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Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
GreatSchools’ trusted ratings and school information help parents find the right school for their families and improve the schools in theircommunities. Through this renewal grant, GreatSchools plans to engage parents from historically marginalized backgrounds and low-income families to give them information that helps them take actions for their child that will help inform systemic change. This year they will focus on increasing the audience of users who come from low-income communities and gaining a deeper understanding of their needs – what they value for their children, how they make decisions about schools, what decisions they make, and how to better support their decision making with new information and improved user engagement. GreatSchools also plans to build a cycle of learning that not only informs the GreatSchools website but also offers education researchers and the broader field much-needed insights about parents.
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For core support of the Funders' Census Initiative of the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
The United States census is a critical government operation designed to ensure fair political representation and adequate allocation of more than $1 trillion in federal resources to states and localities. The 2020 Census was the first online-led census, requiring new investments in infrastructure, coordination, and public education. Based at Neo Philanthropy, the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) manages a working group of representatives from more than 500 national, state, and community-based philanthropic organizations that have been investing resources toward a fair and accurate count since 2017. With renewed Corporation support, the Funders’ Census Initiative at the FCCP will aggregate and amplify learnings from the 2020 Census and create opportunities for funders to coordinate intercensal activities, including around redistricting, to build toward the 2030 Census.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The demands of the twenty-first century necessitate a fundamental redesign of the traditional school model, which does not meet the diverse needs and interests of today’s learners. Founded in 2015 with Corporation support, Transcend provides school communities across the country with iterative, research-based, and community-driven design support to create student-centered learning environments that nurture both academic and socio-emotional development. Transcend also builds capacity for ongoing piloting and learning, and shares tools and resources to support R&D efforts across the field. With Corporation support, Transcend has partnered with more than 300 communities to design or adopt new models for over 467,000 students and disseminated tools and learning to promote widespread transformation in the field. With renewed support, Transcend will continue to partner directly with communities to transform learning experiences, democratize design supports, and catalyze systemic change to ensure the broader climate around schools promotes equitable innovation.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
The United States needs extensive reforms to its immigration and refugee systems, which operate out of different federal agencies. There is a need to revisit legal immigration categories, increase visa capacity, provide status relief for millions of undocumented immigrants without protections or pathways to status, respond to refugee resettlement needs, and more. Founded in 2001, the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) is a leading research and policy institution that studies American and global migration. MPI attempts to build political consensus by supplying data-driven analyses, innovative policy ideas, and comparative global perspectives to policymakers, leaders in civil society, the media, and the public. With renewed Corporation support, MPI will continue to provide nonpartisan analyses of migration and refugee policies at the local, national, and international levels, to help meet the demand for pragmatic and thoughtful responses to the challenges that large-scale migration presents in an increasingly integrated world.
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Project Title
For core support of the Democracy Program
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
18 months
Description
More than 72 million voting-eligible Americans are not registered to vote in the United States. This is partly because many states do not comply with various aspects of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), resulting in missed opportunities to bring millions of people into the democratic process, especially people from low-income households and communities of color. In addition, local and state governments have sought to remove registered voters from their rolls in what is known as “voter purges,” which further depresses voter participation. Since 2000, Demos has been promoting an inclusive voting agenda across the country and removing barriers to voting. Through field investigations, research, and litigation, Demos has helped millions of individuals access voter services guaranteed under the NVRA. With Corporation support, Demos will continue to protect voting rights and expand voting access for all Americans.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
Engaging families in their children’s education is critical for improving students’ academic outcomes, yet it often takes a back seat due to limited resources, inadequate teacher skills, and time constraints. To address this issue, PowerMyLearning, a national nonprofit organization, collaborates with schools and districts to strengthen the learning connections among students, teachers, and families. PowerMyLearning, offers two main programs: Family Playlists, a technology-driven platform that facilitates interactive homework assignments in math and English language arts, which allows students to teach their families what they’ve learned, and professional development for teachers to enhance instruction and involve families effectively. This final general support grant will enable PowerMyLearning to expand its reach, provide professional learning to educators, and complete an impact evaluation of its early-grades program on math achievement and socio-emotional skill.
