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Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Approves 97 Grants Totaling $57,785,500

At its quarterly meeting held in New York City on 9/12/2024, Carnegie Corporation of New York’s board of trustees approved 97 grants totaling $57,785,500. Brief descriptions of each board-approved grant are provided below

Oct 4, 2024

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Celeste Ford

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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

African School of Economics, Princeton, NJ
24-month grant of $350,000 for a research project on the Sahel region

AllAfrica Foundation, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $250,000 as a final grant to elevate African peacebuilding expertise in the media

American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education, Chicago, IL
24-month grant of $400,000 as a final grant for the Center for Human Rights

American University of Beirut, New York, NY
24-month grant of $400,000 as a final grant for a scholars network on economic and urban development studies in the Arab region

American University of Beirut, New York, NY
24-month grant of $600,000 for the Issam Fares Institute Fellows Program

Asia Society, New York, NY
24-month grant of $350,000 for ongoing support of the Task Force on U.S.-China Policy

Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $450,000 for a legislative study group on the role of Congress in foreign affairs

College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
24-month grant of $900,000 for a project on policy relevant research and outreach at the Global Research Institute

Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $300,000 as a final grant for supporting critical research and strengthening scholarly capacity in North Africa

Duke University, Durham, NC
24-month grant of $300,000 as a final grant for the America in the World Consortium Fellowship Program

Forum on the Arms Trade, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $300,000 as a final grant for the Forum on the Arms Trade

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
24-month grant of $445,000 for a one-time project on transnational networks shaping non-Western shadow spaces as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order

Jain Family Institute, New York, NY
24-month grant of $500,000 for a one-time project on mapping critical value chains as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order

Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $500,000 as a final grant for the International Policy Scholars Consortium and Network

London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
24-month grant of $400,000 as a one-time only grant for a project to analyze the impact of polarization on nuclear politics

Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
30-month grant of $1,250,000 as a final grant for competitive fellowships for early-career academics at Makerere University and four Ugandan partner public universities

Middle East Institute, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $500,000 for international dialogues on Arab region security

Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
24-month grant of $980,000 for core support to the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies

Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for core support to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies

National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle, WA
36-month grant of $1,415,000 for a Chinese language fellowship program and a research project on China’s relations with its neighboring countries

North American Arab Council for the Social Sciences, New York, NY
24-month grant of $1,800,000 for social science research, training, and networks

Northeastern University, Boston, MA
24-month grant of $445,000 for a one-time project on transnational political networks as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
24-month grant of $500,000 as a final grant for a project on media studies in the Arab region

Pacific Center for Island Security, Tamuning, Guam
24-month grant of $445,000 for a one-time project to assess the evolving global order from the perspective of Pacific islands as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order

Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, UK
24-month grant of $500,000 as a one-time only grant for a project to explore new ideas for nuclear arms control

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Solna, Sweden
24-month grant of $500,000 for one time funding for a project to assess the risks of nuclear escalation in the age of artificial intelligence

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
24-month grant of $400,500 for a one-time project on small-state statecraft and realignment as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order

The Conversation Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
24-month grant of $400,000 for global, open-access, knowledge-based journalism to bridge the gap between research and policy in Africa

Tufts University, Medford, MA
24-month grant of $500,000 as a final grant to research and policy development on security in the Middle East

Tufts University, Medford, MA
24-month grant of $500,000 for a one-time project on the securitization of migration as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
24-month grant of $500,000 for a one-time project on security programs in disordered states as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order

University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
24-month grant of $500,000 for a one-time project on the Global South and the World Order as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order

University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
24-month grant of $500,000 as a final grant for the Orfalea Center partnership with the Security in Context network

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
24-month grant of $500,000 as a final grant for the Center for Peace and Development partnership with the Security in Context Network

University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa
24-month grant of $1,250,000 as a final grant for Future Africa’s early-career leadership fellowship program to build transdisciplinary research skills

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
24-month grant of $500,000 as a final grant for building capacity for institutional data gathering, policy advocacy, and research at African Research Universities Alliance universities

Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
18-month grant of $305,000 for a one-time project on anticipating the political impacts of artificial intelligence in Latin America as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order

West Point Association of Graduates, West Point, NY
24-month grant of $250,000 for support of policy relevant scholarship and outreach at the Social Science Research Lab at West Point

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $1,315,000 for continued support for the Wilson China Fellowship program for early career scholars

World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
36-month grant of $300,000 as a final grant for the AWARD leadership program for emerging African women in science

NATIONAL PROGRAM

American Business Immigration Coalition, Chicago, IL
24-month grant of $600,000 for general support

Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University, Tempe, AZ
24-month grant of $750,000 as a final core support grant for University Innovation Alliance

Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
24-month grant of $1,500,000 for support for the expansion of Bard High School Early Colleges in New York City

Bottom Line, Inc., Boston, MA
36-month grant of $750,000 for core support of Bottom Line New York

