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About the FoundAtionHelios Education Foundation is focused on creating a high-expectations, college-going culture in Arizona and Florida by investing in initiatives across the education continuum that create opportunities for postsecondary education success.

As an engaged Foundation, embedded in communities across both states, Helios is contributing its leadership, expertise and financial resources to advance the academic preparedness of students with an emphasis on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education.

Through its investments, the Foundation is working to better prepare students to compete and succeed in a globally competitive economy.

Created in 2004 through the sale and conversion of Southwest Student Services Corporation and with an initial endowment of $525 million, Helios made its first investments in education in 2006. Since that time, the Foundation has invested over $125 million in programs and initiatives that are changing lives through education.

our impAct AreAsOur investments are focused across three key impact areas: Early Childhood Education, the Transition Years and Postsecondary Education Success. In Early Childhood Education, the Foundation’s work reflects the need to surround early learners with high-quality teachers and practitioners, but our partnerships also focus on integrating emergent literacy and language acquisition training into postsecondary education programs.

Supporting initiatives that create a college-going culture around students and improve their academic performance in STEM best defines Helios’ investment philosophy in the Transition Years. Our work in this area is improving curriculum rigor and relevance, creating effective opportunities for family and community engagement and is strengthening the skills and knowledge of middle and high school STEM teachers.

Increasing access to postsecondary education for students from traditionally underserved and underrepresented populations and cultivating a pipeline of students focused on STEM are at the core of the Foundation’s postsecondary education success initiatives. Through these dollars and other supportive services that improve student achievement, Helios is helping remove barriers and is widening the pathway toward postsecondary education attainment for thousands of students.

H E L I O S E D U C A T I O N F O U N D A T I O N W W W . h e L i o s . o r G

hoW We pArtner

We believe that partnership is the best way to achieve our mission of creating opportunities for individuals in Arizona and Florida to succeed in postsecondary education. Organizations from both the public and private sectors that are performing powerful and results-oriented work in our impact areas may be invited by Foundation staff to submit a proposal.

Helios only accepts solicited requests for funding. Our staff of experts is actively engaged in the education arena within both Arizona and Florida, seeking out best practices, innovative approaches and other opportunities to strengthen and transform education, and ultimately increase student success.

our strAteGic initiAtivesHelios Education Foundation’s voice around creating opportunities for postsecondary education success and changing lives through education is emerging through its strategic initiatives in Arizona and Florida.

The Foundation is contributing its leadership, expertise and financial resources to all of its programs across both states, but with particular emphasis on key initiatives that are working to transform education systems and create a college-going culture, collectively empowering communities, increasing curriculum rigor, improving academic results and removing barriers to college access and completion.

Arizona Act initiative

A multi-year initiative to provide Juniors in partnering school districts with the ACT college entrance exam as a means of assessing student preparedness and facilitating conversations about and planning for postsecondary education opportunities.

helios investment: $1.73 million

Arizona stem network

Helios’ support of this initiative is helping create a plan for an Arizona STEM Network that will provide leadership, support and coordination to accelerate improvements in STEM teaching and instruction, student achievement and policies that support a stronger, more diversified and competitive economy.

helios investment: $4.35 million

H E L I O S E D U C A T I O N F O U N D A T I O N W W W . h e L i o s . o r G

our Work in YumA, ArizonAHelios is working with a number of local, state and national partners on key initiatives in Yuma, Arizona that are helping equip more students with the 21st century skills necessary to compete successfully in a global economy.

Our work through the Arizona ACT Initiative and Expect More Arizona, our collaboration with the National Center on Education and the Economy and our partnership with the Yuma Union High School District, the Center for the Future of Arizona’s Education Innovation Collaborative and the University of Arizona’s Jr. BioTech initiative are impacting thousands of students in Yuma. All of these initiatives are moving the needle forward, helping more students achieve college and career readiness.

expect more Arizona Expect More Arizona is a statewide movement dedicated to making Arizona education the best in the nation. The organization is a vocal champion for higher expectations and supports creating a postsecondary-going culture, championing higher academic standards, supporting greater rigor and relevance in curriculum, advocating for college- and career-ready assessments and promoting multiple pathways to postsecondary education.

helios investment: $4.5 million

Florida college Access network (FcAn)

FCAN is Florida’s first collaborating network of national, state and local entities committed to increasing the proportion of working adults who hold a high-quality postsecondary degree or credential from 37 percent to 60 percent by 2025.

helios planning grant: $200,000

ready now Yuma

An initiative of Yuma Union High School District (YUHSD) and Helios Education Foundation to graduate every YUHSD student prepared to succeed in college and career, embed a college-going culture within the district and increase the number of YUHSD students entering and succeeding in postsecondary education.

helios investment: $4.35 million

communitY enGAGement teAm boArd oF directors

vince roig, Founding Chairman

paul J. Luna, President and CEO

don Aripoli, Ph.D., Founding Director

mark Fernandez, Director

tom herndon, Director

ioanna t. morfessis, Ph.D., Founding Director

Jane roig, Director

maria sastre, Director

steve Wheeler, Director

stAFFpaul J. Luna, President and CEO

barbara ryan thompson, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

michael chesin, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

ian smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer

Linda thompson, Senior Vice President and Chief Impact Officer

stacy carlson, Ph.D., Vice President and Program Director — Florida

Antonia Franco, Ed.D., Vice President and Program Director - Arizona Transition Years, Student, Family & Community Initiatives

karen ortiz, Ph.D., Vice President and Program Director of Early Childhood Education

Jo Anne vasquez, Ph.D., Vice President and Program Director - Arizona Transition Years, Teacher and Curriculum Initiatives

bethany miller, Evaluation and Research Analyst

H E L I O S E D U C A T I O N F O U N D A T I O N W W W . h e L i o s . o r G

phoenix oFFice2415 E. Camelback RoadSuite 500Phoenix, AZ 85016

Tel 602 381 2260Fax 602 381 2299

tAmpA oFFice100 North Tampa StreetSuite 1625Tampa, Florida 33602

Tel 813 387 0221Fax 813 387 0232

our 2012 investments

In 2012, Helios invested $17.3 million across Arizona and Florida in education programs and initiatives including over $2.6 million in Early Childhood Education, over $11.2 million in the Transition Years, over $1.4 million in Postsecondary Success and over $1.9 million in Innovative Partnerships.

For more information about all of our community investments, visit us online at www.helios.org.

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APRIL 2013


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