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Project Title
For a project to support the Civic Spring Fellowship to address a significant civic participation opportunity gap nationwide
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
In June 2020, the Institute for Citizens & Scholars launched the Civic Spring Fellowship (CSF) to strengthen democracy by developing a critical mass of young people who are civically well-informed, productively engaged, and committed to our shared future. Through an annual, ten-week summer fellowship experience, CSF has recruited nearly 300 young people who have worked to address urgent problems they have identified in their communities. Fellows are provided with funding, access to networking with peers and civic leaders, and intensive mentoring from expert coaches and program staff so that they develop the skills, knowledge, and dispositions that will support their civic participation in future years. Corporation funding will support the launch of CSF 2.0, tentatively renamed the Carnegie NextGen Civic Engagement Corps, with a focus on scalability and sustainability as we approach the country’s 250th anniversary. The program will shift to a year-round model and will expand to serve a total of 500 Fellows annually. The program will recruit and activate aspiring young civic leaders in all fifty states and Washington, D.C. by 2026.
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For a final grant for the Good Authority blog
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Good Authority is the new iteration of “The Monkey Cage” blog that was previously linked with the Washington Post. During its seven-year affiliation with the newspaper, it became an important intermediary between international affairs scholars and the broader public, encouraging a more publicly focused political science discipline and political discourse informed by sound research. Since September 2023, Good Authority has built on this legacy by continuing to edit and publish scholarly work that is readable and comprehensible to non-specialists. Renewed funding will assist the project in pursuing further growth and sustainability, thus maintaining Global Authority’s role as a resource for policymakers, scholars, and the global public interested in the complexities of international politics.
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As a final grant for the AWARD leadership program for emerging African women in science
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
Globally, women account for a significantly smaller portion of scientific research output, creating a demand for professional leadership programs. Established in 2008, the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) aims to expand the pipeline of African women scientists in the agricultural sciences leadership positions. With renewed support, AWARD will provide training and mentorship to 120 competitively selected women in the agricultural sciences from sub-Saharan Africa, connecting them with mentors representing senior lecturers and university managers, scientists, international development practitioners, and civil society leaders in the agricultural research and development sector.
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As a final grant for the America in the World Consortium Fellowship Program
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
30 months
Description
To promote a more robust and vibrant nonpartisan conversation about U.S. foreign policy and national security, the America and the World Consortium (the Consortium) links scholar-practitioners across four institutions—Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Florida, and the University of Texas—to build further ties between the academic and policy worlds. By nurturing original research across disciplines, including political science, history, and law that deepens understanding of the U.S. role in addressing geopolitical challenges, it seeks to develop an intellectually diverse professional community dedicated to advancing knowledge on these pressing matters. Through its sponsorship of five residential pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships for early-career scholars, the Consortium will support research, provide professional development and mentorship, and convene workshops and policy dissemination conferences, among other activities.
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For support of the Thomas H. Kean Theatre & Dance Internship Fund
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
12 months
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For a one-time project on mapping critical value chains as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The Jain Family Institute (JFI) proposes to build and disseminate tools to map prospective and proposed global value chains central to the competition over strategic minerals between the U.S. and China. These tools will identify different viable configurations of these supply chains and quantify the distribution of potential benefits to low- and middle-income countries. JFI will build capacity to use these tools within developing and emerging economies and international financial institutions. It will publish public-facing articles and webinars to ensure that the tools, methodology, and findings are widely disseminated. It will also work directly with political and policy officials in the Global South, especially and initially in Brazil, where JFI has an extensive existing network, to refine these tools and outputs and place them in the hands of decisionmakers.
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As a final grant for core support to the Research Partnership for Professional Learning
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
Founded in 2021, the Research Partnership for Professional Learning (RPPL) brings together professional learning organizations, school districts, and education researchers who study teacher learning to identify specific features of curriculum-based professional learning to improve academic outcomes for students. With six professional learning organizations, over 70 affiliates serving more than 700 school systems, RPPL has been able to create a productive network of learning partnerships, conduct research on teacher professional learning, collect comparative data, and engage in meta-analyses across member organizations. Corporation support will allow them to partner with five school districts implementing high-quality math curricula to co-design and conduct targeted studies with teachers and district leaders focused on improving outcomes for students.
