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Project Title
For a U.S.-China Track II dialogue on Taiwan
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Although Taiwan is the most dangerous flashpoint between the United States and China, the two governments are no longer having regular in-depth discussions about Taiwan’s politics. Washington believes that Beijing is likely to use force against Taiwan in the coming decade and that radical steps are needed to strengthen deterrence, while Beijing is losing confidence in America’s “one China” policy and believes that it is emboldening Taiwan to pursue independence. Establishing greater understanding and trust regarding Taiwan will help forestall a crisis in U.S.-China relations that might lead to conflict between two nuclear-armed states. Toward this end, the German Marshall Fund’s Indo-Pacific Program will launch a sustained dialogue between American and Chinese experts who are both well-informed about Taiwan and well-connected to their respective governments.
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For the Congressional Fiscal Security Leadership Initiative
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Congress plays an essential role in U.S. foreign policy and national security including throughits appropriation and oversight functions. However, there is a scarcity ofunderstanding of the federal budget and the budget process among congressionalstaff. To help bolster staffers’ knowledge and capacity, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget will create the Fiscal Security Leadership Initiative,a course for mid- to senior-level Hill staff to improve their understanding of the relationship between the budget and foreign policy strategy, the impact of mandatory spending on security issues, and the global perspective on U.S. debt. The project’s design will also contribute to fostering better bipartisan and bicameral relationships.
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For support of the Disagree Better Initiative
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
39 months
Description
Fueled by partisan animosity, polarization is threatening the state of democracy and preventing policymakers from being able to deal with disagreements in a manner that is productive and healthy. For a healthy democracy to endure, citizens must be equipped with the skills to engage in constructive dialogue, as well as have examples in government that model and encourage healthy conflict. Founded in 1908, the National Governors Association (NGA) is a bipartisan organization comprised of the nation’s governors dedicated to the development of policy research and bipartisan government relations. With Corporation support, NGA will launch the Disagree Better Initiative, connecting its members to organizations and tools that help model good behavior and set examples of how to foster spaces for constructive conflict for governors and the public.
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For advancing university transformation through strengthening the early- and mid-career academic pipeline
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
Over the last decade, the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has enhanced its profile as a leading research-intensive university while changing the demographics of its faculty. It has reached over 50 percent from designated groups through empowering emerging academics. Along with diversifying the academy, Wits endeavors to produce scholars who work across disciplinary and institutional boundaries to solve complex problems, who serve communities locally while being globally connected, who transform thinking that transcends the digital economy, and who make a difference in society regardless of their home-based discipline. Corporation renewed support, combined with Wits’ internal funds and other external funding, will offer competitive doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships, as well as grants to enable advancement of early-career researchers.
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For documenting postdoctoral training models and convening regional stakeholders and postdoctoral fellows
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
39 months
Description
The Corporation’s Higher Education and Research in Africa (HERA) program has supported severalmodels of postdoctoral opportunities for early-career African academics across a range of disciplines and higher education contexts over the last decade. Demonstrating the institutional and societal impact of post-PhD training programs is essential to gaining support from university and government leaders. Another challenge is that postdoctoral fellows often conduct research in silos within their disciplines. With renewed Corporation support, South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) will conduct case studies of post-PhD training programs,convene postdoctoral fellows across transdisciplinary networks, and link the project to NRF’sScience Granting Councils Initiative, which facilitates the development of research funding agencies in seventeen African countries.
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For dialogues on reducing nuclear risks
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
16 months
Description
The global nonproliferation regime, as well as the future of nuclear arms control, are under pressure from Russia’s war in Ukraine as well as modernization programs in all nine nuclear weapon possessor states.With renewed support, Pugwash will continue its efforts to leverage the expertise and connections of its members to foster dialogue between influential individuals and groups from around the world.These discussions aim to reduce misunderstandings and miscalculations in regions where nuclear risks are present, alleviate tensions, and identify and communicate policy options to mitigate those risks.
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For building the capacity of school districts and scaling impact through tool development and communications activities
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
Expanding access to learning experiences that are personalized, mastery-based, and student-centered requires building the local capacity and leadership necessary to scale and sustain them. Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) equips schools and districts to provide student-centered, personalized learning experiences that prepare students with the broad set of skills needed for long-term success. Since NGLC was founded in 2010, the organization has established itself as a prominent catalyst for innovative, student-centered schools and as a trusted partner to districts and communities seeking to implement new approaches. Corporation support over the last five years enabled NGLC to study school districts that successfully transformed learning experiences with positive outcomes for students over extended periods of time, culminating in NGLC’s ‘Transformation Design’ approach to educational systems change. Continued support will allow NGLC to launch the next phase of the Transformation Design work, which will include providing direct support for districts to implement this approach and expanding impact outside of NGLC’s network through tool development and dissemination.
