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Project Title
Toward support for the merger of Idealist.org and VolunteerMatch.org
Date
Jun. 04, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1995, Idealist is one of the largest digital platforms supporting social impact and community engagement, connecting more than 100,000 individuals each day with 230,000 nonprofit organizations worldwide through job listings, internships, and volunteer opportunities. By merging with VolunteerMatch, Idealist is expanding its reach even further as a leading hub for social impact. It has integrated hundreds of thousands of volunteer opportunities, 70,000 organizations, and 700 educational resources into a unified national platform. With Carnegie support, Idealist will strengthen the digital infrastructure that supports volunteerism and community service to bridge the gap between talent and mission-driven organizations.
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For continuing support of the US-Iran Track II work
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1910, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace supports diplomacy, generates strategic ideas, and trains the next generation of international scholars to advance peace. Its work hosting unofficial diplomatic dialogues aligns with our mission to lower global risks and encourage international stability through direct engagement. By creating reliable, back-channel lines of communication during times of high tension, CEIP gives policymakers the objective analysis and practical options needed to help prevent full-scale conflict. With Corporation support, the organization will continue its work to bring together American and Iranian experts, explore options for peace and nuclear agreements, and provide a reliable channel for unofficial communications between both governments.
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A final grant in support of the Free Sundays for New Yorkers Program
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
Since opening in 2014, the 9/11 Museum has engaged more than 27 million people, yet New York City residents account for only four to six percent of total attendance. With support from Carnegie Corporation, the Museum launched New York First Sundays in January 2025 to address this gap, providing free monthly admission and welcoming more than 8,000 New Yorkers in its first year—approximately 80 percent of whom were first-time visitors, demonstrating strong demand for local access. As the 25th anniversary of September 11 approaches, renewing support for this program will sustain and expand local engagement through targeted outreach, ensuring New Yorkers are active participants in this important moment of reflection.
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For a project developing Track 1.5 engagement and an institutional platform for migration-conflict policy solutions
Date
Jun. 04, 2026
Duration
36 months
Description
Traditional military and diplomatic responses to non-state armed groups often fail to break cycles of violence, creating an urgent need for politically grounded strategies that address the resulting humanitarian fallout and mass displacement. Inter Mediate will meet this need through Track 1.5 engagement and high-level advising, using this grant to support discreet strategy sessions on refugee policy and governance reform. The project will also formalize Inter Mediate’s internal research and learning function, converting frontline insights into actionable policy guidance for conflict parties and for national and multilateral decision-makers.
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To support tax credit funds to support access to learning opportunities and services for public school students
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
The New Federal Tax Credit, part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, could become the largest federal K-12 education investment in history, surpassing Title I. However, it was designed to primarily support private and religious school tuition, and it may divert resources away from public schools and increase privatization. For states that opt in, taxpayers will receive an annual credit for donating to scholarship granting organizations (SGOs), which then fund private school expenses for eligible students. States wishing to maximize this credit to support public school students with new educational opportunities must act quickly within the next eight months to develop the necessary infrastructure. EducationCounsel (EC) will support key stakeholders and state leaders in participating in the design and implementation of the program through the Department of the Treasury’s regulatory process, state policies, and program development. Together, they will develop a system of direct services to deliver high-quality opportunities for low-income public-school students and their families, while expanding the field through briefings to youth development programs.
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For a study and showcase on Institutional Equity, College Completion, and Subsequent Earnings
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
American higher education faces growing skepticism as a driver of social mobility, due to high tuition costs and low graduation rates, which correlate with weaker post-college earnings. Vassar’s study builds on prior research identifying recurrent themes among high-performing colleges. The longitudinal study will examine five institutions that have turned around their completion rates over the last five to seven years, aiming to uncover actionable steps for sustainable improvement. The result will be recognition for top performers, some of whom we expect to be previously unheralded, and a roadmap of data-driven strategies to help other low-resource institutions boost completion and earnings. Findings will be presented at a conference designed in collaboration with the Andrew Carnegie Foundation that gathers leading scholars, educators, policymakers, and researchers to advance policy and practice on college completion.
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For project support of Economic Mobility and Civic Readiness: Building an Integrated Frame for Opportunity
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
Educators struggle to prepare students for both careers and citizenship due to limited research on how civic and workforce skills affect economic mobility and democratic engagement. To address this, the Project on Workforce (PoW)—a Harvard collaboration across the Kennedy School, Business School, and Graduate School of Education—will produce a white paper informed by research and expert consultations. With Carnegie’s support, PoW will analyze the intersection of civics and workforce development and create an integrated framework that moves beyond the false choice between civic engagement and career success. Key deliverables include a white paper (2027), two cross-sector convenings at Carnegie’s offices (fall 2026 and summer 2027), and a communications strategy using storytelling and thought leadership. The project aims to catalyze new initiatives that equip young people for both economic mobility and meaningful civic participation while advancing research and uniting educators around shared goals.
