2022 CCIF Cycle LOI

CCIF 2022 Award Cycle LOI

Graduate NYC’s (GNYC) College Completion Innovation Fund (CCIF) aims to generate significant increases in college graduation rates in New York City by harnessing the collective expertise and impact of a wide range of philanthropic and education organizations. The CCIF supports undergraduate colleges and nonprofit community-based organizations (CBOs) in implementing innovative programs that address the graduation challenges faced by low-income students, first-generation college goers, students of color, and others who are traditionally underrepresented among college degree holders. In addition to its role in catalyzing innovation and expanding successful practices, the CCIF provides professional development and project assistance to awardees, and facilitates ongoing dialogue related to increasing degree attainment in New York City. We welcome the opportunity to aid your organization’s efforts on behalf of students.

Project design teams are important to the success of any pilot project. As you assemble your teams, we encourage you to engage organizational leadership in this application process and consider the manner in which you can create a project design team that is representative of the populations served.

Notes:

1. If selected to submit a full proposal, your team will be invited to attend a Design Thinking Workshop tailored to help you complete your full proposal. This workshop will be held on February 16th, 2022 from 10am-2pm and should be attended by project teams. Please hold this time on your calendar. If you have any questions about this, please reach out to Sharlene Diamond (sharlene.diamond@cuny.edu).

2. This form does not accommodate saving drafts in progress. We suggest preparing your responses in a word processing system (e.g.Word/Google Docs) and copying your final responses here when you are ready to submit.

Name and title of person filling out this form*

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Please include name, title, and email address of the person who should be contacted about this submission

Type of organization applying*

College Community-Based Organization Joint Application

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Please list the name, title, and role of each person involved in implementing this pilot.*

How many students are served by your organization?*

How long has your organization had a college retention/success program?*

Please describe your success program (staffing, dosage, services provided)*

Joint application: please describe the nature of this partnership.*

How long have you worked together? If one or more of the partners is a Community Based Organization, please describe your success program.

What percentage of students served by your organization are low income? How does your organization determine low-income eligibility?*

Please use this space to add any further information regarding the population(s) your college/organization serves.*

E.g., number of/percentage of first-generation college students, other groups underrepresented among degree holders, number of transfer students.

Tell us more about your project

We understand that problem solving work is highly iterative and subject to revision, and you need not feel committed to your answers. Simply describe your thinking at this point in time.

Please visit the Graduate NYC website to refer to resources.

1. Tell us about your proposed project and the problem you hope to solve. (You may include your design question here)*

2. What do you still need to learn about this problem?*

3. What aspect of your proposed project is new to your organization or new to the field? *

4. What is the projected number of students served by this project?*

5. How does your project help close the gap in degree attainment for students who are traditionally underrepresented among college degree holders?*

6. Please share any additional information that may be helpful when reviewing your application.