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Project Title
For core support of The Hechinger Report
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The Hechinger Report is an independent, nonprofit, and nonpartisan organization based at Teachers College, Columbia University. As a newsroom focused on education, its mission is to inform the public about the challenges faced by students and educators in the United States and engage readers in the national debate on education improvement. They provide their work freely to readers, believing that reliable journalism is a public service that should be accessible to all. With Corporation support, they will produce high-quality journalism that focuses on major education themes through in-depth narratives, research and data analysis.
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For core support of Chalkbeat
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
Across the country, efforts to achieve educational equity are being undermined by a weakening civic infrastructure—the foundation that supports informed public participation. A critical but often neglected element of this infrastructure is a strong local press. This crisis has accelerated in 2024, with over 500 journalists laid off in January alone, affecting even major media outlets like The Wall Street Journal and LA Times. Market forces have eroded this essential resource, leaving communities in need of reliable, unbiased education news. As a nonprofit news organization, Chalkbeat steps in to fill this gap, by providing unbiased, quality information and engaging directly with audiences to address their needs. At a time when accurate education reporting is crucial, Chalkbeat offers a unique and indispensable service unmatched by any other news organization. With renewed support from the Corporation, Chalkbeat proposes to elevate the voices of parents, students, and educators in eight local markets and nationally. They aim to undertake reporting that drives informed civic debate about educational equity, reach a deeper and wider national audience to grow their impact, and ensure the sustainability of Chalkbeat’s work for the long term.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Valor Collegiate Academies (Valor) is a charter management organization operating three successful schools that meet the critical need to integrate foundational socio-emotional learning into the academic experience through a comprehensive model called Compass. Valor’s schools have consistently ranked in the top 5 percent for overall student achievement and academic growth in the state since the network was founded in 2014. Furthermore, Valor is a diverse-by-design institution and has produced consistent student achievement and academic growth scores for the diverse range of students they serve (including students from economically disadvantaged households, English language learners, and students with disabilities). With prior support from the Corporation, Valor launched its high school, which has already become a statewide leader in college matriculation, and built out the Compass model through twelfth grade. Corporation support also enabled Valor to develop a training institute, Compass Camp, to spread its model to partner schools that to date has supported eighty schools serving over 45,000 students. This grant will allow Valor to further diffuse the Compass model, develop new coursework for high school students aligned to critical future-ready skills, and address barriers to attendance among low-income students.
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For core support of OneGoal New York
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
Although securing a postsecondary credential has become increasingly vital to an individual’s ability to secure employment and achieve economic mobility, resources to support college access and success remain insufficient. To address this gap, the Corporation supports a cohort of college access organizations working to meet the varied needs of New York City students. OneGoal equips school-based educators to facilitate a three-year college access and success program, in which high school students complete credit-bearing courses and receive coaching through the first day of sophomore year of college. Prior Corporation support enabled OneGoal New York to support 3,000 students, 62 percent of whom are first-generation college students, and boost their postsecondary outcomes. In the 2022-2023 school year, 100 percent of students graduated from high school, compared to the citywide average of 83 percent, and 84 percent of students enrolled in a postsecondary program following high school graduation, which outpaces the national average of 50 percent for students from comparable economic backgrounds. Finally, their inaugural class earned a college degree at twice the national average. Renewal support will enable OneGoal to provide differentiated support and increase enrollment in high-quality postsecondary pathways for approximately 1,900 New York City students served annually.
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For core support of Student Leadership Network New York
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
Although securing a postsecondary credential has become increasingly vital to an individual’s ability to secure employment and achieve economic mobility, resources to support college access and success remain insufficient. To address this gap, the Corporation supports a cohort of college access organizations working to meet the varied needs of New York City students. Student Leadership Network’s (SLN) CollegeBound Initiative (CBI) places full-time college counselors in schools with lessened caseloads to promote college awareness and access. Research shows that CBI participants are more likely to enroll in college in the fall after high school graduation than students from similar backgrounds who did not (80 percent versus 58 percent) and are more likely to attain a bachelor’s degree within six years (41 percent versus 13 percent). Prior Corporation support enabled SLN to engage over 18,000 students through their Girls’ Education work, and CBI for students across twenty-six partner schools. Continued support for CBI will enable SLN to reach approximately 16,000 New York City students and alumni annually, including direct support for 2,100 seniors, 10,400 sixth through eleventh graders, and 3,500 CBI alumni.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed) is a national nonprofit organization and longtime Corporation grantee that strengthens federal, state, and local education policy and practice to ensure all students, particularly students from low-income families and students of color, graduate from high school prepared for long-term success. Since All4Ed was founded by former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise in 2001, the organization has provided objective, nonpartisan research and guidance to equip leaders to develop policies that increase academic achievement, support the teaching profession, and expand educational attainment. In addition to establishing unparalleled relationships with policymakers at both the federal and state levels, All4Ed’s Future Ready Schools network promotes innovation and provides professional learning to 3,500 school districts representing more than 20 million students. This has led to important policy wins informed by the perspectives and aspirations of practitioners and communities. This final grant will ensure that All4Ed can continue to impact policy and practice, with a particular focus on increasing the accessibility of postsecondary pathways and closing the digital use divide.