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For core support of its voting rights program
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
According to the United States Census Bureau, 63 million voting-eligible Americans are not registered to vote. A key factor in this statistic is that many states do not fully comply with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). This has resulted in the failure to bring millions of people into the political process, especially low-income people and communities of color. Furthermore, many states have been advancing bills that discourage student voting, restrict absentee voting, and remove registered voters from rolls, which further depresses voter participation. Since 2000, Demos has been promoting a positive voting agenda across the country. Through research, field investigations, lawsuits, and negotiations, Demos has helped millions of Americans obtain or regain access to 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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For general support
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the nation’s students, their families, and teachers has been and will continue to be the defining education story of the coming months and years. In a world unfortunately consumed by misinformation, there’s a need to enhance public understanding, and to achieve that we needed to deliver straightforward, precise, and in-depth reporting. With a five-year track record of leading a fact-based conversation about what was broken in American schools and about the innovators working to fix them, The 74, a nonprofit news organization mobilized to provide in-depth coverage of the pandemic deployed correspondents in five U.S. cities to present unique stories about the impact of the pandemic on education and how its disruption created disproportionate impacts in communities of color. With renewed support from the Corporation, The 74 will continue to build on the innovation in its newsroom operations anddeepen the coverage of the pandemic and its impact on racial equity.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1945 to provide material relief to people in war-torn countries after World War II, CARE is an international humanitarian organization that now provides emergency relief and long-term development support to people in more than 100 countries around the world. In 2020 alone, CARE was able to provide direct humanitarian assistance to more than 74 million people. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, CARE delivered hygiene supplies and personal protective equipment, and conducted outreach and public education on disease prevention. CARE also administered critical resources to Afghan refugees and survivors of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti. With Corporation support, CARE will not only provide emergency aid to disaster-struck communities around the world, but also help countries develop emergency response plans and mitigate the effects of future crises.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Significantly increasing the number of adults in America earning postsecondary degrees and credentials requires comprehensive efforts to address a wide variety of barriers related to persistence in higher education. Complete College America (CCA) is a national nonprofit focused on ensuring that students from all backgrounds can earn a college degree or credential of value. Established in 2009, CCA works with thought leaders and experts from across the country through a forty-seven member Alliance, Fellows, and partners to recognize and address barriers to college completion, eliminate gaps in opportunity and achievement, and promote evidence-based and innovative practices. Continued Corporation support will allow CCA to continue its successful efforts in improving postsecondary education student outcomes by scaling evidence-based strategies.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
0 months
Description
The study of U.S. foreign policy has been traditionally limited in terms of diversity and perspectives of underrepresented communities. This has recently led to concerted efforts among funders and practitioners in the field to address this shortcoming through a variety of measures, including by cultivating a next generation of leaders embodying and embracing diversity. With a specific focus on China, Black China Caucus (BCC) identifies and amplifies Black professionals whose range of careers provide new and diverse perspectives about China. Corporation support will allow BCC to continue programs aimed at enhancing a community of over 170 professionals and future China hands through such initiatives as a professional directory, mentorship program, student pipeline program, and professional development opportunities. BBC’s programs will help deepen and expand the presence of Black China experts in the U.S. discourse and policymaking relevant to China.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1981, the New York City Fire Museum preserves the historic artifacts of the Fire Department of the City of New York, the roots of which can be traced back to the eighteenth century. The museum’s collections consist of more than 10,000 objects and an archive of photographs and books. In addition to preserving and honoring the history of firefighting in New York City, the museum also serves as an educational facility featuring programs developed by the Fire Department of New York’s Fire Safety Education Unit and other educational experts. The programs are offered to public and private school students, and the museum’s facilities are available for educational tours. With Corporation support, the museum will sustain its fire safety education program, launch new exhibitions, and resume programs that were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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For core support of The Hechinger Report