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For a project institutionalizing an “International Crime Lab” to develop city-based strategies for non-state criminal actors in Latin America
Date
Jun. 04, 2026
Duration
36 months
Description
Latin America and the Caribbean account for only eight percent of the world’s population but roughly one-third of global homicides, yet many governments lack the tools to fully understand how non-state actors contribute to this challenge or design effective interventions. The University of Chicago’s International Crime Lab (ICL) seeks to address this gap through a four-stage model: mapping criminal systems; co-designing interventions with city officials, police, and prosecutors; testing those interventions through rigorous evaluation; and deploying successful approaches to new cities. Working in Medellín, Mexico City, and Rio de Janeiro, the ICL will test interventions with findings scaled through an Organized Crime Leadership Academy training 50-100 policymakers annually, co-funded by the Inter-American Development Bank. The project aims to contribute to reducing violence and weakening criminal control over communities, improving safety and stability for people living under the reach of dangerous non-state actors.
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In support of the Carnegie Science Debates
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
18 months
Description
Carnegie Science is an independent, nonprofit scientific research institution founded in 1902 by Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie Science proposes a new series of public debates that invites audiences inside one of the most important elements of science: disagreement. The series aims to build public trust by demonstrating that debate, skepticism, and the testing of competing ideas are essential to scientific progress. With support from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, Carnegie Science will produce three live events at public venues in Washington, D.C., featuring moderated debates among scientists from Carnegie and other leading research institutions. The events will be filmed and developed into nine digital episodes, extending the series to broader audiences online.
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As a final grant to the Centre for African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI)
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
The Centre for African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI), established in 2017 at the Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand, is the first higher learning institution on African philanthropy. With Carnegie support since 2018, CAPSI has built a network of early-career researchers and doctoral and master’s students in the field of African philanthropy, produced publications, and convened forums including the annual African Philanthropy Conference. With renewed Carnegie support, this proposed final grant will allow CAPSI to expand doctoral and master’s training, strengthen research and publication activities, and deepen its role as the leading center for African philanthropy scholarship and practice, producing a new cohort of emerging academics and advancing the study and practice of African philanthropy.
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For support of the China and the World Program
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
China’s expanding role as a global great power has prompted increasing demands for expert, objective, and rigorous study of its foreign relations. Politically expedient decision-making without the benefit of such study will only serve to intensify heightened U.S.-China tensions. By supporting post-doctoral fellows with a focus on China’s international relations who have recently received their PhDs, Columbia University’s China and the World Program (C&WP) seeks to hone scholars’ expertise in this area and assist them in acquiring and keeping teaching positions in academic institutions. Through its Carnegie-supported fellowship and public events, C&WP will continue to play a vital role in meeting the high demand for scholarship and education for the next generation of students about the challenges and opportunities posed by China’s rise.
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For project support for college and career supports for students at the Partnership’s five high schools
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Since 2007, the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools has managed 20 high-need LAUSD campuses across Watts, Boyle Heights, and South Los Angeles, where its 13,550 students have progressed toward grade-level standards approximately 1.5 times faster than the district average. Building on previous Carnegie support that in part helped nearly double four-year college acceptance rates to 62 percent and increase graduation rates to 90 percent, the Partnership is now focused on enhancing postsecondary outcomes for over 5,000 high school students. Through this grant, the Partnership will provide a comprehensive set of supports necessary to overcome postsecondary barriers and maintain graduation rates, including student internships and the Carnegie Scholarship for Civic Engagement.
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For core support of Prelude
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
High-quality work-based learning experiences greatly enhance college and career outcomes, yet only 2 percent of high school students nationwide participate in internships, a gap that disproportionately affects lower-income students lacking professional networks and career exposure. Prelude addresses this issue with their Learn & Earn high school internship model, which integrates structured skill development, mentorship, and career exploration into the school day, showing stronger program persistence and providing financial benefits as students earn $5,500 annually. Founded in June 2021, Prelude has since expanded their program from serving 29 students in one high school to 84 students across five cities. With Carnegie support, Prelude aims to double the enrollment in the Learn & Earn program, reaching 300 student interns in two years, who will work 6-10 hours weekly with employer partners such as Audible, Wells Fargo, NFI Industries, and The Campbell’s Company. The program not only equips students with essential professional skills and workplace experience but also significantly boosts their potential earnings, with a goal of 90 percent of students enrolling in college or securing full-time employment within six months of graduation.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
At a moment when the nation’s commitment to democratic values and the rule of law is being tested, the Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) ensures that people can access due process, understand their rights and responsibilities, and move forward lawfully to contribute fully to their communities. Founded in 1988 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to address a critical need for quality, affordable legal services at the local level, CLINIC has grown into the largest nonprofit legal immigration network in the United States with more than 400 service providers, working to promote the dignity and rights of immigrants through legal pathways. With renewed Carnegie support, CLINIC will expand the capacity of immigration legal service programs across the United States, train more than 3,000 practitioners, increase understanding of legal pathways, support naturalization and family unity, strengthen protections against unauthorized legal practice, and deepen public dialogue on a fair, functional legal immigration system grounded in American values and Catholic social teaching.
