Education

Responsive Grant - Education

Our responsive grant offers an open, rigorous, and user-friendly process that evaluates organizations aligned with our specific focus areas. In Education, we seek applications from organizations offering Supplemental Academic Programs (SAP). All programs should have direct academic outcomes, be evidence-based, and primarily serve economically disadvantaged students.

The next grant cycle for education will open August 2020. As part of our new strategic plan for supplemental academic programs, the cycle will only be for capacity-building grants (our Winter 2021 grant cycle will focus on program support).

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Human Capital

Cullen Foundation believes great talent is the fuel for high-performing schools. A strong and complete talent pipeline is critical to meeting the need for high-quality teachers and leaders. Cullen Foundation developed a focused human capital/talent investment strategy that generates, prioritizes, and sequences strategies to accelerate progress on identified talent needs over the next several years given the specific assets and needs of Buffalo’s schools.

Charter Schools

Through a rigorous strategic planning process and analysis of school performance across Buffalo, Cullen Foundation prioritized the need to improve access to high-quality schools for historically underserved populations. Cullen has committed to dramatically increasing the number of high-quality seats in schools across the city that serve a majority of economically disadvantaged students via four primary investment strategies:

Replicate and grow proven high-performing charter schools

Incubate new high-performing charter schools

Support the academic growth of mid-performing charter schools

Invest in human capital pipelines that meet the needs of Buffalo charter schools

Cullen Scholars

Students seeking a unique and rewarding academic experience provided by Erie County’s private schools have an exciting opportunity. Cullen Foundation seeks to assist families of high-achieving students to mitigate the financial challenges of attaining a private middle school and high school education through our Cullen Scholars program.

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Responsive Grant - Education

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Charter Schools

Cullen Scholars

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