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For core support of its policy and advocacy programs
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
18 months
Description
Despite a goal of admitting 125,000 refugees in fiscal year 2023, the United States had only resettled roughly 25,000 refugees as of March 31st (nearly midway through the government’s fiscal year). This statistic reflects years of neglect to the refugee settlement system. While the current presidential administration has relied on temporary protections for asylum seekers, policy reform is needed to strengthen the country’s refugee and asylee systems. Founded in 1946, Church World Service (CWS) is an interfaith organization that develops sustainable programs and solutions to poverty, hunger, disaster, and displacement. It is also one of nine refugee resettlement agencies in the United States. With Corporation support, CWS will engage and develop immigrant and refugee leaders and faith community allies to advocate to their national, state, and local elected leaders for more welcoming policies.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
TalkingPoints unlocks the potential of low-income, underserved families to support their children’s learning so that these students can graduate from high school on time, go to college, and become part of an inclusive, diverse workforce in America. Through their multilingual engagement platform powered by two-way translated messages and personalized support, families and teachers are able to connect using human and artificial intelligence, eliminating language, time limitations, and know-how as barriers to the school and family connection. This renewal grant will provide general operating support to (a) enable TalkingPoints to strengthen and scale their evidence-based solution to support 7M+ educators, families, and students annually (b) expand on their strategic growth campaign with key investments in growth, research & development, thought leadership, and organizational capacity.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
18 months
Description
Since its founding in 2011, Springboard Collaborative has coached educators and families to help students achieve grade-level reading by fourth grade. Their program is a five-to-ten-week intervention based on Science of Reading-aligned literacy instruction, professional development for teachers, and engaging family workshops designed to empower students to reach their reading goals. With support from the Corporation,Springboard Collaborative aims to expand its reach by 20 percent and serve 36,000 students. This significant goal will be accomplished by fostering partnerships with large districts. The organization will remain committed to maintaining strong student reading outcomes and implementing its strategic plan to lay the foundation for future growth.
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As a final core support grant of Collaborative for Student Success
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
It has been over a decade since the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards were released. These documents have transformed science education, but there is significant progress to be made to increase students’ access to high-quality instructional materials and curriculum-based professional learning for teachers. The Collaborative for Student Success (CSS) advocates for strong practices and policies driving improved outcomes for students through capacity-building efforts and promotion of fact-based public discourse. Through this renewal grant, CSS will continue promotion of high-quality science education through dissemination of research and case studies of states and policies. They plan to conduct science communication and advocacy sessions, as well as facilitate a science advocacy learning network with teachers and state leaders.
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Project Title
For core support of OpenSciEd
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
Meaningful science learning for students occurs when teachers align their instruction to the Next Generation Science Standards, use standards-aligned instructional material, and are supported with curriculum-based professional learning. OpenSciEd is an initiative that brings together state science leaders, expert curriculum designers, learning scientists, science education leaders, and classroom teachers to develop and support a complete set of freely available, full-course, high-quality instructional materials and associated professional learning resources. Through this renewal grant, OpenSciEd will release three high school courses, continue the development and field test of an elementary science curriculum for grades K-5, develop professional learning resources to support curriculum implementation, and work with English Learners Success Forum to develop multilingual learner supports embedded in science curriculum.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 1987, the American Immigration Council (AIC) is dedicated to making the U.S. immigration system fairer and more just through litigation, policy advocacy, and strategic communications. It is also a watchdog group that investigates governmental spending and administrative policies pertaining to immigration enforcement. AIC houses the Center for Inclusion and Belonging, a communications project dedicated to reshaping public narratives about immigration with the goal of unifying the country. AIC recently merged with New American Economy (NAE), a Corporation grantee and leading bipartisan think tank and advocacy organization focused on making the economic case for immigration reform, and now also works to build support among conservative communities. With Corporation support, AIC will engage in policy advocacy, pursue impact litigation, and publish resources and analyses that improve due process for immigrants, limit inhumane immigration enforcement, and increase government transparency.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