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As a final grant to the African Research Universities Alliance
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), formed in 2015 and comprising twenty-three leading universities across thirteen countries, seeks to build globally competitive, research-intensive institutions capable of driving Africa’s socioeconomic future. ARUA has established thirteen Centers of Excellence to strengthen doctoral training, research collaboration, and supervisory capacity across member universities. In this proposed final grant of Carnegie support, ARUA will implement a fellowship for mid-career researchers, convene a high-level meeting on higher education in Africa, and support leadership engagement with member institutions to advance institutional capability, deepen collaboration, and strengthen research and policy influence across the continent.
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As a one-time grant for emergency funding
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
The Kyiv School of Economics (KSE), Ukraine’s leading educational and research institution, serves more than 1,700 students and employs 800 staff. This winter, 350 members of the KSE community need emergency heating and housing support due to Russian attacks causing prolonged power outages in Kyiv, with an additional 250 expected to require assistance if bombardments continue. With winter temperatures reaching −20°C and only limited on-campus shelter available, urgent support is needed to improve living conditions. Corporation support would provide generators, battery systems, connectivity, and winterization supplies to help ensure safety and continuity of education during ongoing blackouts.
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As a final grant for support of web-based research and analysis on North Korea
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
North Korea’s expanding weapons and technological developments have growing implications for U.S. national security and regional stability, yet public and policy analysis often lacks real-time, data-driven insights. This often leads to skewed perceptions of what can or should be done to solve this decades-long dilemma. The 38 North program at the Henry L. Stimson Center will continue to serve as a trusted source on North Korea’s weapons, technological, and socioeconomic developments. The program will produce specialized research and maintain innovative digital content, including satellite investigations and comprehensive mapping, to provide policymakers, government officials, and the public with rigorous analysis on weapons and technological developments and foster a more informed and measured debate on North Korea.
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For support of its communications and outreach efforts
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Launched in 2021, Welcome.US is a national initiative focused on mobilizing Americans to engage directly in welcoming newcomers, beginning with Afghans and Ukrainians seeking refuge and expanding to support arrivals from around the world. By engaging people in hands-on welcoming efforts, Welcome.US builds community capacity, supports durable policy commitments that help newcomers and host communities thrive together, and fosters a lasting culture of welcome. In just four years, the initiative has helped mobilize 2.8 million Americans and more than 250 cross-sector partners nationwide to become “Welcomers.” With Carnegie support, Welcome.US will focus on expanding its work engaging Americans and institutions in welcoming newcomers, generating storytelling content from the perspective of the volunteers, and the launch of a new citizenship initiative that empowers American volunteers to help legal permanent residents navigate the naturalization process.
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As a final grant for the doctoral program in social studies at Makerere Institute for Social Research (MISR)
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
The Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), established in 2012 at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, is a postgraduate training institute with a mission to revitalize education in the social sciences and humanities in Africa, and has received Carnegie support since 2017. MISR’s interdisciplinary MPhil/PhD program has become a model for rigorous research training in the social sciences and humanities in Africa, combining coursework, theory, and empirical research. Over its first decade, MISR has graduated 12 PhDs and over 60 MPhils. With renewed Carnegie support, this final grant will allow MISR to offer final support for PhD and postdoc fellowships, research thematic groups, scholarly engagement, academic publications, and enhancing its academic library.
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For support of its campaign to engage members of the military and their families in civic life
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 2016, Common Defense Education Fund (CDEF) is the largest grassroots organization of military veterans. It invests in its members’ leadership through training and engagement in grassroots advocacy campaigns, leveraging the credibility of their service. Recognizing the pivotal and trusted role of the veteran voice in democracy, CDEF aims to fill a gap in the current veteran civic ecosystem by focusing on working-class, enlisted, and multiracial veterans who make up the majority of the constituency. In partnership with a broad multisector coalition, CDEF will anchor civic education, leadership development, and year-round organizing among military populations. CDEF will also provide mutual aid workshops and support services—including guidance on veterans affairs claims and resource fairs for unhoused veterans—as a stabilizing bridge to long-term civic involvement. With Carnegie support, CDEF will support and empower transitioning service members, veterans and their families with tools to effectively engage in nonpartisan civic life.
