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Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
6 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the fact that millions of households across the country lacked the technological resources and know-how to shift into remote and hybrid learning. We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to close the digital divide for good thanks to $100 billion in federal funding secured towards this effort. Common Sense Media, founded in 2003 has been leveraging its resources, expertise, and reach to help not just close the digital divide, but also to make sure newly connected families/caregivers, educators, and students have the high-quality instructional materials, digital literacy and citizenship training and support programs to harness the power of technology, which will contribute to greater overall equity for underserved families. With continued support from the Corporation, Common Sense will offer training and education for newly connected families, run an awareness campaign to ensure eligible families learn about and sign up for a high-speed internet connection through the Affordable Connectivity Program, and continue to conduct research to ensure the fidelity of their programs and to share findings with the greater community.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 1990, Rock the Vote is a nonpartisan organization that uses culture and technology to tap into the civic potential of young Americans. Rock the Vote recruits and partners with a diverse range of cultural influencers, including athletes and sports teams, entertainers, and corporations with significant youth reach. These partners participate in Rock the Vote’s many civic engagement campaigns and help to register voters. Rock the Vote’s comprehensive voter education resources, both federal and state-based, are accessed by millions of people every year. These resources help voters research candidates and elected officials, locate their polling sites, and understand local voting laws, identification requirements and policies on early voting and absentee ballots. Rock the Vote also hosts a national voter registration platform that is not only used by thousands of partners across the country but is also officially integrated into the systems of eight state governments. With Corporation support, Rock the Vote will continue to use its strategic expertise to foster a culture of civic engagement that can empower a new generation of young voters.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
7 months
Description
Multilingual Learners (MLLs) make up an increasingly large segment of the nation’s public school population, yet they continue to be underserved by learning experiences that were designed primarily for native English speakers. Furthermore, immigrant youth have suffered at disproportionate rates throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: immigrants and MLLs have left school at higher rates than any other student group. The Internationals Network (Internationals), founded as a single school in 1985 and now comprising a network of thirty schools and academies serving 10,000 immigrant and refugee youth across six states and Washington, D.C., takes a comprehensive approach to MLL education that more effectively prepares MLLs for success. Internationals is undergoing a leadership transition and seeks support during this period to ensure continued growth and success. Corporation support during this transition will allow Internationals to plan for the future while continuing to fulfill its mission of bringing high-quality education to immigrant and refugee multilingual learners.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Although many harmful policies enacted under the previous presidential administration have been overturned, substantial changes to the country’s immigration system remain vital. Polarizing narratives around immigration combined with congressional gridlock and hesitancy from the Biden Administration to push for immigration reform have diminished some of the progress made by the pro-immigration movement. Founded in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is a legal advocacy organization dedicated to defending and advancing the rights and opportunities of immigrants and their families. NILC has won landmark legal decisions protecting fundamental rights, defeated policies that would have negatively impacted the well-being of low-income immigrants and their family members, and advanced policies that reinforce the country’s values of equality, opportunity, and justice. With renewed Corporation support, NILC will continue to advocate for humane, commonsense policies that make it possible for immigrants to emerge from poverty, and also use legal advocacy and litigation strategies to defend fundamental due process and civil rights.
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For core support of InnovateEDU
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
15 months
Description
Despite the promise of education technology (edtech) supporting the achievement of students, edtech has yet to improve student outcomes at scale. The central reason for this is the ineffective selection and use of edtech, which is due to the limited information that decision-makers have access to regarding the technology’s evidence and efficacy. The Exchange, previously known as the Jefferson Education Exchange, was launched in 2018 to help teachers and education leaders make evidence-based decisions about education technology. With previous support from the Corporation, the Exchange conducted research on the implementation variables most likely to affect the success of edtech initiatives. With continued support, the Exchange will iteratively improve the platform that crowdsources implementation and impact data directly from teachers, develop a technology inventory, recruit new partners and continue to generate non-biased evidence of edtech implementation.
