Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Approves 50 Grants Totaling $44,275,000

International Program

Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada)
36-month grant of $1,800,000 for support to advance indigenous knowledge and engagement on migration in Africa

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for core support to the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $600,000 for core support of Carnegie China

Columbia University (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $500,000 for support of the China and the World program

Henry L. Stimson Center (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $600,000 for support of web-based research and analysis on North Korea

Higher Education Resource Services – East Africa (Kampala, Uganda)
24-month grant of $300,000 for project support to advance women’s leadership in higher education institutions across seven East African countries

Kennan Institute (Washington, D.C.)
18-month grant of $500,000 for core support

Makerere University (Kampala, Uganda)
24-month grant of $1,650,000 for the doctoral program in social studies at Makerere Institute of Social Research

National Committee on American Foreign Policy (New York, NY)
36-month grant of $600,000 for international dialogue on security challenges in Northeast Asia

National Committee on North Korea (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $600,000 for general support

Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (Nairobi, Kenya)
24-month grant of $900,000 for doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships in public policy

The Christchurch Call Foundation (Wellington, New Zealand)
24-month grant of $2,000,000 for support to counter terrorist and violent extremist content online

University of California San Diego (La Jolla, CA)
24-month grant of $500,000 for support of data-driven research on China at the 21st Century China Center

University of Cape Town (Rondebosch, South Africa)
24-month grant of $1,950,000 for support of the Developing Emerging Academic Leaders project and the Institute for Humanities in Africa

University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
36-month grant of $750,000 for support of research on economic security and peace

University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa)
24-month grant of $500,000 to the African Research Universities Alliance

University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa)
24-month grant of $600,000 to the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment

National Program

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $500,000 for support of its free speech initiative

American Immigration Council (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $700,000 for support of its business and economic research and communications work

Array Education (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $400,000 for core support of Prelude, which offers paid internships for high school students from lower-income communities

Aspen Institute (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $500,000 for support of Weave: The Social Fabric Project, which connects, supports, and invests in local leaders

Basta (Brooklyn, NY)
24-month grant of $800,000 for project support to close the employment gap for first-generation college students

BES (Boston, MA)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for start-up support of new charter schools in high-need communities

Carter Center (Atlanta, GA)
24-month grant of $750,000 for support of local election observation networks in the United States

Catholic Legal Immigration Network (Silver Spring, MD)
24-month grant of $500,000 for general support

Citizen University (Seattle, WA)
24-month grant of $500,000 for support of Live Like a Citizen, which equips Americans to spread civic practices

Civic News Company (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $1,500,000 for core support of Chalkbeat and Votebeat news outlets

Common Defense Education Fund (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $500,000 for support of its campaign to engage members of the military and their families in civic life

Edward M. Kennedy Institute (Boston, MA)
24-month grant of $500,000 for project support of the virtual and in-person Senate Immersion Module for students to learn about the legislative process

Fund for the City of New York (New York, NY)
27-month grant of $725,000 for core support of College Access: Research & Action, which focuses on creating postsecondary pathways for all students

Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL)
24-month grant of $1,500,000 for project support of the Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Democracy Schools Network, a partnership of Illinois schools that have committed to providing civics education to their students

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (San Francisco, CA)
18-month grant of $750,000 for core support of the New Americans Campaign to promote fair naturalization policies and increase rates of naturalization

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $300,000 for support of the election protection hotline

Migration Policy Institute (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $2,000,000 for core support of its U.S.-based programs

Open Campus Media (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $500,000 for general support

Partnership for Los Angeles Schools (Los Angeles, CA)
24-month grant of $750,000 for college and career supports for students at the partnership’s five high schools

Posse Foundation (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $1,500,000 for project support to expand access to institutions of higher education

Reach University (Oakland, CA)
24-month grant of $2,000,000 for project support to expand its Teachers College

Sandra Day O’Connor Institute (Phoenix, AZ)
24-month grant of $500,000 for project support of online and in-person debate programs in democracy and U.S. systems of government

Urban Libraries Council (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for project support to launch Civic Labs for Youth pilots across selected Carnegie Libraries

Welcome.US (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $500,000 for support of its communications and outreach efforts

Cross Programming Opportunities

Ashoka (Arlington, VA)
24-month grant of $1,400,000 for project support of a youth challenge for civic engagement in the U.S. and sub-Saharan Africa

Special Opportunities Fund

Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association (Arlington, VA)
12-month grant of $500,000 for support of the development of a new financing model for PBS NewsHour 

International Rescue Committee (New York, NY)
12-month grant of $2,000,000 in support of humanitarian assistance in Sudan

Kyiv School of Economics (Washington, D.C.)
12-month grant of $300,000 for emergency funding

National September 11 Memorial & Museum (New York, NY)
12-month grant of $500,000 in support of the New York First Sundays program

New York Public Library (New York, NY)
12-month grant of $500,000 in support of the exhibition Declaring America: 1776 and Beyond, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence

Perelman Performing Arts Center (New York, NY)
12-month grant of $250,000 in support of the Perelman Performing Arts Center’s activities related to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence

Philanthropy Roundtable (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $300,000 in support of the Philanthropic Freedom Initiative, which is focused on protecting Americans’ freedom to give

Public Media Company (Boulder, CO)
24-month grant of $3,000,000 for core support of the Public Media Bridge Fund, an initiative to keep local public media on the air and sustainable