Parents have a unique and critical role in improving our public schools. In communities where parents are connected to each other 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 to successfully push for better schools in their communities and hold the system accountable to the needs of their children. This renewal grant will support 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 seven-month Community Organizer Training Program (COTP) and three-day National Parent Leader Institutes (PLI). Through this renewal, Innovate will also supplement with customized consulting and coaching, as they support partner organizations to put these learnings and practices to work in their unique local contexts.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1870, The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s (The Met) core mission is to collect, study, conserve, and present significant works of art across all times and cultures to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas. In doing so, we continue to present important but unfamiliar narratives and cross-cultural perspectives, fostering an expanded canon of art history while inviting new voices to contribute their stories. Much of this work is done in collaboration withThe Met’s diverse advisory committee.This vision has helped the Museum to become more inclusive, with the aim to create an inspiring and welcoming visitor experience.Corporation support will help The Met with its ongoing commitment to serve scholars and the general public alike through its exhibitions, educational programming, special events, and opening their collections for deeper research.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Since 2015, the United States has received approximately 500,000 unaccompanied immigrant and refugee children seeking humanitarian protection, but the system meant to respond to and protect those minors continues to fail many. Founded in 2009, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to providing migrant children with legal representation and social services, advancing policies and laws that ensure their access to due process, and advocating for durable solutions to child migration that are in the best interests of the child. With Corporation support, KIND will continue to represent children in immigration courts and advocate for systemic changes to immigration policies that promote child welfare and ensure they receive fair and compassionate treatment under the law.
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For core support of Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Established in 2003 with Corporation support, the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) is a donor collaborative housed at Neo Philanthropy supporting state-based and regional immigrant-serving coalitions across the country. FFF serves a hybrid role of convener, grantmaker, and strategist, connecting grassroots organizations with national immigrant integration groups. With renewed Corporation support, FFF will strengthen state and regional groups across the country through grants to develop organizing and advocacy strategies, build institutional capacity, enable strategic collaboration among grantees, plan effective communications, and create intersectional alliances with unlikely allies.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
Ensuring children’s academic success and well-being through high-quality digital resources and support is essential for families, students, and educators. Common Sense Media, the leading organization in the United States dedicated to building a digital world where children can learn and thrive, is uniquely positioned to help families navigate a rising tide of digital-age parenting challenges while seizing opportunities that technology presents to help students learn at home. Through this grant, Common Sense Media will (a) conduct research to raise public awareness, drive a national conversation, and provide crucial data about the needs of all families related to media and technology; (b) ensure families have access to the high-quality content, guidance, and tools they need to support their kids’ learning at home and use of technology in safe, responsible ways; (c) provide educators, schools, and districts with robust digital citizenship content, professional development training, and family engagement resources that strengthen the home-school connection and lead to better academic and emotional well-being outcomes for students.
