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Project Title
As a final grant for Advancing Equity through Common App’s State Solutions
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Common Application (Common App) is a non-profit membership organization representing over 1000 diverse higher education institutions. Common App connects over 1.2 million students and those who support them to a wide array of public and private colleges and universities across all fifty states and twenty countries. Since 2019, Common App has expanded its equity work through numerous pilots, research projects, and changes to the existing first-year application form. Common App has developed a state solution to accelerate the rate at which students from communities below the median household income are able to apply and enroll in postsecondary education. This state solution is built on a foundation of research and pilot work, including a previously corporation-supported nudging initiative, with the goal of increasing application rates by meeting students where they are. Continued support will allow Common App to partner with a state or system to offer direct admission (DA) to high school graduates at diverse institutions.
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For the Robin Copeland Memorial Fellowship to support women in nonproliferation
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
27 months
Description
Despite evidence showing their positive impacts on peace and security, women are underrepresented in the nuclear security and nonproliferation arenas. For the past decade, the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) has sought to increase women’s presence and participation in this critical field through the Robin Copeland Memorial Fellowship. The fellowship provides opportunities for women leaders to deepen their subject matter expertise, enhance their professional skillset, and build a robust international network. With this renewal, CRDF will continue to support a regional cohort of women from key countries, empowering participants to serve as nonproliferation champions at home and abroad.
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As a final grant to the Special Commission on Research Ethics in the Middle East and North Africa
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
42 months
Description
The practice of social science in the Middle East and North Africa faces complex challenges including the ethics of research design and conduct, career development and publishing issues, and very low funding at national levels. In 2020, with an overall aim to improve the quality of social science research on and in the Arab region, the Middle East Institute at Columbia University joined a collaborative effort among the Columbia Global Centers, the American University in Cairo, the Rabat Social Studies Institute, and the Arab Council for the Social Sciences based in Lebanon to establish a Special Commission on Social Science Research in the Middle East and North Africa. The Commission sustained consultations with over 60 experts from the Arab region and the United States and analyzed over 900 cases of funding support, producing a report on the economics of social science in the region. The next phase of support will enable the Commission to implement key findings and develop guidelines to be proposed for adoption by universities and professional associations, donors, and publishers. The project will catalyze discussion of standards for ethical social science research relevant within and beyond the region.
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As a one-time only grant for a project on educational materials related to nuclear security issues
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Although nuclear weapons are increasingly prominent in the news, there are few educational resources to encourage and help students engage with nuclear security issues. GBH, one of the most well-known public television content providers will create educational materials for students in grades 6-12, including video resources, interactive lessons, and materials to support both teachers and students. The goal is to help students interpret nuclear policy through the lens of the history of nuclear weapons, disarmament, and nonproliferation efforts. Students will also develop the knowledge base and argumentation skills to effectively engage in informed civic discourse and to feel empowered to take action on nuclear policy, whatever their position may be. The project includes a student engagement initiative through which students can demonstrate their understanding of the issues and, in the process, encourage interest in these educational materials.
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For the Foreign Policy Fellowship Program to educate congressional staffers
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The United States Congress plays a key role in shaping foreign and national security policy, but the demands on the time of both members and their staff leave limited opportunities to focus deeply on complex or long-term challenges. The Foreign Policy Fellowship Program (FPFP) of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars offers the opportunity to improve staffers’ knowledge of foreign policy issues, strengthen their capabilities, and build strong working relationships on Capitol Hill. The FPFP brings together professional committee staff and legislative staff from Republican and Democratic offices from both congressional chambers for a seminar series on critical peace and security challenges. It also offers masterclasses for senior aides and organizes learning visits to different countries for alumni.
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As a one-time only grant for the Girls Advocacy Leadership Program
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1998, Women’s Campaign International (WCI) is a nonprofit organization that seeks to equip women to participate actively in public advocacy, markets, and political processes. It focuses on four program pillars: entrepreneurship, public advocacy, public health, and international relief. Additionally, WCI partners with local organizations to provide sustainable workshops that empower women to transform their communities in forty-five countries. Through the Girls Advocacy Leadership Series (GALS) and with Corporation support, WCI will implement a curriculum centered on increasing leadership development among underserved teenage girls in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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As a one-time only grant for support of the Waterford Treasures, Museum of Childhood
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Waterford Treasures is a collection of six museums located within the Viking Triangle, the oldest cultural and heritage quarter of Waterford, Ireland. Its mission is to collect, safeguard, and present the rich history of Waterford as well as to ensure that the widest community possible feels welcome in a modern museum atmosphere. Waterford Treasures will build a new Museum of Childhood (the Museum), which has available for display and research more than 30,000 artifacts related to the material culture of childhood in Ireland. The Museum will feature stories about children of rural and urban areas, children from immigrant families, the children of the diaspora, and a crucial element of the fabric of Irish society, childhood in the Irish travelling community. With Carnegie Corporation support, the Museum of Children will work with a Project Board and Project Committee to study Museum building restoration and conservation, exhibition design across various mediums.
