development, mentoring and problem solving.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=162 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Postsecondary Scholarships.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Gregg Holmes Family Scholarship Fund sponsored by Helios Education Foundation</p><p>Amount Funded: $75,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: Postsecondary Scholarships.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=173 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Postsecondary Scholarships

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Steve Betts Family Scholarship Fund sponsored by Helios Education Foundation</p><p>Amount Funded: $75,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: Postsecondary Scholarships</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=174 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Postsecondary Scholarships.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: The J. Wilmer Mirandon Family Scholarship Fund sponsored by Helios Education Foundation</p><p>Amount Funded: $75,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: Postsecondary Scholarships.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=202 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Postsecondary Scholarships

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Anne Lindeman New American University Scholarship</p><p>Amount Funded: $75,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: Postsecondary Scholarships</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=203 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Postsecondary Scholarships

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: The Alan Stephens New American University Scholarship</p><p>Amount Funded: $75,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: Postsecondary Scholarships</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=112 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Center for the Future of Arizona is working to identify, evaluate and facilitate the implementation of innovative and promising pathways projects. The goal of the Pathways project is to create systemic change in education with the creation of multiple educational options, starting as early as middle school, enabling students to pursue one or more pathways to a postsecondary education based on their interests, skills and academic attainment. The Center is especially committed to a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) areas in the development of pathways to postsecondary. Helios Education Foundation funding reflects a second year of support for the Pathways project.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Center for the Future of Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: Pathways to Postsecondary</p><p>Amount Funded: $300,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: The Center for the Future of Arizona is working to identify, evaluate and facilitate the implementation of innovative and promising pathways projects. The goal of the Pathways project is to create systemic change in education with the creation of multiple educational options, starting as early as middle school, enabling students to pursue one or more pathways to a postsecondary education based on their interests, skills and academic attainment. The Center is especially committed to a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) areas in the development of pathways to postsecondary. Helios Education Foundation funding reflects a second year of support for the Pathways project.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizonafuture.org">Center for the Future of Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=143 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funding supports the planning phase for implementation of a whole-school Move On When Ready (MOWR) strategy in two Arizona high schools. In the whole-school MOWR strategy, every student beginning in 9th grade participates in a core academic program of study that upon completion will enter 11th grade able to participate in multiple vigorous pathway options, all intended to lead toward successful postsecondary study and careers.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Center for the Future of Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: Ready Now Yuma</p><p>Amount Funded: $450,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Funding supports the planning phase for implementation of a whole-school Move On When Ready (MOWR) strategy in two Arizona high schools. In the whole-school MOWR strategy, every student beginning in 9th grade participates in a core academic program of study that upon completion will enter 11th grade able to participate in multiple vigorous pathway options, all intended to lead toward successful postsecondary study and careers.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizonafuture.org">Center for the Future of Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=116 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

2010 - Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments -

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments</p><p>Amount Funded: $852,812.00</p><p>Impact Area: Charitable Contributions and Other</p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=120 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Children First's Ladder to Literacy Teacher Professional Development program is focused on strengthening the literacy and language acquisition knowledge and education of early childhood educators in high-need areas of Sarasota County. The program will work with center-based and home-based providers and will focus on professional coaching and support, application of theory-based knowledge to practice, workshops and training methods and collaborative professional development. The ultimate goal is to improve early childhood teacher quality, and literacy and language acquisition skills.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Children First, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Ladder to Literacy Teacher Professional Development</p><p>Amount Funded: $676,170.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: The Children First's Ladder to Literacy Teacher Professional Development program is focused on strengthening the literacy and language acquisition knowledge and education of early childhood educators in high-need areas of Sarasota County. The program will work with center-based and home-based providers and will focus on professional coaching and support, application of theory-based knowledge to practice, workshops and training methods and collaborative professional development. The ultimate goal is to improve early childhood teacher quality, and literacy and language acquisition skills.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.childrenfirst.net">Children First, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=136 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Capitalizing on its 30-plus years of experience in using theatre as a medium to engage children and adults, this project outlines strategies to adapt an existing research-based model of delivering professional development for the early childhood environment. The program will work with early childhood teachers and practitioners to integrate drama strategies, writing/reading curricula, and provide job-embedded professional development that uses creative drama and dramatic play for early language and literacy development for children in early childhood programs. The work will occur over 18 months in collaboration with the Arizona State University School of Theater within the Herberger Institute of Design and the Arts.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Childsplay</p><p>Program Funded: Drama-infused Language Acquisition and Literacy Professional Development in Early Childhood Education</p><p>Amount Funded: $115,036.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: Capitalizing on its 30-plus years of experience in using theatre as a medium to engage children and adults, this project outlines strategies to adapt an existing research-based model of delivering professional development for the early childhood environment. The program will work with early childhood teachers and practitioners to integrate drama strategies, writing/reading curricula, and provide job-embedded professional development that uses creative drama and dramatic play for early language and literacy development for children in early childhood programs. The work will occur over 18 months in collaboration with the Arizona State University School of Theater within the Herberger Institute of Design and the Arts.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://childsplayaz.org/">Childsplay</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=144 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tucson Values Teachers is an innovative partnership among the business community, educators and the public in Southern Arizona. This initiative is aimed at working to transform the ways in which teachers are valued and supported as a means of improving the K-12 system.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Community Foundation of Southern Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: Tucson Values Teachers – Teacher Support Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $75,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: Tucson Values Teachers is an innovative partnership among the business community, educators and the public in Southern Arizona. This initiative is aimed at working to transform the ways in which teachers are valued and supported as a means of improving the K-12 system.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.cfsoaz.org/cfsa/">Community Foundation of Southern Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=134 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because home childcare providers can sometimes be disconnected from the early learning educational system in their communities and may be underserved, the Early Learning Coalition of Polk County will offer onsite coaching and professional development training for home care providers to help improve their understanding of how children ages birth to five learn and acquire language and literacy skills. The coalition will offer these trainings to 120 home providers in Manatee, Sarasota and Polk counties, impacting 400 families and as many as 800 children over two years.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Early Learning Coalition of Polk County</p><p>Program Funded: Family Providers Focus on Literacy</p><p>Amount Funded: $497,608.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: Because home childcare providers can sometimes be disconnected from the early learning educational system in their communities and may be underserved, the Early Learning Coalition of Polk County will offer onsite coaching and professional development training for home care providers to help improve their understanding of how children ages birth to five learn and acquire language and literacy skills. The coalition will offer these trainings to 120 home providers in Manatee, Sarasota and Polk counties, impacting 400 families and as many as 800 children over two years.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.elcpolk.org/index.htm">Early Learning Coalition of Polk County</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=121 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Tampa Preschool Partnership for Language and Literacy Education is designed to provide professional development for early childhood program staff at six preschools in high-need areas of the Tampa Bay community. The program will focus on instructional strategies proven effective in developing early literacy skills and how to incorporate those strategies into classroom practices.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Easter Seals Florida, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Tampa Preschool Partnership for Language and Literacy Education</p><p>Amount Funded: $641,567.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: The Tampa Preschool Partnership for Language and Literacy Education is designed to provide professional development for early childhood program staff at six preschools in high-need areas of the Tampa Bay community. The program will focus on instructional strategies proven effective in developing early literacy skills and how to incorporate those strategies into classroom practices.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://fl.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=FLDR_homepage">Easter Seals Florida, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=153 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funding provides scholarship support to survivors of the January 12, 2010 earthquake who currently reside in South Florida and meet eligibility requirements.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Haitian Neighborhood Center Sant La</p><p>Program Funded: Sant La Scholarship Fund</p><p>Amount Funded: $100,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: Funding provides scholarship support to survivors of the January 12, 2010 earthquake who currently reside in South Florida and meet eligibility requirements.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.santla.org/contents/">Haitian Neighborhood Center Sant La</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=113 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios Education Foundation funding will assist the Hillsborough County School District in developing and implementing curricula that provides for the seamless articulation between middle school STEM Institutes and high school STEM Career Academies. The program is designed to foster student engagement and success in rigorous and relevant middle school STEM Institutes leading to rigorous high school Career Academies and ultimately to postsecondary education success.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Hillsborough Educational Partnership Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Transitional Success through STEM Academies</p><p>Amount Funded: $431,400.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Helios Education Foundation funding will assist the Hillsborough County School District in developing and implementing curricula that provides for the seamless articulation between middle school STEM Institutes and high school STEM Career Academies. The program is designed to foster student engagement and success in rigorous and relevant middle school STEM Institutes leading to rigorous high school Career Academies and ultimately to postsecondary education success.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.educationfoundation.com">Hillsborough Educational Partnership Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=163 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Postsecondary Scholarships.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Ronnie Lopez Leading with the Heart Fund</p><p>Amount Funded: $75,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: Postsecondary Scholarships.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.maricopa.edu/foundation/">Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=141 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through their early childhood education curriculum, Paradise Valley Community College and Central Arizona College will outline what early care providers should know and be able to do to ensure that children ages birth to five acquire the language and literacy skills they need to enter school ready to succeed. This work will impact the early care community across Maricopa, Pinal and Gila counties as well as Gila and Salt River Indian reservations over three years.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation on behalf of Paradise Community College</p><p>Program Funded: Raising Arizona: Early Childhood Teacher Language Acquisition and Emergent Literacy Professional Development</p><p>Amount Funded: $327,302.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: Through their early childhood education curriculum, Paradise Valley Community College and Central Arizona College will outline what early care providers should know and be able to do to ensure that children ages birth to five acquire the language and literacy skills they need to enter school ready to succeed. This work will impact the early care community across Maricopa, Pinal and Gila counties as well as Gila and Salt River Indian reservations over three years.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.maricopa.edu/foundation">Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation on behalf of Paradise Community College</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=114 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Performance Based Scholarship Demonstration at Pima Community College is designed to identify effective strategies for improving persistence rates, educational performance and degree attainment for Hispanic males. The project is part of a National Performance Based Scholarship Demonstration intended to inform policy makers and institutions of higher education on new ways of thinking about scholarships, financial aid and service delivery.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: MDRC</p><p>Program Funded: Pima Community College in partnership with MDRC – Performance Based Scholarship Demonstration at Pima Community College</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,807,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: The Performance Based Scholarship Demonstration at Pima Community College is designed to identify effective strategies for improving persistence rates, educational performance and degree attainment for Hispanic males. The project is part of a National Performance Based Scholarship Demonstration intended to inform policy makers and institutions of higher education on new ways of thinking about scholarships, financial aid and service delivery.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.mdrc.org">MDRC</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=118 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goal of the Performance Based Scholarship Pilot at Hillsborough Community College is to inform the design of a potential demonstration project that addresses barriers to student persistence and degree attainment presented by remedial math courses.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: MDRC</p><p>Program Funded: MDRC at Hillsborough Community College - Performance Based Scholarship Pilot at Hillsborough Community College</p><p>Amount Funded: $197,904.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: The goal of the Performance Based Scholarship Pilot at Hillsborough Community College is to inform the design of a potential demonstration project that addresses barriers to student persistence and degree attainment presented by remedial math courses.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.mdrc.org">MDRC</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=130 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Performance Based Scholarship Demonstration at Hillsborough Community College is designed to identify effective strategies to improve persistence rates, educational performance and degree attainment for students taking remedial math courses. The project is part of a National Performance Based Scholarship Demonstration intended to inform policy makers and institutions of higher education on new ways of thinking about scholarships, financial aid and service delivery.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: MDRC</p><p>Program Funded: Performance Based Scholarship Demonstration: Hillsborough Community College’s Mathematics Access Performance Based Scholarships</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,389,710.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: The Performance Based Scholarship Demonstration at Hillsborough Community College is designed to identify effective strategies to improve persistence rates, educational performance and degree attainment for students taking remedial math courses. The project is part of a National Performance Based Scholarship Demonstration intended to inform policy makers and institutions of higher education on new ways of thinking about scholarships, financial aid and service delivery.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.mdrc.org">MDRC</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=117 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The NSELA Leadership Teams Project supported 30 individuals participating in teams from Arizona and Florida to attend the 2010 Summer Leadership Institute in Flagstaff, Arizona.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: National Science Education Leadership Association (NSELA)</p><p>Program Funded: NSELA Leadership Teams Project</p><p>Amount Funded: $49,700.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The NSELA Leadership Teams Project supported 30 individuals participating in teams from Arizona and Florida to attend the 2010 Summer Leadership Institute in Flagstaff, Arizona.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.nsela.org">National Science Education Leadership Association (NSELA)</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=146 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funding supports the creation of Helios STEM Education Leadership teams at the National Science Education Leadership Association Summer Leadership Institute.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: National Science Education Leadership Association (NSELA)</p><p>Program Funded: Leadership in Science Education</p><p>Amount Funded: $250,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Funding supports the creation of Helios STEM Education Leadership teams at the National Science Education Leadership Association Summer Leadership Institute.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.nsela.org">National Science Education Leadership Association (NSELA)</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=137 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Northern Arizona University (NAU) and the Flagstaff Unified School District are creating a learning hub for early childhood educators in northern Arizona. The partnership will focus on teacher professional development and training research over the next two years, especially among early care educators in Flagstaff. NAU researchers will document these trainings, capturing best practices. During the second year of the project, training opportunities will be extended to outlying communities.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Northern Arizona University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Foundations of Professionalism: Transformative Change through Professional Development</p><p>Amount Funded: $294,676.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: Northern Arizona University (NAU) and the Flagstaff Unified School District are creating a learning hub for early childhood educators in northern Arizona. The partnership will focus on teacher professional development and training research over the next two years, especially among early care educators in Flagstaff. NAU researchers will document these trainings, capturing best practices. During the second year of the project, training opportunities will be extended to outlying communities.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.nau.edu">Northern Arizona University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=194 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Postsecondary Scholarships