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For humanitarian aid in the wake of the February 6, 2023, earthquake in the Middle East, specifically Syria, where the need is the greatest
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
The National Skills Coalition (NSC) was founded in 2000 to advocate for inclusive, high-quality career pathways for those typically left behind by our nation’s postsecondary system. Through expert analysis and technical assistance, broad-based organizing, targeted advocacy, and cutting-edge communications, NSC focuses on state and federal skills policies that address the needs of the broadest range of workers and industries while also redressing the racial inequities created by the systems that determine who gets a chance to succeed. NSC is diverse and non-partisan, drawing from the ranks of business, labor, education, the public sector, and community advocates across a range of sectors. General support from the Corporation will allow NSC to pursue an interconnected federal and state strategy to significantly reform higher education policies to make college work for working people, with a particular emphasis on advancing racial equity through these policy reforms.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 2014, the Steve Fund is the nation’s leading organization focused on supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color as they transition from high school into higher education, throughout their higher education experience, and as they transition to the workforce. This is a period during which more than 70 percent of mental health challenges first present. Mounting research underscores the imperative for forceful, timely action at a large scale, as the consequences are lasting and show that poor mental health is a strong predictor of student attrition from college and lower academic performance. Corporation support will allow the Steve Fund to advance their strategic plan “refresh” by strengthening its infrastructure and expanding its capacity in order to both deepen its engagement with stakeholders and broaden its reach in order to help support the postsecondary success of young people of color at a pivotal time in their lives
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Project Title
For core support to the Transforming Evidence Funders Network
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Corporation’s grantmaking to bridge the gap between the academic and policy worlds has long focused on efforts to change academic tenure and promotion criteria to give more weight to policy relevant research and engagement. A related goal has been to assess the societal impact of the supported research. These goals are shared by a multi-foundation effort, the Transforming Evidence Funders Network (TEFN). Although most of its members are grantmakers working on domestic American issues, their generic challenges resonate strongly with the Corporation’s interests. The grant will support TEFN and its broader Transforming Evidence Network (TEN) of policy-oriented scholars and researchers, currently coordinated by The Pew Charitable Trust’s Evidence Project. Corporation funding would contribute to this innovative collaboration and enhance its financial viability.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
There is a substantial body of evidence demonstrating the benefits of access to legal services for immigrants. From naturalization services to asylum claims and everything in between, access to legal services greatly improves outcomes for immigrants. But only a small portion of immigrants receive such assistance. The Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) is the largest nonprofit legal immigration network in the United States. It was founded in 1988 by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to address a critical need for quality, affordable legal services at the local level. With more than 450 affiliate organizations across forty-nine states and the District of Columbia, CLINIC offers pro bono and low-cost legal services to immigrants and their families. With renewed Corporation support, CLINIC will provide substantive legal and program management training and resources to its network partners and will continue to build the capacities of legal service providers who are directly supporting immigrants nationwide.
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For humanitarian aid in the wake of the February 6, 2023, earthquake in the Middle East, specifically Syria, where the need is the greatest
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Project Title
For humanitarian aid in the wake of the February 6, 2023, earthquake in the Middle East, specifically Syria, where the need is the greatest
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Exacerbated by the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, rising tensions between democracies and autocracies, growing repression in Iran, violent extremism in the Sahel, the plight of millions of migrants and refugees worldwide, and the ongoing deprivations caused by corruption and climate change, threats to basic human rights across the globe continue apace. Since its establishment in 1978, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has played a crucial role within the global ecosystem for human rights. With a staff of nearly 600 operating on six continents, HRW continues to investigate, expose, and promote change to defend fundamental rights and freedoms worldwide. This grant providesgeneral support to HRW to continue advancing its important work whenever and wherever human rights are being undermined.
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As a final core support grant of YouthTruth
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
18 months
Description
Too often, the voices of students – those at the very center of our education system – are missing from the conversation about improving education outcomes and experiences. YouthTruth, a national survey project operated by the Center for Effective Philanthropy harnesses student and stakeholder feedback to help school leaders and education funders make better decisions that lead to better outcomes for students. Since its founding in 2009, YouthTruth has surveyed over 2.6 million students and 589,000 family and staff members across thirty-nine states. With further support from the Corporation, Youth Truth will (1) Broaden its influence through research, thought leadership, and communications; (2) Expand funder engagement; (3) Target growth while prioritizing equity and efficiency; and (4) Deepen effectiveness through client engagement and support.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
The National Parents Union (NPU) is a national nonprofit formed by parents, for parents. Their member organizations, representing all fiftystates, D.C., and Puerto Rico, are vetted by volunteer leadership. NPU supports family advocates in improving the quality of life for children.Their Parent Power Agenda outlines priorities for children and families, emphasizing family involvement in budget, policy, and decision-making, as well as equity in education recovery efforts. Through this final general support grant, NPU will implement its annual plan, including capacity-building and training programs such as parent advocacy workshops and mentorship programs.
