It will be administered by the Foundation for California Community Colleges over 20 years and is expected to benefit tens of thousands of students. Although tuition is low or free for many community college students, nontuition expenses like textbooks, transportation, food, housing and child care often create barriers to completion. They began thinking about how to make a gift after seeing their own daughter thrive in community college courses and go on to UC Berkeley. Community colleges raised 47% more in the first nine months of 2020 than they did in all of 2019, according to Inside Higher Education. California community college students without legal status or who have received Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, will be eligible for the Pritzker funds if they meet the other criteria.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 20, 2020 19:32 UTC