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For support of the Weave: The Social Fabric Project
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Weave: The Social Fabric Project was founded in 2018 by New York Times columnist David Brooks, in partnership with the Aspen Institute, to spotlight and support the grassroots leaders and neighbors who are building trust, relationships, and community in local settings. The project aims to strengthen America’s civic fabric by rebuilding the social trust that supports a healthy democracy. The project responds to deep community disconnection, declining institutional trust, and weakening civic participation by supporting local “weavers” who build relationships, shared responsibility, and mutual care. With Carnegie’s support, Weave will enhance its Social Trust Map, an interactive experience showing different neighborhoods and their traits linked to social trust, to guide community action, develop relational skill building courses, and host four in-person local salons to model trust-building conversations. This support will expand the tools, training, and civic infrastructure needed to grow this trust-building movement and shift cultural norms toward mutual care.
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For project support of the Virtual and In-Person Senate Immersion Module for students
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Many students lack opportunities to engage with democratic processes and institutions, leaving them unprepared for civic participation. Since 2015, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate (EMKI) has addressed this gap through its flagship Senate Immersion Module (SIM), an experiential program in which students act as senators, debate public issues, negotiate compromises, and participate in all stages of lawmaking in a full-scale Senate Chamber replica. Supported by pre- and post-visit lessons on negotiation, lawmaking, and civil discourse, SIM builds civic skills such as reasoning, dialogue, and consensus-building. With Carnegie support, EMKI will expand access through two initiatives: the development of a new Virtual Senate Immersion Module (V-SIM), expected to serve 25 student groups (approximately 1,000 students) in its first year once developed, and the expansion of in-person SIM from four to five program days per week, increasing annual reach from 8,000 to at least 9,200 students and engaging roughly 18,000 students over the two-year grant period, which will allow EMKI to engage more low-income students both in Massachusetts and nationally.
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For support of the election protection hotline
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Voting rights experts anticipate obstacles for voting to intensify in the upcoming midterm elections, including an increase in mis- and dis-information campaigns. Founded in 1963, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) was created at the request of President John F. Kennedy to mobilize the nation’s leading lawyers as agents for change in the civil rights movement. For more than sixty years, it has engaged in voting rights and civil rights litigation, advocacy, and nonpartisan voter education at the national, state, and local levels. Leading the Election Protection (EP) coalition, the Lawyers’ Committee provides real-time support and rapid-response infrastructure that complements its legal advocacy. In 2024, the program mobilized more than 5,000 trained volunteers to staff the national 866-OUR-VOTE hotline to assist voters facing long lines, technical failures, and misinformation during early voting and on Election Day. With Carnegie support, the Lawyers’ Committee will expand and deepen the impact of the 866-OUR-VOTE hotline in advance of and during the 2026 midterm elections to serve more than 300,000 voters.
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For project support of a youth changemaker challenge for civic engagement in the U.S. and Sub-Saharan Africa
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
While more than 70 percent of sub-Saharan Africa’s population and 52 percent of the world’s population are under thirty, formal political structures are dominated by older adults. According to UN Youth, fewer than 3 percent of parliamentarians globally fall within this age bracket. For forty-five years, Ashoka has leveraged its international network of social entrepreneurs to address this gap by developing youth leadership in the changemaking sector. To date, they have developed over 20,000 youth-led social ventures across thirty-seven countries and provided over $20 million in seed funding. With this proposed grant, Ashoka will build on past changemaker initiatives to launch the Carnegie Challenge for Civic Leadership. Working with ground-level partners to promote this initiative, the challenge will support over 1,000 youth aged twenty and below to identify solutions for civic issues in their communities across the U.S., Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. Selected participants will receive prize money to launch and grow their projects, certification as civic leaders, and ongoing support within a strong global community of changemakers.
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As a one-time grant for support of the Teen Voices: America’s 250th project
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
18 months
Description
As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, New York City’s libraries are playing a vital role in inspiring young people to explore, reflect, and share their own American stories. Writing is a powerful form of self-expression, and when young people see that their voices matter, they are more likely to engage in civic life as adults. Yet fewer than half of students in New York City today are proficient readers and writers, highlighting the importance of programs that cultivate these skills. Reaching nearly 140,000 teens each year across 89 branch libraries, New York Public Library’s (NYPL) free programs for New York City youth help to bridge these gaps. Their city-wide Teen Voices contest and magazine project offers young people ages 13-18 the opportunity to submit their stories, essays, poems, and art to be published in print and digital formats. With support from Carnegie, NYPL will offer two special Teen Voices contests inviting NYC-based youth to reflect on what America means to them. In conjunction, NYPL will offer an array of themed programs celebrating America’s 250th and engaging youth in telling their American story, including writing workshops, classroom field trips showcasing NYPL’s archives, a summer writing contest for students ages 6-12, and an activity guide for educators, families, and community organizations.