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In support of digital literacy, policy fellowships, and an information integrity index
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) is an independent global organization dedicated to providing actionable scientific knowledge on threats to our information landscape. Support from the Carnegie Corporation will 1) empower a Scientific Panel on Digital Literacy in Education to develop best practices in transforming high school curriculum to raise information skills and mitigate long term polarization, 2) fund an IPIE Policy Fellowship program of researchers to work on information integrity about human rights, the SDGs, and modern ESG values, and 3) advance work on an Information Integrity Index that can compare, in a global and comparative context, trends in technology diffusion and political polarization. The Panels’ and Fellows’ outputs will put these critical issues in a scientific lens and ensure they are better understood from crosscutting and global perspectives.
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For StratBase
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
For U.S. policy towards Russia to be effective, it must be grounded in an accurate understanding of Russian strategic capabilities and interests. Improving the accuracy of U.S. policy is complicated both by the distinct culture and foundations of Russian foreign policy making, as well as the West’s own analytical biases. Project StratBase aims to address these twin challenges by introducing collaborative research principles from advanced scientific disciplines in combination with cutting edge research tools like data analytics, artificial intelligence, and natural language processing models. With Corporation support, StratBase will initiate three research modules related to Russia’s war in Ukraine, its contemporary relations with China, and comparative perspectives on the future of Euro-Atlantic Security architecture. The project will result in international collaborative research, creation of new tools and datasets to study Russia, briefings to policymakers, and academic and policy publications.
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As a final grant to build science instructional capacity and services
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Instruction Partners was established in 2015 to work with district partners to develop instructional leadership and share resources and tools to guide learning and curriculum implementation. School districts face significant challenges in providing high-quality science education and often struggle to balance numerous administrative responsibilities with the need to support effective science instruction. To address this, Instruction Partners works directly with school and district leadership to strengthen science education. This final grant will enable Instruction Partners to continue its collaboration with district partners, focusing on strategies for science curriculum adoption and implementation, ensuring a cohesive approach across all schools in a district. The project will enhance district leaders’ capacity to provide targeted instructional support, empowering them to offer more effective guidance and resources. Additionally, they will equip district leaders with tools to assess and improve science education outcomes for students, allowing for data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.
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For the Issam Fares Institute Fellows Program
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
39 months
Description
The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) is a research-based policy institute at the American University of Beirut (AUB). The Institute is one of the leading think tanks in the Arab region, bridging academia and policymaking by producing evidence-based research on challenges faced by Arab societies and creating an intellectual space for exchange of ideas among scholars, civil society, media, and policymakers. A new grant from the Corporation would support research and policy development, and increase IFI capacity building, professional development, and public communication outreach for its fellows.
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As a one-time project to Roadtrip Nation to spotlight the critical role of libraries and librarians in fostering community, education, and civic engagement across America
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Roadtrip Nation, part of Strada Collaborative, is an Emmy Award-winning nonprofit media organization that empowers learners by providing resources, educational support, and career experiences to create equitable education and employment pathways. With Corporation support, Roadtrip Nation will make a television episode for PBS that sparks a national conversation about the role of libraries as vital community institutions. The episode will highlight the essential services libraries offer, including ESL programs, digital literacy, college access, job placement, and literacy initiatives, while also inspiring viewers to consider careers in librarianship. With a distribution network reaching up to 100 million households through public television and 14 million students annually through partnerships, Roadtrip Nation will collaborate with schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, the College Board, Naviance, and other partners to showcase career options for young people through this impactful series.
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For support of a research on the relationship between higher education and social mobility
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
Since 1997, the Sutton Trust has worked to address the fact that the educational opportunities and life chances of a child born today are strongly linked to their parents’ socio-economic background, regardless of talent or effort. Sutton Trust and the Corporation have a strong history of partnership, hosting summits on issues including higher education access and evidence-based teaching in schools. With support from the Corporation, Sutton Trust will commission a major piece of research exploring the role that higher education is playing in social mobility internationally, looking at examples of multiple countries with high and low social mobility and how their respective higher education systems are contributing to these outcomes. Building on this research, they will then host a joint summit in London in 2025 exploring three key themes: funding higher education sustainably, the value of higher education in the modern economy, and the future for widening higher education participation. The event will provide an opportunity for a constructive information exchange between policymakers, researchers, and other experts from both countries, focusing on significant questions the U.S. and U.K. are asking about the role of higher education in promoting increased social mobility.
