Maycomb Capital Invests in Education is Freedom to Expand Postsecondary Readiness Across Dallas County

The Commit Partnership is proud to announce a landmark social capital investment from Maycomb Capital in partnership with Education is Freedom (EIF), a leading nonprofit providing college and career advising to students across Dallas County. The investment will help EIF expand its advising model across Dallas County, including three new participating school systems in the 2025-2026 school year – Cedar Hill, Duncanville, and Lancaster ISDs – as well an additional campuses in DeSoto ISD. Through this expansion, EIF will add over 100 advisors serving over 34,000 additional students.

This first-of-its-kind social capital investment, coordinated by the Commit Partnership, represents a new approach to social impact investing by leveraging Texas’ unique College, Career, and Military Readiness (CCMR) outcomes-bonuses. EIF will work with each district to set measurable goals for improving postsecondary enrollment and credential attainment, outcomes which earn school systems additional state funding that will ultimately repay the initial investment in turn.

“At Education is Freedom, we believe every student deserves consistent, high-quality advising that connects education to a meaningful career,” said Dr. Susanna Russell, CEO of Education is Freedom. "This investment allows us to expand our reach and ensure more Dallas County students graduate with a clear plan—and the support—to launch into prosperous futures as they move from high school to college, training, and the workforce.”

Maycomb Capital, a pioneering impact investment firm, designed the investment through its flagship fund to catalyze sustainable change. “This partnership demonstrates how innovative financing can unlock long-term opportunity,” said Andi Phillips, co-founder and managing partner of Maycomb Capital. “By aligning incentives around student outcomes, we’re showing that investing in equitable systems benefits both communities and the economy.”

The investment is managed by the Commit Partnership, the nation’s largest collective impact organization focused on education and workforce outcomes. “This investment reflects the power of collaboration,” said Todd Williams, founder and CEO of the Commit Partnership. “When our public, private, and nonprofit sectors align around data and shared goals, we can create systemic change that helps every student in Dallas County achieve postsecondary success.”

This partnership builds on Commit’s broader efforts to increase living wage attainment across Dallas County by expanding access to strong postsecondary pathways and aligning resources around data-driven strategies – like high-quality advising – shown to benefit students.