FutureMakers Coalition announces regional outcomes; Goal to transform Southwest Florida’s workforce by 2025
FORT MYERS, Fla. (May 13, 2016) –The FutureMakers Coalition recently reached a major milestone by setting its regional outcomes. The goal of FutureMakers is to transform Southwest Florida’s workforce by increasing the number of college degrees, certificates or other high-quality credentials from 27 percent to 40 percent by 2025. “Outcomes help us understand the impact […]
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 […]
Glades County Regional Training Center receives $50,000 grant
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Feb. 5, 2016) – The Southwest Florida Community Foundation, a FutureMakers Coalition partner, has awarded the Glades County Regional Training Center a $50,000 Community Impact Grant. The grant will be used to install a much needed telecommunications network to the center including Wi-Fi and Internet so that training classes may begin. […]
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 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 […]
Three local high schools listed in Newsweek’s 2015 “Beating the Odds” list; Schools listed for excelling in preparing low-income students for college
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Aug. 25, 2015) – Three Southwest Florida high schools were recently listed in Newsweek’s “Beating the Odds” list identifying those that do an excellent job of preparing their students for college while also overcoming the obstacles posed by students at an economic disadvantage.
FutureMakers Coalition forms; Goal to increase region’s higher education completion to 40 percent by 2025
Sarah Owen & John Gamba Dawn-Marie Driscoll, Mark Lewis, Dennie Hamilton & Carolyn Conant FORT MYERS, Fla. (March 18, 2015) – More than 80 business, government, education, workforce and economic development leaders recently joined together to launch a regional cohort, FutureMakers Coalition.
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.