About Rooted Alliance
Rooted Alliance funds implementation and scaling of a college- and career-readiness model (the “Rooted” model) with a clear emphasis on rural and underserved communities, especially in Missouri and Texas. They typically support organizations that provide postsecondary advising and local implementation infrastructure—community colleges, regional education service centers, community foundations, and local nonprofits—to improve student outcomes and community capacity. Grants are programmatic and implementation-focused rather than general operating, aimed at expanding a specific statewide or regional initiative.
Focus Areas
Statewide implementation of the Rooted college- and career-readiness model (Missouri)Postsecondary advising for rural high school students (Texas and Tennessee)Regional implementation support via community colleges and education service centers (Ozarks Technical Community College; ESC Region 1)Rural CCMR (College, Career, and Military Readiness) accelerator programs administered by community foundationsLocal implementation in South Texas (Rio Grande Valley, Corpus Christi)
Who They Fund
rural high school students (TX, MO, TN, ID)
About Rooted Alliance
Rooted Alliance Inc. is defined by a place-based model rather than a broad open-ended portfolio: its largest recent grants support implementation of Rooted Missouri, a statewide initiative to improve outcomes for Missouri students and communities. The foundation’s work centers on postsecondary advising, college and career readiness, and the infrastructure needed to run that model in rural and underserved communities. A core pattern in the recent grants is sustained support for implementation partners such as Ozarks Technical Community College, which received multiple awards for statewide Rooted Missouri work and for postsecondary advising across southwest Missouri. In Texas, the foundation backs regional intermediaries that administer the Rural CCMR Accelerator and coordinate advising in the Rio Grande Valley, Corpus Christi, West Central Texas, the Coastal Bend, and East Texas. It also supports rural student pathways in Tennessee and Idaho through local schools and education organizations. Scholarships are part of the strategy in Missouri through last-dollar awards tied to the Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis, reinforcing the foundation’s focus on access, persistence, and local delivery.
What Rooted Alliance Funds
Rooted Alliance Inc. concentrates on a small set of connected education priorities. In Missouri, it gave $1,094,756 to Ozarks Technical Community College to support the implementation of Rooted Missouri, a statewide initiative to improve outcomes for Missouri students and communities. Another Missouri grant of $250,000 to Missouri College and Career Attainment Network supported grantees’ professional development institute, public programs, financial aid education, and career advising resource development. In Texas, the foundation funded $700,689 to Communities Foundation of Texas to provide postsecondary advising for high school students selected for the Texas Rural CCMR Accelerator and to administer the accelerator initiative. It also awarded $533,830 to Education Service Center Region 1 of Texas for implementation of the Rooted model in the Rio Grande Valley area. Rural college access is also visible in Idaho and Tennessee, where the foundation supported postsecondary advising for rural students and implementation at local schools.
How Rooted Alliance Gives
The typical grant size is substantial: the 25th percentile is $166,708, the median is $277,450, and the 75th percentile is $573,416. Recent awards cluster around program implementation, advising, and professional development rather than general operating support. The same organizations appear across multiple years, including Ozarks Technical Community College, Communities Foundation of Texas, Ayers Foundation, and Kilgore College, indicating recurring place-based commitments. Rooted Alliance Inc. makes programmatic grants and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. No unsolicited application process is shown in the data.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.8M
Total Assets
$2M
Total Revenue
$23.6M
Total Expenses
$9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $167K and $573K, with a median of $277K.
25th Percentile
$167K
Median
$277K
75th Percentile
$573K
Geographic Reach
National6 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in TX.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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