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For the annual librarian awards program honoring exemplary performance by public, academic, and school librarians
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 1876, the American Library Association (ALA) is the largest and most respected membership association in the world for the library industry. Its mission of “to provide leadership for the development, promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.” In 2008, the Corporation partnered with the ALA and The New York Times to reinstate the I Love My Librarian Awards program. Since then, each year ten exceptional public, academic, or school librarians have been recognized for improving the lives of the people in their communities. This award aims at drawing attention to the key roles librarians play in promoting literacy and education, creating lifelong learners, and developing an informed electorate to sustain democratic traditions. With Corporation support, the ALA will continue to award cash prizes to the winners, hold the popular annual awards ceremony, and increase support for libraries and librarians through national media outreach.
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For a one-time project on anticipating the political impacts of artificial intelligence in Latin America as part of a Request for Proposals on Understanding the Forces Shaping the Global Order
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
27 months
Description
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming industries, governments, and the international order. While AI promises significant advancements, it also poses challenges, particularly in labor markets with a high risk of job replacement. Although existing research has highlighted the economic consequences of AI, little is known about its political impacts. This project addresses this crucial knowledge gap by examining how AI adoption affects political attitudes and policy preferences. The research team has strategically chosen to begin in Latin America due to its economic and political diversity, and because AI adoption will lag behind the Global North, thereby allowing a unique opportunity to study the initial impacts of AI exposure. The methodologies developed, and insights gained from this research will be applicable to understanding AI’s impacts in other developing regions and even in more advanced economies.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite China’s global rise, U.S. companies, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and academic institutions face a talent deficit of Americans with robust Chinese language capabilities and experience in China. Without a deep pool of China-knowledgeable professionals, Americans in both public and private sectors will continue to operate at a disadvantage. The American Mandarin Society (AMS) is dedicated to nurturing the current and future generations of China-focused professionals and creating meaningful channels for dialogue. With continued Corporation support, AMS will promote the career development of Americans across professions interested in China through a portfolio of unique programs, including fellowships for emerging bilingual American journalists and mid-career African-American professionals and multiple online Chinese-language learning tools.
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As a final core support of Springpoint
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
The New Designs portfolio promotes innovative school models that personalize student learning and seeks to build knowledge about those new approaches. Springpoint, seeded over a decade ago as part of Carnegie Corporation’s Opportunity by Design initiative, partners with communities to transform student learning experiences so that they are personalized, mastery-based, student-driven, and integrate social-emotional development. Partnering with over 100 high schools and districts to date, Springpoint accomplishes its mission in part through its Transformative Learning Experiences (TLEs), rigorous, project-based curricular units focused on real-world problems and authentic learning experiences. TLEs are accompanied by implementation guidance designed to build educator capacity and reduce the time and energy educators need to create, use, and personalize project-based learning for their students. Support from the Corporation will allow Springpoint to gather data on current experiences of those using TLEs in order to measure the impact of the approach, which will in turn inform and improve model approach.
