CHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION

Education Program All-Grantee Meeting - In 2023, the Foundation provided support to a consultant to identify and frame significant trends that could substantially impact education and efforts to enhance educational outcomes for young individuals over the next 7-10 years. Through this direct charitable activity (DCA), the Foundation convened grantees from the Education program - comprising over 130 organizations - to discuss the trends identified by the consultant and their potential implications for their collective work and that of the Foundation. The meeting was held in Washington, D.C. on October 9-10, 2024.

Expanding Quality Afterschool - This direct charitable activity (DCA) helped to further the Foundation's efforts to provide support to the Statewide Afterschool Networks and education leaders in the areas of afterschool policy, quality and student impact. Through this DCA, the Foundation commissioned a consultant to: 1) provide technical assistance and support to develop strategies to amplify afterschool across the 50 State Afterschool Network; 2) assist networks to develop new key champions and create partnerships with state education systems; and 3) present at various national and state convenings in support of the Foundation's priorities.

Afterschool Technical Assistance Collaborative and Statewide Afterschool Networks - This direct charitable activity (DCA) helped to further the Foundation's efforts to provide technical assistance to the statewide afterschool networks. Through this DCA, the Foundation commissioned a consultant to: 1) facilitate the coordination of the Afterschool Technical Assistance Collaborative; 2) monitor and track the challenges and accomplishments of the statewide afterschool networks; and 3) provide direct technical assistance to the statewide afterschool networks.