Carnegie Newsline September 28, 2006

The following is a list of grants and appropriations approved by the Trustees at the September 28, 2006 board meeting.

Contents:

EDUCATION

Academy for Educational Development, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $13,578,400 toward Teachers for a New Era, a Corporation initiative to reform and improve the education of teachers

Academy for Educational Development, Inc., Washington, DC
Fifteen-month grant of $2,374,600 for technical assistance associated with the Teachers for a New Era initiative

Brown University, Providence, RI
One-year grant of $50,000 toward the evaluation of a professional learning program that helps teachers improve student learning through literacy development

Brown University, Providence, RI
Fifteen-month grant of $50,000 toward Campus Contact's project to mobilize leaders at doctoral/research extensive universities in promoting civic engagement of higher education

Brown University, Providence, RI
One-year grant of $40,000 toward support to document and disseminate the results of the national forum, 'Understanding Educational Equity and Excellence at Scale'

California State University, Long Beach, CA
Three-year grant of $749,700 toward research examining the relationship between measures of preservice teacher preparation and student achievement gains

Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, New York, NY
One-year grant of $25,000 toward evaluation of two New York City high school programs on entrepreneurship education and leadership development

Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA
Nine-month grant of $50,000 for a medical simulation model to examine literacy and illiteracy

Education Sector Inc., Washington, DC
One-year grant of $49,300 for a report on education reforms in Hamilton County, Tennessee

Educational Broadcasting Corporation, New York, NY
Nine-month grant of $50,000 toward a daily broadcast and digital news service for middle and high school students

Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a conference and publication on the role of liberal arts in K-12 education

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Fourteen-month grant of $50,000 for research on predictors of teacher effectiveness

Portland Schools Foundation, Portland, OR
Six-month grant of $50,000 for strengthening the reform agenda of Portland's secondary schools

Portland State University, Portland, OR
Two-year grant of $100,000 toward a teacher education program for improving adolescent literacy through the integration of reading comprehension into science and math courses

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
One-year grant of $49,500 toward dissemination and outreach activities related to a journal volume on improving teacher workforce

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Foundation, Staunton, VA
Two-year grant of $25,000 toward a symposium series on themes related to Woodrow Wilson's presidency and his legacy

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

American Society for Cell Biology, Bethesda, MD
One-year grant of $25,000 for a training opportunity for young African scientists in bioinformatics

Association of Commonwealth Universities, London, United Kingdom
Ten-month grant of $50,000 toward a training-of-trainers workshop in East Africa on women and higher education management

University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
One-year grant of $83,144 as a final grant for development of science and engineering capacity in selected African universities

Educational Broadcasting Corporation, New York, NY
One-year grant of $60,000 toward Back to School, a documentary film spotlighting the global crisis in access to education

Evaluation Research Agency, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Two-year grant of $796,000 for building evaluation and research capacity at East and West African universities

Fund for the City of New York, Inc., New York, NY
Six-month grant of $45,000 for coverage of higher education and women in Africa

Institute of International Education, Inc., New York, NY
Six-month grant of $50,000 toward participation of vice-chancellors in the first University Leaders' Forum

International Association for Digital Publications, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward developing courses and providing technology for African universities that make use of e-learning and digital publications

International Development Law Organization, Rome, Italy
Eight-month grant of $103,000 for strengthening the capacity of African universities in the field of international trade and investment law

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa
Six-month grant of $40,330 for a symposium on donor-funded equity and transformation programs at three collaborating universities

Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Two-year grant of $50,000 toward establishing a student leadership program at the University of Dar es Salaam

University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Two-year grant of $50,000 for enhancement of electronic networks at selected African universities and libraries by the Network Startup Resource Center

Pamoja, Inc., Chester, VT
One-year grant of $99,500 toward training of trainers in grantseeking and proposal writing at selected African Universities

Society of Research Administrators International Inc., Arlington, VA
Fifteen-month grant of $109,900 toward a plan for supporting the strengthening of research administration capacity in African universities, in collaboration with the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association

University of Education, Winneba, Winneba, Ghana
Three-year grant of $2,000,000 toward distance education, student internships and graduate studies

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Seven-month grant of $25,000 toward a conference on contact and intergroup relations

INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $800,000 for fellowships in the humanities for scholars in the former Soviet Union

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Two-year grant of $250,000 for a visiting program for Russian scholars

Columbia University, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $150,100 toward the Gulf 2000 project