Project Title
As a final grant for general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Although it has been decades since the last major immigration policy reforms, the issue has historically enjoyed bipartisan support. However, with increasing global migration and anti-immigrant rhetoric, the topic has become increasingly polarized, blocking immigration reform policies from advancing. Founded in 2008 with Corporation support, America’s Voice Education Fund (AVEF) is a communications hub working to build public and political support for pro-immigrant policies in the United States. It works closely with national, state, and local advocacy organizations to develop unified messaging that advances pro-immigrant narratives across media platforms. These messages are disseminated through rapid response communications, traditional media events, and social media, with the aim of educating journalists, policymakers, and the public about the benefits of pro-immigrant policies. With Corporation support, AVEF will continue to develop and disseminate positive, pro-immigrant narratives.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
As the 2024 elections approach, issue campaigns and ballot measures offer the opportunity for direct participation on a range of matters, promoting more equitable and just governance structures. The ballot initiative process allows citizens to propose statutes or constitutional amendments, depending on the state, and collect signatures to place their proposals on the ballot for voters to decide. Twenty-six states allow for citizen-initiated ballot measures. Founded in 1999, the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC) is a primary source of research, information, expertise, and training on ballot measures and campaigns. In recent years, BISC has worked on initiatives on voting rights, election administration, immigrant integration, and economic inequality. In addition, BISC tracks legislation around referenda and ballot measures and conducts research on national and state-level trends. With Corporation support, BISC will educate the public on the power of ballot measures as effective tools to increase civic engagement and promote positive social and economic change.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
Today, more than 5o million voting-eligible adults are not registered to vote in the United States. This population is disproportionately comprised of the young, the poor, and communities of color. This demographic also disproportionately utilizes medical emergency services for non-urgent care, due to a lack of access to standard healthcare channels. Founded in 2019, Vot-ER is a nonpartisan initiative dedicated to increasing civic engagement among a population underrepresented in political discourse. Its community of 30,000 healthcare professionals and organizers has expanded into over five hundred hospitals and clinics, helping more than 47,000 Americans register and prepare to vote to date. With Corporation support, Vot-ER will expand its infrastructure and capacity to support the growing number of healthcare professionals across the country who are interested in engaging Americans in the civic process.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Students from historically marginalized communities face greater barriers to higher education and economic mobility and the schools that serve them often have the least capacity to bridge the gap, dual challenges that were exacerbated by the pandemic. As schools seek to address these challenges while also navigating teacher shortages, programs that personalize learning and reimagine the teacher role are needed more than ever. Throughline Learning (Throughline) has been focused on improving the educational experiences of underserved students for over fifteen years, helping schools implement personalized, culturally relevant teaching practices at scale. Based in Rhode Island, Throughline has built extensive relationships across the state by collaborating with every local school district and established itself as a national leader in the field of student-centered practices. With Corporation support, Throughline developed a school model and instructional toolkit, which they have equipped 3,000 educators to implement, reaching approximately 40,000 students. Recent Corporation support seeded Throughline’s Community Educator model, which is training a new generation of teachers to address staffing challenges and meet students’ academic, social, and emotional needs. This final grant will enable Throughline to expand the number of schools implementing this approach by working with in-service and aspiring educators within the teacher pipeline.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
Recent global challenges have highlighted the need to revitalize and update the tools and processes of U.S. foreign policy bureaucracies. The innovative think tank, fp21, seeks to modernize these government institutions by helping build and support a culture of evidence-based decision-making. Rather than focusing on specific regions or topics, fp21 homes in on some of the key deficiencies in foreign policy decision-making mechanisms. Through a network of experienced governmental officials and non-governmental researchers and practitioners, fp21 leverages evidence of effective practices and deep understanding of government operations to design actionable recommendations for policy reform. Renewed support from the Corporation will help fp21 advance various strategic and operational reforms at the Department of State and in Congress, as well as further the broad dissemination of their work.
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As a final grant for a project to support NextGenScience to review OpenSciEd high school instructional units
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
9 months
Description
High-quality instructional materials are an essential component of any meaningful effort to improve K–12 science outcomes at scale. The science instructional materials market, however, currently includes few high-quality, standards-aligned K–12 science programs, particularly curriculum for high school science courses. NextGenScience at WestEd provides formative feedback to instructional materials developers so they can improve the quality of their materials designed for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Using a peer review panel of teachers and the EQuIP rubric for science, NextGenScience will complete their review of six OpenSciEd instructional units across three high school science courses in biology, chemistry, and physics.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
Latinos are the largest minority group and the fastest growing demographic in the United States. There are 36 million Latinos eligible to vote in the United States and only half are registered to vote, which is one of the lowest voter registrations of any demographic group. Founded in 2004, the Voto Latino Foundation is a nonpartisan organization committed to engaging young Latino Americans around the civic engagement process using digital media and technology to close the voter registration gap. The organization provides culturally relevant resources across its digital platforms, reaching more than 22 million viewers a month on a broad range of issue areas. In 2020, it registered 600,000 voters. With Corporation support, the Voto Latino Foundation will continue to register, educate, and mobilize Latino voters around the 2024 elections to maximize civic participation.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
Women are the majority of voters, volunteers, and donors in the United States. However, issues that impact women, especially young women 18-35 years of age, are often ignored or dismissed in national conversations. Additionally, young women comprise the larger part of groups most targeted for voter suppression, including voters of color, low-income voters, and college students. Founded in 2019, Supermajority Education Fund is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and public engagement around young women’s civic participation, utilizing a network of more than 75,000 women throughout the country. With Corporation support, Supermajority Education Fund will educate and mobilize women around civic issues, including nonpartisan voter participation and policy advocacy.