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For emergency relief efforts
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
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For core support of BuildUS, a collaborative fund aimed at ensuring federal funds are invested in local communities
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
With the enactment of recent federal legislation, an opportunity has opened to deliver economic relief, physical and clean energy infrastructure development, and significant worker and community investments into disadvantaged communities to promote a stronger workforce and improve communities throughout the country. BuildUS is a collaborative fund, fiscally sponsored by the Amalgamated Foundation, which aims to maximize implementation efforts and support the acceleration of the country’s transition to a lower carbon, worker centered, and fairer economy. BuildUS will work to ensure the fair and effective implementation of federal investments into American communities. It will provide grants and technical assistance to local organizations to access resources at the community level and support planning efforts to determine local priorities within the context of the federal funding. The long-term goal is to transition low-income and minority neighborhoods from gas-based energy to clean energy alternatives and ensure workers can transition to better-paying green jobs.
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For core support of The Campaign for Our Shared Future
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
18 months
Description
In the midst of growing political polarization in the United States schools are getting caught up in local social and cultural debates. This follows a global pandemic that revealed to parents, among others, ongoing inequities in the public school system nationwide. Amidst these challenges, misinformation is spreading, and some families are questioning curriculum choices, which are posing threats to the public education system. Parental turnout in local school board meetings, community engagements, and local elections has been low. There is a need for a nonpartisan campaign that provides unbiased information to actively engage all parents in support of public schools. The Campaign for Our Shared Future (COSF) is such an initiative, seeking to amplify the voices of American families and mobilize them for equity and inclusion in K-12 education. With a renewal grant from the Corporation, COSF will continue its efforts to restore public trust and support for the education system by offering direct communications support, targeted outreach, and promoting stakeholder engagement for families, communities, and education leaders at the local level.
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For a final grant for core support of Organizations in Solidarity
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
To promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the peace and security field, Organizations in Solidarity (OiS) works with organizations active in the field to combat racist beliefs, attitudes, and acts of discrimination and to integrate diversity throughout their operations.With previous funding, OiS has established collaborative working groups to address specific DEI issues, created resources and tools for organizations to assess and improve their DEI efforts,facilitated information sharing, and provided resources of relevance to mentoring, internships, and job opportunities.With renewed funding, OiS will continue these activities and expand the existing network of partner organizations.
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For core support of NTI's nuclear program
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Russia’s war in Ukraine and the breakdown of U.S.-Russian relations pose significant challenges to a global nuclear order that was already being tested by weapons modernization in the United States, China, and Russia, as well as other nuclear possessor states. The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) has a longstanding reputation for research, analysis, and policy and public outreach on actionable steps to reduce nuclear risks. NTI partners with governments, current and former policy makers, and multinational organizations to promote dialogue and advocate for and implement policies to reduce the risk of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism, as well as to increase strategic stability. With renewed funding, NTI’s nuclear program will continue these activities and begin a new initiative to build political will for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, Chinese and U.S. nuclear modernization, as well as heightened concerns about proliferation have contributed to an increased political salience for nuclear weapons and an uncertain future for arms control. The Arms Control Association (ACA) helps to reduce nuclear dangers by providing research and data-driven analysis, convenings for bipartisan and Track II dialogues, and policy-driven papers to inform the public debate on nuclear issues and the future for arms control. With renewed funding, ACA will continue its efforts with a focus on strategic stability, arms control, and disarmament. It will also address new risks to nuclear security posed by emerging technologies.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Today’s students require learning experiences that are personalized, mastery-based, and student-centered to prepare them to thrive in a dynamic future, and competency-based education offers a promising pathway to achieve this vision. The Aurora Institute (Aurora) was founded over twenty years ago to advance the field toward competency-based education and has evolved to become one of the leading organizations in education building demand for transformational change in K-12 systems, promoting best practices from across the globe, and tackling policy barriers. Continued Corporation support will enable Aurora to drive change at all levels of the system through four core strands of work: policy analysis, knowledge diffusion, action research on competency-based education, and convening. Aurora has directly supported forty-one states, 800 schools and organizations, 180 districts, and built a network of 25,000 education professionals; overall, this work has impacted more than 14,000,000 students. Aurora’s policy work has informed significant advances in federal and state policy toward competency-based systems.