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For core support of the Public Media Bridge Fund
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 2001, Public Media Company (PMC) has worked with more than 400 local media organizations across fifty states to ensure local media informs, connects, and inspires communities. The Public Media Bridge Fund (PMFB) is a philanthropic collaborative fund operated by PMC to respond to federal cuts to funding for local public media and to support new thinking and mechanisms to navigate the public media system and determine long-term funding mechanisms. The PMBF is prioritizing interventions for those local public news entities most susceptible to closure. With Carnegie support, the PMFB will help guide local public media systems in rural and underserved areas in ensuring the long-term sustainability of local and national news and educational programming for millions of Americans.
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For support of its Center for Constitutional Studies' youth civic education program
Date
Jun. 04, 2026
Duration
15 months
Description
As Utah’s largest public university, UVU’s Center for Constitutional Studies advances the rule of law through nonpartisan academic programming. Key initiatives include the Tocqueville Fellowship and Summer Civic Institute, where students engage in hands-on civic projects and civil dialogue. Additionally, the center’s Constitutional Literacy Institute equips K–12 teachers to bring constitutional expertise to their classrooms. Carnegie funding will support twenty undergraduate fellows and expand teacher training in civil discourse.
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For the safe water initiative in Gaza
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
12 months
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For project support to convene a symposium and publish a policy brief exploring how sports can be harnessed to increase civic engagement and reduce polarization
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 2024, the Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy and Government Service at the University of Southern California (USC) advances evidence-based policy research, civic engagement, and public leadership through four centers, including the Center for Civic Society (CCS). With support from Carnegie under the Education program’s new initiative focused on youth sports as a vehicle for civic engagement and reducing polarization, CCS will design and host a one-day symposium bringing together approximately 40 leaders across sports, research, policy, and civil society to examine how sports strengthen civic engagement and social cohesion. The day will open with a keynote followed by three panels on who participates in sports communities, what institutions can do, and how sports narratives shape civic attitudes. One panel will focus on the specific conditions under which participation in youth sports develops the habits, relationships, and capacities that strengthen civic life and mitigate polarization. CCS will select high-profile speakers and cover meeting expenses, including travel stipends for attendees requiring support. The event will take place on USC’s Los Angeles campus in fall 2026. The deliverable will be an evidence-based framework, published as a Schaeffer Institute white paper and released in conjunction with Carnegie, that identifies how sports can be harnessed to strengthen democracy and that substantiates recommended funding priorities.
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For project support to expand work-based learning opportunities for high school students in New York City
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 1995, PENCIL has spent more than 30 years connecting New York City public school students with professional networks, essential skills, and work-based learning experiences that support long-term economic mobility, growing its annual reach from 7,400 students in 2022 to more than 12,000 in 2024. As a central partner to New York City’s FutureReady initiative, PENCIL is now poised to scale significantly to reach more than 80,000 students annually through partnerships with schools and the central office by 2029. The proposed grant will fund the direct student programming that public contracts do not cover across 45 or more schools, including career exploration and skill-building for ninth and tenth graders and paid internships and work-based learning for upperclassmen, growing annual reach from 24,000 to 35,000 students in the first year.
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For project support for start-up grants to create two-year college programs within selective universities
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
36 months
Description
For millions of low-income students, a high-quality, affordable college education remains out of reach. Pell grant recipients are severely underrepresented at selective institutions, the cost of attendance has far outpaced available financial aid, and completion rates at two-year colleges remain low, with only 16 percent of students ultimately earning a bachelor’s degree within six years. The Come to Believe Foundation (CTB) was founded to address these challenges by replicating a proven model: an affordable, rigorous, high-touch, and holistically supportive two-year college embedded within a four-year university. First established at Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago in 2015, the model has since expanded to four institutions, with nearly 80 percent of students transferring to bachelor’s degree programs. Of the students who transfer, 70 percent earn a bachelor’s degree within five years, well above the national average of 16 percent. This grant will fund matching grants of up to $500,000 each for four new CTB colleges, creating 1,200 postsecondary seats and serving 6,000 students over the next decade.