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Nearly two years havepassed since the start of the pandemic and in the months and years ahead, weanticipate a new sense of urgency about the gaps and solutions in our educationsystem that need to be covered and elevated for the public. With many studentsstill studying remotely from home, there is enormous fear that millions ofchildren have lost crucial time in the arc of their educational development,whether they live in large urban centers such as New York City and Los Angelesor rural areas in the Mississippi Delta and the West. The Hechinger Report, aten-year-old nonprofit, award-winning, independent news outlet focused oninnovation and education has been covering the inequities that permeate the U.S. education system, which is projected to be more pronounced over the coming yearsdue to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. With support from theCorporationThe Hechinger Report will strengthen coverage ofinequality, achievement gaps, and solutions- and research-based reporting;bolstering their reporting of under-covered areas such as the West and theSouth; enhancing their engagement to a larger audience; and sustaining theirinvestigative team, diversity initiatives, and in-house fundraising efforts.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
In partnership with Viacom, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation founded Get Schooled in 2010 to help young people thrive in high school, college, and early career jobs through a unique blend of digital content and personalized guidance. Previous Corporation support helped Get Schooled further develop and deploy their best-in-class digital programming to help youth access resonant, research-based resources to reach their education and career goals. Across their three journeys (college access, college persistence and first jobs) Get Schooled employs several key digital strategies to aid youth success: exceptional content shared across multiple platforms, 1:1 guidance, and engaging campaigns and contests. Continued Corporation support will allow Get Schooled to encourage tens of thousands of additional students from low-income families to seek and secure a postsecondary degree, as well as to find success in their first jobs.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
With the education sector in turmoil for much of 2020 and 2021, holding together and shoring up the fragile education journalism ecosystem has never been more essential. School as we know it — from teaching to testing to extracurriculars — has been profoundly disrupted, with troubling consequences often falling hardest on Black, Latinx and Native American students and their families. How the education sector will be changed over the long term remains unclear. Education journalists need to be the public’s guide to an uncertain future, providingreal-time information and analysis to help students, parents and the broader public emerge from the pandemic and its aftermath. Founded in 1947, the Education Writers Association (EWA) has been working for nearly 75 years to strengthen the community of education writers and improve the quality of education coverage to better inform the public. EWA is a vibrant professional community of education journalists — reporters, editors, producers, and freelancers who work for online media, newspapers, radio and TV stations, and magazines. With renewed support from the Corporation. EWA will continue to provide itsmembersaccess to high-quality resources to build their knowledge and skills, allow them to learn from one another, and remain inspired to do the work that is so essential to the future of our society.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
15 months
Description
Authentic partnership between schools and families is critical for a child’s successful learning journey. Yet families, especially those in low-income communities, face barriers to collaborating with their child’s teacher, such as language, lack of internet, time constraints, and limiting mindsets. Family Engagement Lab (FEL), a nonprofit organization created in 2016, is on a mission to provide parents with information and guidance to support learning at home, especially for families from underserved communities. Their home-to-school connection toolFASTalk, is a cost-effective tool for teachers that sends curriculum-aligned learning activities to families by text message in their home language. With Corporation support, FEL will continue to identify and address the evolving needs of their audience during the pandemic and conduct studies ofFASTalk’simpact on student outcomes as they expand. During the grant period, they aim to design and launch a rigorous study ofFASTalk’simpact on student learning to identify and make strategic investments inFASTalk’sproduct and operations to support scaling, including reducing the cost per student and increasing the portion of expenses covered by earned revenue and other local funding.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
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 focus on activities to 1. test and scale strategies for bringing workers’ voices directly into policy development and advocacy; 2. make college more feasible for working people; and 3. ensure federal workforce and higher education policies support racially equitable postsecondary education and training pathways.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
Despite frequent references to education as the “civil rights issue of our time,” there is a glaring disparity between past social justice movements and current education reform: the most visible leaders in education reform are not typically representative of the socio-economic or racial diversity of the populations that they serve. Today more than ever, the sustainability of efforts to improve outcomes for young people depends on the inclusion of leaders who reflect those being served. With support from the Corporation, the Surge Institute has graduated 231 fellows with alumni working with and leading organizations that collectively serve more than 3.4 million students across the United States. Additional support will allow further organizational and program development required to support and accelerate the impact of leaders of color to drive equitable access, outcomes, and experiences for young people, families, and communities.