Braver Angels, New York, NY
18-month grant of $350,000 for support of a project to build bipartisan caucuses aimed at reducing polarization in Utah and Washington State

Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for project support of Navigation and Career Support for newcomers and English as a Second Language (ESL) program for adult immigrants throughout New York City

Building Skills Partnership, Los Angeles, CA
24-month grant of $400,000 for project support of Carnegie Scholarships for undergraduates and vocational ESL training for immigrant and newcomer workers in the Los Angeles area

Cambiar Education, San Diego, CA
36-month grant of $225,000 as a one-time grant to the Center for Education Market Dynamics to conduct a multiyear market analysis of OpenSciEd curriculum adoptions and students served

Center for American Progress, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $600,000 as a final grant for core support of its immigration program

Civic News Company, New York, NY
18-month grant of $750,000 for core support of Chalkbeat

Cognia, Inc., Alpharetta, GA
36-month grant of $2,400,000 as a final grant to develop, pilot, and bring to market a set of interim science assessments aligned with OpenSciEd courses in high school biology and elementary grades 3–5

Columbia University, New York, NY
24-month grant of $500,000 for support of the renewing democratic participation project of Columbia World Projects

Defending Democracy Together Institute, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $750,000 for core support of the Democracy Innovation Fund

EdReports.org, Raleigh, NC
36-month grant of $1,000,000 as a final grant to conduct reviews of high school and elementary science instructional materials

Education Leaders of Color, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $400,000 as a final general support grant

Education Writers Association, Washington, DC
12-month grant of $250,000 for project support to prepare local newsroom editors and their teams for meaningful community engagement over education issues

EL Education, Inc., New York, NY
12-month grant of $500,000 as a final grant to support a group of elementary schools in New York City and provide phonics reading instruction using a fully digital curriculum supplement

JobsFirstNYC, New York, NY
24-month grant of $250,000 as a final general support grant

Khan Academy, Mountain View, CA
36-month grant of $550,000 for support of updating and improving AP and high school Civics and history content

Latinos in Action, Sandy, UT
15-month grant of $250,000 for project support to increase college access and completion for Latino students through Carnegie Scholarships in selected states

More in Common, New York, NY
24-month grant of $500,000 for general support

National Center for Civic Innovation, New York, NY
24-month grant of $400,000 for core support of the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration

National College Attainment Network, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $500,000 as a final general support grant

National Science Teaching Association, Arlington, VA
15-month grant of $225,000 as a final grant to complete the formative reviews of the remaining OpenSciEd elementary science units

New Venture Fund, Washington, DC
15-month grant of $500,000 as a final grant for core support to the Research Partnership for Professional Learning

New York Public Library, New York, NY
24-month grant of $1,800,000 for project support of College Access and Civic Engagement Programs for Teens with an emphasis on Immigrant Youth and English as a Second Language (ESL) program for adult immigrants throughout New York City

New_ Public, Oakland, CA
24-month grant of $500,000 for support of a project to build local digital platforms that promote democracy and inclusion

News Literacy Project, Washington, DC
18-month grant of $350,000 for project support of the District Fellowship Program, an initiative working to expand the teaching of news literacy at the district level and creating models for scale in other locations

OneGoal, Chicago, IL
36-month grant of $750,000 for core support of OneGoal New York

Open Campus Media, Washington, DC
18-month grant of $350,000 for general support and project support of the continued implementation and expansion of the “Life After High School” project, seeking to deliver trusted, accurate local news to more Americans

PeerForward, Washington, DC
36-month grant of $750,000 for core support of PeerForward New York

President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
24-month grant of $1,500,000 for core support of Opportunity Insights

President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
12-month grant of $225,000 for support of the Education Recovery Scorecard

President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
24-month grant of $250,000 as a final grant to support of Deeper Learning Dozen: Developing a New Approach to Equitable and Humane Systems Change

Queens Library Foundation, Inc., Jamaica, NY
24-month grant of $1,200,000 for project support of English as a Second Language (ESL) programs for adult immigrants, and teen programming that supports economic & social mobility

Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY
24-month grant of $500,000 as a final grant for research projects on U.S. immigration and immigrant integration into American society

Shared Lane Consulting Services, New York, NY
24-month grant of $250,000 as a final project support grant to provide Digital Careers tools and resources to educators, students, and families that allow for guidance on how to navigate postsecondary training pathways

Student Leadership Network, New York, NY
36-month grant of $750,000 for core support of Student Leadership Network New York

Sutton Trust, London, UK
18-month grant of $220,000 for support of a research on the relationship between higher education and social mobility

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
24-month grant of $300,000 as a final grant for support of the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse’s immigration projects

Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
24-month grant of $400,000 for core support of The Hechinger Report

SPECIAL INITIATIVE ON SCHOLARS AT RISK

Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
24-month grant of $500,000 for Smolny Without Borders