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For support the development of the Education Recovery Scorecard
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Data has shown that millions of students have fallen behind as a result of the pandemic. Parents and policymakers, however, currently do not have access to the data they need for gauging the magnitude of their school districts’ achievement losses in the context of national losses. The transparency of a districts performance relative to similar districts across the nation, will help in determining whether districts’ plans are likely to be sufficient to help students catch up. For this project, Harvard will develop the Education Recovery Scorecard, which will allow users to 1) identify the level of learning loss caused by the disruptions of the past 3 years, 2) compare those levels across subgroups and districts (including districts in other states), and 3) monitor districts’ progress in recovering from this learning loss in future years. This will give local actors the information they need to monitor education recovery and press for more changes if current strategies are insufficient.
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For core support of Seek Common Ground
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Seek Common Ground (SCG) serves independent state-and community-facing education advocacy efforts to promote coalition building that honors the power of local, authentic agenda-setting to drive sustainable educational excellence and equity. SCG coalitions seek to empower those most impacted by education policies and practices—students, families, and educators—with support from allies across a broad range of interests and identities. Renewed support from the Corporation will enable SCG to continue working with leaders and policymakers to ensure that all stakeholders’ concerns and needs are centered in education decisions that affect them. SCG will also deepen family and community engagement through their Action Accelerator: “Immigration is American”, with a specific objective of supporting organizations that focus on the needs of underserved immigrant and refugee students, families, educators, and communities.
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For improving diversity in the study of nuclear security
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Calls for greater diversity resonate across the sectors of American society, including in the field of nuclear security. Addressing this challenge requires strengthening the pipeline of individuals entering the field as practitioners and creating opportunities for diversifying tenure-track scholars in academia. With these goals, a project at Princeton University’s program on Science and Global Security will recruit, mentor, and train a research assistant from a diverse background aiming for admission to competitive PhD programs or policy-relevant careers in the field of nuclear security. Corporation support will enable the university to host a research assistant through the provision of a fellowship.
Project Title
As a one-time only grant for general support
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 2002, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is a nonpartisan organization that uses litigation, policy advocacy, and strategic communications to advance Americans’ right to participate in the democratic process. As politicians across the country use a false narrative of voter fraud to restrict voting and disenfranchise voters, the center leverages its legal expertise to protect and expand access to the ballot box. The center provides state-based coalitions with legal analysis, nonpartisan policy guidance, and communications support to defend against anti-democratic efforts. It also files lawsuits in courts across the country to counter voter suppression efforts. With Corporation support, CLC will continue to remove barriers and expand access to voting and voter registration.
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For core support of Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Established in 2003 with Corporation support, the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) is a donor collaborative housed at Neo Philanthropy supporting state-based and regional immigrant-serving coalitions across the country. FFF serves a hybrid role of convener, grantmaker, and strategist, connecting grassroots organizations with national immigrant integration groups. With renewed Corporation support, FFF will strengthen state and regional groups across the country through grants to develop organizing and advocacy strategies, build institutional capacity, enable strategic collaboration among grantees, plan effective communications, and create intersectional alliances with unlikely allies.
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For support of school capacity building and systems change efforts
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
In order to improve learning experiences for all students, we must both transform schools and build the capacity to sustain improvement. The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools (the Partnership) was founded in 2007 to transform a group of historically underperforming schools in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Today the network comprises twenty schools that serve 13,550 students, 96 percent of whom qualify for free- or reduced-price lunch. These schools reached an average high school graduation rate of 86 percent in 2021, as compared to 36 percent in 2008. Current Corporation support has enabled the Partnership to build the capacity of school and teacher leaders, and to work with LAUSD to catalyze district-wide innovations that benefit all 500,000 LAUSD students. The Partnership has harnessed the power of its network to both share promising practices and to inform district policy. With renewed support, the Partnership will support school leaders and teachers in the network to meet student needs and prepare them for postsecondary success and work to advance system-level change aligned to the Partnership’s approach.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Between 2016 and 2020, the number of legal immigrants admitted to the United States declined by 40 percent. This was the result of policies that cut refugee admissions and made it more difficult for immigrants to receive family, employment, and diversity visas. Although many of these policies are being overturned, the challenges in immigrant and refugee admissions continue, affecting both sustainability of the labor force and economic growth across the country. Since 2003, the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) has produced original research, analysis, and opinion pieces to increase understanding and knowledge of the legal immigration system in the United States, while also highlighting the contributions of immigrants. With Corporation support, NFAP will continue to conduct and distribute nonpartisan research across media outlets.