Columbia University, New York, NY
One-year grant of $16,000 for research and writing on Russian foreign policy

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., New York, NY
Two-year grant of $350,000 toward research and outreach on new security threats

Dayton Peace Accords Project, Medford, MA
One-year grant of $100,000 for state-building in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Sixteen-month grant of $25,000 toward an examination of the models of states at risk

European Institute Inc., Washington, DC
Six-month grant of $50,000 toward a transatlantic conference on biosecurity

Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Ten-month grant of $48,900 supplemental funding toward research and publications on nontraditional security by the European University at St. Petersburg

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Two-year grant of $250,000 toward research and writing on international security

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Ten-month grant of $25,000 for a seminar series on biosecurity and national security

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward a project on future biosecurity threats and policies

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Five-month grant of $25,000 toward enhancing the biosecurity dialogue by clarifying definitions of key biological security terms

New School University, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $300,300 toward the Journal Donation Project

New York University, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward research, analysis, dialogue and dissemination on legal regulation of private military companies in states at risk

New York University, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward a project on enhancing governmental and intergovernmental capacity to support state-building

Nonviolent Peaceforce, Minneapolis, MN
Three-month grant of $25,000 final grant toward supporting unarmed peacekeeping activities in Sri Lanka

Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Two-year grant of $1,000,000 toward research and training in international security

Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Two-year grant of $250,000 toward research and writing on international security

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC
Three-month grant of $25,000 toward an international forum on the relationship between national security and civil liberties

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $300,000 for research, analysis, dialogue and dissemination on the role of local actors in states at risk

Women's Leadership Fund, New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a project on fresh approaches to global security

STRENGTHENING U.S. DEMOCRACY

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
One-year grant of $50,000 toward research on public attitudes on the voting experience in Ohio and Utah

Center for Community Change, Washington, DC
Eight-month grant of $25,000 toward capacity building for media outreach on immigration civic integration issues

Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington, DC
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward educating bloggers and political activists on how campaign finance law relates to their online activities

Committee for Economic Development, Washington, DC
Seven-month grant of $50,000 toward a study on the impact of immigrants on the U.S. economy

Democracy Matters Institute, Hamilton, NY
Two-year grant of $200,000 as a final grant for its campus coordinator program

Electronic Privacy Information Center, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward electronic voting system reform

The Epidavros Project, Inc., New York, NY
Six-month grant of $50,000 toward a documentary on immigration, identity and democracy in the United States

Foundation Center, New York, NY
One-year grant of $33,000 toward 2006 membership support

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Sebastopol, CA
One-year grant of $1,000 toward 2006 membership support

Grantmakers for Education, Portland, OR
One-year grant of $3,000 toward 2006 membership support

Grants Managers Network, Metairie, LA
One-year grant of $2,000 toward 2006 membership support

Institute for Local Self Government, Sacramento, CA
One-year grant of $20,000 toward a guide for public officials in California on immigrant civic engagement

Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., Columbia, MO
Two-year grant of $50,000 toward training state and local news media on campaign financing issues

Koahnic Broadcast Corporation, Anchorage, AK
Nine-month grant of $50,000 toward a radio outreach project to encourage voting among Alaska Natives and other Native Americans

League of Women Voters Education Fund, Washington, DC
Six-month grant of $50,000 toward a non-partisan web site that provides comprehensive information on elections and the voting process

Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 for dissemination of the final report of a national examination of immigration policy

Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance, Jackson, MS
One-year grant of $25,000 toward promoting civic engagement among immigrant workers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast

National Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth, Kansas City, MO
One-year grant of $10,000 toward its Youth Transition Funders Group

National Institute for Latino Policy, New York, NY
Seven-month grant of $25,000 toward support

National Institute on Money in State Politics, Helena, MT
Two-year grant of $450,000 as a final grant toward support

National Institute on Money in State Politics, Helena, MT
Seven-month grant of $50,000 for expanded outreach efforts and review of strategic communications plan

New School University, New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward public education on alternative definitions of national security

New World Foundation, New York, NY
One-year grant of $2,500 toward its Social Justice Funders Group project

Philanthropic Ventures Fund, Oakland, CA
One-year grant of $1,000 toward 2006 membership support for its International Human Rights Funders Group project

Philanthropy Roundtable, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $5,000 toward 2006 membership support

Public Interest Projects, New York, NY
One-year grant of $5,000 2006 membership support toward its Funders' Committee for Civic Participation