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For core support of Scaling Student Success
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
The mission of Scaling Student Success (SSS) is to prepare young people holistically and equitably for future success. Their growing Community of Practice (CoP) includes California (CA) school districts dedicated to engaging their community stakeholders to create a Graduate Profile, which offers a renewed vision and definition of the college and career-ready student, serves as an impetus for shifting instructional practices and engaging students in deeper learning, and requires a shift in assessments that provide students authentic ways to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. Core support from the Corporation will allow SSS to continue supporting their CoP as well as the first year of their Reimagining CA Schools Innovation Pilot. The Pilot will engage districts in constructing a community-informed, forward-thinking, student-centered COVID-19 recovery strategy that centers the district’s Graduate Profile as a North Start for redefining student success and dismantling longstanding inequities that have limited opportunities and success of BIPOC students.
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For core support of Welcome.US, a national initiative to involve the business community, philanthropy, and the public in resettling Afghan refugees
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Launched to assist in the resettling of 100,000 Afghan refugees in the United States after the end to the U.S. war in Afghanistan, Welcome.US is a national initiative that is building sustainable infrastructure and public will for refugee resettlement. Welcome.US is collaborating with governments and trusted nonprofit organizations to develop co-sponsorship opportunities that enable private corporations and civic organizations to fill gaps in the existing resettlement pipeline. These partnerships are providing organizational and logistics support to overwhelmed resettlement agencies at the local level. Welcome.US is also developing technology platforms that will help resettled refugees to access material goods, information about jobs, services, and housing, and more. With Corporation support, Welcome.US will work closely with government agencies to identify gaps in the resettlement infrastructure and mobilize institutions in the private and social sectors to address them.
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For core support of Collaborative Student Success, including science-related work
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
9 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic, as well as our nation’s reckoning on race relations and the politicization of classroom curricula, have strained our education system nearly to the breaking point. To help mitigate the effects we need communications and advocacy approaches to meet the needs of the relevant education policies and politics. The Collaborative for Student Success, a leading strategist and central communications hub founded as a collaborative effort of eight foundations including the Corporation, leverages the capacity of state-based partners and provides direct support as needed to allies on the ground. With continued support from the Corporation, the Collaborative will raise awareness of examples of strategic investments in academic programs, interventions and supports that aid student achievement in math, ELA and science. By elevating highly rated materials, the Collaborative will encourage state and local adoption of policies that support the greater use of such material and the deliberate inclusion of meaningful professional development aligned to high-quality curriculum.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
15 months
Description
To prevent the pandemic from deepening inequality for an entire generation of students, we must upskill parents to cultivate and sustain learning habits at home to support their children’s learning. Founded in 2011, Springboard Collaborative has helped close the literacy gap for nearly 60,000 students across twenty-two cities by facilitating collaborations between parents and teachers and equipping parents with the necessary resources to help them supplement their child’s daily educational experience. With support from the Corporation, Springboard Collaborative will continue to support families by 1) growing their reach in more regions than ever before, 2) developing and launching a strategic plan to guide the next four years of growth and innovation, and 3) Carrying out ongoing innovation and improvements to programs and technology.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
15 months
Description
Over the last 20 years, advancing education has moved from being perceived as the responsibility of educators and administrators to being perceived as a responsibility that is owned collectively by the community. While many approaches have sought to bring together diverse organizations and individuals to work together differently for educational change, these efforts have made only incremental improvements. Collective Change Lab (CCL), a new organization launched with support from the Corporation, aims to amplify the voices and wisdom of people from around the world to promote radical transformation in education and other social and environmental problem-solving areas. Continued support will allow CCL to further its work to elevate concrete examples of transformation change through research, communities of practice, leadership development, and changing the narrative.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
The Education Trust (Ed Trust), founded in 1996, is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to closing opportunity gaps by expanding excellence and equity in education from preschool through college for students of color, students from immigrant families, students with disabilities, justice-impacted students, and those from low-income families from early childhood through college. Through research and advocacy, the organization builds and engages diverse communities that care about education equity to increase the political and public will to act on equity issues. Recognizing that a diverse educator workforce positively impacts all students’ academic and social-emotional outcomes, Ed Trust works with states, districts, and educators to identify ways to increase and retain educators of color in our public school system. With continued support from the Corporation, Ed Trust seeks to forward its mission to close opportunity gaps by developing state and district policy roadmaps to increase the diversity of the educator workforce in at least seven states. Furthermore, Ed Trust will build the capacity of current educators of color to aid in advocating for policy changes that better recruit, support, and retain them.