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For core support of the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
New models of career and technical education (CTE) can prepare students for long-term success by helping them navigate and adapt to an increasingly complex labor market. As demand for CTE grows, it is critical to build evidence about high-quality, equitable programming and policies. MDRC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization with significant experience evaluating effective programs and policies to support educational attainment and economic mobility. With Corporation support in 2018, MDRC established the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education (the Center) to ensure that the expansion of CTE programs is informed by a robust evidence base. The Center serves as a hub for evidence building, innovation, technical assistance, and research synthesis related to CTE. With core support from the Corporation, the Center will expand partnerships with CTE organizations to ensure their programming is evidence-based and add to the sector’s knowledge about what works, identify gaps in the research focused on work-based learning and develop a learning agenda to inform future research, and expand CTE policy outreach and dissemination.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
Over the past decade, there has been significant progress in building and implementing robust education data systems at the district, state, and federal levels. However, the wealth of data that has been collected through these systems is not always accessible to parents, educators, and policymakers who need it to guide their decision-making. Data Quality Campaign (DQC) offers a deeply informed, nonpartisan approach to addressing this challenge, working to ensure that all stakeholders have the information they need to make decisions that support student success. Continued support from the Corporation will support DQC’s theory of action to make data work for students through two strands of work: 1) increase public understanding of the value of data in supporting the Pre-K–higher ed student journey 2) ensure that state leaders can use the policy levers available to them across Pre-K–higher ed to make data work for students and communities.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial group in the United States and face myriad challenges in accessing essential government resources and political representation. Established in 1991, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) is one of the leading civil and human rights advocates for the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Using policy advocacy, litigation, and public engagement strategies, AAJC raises awareness of systemic challenges faced by Asian Americans and advances federal and state policy recommendations that would directly improve their lives. Among the organization’s core issue interests are the decennial census, immigration reform, voting rights, and, increasingly, combating anti-Asian hate crimes. AAJC works in collaboration with more than 250 community-based organizations and affiliates across the country that serve AAPI communities and is often a leading partner in national coalitions around issues that advance justice. With Corporation support, AAJC will continue to advance the rights of Asian Americans by amplifying their voice in federal and state policy discourse.
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For core support to American Diplomat Podcast
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The lack of awareness about the role diplomats play within the U.S. foreign affairs and national security establishments undermines public support for American diplomacy. Established in 1983, the American Academy of Diplomacy’s mission is to enhance public appreciation and support for U.S. diplomacy’s critical role in advancing the national interest. In pursuit of its goals, the Academy supports programs that highlight past achievements, failures, and future opportunities of U.S. diplomacy. The American Diplomat Podcast offers first-person storytelling from American diplomats who have contributed to newsworthy events overseas. Hosted by former ambassador, Pete Romero and writer, Laura Bennett, the conversations add context and details to the guests’ stories from behind the scenes of international diplomacy.
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For core support of the Center for Whole-Child Education
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
A central element of transforming the student experience is to integrate social and emotional development into academic learning. However, few education schools prepare educators to facilitate high quality socio-emotional learning (SEL) and teachers rarely receive the professional development they need to address the challenges their students face. Turnaround for Children (Turnaround) was established in the wake of 9/11 to address the impact of adversity on learning by empowering educators with the knowledge, tools, and resources needed to support students’ social, emotional, and academic development. Turnaround has worked with more than 3,000 schools and systems over its twenty-year history, directly supporting 50,000 educators and leaders, and established itself as an authoritative voice on the relationship between SEL and academic success. Effective July 2023 – in order to maximize impact as it enters its third decade – Turnaround has joined the Mary Lou Fulton Teacher’s College at Arizona State University as the Center for Whole-Child Education. Core support will enable the launch and development of the center, which will conduct action-focused research, promote practice change in schools, drive innovation in educator preparation, and catalyze change in educational measurement and policy.
