Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Approves 94 Grants Totaling $63,219,000
At its quarterly meeting held in New York City on September 11, 2025, Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Board of Trustees approved 94 grants totaling $63,219,000. Brief descriptions of each board-approved grant are provided below.
Sep 18, 2025
International Program
African Technology Policy Studies Network (Nairobi, Kenya)
36-month grant of $900,000 for support for advancing artificial intelligence capacity in African higher education
Arms Control Association (Washington, DC)
24-month grant of $500,000 for a joint project mitigating the risks of AI integration into nuclear operations as part of a Request for Proposals on “Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapon Risks”
Asia Society (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $500,000 for the China Visibility Initiative at ChinaFile
Atlantic Council of the United States (Washington, DC)
18-month grant of $300,000 for a U.S.-China dialogue on high-tech innovation and competition
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (Chicago, IL)
36-month grant of $825,000 for general support
Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, DC)
24-month grant of $250,000 for a project on Russia and its neighbors
Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, DC)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for core support to CSIS Africa initiatives
CNA Corporation (Arlington, VA)
24-month grant of $250,000 for a project on Russian military reconstitution
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (Dakar, Senegal)
36-month grant of $1,400,000 for strengthening African universities through research, civic engagement, and higher education studies
Council on Foreign Relations (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for support of the Open Source Observatory, an AI-driven library of translated Chinese resources
Federation of American Scientists (Washington, DC)
24-month grant of $500,000 for a project assessing the implications of emerging and disruptive technologies for the stealth and security of nuclear launch platforms as part of a Request for Proposals on “Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapon Risks”
Foreign Policy Research Institute (Philadelphia, PA)
24-month grant of $320,000 for a project to develop a roadmap to strengthen space security as part of a Request for Proposals on “Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapon Risks”
German Marshall Fund of the United States (Washington, DC)
24-month grant of $400,000 for a U.S.-China Track II dialogue on Taiwan
Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
36-month grant of $895,000 for support for the Alliance for African Partnership, fostering graduate student environments in African universities, and an artificial intelligence doctoral program
National Security Archive Fund (Washington, DC)
36-month grant of $1,425,000 for the National Security Archive
Nuclear Threat Initiative (Washington, DC)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for core support of NTI’s nuclear program
Olupona Foundation (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $400,000 for support for African academic diaspora engagement and mentorship training
Paris Peace Forum (Paris, France)
24-month grant of $250,000 for core support of the annual Paris Peace Forum
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, MA)
24-month grant of $700,000 for Russia Matters
Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
24-month grant of $500,000 for a project to evaluate the capabilities of key emerging technologies for the future of nuclear deterrence dynamics as part of a Request for Proposals on “Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapon Risks”
Quincy Institute (Washington, DC)
24-month grant of $500,000 for the Eurasia program
RAND Corporation (Santa Monica, CA)
18-month grant of $500,000 for a project analyzing the use of emerging technologies to bolster conventional deterrence in place of expanding nuclear capabilities as part of a Request for Proposals on “Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapon Risks”
Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI)
24-month grant of $500,000 for a joint project to analyze how emerging technologies affect nuclear escalation dynamics as part of a Request for Proposals on “Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapon Risks”
Search for Common Ground (Washington, DC)
24-month grant of $600,000 for a project to amplify the expertise of African peacebuilding practitioners and scholars
SecDev Foundation (Ottawa, Canada)
24-month grant of $400,000 for the Roundtable on Military Cyber Stability
Social Science Research Council (Brooklyn, NY)
36-month grant of $4,200,000 for support of the African Peacebuilding Network and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa fellowship program
TrustAfrica (Dakar, Senegal)
36-month grant of $1,000,000 for the West Africa Democracy Fund
University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA)
24-month grant of $400,000 for the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue
University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of the University of California, Berkeley Risk and Security Laboratory
University of Denver (Denver, CO)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for the Bridging the Gap Project
University of Ghana (Accra, Ghana)
36-month grant of $900,000 for support of the African Humanities Association (AHA) for enhancing humanities research in Africa
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
24-month grant of $500,000 for a project on policy-relevant responses to emerging policy issues
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
36-month grant of $750,000 for next generation dialogue, research, and outreach on China
University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
24-month grant of $390,000 for a project modeling the effects of nuclear use in outer space as part of a Request for Proposals on “Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapon Risks”
National Program
Achieving the Dream (Silver Spring, MD)
12-month grant of $250,000 for the Healthcare Pathways Professional Learning Community
Alliance for Excellent Education (Washington, DC)
36-month grant of $900,000 for support of the State Policy Center
Bill of Rights Institute (Arlington, VA)
24-month grant of $750,000 for project support to expand debate programs to foster civic skills
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Atlanta, GA)
24-month grant of $1,250,000 for support of the Think, Learn, Create Change program
Braven (Chicago, IL)
24-month grant of $750,000 for core support of Braven New York
Breakthrough New York (New York, NY)
33-month grant of $950,000 for support of programming for three middle school cohorts of Breakthrough New York scholars
City Year (Boston, MA)
12-month grant of $250,000 for support of the Voices for National Service public education campaign
