This closing session, introduced by Pam Flaherty, President of Citi Foundation, featured Michael Lomax of the United Negro College Fund, announcing a new collaboration between Citi, UNCF, KIPP schools, and CFED, aimed at integrating the unique talents of each organization to bring college savings into the achievement-focused environment of KIPP schools across the country.
There wasn't a lot of detail, but just the thought of a major partnership among those four organizations is exciting -- what resources and expertise in that consortium! Many people in the matched savings field will be watching how that project unfolds.
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