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For refining and scaling the New Tech model and diffusing best practices
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
30 months
Description
For too many of today’s students, there continues to be a disconnect between their high school learning experiences and the demands they will face after graduation. Students need to be equipped with skills that will allow them to succeed in high school and college and navigate a shifting workforce. While we have seen the rise of innovative models that address this need, barriers to scale prevent these experiences from reaching all students. New Tech Network (NTN) has decades of experience creating schools that prepare students for postsecondary success. The NTN model, which is currently used in 200 schools serving 85,000 students, leverages project-based learning (PBL) and student-centered practices to support deeper learning. NTN’s traditional school partnership model spanned multiple years and involved comprehensive technical assistance. With Corporation support, NTN developed alternative pathways to school transformation to increase the number and diversity of schools engaging in high quality PBL. Continued support will build upon this work by deepening NTN’s partnerships within districts so that more students have access to high-quality learning environments that prepare them for postsecondary success, and so school and system leaders have the support needed to manage and sustain school improvement.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Established in 1981, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund is a nonpartisan organization facilitating Latino participation in the American political process, from naturalization to public service. The educational fund accomplishes its mission through integrated strategies that empower the Latino community to participate in civic and political life (e.g., naturalization, voter education, and census participation), promoting policies that advance Latino civic engagement, and increasing the effectiveness of Latino policymakers in governance. With Corporation support, the educational fund will leverage its expertise to educate, empower, and mobilize Latinos to be active participants in American civic life.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Given that India, Pakistan, and China are nuclear weapons states, the reduction of nuclear risks in the Indo-Pacific region is crucial for promoting regional and global security, especially in an era of increasingly intense geostrategic competition. With renewed general support from the Corporation, Pacific Forum will continue its longstanding engagement with scholars and officials throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Pacific Forum will facilitate dialogues and multilateral discussions on arms control, nonproliferation, disarmament, and the peaceful uses of nuclear and other sensitive technologies, seek to foster discussions between the United States and regional allies on extended deterrence and nonproliferation, and provide research support for ongoing Track II initiatives between the United States and China on a range of nuclear issues including deterrence and strategic stability.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1970, National Public Radio (NPR) is a nationally acclaimed nonprofit multimedia organization with a network of more than 250 member stations. NPR provides quality journalism and cultural programming to an audience of more than fifty-three million people per week, on live radio broadcast and other forms of audio storytelling. It maintains seventeen domestic bureaus and seventeen foreign bureaus, helping to provide American audiences with timely, on-the-ground reporting of events and life around the globe. Its NPR Education Desk informs millions of weekly listeners and visitors about how the nation’s education system is serving (or failing) its students in communities across the country. With Corporation support, NPR will continue to produce quality news programming on international affairs, immigration, elections, and education in the United States.
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For core support of YouthTruth
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Too often, the voices of students – those at the very center of our education system – are missing from the conversation about improving education outcomes and experiences. YouthTruth, a national survey project operated by the Center for Effective Philanthropy harnesses student and stakeholder feedback to help school leaders and education funders make better decisions that lead to better outcomes for students. Since its founding in 2009, YouthTruth has surveyed over 2.2 million students and 464,000 family and staff members across 39 states. With continued support from the Corporation, Youth Truth will continue to 1. target growth for equity and efficiency; 2. deepen effectiveness through advisory services, and; 3. broaden influence through credible thought leadership. All in efforts to deepen their engagement with schools and districts in order to amplify the voices of students, family, and staff members
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For core support of the FutureEd think tank based at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
31 months
Description
Due to the pandemic and recent political issues facing the nation, there is a strong, immediate need to provide state and local education policymakers and practitioners with evidence-backed strategies to build a sustainable infrastructure in our education system. FutureEd is an independent, solution-oriented think tank at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy that is committed to advancing the causes of excellence, equity, and efficiency in K-12 and higher education on behalf of the nation’s disadvantaged students. Combining the status and assets of a national research university with education policy expertise and communications skills, they work to provide policymakers and practitioners with clear, evidence-based analyses of pressing educational problems. With renewed support from the Corporation, FutureEd will launch new projects to provide policymakers with models for scaling effective tutoring programs, increase teacher diversity, propose a more equitable model of “gifted education,” and strengthen high schools, among other work.
