Press Releases

Foundation Awards $2.3 Million to Support Summer Programs for Talented Low-Income Youth 

January 27, 2012

Ten Winning Organizations Will Provide Rigorous Learning Experiences in the Sciences, Humanities, and Mathematics for 730 Students 

Foundation Announces 2011 Graduate Arts Award Scholarships

August 10, 2011

Inaugural class of Graduate Arts Award Recipents, composed of sculptors, painters, filmmakers, and writers, announced by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Foundation Announces 2011 Undergraduate Transfer Scholarships

July 28, 2011

‘Cream of the Community College Crop’ Awarded Undergraduate Transfer Scholarships from Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Foundation Joins White House Initiative to Support Military Families

April 14, 2011

Grant to National Math and Science Initiative Answers White House Call to Support Service Members and their Families

Foundation Awards $500,000 Grant to Orphan Foundation of America

August 17, 2010

Grant Opens Doors for Teenagers Coming out of the Foster Care System
to Attend College

Foundation Announces 2010 Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Recipients

June 21, 2010

Elite Group of Two-Year College Students Awarded Undergraduate Transfer Scholarships from Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Foundation Announces 2010 Graduate Scholarship Recipients

June 21, 2010

Thirty Five Future Physicians, Attorneys, Artists, Educators, and other Leaders Earn Graduate Scholarships from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Foundation names Louis Caldera as Vice President of Programs

June 8, 2010

Louis Caldera, former White House official, university president and Secretary of the Army, to join the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.

Foundation Announces 2010 College Scholarship Recipients

May 25, 2010

Thirty Nine Low-Income, Exceptional High School Students Heading To College This Fall. Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Awards 2010 College Scholarships to High-Achieving Teens

Foundation Announces 2009 Graduate Scholarship Recipients

September 21, 2009

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Awards 49 Students Scholarships To Attend Graduate School

Foundation Appoints Distinguished Psychologist As New Executive Director

August 12, 2009
Dr. Lawrence Kutner, Co-Founder of Harvard Medical School Center for Mental Health and Media, Replaces Matthew Quinn Who Will Retire

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Announces 2009 Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Recipients

June 25, 2009
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Awards 30 High-Achieving Community College Students Scholarships To Complete Their Bachelor’s Degree

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Announces 2009 College Scholarships

Executive Director to Step Down

April 6, 2009
Founding Executive Director Dr. Matthew Quinn Will Retire After Nine Years at the Helm

2008 Graduate Scholars Announced

August 13, 2008
Graduate Degrees-More Vital Than Ever-Come Within Reach of Lower-Income Students

2008 Undergraduate Transfer Scholars Announced

July 8, 2008
Even as Harvard Closes Doors to Transfer Students, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Helps 46 Community College Stars Transfer to Top Four-Year Institutions

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Announces 2008 College Scholarships

May 12, 2008
Nurtured Through High School as Young Scholars, 28 Lower-Income Students Head to Elite Colleges with Top Scholarship Award; Talents Range from Songwriting to Science

Achievement Trap Announcement

September 10, 2007
Current Education Policy Focused on "Proficiency" Misses Opportunity to Raise Achievement Levels Among the Brightest, Lower-Income Students

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Awards $2.23 Million for High-Achieving Low-Income Elementary School Students

August 22, 2007
Grants are Foundation's First Venture into Elementary-Level Programs

2007 Graduate Scholarship Recipients

August 15, 2007
New Jack Kent Cooke Scholars Come From 20 States and 11 Nations

2007 Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Announcement

June 21, 2007
51 Recipients for Largest Scholarship Award Benefiting US Community-College Students

Foundation Rolls Out $1.5 Million Grant Initiative Supporting Twice-Exceptional Students

June 18, 2007
Funding Includes Financial Aid and Outreach Programs

2007 College Scholarships

May 17, 2007
2007 College Scholarships: 46 Talented Low-Income High School Students Tapped for Top College Award

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Awards $10 million to Replicate Successful College Advising Program Nationwide

March 21, 2007
Grant Part of $10 Million National Initiative to Help High-Achieving, Low-Income Students Enter College and Combat the "Loss" of Four Million Bachelor's Degrees