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In the News
Read recent articles and keep up with the latest Promise Partnership Utah news.
Promise Partnership Utah Advances a Statewide Approach to Support Children and Families
Following the historic passage of Senate Bill 165, Promise Partnership Utah is…
Stronger Future Spotlight: A Student’s Path Forward in Salt Lake City
Promise Partnership Utah is using data-driven mentorship and the Promise Student Advocates…
From Connection to Completion: Advancing High School Graduation in Salt Lake City
Promise Partnership Utah and Granite School District are advancing high school graduation…
Advancing Opportunities for Adolescents Initiative: Meet the Partnerships
Promise Partnership Utah was selected by The Wallace Foundation for this six-year cohort.
The Deseret 50
Promise Partnership Utah’s collective impact work was recognized in “The Deseret 50.”
StriveTogether: “Together for Change” Podcast S4 Ep. 3
Bill Crim was featured in StriveTogether’s “Together for Change” Podcast and shared…
State of Good: Promise Partnership Utah’s Mission to Break the Cycle of Poverty
Promise Partnership Utah’s work to break the cycle of poverty was highlighted…
Partnership Work Recognized with ‘Pioneers of Progress’ Education Award
Mayor of South Salt Lake, Cherie Wood, and President and CEO of…
Salt Lake Tribune Op-Ed
Members of Promise Partnership Utah and the Utah’s Promise Philanthropic Alliance co-published…
Awards and Recognition
We are proud and honored to be nationally recognized for our Collective Impact work.
Recertified with Systems Transformation Badge
In March 2025, Promise Partnership Utah received a Systems Transformation recertification—the highest designation awarded by national partner StriveTogether. Promise Partnership was the first partnership in the network to achieve this milestone in September 2022.
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Named a Model Design and Initiation Grantee
United Way of Salt Lake and the Promise Partnership was named to the first cohort of the Model Design and Initiation grantees by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. We were one of fourteen organizations to receive this prestigious award.
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Received the Make Data Matter Award
Social Solutions awarded United Way of Salt Lake and the Promise Partnership the 2019 Make Data Matter Award for our focus on data measurement and usage in Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) software
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Named 2018 Community Solutions Pacesetters
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading named us one of their 32 Pacesetters in 2018. They highlighted our population-level progress in grade-level reading proficiency and grade-level math proficiency.
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Named a 2018 Spotlight Honoree
Our work was highlighted by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for our work in Continuous Improvement and our use of it to solve education problems.
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2019 Pacesetter Finalist
We were named a 2019 Pacesetter Finalist by the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. The organization highlights communities that are ensuring that more children in low-income families succeed in school and graduate prepared for college.
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