The Transformational Partnerships Fund (TPF) for Higher Education
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
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Eligible organizations
- Colleges and universities
Overview
The Transformational Partnerships Fund for Higher Education
Type: Grant/Funding Initiative
Description: Provides colleges and universities support to explore student-centric partnerships and collaborations that could meaningfully transform how they operate and enhance their ability to provide reliable, high-quality educational opportunities for students.
- Student-centric partnerships and collaborations
- Mergers
- Shared administrative services
- Consolidated academic offerings
- Operational transformation of higher education institutions
Focus Areas
- Established by: SeaChange Capital Partners and the ECMC Foundation
- Additional founding support: Ascendium Education Group, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, The Kresge Foundation
- Advisors: Group of advisors with deep, relevant experience in higher education
Founding Partners & Supporters
- Colleges and universities
Eligibility
- Address: 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 300, New York, NY 10170
- Phone: (844) 869-7842
- Email: info@seachangecap.org
Contact
What Seachange Capital Partners Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990 filing, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 47
- Total given
- $1.35M
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $6,250–$225K
- By dollars: New York 36%, Pennsylvania 33%, District of Columbia 8%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 98% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Nypri · New York, NY
Facilitate merger between two orgs
$225K
Cypress Hill · Brooklyn, NY
Facilitate merger between two orgs
$80K
Ursuline University · Erie, PA
Facilitate merger between two orgs
$75K
Lackawanna College · Scranton, PA
Facilitate merger between two orgs
$50K
Peirce College · Philadelphia, PA
Facilitate merger between two orgs
$50K
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