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For core support of the Journalist's Resource at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1986, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School is dedicated to bridging the gap between academia and journalism. While academic research can be a valuable resource for journalists, journalists are often unable to identify quality research or efficiently incorporate them into their reporting. Many do not have research methods training or the time to sift through academic journals. The Shorenstein Center launched the Journalist’s Resource to help journalism instructors to teach “knowledge-based journalism,” which entails incorporating academic research into reporting and storytelling. The Journalist’s Resource has since evolved into a resource hub that gives critical support to working journalists, providing accessible issue expertise to newsrooms during a time when they are severely understaffed. With renewed Corporation support, the Shorenstein Center will further expand the reach of the Journalist’s Resource. The center will recruit scholars and fellows, convene experts and practitioners, and disseminate resources, helping to combat the spread of misinformation and disinformation.
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For core support to the National Committee on North Korea
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
North Korea’s nuclear weapons program continues to pose major security challenges to the United States and its Northeast Asian allies. While the Biden administration has indicated its willingness to engage with North Korea, there are no details of policy implementation or resumption of negotiations in place. Given the limited channels of communication between the United States and North Korea, there is continued need for a central convening mechanism for North Korea stakeholders, experts, and the policy community. Housed at Mercy Corps’ Washington, D.C. office, the National Committee on North Korea (NCNK) serves this function. Its core work is to support principled engagement between the United States and North Korea, provide informative analysis to inform U.S. policymaking, and facilitate information sharing among nongovernmental specialists. These activities help promote nuanced policy analysis that reduces threat inflation and maintains avenues for diplomatic engagement and humanitarian assistance.
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For core support of PeerForward New York
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
During this period of protracted churn and uncertainty, a postsecondary credential has become increasingly vital to an individual’s ability to secure employment and achieve economic mobility, yet resources to support students’ college access and success remain insufficient and inequitable. PeerForward leverages positive peer influence in high schools to increase college enrollment by empowering students to serve as Peer Leaders and run campaigns on critical steps toward college. Prior Corporation support as part of our College Advising Partnership enabled PeerForward New York to annually reach 6,500 students, the majority of whom are low-income, across seventeen high schools each year and advance key college access goals through student-led campaigns. Continued support will allow PeerForward New York to continue transforming college access and success outcomes by empowering young people to create college-going school cultures.
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For research, training, international engagements, and outreach on international security
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
The international security environment continues to evolve rapidly and in complex and unpredictable ways. The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) is Stanford University’s hub for faculty and researchers who focus on international security and work collaboratively to seek solutions to the world’s longstanding and emerging global challenges. CISAC’s scientists, social scientists, and policy experts produce applicable and practical research findings on international security problems; teach and train the next generation of security specialists; and inform policymaking through publications and outreach events. With renewed support, CISAC will continue to train and mentor fellows and will deepen its policy-relevant research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and nuclear deterrence
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For general support
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
To fundamentally shift the paradigm of professional learning, the field will need to support states and districts to improve enabling conditions and build local capacity for continuous improvement in teacher instructional practices. Teaching Lab aims to address this issue by partnering with teachers, schools, districts, and states to integrate high-quality instructional materials, professional learning, and teacher leadership initiatives to sustain curriculum implementation. Through this general support grant, Teaching Lab will implement their FY 2022-2024 plan by continuing to scale their teacher curriculum-based professional learning, implementing curriculum-based professional learning for school and district leaders, and disseminating their learnings about curriculum-based professional learning to the field.
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Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Established in 2008 with Corporation support, America’s Voice Education Fund (AVEF) is the communications hub for the national immigration reform movement. AVEF works closely with national, state, and local advocacy organizations to develop unified messaging that advances pro-immigrant narratives across media platforms. These messages are disseminated through rapid response communications, traditional media events, and social media, which serve to educate journalists, policymakers, and the public about the benefits of pro-immigrant policies to the United States. With Corporation support, AVEF will continue to create powerful narrative themes and persuasive messaging for proponents of immigrants and immigration reform and create public will for pro-immigrant policy changes.
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Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1964, the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) is a nonpartisan think tank and educational institute established by a religious community of Catholic priests, nuns, and lay persons devoted to serving migrants. It focuses on the study of international migration and the promotion of public policies that protect the rights of migrants. CMS produces data-driven scholarship and policy analyses and proposals, engaging with public officials, policymakers, advocates, and immigrant-serving organizations. With Corporation support, CMS will continue to provide data, policy analysis, and reports on immigrant populations to help improve immigration policy in the United States and assist community and faith-based organizations to better serve immigrants.