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Northern Arizona University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Frederick T. Himmelein Scholarship Fund sponsored by Helios Education Foundation</p><p>Amount Funded: $75,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: Postsecondary Scholarships</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.nau.edu">Northern Arizona University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=122 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The RISE Program provides high quality gender specific programs for youth in middle school. The programs are designed to help students develop social and emotional skills that enable them to successfully transition through the middle school.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Ophelia Project and Boys Initiative of Tampa Bay</p><p>Program Funded: RISE Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $165,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The RISE Program provides high quality gender specific programs for youth in middle school. The programs are designed to help students develop social and emotional skills that enable them to successfully transition through the middle school.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.opheliatampa.org">Ophelia Project and Boys Initiative of Tampa Bay</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=125 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funding supports the development of the education component of the Phoenix Art Museum’s strategic plan.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Phoenix Art Museum</p><p>Program Funded: Building a Learning Community</p><p>Amount Funded: $50,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: Funding supports the development of the education component of the Phoenix Art Museum’s strategic plan.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.phxart.org">Phoenix Art Museum</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=119 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Prescott College's Accessible Teacher Preparation for Rural Arizona Early Childhood Education Program is an initiative aimed at enabling low-income students of color living in rural Arizona to attain a bachelor's degree and Early Childhood Education Teacher Certification. The program emphasizes recruitment of Native American participants. Goals of the program include increasing the number of Certified ECE teachers in rural communities and improving the quality of ECE programs in rural, low-income communities.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Prescott College, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Prescott College's Accessible Teacher Preparation for Rural Arizona Early Childhood Education Programs</p><p>Amount Funded: $375,606.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: The Prescott College's Accessible Teacher Preparation for Rural Arizona Early Childhood Education Program is an initiative aimed at enabling low-income students of color living in rural Arizona to attain a bachelor's degree and Early Childhood Education Teacher Certification. The program emphasizes recruitment of Native American participants. Goals of the program include increasing the number of Certified ECE teachers in rural communities and improving the quality of ECE programs in rural, low-income communities.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.prescott.edu/">Prescott College, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=132 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funding supports Science Foundation Arizona’s initiative’s aimed at enhancing student math and science learning across the state.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Science Foundation Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: Improve Science and Math in the State of Arizona</p><p>Amount Funded: $25,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Funding supports Science Foundation Arizona’s initiative’s aimed at enhancing student math and science learning across the state.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.sfaz.org">Science Foundation Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=147 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios Education Foundation funding supports the planning of an Arizona STEM Network that will provide leadership, support and coordination to accelerate improvements in STEM teaching and learning, and to impact policies that support a stronger, more diversified and competitive economy to benefit all Arizonans.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Science Foundation Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona STEM Network</p><p>Amount Funded: $300,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Helios Education Foundation funding supports the planning of an Arizona STEM Network that will provide leadership, support and coordination to accelerate improvements in STEM teaching and learning, and to impact policies that support a stronger, more diversified and competitive economy to benefit all Arizonans.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.sfaz.org">Science Foundation Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=151 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funding provides continued support to the SunBay Digital Mathematics Program, a collaboration between Pinellas County Schools, SRI International and Helios Education Foundation, designed to increase Pinellas County middle school student achievement in mathematics utilizing an integrated digital curriculum while engaging teachers in active professional development opportunities.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: SRI International</p><p>Program Funded: SRI Sunbay Digital Math Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $100,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Funding provides continued support to the SunBay Digital Mathematics Program, a collaboration between Pinellas County Schools, SRI International and Helios Education Foundation, designed to increase Pinellas County middle school student achievement in mathematics utilizing an integrated digital curriculum while engaging teachers in active professional development opportunities.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.sri.com">SRI International</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=139 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stand for Children is pushing for reforms in education that turn chronically under-performing schools around and support excellent teaching and appropriate investment in Arizona’s education system. Stand for Children recruits and mobilizes parents, teachers and other concerned citizens around urgent, high-stakes issues in education, building a core base of members who are engaged about education reform policies that can improve teacher and principal effectiveness, expand instruction time and increase school accountability. Stand for Children will use these funds over an 18-month period as a challenge grant to help expand its local reach and impact across Arizona.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Stand For Children</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona Affiliate Expansion</p><p>Amount Funded: $600,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Stand for Children is pushing for reforms in education that turn chronically under-performing schools around and support excellent teaching and appropriate investment in Arizona’s education system. Stand for Children recruits and mobilizes parents, teachers and other concerned citizens around urgent, high-stakes issues in education, building a core base of members who are engaged about education reform policies that can improve teacher and principal effectiveness, expand instruction time and increase school accountability. Stand for Children will use these funds over an 18-month period as a challenge grant to help expand its local reach and impact across Arizona.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.stand.org/Page.aspx?pid=2323">Stand For Children</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=148 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take Stock in Children (TSIC) is a comprehensive program that helps low-income middle and high school students succeed by providing volunteer mentors, student advocates, tutoring, and college and vocational scholarships. TSIC received a developmental grant from the US Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund. Helios Education Foundation's investment provides the matching funds required by the i3 grant and supports programmatic enhancement.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Take Stock in Children</p><p>Program Funded: i3 Developmental Matching Investment</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Take Stock in Children (TSIC) is a comprehensive program that helps low-income middle and high school students succeed by providing volunteer mentors, student advocates, tutoring, and college and vocational scholarships. TSIC received a developmental grant from the US Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund. Helios Education Foundation's investment provides the matching funds required by the i3 grant and supports programmatic enhancement.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.takestockinchildren.org">Take Stock in Children</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=152 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helios Education Foundation funding supports its continued partnership with Teach for America in Phoenix, Arizona and Miami, Florida.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Teach for America</p><p>Program Funded: Partnership with Teach for America in Phoenix, Arizona and Miami, Florida.</p><p>Amount Funded: $7,500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Helios Education Foundation funding supports its continued partnership with Teach for America in Phoenix, Arizona and Miami, Florida.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.teachforamerica.org">Teach for America</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=201 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Postsecondary Scholarships

