Moody Foundation Announces M-Pact Fund Cycle One Grantees

June 12, 2024: The inaugural cycle of the Moody Foundation’s M-Pact Fund has been announced, awarding 32 organizations grants to support their transformational work across early learning and post-secondary success. The inaugural cohort offers a comprehensive network of state-wide solutions, serving more than 2.9 million individuals across the state of Texas, from the Rio Grande Valley to Amarillo.

“After a comprehensive and lengthy review process, we are thrilled to announce the very first cohort of our M-Pact Fund. We are thankful to every group who applied, and it was truly inspiring to see the important work that so many non-profits and institutions are doing to support students across the state,” says Elle Moody, Chief Grants Officer.

The M-Pact Fund is an annual grantmaking process and a key component of the Foundation’s historic commitment of $1 billion for Texas education over 20 years. The name of the “M-Pact” fund reflects the trustees’ vision of a mutual promise and partnership between the Foundation and its grantees to support student success. With benefits extending beyond grant funding, the M-Pact Fund will unite a comprehensive network of grantees to foster collaboration and share best practices, starting with an annual convening in 2025.

Cycle Two funding will be announced in early September 2024. For Cycle Three, the application opens Spring 2025. Visit the Moody Foundation website for more details.

“Through the M-Pact Fund, the Foundation is supporting some of the most promising and impactful education initiatives across the state. By uniting these groups through an intentional, collaborative network, we can foster transformational change in early learning and postsecondary success for all Texans. It is an honor to uplift the work of these grantees, and we look forward to continuing to grow this best-in-class network through future cycles of the M-Pact Fund,” shared Courtney Rogers, the Moody Foundation’s Vice President, Education.

MOODY FOUNDATION’S M-PACT FUND COHORT ONE:

• Austin Public Education Foundation: Austin Ed Fund: Early Literacy Initiative
• Big Thought: Learning Pathways: Skills-Building Powered by Relationships
• Bold Idea: Coding Clubs: Expanding Access to Computer Science in Dallas ISD
• Breakthrough Central Texas: Scaling First-Generation College Student Success
• Catch Up & Read: Growing Confident Readers and Teachers
• The Center for First-generation Student Success: Texas First: Expansion of First-generation Student Success Supports in Texas
• Center for Pursuit: Pathway to Employment for Youth with Autism
• Child Care Associates: Center for the Early Educator
• Coleman ISD: Work-Based Learning and Expanded Learning Opportunities
• The Commit Partnership: Dallas County Center for Economic Mobility: Driving Universal Economic Opportunity at Scale
• Communities Foundation of Texas: Teacher Talent Pathways Expansion
• Dallas College Foundation: Early Educator Workforce Development Learning Partnership
• Dallas Education Foundation: Enabling Economic Mobility for the Students of Dallas ISD
• Empower Schools: Scaling Rural Pathway Excellence Partnerships
• Generation One: Academy+Empowered Families
• Good Reason Houston: Pre-K Enrollment Expansion in Houston ISD
• My Possibilities: Employment Innovations School
• Opportunity School: Scaling affordable, high-quality early childhood education across the Texas panhandle
• Respite Care of San Antonio: Early Childhood for Children with Disabilities and Complex Medical Conditions
• Shelbys Bridge: Building Bigger Bridges
• Texas Community College Education Initiative: Nurturing Postsecondary Success Through Wraparound Services
• Texas Reads, Texas Leads: Cohort-based training and resources from the Charles Butt Foundation and CA Group for school districts to improve early literacy outcomes
• Texas State University Development Foundation: First-Generation Career Scholars Network
• Transformation Waco: Transforming School Readiness: A Community Approach
• Thinkery Del Valle: A School-Community Partnership Model For Providing High-Quality Early Learning Experiences In Support of Student Success
• United Way of Metropolitan Dallas: Read Up: Changing Early Literacy Outcomes Through a Strategic Collective Impact Partnership
• University of Houston Clear Lake: Strengthening Early Education Workforce by Supporting First-Generation Early Childhood Educators’ Access, Persistence, and Completion of Special Education-Focused Bachelor’s Degree Programs
• University of North Texas Foundation: Increasing Retention Rates in Postsecondary Education for Students with Experience in Foster Care
• The University of Texas at Austin: Texas Network for Postsecondary Success: Collective Challenges, Collaborative Solutions
• Wesley Rankin Community Center: Aspiring Professionals Program: Pathways to Career
• Yes Prep Public Schools: College Initiatives Program
• Young Women’s Preparatory Network: Overcoming Barriers Program