Posse Foundation


The Posse Foundation is an American nonprofit organization that provides scholarships.
The Posse Foundation's founder, Deborah Bial, received the MacArthur Fellowship in 2007 for her work with Posse.
In March 2010, the Posse Foundation was one of ten bodies to which President Barack Obama donated a portion of his $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize award money.

Posse STEM Program

Posse began recruiting STEM-specific Posses in collaboration with Brandeis University in 2008. The program notably expanded to 10 partner schools in 2014, announced at a White House summit on higher education.

PossePlus Retreat

In 2008, "Social Responsibility" was chosen as the first PossePlus Retreat theme. Following years' PPR themes have been "Education", "Do we still need to talk about race?", "The Millenials", "Born This Way? Gender and Sexuality in the 21st Century", "What's Your Worth? Class, Power and Privilege in America", "Revolt? Rethink? Reform?", "Crime and Punishment", "Sticks and Stones: Language and Speech in a Diverse Society", "Us Vs. Them" and "Hope, Hate and Race in the United States".

Notable Posse alumni