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Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Immigrants and refugees to the United States face significant structural barriers to successful resettlement and integration. This includes language and cultural barriers, challenges accessing education and services, and a complex and arcane residency status adjustment process. These challenges affect their abilities to get good jobs, earn a living wage, and integrate into their new communities in healthy and sustainable ways. Founded in 2011, USAHello (formerly, Refugee Center Online) produces and hosts accessible online resources for immigrants and refugees to help them build new lives in the United States and, recently, in Europe. USAHello offers multilingual information and tools on a wide range of topics, including means of accessing local and federal services, as well as an online classroom for educational advancement and preparation for citizenship. With Corporation support, USAHello will continue to improve its digital programs and educational offerings as it continues to expand its reach among refugees and immigrants.
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Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1999, the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC) Foundation is a clearinghouse for state-level ballot measure information and campaign expertise. Every year, the BISC Foundation trains hundreds of advocates on how to maximize their issue-based civic engagement campaigns and use the ballot initiative process, where appropriate, to promote more equitable and just governance structures. The BISC Foundation also conducts ongoing research on national and state-level trends regarding voter attitudes, opinions, concerns, and policy priorities on various issues. Some of the issues the BISC Foundation has worked on in the past include voting rights, immigrant integration, and economic inequality. With Corporation support, the BISC Foundation will continue to help advocates across the country understand the power of ballot measures as effective tools to increase civic engagement, correct systemic inequalities, and promote positive social change.
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Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
Too many first-generation college students struggle to find their first jobs. Basta, founded in 2016, exists with the singular goal of helping first-generation college students of color overcome these barriers. Previous grant funding allowed Basta to address these challenges and thereby enhance their signature initiative, the Basta Fellowship, by launching two interconnected strategies – the Career Readiness Diagnostic assessment tool and Powered by Basta Partnerships (PBB). With continued support from the Corporation, Basta is now ready to proceed with the next phase of this work by building measures of social capital into the next iteration of the assessment tool, Career Readiness Diagnostic Version 2.0; explore potentially high-yielding university partnerships and become a go-to “insourcing” solution for career services departments; and lastly productize their Career Readiness Framework, which will allow Basta to generate discrete, marketable products they can offer proactively to the K12, college success, university, CBO, and career readiness sectors.
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Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
As African countries continue to face major security, governance, and humanitarian crises, exacerbated by the economic downturn from the COVID-19 pandemic and the severe knock-on effects of the war in Ukraine in terms of food security and other issues, detailed and well-researched commentary from the continent directed at Europe and the United States remains minimal. International Crisis Group (Crisis Group) has established itself as a go-to actor for open source analysis and policy recommendations on potential and current conflicts in Africa and beyond. Its Africa Program works to address the root causes of the political, social, security, and humanitarian crises perpetuating conflict on the continent, with the aim of facilitating peaceful, durable solutions. Building on the work it conducted with previous Corporation support, Crisis Group will continue its detailed research and analysis informed by local expertise, while increasing its policy focus and government engagement.
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Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Although many people consider free and fair elections to be a hallmark of American democracy, the United States has seen a surge in restrictive voting laws and proposals across the country. Some state governments have been using controversial, discriminatory policies to suppress the franchise, and historically underrepresented communities—including people of color, indigenous Americans, young voters, and naturalized citizens—are being disproportionately affected. Based at NEO Philanthropy, the State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) is a nonpartisan donor collaborative that supports state-based nonprofit organizations dedicated to providing voting rights protection and nonpartisan voter engagement among historically underrepresented groups. With Corporation support, SIF will provide consistent, long-term funding to networks of state-based and state-focused organizations that empower communities through nonpartisan civic engagement, advocacy, election protection, and voting rights litigation.
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Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Since its launch in 2018, the Paris Peace Forum has grown into a multilateral organization convening heads of state and government, regional and international institutions, development banks, and civil society organizations. Its programs foster innovation and public-private partnerships building peace, strengthening multilateralism, and advancing sustainable development goals. The first four Forums gathered over 25,000 participants from more than 175 countries, and generated over 10,000 publications and media appearances. The fifth Forum in November 2022 addresses concrete challenges in global health, climate risks, digital and outer space issues. Renewed Corporation support will contribute to the Forum’s core operations.
