We invest in postsecondary attainment for every student — with a focus on the communities that stand to gain the most.
For twenty years, Helios Education Foundation has partnered with schools, colleges, universities and communities across Arizona and Florida — combining philanthropic investment with original research and public-policy leadership.
Because lasting change takes all three, working together.
Three connected commitments, one throughline: reach the students the system reaches last.
Third-grade reading and K-5 literacy endorsement work that gives every child the foundation the rest of school depends on.
FAFSA support, college advising and scholarships that turn a first-generation aspiration into an enrollment — and a degree.
Original research that names what works, and the public-policy leadership to see it adopted across two states.
What the return on a college degree means for Florida families — and the state that educates them.
Read the report →An analysis of the attendance gap that quietly decides who graduates ready for what's next.
Read the report →The classroom credential with an outsized effect on whether Arizona's youngest readers catch up.
Read the report →Partner with Helios to move the needle on educational attainment across Arizona and Florida — and change what a generation of students can reach.