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As a one-time only grant for general support
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
The New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) is a critical resource in the New York City community. They provide families and educators access to creative science learning and have been committed to supporting the community in learning to use science, technology, engineering, and math to tackle complex 21st century challenges, such as climate change and COVID-19. NYSCI reopened on July 2 after being closed for more than a year and a half due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, two months later, on September 1, NYSCI was severely damaged by Hurricane Ida-related flooding, with areas of the museum having up to three feet of standing water and damage to newly built exhibits on the lower floor. They are facing a massive remediation and rebuilding effort that will only be partially funded through insurance and FEMA funds. This general support grant will allow NYSCI to repair and rebuild the damaged areas and restore and reopen their exhibits, to continue their mission of supporting the community in science learning.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
While the nation has made impressive strides toward greater high school completion, college and career readiness have not kept pace. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated existing challenges and created new obstacles for studentson the cusp of their transition to postsecondary opportunities. PENCIL partners with business leaders to provide work-based learning (WBL) experiences that help prepare New York City students to succeed in today’s workforce. Corporation support has enabled PENCIL to play an important role in addressing COVID-related disruptions to these experiences through the Career Explorers Program, which provides WBL experiences designed to mirror real-world industry work decoupled from internship placements that are in short supply. The program has yielded strong student outcomes and provided a blueprint for scaling summer youth employment. Corporation support also allowed PENCIL to conduct an evaluation of program strengths, opportunities for improvement, and gaps in the field, which PENCIL shared in a series of research briefs. Continued Corporation support will allow PENCIL to implement its core programs as well as build knowledge for the field to ensure that all young people have access to a fulfilling and economically sustaining career pathway.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
To address the diverse needs of students, many school districts have added staff to their classrooms to create co-teaching teams to improve student outcomes and reduce inequities. However, classrooms that have adopted this model have often failed to tap into the potential promise they hold. Co-teaching teams need to be coached on how to effectively maximize their collaborative capacity if they are to meet the needs of their students. Blue Engine has developed an evidence-based “team teaching” model that enables co-teacher teams, to accelerate learning for all students through year-long, job-embedded individual and group support for co-teachers and instructional coaches that are tailored to their specific context and goals. Through this final grant for general support, Blue Engine will implement their strategic plan to (a) drive impact through partnerships with schools and school systems; (b) analyze and strengthen their model effectiveness, and (c) build capacity and infrastructure that leads to a sustainable revenue model.
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For a project to integrate curriculum literacy and effective implementation of high-quality instructional materials into their teacher preparation program
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
An overarching problem in teacher development is the disconnect between teacher preparation programs and teacher induction support during an educator’s first years in the classroom. This poses a problem as aspiring teachers lack the necessary guidance to bridge their theoretical coursework with instructional practice based in high-quality curricula. Urban Teachers’ program is clinically based and provides an initial year-long residency working with a mentor teacher, followed by three full years of coaching to novice teachers before licensure. To meet their district partners’ instructional needs, Urban Teachers need to develop and prepare teacher educators with curriculum literacy to effectively implement high-quality instructional materials. Through this grant, Urban Teachers will work in Baltimore City Schools and District of Columbia Public Schools to incorporate curriculum literacy into their coursework and clinical experiences to better prepare future teachers with instructional practices grounded in the use of high-quality curricula.
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For core support of NYC Speaks, a public engagement campaign to identify the policy priorities of diverse communities around New York City
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
In New York City, the public is often disengaged or excluded from political decision making. This has contributed to persistently low levels of satisfaction and trust in local governance. Fiscally sponsored by the Good Nation Foundation and supported by local and national foundations, NYC Speaks is a nonpartisan initiative designed to engage marginalized communities and empower them to inform the policy priorities of the new mayoral administration. NYC Speaks is partnering with civic and community-based organizations around the city to collect community-generated data and develop actionable, community-informed priorities, policies, and programs that the government can incorporate into its budget and decision making.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 2006, the Fair Elections Center (formerly the Fair Elections Legal Network) is a national, nonpartisan organization that is removing barriers to voter registration and voting for historically underrepresented communities. Using a diverse range of tools—including legislative and administrative advocacy, litigation, and technical assistance—the center works to improve election administration, protect voting rights, and provide legal expertise to state-level voter mobilization groups. In 2012, it launched the Campus Vote Project (CVP), a partnership with college administrations to promote student voting. CVP supports campuses to build voter registration, education, and mobilization programs targeting eligible student voters. With Corporation support, the Fair Elections Center will continue to defend Americans’ constitutional right to vote and reduce barriers to the ballot box.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
YouthForce NOLA (YouthForce) is an education, business, and civic collaborative that prepares New Orleans public school students to succeed in the high-wage, high-demand STEM career pathways available in the Greater New Orleans region. Previous Corporation support allowed YouthForce to develop sustainable solutions to address students’ social and emotional needs in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, including rebuilding the career awareness and exploration pipeline for first- and second-year high school students, supporting training providers and schools to help high school students earn industry-recognized credentials aligned to careers before high school graduation, providing rising seniors with meaningful work experience in internships aligned to employer needs through their flagship YouthForce Internship (YFI) program, and integrating soft skills into the previously described programs. Continued Corporation support will allow YouthForce to focus on core system change priorities to increase the impact on students and ensure their graduates’ long-term employment and economic success.