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As a final grant for core support of the Heartland Fund, a funder collaborative working to strengthen civic engagement in rural communities
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Rural communities across the United States continue to experience the challenging effects of decades of political and philanthropic underinvestment and inattention. One result is that rural residents are more likely than their urban and suburban counterparts to feel that candidates and elected leaders are not looking out for people like them. Residents of rural and small-city counties also vote at lower rates relative to the rest of the population. Launched in 2018 under the auspices of the Windward Fund at Arabella Advisors, the Heartland Fund enables national and regional funders to invest in a diverse rural organizing network that advances policy solutions and media narratives that benefit rural communities. With renewed Corporation support for its nonpartisan voting program, the Heartland Fund will invest in groups that expand nonpartisan civic participation, bridge divides, and strengthen democracy in rural communities across the nation.
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In support of Mansfield College's AfOx Scholarship Program
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
In 1995, Mansfield College was awarded in full college status within the University of Oxford. Its Africa Oxford (AfOx) Initiative enables underrepresented young people from Africa to pursue postgraduate degrees at the University of Oxford. AfOx Scholars receive quality accommodations within Oxford; academic guidance and support; welfare and wellbeing support; and a program of lively social and academic activities designed to enable graduate students to meet others within the Middle Common Room (MCR), ie the body of graduate students within the College. Along with the Mastercard Foundation, a Carnegie Corporation grant will support five AfOx Scholarships per year, for the next three years.
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For core support of the Nuclear Policy Program
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Rising geopolitical tensions, technological developments, and the weakening of arms control combine to create an increasingly unstable nuclear security environment. With renewed core support, the Nuclear Policy Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will continue its work to reduce the likelihood of nuclear use and nuclear proliferation and to promote strategic stability. In addition to convening their biennial international nuclear policy conference, they will focus on sustaining U.S.-China cooperation on nonproliferation, reducing proliferation incentives in the Indo-Pacific region, and understanding pathways to escalation to and within nuclear war.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Educators for Excellence (E4E) aims to solve the lack of teacher voices in education policy decisions. While research shows that classroom teachers are the single most important in-school factor in improving student achievement, their diverse voices are consistently left out of education policy decisions. Even though policymakers at every level of the system talk about teachers, they rarely talk with teachers. Founded by public school teachers, Educators for Excellence (E4E) is a growing movement of more than 30,000 educators, united around a common set of values and principles for improving student learning and elevating the teaching profession. With renewed support from the Corporation, E4E will work with their National Teacher Leader Council, a two-year cohort made up of outstanding teacher leaders to inform a broad swath of E4E’s policy and organizing work, including the National Policy Agenda, their national teacher survey Voices from the Classroom, and national advocacy campaigns to support high-quality instructional materials supported with curriculum-based professional development.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
6 months
Description
In 2021, an estimated 26 million U.S. residents did not speak English, yet only 325,000 accessed ESL programming. The waitlists for these programs are years long. On average, only 38 percent of those who access the programming show measurable English language gains, as measured by federally approved examinations. Heu Learning is a newly formed nonprofit dedicated to increasing the supply of high-quality, in-person English language instruction for adults. Drawing inspiration from Princeton University’s ESL volunteering model, Heu Learning seeks to establish a network of English instruction programs operating out of spaces donated by community-based organizations and staffed by volunteers. Corporation support will enable Heu Learning to seed, design, and implement the ESL program model, including coordinating tech infrastructure to address the challenges of running ESL programs, such as scheduling interface and in-person hybrid learning curriculum. Corporation support will enable Heu Learning to test the infrastructure with a class of 8-10 learners who will register for classes using Heu’s program infrastructure and progress through pre-selected learning modules using the in-class infrastructure.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Basta exists to close the employment gap for first-generation college students of color. Founded in 2016 with forty initial participants, they grew to serve 2,800 in 2022, reaching a collective network of 5,000 first-gen graduates. With Corporation support, Basta provides a direct-to-student 10-week career prep fellowship, a career readiness diagnostic assessment tool, and a partnership model to help other nonprofits support students to reach the same outcomes as Basta fellows. Basta fellows earn starting salaries of $61k, aggregating to over $23M in income for their employed fellows.