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For project support to launch an AI Engineering Workforce initiative
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the workforce faster than most training systems can keep pace, creating high-paying roles in AI infrastructure computing and agentic engineering that remain inaccessible to many from underserved communities due to the cost of traditional technical training programs, which often run $20,000 to $30,000. Kura Labs is a nonprofit workforce training academy that has reduced that cost to approximately $2,000 to $3,000 per participant by combining instructor-led instruction with enterprise-grade simulations through its partnership with Codon, a platform that replicates real-world AI and cloud infrastructure environments. Since its founding in 2020, Kura Labs has trained more than 100 engineers and achieved placement rates of 80 to 90 percent, with graduates landing roles at Bloomberg, AWS, Oracle, and Capital One, and many participants more than doubling their income to starting salaries up to $100,000. This grant will more than double Kura Labs’ historical participant volume, serving 400 to 500 participants over 24 months as it evolves its program to focus on AI infrastructure and agentic engineering roles.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Established in the wake of the 2018 murders at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Eradicate Hate Global Summit is now a multi-faceted initiative dedicated to combating hate-fueled rhetoric and violence, uniting a diverse array of international experts and community leaders focused on promoting civil discourse and bridge-building. It has since evolved into a multi-faceted initiative focused on combating hate-fueled violence targeting faith and marginalized communities. Its programs engage over 1,500 international experts and leaders dedicated to eliminating violent extremism. In addition to the Global Summit and aligned Student Summit, core activities include year-round programming that engages young people as leaders in the prevention of hate-motivated violence in their communities and schools. With renewed Carnegie support, Eradicate Hate will continue to facilitate year-round collaboration across various fields and borders, utilizing its specialized working groups and annual convenings to implement practical, research-based solutions and achieve quantifiable progress towards its priorities.
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For support of its Braver Politics and Braver Education initiatives
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 2016, Braver Angels is the nation’s leading cross-partisan, volunteer-led movement to bridge the partisan divide and strengthen communities. Operating through a volunteer-powered network of alliances in 37 states and supported by more than 17,900 individual donors and 15,000 annual members, Braver Angels has developed cross-partisan programming such as workshops, debates, summits, and panels for community members, young people, and elected officials. Carnegie funding will support two initiatives: Braver Politics, which builds cross-partisan state legislative caucuses in New Hampshire, Utah, and Washington State by pairing inside-the-chamber relationship-building with grassroots constituent engagement, and Braver Education, which will develop, pilot, and evaluate a five-module youth civic development curriculum in Colorado, Illinois, and Ohio through partnerships with community-based youth-serving organizations.
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In support of a teaching training program at the Graduate School of Education
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
The Andrew Carnegie Foundation will support the Asian University for Women’s development of a new Master’s in Teaching program that prepares women educators to establish and lead secondary schools for girls in underserved communities across Asia. By training cohorts of women to create safe, accessible, and high-quality local schools in their home communities, the initiative seeks to reduce barriers to girls’ education, strengthen women’s leadership, and expand educational opportunity where access to secondary education remains limited. The program aims to create a growing network of community-based schools that bring quality education closer to girls and help them remain in school.
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For support of More in Common’s democracy and polarization research and a segmentation on youth
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
36 months
Description
More in Common works across seven countries, including the United States, to identify the root causes of social fragmentation and defend democratic foundations against declining public trust. It conducts rigorous research grounded in social psychology and political science to surface shared values, counter “us vs. them” narratives, and equip civil society leaders to build more cohesive democratic societies. With Carnegie support, More in Common will update its groundbreaking 2019 report, Hidden Tribes of America, producing new research with a special focus on youth, 14-29 years of age, and cultivate a robust network of bipartisan partners and initiatives aimed at diminishing polarization and fostering a more cohesive society.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
The Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration is a coalition of nearly 600 leaders from diverse colleges and universities serving over 5 million students in 42 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. It is the leading national organization working at the nexus of immigration and post-secondary schooling. The alliance provides legal guidance, policy analysis, and access to the Higher Ed Immigration Portal, now reaching nearly 40,000 monthly users across more than 40 partner organizations. Carnegie support will help the alliance continue to support higher education immigration pathways for international and U.S.-based students, which sustains the nation’s civic and economic vitality.
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For support of a project to build digital platforms
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Recent years have seen the rapid decline of traditional media, accompanied by a sharp decline in public trust and acceleration of polarization. These trends are widely recognized to be exacerbated by social media. New_ Public was established by on-line media leaders to redesign the social media landscape by creating digital environments that foster genuine connection and civic participation in communities nationwide. With renewed Carnegie support, New_ Public will continue to develop and expand new models of digital infrastructure to promote a healthy and cohesive civil society.
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In support of educational programming
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 1981, The Actors’ Gang (TAG) is a Los Angeles-based theater company and educational organization established by a collective of artists. TAG uses theater to foster creativity, strengthen communities, and create opportunities for personal transformation through its performance, education, and prison programs. Its nationally recognized Prison Project has demonstrated the power of theater to build empathy, communication, and self-reflection among incarcerated individuals, reinforcing the organization’s belief that creative expression can strengthen both individuals and communities. An Andrew Carnegie Foundation grant will support The Actors’ Gang Education Program (TAG-ED), expanding access to young people in underserved communities while strengthening program evaluation. Through theater workshops in schools and community settings, students build confidence, communication, empathy, and teamwork while learning to understand different perspectives, engage constructively with others, and become more active participants in their schools, communities, and civic life.