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For core support of the New Americans Campaign
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
Naturalization is a foundational component of immigrant integration. It brings significant social, economic, and civic benefits not only to immigrants and their families, but also totheir communities, their states, and the country. However, of the 9.2 million legal permanent residents (LPRs) who qualify for citizenship in the United States, less than 1 million apply for naturalization each year. Since its inception in 2011, the New Americans Campaign (NAC) has been funding and building the capacity of local nonprofits offering affordable direct immigration services. Fiscally sponsored by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the NAC, and its more than 200 local and national partners, have completed more than 580,000 naturalization applications and 195,000 fee waivers for immigrants, to date. The NAC is particularly focused on one segment of the eligible to naturalize population: the 3.1 million who are unlikely to pursue naturalization without significant help, particularly due to the cost. The total estimated value of the fee waivers and free and low-cost legal services provided by NAC partners exceeds $636 million. The NAC is also a leading advocate for more inclusive naturalization policies. With renewed Corporation support, the NAC will continue its efforts to educate immigrants about the importance of naturalization and strengthen the capacity of its network.
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For core support of its civic engagement and immigration program
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
With the 2024 election approaching, it is important for the Latino community, the nation’s second largest voting-eligible population, to be informed and empowered to take part in public policy debates and elections at all levels. Founded in 1968, UnidosUS is the nation’s largest Latino civil rights and advocacy committed to amplifying the voices of Latinos in public policy debates that affect their communities, such as immigration, health access, education, and economic development. With renewed support, UnidosUS, and its affiliate network of more than three hundred community-based organizations throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, will provide the Latino community access to nonpartisan voter information, voting rights protections, and information on immigration policies at the state and federal level.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
18 months
Description
There remain long-standing inequities in the education system, and while some schools seek to disrupt these inequities, entire school systems must be transformed to challenge, engage, and empower all students and foster belonging, agency, and a purpose in learning. Research shows that to rectify inequities and establish this transformative approach to learning, high-quality, culturally affirming instructional materials and curriculum-based professional learning are critical in shifting the mindsets of teachers and district leaders. EL Education offers both a newly revised K-8 English language arts program and curriculum-based professional learning to schools and districts. Through this general support grant and informed by their four-year strategic plan, EL Education will continue to provide educators and districts with their transformative programming.
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For core support of the Trust for Civic Life
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
In 2020, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences published Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century, a report issued after conducting fifty listening sessions across the country to understand the factors that encourage and discourage people from engaging with their communities, especially in small towns and rural areas. In response to the report’s recommendations, the Trust for Civic Infrastructure was founded. Fiscally sponsored by the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, the trust is a donor collaborative and learning network that aims to strengthen civic infrastructure at the local level, increase social trust, and build civic agency. The trust’s programmatic areas consist of grantmaking, network building, learning, and field building. With Corporation support, the trust will create a pipeline of local funding, reach overlooked and underfunded geographic areas, especially in rural areas, and engage local communities in how to improve their civic infrastructure.
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For core support of Press Forward, a national journalism initiative aimed at improving local news coverage
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
60 months
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Since 2005, approximately 2,200 local newspapers have closed, resulting in twenty percent of Americans living in areas with little to no reliable coverage of news. In response, a coalition of twenty donors have established Press Forward, an ambitious national initiative to strengthen communities and democracy by supporting local news and information with an infusion of more than a half-billion dollars over the next five years. Press Forward will support new models and solutions that are ready to scale and close longstanding inequities in journalism coverage and practice. National, regional, local, and issue-specific funders co-designed Press Forward with the aim of deploying significant new resources to the field through greater coordination and peer learning. In addition to direct grantmaking, Press Forward has established a collaborative pooled fund, fiscally sponsored by the Miami Foundation, which the Corporation is joining, to make investments in geographic or other areas not covered by the direct grantmaking.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
0 months
Description
The United Nations (UN) Security Council is a core institution of the global community’s international peace and security architecture. The Security Council Report (SCR), an independent not-for-profit organization established in 2005, provides dedicated coverage of the Security Council and its thirty-three subsidiary bodies. In addition, SCR provides capacity building workshops on Security Council practice, procedures, and substance for Security Council candidate countries. Reporting materials published by SCR are shared free of charge for use by anyone interested in UN operations and processes.
