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Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Approves 63 Grants Totaling $42,265,000

At its quarterly meeting held in New York City on June 5, 2025, Carnegie Corporation of New York’s board of trustees approved 63 grants totaling $42,265,000. Brief descriptions of each board-approved grant are provided below.

Jun 5, 2025

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Celeste Ford

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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

African Population and Health Research Center (Nairobi, Kenya)
36-month grant of $2,600,000 for core support to the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa

Arms Control Association (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $850,000 for general support

Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $1,200,000 for a project on avoiding miscalculation in an era of great power rivalry

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $450,000 for the Congressional Fiscal Security Leadership Initiative

Council on Foreign Relations (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $600,000 for a project on managing global disorder

George Washington University (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $630,000 for general support for the Project on Middle East Political Science

Human Rights Watch (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $300,000 for general support

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Nairobi, Kenya)
24-month grant of $1,250,000 for strengthening doctoral and postdoctoral training in applied science, engineering, and technology in Africa

International Crisis Group (New York, NY)
36-month grant of $1,500,000 for core support to the Africa Program

International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts (Rome, Italy)
24-month grant of $250,000 for two advanced international courses on new technologies and strategic stability

King’s College London (London, United Kingdom)
24-month grant of $1,850,000 for core support to the African Leadership Centre

Mawazo Institute (Nairobi, Kenya)
24-month grant of $900,000 for fellowships supporting early-career women researchers

Middlebury College (Middlebury, VT)
24-month grant of $1,050,000 for support to the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

Natural Resources Defense Council (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $500,000 for a study on U.S. nuclear targeting in a multipolar nuclear environment

Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (Nairobi, Kenya)
36-month grant of $850,000 for research and transformation of doctoral practices and procedures in African universities

RAND Corporation (Santa Monica, CA)
24-month grant of $350,000 for a project on Euro-Atlantic Security

Secure World Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $630,000 for a space bootcamp and a nuclear-space-commercial dialogue

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA)
24-month grant of $600,000 for the web-based Mapping Global China project

NATIONAL PROGRAM

Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University (Tempe, AZ)
12-month grant of $500,000 for core support of the Center for Reinventing Public Education

Association of College and University Educators (New York, NY)
12-month grant of $300,000 for project support to deploy the “Foster Civil Discourse and Deliberative Democracy” resource

Boston Public Library Fund (Boston, MA)
24-month grant of $500,000 for project support to expand reach and services through Boston Public Library’s English as a Second Language Workforce Initiative

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $900,000 for core support of the State Priorities Partnership

Cortico Corporation (Boston, MA)
12-month grant of $520,000 for project support of MIT’s Center for Constructive Communication Teen Dialogue Accelerator

Digital Inquiry Group (Palo Alto, CA)
24-month grant of $400,000 for project support to update digital literacy resources to include navigating AI across multiple classroom subjects

Empower Schools (Boston, MA)
24-month grant of $500,000 for project support of the New York Alliance for Early College Pathways to advance state policy to expand early college pathways in New York

Fair Elections Center (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $400,000 for general support

FairVote (Silver Spring, MD)
24-month grant of $500,000 for general support

Foundation for MetroWest (Natick, MA)
24-month grant of $600,000 for project support to expand reach and services through their English as a Second Language program in Milford, MA

George W. Bush Foundation (Dallas, TX)
24-month grant of $350,000 for core support of the Bush Institute’s immigration program

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (New York, NY)
12-month grant of $450,000 for project support to scale the Citizenship Test initiative

GreatSchools (Oakland, CA)
24-month grant of $1,500,000 for project support to integrate public library data onto their platform

Gwinnett County Public Library (Lawrenceville, GA)
24-month grant of $350,000 for project support to expand reach and services through their English as a Second Language program

Harris County Public Library (Houston, TX)
24-month grant of $500,000 for project support to expand reach and services through their English as a Second Language and college readiness programs

International Rescue Committee (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $750,000 for project support to expand reach and services through their English as a Second Language program in selected regions

James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy Foundation (Cary, NC)
24-month grant of $400,000 for general support of Across the Aisle: Bridging the Educational Divide

Kansas City Public Library (Kansas City, MO)
24-month grant of $500,000 for project support to expand reach and services through both their English as a Second Language and college access and readiness programs

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Nashville, TN)
24-month grant of $450,000 for project support to Nashville Public Library to expand reach and services through their English as a Second Language program

Migration Policy Institute (Washington, D.C.)
12-month grant of $500,000 for support of convenings to consider pragmatic policy solutions for increasing legal immigration pathways

New Venture Fund (Washington, D.C.)
12-month grant of $300,000 for core support of LAUNCH Pathways

Prince William County Virginia Library (Woodbridge, VA)
24-month grant of $400,000 for project support to expand reach and services through their English as a Second Language and workforce development programs

R Street Institute (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $400,000 for general support

Riverside Language Program (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $600,000 for project support to expand reach and services through their English as a Second Language program

Rock the Vote (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $400,000 for general support

San Diego Public Library Foundation (San Diego, CA)
24-month grant of $450,000 for project support to San Diego Public Library to expand reach and services through their college access and readiness program

San Jose Public Library Foundation (San Jose, CA)
24-month grant of $500,000 for project support to San Jose Public Library to expand reach and services through their English as a Second Language, college readiness, and digital inclusion programs

Seattle Public Library Foundation (Seattle, WA)
24-month grant of $450,000 for project support to Seattle Public Library to expand reach and services through their English as a Second Language programs

Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.)
18-month grant of $600,000 for project support to expand the Democracy in Dialogue Virtual Exchange Program

Springboard Collaborative (Philadelphia, PA)
24-month grant of $500,000 for general support

The Plainfield Public Library (Plainfield, NJ)
24-month grant of $400,000 for project support to expand reach and services through their English as a Second Language program

The Library Foundation of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
24-month grant of $500,000 for project support to Los Angeles Public Library to expand reach and services through their English as a Second Language and college readiness programs

Thomas Jefferson Foundation (Charlottesville, VA)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for support of its project to rebuild civic infrastructure and engagement in museums in coordination with the Educating for American Democracy national network

Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)
12-month grant of $250,000 for core support of the Cowen Institute

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
18-month grant of $1,500,000 for project support to expand the National Civics Bee Competition

United We Dream (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $500,000 for general support

SPECIAL INITIATIVE ON SCHOLARS AT RISK

American Councils for International Education (Washington, D.C.)
24-month grant of $1,200,000 for support to displaced and at-risk Ukrainian and Russian scholars

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

Albertine Foundation (New York, NY)
12-month grant of $500,000 for support of the Lafayette Fellowships Project

Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University (Tempe, AZ)
24-month grant of $500,000 for support of the Freedom for Political Prisoners Initiative

Carnegie Hero Fund Commission (Pittsburgh, PA)
36-month grant of $300,000 for support of the research project on extreme altruistic behavior

Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association (Arlington, VA)
12-month grant of $250,000 for general support of the “Judy Woodruff Presents: America at a Crossroads” production

International Music and Performing Arts Charitable Trust (Edinburgh, Scotland)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for the design and programming of the Dunard Center Concert Hall

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for support of community programming for the upcoming, newly renovated Art of the Ancient Near East galleries

Sesame Workshop (New York, NY)
12-month grant of $1,000,000 for general support

University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
36-month grant of $535,000 for general support for Democratic Resilience in the Bodleian Libraries’ collections

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