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For continued support and expansion of the Citizenship Test Initiative, including partnerships with libraries
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Fewer than one in four eighth graders score proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress civics assessment. Addressing this challenge requires high-quality civic and history education at scale. The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, founded in 1994, improves the teaching and learning of American history through primary source-based educational programs, reaching approximately 38,000 schools and 100,000 teachers. With this renewal grant, the Institute will continue expanding its Citizenship Test Initiative by developing study aids for all 128 Citizenship Test questions, releasing an Advanced Placement United States Government and Politics study guide expected to reach 250,000 students, and launching a national library contest that will award grants to 25 libraries annually, with the goal of supporting 100 libraries nationwide over the grant period, prioritizing those serving underserved communities.
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For core support of the Principled Citizenship Program
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Mormon Women for Ethical Government (MWEG) was founded in January 2017 by a small group of Latter-day Saint women who were concerned about the divisive politics of the 2016 United States election cycle. The nonpartisan organization empowers women of faith to advocate for ethical governance, protect democratic institutions, and promote bipartisan solutions. Through its Principled Citizen program, MWEG will equip women with issue-based educational materials, media literacy, and advocacy education and training to be more active and engaged citizens beyond elections.
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For project support to help a cohort of first-generation college-students gain credentials while attending college
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
30 months
Description
First-generation college students from low-income backgrounds often lack the professional networks, career guidance, and credentials needed to launch economically mobile careers. ScholarMatch, founded in 2010, addresses this gap through a seven-year integrated model spanning college access, persistence, and career launch. It has served more than 10,000 students with strong outcomes. With support from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, ScholarMatch will launch a pilot program enabling 50 college juniors and seniors to earn industry-recognized digital certifications alongside their degrees, with up to $3,000 per student for high-value credentials. ScholarMatch will conduct a labor market analysis, develop a playbook, and translate pilot findings into accessible resources for diverse stakeholder audiences, maximizing impact well beyond the initial cohort.
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For project support to expand a free virtual tutoring program powered by volunteers
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Low-income students continue to face persistent pandemic-related academic gaps, with traditional tutoring programs costing thousands of dollars per student and pandemic recovery funding largely expired. Founded in 2016, UPchieve is an edtech nonprofit that connects middle and high school students across the country with trained volunteers for free, 24/7 online tutoring in 35 subjects and college counseling. To date, UPchieve volunteers have answered more than 350,000 tutoring requests from more than 50,000 students, and a Mathematica randomized controlled trial found that students who completed 10 or more sessions enrolled in four-year colleges at a rate of 72 percent. With support from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, UPchieve will expand its team, launch fully sponsored partnerships with 10 low-income schools, and grow the National Tutoring Honor Society (NTHS), with the goal of reaching more than 40,000 students annually by 2027.
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For project support to provide access to civic experiences in D.C. Public School classrooms
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Washington D.C.’s students grow up surrounded by some of the most significant civic institutions in the country, yet students in the city’s most economically disadvantaged communities have historically had few civic learning experiences. DCPS adopted a skills-based, inquiry-driven social studies approach grounded in the C3 Framework and embedded an eighth-grade Action Civics course as mandatory, credit-bearing coursework across all schools. The D.C. Public Education Fund (D.C. Ed Fund) is DCPS’s independent nonprofit strategic partner, having raised more than $225 million in philanthropic investment over nearly two decades. This grant will complete the full grades 6-12 civics curriculum sequence, deepen implementation of the Action Civics course, expand student-facing civic programming across grades 6-12, and fund transportation to connect students to the Smithsonian, Library of Congress, embassies, and other civic institutions.
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For a project to embed constructive dialogue in higher education across state systems and individual campuses
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
The Constructive Dialogue Institute (CDI) is one of the nation’s leading organizations working to help colleges and universities prepare students to communicate, collaborate, and solve problems across differences. CDI combines evidence-based student programming with institution-wide strategies designed to strengthen campus culture, reduce polarization, and build the skills needed for democratic participation and workforce success. This grant will support CDI’s efforts to expand dialogue programming through state higher education systems and individual campus partnerships while exploring how dialogue skills can be integrated into career-readiness pathways. Carnegie funding will provide targeted subsidies to public institutions, community colleges, minority-serving institutions, and campuses serving larger numbers of low-income students that would otherwise be unable to participate. The project will directly support approximately 300,000 students across 40 campuses as part of CDI’s broader effort to reach 1.25 million students nationwide.