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For project support for the Center for Public Research and Leadership's management of the national Family Engagement Call to Action and Community of Practice
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
8 months
Description
The family engagement fieldhas been developing in recent years, spurred further by the pandemic. New and growing family engagement organizations are ready for and seeking funding, as well as opportunities to build their capacity and improve their practice. Through this grant, Columbia University’s Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) will launch a community of practice for a cohort of family engagement grantees of Carnegie Corporation of New York that partner with schools and districts on strategies to promote family engagement in support of greater student learning. Specifically, CPRL will (a) strengthen family engagement strategies in support of greater student learning and achievement from early childhood through postsecondary learning and career opportunities (b) develop the capacity of stakeholdersto co-create equitable family engagement models linked to student learning(c) ultimately increase the use and effect of family engagement strategies, build capacity within the field, and spread knowledge and stories about effective practices and cross-sector learning.
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For the educational project, Silkroad Connect
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 1998 by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Silkroad is anorganization committed to exploring and presenting the power of arts through cross-cultural collaboration. Silkroad Connect is a three-year pilot program designed to strengthen education and democracy in some of our country’s lowest-performing schools. Using music and storytelling from Silkroad’s American Railroad initiative, students will explore the social and artistic history of the cultures that built or were adversely impacted by the Transcontinental Railroad.With Corporation support, Silkroad Connect will foster creativedevelopment,knowledge, and appreciation for the cultural and historical contributions of these communities, and help students understandof theimportance of theirvoices and participation in American democracy.
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For emergency relief efforts toward Ukraine crisis
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
12 months
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For general support
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Systems failures require systems solutions. However, the social sector and society at large lack the capacity to effectively develop and pursue systems change approaches. Growth Philanthropy Network intends to address that lack of capacity by establishing the Systems Forum, a multi-sector forum devoted to equitable systems change and racial equity that serves as avehicle to build our collective capacity to pursue systemic change. The Forum will help catalyze a shift in the education sector to be more student-centered through a focus on optimizing systems, removing barriers, and creating the systemic conditions that enable significant improvements; promoting stakeholder engagement from across the education system; enhancing adult capacity; and building knowledge through a learning hub. This grant will support the Forum’s launch and initial activities.
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For core support towards educational programming
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 1919, Baruch College, one of the 11 senior schools within the CUNY system, is ranked among the region’s and nation’s top colleges. Its mission is to make public education available to all students thereby giving them the skills to participate in democracy and the global economy. The College is home to more than 18,000 students, who collectively speak more than 100 languages and trace their heritage to more than 155 countries and has been repeatedly named one of the most ethnically diverse student bodies in the United States. With Corporation support, Baruch College will continue to strengthen and grow a number of initiatives including their HyFlex Learning Program for online learning, partnerships and joint programming with universities in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, and its Digital Learning Hub, which supports the development and evaluation of online and hybrid programs.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
The need for a well-prepared teacher workforce has long been clear. Research demonstrates that having access to an effective teacher not only impacts student learning but improves overall life outcomes. Yet, far too many teachers leave educator-preparation programs ill-equipped to challenge and engage all students with content-rich, standards-aligned, and inclusive instruction. Deans for Impact (DFI) is uniquely positioned to seize these opportunities by providing educator-preparation programs with the support, tools, and advocacy to transform how they prepare future teachers. General support from the Corporation will enable DFI to support the transformation of educator-preparation programs, build the capacity of their leaders, and advance federal and state policies and elevate promising practices to expand access and affordability and improve the quality of teacher preparation pathways.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Expanding equitable educational opportunities for all students requires coordinated progress in both practice and policy. All4Ed, a national nonprofit advocacy organization and longtime Corporation grantee, works to transform policy at the federal, state, and local levels, while also leveraging its expansive network to support changes in the classroom. All4Ed’s mission is to advance equitable policies and practices so all students, especially those furthest from opportunity, graduate from high school prepared to complete postsecondary education and achieve success in a rapidly changing world. Over the course of the current grant, All4Ed has pursued this mission through two key strategies–policy development and Future Ready Schools–that reinforce one another and are undergirded by All4Ed’s strong relationships with policymakers and myriad partnerships. This has led to important recent policy wins, including in response to COVID-19. With renewed Corporation support, All4Ed will continue to impact policy and practice, with a particular focus on increasing accessibility of postsecondary pathways and closing the digital use divide.