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Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has increased demands from Congress and the media for information about nuclear weapons and policy alternatives. The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (CACNP) provides background information, briefings, and off-the-record discussions to fill information gaps and help create bi-partisan consensus on policy options. They also engage students and the wider public on nuclear weapons and arms control issues. With renewed support, CACNP will expand its educational efforts and its coordination and cooperation with a network of national security experts, veterans, educators, other civil society groups, and the media on current and emerging security threats.
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Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
The pandemic inspired unprecedented innovation in public education, spurring shifts that have the potential to produce lasting change. Realizing this potential will require us to overcome the inertia inherent in our system and the myriad policy, financial, and leadership challenges facing would-be innovators. The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University (ASU) is uniquely positioned to address this challenge. For three decades, CRPE has served as thought leader, researcher, and convener at the forefront of school system redesign. The effectiveness of this approach is evidenced by CRPE’s leadership role throughout the pandemic, during which the organization has served as a trusted source of information, aggregator of innovations, and leading convener. This renewal grant will support CRPE to act on an ambitious research agenda that is designed to provide transformative evidence and ideas to inform recovery and renewal as American schools emerge from the pandemic.
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Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
27 months
Description
While the demand for evidence-based education programming has grown over the past several years, a persistent gap remains between research and practice. Priorities and incentives are misaligned across these stakeholders, with nonprofits and districts rarely the drivers of the research agenda or in possession of the evaluative capacity to develop and iterate upon evidence-based programming. As a result, promising approaches go unstudied and unimplemented, and fragmentation and one-time, unsustainable improvement persists. Project Evident (PE) was founded to increase the practice of continuous evidence building and the supply of evidence-based solutions in the social sector. This grant will support PE’s work to serve five state education agencies and 45 local school districts in the next four years and allow the organization to further test and refine its engagement model as well as engage in key field building activities.
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For core support of Collaborative for Student Success
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
The education system is strained not only by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also our nation’s reckoning on race relations and the rise of the politicization of classroom curriculum. To advance educational equity, we must redouble efforts to protect policies that improve student outcomes and look for opportunities to make advancements in policies that promote equitable educational practices. The Collaborative for Student Success promotes fact-based public discourse and aligns stories and messages with advocacy strategies. Through this grant, the Collaborative will: a) promote the use of innovative assessment practices to have data guide programming and interventions to help raise student achievement in math, English language arts (ELA) and science, b) advocate for and promote state and district investment in high quality instructional materials and curriculum-based professional learning in core subjects, c) elevate exemplars of strategic investments as states and districts make financial decisions regarding pandemic recovery and the use of newly provided federal funds, and d) advocate for and promote high-quality science education by naming and amplifying state and district investments in and use of proven strategies to accelerate student learning.
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For core support for OpenSciEd
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Meaningful science learning occurs when teachers align their instruction to the Next Generation Science Standards, use standards-aligned instructional material, and are supported with curriculum-based professional learning. OpenSciEd is an initiative that brings together state science leaders, expert curriculum designers, learning scientists, science education leaders, and classroom teachers to develop and support a complete set of full-course, high-quality instructional materials and associated professional learning resources. With the middle school curriculum released and high school courses under development, OpenSciEd is ready to expand into the elementary curriculum market. Through this renewal grant, OpenSciEd will launch the development and field test of an elementary science curriculum for grade K-5 and professional learning resources to support implementation.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
Many schools and systems do not have conditions in place to elevate the type of job-embedded, professional learning supports for teachers to practice and receive ongoing feedback to improve instruction anchored in the use of high-quality instructional materials. Leading Educators works at every level of the school system to ensure leaders prioritize coherence, and strengthen conditions, leadership, and teaching so that all students are successful. They partner with professional learning peers, system leaders, and teachers to design and implement high-quality, curriculum-based professional learning. Through this general support grant Leading Educators will implement their FY2022-23 strategic plan by continuing to offer direct services and contribute to the knowledge base of the curriculum-based professional learning field.