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For project support to recognize colleges and universities creating upward mobility through the Carnegie Classification
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
36 months
Description
Higher education faces a growing legitimacy crisis as rising costs and student debt prompt questions about whether colleges deliver meaningful economic opportunity for low-income and first-generation students. Building on a catalytic early investment from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching partnered with the American Council on Education to reimagine its 50-year-old Carnegie Classification as an outcomes-focused framework. In 2025, the resulting Student Access and Earnings Classification identified 478 Opportunity Colleges and Universities (OCUs), which deliver both high access and competitive earnings. This grant encourages more institutions to become OCUs through research (a 50-State Report, State Data Profiles, and a “Near-OCU Query Tool”) and engagement with 387 near-OCU institutions enrolling over 2.5 million students. The goal is to double the share of undergraduates at OCUs to 30 percent by 2037, with milestones of 250,000 additional students by 2028 and 1 million by 2031.
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For core support to NewsMatch to increase education news coverage in rural newsrooms across the country
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
NewsMatch, housed at the Miami Foundation and operated by the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), addresses the collapse of local journalism that has left two-thirds of media outlets without any education reporting. NewsMatch supports over 500 nonprofit newsrooms across the U.S. with targeted funding, training, one-on-one coaching, and tools to build fundraising strategies, run digital campaigns, secure local matches, and strengthen donor relationships. Through its Education Partner Fund, NewsMatch ensures that critical coverage of school boards, budgets, and education equity reaches the communities that need it most. The Foundation’s funding has directly supported 119 newsrooms across 38 states, with a targeted focus on rural newsrooms and K–12 education coverage in news desert regions. With continued support, NewsMatch will launch the 2026–27 Education Partner Fund campaign with a back-to-school focus, deepening coverage that helps citizens make informed decisions during school board elections. NewsMatch will also survey Education Partner Fund recipients to surface real-world examples of how local education journalism keeps communities informed and civically engaged, strengthening the long-term sustainability of local newsrooms serving rural America.
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For project support to scale digital citizenship resources, library media literacy initiative, and annual summit sponsorship
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Established in 2003, Common Sense Media is the leading U.S. organization dedicated to helping young people thrive in the digital world. Its Digital Citizenship Program draws on rigorous research across AI, technology, child well-being, and education to equip young people with the skills needed to navigate an increasingly complex information landscape. Common Sense reaches 1.5 million educators across two-thirds of U.S. schools. With the Foundation’s support, Common Sense developed a revised K–12 digital literacy curriculum featuring nearly 200 lessons covering AI literacy and civil discourse, successfully piloted 16 media literacy workshops across seven public libraries reaching 550 teens and 33 librarians, and hosted the Common Sense Summit with over 600 attendees including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sam Altman, and Sal Khan. The rise of AI and misinformation heightens the civic information crisis. Common Sense serves as a strategic countermeasure, equipping communities to navigate AI-driven information environments and utilizing schools and libraries as key distribution hubs. With renewed support, Common Sense will launch its K–12 curriculum to 95,000 schools, scale library workshops through partnerships including the Urban Libraries Council, and sponsor the Common Sense Summit in 2027 and 2028.
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For project support of career, college, and civic readiness at I Have a Dream Foundation East Harlem
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
18 months
Description
Founded in 1981 by businessman Eugene Lang in East Harlem, the “I Have A Dream” Foundation (IHAD) has grown into a national organization serving approximately 3,000 Dream Scholars across 11 affiliate and chapter sites in 28 states through a “first grade to first job” model that provides long-term academic, social-emotional, and career readiness support to every scholar regardless of need, achieving a 96 percent high school graduation rate and 88 percent postsecondary enrollment rate in New York City. Entering its 45th year, IHAD is expanding its East Harlem and Chelsea sites, including the launch of a new site at P.S. 146 in September 2026. The proposed grant will support three initiatives: a Dream School Pipeline Expansion enrolling 170 new students, a Workforce for the Future Initiative providing career readiness programming to 140 scholars and a Service Learning and Civic Engagement Initiative engaging 40 Dream Scholars through youth councils and community-based leadership projects, reaching 350 or more Dream Scholars in total.
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For project support of Tango expanding programs into state university systems, community colleges, high schools, and libraries
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Tango is an evidence-based civic bridge-building initiative founded in 2018 in the Harvard University laboratory of Joshua Greene. Through a cooperative online quiz game, Tango pairs participants from different political, religious, racial, or geographic backgrounds and asks them to work together as teammates rather than debate one another. A study published in Nature Human Behaviour, based on five randomized controlled trials involving approximately 5,000 participants, found that less than one hour of gameplay reduced polarization and increased cross-partisan respect, with effects lasting at least four months. To date, approximately 15,000 individuals have participated through public games and deployments at more than a dozen colleges and universities. With Carnegie support, Tango will expand through higher education institutions, civic and community organizations, public libraries, and high school settings. The organization will develop new partnerships, create age-appropriate content for adolescents, and conduct additional research and evaluation. The proposed work aligns with Carnegie’s Civic Participation strategy by helping young people and adults build the trust, relationships, and experiences needed to engage constructively across differences.
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