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For core support of Opportunity College
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 2020, with Corporation support, Opportunity College’s (OC) mission is to accelerate students into purpose-filled lives that lead to economic and social mobility. In partnership with high schools, training programs, and universities, OC’s professional and technical training programs help students quickly accelerate into high-demand jobs aligned with career goals and efficiently build toward a college degree. Corporation support allowed for the launch of OC’s Career Jumpstart Fellowship, a fifteen-week success skills program focused on upwardly mobile living-wage jobs that do not require a bachelor’s degree and which allows for online training for high-demand tech sector jobs. The first two pilots resulted in 80% of participants completing the program, 100% passing the certification exams, and beginning employment with a median wage of $40,000. Continued Corporation support will allow for the program’s growth and serve another cohort of students needing these services.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Build UP is the only early college workforce model currently providing low-income, primarily BIPOC youth career-ready skills through paid apprenticeships. Along with industry-aligned secondary and early postsecondary academic coursework, it leads youth to become educated, credentialed, and empowered future civic leaders, professionals, and homeowners. To date, over 600 students have been served by this program. Build UP’s student apprentices collaboratively rehab blighted, abandoned homes and lots and relocate donated homes that would otherwise end up in landfills, creating affordable and sustainable options for achieving like-new, multi-unit homeownership. They are working to enroll, support, and empower an additional 120+ new students and facilitate 200 new paid construction internships. With Corporation support Build UP will facilitate expansion of its model to new sites.
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As a final grant for project support of The Power of Systems
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The National Association of System Heads (NASH) consists of the chief executives of forty-three-college and university systems of public higher education in the United States, educating approximately three-quarters of the nation’s students in public, four-year higher education, and students seeking two-year degrees. Via NASH’s leadership, higher education system leaders adopted a transformation agenda for public higher education systems named The Power of Systems to collaborate in improvement cycles delivering an impact on student success, with emphases on the redress of inequities and the promotion of economic and social mobility for all. Previous support from the Corporation allowed NASH to support staff capacity and continue its expansion of outreach and impact. Ten additional member systems were added, deepening cornerstone programming to support institutions. This final Carnegie Corporation of New York support will allow NASH to focus on solidifying its strategic plan, identifying opportunities for growth and sustainability, and complement efforts by ensuring that NASH leadership can attend to the organization’s long-term sustainability during this period.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
EveryoneOn is a California-based nonprofit with national reach and local impacts dedicated to creating social and economic opportunities by connecting underserved families to affordable internet service, computers, and delivering digital skills training opportunities. The Carnegie Corporation of New York funded EveryoneOn’s Bridges to Tech College Readiness and Tech Career Prep program. This program helped both high school students and adults receive a robust digital skills curriculum by introducing in-demand skills and diverse tech–based career certificate opportunities; provided access to one-on-one navigation and support from digital skills instructors to ensure learners were prepared to complete and earn certifications; and introduced college and career readiness resources and facilitated links to professionals in the field via workshops and career panels. Corporation support over the past three years has been critical to its growth, expansion, and sustainability. They have also delivered digital skills training to over 1,772 people across the country, including high school-age students and parents of K-12 students. The Corporation’s continued general support will allow EveryoneOn to support their diverse programs that drive broadband adoption as well as continue to drive digital equity work in diverse communities across the country.
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For core support of the College Access: Research & Action model outside of New York City
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
College Access: Research & Action (CARA) ensures that first-generation college students, low-income students, and students of color have the knowledge and support necessary to enroll in and persist through college. Founded in 2011, CARA delivers evidence-based programs, strengthens educational leadership through professional development, and trains youth to serve as peer counselors. It conducts research to improve its programs and foster school system change across the US. CARA’s research demonstrates the proven impact of its work. Over the four years ending in 2022, CARA’s college access programs saw postsecondary enrollment increase 9 percent–or 11 percent more than students in demographically similar schools. Simultaneously, postsecondary enrollment among high school students who received peer counseling increased 19 percent–or 5 percent more than students in similar schools. College retention rates among students served by CARA’s programming were 11 percent higher than similar students over these four years. Continued support from the Corporation will allow CARA to complete a range of policy research projects and disseminate them to colleagues in New York City and beyond.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
JobsFirstNYC was created as a neutral intermediary to address the workforce needs of out-of-school, out-of-work young adults in New York City. Its mission is to develop and advance new solutions that transform systems supporting young adults and communities in the pursuit of economic mobility. Many systems designed to support young adults are fragmented, antiquated, and ill-equipped to answer this urgent call for change and lack a cohesive strategy. With Corporation support, JobsFirstNYC focused on a collaborative systems approach to prepare rising generations for the post-pandemic economy. This enabled them to develop and advance effective outcomes across all four of its solution areas (Community, Education, Work, and Policy). The creation of the “Systems Change to Prepare Young Adults for The Future” framework and its successful implementation increased the number of young people in educational and economic opportunities, and policy and system change improved outcomes. Further investment will allow for continued support of targeted systems change work improving education, policy, and employment for young people and advance already achieved successes.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The National College Attainment Network s (NCAN) builds, strengthens, and empowers education communities and stakeholders to close gaps in postsecondary attainment for all students. The more than two million students served by 500+ NCAN members demonstrate significantly higher rates of postsecondary enrollment and graduation. NCAN provides professional development, networking, benchmarking, tools, and news so organizations can effectively deliver college access and success services. With Corporation support NCAN membership grew by 24% over the last five years. Continued support will further strengthen member services/professional development/capacity-building resources to help NCAN members keep first-generation college students, students of color, and low-income students on the pathway to postsecondary access and success.