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: Thunderbird School of Global Management</p><p>Program Funded: William and Mavis Voris / Friends of Thunderbird Endowed Scholarship</p><p>Amount Funded: $75,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: Postsecondary Scholarships</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.thunderbird.edu">Thunderbird School of Global Management</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=150 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Children's Movement of Florida is a non-partisan effort in Florida to educate political, business and civic leaders as well as parents about the urgent need to make the wellbeing and education of Florida’s infants, toddlers and children Florida’s highest priority.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: United Way Miami-Dade</p><p>Program Funded: The Children’s Movement of Florida</p><p>Amount Funded: $25,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: The Children's Movement of Florida is a non-partisan effort in Florida to educate political, business and civic leaders as well as parents about the urgent need to make the wellbeing and education of Florida’s infants, toddlers and children Florida’s highest priority.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.unitedwaymiami.org/">United Way Miami-Dade</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=133 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 2010, Helios Education Foundation, the Rays Baseball Foundation and the United Way of Tampa Bay partnered to raise the score for education. Funding supported the United Way of Tampa Bay’s education initiative, Helping Children and Youth Achieve their Potential. This effort is focused on helping children and youth increase their school readiness, build academic success and develop strong life skills.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: United Way of Tampa Bay, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Helping Children & Youth Achieve Their Potential</p><p>Amount Funded: $75,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: In 2010, Helios Education Foundation, the Rays Baseball Foundation and the United Way of Tampa Bay partnered to raise the score for education. Funding supported the United Way of Tampa Bay’s education initiative, Helping Children and Youth Achieve their Potential. This effort is focused on helping children and youth increase their school readiness, build academic success and develop strong life skills.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.uwtb.org/">United Way of Tampa Bay, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=131 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This project will help launch the redesign of The University of Arizona Early Childhood Education Teacher Preparatory Program. The redesign will incorporate a community based program with a particular emphasis on the literacy needs of English Language Learners, their families and communities.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2010</p><p>Partner Name: University of Arizona Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Preparing early childhood professionals in community-based settings to promote family literacy and to engage English language learners</p><p>Amount Funded: $347,116.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: This project will help launch the redesign of The University of Arizona Early Childhood Education Teacher Preparatory Program. The redesign will incorporate a community based program with a particular emphasis on the literacy needs of English Language Learners, their families and communities.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizona.edu">University of Arizona Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=251 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fast Tracking the Dream is a collaborative effort between Mesa United Way, Mesa Community College and A New Leaf/MesaCAN established in 2008 as an Educational matched savings program. This program seeks to promote individual development through the acquisition of post secondary education and financial literacy skills.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: A New Leaf/MesaCAN</p><p>Program Funded: Fast Tracking the Dream IDA program</p><p>Amount Funded: $84,300.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: Fast Tracking the Dream is a collaborative effort between Mesa United Way, Mesa Community College and A New Leaf/MesaCAN established in 2008 as an Educational matched savings program. This program seeks to promote individual development through the acquisition of post secondary education and financial literacy skills.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.turnanewleaf.org">A New Leaf/MesaCAN</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=8 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ACT Pilot Program is a collaborative effort among eight high school districts in Arizona and American College Testing to administer the ACT exam for all juniors in each school district. The pilot is intended to evaluate how Arizona students compare to peers in other states, on a national, norm-referenced exam, as well as to evaluate issues related to possible introduction of a statewide college entrance exam.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: ACT, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: ACT Pilot Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $250,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The ACT Pilot Program is a collaborative effort among eight high school districts in Arizona and American College Testing to administer the ACT exam for all juniors in each school district. The pilot is intended to evaluate how Arizona students compare to peers in other states, on a national, norm-referenced exam, as well as to evaluate issues related to possible introduction of a statewide college entrance exam.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.act.org">ACT, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=30 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Healthy Schools Program emphasizes establishing a healthy school environment as an education priority; providing healthy food options; exercise and play; teachers and staff as healthy role models.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: American Heart Association</p><p>Program Funded: Healthy Schools Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $300,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: The Healthy Schools Program emphasizes establishing a healthy school environment as an education priority; providing healthy food options; exercise and play; teachers and staff as healthy role models.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.americanheart.org">American Heart Association</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=17 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Developed by the American Red Cross, Masters of Disaster is a nationally recognized course providing lifesaving disaster and safety education to children.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: American Red Cross - Grand Canyon Chapter</p><p>Program Funded: Masters of Disaster</p><p>Amount Funded: $75,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Developed by the American Red Cross, Masters of Disaster is a nationally recognized course providing lifesaving disaster and safety education to children.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizonaredcross.org">American Red Cross - Grand Canyon Chapter</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=31 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Math Achievement Club (MAC-Ro) uses research based components to raise the math achievement of Arizona students in high-poverty and rural communities. Helios Education Foundation funding supports the development of MAC-Ro for fifth and sixth grade students to compliment the existing first through fourth grade MAC-Ro curriculum.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Rodel Foundation, MacRo Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $730,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Math Achievement Club (MAC-Ro) uses research based components to raise the math achievement of Arizona students in high-poverty and rural communities. Helios Education Foundation funding supports the development of MAC-Ro for fifth and sixth grade students to compliment the existing first through fourth grade MAC-Ro curriculum.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=32 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Accio Education Fund is a partnership between Helios Education Foundation and the Arizona Community Foundation designed to identify, expand and recruit exemplary education organizations that can advance proven systematic reform efforts in Arizona.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Accio Education Fund</p><p>Amount Funded: $485,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Accio Education Fund is a partnership between Helios Education Foundation and the Arizona Community Foundation designed to identify, expand and recruit exemplary education organizations that can advance proven systematic reform efforts in Arizona.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=33 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Summer Youth Program Fund is a collaborative effort among funders in Arizona to enrich, enhance and expand summer programs for children in Maricopa County, Arizona.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Summer Youth Fund</p><p>Amount Funded: $300,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Summer Youth Program Fund is a collaborative effort among funders in Arizona to enrich, enhance and expand summer programs for children in Maricopa County, Arizona.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=34 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Expect More Arizona is a public-private partnership dedicated to creating a movement of Arizonan's who value education as the State's top priority and are actively engaged in strengthening education from birth to career.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Expect More Arizona</p><p>Amount Funded: $500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: Expect More Arizona is a public-private partnership dedicated to creating a movement of Arizonan's who value education as the State's top priority and are actively engaged in strengthening education from birth to career.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=18 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

ASU is one of 30 universities selected to receive an $80,000 grant from the ExxonMobil Foundation to offer an ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp for 47-50 middle school students July 12-24, 2009. Students will be minority and other disadvantaged young people from high-need districts.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp</p><p>Amount Funded: $15,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: ASU is one of 30 universities selected to receive an $80,000 grant from the ExxonMobil Foundation to offer an ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp for 47-50 middle school students July 12-24, 2009. Students will be minority and other disadvantaged young people from high-need districts.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=35 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The American Dream Academy is a parent-empowerment program that teaches families how to navigate the educational process and take an active role in their children’s educational success. The Academy collaborates with schools in low-income areas in Arizona and trains parents to become effective partners and advocates for their children as part of a larger effort to increase retention and graduation rates for high-risk populations.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: American Dream Academy</p><p>Amount Funded: $3,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The American Dream Academy is a parent-empowerment program that teaches families how to navigate the educational process and take an active role in their children’s educational success. The Academy collaborates with schools in low-income areas in Arizona and trains parents to become effective partners and advocates for their children as part of a larger effort to increase retention and graduation rates for high-risk populations.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=19 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Designed to provide Arizona with cutting edge research about what citizens are thinking and their hopes for the future, the Center has engaged the Gallup organization to conduct a Gallup Arizona Poll that will be used as the foundation for a citizens' agenda that can help guide planning for years to come.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Center for the Future of Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: The Arizona We Want</p><p>Amount Funded: $50,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: Designed to provide Arizona with cutting edge research about what citizens are thinking and their hopes for the future, the Center has engaged the Gallup organization to conduct a Gallup Arizona Poll that will be used as the foundation for a citizens' agenda that can help guide planning for years to come.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizonafuture.org">Center for the Future of Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=41 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