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For core support of its nonpartisan youth voter education and outreach program
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
Founded in 2015, Civic Nation houses a number of national initiatives aimed at increasing voting among those least likely to vote, including youth. Among its initiatives are When We All Vote, a nonpartisan initiative with the mission to change the voting culture and to increase participation in each election. As the 2024 elections approach, When We All Vote will partner with the entertainment industry, Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and educational institutions, to engage and mobilize young voters, particularly in low-income communities and communities of color. With Corporation support, through its ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, Civic Nation will recruit community colleges and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to engage young voters and ensure they are ready to vote. In 2022, Civic Nation’s turnout data showed that sixty-four percent of its constituents voted, an eighteen percent increase over the national turnout rate.
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For core support of its voting access and engagement work
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Voting is one of the nation’s most fundamental rights. Yet, access to the vote for people with disabilities continues to be a challenge. Founded in 1983, the National Disability Rights Network’s (NDRN), a leader in the disability rights movement, works to protect and engage the disability vote and advocates for federal support on behalf of people with disabilities. In 2016, forty percent of America’s polling places were found to be fully accessible by the Government Accountability Office, highlighting a significant rise from sixteen percent in 2000 with much more to improve. With Corporation support, National Disability Rights Network will provide training and technical assistance to member organizations nationwide to protect access to the vote and expand options for voters (including voting by mail, drop box, or curbside).
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As a final general support grant
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
Parents have a unique and critical role in improving our public schools. In communities where parents are connected and deeply engaged, public schools tend to be more effective. Innovate Public Schools, a nonprofit whose mission is to build the power of parents and communities to demand and support the creation of world-class public schools, helps parents organize and advocate successfully for better schools in their communities and hold the system accountable to the needs of their children. Continued support from the Corporation will enable Innovate Public School to continue building their National Organizing program, through which they train and support other education organizations to build their capacity to organize parents. This includes a six-month Community Organizer Training Program (COTP) and three-day National Parent Leader Institutes (PLI). Through this renewal, Innovate will 1) continue the work of building the capacity of parents and families to organize, advocate, and demand high-quality schools for their children and 2) refine and launch their new strategy for national parent power-building.
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As a final core support of Seek Common Ground's Action Accelerator
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
Seek Common Ground (SCG) serves independent state-and community-facing education advocacy efforts to promote coalition building that honors the power of local, authentic agenda-setting to drive sustainable educational excellence and equity. SCG coalitions seek to empower those most impacted by education policies and practices—students, families, and educators—with support from allies across a broad range of interests and identities. Through this final core support grant from the Corporation, SCG will continue working with leaders and policymakers to ensure that all stakeholders’ concerns and needs are centered in education decisions that affect them. SCG will also double the size of their Action Accelerator: “Immigration is American”, from 16 to 30 groups serving 50,000 immigrant and refugee students and families. This will deepen their support of organizations that focus on the needs of underserved immigrant and refugee students, families, educators, and communities.
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For core support for projects on East Asian security dynamics and wargaming
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
27 months
Description
Global stability increasingly faces more and deeper challenges, including China’s military buildup, rising assertiveness by North Korea, and emerging technologies with military applications. With renewed funding, MIT’s Security Studies Program (SSP) will undertake projects to better understand the impact of new technologies on U.S.-China naval competition and to investigate the causes and consequences of recent changes to North Korea’s security strategy. SSP will also offer training opportunities for students, faculty and policy analysts to conduct and analyze wargames as a tool for understanding conflict dynamics.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
In response to the October 2018 attack at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Tree of Life Synagogue, where an anti-Semitic attack led to the tragic shooting deaths of eleven people, the Eradicate Hate Global Summit was founded. Today, it is the most significant anti-hate rule of law initiative in the world, bringing together multi-disciplinary global experts and leaders who are committed to the eradication of all forms of hate speech and violent extremism. With Corporation support, the Eradicate Hate Global Summit will continue to bring experts together to work collaboratively across disciplines, institutions, and borders between each annual gathering, to deliver measurable change through its working groups and annual summit.