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As a final core support grant for University Innovation Alliance
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Growing gaps in degree attainment in higher education between low-income students and more affluent peers mirror the distressing outcome disparities in K-12 education. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is a leading national coalition of public research universities committed to increasing the number and diversity of college graduates in the United States. Over a decade, and with Corporation support, UIA has designed and scaled seven initiatives: predictive analytics, proactive advising, completion grants, college to career redesign, AI chatbots, Doctoral Research Fellows, and the Black Student Success Initiative. Ten years of growth have yielded a 29% increase in the number of annual graduates, 89% growth building in annual underrepresented graduates of color, and 41% growth in annual low-income graduates, representing over 143,201 degrees conferred. Renewal would support the refinement and launch of UIA’s next chapter, leveraging its history of data-driven work to amplify its impact.
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For project support for an initiative on civic education in New York City Public Schools
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
In response to plummeting youth civic engagement and as school districts across the country grapple with how to foster civic discourse in schools, New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) proposes to meet the moment and send a signal about the importance of civic education through a new initiative titled, “Democratic Classrooms and Schools.” Utilizing the research-based approach developed by the Mikva Challenge and building on NYCPS’s existing Civics for All (CFA) initiative, this new initiative will establish forums in participating schools where trained youth and teacher facilitators will engage students in discussions of critical topics with those who hold differing opinions and beliefs. Work at partner schools will equip teachers to weave democratic principles into daily classes to actively involve students in discourse and decision-making. Corporation support would enable NYCPS to pilot “Democratic Classrooms” in twenty-five high schools in the 2024-2025 school year with one hundred Democratic Classroom Ambassadors (seventy-five students and twenty-five teachers), with the goal of disseminating civic discourse and democratic classroom strategies to approximately 1,100 CFA partner schools and scaling the program to twenty-five additional high schools in the 2025-2026 school year.
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For core support to NewsMatch to increase education news coverage in rural newsrooms across the country
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
NewsMatch housed at the Miami Foundation is the largest collaborative fundraising campaign to support nonprofit news in the U.S. Since 2017, the campaign has helped raise over $271 million to jumpstart emerging newsrooms and support independent media outlets that produce fact-based, nonpartisan news and information. NewsMatch leverages the support of national funding partners to generate support from individuals and local supporters for hundreds of independent media outlets across the country. This proposed project would be a new initiative influenced by the Corporation to help identify a list of 10-12 newsrooms across the country that reach non-English speaking, immigrant, and/or newly arrived communities. Once identified, NewsMatch will help us gather data on how to reach and inform these communities about education issues affecting families and other key community stakeholders. These learnings will help the Corporation make informed decisions on future investments to build a stronger and informed society.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Significantly increasing the number of adults in America earning postsecondary degrees and credentials requires broad efforts to address a wide array of barriers related to persistence in higher education. Complete College America (CCA) is a national nonprofit focused on ensuring that all students can earn a college degree or credential of value. Established in 2009, CCA works with leaders and experts to identify and address barriers to college completion, eliminate gaps in opportunity and achievement, and promote evidence-based and novel practices. CCA has improved outcomes for millions of students. From the original group of seventeen states, the CCA Alliance has grown to fifty-one members. Within the CCA Alliance student cohorts increased on-time (100 percent expected) rates of degree completion. Specifically, rates grew from 32 percent to 38 percent at four-year campuses and from 10 percent to 16 percent at community colleges. Continued Corporation support will allow CCA to improve postsecondary education student outcomes by scaling evidence-based strategies and supporting key objectives, such as amplifying its role as a thought leader and influencer of public policy in the arena of college completion and remaining committed to pursuing emerging ideas for improving student equity and completion.
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For project support of Navigation and Career Support for newcomers and English as a Second Language (ESL) program for adult immigrants throughout New York City
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is among New York City’s most democratic civic institutions and important public spaces, serving patrons in every Brooklyn neighborhood and open to all regardless of income, age, educational attainment, race, ethnicity, ability, or life experience. Educational and cultural equity are at the forefront of everything BPL does, and the Library continuously tailors its services to meet the changing needs and interests of the communities they serve. With support from the Corporation, BPL will deepen their current programming in 11+ priority branches with three newly hired full-time and two part-time staff, who will work on BPL’s existing services for immigrants. Serving an estimated total of 4,600 patrons over two years, the initiatives will include: ESL courses; navigation services for new arrivals connecting them to services that meet basic needs; and career supports offering 1:1 career coaching.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Many industries are in the process of outsourcing their entire computing power to cloud computing platforms reducing information Technology costs significantly. This shift to cloud computing represents opportunities for companies and high-paying positions for individuals. However, there is a shortage of skilled workers to support the massive migration and maintenance to cloud computing. Kura Labs helps by training high-performing, under-resourced students and graduates from CUNY, private colleges, and community-based organizations (CBOs). Since its inception, Kura Labs has trained and placed nearly one-hundred engineers at Fortune 1000 companies and venture-backed startups, with most earning starting salaries of $100K. Its efficacy stems from its vast network of employers and unique focus on deep exploration of the vast array of real-world problems and challenges facing businesses and enterprises, and developing optimal solutions based on various technological tools/applications. Continued Corporation support will allow Kura Labs to keep engaging employers and colleges to train and connect highly talented and diverse students to fill the need for a skilled workforce in Cloud Computing. Another major goal is to increase the number of people trained, resulting in immediate and significant mobility in underserved communities in New York City and the United States.