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For core support to PassBlue, a digital publication that covers the United Nations
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
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The United Nations (UN) was founded in 1945 to maintain peace and security across the world, but its size and bureaucracy often hinder public understanding of its operations, politics, and programs. In response, PassBlue, a non-profit, digital publication administered through the Institute for Nonprofit News, provides reporting on breaking news, long-form journalism, and multimedia products on the UN’s far-ranging operations and their implications. It has become the go-to site for behind-the-scenes perspectives on the UN and the United States’ role in it. With Corporation support, PassBlue will continue to produce award-winning journalism to shed light on the complicated, essential, and often-misunderstood work of the UN during an era of changing and contentious international politics.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
15 months
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In a world unfortunately consumed by misinformation, there’s a need to enhance public understanding, and to achieve that we need to deliver straightforward, precise, and in-depth reporting. With a seven-year track record of leading a fact-based conversation about what was broken in American schools and about the innovators working to fix them, The74, a nonprofit news organization mobilized to provide in-depth coverage in seven selected U.S cities. With renewed support from the Corporation, The74 will continue to cover both local and national topics that concern our communities and will focus its journalism on several issues that experts say are critical to getting students back on track in a post-pandemic world.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
The PIE Network serves as a unifying force, enhancing and energizing the efforts of education leaders and advocates from diverse communities and ideological backgrounds. Its goal is to drive the transformation of education, ensuring that every student in every community can attain a sustainable future. The Network includes ninety-eight state and local advocacy organizations and twenty-eight national partners in thirty-three states and D.C. Continued support from the Corporation will enable the PIE Network to 1. help leaders take stock, adapt, and innovate; 2. build skills; advance efforts to build public understanding and community engagement through their networks; 3. focus on what’s working; paint new, compelling pictures of what’s possible; and scale up innovative and effective education programs, policy, and advocacy.
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For core support of Chalkbeat
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
Efforts to improve educational equity are threatened by a weakening civic infrastructure — the policies, laws, and organizations that enable informed participation in public policy. One element of civic infrastructure that has been overlooked in recent investments —undercut by market forces — is a strong local press. The resulting lack of information has prevented parents, students, and educators from participating meaningfully in educational change efforts which were especially apparent during the last few years through the pandemic. Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization works to address this problem by providing unbiased, quality information at a time when education news has never been more vital. With renewed support from the Corporation, Chalkbeat proposes to elevate the voices of parents, students, and educators in eight local markets and nationally; to undertake reporting that drives an informed civic debate about educational equity; to reach a deeper and wider national audience to grow their impact; and to make Chalkbeat’s work sustainable for the long term.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
Education is evolving every day and innovation within America’s schools is happening faster than ever before. To help the field address these changes, it is essential to provide accurate and accessible reporting to policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders. Since the nonprofit Editorial Projects in Education launched EdWeek in 1981, their experienced team of reporters and researchers has brought independent journalism to bear on issues that matter most in education. Today, the field’s leaders and stakeholders rely on EdWeek as an essential source for the news, information, and analysis that can drive critical changes in policy and practice. Considered the nation’s “must read” news source in elementary and secondary education, EdWeek explores both the struggles and successes, the local nuances and national issues, and the day-to-day events and big-picture perspectives that impact the field. With continued support from the Corporation, EdWeek will carry on delivering vital coverage to the field through their regular beat reporting, video, and visual journalism, and other activities.
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