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For core support of its immigration project
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
In the last several decades, both Republican and Democrat majorities in government have failed to enact their respective parties’ preferred vision of comprehensive immigration reform. To develop and implement necessary fixes to the country’s immigration system, policymakers and advocates will have to rebuild alliances across ideologies, reconstruct a strategy for immigration reform based on a changed political environment, and reinvest in bipartisanship in the field of immigration. Founded in 2007, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a public policy organization committed to fostering bipartisan coalitions and combining the best ideas of both major political parties, with the goal of improving health, security, and opportunity outcomes in the United States. With Corporation support, BPC will work to rebuild alliances on immigration reform and provide analysis and bipartisan policy recommendations to achieve permanent solutions.
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For core support of the Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
International, undocumented, and refugee students face unique obstacles to pursuing higher education, launching careers, and building stable lives. The obstacles include an outdated federal immigration system and an uneven patchwork of state policies and institutional practices that systematically limit their potential. Fiscally sponsored by the National Center for Civic Innovation, the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration is a national network of college and university leaders. It is dedicated to increasing public understanding of how immigration policies and practices affect students, campuses, and communities. With Corporation support, the Presidents’ Alliance will continue to educate policymakers about the importance of advancing immigration reforms that will improve educational and economic outcomes for immigrant students and the country overall.
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For core support of a national coalition dedicated to protecting legal immigration and family reunification processes
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 2018, the Value Our Families (VoF) coalition, housed at the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, Inc., is a network of local and national community-based and advocacy organizations who seek to protect, preserve, and strengthen legal immigration and family reunification processes. Through public education, policy advocacy, and grassroots organizing, VoF advances solutions to issues within the family-based immigration system, including a visa backlog of four million applications and 500,000 unissued green cards. Its approach will consist of base building, strategic communications, policy advocacy, and community organizing. With Corporation support, VoF will expand the coalition and educate members of Congress on the need to recapture unused visas and clear the family immigration backlogs.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
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Despite decades of engagement, the dramatic deterioration of U.S.-China relations in recent years has exposed the fragile foundation of this important bilateral relationship. In response, efforts are needed to find new ways to inform and engage a broader base of stakeholders. The United States Heartland China Association (USHCA) is a community-based organization devoted to promoting understanding and trust between the American midwest and China to help bridge this engagement gap. Corporation support will enable USHCA to foster channels of collaboration and opportunities for economic interactions and growth between the United States and China.
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For core support of JerseyCan
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
15 months
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New Jersey, like other states, is currently in the middle of the third school year with significantly disrupted learning opportunities. With long-standing, persistent achievement gaps across the state, Covid-19 has drastically exacerbated the educational inequities in New Jersey. JerseyCAN is a trusted voice on education, advocating for high-quality educational opportunities for all New Jersey students and working to bolster efforts to support students’ educational recovery. Continued support will allow JerseyCAN to address learning recovery to ensure students get back on track with grade-level outcomes, support parent and family engagement efforts to help drive student academic recovery, make policy recommendations to improve the teacher pipeline and ensure New Jersey has the infrastructure and capacity to meet current and future workforce needs, and expand the work of their Teacher Leader Policy Fellowship program.
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For core support of its civic engagement program
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
24 months
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While the largest racial minority group in the United States, the Latino community faces significant challenges in realizing their full potential. This includes voter under engagement and disenfranchisement, rising anti-immigrant hostility in political discourse and federal policies, and the aftermath of emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic. Founded in 1990, the Hispanic Federation is among the largest Latino nonprofit membership and advocacy organizations in the country. With more than 150 community-based member agencies serving millions of Latino Americans, especially those who are low-income and/or immigrants, Hispanic Federation is committed to advancing the Latino community’s outcomes in education, employment, health, and civic engagement. With Corporation support, the Hispanic Federation will invest in multifaceted campaigns, partnerships, and initiatives to promote and increase civic engagement in Latino communities.
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For core support of Bottom Line New York
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
During this period of protracted churn and uncertainty, a postsecondary credential has become increasingly vital to an individual’s ability to secure employment and achieve economic mobility, yet resources to support students’ college access and success remain insufficient and inequitable. Bottom Line connects low-income students with professional advisors who support them through the range of challenges that emerge on the path to and through college. Prior Corporation support as part of our College Advising Partnership enabled Bottom Line New York to serve nearly 6,000 students, adapt programming to meet the shifting needs of students during the pandemic, and achieve strong outcomes in college access and success. Continued Corporation support will enable Bottom Line to provide personalized support to New York City students as they apply to, enroll in, and navigate college and prepare for their careers, as well as pilot innovative new approaches to recruiting and supporting a diverse cohort of students.