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

American Library Association, Chicago, IL
36-month grant of $300,000 for the annual librarian awards program honoring exemplary performance by public, academic, and school librarians

Asian University for Women Support Foundation, Cambridge, MA
36-month grant of $1,000,000 in support of Scholarships for Women

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
36-month grant of $240,000 in support of the Andrew Carnegie Prize in Mind and Brain Sciences

Clinton Foundation, Little Rock, AR
24-month grant of $500,000 toward the expansion of the Student Presidential Leaders Series

Columbia University, New York, NY
12-month grant of $1,000,000 for Columbia University’s SIPA Institute of Global Politics, Carnegie Distinguished Fellows

Eradicate Hate Global Summit, Pittsburgh, PA
24-month grant of $250,000 for general support

Institute for Integrated Transitions, Barcelona, Spain
24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of its global polarization work

International Crisis Group, New York, NY
24-month grant of $500,000 in support of the Global Order and Conflict Project

International Panel on the Information Environment, Zurich, Switzerland
24-month grant of $500,000 in support of digital literacy, policy fellowships, and an information integrity index

Library of Congress, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $500,000 in support of the Digital Outposts Project

Maryland Department of Service and Civic Innovation, Annapolis, MD
24-month grant of $1,250,000 toward the research and learning components related to Maryland’s Service Year Option and Maryland Corps

Narrative 4, Inc., New York, NY
12-month grant of $250,000 for a project to leverage Narrative 4’s global ambassadors to enhance youth civic participation through storytelling, education, and leadership in select U.S. communities

Silk Road Project, Boston, MA
24-month grant of $500,000 in support of the America 250 Project

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
12-month grant of $250,000 in support of International Public Service Project Stipends at the Clinton School of Public Service

WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, MA
12-month grant of $250,000 for project support of the Democracy and Media Summit to inspire the development of new content that will bridge political divides to strengthen democracy

ANDREW CARNEGIE FELLOWS PROGRAM

Delia Baldassarri
24-month grant of $199,857 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Party Misfits: The Social Bases of Partisanship in an Era of Polarized Politics”

David Broockman
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “The Nature and Origins of Political Polarization in America”

Lisa Bryant
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Polarizing the Process: Partisan Effects on Election Officials and Trust in Elections”

Joshua Clinton
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Divided We Vote: Exploring the Crisis of Election Legitimacy in a Polarized America”

Johanna Dunaway
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Nationalized News Increases Polarization and Weakens Democratic Norms”

Bernard Fraga
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Why We Won’t Vote: Polarization, Non-Voting, and the Future of American Democracy”

D. Sunshine Hillygus
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Redesigning Social Media to Reduce Partisan Animosity”

Taeku Lee
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Reimagining America: What the Asian American Experience Can Tell Us about the Health of Democracy in the United States”

Brett Levy
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “How Can Education Bridge Political Divides?: Reducing Political Polarization Through the Youth Civic Connections Project”

Neil Malhotra
24-month grant of $199,998 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Does Social Media Increase Political Polarization?”

Lilliana Mason
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Addressing Polarization by Prioritizing Pluralistic Democracy”

Angie Maxwell
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “The Polarization of White Women in American Politics”

Jennifer McCoy
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Mitigating Pernicious Polarization through Innovative Civic Educational Interventions”

Elizabeth McKenna
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Grassroots Organizing to Strengthen Multiracial Democracy”

Neil O’Brian
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Partisan Prescriptions: The Polarization of Health Outcomes”

Molly Offer-Westort
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Digital Dialogues: Understanding Political Polarization Through Online Discourse”

Julianna Pacheco
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “The Deadly Effects of Partisanship”

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
12-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “A Thinking American’s Guide to the Classroom Culture Wars”

Markus Prior
12-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “What Do They Want and When Do They Want It? Political Patience and Its Role in Partisan Polarization”

Brian Schaffner
24-month grant of $199,293 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “American Mosaic: the Social Identities That Define Our Politics and a Path to Bridge the Divide”

Ananya Sen
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Automation Technologies, Online Misinformation, and Echo Chambers”

Seema Sohi
24-month grant of $199,293 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “‘We are Each Other’s Magnitude and Bond’: A History of Climate Justice from Warren County to the Sunrise Movement”

Mara Suttmann-Lea
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Are You There, Voter? It’s Me, Your Election Official: Depolarizing Attitudes Toward Election Administration in the United States”

Christopher Tausanovitch
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Why Do Moderate Voters Elect Polarized Candidates?”

Dara Wald
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “The Polarization of Science, Source Credibility, and the Public Good”

Elise Wang
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “That’s What They Want You to Think: Identifying Dangerous Conspiracy Theories”

David Wasserman
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Road Map to the Middle Ground: Restoring Competitiveness in Congressional Elections”

Hajar Yazdiha
24-month grant of $200,000 as a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project “Reconciliation through Reckoning: Bridging Divides through Grassroots Memory Works”

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