2009 - Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments -

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments</p><p>Amount Funded: $683,896.00</p><p>Impact Area: Charitable Contributions and Other</p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=20 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Students enrolled in the Academy will explore fields of engineering, science, technology and math through hands-on laboratory activities, meetings featuring working professionals and sessions discussing the importance of persistence to meet goals and succeed in college.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Cochise County Community College District</p><p>Program Funded: STEM Exploration Academy</p><p>Amount Funded: $15,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Students enrolled in the Academy will explore fields of engineering, science, technology and math through hands-on laboratory activities, meetings featuring working professionals and sessions discussing the importance of persistence to meet goals and succeed in college.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.cochise.edu">Cochise County Community College District</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=21 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A business/education/community initiative that works to create an education-first community by raising the ways in which K-12 teachers are valued, and demonstrating that value through concrete actions and programs.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Community Foundation of Southern Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: Tucson Values Teachers</p><p>Amount Funded: $25,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: A business/education/community initiative that works to create an education-first community by raising the ways in which K-12 teachers are valued, and demonstrating that value through concrete actions and programs.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.cfsoaz.org/cfsa/">Community Foundation of Southern Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=36 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Transition Years project is designed to help build solid relationships between selected high schools and their feeder middle schools in Polk County, Florida to support successful student transitions from middle to high school. The project focuses primarily on curriculum alignment, personal relationships and collaborative leadership.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Florida Association of School Administrators</p><p>Program Funded: The Transition Years: Middle to High School</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,297,824.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Transition Years project is designed to help build solid relationships between selected high schools and their feeder middle schools in Polk County, Florida to support successful student transitions from middle to high school. The project focuses primarily on curriculum alignment, personal relationships and collaborative leadership.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.fasa.net">Florida Association of School Administrators</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=38 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The 40th Anniversary Endowed Scholarship Fund was created to support at-risk and first generation in college students attending Hillsborough Community College.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Hillsborough County Community College Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: 40th Anniversary Endowed Scholarship Fund</p><p>Amount Funded: $40,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: The 40th Anniversary Endowed Scholarship Fund was created to support at-risk and first generation in college students attending Hillsborough Community College.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.hccfl.edu/dao/foundation.aspx">Hillsborough County Community College Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=1 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The LINC Interpreter Service is an interpreter service offered by the International Rescue Committee for the greater Phoenix community focusing on languages of lesser diffusion. Helios Education Foundation funding supports the facilitation of communications among parents with limited English proficiency, students, teachers and school administrators.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: International Rescue Committee</p><p>Program Funded: The LINC Interpreter Service</p><p>Amount Funded: $100,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The LINC Interpreter Service is an interpreter service offered by the International Rescue Committee for the greater Phoenix community focusing on languages of lesser diffusion. Helios Education Foundation funding supports the facilitation of communications among parents with limited English proficiency, students, teachers and school administrators.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.theirc.org">International Rescue Committee</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=22 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Provide scholarships to students in nursing preparation programs.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Mohave Community College</p><p>Program Funded: Nursing Scholarship Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $17,500.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: Provide scholarships to students in nursing preparation programs.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.mohave.edu">Mohave Community College</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=23 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The College for Kids program offers courses in the arts, sciences, and math.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Mohave Community College</p><p>Program Funded: College for Kids</p><p>Amount Funded: $10,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The College for Kids program offers courses in the arts, sciences, and math.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.mohave.edu">Mohave Community College</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=3 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Pinellas Literacy Leadership Project is a partnership among Pinellas County Schools, the National Literacy Project and Helios Education Foundation to develop a pilot program that enables six "high-need" middle and high schools in Pinellas County, Florida to establish a school wide, systematic approach to literacy intended to increase student achievement in science, math and reading.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: National Literacy Project, Pinellas Literacy Leadership Project</p><p>Program Funded: Pinellas Literacy Leadership Project</p><p>Amount Funded: $420,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Pinellas Literacy Leadership Project is a partnership among Pinellas County Schools, the National Literacy Project and Helios Education Foundation to develop a pilot program that enables six "high-need" middle and high schools in Pinellas County, Florida to establish a school wide, systematic approach to literacy intended to increase student achievement in science, math and reading.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.nationalliteracyproject.org">National Literacy Project, Pinellas Literacy Leadership Project</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=11 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

New Global Citizens is an organization dedicated to educating and mobilizing young people to help solve the greatest challenges faced by communities around the world. Helios Education Foundation funding supports New Global Citizens expansion and recruitment of additional Arizona and Florida school-based teams.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: New Global Citizens</p><p>Program Funded: Technology Enhancement</p><p>Amount Funded: $35,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: New Global Citizens is an organization dedicated to educating and mobilizing young people to help solve the greatest challenges faced by communities around the world. Helios Education Foundation funding supports New Global Citizens expansion and recruitment of additional Arizona and Florida school-based teams.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.newglobalcitizens.org">New Global Citizens</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=39 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Provide professional development for administrators supervising teacher participants in our MSP projects to assist them in becoming science learning centered leaders

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Northern Arizona University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Center for Science Teaching & Learning Center</p><p>Amount Funded: $6,200.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Provide professional development for administrators supervising teacher participants in our MSP projects to assist them in becoming science learning centered leaders</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.nau.edu">Northern Arizona University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=4 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