Reed College, Portland, OR
Seven-month grant of $17,000 toward enhancing the US Election Assistance Commission's 2004 Election Day Survey

Southern Rural Development Initiative, Inc., Raleigh, NC
One-year grant of $50,000 final grant toward planning a regional project to meet the capacity-building needs of small or under-capitalized nonprofit organizations in the South

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $10,000 toward 2006 membership support

Tides Center, San Francisco, CA
One-year grant of $1,500 toward its Technology Affinity Group project

U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Washington, DC
Two-month grant of $7,500 toward public education on the impact of Vermont's campaign spending limits

Women's Voices Women Vote, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward support

The Working Group, Oakland, CA
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward expansion of the 'Not In Our Town' network, a national community campaign against hate crimes

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

ADC Research Institute, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 for a database and publication that documents civil rights and civil liberties violations against Muslim Americans

Campus Truth Foundation, New York, NY
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a pilot study on measuring tolerance on college and university campuses

Centre for Development and Population Activities, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a workshop on women's leadership in global issues

Columbia University, Teachers College, New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward an online digital archive of The Open Mind, a long-running television interview broadcast

The Feminist Press, New York, NY
One-year grant of $25,000 as one-time only grant toward support

Fund for War-Affected Children and Youth in Northern Uganda, New York, NY
One-year grant of $250,000 toward support

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Two-year grant of $150,000 toward a study on citizens' attitudes and trust of democratic institutions

Human Rights First, New York, NY
One-year grant of $100,000 toward its U.S. refugee protection program

The University of Maryland Foundation, Inc., Adelphi, MD
Nine-month grant of $25,000 toward a symposium in honor of Thomas C. Schelling's 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Two-month grant of $49,300 as one-time support toward a leadership forum attended by senior university leaders of China's national universities

National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC
Five-month grant of $50,000 as one-time only grant for professional services for a fundraising campaign

News in Education Foundation, New York, NY
Eight-month grant of $48,000 toward a project to increase understanding of public scholarship and issues in Islam

Partnership for a Secure America, Inc., Washington, DC
One-year grant of $25,000 as one-time funding toward support

Project on Ethnic Relations, Inc., Princeton, NJ
One-year grant of $50,000 toward support

Elie Wiesel Foundation For Humanity Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $25,000 toward support

DISSEMINATION

Alumni Society of School of Visual Arts, Inc., New York, NY
Six-month grant of $50,000 toward a collaborative educational effort on the lessons of Hurricane Katrina

Boston Critic Inc., Somerville, MA
Two-year grant of $7,100 toward communications capacity building

Center for Community Change, Washington, DC
Six-month grant of $10,000 toward capacity building to support organization-wide messages for new, wider mission

Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action, Ltd., New York, NY
One-year grant of $10,000 toward dissemination of publications to promote public and political dialogues on democracy issues

Fund for Peace, Inc., Washington, DC
Six-month grant of $10,000 toward building capacity for its strategic communications activities

The Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc., Arlington, VA
Two-year grant of $100,000 toward international reporting for The NewsHour

International Center for Journalists Inc., Washington, DC
Five-month grant of $22,700 for dissemination of a media training manual for Arab and American journalists

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
One-year grant of $10,000 toward developing key messages to support high-quality summer learning for at-risk youth

The Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace Foundation, Yorba Linda, CA
Nine-month grant of $10,000 toward capacity building for strategic communication on Russia policy

The Research Foundation of State University of New York, Albany, NY
One-year grant of $9,200 toward communications capacity building of teacher policy research

HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF

Communities Foundation for the National Capital Region, Washington, DC
One-month grant of $100,000 toward the Laura Bush Foundation-Gulf Coast School Library Recovery Initiative

SPECIAL SOUTH AFRICAN COMMEMORATIVE LIBRARY GRANTS

City of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
One-year grant of $15,000 for expansion and enrichment of collections of African literature

Foundation for Library and Information Service Development (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria, South Africa
Six-month grant of $15,000 for expansion and enrichment of collections of African literature

City of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
One-year grant of $15,000 for expansion and enrichment of collections of African literature

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa
One-year grant of $15,000 for expansion and enrichment of collections of African literature

Msunduzi Municipality, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
One-year grant of $15,000 for expansion and enrichment of collections of African literature

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
One-year grant of $15,000 for expansion and enrichment of collections of African literature