As students pursue higher education in what is becoming an increasingly precarious economic environment, The Michelson 20MM Foundation is committed to supporting organizations and institutions that are working to increase persistence and graduation rates by helping students meet their basic needs. Basic needs are defined as a student’s ability to adequately meet their food, housing, mental health, sleep, child/dependent care, hygiene, and transportation requirements.

In support of these efforts, our next cycle of the Michelson Spark Grants program will focus on Student Basic Needs and will run from September 5, 2023, to September 19, 2023. The cycle seeks to fund macro-level projects that support systems-level strategies, create impact at scale, and inform public policy.

On August 24th, grant committee members hosted an informational webinar that provided an in-depth overview of the Spark Grants program, highlighted past awardees, and shared detailed updates on the student basic needs funding cycle.

Michelson 20MM will award grants up to $25,000 to support initiatives that address our focus areas, which can be found by visiting 20mm.org/spark-grants.

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