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For participation of African early-career academics in the association's annual meetings and skills-enhancement workshops
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1957, the African Studies Association (ASA), based in the United States, promotes production and dissemination of interdisciplinary knowledge about African societies. With close to 2,000 participants, ASA’s annual meetings provide a platform for emerging scholars to engage with the wider scholarly community. This grant will enable ASA to competitively select twenty-five Corporation-supported early-career African scholars — twenty new and five returning — to participate in the 2024 and 2025 ASA conferences. This grant will support fellows’ participation in panels, online and in-person skill-building workshops on scholarly presentations and publishing, mentorship on publishing, and institutional networking visits.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Immigrants play a critical and beneficial role in the American economy. They provide communities and industries with high-quality talent and field expertise, and they financially contribute to cities and states in critical need of investment. Founded in 2013, the American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC) represents a growing and diverse set of businesses and business associations that are promoting pro-immigrant policies at the federal and state levels. ABIC has built a coalition of business, faith, education, and immigrant rights advocates, along with grassroots organizations, which engage directly with immigrants. With Corporation support, ABIC will expand and strengthen its network of business leaders from key industries and states who can communicate to policymakers the importance of implementing an immigrant integration agenda that will make the United States more prosperous and economically competitive.
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As a final grant for core support of its immigration program
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Challenges at the southern border and the use of immigration as a wedge issue have led to an impasse on changing the federal immigration laws of the United States. For decades, the immigration laws of the United States have been outdated and unreflective of modern global and economic challenges. Since 2009, the Center for American Progress (CAP) has been using its research and policy expertise to educate policymakers on the need for federal reform of immigration policy and to help ground the national conversation in data. With Corporation support, CAP will continue its research and analyses. In particular, as the Supreme Court prepares to consider whether to terminate Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)—which provides work authorization for 700,000 individuals who came to the United States as undocumented youth—CAP will tailor its research on DACA to strengthen public support for the program in the face of legal challenges.
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For core support of InsideSchools
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
As of 2023, New York City has admitted 95,000 migrants (TRAC, 2023), more than twice the number of migrants admitted to Texas, California, and Florida combined. Mostly residing in temporary housing, they require assistance with school enrollment and support to meet their children’s educational needs. InsideSchools, an initiative of the Center for NYC Affairs and The New School for Social Research, launched this project to support recently arrived migrant families and asylum seekers in enrolling their children in public schools and accessing services such as English language instruction and special education. This grant will assist 2000 migrant families in registering their children in schools through multiple strategies. Through workshops conducted in shelters and ten nonprofit partners serving migrants, InsideSchools will guide parents in finding suitable schools, navigating the registration process, and accessing language and special education services. The project will also provide personalized support through one-on-one appointments with staff and trained volunteers and a WhatsApp helpline for easy access to information.
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For project support to expand reach and services through their English as a Second Language program in Framingham, Massachusetts
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Migrants and refugees who settle in the US need to be proficient in English to integrate into American society. Unfortunately, only a small percentage of those in need have access to English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. In Milford, MA, an increasing number of immigrants lack the English proficiency to enter the economy and engage in civic life, with no adult basic education classes available within a 20-mile radius. ESL Plus, housed by the Foundation for MetroWest and located in Framingham MA, offers an externally validated program that can increase annual earnings by $2,400 (56 percent) and double voter registration rates for participants (Heller and Muma, 2023. When the program opened a new course offering in 2023, it was immediately over-enrolled by 400 percent. Corporation project support will enable the program to expand the site by 105 students, reaching a total of 165 students annually, bringing in more beginner students, adding administration and support staff, and offering classes at higher levels.
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For core support to the National Committee on North Korea
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
North Korea’s expansion of its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles program and rising geopolitical tensions in Northeast Asia make efforts to resume diplomacy between the United States and North Korea both more difficult and vital. Given the high stakes of stability on the Korean Peninsula, there is continued need for a central convening mechanism for stakeholders, experts, and the policy community to facilitate a more effective and holistic U.S. approach to North Korea. Housed at Mercy Corps’ Washington, D.C. offices, the National Committee on North Korea (NCNK) supports principled engagement, when feasible, between the United States and North Korea, provides analysis to inform U.S. policymaking, and facilitates information sharing among nongovernmental specialists, including other Corporation grantees.