notMYkid provides Arizona youth, their families, and school personnel with information and awareness intended to help students make the right choices to avoid destructive behavior. notMYkid's prevention messages focus on substance abuse, eating disorders and internet safety.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: NotMyKid</p><p>Program Funded: NotMyKid</p><p>Amount Funded: $400,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: notMYkid provides Arizona youth, their families, and school personnel with information and awareness intended to help students make the right choices to avoid destructive behavior. notMYkid's prevention messages focus on substance abuse, eating disorders and internet safety.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.notMykid.org">NotMyKid</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=5 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The RISE Program provides high quality gender specific programs for youth in middle school. The programs are designed to help students develop social and emotional skills to help them transition successfully through middle school.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Ophelia Project and Boys Initiative of Tampa Bay</p><p>Program Funded: RISE Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $165,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The RISE Program provides high quality gender specific programs for youth in middle school. The programs are designed to help students develop social and emotional skills to help them transition successfully through middle school.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.opheliatampa.org">Ophelia Project and Boys Initiative of Tampa Bay</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=6 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The SunBay Digital Mathematics Program is a collaboration between Pinellas County Schools, SRI International and Helios Education Foundation designed to increase Pinellas County middle school student achievement in mathematics utilizing an integrated digital curriculum while engaging teachers in active professional development opportunities.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Pinellas County Education Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: SunBay Digital Mathematics Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $400,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The SunBay Digital Mathematics Program is a collaboration between Pinellas County Schools, SRI International and Helios Education Foundation designed to increase Pinellas County middle school student achievement in mathematics utilizing an integrated digital curriculum while engaging teachers in active professional development opportunities.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.PinellasEducation.org">Pinellas County Education Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=26 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reading with the Rays is an incentive-based summer reading program created to encourage kids to read and utilize their local library over the summer.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Rays Baseball Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Reading with the Rays</p><p>Amount Funded: $50,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Reading with the Rays is an incentive-based summer reading program created to encourage kids to read and utilize their local library over the summer.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.raysbaseball.com">Rays Baseball Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=27 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This college readiness program which AVID's systemic approach is designed to support students and educators as they increase school wide/district wide learning and performance.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Rhodes Junior High Schoold</p><p>Program Funded: Rhodes Junior High World Studies Academy</p><p>Amount Funded: $7,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: This college readiness program which AVID's systemic approach is designed to support students and educators as they increase school wide/district wide learning and performance.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www2.mpsaz.org/rhodes">Rhodes Junior High Schoold</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=28 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Improve Science and Math in the State of Arizona.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Science Foundation Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: Improve Science and Math in the State of Arizona</p><p>Amount Funded: $25,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Improve Science and Math in the State of Arizona.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.sfaz.org">Science Foundation Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=7 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Early Education Emerging Leaders Program supports and facilitates the leadership development of early childhood education directors and promotes the implementation of high-quality staff/child interactions in early childhood programs throughout Arizona.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Southwest Human Development Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Early Emerging Leaders Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $530,190.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: The Early Education Emerging Leaders Program supports and facilitates the leadership development of early childhood education directors and promotes the implementation of high-quality staff/child interactions in early childhood programs throughout Arizona.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.swhd.org">Southwest Human Development Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=12 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take Stock in Children is a comprehensive program that helps low-income middle and high school children succeed by providing volunteer mentors, student advocates, tutoring, and college and vocational scholarships. Helios Education Foundation funding supports enhancements to the student / mentor curriculum, the design of college transition and retention programs, and long-term program sustainability.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Take Stock in Children</p><p>Program Funded: Curriculum Enhancement Support</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,638,420.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Take Stock in Children is a comprehensive program that helps low-income middle and high school children succeed by providing volunteer mentors, student advocates, tutoring, and college and vocational scholarships. Helios Education Foundation funding supports enhancements to the student / mentor curriculum, the design of college transition and retention programs, and long-term program sustainability.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.takestockinchildren.org">Take Stock in Children</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=40 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This program will develop a thorough understanding of the Tampa Bay region’s educational resources, advocates, institutions and coalitions for an advisory committee to leverage and recognize area of existing consensus, energy, and prioritization of issues and avoid duplication.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: Tampa Bay Partnership Regional Research and Educational Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Florida Education Fund Summer Intensive SAT Prep and Applied Math Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $20,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: This program will develop a thorough understanding of the Tampa Bay region’s educational resources, advocates, institutions and coalitions for an advisory committee to leverage and recognize area of existing consensus, energy, and prioritization of issues and avoid duplication.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.tampabay.org">Tampa Bay Partnership Regional Research and Educational Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=37 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Summer Intensive SAT Prep and Applied Math Program works to increase the college going rates of students from underperforming schools by offering courses and workshops that will help students improve their math and test taking skills.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: United Way of Tampa Bay, Florida Education Fund</p><p>Program Funded: Summer Intensive SAT Prep & Applied Math Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $41,900.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Summer Intensive SAT Prep and Applied Math Program works to increase the college going rates of students from underperforming schools by offering courses and workshops that will help students improve their math and test taking skills.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.uwtb.org/">United Way of Tampa Bay, Florida Education Fund</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=9 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Social Justice Education Program is a partnership between the Mexican American Studies and Research Center at the University of Arizona and the Tucson Unified School District. The program empowers Latino students to help their families, schools and communities while improving their academic achievements and encouraging their transition into higher education.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: University of Arizona Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: The Social Justice Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $100,472.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Social Justice Education Program is a partnership between the Mexican American Studies and Research Center at the University of Arizona and the Tucson Unified School District. The program empowers Latino students to help their families, schools and communities while improving their academic achievements and encouraging their transition into higher education.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizona.edu">University of Arizona Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=10 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Arizona Assurance Scholars Program is a comprehensive scholarship and retention program at the University of Arizona designed to help eligible students graduate debt free in four years.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: University of Arizona Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona Assurance Scholars</p><p>Amount Funded: $2,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: The Arizona Assurance Scholars Program is a comprehensive scholarship and retention program at the University of Arizona designed to help eligible students graduate debt free in four years.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizona.edu">University of Arizona Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=13 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Rational Numbers Project is designed to improve the teaching and learning of rational numbers at the fifth grade level to better prepare students for success in algebra and advanced mathematics.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: University of Arizona Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Rational Numbers Project</p><p>Amount Funded: $49,926.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Rational Numbers Project is designed to improve the teaching and learning of rational numbers at the fifth grade level to better prepare students for success in algebra and advanced mathematics.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizona.edu">University of Arizona Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=14 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Junior BIOTECH Program is a middle school bioscience program created by the University of Arizona BIO5 Institute. The program will develop, test and disseminate hands-on genetics and biotechnology activities for middle school students and teachers with an immediate focus in Tucson, Yuma and Flagstaff.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: University of Arizona Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Jr. BIOTECH</p><p>Amount Funded: $752,400.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Junior BIOTECH Program is a middle school bioscience program created by the University of Arizona BIO5 Institute. The program will develop, test and disseminate hands-on genetics and biotechnology activities for middle school students and teachers with an immediate focus in Tucson, Yuma and Flagstaff.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizona.edu">University of Arizona Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=15 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Pinellas County STEM-Master Teachers program is collaboration among the University of Florida, Pinellas County Public Schools, the City of St. Petersburg and Helios Education Foundation. The goal of the program is to develop a national prototype for recruiting, retaining and developing middle and high school math and science teachers who can instill a love of these subjects in their students and who can make significant improvements in student achievement in math and science.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2009</p><p>Partner Name: University of Florida Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Pinellas County STEM-Master Teachers</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,625,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: The Pinellas County STEM-Master Teachers program is collaboration among the University of Florida, Pinellas County Public Schools, the City of St. Petersburg and Helios Education Foundation. The goal of the program is to develop a national prototype for recruiting, retaining and developing middle and high school math and science teachers who can instill a love of these subjects in their students and who can make significant improvements in student achievement in math and science.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.uff.ufl.edu">University of Florida Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=42 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funding for this program provides provides college access information for Latino/Latina youth serving students in Maricopa County and around the State of Arizona.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Aguila Youth Leadership Institute, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Aguila Youth Leadership Institute</p><p>Amount Funded: $175,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Funding for this program provides provides college access information for Latino/Latina youth serving students in Maricopa County and around the State of Arizona.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.aguilayouth.org/">Aguila Youth Leadership Institute, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=43 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>This is a scholarship endowment for approximately 80 low income/high potential students per year in perpetuity to attend Arizona's colleges and universities.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona College Scholarship Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Financial support for existing ACSF Scholarships</p><p>Amount Funded: $13,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: <p>This is a scholarship endowment for approximately 80 low income/high potential students per year in perpetuity to attend Arizona's colleges and universities.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azcsf.org">Arizona College Scholarship Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=44 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Funding for the The American Dream Fund provides scholarships to students whose academic merit and determination has earned them a place at ASU but whose "in-state" status has been reclassified due to the lack of documentation.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona College Scholarship Foundation/Arizona State University</p><p>Program Funded: The American Dream Fund - A CPLC/ACSF Partnership</p><p>Amount Funded: $2,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: <p>Funding for the The American Dream Fund provides scholarships to students whose academic merit and determination has earned them a place at ASU but whose "in-state" status has been reclassified due to the lack of documentation.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azcsf.org">Arizona College Scholarship Foundation/Arizona State University</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=45 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Participation with Arizona's College Goal Sunday provides free information and professional assistance to Arizona students and families seeking college financial aid.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education</p><p>Program Funded: College Goal Sunday</p><p>Amount Funded: $10,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>Participation with Arizona's College Goal Sunday provides free information and professional assistance to Arizona students and families seeking college financial aid.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azhighered.gov">Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=46 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Funding provided sponsorship Governor Napolitanos's literacy project. The book, Big Moon Tortilla, was distributed to approximately 100,000 first grade students throughout Arizona during the school year.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Governor Napolitano's Literacy Project</p><p>Amount Funded: $75,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: <p>Funding provided sponsorship Governor Napolitanos's literacy project. The book, Big Moon Tortilla, was distributed to approximately 100,000 first grade students throughout Arizona during the school year.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=47 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Participation in the The Summer Youth Program (SYPF) supplements existing programs in order to enrich, enhance and expand sumer programs for children and Maricopa County youth.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Summer Youth Program Fund</p><p>Amount Funded: $100,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>Participation in the The Summer Youth Program (SYPF) supplements existing programs in order to enrich, enhance and expand sumer programs for children and Maricopa County youth.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=48 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arizona College Access Network - The College Depot - Phoenix is a collaborative effort of a number of community partners, including the Arizona Community Foundation, the City of Phoenix, Arizona Commission on Postsecondary Education, Arizona College Scholarship Foundation, ASU and others. The goal of the College Depot is to establish a resource that supplements the counseling services currently available at high schools serving low income communities and demonstrating low educational attainment.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona College Access Network-The College Depot</p><p>Amount Funded: $300,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Arizona College Access Network - The College Depot - Phoenix is a collaborative effort of a number of community partners, including the Arizona Community Foundation, the City of Phoenix, Arizona Commission on Postsecondary Education, Arizona College Scholarship Foundation, ASU and others. The goal of the College Depot is to establish a resource that supplements the counseling services currently available at high schools serving low income communities and demonstrating low educational attainment.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=49 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arizona Quest for Kids (AQFK) directly assists high potential youth from low income families to access and attain a college education. AQFK provide the students with enrichment opportunities, college guidance and weekly mentoring through middle and high school. The program also provides parent support activities which assist parents and caregivers understand both the secondary and postsecondary educational systems. Students who successfully complete the AQFK program are provided with a four year tuition scholarship at one of Arizona's community colleges or state universities.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Quest for Kids</p><p>Program Funded: Arizona Quest for Kids (AQFK)</p><p>Amount Funded: $140,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Arizona Quest for Kids (AQFK) directly assists high potential youth from low income families to access and attain a college education. AQFK provide the students with enrichment opportunities, college guidance and weekly mentoring through middle and high school. The program also provides parent support activities which assist parents and caregivers understand both the secondary and postsecondary educational systems. Students who successfully complete the AQFK program are provided with a four year tuition scholarship at one of Arizona's community colleges or state universities.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azquestforkids.org">Arizona Quest for Kids</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=50 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>The Compugirls program helps young female students (grades 8-12) prosper through the formative Transition Years by providing support and development opportunities to build self-esteem and confidence, cultivate leadership skills, and enhance learning abilities.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University</p><p>Program Funded: COMPUGIRLS Summer 2009</p><p>Amount Funded: $35,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>The Compugirls program helps young female students (grades 8-12) prosper through the formative Transition Years by providing support and development opportunities to build self-esteem and confidence, cultivate leadership skills, and enhance learning abilities.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asu.edu">Arizona State University</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=51 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Helios has established two endowments at the ASU Foundation, providing permanent funding for fellowships for students in the master&rsquo;s of teaching history program, as well as a mentoring program for history teachers in Arizona. The new endowment funds are named for William C. &ldquo;Bill&rdquo; Jenkins, a founding director of the Helios Education Foundation.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: William C. Jenkins History Teaching Fellowship and Teaching Mentor Program Endowment</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: <p>Helios has established two endowments at the ASU Foundation, providing permanent funding for fellowships for students in the master&rsquo;s of teaching history program, as well as a mentoring program for history teachers in Arizona. The new endowment funds are named for William C. &ldquo;Bill&rdquo; Jenkins, a founding director of the Helios Education Foundation.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=52 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