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For core support of OneGoal New York
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
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During this period of protracted churn and uncertainty, a postsecondary credential has become increasingly vital to an individual’s ability to secure employment and achieve economic mobility, yet resources to support students’ college access and success remain insufficient and inequitable. OneGoal equips educators to facilitate a three-year college success model, in which high school students (Fellows) complete credit-bearing courses and receive coaching and support through the first day of sophomore year of college. Prior support as part of our College Advising Partnership enabled OneGoal to grow to support 1,600 Fellows and 1,350 alumni in New York City, adapt programming to meet the shifting needs of educators and students during the COVID-19 pandemic, and achieve strong outcomes in college access and success. Renewal support from the Corporation will enable OneGoal to increase enrollment in high-quality postsecondary pathways, provide differentiated supports to Fellows, and launch a new professional development series for educators across New York City.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
15 months
Description
Camelback Ventures (Camelback) leads programs that identify, develop, and promote early-stage entrepreneurs, working to distribute more investment dollars and cultivate the untapped talent of founders of color and women. By broadening the pool of people and ideas, Camelback seeks to create an innovation ecosystem that multiples our collective ability to improve the education system. Through this general support grant, Camelback will advance its work in two core areas: (1) Camelback Fellowship, an accelerator that identifies, develops and promotes entrepreneurs and their organizations and (2) Capital Collaborative: A cohort-based program to make funding fairer by increasing the amount invested with BIPOC led organizations so that they have the resources needed to realize their impact. To ensure continuous improvement with the organization, Camelback will also (1) improve their technology infrastructure support hybrid learning and (2) hire critical staff to advance long term sustainability efforts.
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As one-time funding for core support to the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Unprecedented levels of violent conflict and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are threatening international peace and security, while global challenges like the COVID pandemic and rapidly accelerating climate crisis further drive instability. Research shows that inclusive approaches to advancing international peace and security result in more successful and durable outcomes. To address this need, the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) will expand efforts to generate timely analysis and policy recommendations from a women, peace and security perspective; and strengthen efforts to advance gender, diversity and inclusion in international affairs education to better equip the next generation of foreign policy professionals.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Growing political polarization among the American public and their policymakers threatens to block progress on a range of policy issues and to undermine the integrity of our democratic institutions. More in Common is a research and messaging organization that works on both short- and longer-term initiatives to address the underlying drivers of fracturing and polarization, and build more united, resilient, and inclusive societies. More in Common’s research is built on a strong evidence base by engaging thousands of people through surveys, interviews, focus groups, community conversations, and expert interviews. With Corporation support, More in Common will continue to explore the driving forces of increasing polarization in the United States and around the world and test messaging and other interventions to mitigate this existential threat to democracy.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 79.5 million people around the world have been forcibly displaced, including 26 million refugees and 42 million asylum seekers. In the past year, the withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan, the shutdown of asylum routes across the U.S./Mexico border, and the absence of legal pathways available to people displaced by extreme weather have only exacerbated challenges refugees face in seeking refuge and highlighted the urgent need for systematic reform. Since 2008, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) has delivered legal assistance to almost 40,000 displaced people around the world and set groundbreaking legal precedents for refugee and immigrant protections in the United States. With Corporation support, IRAP will continue to expand its programs safeguarding refugee rights and resettlement. It will challenge new and existing threats to legal and procedural rights for refugees and asylum seekers and provide legal assistance to many of the world’s most vulnerable refugees.
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For fellowships for Ukrainian and Russian displaced academic communities
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Russia’s war on Ukraine has led to the loss of thousands of civilian lives and has caused unmeasurable damage to the country, including its educational sector. Opposition to the war in Russia has also led to the displacement of academics within Russia. Given the magnitude of scholars at risk from Ukraine and Russia, major efforts are under way to enable them to stay within their academic professions. With the support from the Corporation along with a group of other funders, the American Councils will leverage its geographical presence and institutional partnerships across the former Soviet region to aid the war-affected Ukrainian and Russian academics. Beyond the fellowships, the academics will be given access to alumni-focused programming and will be included in invitations for proposals for international conferences, seminars, publications, study tours, and international exchanges.
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