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For core support of the Census Equity Initiative
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The United States Constitution mandates a full count of the populations of each state and the country every ten years. This data is used to reapportion seats for the U.S. House of Representatives and to direct more than $2.1 trillion in federal resources to the states. Housed at the New Venture Fund, the Census Equity Initiative is a partnership of national, state, and regional funders dedicated to implementing a fair and accurate census. In preparation for the 2020 Census, the initiative helped coordinate more than 100 national, state, and regional funders in pooling resources and coordinating strategies to support public education campaigns and mobilization efforts nationwide. With Corporation support, the initiative will continue to serve as a vehicle for strategic collaboration to reduce census-related funding redundancies improve the accuracy of the census, promote broad participation among the public, and increase national and state-based organizations’ capacity to address emerging challenges and opportunities related to the 2030 Census and the annual American Community Surveys.
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For core support of the Funds for the Newest New Yorkers
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
In the spring of 2022, governors of several southern states began busing migrants arriving at the southern U.S. border to locations in other parts of country, including New York City. Since then, the city estimates it has welcomed over 200,000 newcomers. Approximately 65,000 migrants now reside in the city’s homeless shelter system, including 20,000 school-aged children. With Corporation support, the Funds for the Newest New Yorkers will help newcomers integrate into the city’s fabric and find work, education, housing, and other support through expanded case management and legal and social services. The funds are allied donor collaboratives at the New York Community Trust and the Robin Hood Foundation.
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For support of its voting and voting rights program
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
False claims of election fraud in the 2020 election have fueled new efforts to restrict voting access for historically disenfranchised Americans across the country. At the same time, the combination of social media, artificial intelligence, and bad actors (foreign and domestic) who seek to spread disinformation and sow division have contributed to increased public distrust in elections and government. With Corporation support, the Leadership Conference Education Fund will lead efforts to safeguard democratic institutions and advance civil rights by protecting voting rights, including addressing the harmful risks posed by the technological proliferation of mis- and disinformation.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
18 months
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Elections continue to be undermined as communities are systematically disenfranchised, disinformation and misinformation campaigns are misleading voters, and obstacles continue to prevent voters from accessing the polls. With the upcoming presidential election, it is important for voters to be engaged and informed on how to protect and exercise their voting rights. Founded in 1920, the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) is a national leader in inclusive voter protection, registration, and education with the mission to empower voters and defend democracy. Through its VOTE411 program, the LWVEF provides nonpartisan and trusted election information to voters at every level of government. Through google analytics, the LWVEF in 2022 found its combined outreach efforts resulted in more than 27 million contacts with voters through advertising and social media. With Corporation support, LWVEF will continue to expand its nonpartisan voter engagement work.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
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China’s growing nuclear arsenal, North Korea’s nuclear advancements, and other developments in the Indo-Pacific have raised concerns about the future of security competition in the region. With renewed funding, Pacific Forum will continue its efforts to further discussions about arms control, nonproliferation, and crisis management in this consequential region. This includes leadership of the Council on Security and Cooperation in the Asia Pacific, which convenes multilateral discussions on these issues and facilitates cooperation between the United States and regional allies related to extended deterrence. Pacific Forum will also provide research support for ongoing Track II dialogues between the United States and China on nuclear topics. The Corporation grant will contribute to dialogue, research, publications, and networking.
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For core support of the PBS NewsHour
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite political polarization and widespread distrust of the media among the American public, the PBS NewsHour remains a much-valued news source for millions of Americans. This includes a large and diverse audience of general viewers, as well as significant numbers of opinion leaders and influencers. According to the 2023 Erdos & Morgan Opinion Leaders Survey (a syndicated study of influential figures in business, government, public policy, education, media, and science), the NewsHour ranked as the most objective and credible news source for this audience. With renewed Corporation support, the NewsHour will continue its incisive and balanced coverage of issues related to education, democracy, and international peace and security. It also will continue to explore how best to leverage ever- evolving broadcast and digital platforms to reach new audiences.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1970, National Public Radio (NPR) is a nationally acclaimed nonprofit multimedia organization with a network of more than 250 member stations. NPR provides quality journalism and cultural programming to an audience of more than 50 million people per week, via live radio broadcasts and other forms of audio storytelling. It maintains 17 domestic bureaus and 17 foreign bureaus, providing American audiences with timely, on-the-ground reporting on events and life around the globe, plus longform investigative journalism with impact. With Corporation support, NPR will continue to produce quality news programming on international peace and security, education, democracy, and political polarization in the United States and worldwide.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
According to the Pew Research Center, partisan divides on political issues have reached record levels in the United States. Partisan antipathy is high, with 44 percent of Democrats and 45 percent of Republicans viewing members of the opposing party unfavorably. The approach of a highly anticipated presidential election may result in further polarization and civil unrest. More in Common is a multinational organization applying public opinion research and communications expertise to explore the driving forces of increasing polarization and counter threats to democracy, including the erosion of trust in democratic institutions. With Corporation support, More in Common will produce new research, forge deep and meaningful partnerships that catalyze change, and help build up a more powerful ecosystem of people, organizations, and initiatives to confront polarization and promote social cohesion.
