Tag: Truist Foundation

Truist Foundation Partners With Connect Humanity To Advance the Internet Connectivity Space and Establish Digital Equity

Stuart Mitchell

Truist Foundation has announced it has awarded a $10 million grant to Connect Humanity, a nonprofit focused on advancing digital equity among historically marginalized communities. The grant will be used to strengthen Connect Humanity’s current efforts in providing financing, tools, training and network builds to eliminate the digital divide. As more organizations and individuals adopt fully remote and digital work, the digital divide continues to expand, and barriers to entry deepen because of it. This Truist Foundation grant serves as an opportunity to advance the internet connectivity space and provide…

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Truist Foundation $2.5 Million Grant Supports Online Tools at National Institute for Student Success

Stuart Mitchell

Georgia State University’s National Institute for Student Success (NISS) has received a transformational gift from Truist Foundation, a longstanding and early supporter of success initiatives at the university.  The $2.5 million Truist Foundation grant will assist the NISS programming in helping other schools improve graduation rates among underserved students and strengthen financial literacy. The grant will fund the development of coaching services allowing partner schools to learn about innovative, evidence-based initiatives to help their students succeed. It also will support an 18-month collaboration between the institute and a group of…

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