Schulze Family Foundation funds iWill Mentorship Foundation as part of FutureMakers Coalition
FORT MYERS, Fla. (March 18, 2016) – As part of its $300,000 grant to the FutureMakers Coalition, the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation has funded $5,890 to the iWill Mentorship Foundation (IWMF), a FutureMakers Coalition partner, for the purchase of an industrial trailer for transportation of youth bikes for community bike rides and bike repair […]
LeSage to speak at national conference
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Jan. 5, 2016) – Tessa LeSage, director of strategy for the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, will be a guest presenter at Lumina Foundation’s national conference in February. LeSage will present “I’m a FutureMaker: Building a Coalition One Story at a Time” on Feb. 8 to 10 at the Marriott Grand Hotel in St. Louis, […]
FutureMakers and WorkForce Now to merge; News-Press Media Group initiative to join forces with regional coalition to transform the workforce by increasing Southwest Florida’s higher education completion to 40 percent by 2025
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Nov. 16, 2015) – Michael Jung, president and publisher of the News-Press Media Group announced today that WorkForce Now, an initiative created as a result of the Education Summits produced by his organization, would join the FutureMakers Coalition. WorkForce Now is a five-county regional research initiative conducted by Florida SouthWestern State College, Florida Gulf […]
FutureMakers receives $300,000 from Schulze Family Foundation; Goal to transform the workforce by increasing the number of college degrees and post-secondary certifications from 27 to 40 percent by 2025
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Sept. 28, 2015) – The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation recently granted the FutureMakers Coalition $300,000. The grant, which is payable during the next three years, will help fund programs and projects developed by the Coalition’s Regional Action Teams focused on the FutureMakers’ goal of increasing the number of Southwest Florida residents with […]
FutureMakers Champions Team learns coalition building from national coaches; Goal to increase Southwest Florida’s higher education completion to 40 percent by 2025
Manny Garcia, Bill Barker, Tessa LeSage & Robin Lankton FORT MYERS, Fla. (Sept. 21, 2015) – Two national coalition-building experts recently met with the FutureMakers Champions Team, part of a Southwest partnership committed to transforming the regional economy by increasing post-secondary completion. John Burnett, chief executive officer of the Community Education Coalition, and Jack […]
FutureMakers Coalition changing the future for high-school graduates; Impact will grow with Lumina Foundation support
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Dec. 2, 2014) – FutureMakers, a regional call to action initiated by the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, the Foundation for Lee County Public Schools, Inc., Southwest Florida Works, The Education Foundation of Collier County – Champions for Learning, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast, has released results from its […]
Regional Foundations award FutureMakers’ students incentives to encourage high-school seniors to fill out all-important FAFSA
Anne Douglas, Nicholas Owens, Wayne Smith and Ron Jones FORT MYERS, Fla. (May 21, 2014) – FutureMakers, a regional call to action initiated by the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, recently awarded incentives to students as part of the FutureMakers “FAFSA Challenge.” The prizes were iPads and a college scholarship.
Southwest Florida Community Foundation Holds Regional FutureMakers Impact Update; Kick-off campaign to encourage high-school seniors to fill out all-important FAFSA
Dawn-Marie Driscoll with Bill & Carolyn Rogers FORT MYERS, Fla. (Jan. 23, 2014) –The Southwest Florida Community Foundation (SWFLCF) hosted the “FutureMakers Season Opener” marking the beginning of the college scholarship and financial aid application season last week at Hodges University in Fort Myers.