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A final grant for general support
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
The American Scottish Foundation (ASF) was founded in 1956 as a cultural and heritage bridge between Scotland and the United States. Its many programs highlight the history and heritage of Scotland with the Scottish American community as well as empowering young Scots through their youth ambassadors program. Corporation support will help the ASF continue to maintain and grow their programs including its podcast series, ScotsInUS, the annual Tartan Week activities, Burns Night, concerts, community outreach, youth programming, and the legacy project, the Scots Who Built New York, which has identified over 100 buildings with architectural, engineering, and philanthropic links to Scottish Americans and Scots.
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For core support of Bottom Line New York
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
Although securing a postsecondary credential has become increasingly vital to an individual’s ability to secure employment and achieve economic mobility, resources to support college access and success remain insufficient. To address this gap, the Corporation supports a cohort of college access organizations working to meet the varied needs of New York City students. Bottom Line matches high school and college students with highly trained advisors who support students enroll in and persist at “best-fit” colleges. Prior Corporation support enabled Bottom Line New York to support 6,372 students, resulting in nearly 2,500 college graduates. In 2022-2023, Bottom Line New York supported 2,245 students, leading to 96 percent of students committing to attend college, 78 percent of whom selected a more affordable option. Further, 94 percent of college students persisted into their second semester and 87 percent persisted into their third semester. Since Bottom Line New York’s founding, 70 percent of participating students have earned a bachelor’s degree within six years. With renewed support, Bottom Line New York will support 2,000 students annually: 400 high school students through the Access program and 1,600 college students through the Success program.
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For support of Welcome.US communication and outreach efforts on private sponsorships for immigrants
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Launched in 2021, Welcome.US is a national initiative built to inspire, mobilize, and empower Americans to welcome and support those seeking refuge. In less than two years, about two million Americans have submitted applications to sponsor newcomers, which is more than the entire traditional refugee resettlement system has processed in the last twenty years combined. As Welcome.US describes it, sponsors provide a “bridge to safety and a path to opportunities” for families seeking refuge in the United States. In the past twenty months alone, over 460,000 people arrived in the United States through sponsorship pathways, welcomed by diaspora communities, veteran and faith communities, and many more. To maximize impact, Welcome.US has partnered with the U.S. government to open new pathways to the United States for people seeking safety through private sponsorship. With Corporation support, Welcome.US will focus on enhancing its communications campaigns to expand the diverse constituencies participating in and benefiting from sponsorship.
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For support of a consensus study on refugee and asylee resettlement and integration
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
33 months
Description
Abraham Lincoln established the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 1863 to provide independent advice on scientific matters. It houses the Committee on Population (CPOP), a multidisciplinary committee that serves as a unit to bring the knowledge and methods of the population sciences into major issues of research and public policy. The committee aims to address the need for a comprehensive, evidence-based understanding of forced migration trends, resettlement outcomes, and the impacts on various aspects of U.S. society. With Corporation support, the Committee on Population will conduct a comprehensive study on forced migration and U.S. resettlement, leveraging the expertise of the National Academies to provide evidence-based recommendations for more informed and coherent policies. The study will focus on addressing the challenges and consequences of forced migration in the United States, particularly in the context of refugee and asylum policies.
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For core support of Managing the Atom
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Heightened tensions between nuclear weapon states and the increasingly multipolar nature of world order have exacerbated concerns about nuclear risks and instability. With renewed funding, Harvard’s Managing the Atom (MTA) program will continue to analyze these problems and develop policy solutions for future arms control, understanding the role of nuclear weapons in security after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and identifying and addressing the long-term risks of Iranian nuclear proliferation. MTA staff will also continue participation in international Track II dialogues and targeted outreach to policymakers.
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For core support of the Trusted Elections Fund
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
In the aftermath of the unprecedented events surrounding the 2020 election, including widespread misinformation and the January 6 insurrection, it is evident there is a need for continuous and well-coordinated efforts to respond to unexpected issues that arise during elections. The Trusted Elections Fund (TEF), a pooled donor fund, was established in 2019 to confront emerging threats to U.S. elections, acknowledging the ever-evolving nature of these challenges by countering election sabotage, building resilience to political violence, and strengthening infrastructure to respond to election crises. As the United States approaches the 2024 elections, and with Corporation support, TEF will continue to play a vital role in providing rapid response funding to unforeseen challenges to election administration across the nation.