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For core support of its nonpartisan voting and elections program
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
18 months
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Founded by former Carnegie Corporation of New York president, John W. Gardner, more than fifty years ago, Common Cause Education Fund was established to help cultivate a fair, diverse, and vibrant democracy for all. It currently has 1.5 million members with advocates and organizers in twenty-five states. Common Cause Education Fund holds expertise in election policy, volunteer mobilization, communications, advocacy, and litigation. As the 2024 elections approach, Common Cause Education Fund will advance election policies to ease voting, provide voters with accurate information, and safeguard them against election disinformation. It will also continue to coordinate an election protection field program to offer rapid response voter assistance and troubleshoot during voting periods. With Corporation support, Common Cause Education Fund will aim to make a significant impact on nonpartisan voter participation in the 2024 elections and beyond.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
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Established in 2002, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is a nonpartisan organization that employs litigation, policy advocacy, and strategic communications to protect and expand Americans’ democratic participation rights. As politicians nationwide use unfounded claims of voter fraud to limit voting and disenfranchise voters, the center utilizes its legal proficiency to safeguard and broaden access to voting. The center equips state-based coalitions with legal insights, nonpartisan policy advice, and communications assistance to resist anti-democratic efforts and misinformation. CLC is spearheading legal proceedings in courts nationwide to combat voter suppression efforts as part of its strategic and nonpartisan response to these complex threats. With Corporation support, the CLC is committed to strengthening election procedures, mobilizing local “election crises” coalitions, and broadening access to voting and voter registration.
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For core support of the Democracy Innovation Fund
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Core pillars of the U.S. democratic system—abiding by election results, respecting the rule of law, civic responsibility—have declined significantly in recent years. Defending Democracy Together Institute (DDTI) was founded in 2018 to elevate and assemble pro-democracy conservative voices in an effort to educate the public about the essential functions and values of American democracy and to encourage innovative thinking about how to solve the emerging challenges facing long-standing democratic norms. Corporation support of its Democracy Innovation Fund (DIF) will help incubate and accelerate pro-democracy projects and nonprofit organizations on the center-right by providing resources, personnel, and administrative support.
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For core support of Vet the Vote
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in June 2021, We the Veterans and Military Families empower the veteran and military family community to participate in civic engagement and public service. Data shows that veterans are one of the most trusted groups in the United States. Therefore, having this community as vocal supporters and participants in the election process helps increase trust among community members that elections are free and fair through first-hand reports. The program has built a nonpartisan coalition of partners, including service and engagement organizations and civic and corporate members, to expand its reach. In 2022, the Vet the Vote program recruited 63,500 veterans and military family members to volunteer as poll workers. With Corporation support, We the Veterans and Military Families will increase veteran and military family community participation and recruit 100,000 members to serve as poll workers during elections.
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For core support of the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative focused on nonpartisan voter engagement and voting rights
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
While the United States has made great strides toward realizing its democratic ideals, systemic efforts to depress voting in underrepresented communities continue. Based at NEO Philanthropy, the State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) is a nonpartisan donor collaborative that supports organizations that provide voting rights protection and work to increase nonpartisan voter engagement among historically underrepresented groups across the country. Since its founding in 2010, SIF has raised more than $180 million to advance this mission. With renewed Corporation support, SIF will provide consistent, long-term funding to networks of state-based and state-focused nonpartisan organizations working on civic engagement, advocacy, election protection, and voting rights litigation.
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