This program led by ASU, creates a center for principal training utilizing best practices from a variety of leadership programs, including those used in non-profit management, corporate management and the military. The program participants are focused on the current shortage of principals in Arizona and on the coming retirement of a large cohort of existing principals over the next 5-10 years. The goal of the program is to produce 40-50 additional high trained principals each year in Arizona.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Leaders for Learning: Building a Statewide System of Leadership Development for Administrators</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,133,350.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: This program led by ASU, creates a center for principal training utilizing best practices from a variety of leadership programs, including those used in non-profit management, corporate management and the military. The program participants are focused on the current shortage of principals in Arizona and on the coming retirement of a large cohort of existing principals over the next 5-10 years. The goal of the program is to produce 40-50 additional high trained principals each year in Arizona.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=53 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Be A Leader Foundation (BALF) focuses on helping disadvantaged and minority students build leadership skills to achieve their educational aspirations. BALF has a variety of programs operating in the Roosevelt School District in South Phoenix, including the Be A Leader Institute (BLI), the Valedictorian Club for 8th graders, the Leadership Scholarship and Mentor Program, and the Summer Internship Program. All of these programs are focused on providing a strong foundation for disadvantaged students through workshops and mentoring for student achievement, engaged leadership participation and ongoing scholastic preparation.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Be A Leader Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Be A Leader Institute High School, Project HELP</p><p>Amount Funded: $300,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Be A Leader Foundation (BALF) focuses on helping disadvantaged and minority students build leadership skills to achieve their educational aspirations. BALF has a variety of programs operating in the Roosevelt School District in South Phoenix, including the Be A Leader Institute (BLI), the Valedictorian Club for 8th graders, the Leadership Scholarship and Mentor Program, and the Summer Internship Program. All of these programs are focused on providing a strong foundation for disadvantaged students through workshops and mentoring for student achievement, engaged leadership participation and ongoing scholastic preparation.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.bealeaderfoundation.org">Be A Leader Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=54 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Pathways to Post-Secondary" is a project for Arizona that will identify, evaluate, and facilitate the implementation of innovative and promising pathways projects. The overall goal of the endeavor is to create systemic change in the way education is structured with the resultant creation of multiple educational options, starting as early as middle school, enabling students to pursue one or more pathways to a post-secondary education based on their interests, skills and academic attainment. The Center is especially committed to a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) areas in the development of pathways to post-secondary.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Center for the Future of Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: Pathways to Post-Secondary</p><p>Amount Funded: $250,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: "Pathways to Post-Secondary" is a project for Arizona that will identify, evaluate, and facilitate the implementation of innovative and promising pathways projects. The overall goal of the endeavor is to create systemic change in the way education is structured with the resultant creation of multiple educational options, starting as early as middle school, enabling students to pursue one or more pathways to a post-secondary education based on their interests, skills and academic attainment. The Center is especially committed to a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) areas in the development of pathways to post-secondary.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizonafuture.org">Center for the Future of Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=55 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>"Parents as Partners" Latino parent initiative, increases parental involvement in schools with low-income, predominantly minority student populations. The funds will support a series of training seminars for school personnel who will serve as parent liaisons at schools participating in the center's Beat the Odds School Partners Program.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Center for the Future of Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: Latino Parent Initiative: Parents as Partners</p><p>Amount Funded: $79,500.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>"Parents as Partners" Latino parent initiative, increases parental involvement in schools with low-income, predominantly minority student populations. The funds will support a series of training seminars for school personnel who will serve as parent liaisons at schools participating in the center's Beat the Odds School Partners Program.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizonafuture.org">Center for the Future of Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=80 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

2008 - Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments -

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments</p><p>Amount Funded: $723,823.00</p><p>Impact Area: Charitable Contributions and Other</p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=56 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>The Teachers and Teaching Initiative is a cutting-edge program to induct, mentor, develop and retain novice teachers, with a special focus on middle school science and math teachers.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Council for Educational Change</p><p>Program Funded: Teachers and Teaching Initiative - TTI</p><p>Amount Funded: $320,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>The Teachers and Teaching Initiative is a cutting-edge program to induct, mentor, develop and retain novice teachers, with a special focus on middle school science and math teachers.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.changeeducation.org">Council for Educational Change</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=57 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>The Sexual Predator Initiative focuses on the issue of internet sexual predators. An increasing amount of child exploitation takes place on the internet through websites and message boards, file sharing, email, and in real-time with webcams and streaming videos. The Sexual Predator Initiative is a partnership between the FBI and FBICAAA.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Federal Bureau of Investigation Citizen's Academy Alumni Assoc.</p><p>Program Funded: Sexual Predator Initiative</p><p>Amount Funded: $50,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>The Sexual Predator Initiative focuses on the issue of internet sexual predators. An increasing amount of child exploitation takes place on the internet through websites and message boards, file sharing, email, and in real-time with webcams and streaming videos. The Sexual Predator Initiative is a partnership between the FBI and FBICAAA.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.fbica.org">Federal Bureau of Investigation Citizen's Academy Alumni Assoc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=58 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>The Florida State University UTeach Program was created to increase the quantity and quality of mathematics, science and computer science teachers.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Florida State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: UTeach</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,000,001.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>The Florida State University UTeach Program was created to increase the quantity and quality of mathematics, science and computer science teachers.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.fsu.edu">Florida State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=59 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>The Teacher Quest program addresses the critical need of Florida teachers by offering STEM-related professional development through real-world work experiences. These experiences help teachers grow professionally and encourage student interest in STEM fields at all grade levels.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Florida Technological Research and Development Authority</p><p>Program Funded: Teacher Quest Tampa Bay Pilot Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $314,075.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>The Teacher Quest program addresses the critical need of Florida teachers by offering STEM-related professional development through real-world work experiences. These experiences help teachers grow professionally and encourage student interest in STEM fields at all grade levels.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.trda.org">Florida Technological Research and Development Authority</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=60 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Genesis Academy provides educational services, including drop out prevention services and a charter high school, to at risk youth, including those no longer welcome in the public school system, in downtown Phoenix. Genesis City provides high at-risk students with a bridge into post-secondary educational opportunities.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Genesis Program</p><p>Program Funded: Genesis City, a series of educational programs</p><p>Amount Funded: $500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>Genesis Academy provides educational services, including drop out prevention services and a charter high school, to at risk youth, including those no longer welcome in the public school system, in downtown Phoenix. Genesis City provides high at-risk students with a bridge into post-secondary educational opportunities.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.genesisacademy.com">Genesis Program</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=61 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>ACE program identifies students at risk for dropping out of high school, and not only successfully keeps them in high school, but enables them to earn up to 24 hours of college credit, while still in high school.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: ACE Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $15,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>ACE program identifies students at risk for dropping out of high school, and not only successfully keeps them in high school, but enables them to earn up to 24 hours of college credit, while still in high school.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.maricopa.edu/foundation/">Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=62 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>MPAC's program is designed to promote the arts and culture to children and their families is the recent production of a book titled "What'll We Do...Museum or Zoo?", a family guidebook featuring 16 arts and culture organizations in the region.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Maricopa Partnership for Arts and Culture</p><p>Program Funded: Museum Book "What'll We do... Museum or Zoo?"</p><p>Amount Funded: $100,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>MPAC's program is designed to promote the arts and culture to children and their families is the recent production of a book titled "What'll We Do...Museum or Zoo?", a family guidebook featuring 16 arts and culture organizations in the region.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.mpacarts.org">Maricopa Partnership for Arts and Culture</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=63 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Scholarship program for high financial need students who are single head-of-household in its Associate of Applied Science-Nursing Program.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Mohave Community College</p><p>Program Funded: Nursing Program Scholarships</p><p>Amount Funded: $50,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: <p>Scholarship program for high financial need students who are single head-of-household in its Associate of Applied Science-Nursing Program.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.mohave.edu">Mohave Community College</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=64 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>The Northern Arizona University UTeach Program was created to increase the quantity and quality of mathematics, science and computer science teachers.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Northern Arizona University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: NAUTeach Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>The Northern Arizona University UTeach Program was created to increase the quantity and quality of mathematics, science and computer science teachers.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.nau.edu">Northern Arizona University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=65 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>The Ophelia Project and Boys Initiative provides the programs that produce high-quality and effective opportunities for critical social and emotional development during middle school, when youth are particularly challenged.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Ophelia Project and Boys Initiative of Tampa Bay</p><p>Program Funded: Transitioning with Confidence and Character: A Sixth-Grade School Saturation Model of Gender-Specific Services</p><p>Amount Funded: $100,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>The Ophelia Project and Boys Initiative provides the programs that produce high-quality and effective opportunities for critical social and emotional development during middle school, when youth are particularly challenged.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.opheliatampa.org">Ophelia Project and Boys Initiative of Tampa Bay</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=66 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Reading with the Rays is an incentive based reading program we will provide to the Hillsborough and Pinellas County library systems. The goal of the program is to encourage children to increase their reading over the summer and to visit their library more regularly.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Rays Baseball Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Reading your Way to the Ballpark</p><p>Amount Funded: $25,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>Reading with the Rays is an incentive based reading program we will provide to the Hillsborough and Pinellas County library systems. The goal of the program is to encourage children to increase their reading over the summer and to visit their library more regularly.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.raysbaseball.com">Rays Baseball Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=67 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