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For core support of the KW Foundation's work on civic engagement and social media
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded by Kerry Washington, the KW Foundation aims to empower members of the entertainment industry to help expand voting rights and support a more equitable democracy. In 2020, the foundation launched Influence Change—an initiative that leverages major entertainment influencers to ensure that the maximum number of voters can participate in elections. Through this initiative, more than 250 celebrity artists have publicly encouraged nonpartisan voter turnout and combatted disinformation campaigns that seek to weaken public trust in elections, resulting in more than 1.5 billion social media impressions. The initiative has also garnered $60 million in earned media value and reached an estimated 150 million people of voting age. In partnership with peer organizations in the field, the KW Foundation produces sophisticated messaging campaigns and develops effective tools to measure influencers’ impact and efficacy. With Corporation support, the KW Foundation will continue its voter education work leading up to the 2024 elections.
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For core support of its global polarization work
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) is an international nongovernmental organization headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, comprising more than 330 experts dedicated to achieving more effective and inclusive negotiations and sustainable transitions out of war, crisis, or authoritarianism. Through its Global Initiative on Polarization, IFIT seeks to advance global understanding of the diverse causes, consequences, and strategies for reducing severe polarization and that in turn can realistically strengthen peace, democracy, and human rights. With Corporation support, IFIT will convene experts to produce a globally informed polarization solutions toolkit and launch a diverse community of practitioners to reduce polarization.
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For core support of its immigration program
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The United States immigration system has long been criticized for failing to meet the country’s changing economic demands and the needs of millions of immigrants who already contribute to the economy. Under a divided Congress, policymakers will need to access innovative, cross-ideological policy ideas to help untangle the current immigration system and build something more resilient, fair, and better for the country. Since 2016, the Cato Institute’s Project on Immigration Reform has used rigorous, data-driven research to develop policy principles and ideas capable of uniting conservatives, liberals, and libertarians. Through research and policy prescription, commentary in leading media outlets, and engagement of policymakers and thought leaders across the ideological spectrum, the program aims to shift the public and policy debate toward a consensus in support of sound immigration policies.
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As a one-time grant for Profiles in Collective Leadership Initiative
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
Transcend is a national nonprofit that aims to ensure that all young people learn in ways that enable economic and social mobility. To achieve this vision, they work across the education sector, providing research-based community-driven design support to create student-centered learning environments that nurture both academic and socio-emotional development. As a partner with the Corporation for the “Profiles in Collective Leadership” initiative, Transcend helped shape the conceptual framework and selection criteria for potential awardees. With continued support from the Corporation, Transcend will commence the next phase of the Profiles in Collective Leadership (Profiles) initiative, by launching a Community of Practice (CoP) focused on deepening awardees’ capacity for impactful, student-centered change and conducting and disseminating research on the ways in which awardees effect change utilizing collective leadership approaches.
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As a final grant to complete science education pathways at the National Standards Institute
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
13 months
Description
UnboundEd provides professional learning for teachers to ensure students receive grade-level, affirming, and engaging classroom instruction in English language arts (ELA), mathematics, and science. For the past eight years, they have provided professional learning through their national Standards Institute, impacting over 15,000 educators across the country. Corporation support will allow UnboundEd to continue developing their science education pathways for elementary, middle, and high school grade bands, and work with science teachers to effectively teach using high-quality instructional materials in the classroom.
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As a final grant for rebuilding efforts to rebuild bipartisanship in public education
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
18 months
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The mission of the Aspen Institute’s Education & Society Program (Aspen Education) is to improve public education outcomes by informing, influencing, and inspiring education leaders across policy and practice, with an emphasis on achieving equity for students of color and students from low-income families. Aspen Education creates unifying spaces where education policymakers and system leaders convene, learn together, and develop productive relationships. The Corporation was the initial and anchor funder of Aspen Education Programs’ priority to convene policymakers across lines of difference to explore ways to jointly advance equity-focused policy. With continued support from the Corporation, proposed activities for the next grant period are strategically designed to deepen impact. The continuation of the Conservative Education Leaders Fellowship and planning for the Progressive Education Leaders Fellowship are pivotal steps toward fostering understanding and collaboration among diverse education leaders. The Bipartisan Roundtable and Public Event for Unified Policy Sharing aim to bridge ideological divides and promote public awareness of successful bipartisan approaches, fostering a centrist coalition in education. Additionally, the strategic philanthropic engagement seeks to mobilize resources for sustained bipartisan efforts.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
18 months
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The Learning Policy Institute (LPI), established in 2015, is driven by a mission to integrate high-quality evidence into educational policy and practice at all levels. With a team of over 60 researchers, educators, policy experts, and communicators, LPI focuses on connecting policymakers and education stakeholders with evidence-based strategies. The institute is nonpartisan and collaborates with various organizations across the education sector to drive progress. With support from the Corporation, LPI proposes to deepen its activities in response to emerging challenges, declining enrollment, chronic absenteeism, severe educator shortages, and school voucher plans all pose threats to the viability and quality of the education system. LPI will continue to inform education policy and practice on how to redesign schools to enable all students to learn and thrive in ways that enable them to fully participate in democratic life and the global economy—and how to prepare educators for this work.