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For core support of the Stimulus Supports Technical Assistance Project
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
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Led by a collaborative of national college and career pathway experts and philanthropic organizations, the Stimulus to Systems (S2S) initiative will invite state and local partnerships to tackle entrenched inequities in education and workforce systems that have led to persistent gaps in pathways outcomes, especially for Black and Latinx students and those experiencing poverty. College and career pathways strategies (e.g., high-quality work-based learning and dual enrollment), have proven effective at improving outcomes for those involved, but access remains uneven, too few students are attaining credentials of value, and many who enroll in postsecondary education do not finish and take on hard-to-pay debt, further perpetuating economic inequity. Corporation support will allow for strategic oversight, direction, and project management for this initiative that brings together the best-qualified experts in the field from partner organizations.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
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Founded in 1968 by leaders of the civil rights, labor, and anti-poverty movements, the Center for Community Change (now known as Community Change) is a national organization that aims to build the power of low-income communities to change the policies and institutions that impact their lives. Community Change has expanded its work with immigrant communities, and today leads the Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM), the largest coalition of grassroots immigrant rights organizations in the United States. With Corporation support, Community Change will provide policy and technical support, training, capacity building, and opportunities for collaboration among state and local groups throughout the country, deepening year-round civic engagement in communities of color and developing a base of grassroots leaders.
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As a one-time only core support grant for the Armenia Tree Project
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
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Founded in 1994, Armenia Tree Project (ATP) has assisted the Armenian people in using trees to improve their standard of living and protect the global environment. In doing so, ATP is guided by the need to promote self-sufficiency, aid to those with the fewest resources first, and conserve the indigenous ecosystem. ATP has planted approximately 7,000,000 trees in Armenia and Artsakh. In addition to creating new forests and benefiting the environment, this work has revitalized communities, created hundreds of jobs, and educated a generation of young people in Armenia and its diaspora to be better caretakers of the global environment. ATP’s fruit and nut trees generate thousands of pounds of food for local residents every year.With Corporation support, the ATP will continue to assist communities through educational programming, additional crop development,and help enhance a better and healthier environment.
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As a one-time only grant for core support of a rescue fund targeting Ukrainian researchers and their families
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
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In partnership with the Polish and Ukrainian Academies of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is funding and supporting the resettlement of Ukrainian scientists displaced by the armed conflict between the Ukraine and Russia. With Corporation support, the NAS will fund the placement of Ukrainian scientists and researchers within an institute affiliated with the Polish Academy of Sciences and provide them with up to six months of support in the form of stipends.
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For project support to disseminate stories from their unComission findings to help build towards the goal to prepare and retain 150,000 STEM teachers over the next decade
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
12 months
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Starting in 2010, 100Kin10 launched and grew a national network of diverse organizations committed to providing the country’s classrooms with 100,000 excellent STEM teachers in ten years. With 2021 marking the project’s tenth year and on track to reach this goal, the unCommission on STEM learning and opportunity was launched to hear, learn from, and uplift the lived experiences of students with STEM. Through continued support from the Corporation of unCommission,100Kin10 will launch a dissemination campaign to build towards their goal for the next decade: to prepare and retain 150,000 STEM teachers, especially for schools experiencing the greatest STEM teacher shortages, creating the conditions for all students, with a particular focus on Black, Latinx, and Native American students, to thrive in STEM learning.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
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GO Public Schools engages families, educators, and diverse, student-centered partners to ensure that California’s historically marginalized communities have access to equitable educational opportunities. Since its launch fourteen years ago, GO Public Schools has built a track record of success in advocacy campaign work, community leadership, and family support. They work to address the persistent bias in school systems that leavestudents underprepared for success in the rapidly evolving world, including post-secondary enrollment and persistence. With support from the Corporation, GO will expand its efforts to: (1) make student performance and educational outcomes accessible to families and decision-makers by creating easy to digest education reports and metrics, (2) increase postsecondary access for families with tools to plan for college and to access financial aid, (3) solidify reforms that will help BIPOC families support their child’s success in pursuing post-secondary degrees and decrease costs.
