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Education Strategic Directions

The founder and the family are concerned about the future of our country, its economy and the need to graduate more students with four-year college degrees in an environment of rapidly increasing costs in higher education. Concern also exists for the “forgotten half” of students who either cannot or choose not to pursue a four-year degree.

Some post-secondary education and credential seems essential to family-supporting careers in today’s workforce.  Declining levels of achievement among U.S. students (K-12) compared to their worldwide peers needs to be reversed and is a family priority. Although funding certain programs in public district schools remains a possibility, the majority of school funding will be directed at charter, Catholic or private schools, particularly those that serve the working- and middle-class and are high performing.

Recent research on the developing brain underscores the vital importance of quality early-childhood education, which the Foundation considers a priority. The Foundation, its founder and founding family also have a strong appreciation for the role entrepreneurship can play in job creation and in strengthening the economy.

The Foundation, in its areas of geographic emphasis, will issue grants to:

  • Build the capacity of high-performing schools, by invitation only, to provide more children with a quality education and a better start in life and promote sharing of best practices with schools having that potential;
  • Support best-in-class early childhood education providers through capacity building and quality enhancements;
  • Positively affect the excellence and enrollments of Minnesota’s 152 Catholic elementary schools;
  • Support high-quality, out-of-school-time activities to increase exposure to instruction and allow for greater progress in learning and the development of resiliency;
  • Attempt to improve the success rates of the next generation of entrepreneurs through degree-granting higher education programs and schools for students of entrepreneurship;
  • Lessen the negative impact of rising costs in higher and professional education on middle- and working-class students by offering college scholarships primarily in the foundation’s areas of geographic focus; and
  • Support the development of alternative career pathways through schools demonstrating excellence in career and technical education and a willingness to partner with employers and high schools;
  • Attempt to incentivize high-achieving students into careers in education through scholarship programs designed to reduce the debt burden assumed by education school graduates.

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6600 France Ave., Suite 550
Minneapolis, MN 55435
Phone: 952-324-8910

Florida Office

999 Vanderbilt Rd., Suite 710
Naples, FL 34108
Phone: 239-263-9400

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  • About Us
    • About Us Overview
    • Our Vision, Mission & Values
      • Our Vision, Mission & Values
      • How We Do Our Work
      • Why We Do Our Work
      • Where We Do Our Work
    • Our Founder
    • Our Board
      • Our Board
      • Trustees Emeriti
      • Health Care Advisor
      • Housing Advisor
    • Our Staff
  • Apply for a Grant
    • Apply for a Grant Overview
    • Eligibility
    • Guidelines
    • Resources
    • Update Information
  • Apply for Scholarships
    • College Scholarships Overview
      • Eligible High Schools
      • Downloadable Documents
      • New and Graduating Scholars
      • Renew Your College Scholarship
    • Early Learning Scholarship Overview
      • Eligible Catholic Schools
      • Early Learning Scholarship Documents
  • What We Support
    • Overview
    • Best Buy Employees
      • Best Buy Employee Relief
      • Best Buy Disaster Relief
      • Best Buy Hope Fund
    • Collier County Community 2022-23 Assessment
    • Focus Areas & Categories
      • Focus Areas & Categories
      • Education
      • Human & Social Services
      • Health & Medicine
    • Power of 100 – Women Who Care
  • Thank You
  • Newsroom
    • Minnesota Citizens League honors Kathleen Blatz
    • A place for survival and hope during grief.
    • RMSFF issues $1.5 mil challenge to Children’s Minnesota fundraising community
    • Give Where You Live Raises $3,312,846 in single day
    • RMSFF co-sponsors new Collier County Community Assessment
    • White House briefing cites our work as part of Cancer Moonshot.
    • Benefactors change lives