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For support of updating and improving AP and high school Civics and history content
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
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Civics is critical in high school as this age group needs foundational knowledge to prepare them to actively participate in our democracy. Given the dynamic nature of U.S. history and government, there is a pressing need to expand and update high school U.S. history and U.S. government and civics courses and AP U.S. History and AP U.S. Government & Politics courses to ensure they are engaging, relevant, and high quality. As states and the College Board update their standards, and our legal and political landscape evolves with new landmark Supreme Court cases and societal shifts, these courses risk becoming obsolete if we do not invest in updating and enriching the material. With Corporation support, Khan would update and improve this suite of courses, first assessing gaps and developing additional content to bring courses up to date, then continuing to build more robust content aligned with key state standards to increase adoption and marketing courses to increase usage and engagement.
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As a final core support grant of the Systems Awareness Lab
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
27 months
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MIT’s Systems Awareness Lab is dedicated to increasing the capacity of educators and key stakeholders to design and implement interventions and policies aimed at improving students’ academic outcomes, educational experiences, and future career success. Through a process focused on analyzing context, goal setting, continuous improvement, and leadership development, the Systems Awareness Lab partners with school districts to address problems of practice that stymie student progress. With continued support from the Corporation, the Systems Awareness Lab will expand capacity-building programs in Humboldt County, CA and Ventura County, CA, districts the Lab has worked closely with since its inception, as well as study the impact of this work on students and educators and document and disseminate effective strategies that have demonstrated impact on student outcomes.
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As a final grant for advancing EdRedesign's Success Planning Initiative
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
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Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Education Redesign Lab (EdRedesign) was founded in 2014 with the belief that all children and youth, especially those affected by racism and poverty, should have clear and accessible pathways to well-being, educational attainment, upward mobility, and opportunities to succeed in school and in life. EdRedesign’s Success Planning Initiative works with families to develop personalized plans that leverage the opportunities available in their communities. By articulating a path forward and providing families with direct and long-term support, EdRedesign aims to increase the likelihood that students will successfully complete their high school and postsecondary education, setting them on a positive career trajectory. With continued support from the Corporation, EdRedesign will provide coaching to sixteen cross-sector community teams through its Community of Practice, build capacity around success planning through resources, tools, and training, and codify and disseminate tools and learnings related to the impact of success planning on students.
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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 curricu
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
The Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) at Columbia University provides improvement-oriented research and project support to hundreds of public and nonprofit PK-12 organizations. For the past two years, CPRL has developed the Curriculum Implementation Change Framework and a suite of tools to support effective curriculum implementation using specific English language arts, mathematics and science curricula. Corporation support will allow CPRL to finish development and dissemination of these tools and meet the demand of school and district leaders who want to utilize them with teachers to inform curriculum implementation efforts. CPRL will also conduct a three-year research study investigating whether, how, and under what conditions the adoption and implementation of the OpenSciEd middle school curriculum improves teacher practice, student learning experiences, and outcomes for students.
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As a final core support for the Bank Street Education Center
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
18 months
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Bank Street College of Education is committed to improving the education of children and their teachers by applying knowledge about learning and growth to the education process, and by connecting teaching and learning meaningfully to the outside world. Prior support from the Corporation established Bank Street’s Education Center, which provides technical assistance to school districts to improve academic outcomes for students. The Education Center creates customized approaches that support strengths-based, learner-centered, and equitable educational practices to help all students and educators thrive in school settings. Continued support will allow the Education Center to expand its work in three strategic areas: increasing equitable access to high-quality math instruction in Harlem, NY; building the capacity of secondary school leaders in New York City through their Principal Innovation Fellowship; and piloting a civics education fellowship that connects teenagers who have different life experiences and perspectives.
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As a one-time grant for general support
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
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StriveTogether (Strive) is a national network operating in over seventy communities across twenty-nine states that works to improve cradle-to-career outcomes and enact comprehensive agendas for economic mobility for low-income youth. Strive helps network members translate the growing research base on economic mobility into tangible change for students in their communities. Strive’s efforts to date have resulted in meaningful and measurable impacts for young people, with the Strive Network presently reaching fourteen million young people nationally. By 2030, Strive aims to work through its network to put four million additional children on track to economic mobility. With continued support from the Corporation, Strive will strengthen and grow its network, resulting in improved outcomes for significantly more youth; drive policy change and resources at the local, state, and federal levels; and build capacity broadly through evidence-based virtual training for leaders.
