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ABOUT 
GROVE

A social impact nonprofit, Grove Collective Foundation     launches systemic economic mobility solutions with teams of experienced social entrepreneurs.

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SERVICES
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Grove makes solutions move, because our social change pioneers have launched sector-shifting initiatives before.

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In Action
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Postecondary Socioeconomic Diversity

College-CBO collaboration helps students navigate selective college admissions

 

Consortium of selective colleges and CBOs equip high-performing students from lower-income backgrounds to achieve their dreams

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INNOVATOR: Beth Breger

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GROVE PARTNER: Tina Fernandez

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Career Pathway for Educators

Rethink teacher prep in the face of teacher shortage

 

Novel approach grows work-based learning opportunities for students and expands and diversifies the teacher / counselor pipeline

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INNOVATOR: Gary Linnen

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GROVE PARTNER: Karin Goldmark

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State Partnerships for College Access 

Scale college access impact through state delivery channels

 

Package and distribute state-wide training for high school teachers and counselors in holistic, equity-focused college access

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INNOVATOR: Melissa Connelly

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GROVE PARTNER: J.B. Schramm

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Postsecondary Persistence

Combine impact and scale via bot technology 

 

Building on Bottom Line’s unsurpassed evidence base for postsecondary access and completion, test AI-driven tools to increase efficiency and scale

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INNOVATOR: Steve Colón

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GROVE PARTNER: Jim McCorkell 

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Postsecondary Persistence

Increase college persistence rates for underrepresented students through peer mentoring

 

Accomplished college leader works with PeerForward and stakeholders to refine the program model to maximize student impact and scalability

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INNOVATOR: Raquel Figueroa

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GROVE PARTNER: Aarti Dhupelia

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Obsidian Ecosystem Initiative

Black and brown real estate developers advance equity in the industry

 

Connects the nation’s top emerging Black and brown real estate developers with education, workforce and infrastructure innovators to produce breakthrough neighborhood-level social and economic mobility outcomes

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INNOVATOR: Joshua Elder

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GROVE PARTNER: Derwin Sisnett

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Centering Women in Real Estate

Landscaping women in real estate development

The first national landscaping of women in real estate development, benchmarking representation and capital distribution

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INNOVATOR: Michelle Armstrong

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GROVE PARTNER: Aubria Corbitt

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Obsidian Catalyst Fund

Increase capital flow to impact-focused Black and brown developers

 

Design and raise a $50M real estate fund that unlocks the value of scale-ready, Black and brown Developers who know how to identify, navigate, and develop projects in high-growth urban communities

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INNOVATOR: Bo Menkiti

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GROVE PARTNER: Derwin Sisnett

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Education in Latin America

Help Paraguayan students “leapfrog” inequities through powerful learning with technology 

 

Design strategy and secure resources to adapt Digital Promise’s powerful learning model for the Paraguayan context with Fundación Paraguaya

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INNOVATOR: Chaula Gupta

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GROVE PARTNER: Martin Burt

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Education Justice and Faith

Engage faith communities to address inequity in education outcomes

Help the Leadership Initiative for Faith and Education at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education mobilize strategic faith and education partnerships, and support educators motivated by their faith.

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INNOVATOR: Irvin Scott

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GROVE PARTNER: Jeff Nelson

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Education Justice and Faith

Supporting leaders of faith who are reimagining public education

Redemptive Leadership Project connects and supports diverse education leaders bridging across difference, motivated by their Christian faith

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INNOVATOR: Jeff Nelson

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GROVE PARTNER: Tina Fernandez

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Youth Development

Young people creating community solutions

 

YouthCreate will provide a national support system to empower local

non-profits to deliver high-quality youth-led community improvement projects.

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INNOVATOR: Julian Ramirez

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GROVE PARTNER: Dorothy Stoneman

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University of Michigan Innovation

Collaboration with academic leadership and philanthropic partners driving impact

Helping the university’s philanthropic partners and faculty innovators co-create and fuel solutions to the biggest challenges facing Michigan and the globe

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INNOVATOR: Tom Baird

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GROVE PARTNER: Nicole Baker Fulgham’s

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