Funding
AVANCE operates through donations from organizations and individuals. Corporate donors have included: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Kraft Foods, The Edward W. Hazen Foundation, The Hasbro Children’s Foundation, UPS, ARCO, The Spunk Foundation, Levi Strauss, H.E.B. Grocers, The Christian Children’s Fund, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Conrad H. Hilton Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. AVANCE has also received funding from The First Lady’s Family Literacy Initiative for Texas, a program set up by former First Lady, Barbara Bush.
In addition, AVANCE receives donations from churches, food banks, schools, government agencies, social and civic groups. Some universities also allow the organization to use their campuses for graduation ceremonies.
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