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As a final grant to support the curriculum-based professional learning network and advance aligned policies
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
Learning Forward builds the capacity of state, district, and school leaders to establish and sustain highly effective professional learning in their systems by disseminating evidence-based research, practical tools, and changes to professional learning policies. Through their current grant, they formed the Curriculum-Based Professional Learning (CBPL) Network with three large school districts to improve the implementation of the Illustrative Mathematics program through curriculum-based professional learning in Philadelphia, PA, Montgomery County, MD, and Metro Nashville, TN. Corporation support will allow Learning Forward to continue their work with these district teams in the CBPL Network and improve student outcomes in mathematics. Further funding will also support Learning Forward’s efforts to create the conditions for high-quality professional learning experiences by advancing federal and state policies.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
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While the demand for evidence-based educational programming continues to grow, a persistent gap remains between research and practice. As a result, school districts and states are too often unable to effectively identify and implement evidence-based solutions aligned to their specific needs and desired outcomes. With support from the Corporation, Project Evident (PE) was founded to increase the practice of continuous evidence-building and the supply of evidence-based solutions in the social sector. PE partners with state and local education leaders to use their data and evidence more effectively to continuously improve operational, financial, policy, and programmatic decisions in the pursuit of better student outcomes. With continued support from the Corporation, PE will continue its efforts to provide direct services to school districts and intermediaries, develop and share resources, and create an AI-enabled tool to reach more districts and nonprofits.
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As a final grant to support curriculum-based professional learning with a particular focus on science education
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
19 months
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Leading Educators works with school and district leaders to build and sustain the conditions, teaching, and leadership needed to improve student outcomes. They have partnered with over thirty medium- to large-size districts, supporting over 13,000 educators and impacting 196,000 students. A 2022 study of their work found significant results for students, showing a 28 percent increase in math proficiency and a 17 percent increase in English language arts proficiency in their partner school districts. Leading Educators aims to improve science education outcomes by developing an OpenSciEd-specific implementation framework to enhance student performance in selected districts, and creating a professional learning resource hub to provide nationwide access to resources that can bolster science instruction.
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As a final grant to support curriculum-based professional learning with a particular focus on science education
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
12 months
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Teaching Lab specializes in working with school, district, and state leaders around curriculum-based professional learning to improve students’ math, English language arts (ELA), and science outcomes. Through their work, they have reached over 11,000 educators across 24 states, improving the learning of over 730,000 students. In one partner site example, student proficiency in math and ELA increased from 24 percent to 70 percent due to improvement in teacher instruction. In their current grant, Teaching Lab has grown their capacity to provide professional learning in science education. Corporation support will allow Teaching Lab to continue expanding their science education services with curriculum-based professional learning for teachers, school leaders, and district leaders. A key focus of this grant will be to amplify their science education work in Chicago Public Schools.
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For core support to the Anaheim Collaborative
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
The Anaheim Collaborative (the Collaborative), composed of multiple stakeholders, aims to prepare students for college, career, and life through the Career Preparedness Systems Framework, focusing on 21st Century Skills, Technical Skills, and Youth Voice and Purpose. They’ve developed metrics for teaching and evaluating these skills to align instruction and accountability, moving away from traditional standardized tests. In collaboration with UC-Irvine and eKadence, they’ve created an AI-enhanced e-portfolio tool to measure these skills effectively. The project plans to deepen its cross-sector partnerships, expanding and sharpening the use of their metrics, enriching their Capstone program, and fostering a robust teacher leadership system. Guided by commitment to classroom practices that recognize student strengths and potential for civic engagement, the Collaborative has seen an increase in college admissions, transfer rates, and average GPAs among their students. Their challenge now lies in moving away from summative metrics towards an AI-backed tool incorporating continuous feedback. Support for this work comes through the Education Programs Profiles in Collective Leadership initiative, which seeks to support organizations that are delivering learning opportunities that consistently put young people on a path to thriving futures and engaged citizenship.
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For core support of Grads2Careers
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
Grads2Careers (G2C) was established through collaboration prompted by a 2017 study tracking 4,280 Baltimore City Public Schools graduates. The study revealed issues like a 26 percent rate of opportunity youth with low incomes, racial and gender disparities in college degree attainment, and 29 percent of young residents living in poverty. G2C addresses these challenges by providing career-track opportunities for recent City Schools graduates, emphasizing wraparound support services, centralized recruitment and testing, and summer academic acceleration. G2C’s commitment to rigorous learning involves continuous improvement, evaluations, and feedback loops. Despite challenges, G2C achieved remarkable success in Phase I, enrolling 536 youth, transitioning to virtual training amid COVID-19, and raising median annual income for completers by over $10,000 compared to 2009 graduates. Phase II addressed recruitment and testing issues, adopting Salesforce, and diversifying funding sources. Key learnings include overcoming data sharing challenges, prioritizing instructor quality, and integrating early career readiness into Summer Prep. G2C aims for sustainable, system-level change, demonstrated through successful outcomes for youth in Baltimore City. Support for this work comes through the Education Programs Profiles in Collective Leadership initiative, which seeks to support organizations that are delivering learning opportunities that consistently put young people on a path to thriving futures and engaged citizenship.
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