This investment supports the efforts of students and educators to increase their school-wide and district-wide learning and performance at Rhodes Jr. High World Studies Academy. This college readiness program impacts several students who fall in the academic middle across three grade levels.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Rhodes Junior High Schoold</p><p>Program Funded: Rhodes Junior High World Studies Academy</p><p>Amount Funded: $10,200.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: This investment supports the efforts of students and educators to increase their school-wide and district-wide learning and performance at Rhodes Jr. High World Studies Academy. This college readiness program impacts several students who fall in the academic middle across three grade levels.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www2.mpsaz.org/rhodes">Rhodes Junior High Schoold</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=68 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Science Foundation Arizona is playing a pivotal role in delivering and managing an investment strategy in purpose-driven research and innovation for Arizona's knowledge-based economy to grow and prosper.Investment in Science Foundation Arizona supports initiatives that enhance student math and science learning statewide.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Science Foundation Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: STEM Education Initiative</p><p>Amount Funded: $25,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>Science Foundation Arizona is playing a pivotal role in delivering and managing an investment strategy in purpose-driven research and innovation for Arizona's knowledge-based economy to grow and prosper.Investment in Science Foundation Arizona supports initiatives that enhance student math and science learning statewide.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.sfaz.org">Science Foundation Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=69 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Signal Peak Community Foundation, is driving the effort to create the College Preparatory Academy (CPA) for students in the Copper Valley. CPA is intended to create and foster a community-based college going culture; support students and families to understand college opportunities and processes; raise expectations and reach the underserved "but for" students (college able but for other life circumstances) in the Copper Valley; raise education at all levels and produce 21st century graduates.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Signal Peak Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Southern Gila County College Preparatory Academy</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: Signal Peak Community Foundation, is driving the effort to create the College Preparatory Academy (CPA) for students in the Copper Valley. CPA is intended to create and foster a community-based college going culture; support students and families to understand college opportunities and processes; raise expectations and reach the underserved "but for" students (college able but for other life circumstances) in the Copper Valley; raise education at all levels and produce 21st century graduates.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.globeprep.org">Signal Peak Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=70 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Professional development for early childhood educators and practitioners, working with children aged one through five, in the areas of early intervention, behavioral, and social supports for children identified and/or exhibiting behavioral issues of specific social and cognitive delays.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center</p><p>Program Funded: Helios Early Intervention Initiative for Exceptional Children</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: <p>Professional development for early childhood educators and practitioners, working with children aged one through five, in the areas of early intervention, behavioral, and social supports for children identified and/or exhibiting behavioral issues of specific social and cognitive delays.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.autismcenter.org">Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=71 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>This is funding support for dropout prevention and encouraging low-income students to graduate from high school and transition to college.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Take Stock in Children</p><p>Program Funded: Helios Education Foundation Fund for Take Stock in Children</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>This is funding support for dropout prevention and encouraging low-income students to graduate from high school and transition to college.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.takestockinchildren.org">Take Stock in Children</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=72 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Campaign program to increase the capacity to recruit, train, and support a corps of 425, particularly for high need content areas, math/science, special education, early childhood, for Phoenix low-income schools. The funding will allow us to cultivate our alumni as leaders in education reform by expanding TFA's regional infrastructure to build a state-wide alumni base.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Teach for America</p><p>Program Funded: Teach For America (TFA) / Helios Education Foundation Partnership</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>Campaign program to increase the capacity to recruit, train, and support a corps of 425, particularly for high need content areas, math/science, special education, early childhood, for Phoenix low-income schools. The funding will allow us to cultivate our alumni as leaders in education reform by expanding TFA's regional infrastructure to build a state-wide alumni base.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.teachforamerica.org">Teach for America</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=73 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>AZ LeaderForce Initiative Program provides the framework to develop a network of compassionate community leaders and human service partners that are taking action. AZ LeaderForce offers a year-long leadership development experience meant to develop higher performing business/civic leaders and community-based agencies.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: The Collaboration for a New Century Purpose</p><p>Program Funded: AZ LeaderForce Initiative Program for 2008</p><p>Amount Funded: $100,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: <p>AZ LeaderForce Initiative Program provides the framework to develop a network of compassionate community leaders and human service partners that are taking action. AZ LeaderForce offers a year-long leadership development experience meant to develop higher performing business/civic leaders and community-based agencies.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.thecollab.org">The Collaboration for a New Century Purpose</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=74 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Professional development and training for middle school social studies teachers.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: The University of Central Florida Research Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Florida Joint Center for Citizenship</p><p>Amount Funded: $556,466.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: <p>Professional development and training for middle school social studies teachers.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.ucf.edu">The University of Central Florida Research Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=75 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>The Helios Program at TGen establishes an endowment that will support internships with TGen for forty-five (45) high potential students per year. The program at TGen provides funding, including intern stipends, to support the summer internship program that will create a pipeline of bioscience and medical talent in Arizona.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Translational Genomics Research Institute</p><p>Program Funded: The Helios Scholars Program at TGen</p><p>Amount Funded: $6,500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>The Helios Program at TGen establishes an endowment that will support internships with TGen for forty-five (45) high potential students per year. The program at TGen provides funding, including intern stipends, to support the summer internship program that will create a pipeline of bioscience and medical talent in Arizona.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.tgen.org">Translational Genomics Research Institute</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=77 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>The University of Florida UTeach Program was created to increase the quantity and quality of mathematics, science and computer science teachers.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: University of Florida Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Florida UTeach Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,000,001.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>The University of Florida UTeach Program was created to increase the quantity and quality of mathematics, science and computer science teachers.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.uff.ufl.edu">University of Florida Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=78 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Helios Education Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund for under-represented populations. These scholarshipswill go to qualified students, with strong consideration given to undergraduate students from low-income families and diverse ethnic backgrounds.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: Helios Education Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund</p><p>Amount Funded: $2,000,001.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: <p>Helios Education Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund for under-represented populations. These scholarshipswill go to qualified students, with strong consideration given to undergraduate students from low-income families and diverse ethnic backgrounds.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.usf.edu/scholarships">University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=79 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Helios Education Foundation & the VSUW Professional Development Project targets formal and informal early childhood education professionals and practitioners to improve school readiness success for Arizona's youngest children. The Program will reach early childhood professionals in formal settings such as childcare centers, informal settings such as family care/kith and kin practitioner groups, or in other settings such as community colleges and other academic settings.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2008</p><p>Partner Name: Valley of the Sun United Way</p><p>Program Funded: Helios Education Foundation & the VSUW Professional Development Project</p><p>Amount Funded: $2,500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: The Helios Education Foundation & the VSUW Professional Development Project targets formal and informal early childhood education professionals and practitioners to improve school readiness success for Arizona's youngest children. The Program will reach early childhood professionals in formal settings such as childcare centers, informal settings such as family care/kith and kin practitioner groups, or in other settings such as community colleges and other academic settings.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.vsuw.org">Valley of the Sun United Way</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=81 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>This statewide public awareness campaign is aimed at increasing awareness about the importance of education in Arizona and providing the community with the tools and resources they need to get involved in education at all levels.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: P20 Council Arizona Public Awareness Campaign - Expect More Arizona</p><p>Amount Funded: $500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: <p>This statewide public awareness campaign is aimed at increasing awareness about the importance of education in Arizona and providing the community with the tools and resources they need to get involved in education at all levels.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=82 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Funding provided sponsorship Governor Napolitanos's literacy project. The book, Gingerbread Cowboy, was distributed to approximately 100,000 first grade students throughout Arizona during the school year.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona Community Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Governor Napolitano's Literacy Project</p><p>Amount Funded: $50,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: <p>Funding provided sponsorship Governor Napolitanos's literacy project. The book, Gingerbread Cowboy, was distributed to approximately 100,000 first grade students throughout Arizona during the school year.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azfoundation.org">Arizona Community Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=83 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Funding for C&eacute;sar E.Ch&aacute;vez Leadership Institute (CECLI) provides high school students from across the state of Arizona with the skills needed for leadership development.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Cesar Chavez Programs</p><p>Amount Funded: $150,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>Funding for C&eacute;sar E.Ch&aacute;vez Leadership Institute (CECLI) provides high school students from across the state of Arizona with the skills needed for leadership development.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=84 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Funding for this program, ASU Annual Hispanic Mother Dauthter Program, The Heart to Heart: Linking Mothers &amp; Daughters Retreat, strengthens the relationship between mothers and daughters through activities focused on the mind, body and spirit.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Annual HMDP Mother-Daughter Retreat and Community Awards</p><p>Amount Funded: $150,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>Funding for this program, ASU Annual Hispanic Mother Dauthter Program, The Heart to Heart: Linking Mothers &amp; Daughters Retreat, strengthens the relationship between mothers and daughters through activities focused on the mind, body and spirit.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=85 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

This program led by ASU creates a center for principal training utilizing best practices from a variety of leadership programs, including those used in non-profit management, corporate management and the military. The program participants are focused on the current shortage of principals in Arizona and on the coming retirement of a large cohort of existing principals over the next 5-10 years. The goal of the program is to produce 40-50 additional high trained principals each year in Arizona.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Leaders for Learning Principal Institute</p><p>Amount Funded: $150,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: This program led by ASU creates a center for principal training utilizing best practices from a variety of leadership programs, including those used in non-profit management, corporate management and the military. The program participants are focused on the current shortage of principals in Arizona and on the coming retirement of a large cohort of existing principals over the next 5-10 years. The goal of the program is to produce 40-50 additional high trained principals each year in Arizona.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.asufoundation.org">Arizona State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=86 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Funding for this program expands environmental educational programs to seventh and eighth grade students.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Audubon Arizona</p><p>Amount Funded: $50,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: <p>Funding for this program expands environmental educational programs to seventh and eighth grade students.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.az.audubon.org">Audubon Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=87 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Participation in the Back-to-School Clothing Drive provides new school clothing and uniforms, backpacks and school supplies to less fortunate children in the Valley of the Sun</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Back-to-School Clothing Drive</p><p>Program Funded: Back-To-School Clothing Drive</p><p>Amount Funded: $5,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: <p>Participation in the Back-to-School Clothing Drive provides new school clothing and uniforms, backpacks and school supplies to less fortunate children in the Valley of the Sun</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.backtoschoolclothingdrive.com">Back-to-School Clothing Drive</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=88 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>The goal of this program is to attract and train parent leaders and community volunteers who will assist schools in improving student achievement.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Center for the Future of Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: Latino Parent Initiative</p><p>Amount Funded: $66,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: <p>The goal of this program is to attract and train parent leaders and community volunteers who will assist schools in improving student achievement.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizonafuture.org">Center for the Future of Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=103 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