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As a challenge grant for core support of the Vartan Gregorian Center for Research in the Humanities
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
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Founded in 1985, the New York Public Library (NYPL) is the largest public library system in the United States, overseeing ninety-two libraries across New York City. It also houses a collection of more than 56 million items, including manuscripts, archives, rare books, maps, photographs, and other unique materials. In 2019, the NYPL opened the Center for Research in the Humanities to enable scholars and independent researchers to engage with the rare materials held within its archives through advanced study, writing, and collaborative programming. With Corporation support in the form of a challenge grant, the NYPL will name and endow the center after the Corporation’s most recent president, the late Vartan Gregorian, in honor of the transformative impact that Gregorian had on the library during his tenure as its president from 1981-1989.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
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RISE Colorado is founded on the belief that families are crucial to student and school success. RISE Colorado works to educate, engage, and empower low-income families and families of color to RISE as change agents for educational equity in our public school system. Often low-income families and families of color do not feel welcomed in schools and are not yet prepared with the necessary mindsets, skills, and strategies to lead change within the system. Equally, education system leaders are not yet effective in working side-by-side with families to co-create solutions for increased student learning and achievement. In order to create a truly equitable education system, family, community, and education leaders within the educational ecosystem must develop the mindsets, skills, and strategies needed for greater collective impact. With support from the Corporation, RISE will deepen the implementation of its model that has been co-constructed with leaders and parents in the community. Through their organizing framework, families will continue to learn how to navigate the school system, gain skills and tools of community organizing, learn how to surface challenges, make an issue cut, and lead a campaign.
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For core support of the Heartland Fund, a funder collaborative working to strengthen civic engagement in rural communities
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
24 months
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For more than forty years, rural America has been largely ignored in its struggles with growing systemic challenges, including lack of access to quality healthcare and education, persistent poverty, corporate disinvestment, infrastructure decline, environmental degradation, and political dysfunction. The inequities have been especially pronounced among rural communities of color. Launched in 2018 under the auspices of the Windward Fund, the Heartland Fund is a national funder collaborative dedicated to investing in rural civic engagement infrastructure. This entails building permanent civic engagement, issue advocacy, communications, and organizing capacity in rural areas of the United States, including in small cities and towns. With Corporation support, the Heartland Fund will continue to increase philanthropic investment in rural civic engagement and recalibrate the political narratives around power and issue-based organizing in rural communities.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
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Despite the majority of the American electorate being women and people of color, their voices and vantage points are often discounted in political news coverage. This is due in part to 73 percent of newspaper editors being men and 90 percent of them being white. Founded in 2020, the 19th is an independent, nonprofit newsroom reporting at the intersection of gender, politics, and policy to ensure that everyone can be an equally empowered participant in American democracy. The 19th is building an inclusive news organization that faithfully captures the lived experiences of its diverse readers, as well as elevating the voices of women and LGBTQ+ people in regional news organizations across the country. With Corporation support, the 19th will continue to expand its newsroom and regional audiences as it works to facilitate social change through equity in journalism.
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For core support of the PBS NewsHour
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
24 months
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Despite widespread mistrust of the media among the American public, the PBS NewsHour remains a trusted news source for millions of Americans. According to the 2021 Erdos and Morgan Opinion Leaders Survey (a syndicated study of influential figures in business, government, public policy, education, media, and science), the NewsHour ranked the most objective and most credible news source, ahead of NBC Nightly News, the BBC, theNew York Times, and theWashington Post. The evaluation was based on the NewsHour’s steadfastness in countering false narratives, elevating civil discourse, and implementing strict fact checking processes. With renewed Corporation support, the NewsHour will continue its coverage of international affairs, voting rights, immigration, and K-16 education, among other issues. It will maintain public trust through its high journalistic standards and work to navigate ever-evolving broadcast and digital platforms to reach new audiences.
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