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Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Approves 63 Grants Totaling $32,855,000

At its quarterly meeting held in New York City on June 6, 2024, Carnegie Corporation of New York’s board of trustees approved 63 grants totaling $32,855,000. Brief descriptions of each board-approved grant are provided below

Jun 17, 2024

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Celeste Ford

CFC@carnegie.org

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University, Tempe, AZ
24-month grant of $300,000 as a final grant for the McCain Institute’s fellowship program for emerging African peacebuilding leaders

Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc., Washington, DC
24-month grant of $400,000 for a project assessing the consequences of China’s economic slowdown for Africa

Center for a New American Security, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $850,000 for a project on U.S.-China competition in emerging technologies

Century Foundation, New York, NY
24-month grant of $400,000 for a project on governance and citizenship in MENA

Febrayer, Germany
24-month grant of $300,000 for social science education of early-career journalists

Federation of American Scientists, Washington, DC
36-month grant of $2,000,000 for a project on nuclear command and control and artificial intelligence

George Washington University, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $450,000 for the Project for Media and National Security

Georgetown University, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $350,000 as a final grant for enhancing academic and public policy understanding of Russia

Georgetown University, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $650,000 for advancing scholar-practitioner engagement, through workshops, on-line publications, and case studies

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
24-month grant of $210,000 as a final grant for research, capacity building, and international networking on African philanthropy

International Peace Institute, Inc., New York, NY
36-month grant of $1,000,000 for a project on African perspectives on the emerging global order

Los Angeles Physicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles, CA
24-month grant of $400,000 as a one-time only grant for a project on providing the public with information about nuclear weapons issues

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
24-month grant of $670,000 for core support for projects on East Asian security dynamics and wargaming

Mercy Corps, Portland, OR
24-month grant of $600,000 for core support to the National Committee on North Korea

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
18-month grant of $250,000 for a project on U.S.-China Scientific Engagement

New York University, New York, NY
24-month grant of $500,000 for a project on peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a new era of great power competition

OpenSecrets, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $350,000 for research and analysis on defense industries and armed conflict

Outrider Foundation Inc., Madison, WI
24-month grant of $300,000 for a project training journalists in nuclear weapons issues

Oxfam America, Boston, MA
24-month grant of $400,000 for congressional education on armed conflicts, fragile states, and humanitarian crises

President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of Managing the Atom

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
24-month grant of $750,000 for core support of the Science and Global Security Program

Public Radio Exchange, Cambridge, MA
24-month grant of $410,000 for core support to the Global Security Unit’s The World

Public Radio Exchange, Cambridge, MA
24-month grant of $400,000 for the podcast seasons of Things That Go Boom

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, London, UK
24-month grant of $400,000 as a one-time grant for a project on the effects of the U.S. presidential election on transatlantic relations

University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
24-month grant of $400,000 for support of the 21st Century China Center

University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
36-month grant of $600,000 for a project mapping contemporary regional connections between China and the Arab region

University of Maryland, College Park, MD
24-month grant of $315,000 as a final grant for training and research on nuclear and international security

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
24-month grant of $300,000 as a one-time only grant for a project analyzing the designation of nuclear materials as primarily for civilian or military use

WNET, New York, NY
24-month grant of $400,000 for GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Women in International Security, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $300,000 as a final grant for general support

NATIONAL PROGRAM

Alliance for Excellent Education, Washington, DC
12-month grant of $450,000 as a final general support grant

Bank Street College of Education, New York, NY
18-month grant of $450,000 as a final core support for the Bank Street Education Center

Burning Glass Institute, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, PA
18-month grant of $500,000 for continued support of the Carnegie College Comebackers Initiative

Campaign Legal Center, Inc., Washington, DC
24-month grant of $300,000 for general support

CityWorksDC, Washington, DC
36-month grant of $600,000 for project support to expand access to high-quality youth apprenticeships

Columbia University, New York, NY
36-month grant of $1,750,000 as a final grant for a project to the Center for Public Research and Leadership to finalize the Curriculum Implementation Change Framework resources and conduct a research study on student outcomes and implementation of the OpenSciEd middle school curriculum

Common Sense Media, San Francisco, CA
12-month grant of $350,000 for project support of an artificial intelligence ratings system designed to assess the ethical use, transparency, safety, and impact of AI products for families

Complete College America, Indianapolis, IN
24-month grant of $500,000 for general support

EveryoneOn, Los Angeles, CA
24-month grant of $250,000 for general support

Foundation for MetroWest, Natick, MA
12-month grant of $300,000 for project support to expand reach and services through their English as a Second Language program in Framingham, Massachusetts

Fund for the City of New York, Inc., New York, NY
24-month grant of $250,000 for core support of the College Access: Research & Action model outside of New York City

Global Impact, Alexandria, VA
18-month grant of $800,000 for a final grant to conduct a qualitative study of family engagement practices and the launch of a public information campaign on the science of learning

International Rescue Committee, Inc., New York, NY
24-month grant of $1,500,000 for support of its reception center for migrants in New York City

Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $500,000 for project support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Agora Institute’s mapping project of U.S. civic infrastructure

Kura Labs, New York, NY
24-month grant of $250,000 for general support

Leading Educators, New Orleans, LA
19-month grant of $500,000 as a final grant to support curriculum-based professional learning with a particular focus on science education

Learning Forward, Richardson, TX
15-month grant of $600,000 as a final grant to support the curriculum-based professional learning network and advance aligned policies

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
24-month grant of $500,000 as a final core support grant of the Systems Awareness Lab

Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC
12-month grant of $250,000 for support of convenings to consider pragmatic policy solutions for immigration

National Association of System Heads, Adelphi, MD
24-month grant of $400,000 as a final grant for project support of The Power of Systems

New Profit Inc., Boston, MA
18-month grant of $350,000 as a final grant for youth mental health investments

President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
24-month grant of $500,000 as a final grant for advancing EdRedesign’s Success Planning Initiative

Project Evident, Boston, MA
24-month grant of $650,000 as a final general support grant

Riverside Language Program, Inc., New York, NY
12-month grant of $300,000 for project support of the English as a Second Language program

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, New York, NY
24-month grant of $500,000 for support of Welcome.US communication and outreach efforts on private sponsorships for immigrants

Squash and Education Alliance, New York, NY
12-month grant of $650,000 for project support to launch the Carnegie Scholarship Program and Community Initiatives in selected regions

StriveTogether, Cincinnati, OH
24-month grant of $750,000 as a one-time grant for general support

Teaching Lab, Washington, DC
12-month grant of $500,000 as a final grant to support curriculum-based professional learning with a particular focus on science education

UnboundED, Brooklyn, NY
13-month grant of $300,000 as a final grant to complete science education pathways at the National Standards Institute

Valor Collegiate Academies, Nashville, TN
24-month grant of $700,000 for general support

SPECIAL INITIATIVE ON SCHOLARS AT RISK    

Institute of International Education, Inc., New York, NY
36-month grant of $1,000,000 for the Scholar Rescue Fund

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

Carnegie Hall Corporation, New York, NY
12-month grant of $250,000 in support of the Music Education Program

Carnegie Hall Corporation, New York, NY
12-month grant of $250,000 in support of the Early Childhood Program

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