City Year (Boston, MA)
36-month grant of $1,500,000 for project support of the development of teaching pathways
Civic Nation (Washington, DC)
24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of its nonpartisan youth voter education and outreach program
Columbia University (New York, NY)
15-month grant of $300,000 for project support of the Freedom and Citizenship Program
Community High School Foundation (Redwood City, CA)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for support of licenses for expanded access to the Futre platform for low-income students
Disagree Better (Cottonwood Heights, UT)
24-month grant of $600,000 for general support
iCivics (Cambridge, MA)
24-month grant of $2,544,000 for general support
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (San Francisco, CA)
12-month grant of $250,000 for support to increase naturalization rates of legal permanent residents
MDRC (New York, NY)
36-month grant of $750,000 for core support of the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education
National 4-H Council (Washington, DC)
24-month grant of $750,000 for project support of the Beyond Ready Program
National Academy of Sciences (Washington, DC)
12-month grant of $300,000 for support of a report and national public workshop on developing information literacy
New America Foundation (Washington, DC)
15-month grant of $250,000 for core support of the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship
Propel America (Boston, MA)
24-month grant of $750,000 for general support
ProPublica (New York, NY)
36-month grant of $600,000 for general support
Protect Democracy (Washington, DC)
24-month grant of $450,000 for general support
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of College Promise
Squash and Education Alliance (New York, NY)
18-month grant of $805,000 for project support of the Carnegie Scholarships and Community Engagement Initiatives in selected regions
Teach Democracy (Los Angeles, CA)
24-month grant of $700,000 for a project to scale student-led civic engagement through the Civic Action Project and the National Youth Board
TEACHMEducation (Cambridge, NY)
36-month grant of $1,750,000 for project support of the launch of teacher apprenticeships in New York State
The Alliance for Decision Education (Bala Cynwyd, PA)
24-month grant of $300,000 for project support of the Media Literacy Incubator Cohort
The Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History (Bala Cynwyd, PA)
15-month grant of $450,000 for the Teaching America250 Awards
The Leadership Conference Education Fund (Washington, DC)
12-month grant of $250,000 for support of its voting and voting rights program
University of Baltimore Foundation (Baltimore, MD)
36-month grant of $1,000,000 for support of Carnegie scholarships for University of Baltimore near-completer students
University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
24-month grant of $500,000 for project support of the Young Scholars Civic Engagement Program
We the Veterans and Military Families (Denver, CO)
24-month grant of $500,000 for general support
Cross-Program Opportunities
Bridge Alliance Education Fund (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
15-month grant of $300,000 for project support of The Team’s athlete civic ambassadors high school expansion program
ImmSchools (Dallas, TX)
24-month grant of $400,000 for a project to expand educational services to school districts across the country
League of Women Voters Education Fund (Washington, DC)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for support of its youth-focused democracy and civic education program
Narrative 4 (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for project support for the next phase of the Focus City Strategy
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of More Perfect
The Regents of the University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA)
24-month grant of $500,000 for a project to develop civic education metrics to strengthen implementation and adoption
Think Equal (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $550,000 for implementation of social emotional learning in early childhood in selected states as well as a pilot to train practitioners in out of school settings
WGBH Educational Foundation (Boston, MA)
24-month grant of $750,000 for an educational game on topics related to nuclear security issues
Special Initiative on Scholars at Risk
Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $300,000 for scholar mobility
Special Opportunities Fund
Carnegie Hall Corporation (New York, NY)
9-month grant of $1,000,000 in support of the United in Sound: America at 250 initiative
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
36-month grant of $300,000 in support of educational programming
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
36-month grant of $300,000 for general support
Columbia University (New York, NY)
12-month grant of $1,000,000 for core support of the Institute for Global Politics
Council on Foundations (Washington, DC)
15-month grant of $250,000 for support of its public policy work
Freedom Reads (Hamden, CT)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for general support
International Rescue Committee (New York, NY)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for general support
Israel-America Academic Exchange (Beverly Hills, CA)
12-month grant of $240,000 for support of two conferences on countering polarization through academic collaboration
Kyiv School of Economics (Washington, DC)
12-month grant of $500,000 in support of the Carnegie Scholarship Initiative
Morgan Library & Museum (New York, NY)
36-month grant of $300,000 in support of the Belle da Costa Greene Fellowship Program
Museum of the City of New York (New York, NY)
36-month grant of $300,000 grant for support of educational programming, including the civics component of the America 250 exhibition
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (Washington, DC)
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for a cross-partisan dialogue for democracy
National Endowment for Democracy (Washington, DC)
24-month grant of $500,000 for support of the Journal of Democracy
NEO Philanthropy (New York, NY)
12-month grant of $250,000 for general support
New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, NY)
15-month grant of $250,000 for project support of the Explainers and garden-wide internship programs
New York Historical Society (New York, NY)
36-month grant of $400,000 for general support
Rodel Institute (Phoenix, AZ)
24-month grant of $500,000 in support of the Rodel Judicial Fellowship Program
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation (New York, NY)
36-month grant of $225,000 for core support of educational programming
St Leonards School (St. Andrews, United Kingdom)
24-month grant of $250,000 in support of student scholarships
Waterford Treasures DAC (Waterford, Ireland)
24-month grant of $500,000 in support of the Waterford Treasures Children’s Museum