2007 - Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments -

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments</p><p>Amount Funded: $512,545.00</p><p>Impact Area: Charitable Contributions and Other</p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=89 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>This is an endowmend Fund endowment in support of a dedicated Director of Early Childhood. Children's Action Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan research, education and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting the well-being of Arizona's children and families.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Children's Action Alliance</p><p>Program Funded: Fund endowment in support of a dedicated Director of Early Childhood</p><p>Amount Funded: $375,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: <p>This is an endowmend Fund endowment in support of a dedicated Director of Early Childhood. Children's Action Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan research, education and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting the well-being of Arizona's children and families.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azchildren.org">Children's Action Alliance</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=90 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Funding a permanent endowment to the College of Nursing to enable the expansion of the undergraduate nursing program .</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Florida State University Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Nursing Scholarships</p><p>Amount Funded: $1,000,001.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: <p>Funding a permanent endowment to the College of Nursing to enable the expansion of the undergraduate nursing program .</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.fsu.edu">Florida State University Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=91 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Funding for the ACE program identifies students at risk for dropping out of high school, and not only successfully keeps them in high school, but enables them to earn up to 24 hours of college credit, while still in high school.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: ACE Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $650,363.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>Funding for the ACE program identifies students at risk for dropping out of high school, and not only successfully keeps them in high school, but enables them to earn up to 24 hours of college credit, while still in high school.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.maricopa.edu/foundation/">Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=92 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>This program identifies middle grade drop-out enrichment/prevention program.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Junior ACE Planning Budget</p><p>Amount Funded: $114,479.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>This program identifies middle grade drop-out enrichment/prevention program.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://http://www.maricopa.edu/foundation/">Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=93 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Funding a scholarship program for high financial need students who are single head-of-household in its Associate of Applied Science-Nursing Program.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Mohave Community College</p><p>Program Funded: Associate of Applied Science-Nursing Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $50,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: <p>Funding a scholarship program for high financial need students who are single head-of-household in its Associate of Applied Science-Nursing Program.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.mohave.edu">Mohave Community College</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=94 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

This investment supports the efforts of students and educators to increase their school-wide and district-wide learning and performance at Rhodes Jr. High World Studies Academy. This college readiness program impacts several students who fall in the academic middle across three grade levels.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Rhodes Junior High Schoold</p><p>Program Funded: Rhodes Junior High World Studies Academy</p><p>Amount Funded: $8,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: This investment supports the efforts of students and educators to increase their school-wide and district-wide learning and performance at Rhodes Jr. High World Studies Academy. This college readiness program impacts several students who fall in the academic middle across three grade levels.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www2.mpsaz.org/rhodes">Rhodes Junior High Schoold</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=95 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Science Foundation Arizona is playing a pivotal role in delivering and managing an investment strategyin purpose-drivenresearch and innovationfor Arizona's knowledge-basedeconomyto grow and prosper.Investment in Science Foundation Arizona supports initiatives that enhance student math and science learning statewide.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Science Foundation Arizona</p><p>Program Funded: STEM Education Initiative</p><p>Amount Funded: $25,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>Science Foundation Arizona is playing a pivotal role in delivering and managing an investment strategyin purpose-drivenresearch and innovationfor Arizona's knowledge-basedeconomyto grow and prosper.Investment in Science Foundation Arizona supports initiatives that enhance student math and science learning statewide.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.sfaz.org">Science Foundation Arizona</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=96 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Participation in this program which eliminates educational inequity by building a highly selective service corps of he nation's most promising futue leaders - outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors - who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Teach for America</p><p>Program Funded: Teach for America Phoenix</p><p>Amount Funded: $500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>Participation in this program which eliminates educational inequity by building a highly selective service corps of he nation's most promising futue leaders - outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors - who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.teachforamerica.org">Teach for America</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=97 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Participation in this program which eliminates educational inequity by building a highly selective service corps of he nation's most promising futue leaders - outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors - who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Teach for America Miami-Dade, FL</p><p>Program Funded: Teach for America, Florida</p><p>Amount Funded: $500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>Participation in this program which eliminates educational inequity by building a highly selective service corps of he nation's most promising futue leaders - outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors - who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.teachforamerica.org">Teach for America Miami-Dade, FL</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=98 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Partnership with TGen supports a program for high school, college, graduate and medical students to work side by side the TGen scientists. Scientists design protions of their research into projects that students can complete under their mentorship within a ten-week period. Students develop skills in scientific research while contributing to the body of knowledge in such areas of research as melanoma, prostate cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, as well as rare genetic disorders.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Translational Genomics Research Institute</p><p>Program Funded: Helios Scholars Program at TGen</p><p>Amount Funded: $383,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Innovative</p><p>Description: Partnership with TGen supports a program for high school, college, graduate and medical students to work side by side the TGen scientists. Scientists design protions of their research into projects that students can complete under their mentorship within a ten-week period. Students develop skills in scientific research while contributing to the body of knowledge in such areas of research as melanoma, prostate cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, as well as rare genetic disorders.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.tgen.org">Translational Genomics Research Institute</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=99 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Support for this program provides a a systematic approach to improving the preparation and professional development of early childhood professionals.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: United Way of Northern Arizona/Northern Arizona University</p><p>Program Funded: Early Learning Center for Future Educators</p><p>Amount Funded: $165,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: <p>Support for this program provides a a systematic approach to improving the preparation and professional development of early childhood professionals.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.nau.edu">United Way of Northern Arizona/Northern Arizona University</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=100 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Funding for the Project SOAR (Student Outreach for Access and Resiliency)program provides a service-learning course that prepares undergraduates as mentors to students at under-resourced schools in the Tucson area, in an effort to increase the level of academic achievement for these students and to increase their competitiveness for college.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: University of Arizona Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Project SOAR</p><p>Amount Funded: $286,235.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>Funding for the Project SOAR (Student Outreach for Access and Resiliency)program provides a service-learning course that prepares undergraduates as mentors to students at under-resourced schools in the Tucson area, in an effort to increase the level of academic achievement for these students and to increase their competitiveness for college.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizona.edu">University of Arizona Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=101 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Participation with the University of Arizona's Maricopa Med-Start was a summer program for students interested in health careers</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: University of Arizona Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Maricopa Med-Start Summer Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $40,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: <p>Participation with the University of Arizona's Maricopa Med-Start was a summer program for students interested in health careers</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.arizona.edu">University of Arizona Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=102 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

NotMyKid is a behavioral educational program directed at midle schools, service grades 6, 7 and 8 in the State of Arizona. Funding for this program provides a complete interactive multifaceted educational program for students, parents and faculty to promote and increase awareness about all youth behavioral health issues such as drug use, depression, eating disorders, binge drinking and dating violence that can negatively impact children and their families.

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2007</p><p>Partner Name: Valley of the Sun United Way</p><p>Program Funded: NotMyKid Pilot Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $500,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: College and Career Readiness</p><p>Description: NotMyKid is a behavioral educational program directed at midle schools, service grades 6, 7 and 8 in the State of Arizona. Funding for this program provides a complete interactive multifaceted educational program for students, parents and faculty to promote and increase awareness about all youth behavioral health issues such as drug use, depression, eating disorders, binge drinking and dating violence that can negatively impact children and their families.</p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.vsuw.org">Valley of the Sun United Way</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=104 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Scholarship Endowment for approximately 80 low income/high potential students per year in perpetuity to attend Arizona's colleges and universities.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2006</p><p>Partner Name: Arizona College Scholarship Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: The Helios-ACSF Scholars Fund</p><p>Amount Funded: $10,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: <p>Scholarship Endowment for approximately 80 low income/high potential students per year in perpetuity to attend Arizona's colleges and universities.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.azcsf.org">Arizona College Scholarship Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=108 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

2006 - Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments -

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2006</p><p>Partner Name: Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments</p><p>Amount Funded: $284,940.00</p><p>Impact Area: Charitable Contributions and Other</p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=105 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Provide scholarships for first-generation students in the State University System of Florida.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2006</p><p>Partner Name: Florida Board of Governors Foundation, Inc.</p><p>Program Funded: The Helios Education Foundation for First Generation Scholars Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $5,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: <p>Provide scholarships for first-generation students in the State University System of Florida.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.flbog.org/about/foundation">Florida Board of Governors Foundation, Inc.</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=106 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>Provide scholarships for first-generation in college students in the Florida community college system.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2006</p><p>Partner Name: Foundation for Florida's Community Colleges</p><p>Program Funded: The Helios Education Foundation for First Generation Scholars Program</p><p>Amount Funded: $5,000,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Postsecondary Completion</p><p>Description: <p>Provide scholarships for first-generation in college students in the Florida community college system.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.fldoe.org/cc/foundation/default.asp">Foundation for Florida's Community Colleges</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=107 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

<p>This program will expand the Whole Child Project to up to six additional Florida Communities.</p>

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2006</p><p>Partner Name: The Lawton Chiles Foundation</p><p>Program Funded: Whole Child Project</p><p>Amount Funded: $100,000.00</p><p>Impact Area: Early Grade Success</p><p>Description: <p>This program will expand the Whole Child Project to up to six additional Florida Communities.</p></p><p>Partner Website: <a href="http://www.lawtonchiles.org">The Lawton Chiles Foundation</a></p> Helios Education Foundation http://www.helios.org/investment-history-details.aspx?id=109 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

2005 - Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments -

<p>Fiscal Year Funded: 2005</p><p>Partner Name: Charitable Contributions & Discretionary Community Investments</p><p>Amount Funded: $252,715.00</p><p>Impact Area: Charitable Contributions and Other</p>