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Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Approves 41 Grants Totaling $26,781,000

At its quarterly meeting held in New York City on March 6, 2025, Carnegie Corporation of New York’s board of trustees approved 41 grants totaling $26,781,000. Brief descriptions of each board-approved grant are provided below.

Mar 13, 2025

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Celeste Ford

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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM    

Asia-Pacific Leadership Network, South Korea  
24-month grant of $500,000 for an Asia-U.S. peace and security dialogue

Georgetown University, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $300,000 for the Women, Peace and Security Conflict Tracker

Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC, The United States  
24-month grant of $450,000 for support to the China Program

Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC, The United States  
24-month grant of $550,000 for a project on Russia’s future global and regional roles

National Committee on United States – China Relations, Inc., New York, NY 
24-month grant of $875,000 for support of the Public Intellectuals Program

Partnership for a Secure America, Inc., Washington, DC
36-month grant of $975,000 for the Congressional Partnership Program for staffers

Tufts University, Medford, MA
24-month grant of $350,000 as a final grant for the U.S.-Russia Relations Initiative

NATIONAL PROGRAM    

4.0 Schools, New Orleans, LA 
12-month grant of $500,000 as a final general support grant

CareerVillage, Inc., San Francisco, CA
18-month grant of $250,000 for project support to scale Career Village’s AI Career Coach tool

Center for Rural Strategies, Whitesburg, KY 
24-month grant of $500,000 for support of its communications work on reducing polarization in rural communities
    
CityTutor DC, Washington, DC
18-month grant of $600,000 for general support of CityTutor’s model

Collective Change Lab, Lincoln, MA
12-month grant of $400,000 as a final general support grant

Common Sense Media, San Francisco, CA
18-month grant of $1,550,000 for project support for digital citizenship resources, library pilot, and annual summit sponsorship

Digital Promise Global, Washington, DC
12-month grant of $450,000 for final core support of the Center for Inclusive Innovation

Education Design Lab, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for project support of the Community College Growth Engine

Generation Citizen, New York, NY
24-month grant of $500,000 for project support for programming within schools that integrates community-based civics projects 

Get Schooled Foundation, Seattle, WA
12-month grant of $300,000 as a final general support grant

GO Public Schools, Oakland, CA
12-month grant of $250,000 as a final project support of their college access toolkits and workshops for families and educators

I Have a Dream Foundation, New York, NY
18-month grant of $250,000 for project support of career readiness and postsecondary success services at I Have a Dream Foundation East Harlem

James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy Foundation, Inc., Cary, NC  
24-month grant of $500,000 as a final grant for the Hunt-Kean Fellowship

Kids in Need of Defense, Washington, DC 
24-month grant of $400,000 for general support

National Education Equity Lab, New York, NY
36-month grant of $3,000,000 for support to expand National Education Equity Lab’s model to serve 26,000 additional high school students over three years

National Foundation for American Policy, Arlington, VA
24-month grant of $225,000 for general support

National Immigration Forum, Inc., Washington, DC 
24-month grant of $900,000 for general support

New York University, New York, NY
24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of the Stern Center for Business and Human Rights

Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, Los Angeles, CA  
15-month grant of $500,000 as a final grant for Partnership for Los Angeles Schools’ network of schools

Per Scholas, Bronx, NY
24-month grant of $500,000 for project support to provide postsecondary tech training to New York City students

Public Religion Research Institute, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $500,000 for support of a project to understand the impact of faith on polarization and immigration attitudes

RISE Colorado, Aurora, CO
12-month grant of $250,000 as a final general support grant

Service Year Alliance, Washington, DC
36-month grant of $1,000,000 for support of expanding state-based community service programs

Stanford University, Stanford, CA
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for support of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society’s research on polarization and electoral reforms

The 74, New York, NY
18-month grant of $300,000 for general support

Transcend Inc., Hastings on Hudson, NY  
12-month grant of $475,000 as a final general support grant

Tufts University, Medford, MA  
24-month grant of $431,000 for a project to research and expand youth civic engagement in rural communities

Urban Assembly, Inc., New York, NY 
15-month grant of $500,000 as a final grant for Urban Assembly’s Resilient Scholars Program

Urban Schools Human Capital Academy, Reston, VA 
12-month grant of $400,000 as a final general support grant

William J. Brennan, Jr., Center for Justice, Inc., New York, NY 
24-month grant of $600,000 for core support of its Democracy Program

Year Up United, Boston, MA
24-month grant of $500,000 for project support for Year Up United’s National Career Pathways Program

CROSS PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES    

The American Exchange Project, Chestnut, MA 
36-month grant of $3,000,000 for general support

SPECIAL INITIATIVE ON SCHOLARS AT RISK    

The New School, New York, NY
24-month grant of $500,000 for the New University in Exile Consortium

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND    

Philanthropy Roundtable, Washington, DC
12-month grant of $250,000 in support of the Federal Tax Initiative
 

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