Andrew Carnegie Foundation Board Approves 41 Grants Totaling $47,940,000

International Program

African Institute for Development Policy (Nairobi, Kenya)
36-month grant of $1,800,000 for a project on economic integration for migrant and displaced African youth

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $1,500,000 for core support to the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center and the Middle East Program

Center for European Policy Analysis (Washington, D.C.)
36-month grant of $1,700,000 to support a network for democratic peace and resilience in Europe

Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
24-month grant of $1,500,000 for a project tracking the use of technologies by violent non-state actors in Africa

Danish Refugee Council (Copenhagen, Denmark)
24-month grant of $1,750,000 for a project to expand its model for anticipating and mitigating conflict-induced displacement in Nigeria and Colombia

Institute for Strategic Dialogue (Washington, D.C.)
36-month grant of $1,800,000 for a project to deliver real-time monitoring of migration-related disinformation, early warning alerts, and practical capacity-building for municipal officials and frontline actors

Inter Mediate (London, U.K.)
36-month grant of $1,500,000 for a project developing Track 1.5 engagement and an institutional platform for migration-conflict policy solutions

Migration Policy Institute (Washington, D.C.)
36-month grant of $2,000,000 for a project on reimagining mobility systems to promote stability and peace

Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
24-month grant of $1,200,000 for a project on AI-informed safe corridors for refugees

ONE Campaign (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $1,200,000 for a project on mitigating forced migration through stronger economic pathways and strategic policy reform

Refugees International (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $1,120,000 for a project safeguarding the return of refugees to Syria in the post-Assad transition

University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
36-month grant of $2,000,000 for a project to establish an International Crime Lab addressing the threat of violent organized criminal groups in Latin America by developing city-level strategies

Yale University (New Haven, CT)
24-month grant of $1,800,000 to create a platform for remotely assessing conflict-related displacement

National Program

Brooklyn Public Library (Brooklyn, NY)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for project support of English as a Second Language programs for adult immigrants, and teen programming that supports economic and social mobility

Center for Civic Education (Calabasas, CA)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for project support to expand the We the People curriculum and youth competition, to support the national finals, and to increase access to high-quality civic education in new states

The Chamberlain Network (Atlanta, GA)
30-month grant of $500,000 for support of its nonpartisan civic engagement work with veterans

City Year (Boston, MA)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for support of the Student Success Coach service model in New York state

Idealist (New York, NY)
12-month grant of $220,000 to support the merger of Idealist.org and VolunteerMatch.org

Institute for Strategic Dialogue (Washington, D.C.)
30-month grant of $600,000 to mitigate cybersecurity threats from both internal and external forces on U.S. elections

Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
24-month grant of $500,000 for support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute’s map of U.S. civic infrastructure

Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
24-month grant of $500,000 to build the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute’s Shaping a Conservative Agenda for Democracy program

New York Public Library (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $1,800,000 for support of civic engagement programs for teens and English as a Second Language programs for adults throughout New York City

OpenSecrets (Washington, D.C.)
12-month grant of $250,000 to update its website

The Poynter Institute (St. Petersburg, FL)
24-month grant of $750,000 for project support of the “MediaWise Weekly” video and lesson series, and a media literacy and AI certificate course and toolkit for educators

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

RightCount (Indianapolis, IN)
30-month grant of $500,000 for general support

Schoolhouse World (Palo Alto, CA)
24-month grant of $1,500,000 for project support to expand its virtual dialogues and volunteer tutoring programs, online credentialing portfolio, and associated college partnerships

University of Massachusetts Boston (Boston, MA)
36-month grant of $1,500,000 for project support to create new pathways to career credentials for high school students

Valor Collegiate Academies (Nashville, TN)
24-month grant of $1,700,000 to launch a work-based learning microschool, a career education track in mental health careers, a dual enrollment option offering college courses, and an alumni fellowship

Veterans for All Voters (Brentwood, MO)
30-month grant of $400,000 for general support

YouthBuild Global (Roxbury, MA)
24-month grant of $650,000 for project support of service and leadership opportunities for cohorts of opportunity youth

Cross Programming Opportunities

Complexly (Missoula, MT)
24-month grant of $600,000 for a video series on nuclear risk, nuclear misinformation, and the consequences of nuclear weapons

Special Opportunities Fund

Albertine Foundation (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for support of the Lafayette Fellows and Night of Ideas

Bigger Picture US (Arlington, VA)
24-month grant of $5,000,000 for core support of the Be the People program

C-SPAN (Washington, D.C.)
12-month grant of $500,000 in support of local news coverage of the 2026 midterm elections

The Clinton Foundation (Little Rock, AR)
12-month grant of $1,000,000 for the preservation and digitization of the Hillary Rodham Clinton archives

Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (Domah’s Town, Liberia)
24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of the Sister’s Place, a residential and learning center that provides safe housing for girls

National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (Washington, D.C.)
12-month grant of $500,000 for core support of the chair’s National Service Initiative

President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, MA)
24-month grant of $700,000 in support of the National Security Law and Policy Initiative

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for More Perfect’s national service democracy goal

School of Leadership Afghanistan (Boston, MA)
12-month grant of $700,000 in support of the permanent Rwanda campus