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For Russia Matters
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
27 months
Description
It is critical that the U.S. understanding of Russia is grounded in accurate and factual information. With Corporation support, the Russia Matters website was launched in 2016 to provide empirically grounded analyses, interpretations, data, and debate on the drivers of Russian behavior to anglophone expert and policymaking communities, as well as the general public. With renewed support, the website will continue to expand its content production by commissioning new analyses and research on Russia’s political, economic, and social stability; U.S.-Russia strategic relations; and the future of Euro-Atlantic security. The grant will result in research, publications, convenings, and briefings.
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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 through its appropriation and oversight functions. However, there is a scarcity of understanding of the federal budget and the budget process among congressional staff. 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 several models 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’s Science 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 humanitarian aid in the wake of the February 6, 2023, earthquake in the Middle East, specifically Syria, where the need is the greatest
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
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For core support of the Trust for Civic Life
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
In 2020, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences published Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century, a report issued after conducting fifty listening sessions across the country to understand the factors that encourage and discourage people from engaging with their communities, especially in small towns and rural areas. In response to the report’s recommendations, the Trust for Civic Infrastructure was founded. Fiscally sponsored by the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, the trust is a donor collaborative and learning network that aims to strengthen civic infrastructure at the local level, increase social trust, and build civic agency. The trust’s programmatic areas consist of grantmaking, network building, learning, and field building. With Corporation support, the trust will create a pipeline of local funding, reach overlooked and underfunded geographic areas, especially in rural areas, and engage local communities in how to improve their civic infrastructure.
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For humanitarian aid in the wake of the February 6, 2023, earthquake in the Middle East, specifically Syria, where the need is the greatest
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
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For humanitarian aid in the wake of the February 6, 2023, earthquake in the Middle East, specifically Syria, where the need is the greatest
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
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For emergency relief efforts
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
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For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 2014, the Steve Fund is the nation’s leading organization focused on supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color as they transition from high school into higher education, throughout their higher education experience, and as they transition to the workforce. This is a period during which more than 70 percent of mental health challenges first present. Mounting research underscores the imperative for forceful, timely action at a large scale, as the consequences are lasting and show that poor mental health is a strong predictor of student attrition from college and lower academic performance. Corporation support will allow the Steve Fund to advance their strategic plan “refresh” by strengthening its infrastructure and expanding its capacity in order to both deepen its engagement with stakeholders and broaden its reach in order to help support the postsecondary success of young people of color at a pivotal time in their lives
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For general support
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1808, Abyssinian is one of the oldest African American Churches in the United States. Abyssinian embraces a rich history of worship, spiritual leadership, social activism and community service. With Corporation support, Abyssinian will continue with its educational programming for students and teachers, lectures, and community engagement activities.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
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As a one-time only grant for educational programming on the Historic Process of Immigration
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Save Ellis Island (SEI) supports the rehabilitation and preservation of the 29 mostly unrestored buildings comprising the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital Complex in New York Harbor. SEI provides educational programming about the important role the complex played in the history of immigration in the United States. Corporation funding will support SEI’s continuing efforts to train and provide financial assistance to educators who run the immensely popular Hard Hat Tours.SEI is also planning to expand their educational outreach program, Preserve NJ, which focuses on the historic preservation of buildings. Other programming includes developing a distance learning program for students who could not otherwise visit Ellis Island as well as expanding the Ellis Island Author Series which presents the works of authors related to immigration, immigrants, and Ellis Island.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 1989, Reach Out and Read was established by a group of medical doctors to improve literacy in young children. It is a crucial source of high-quality inclusive, and diverse children’s books that pediatric clinicians share with their patients and families in combatting the public health crises of racism and poverty. Reach Out and Read has adopted a simple model of prescribing books and reading aloud as a means of fostering the language-rich interactions between parents and their young, pre-kindergarten children that stimulate early brain development. Reach Out and Read is a cost-effective, scalable model now serving 4.2 million young children and their families, delivering 7.8 million books through a nationwide network of almost 6,000 program sites each year, including one in four children living in poverty in this country. With Corporation support, Reach Out and Read will continue to strengthen its mission and impact including projects like their Beginning at Birth initiative giving a child an early start on social-emotional and cognitive growth, leading to a path that helps them to achieve their full potential.
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As a one-time only grant for support of educational programming
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
38 months
Description
Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1895, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh now encompasses 19 locations. While books remain central to its core mission, the Library is a community-based organization which focuses on education, workforce and economic development, and neighborhood vitality. Moreover, across neighborhoods, age groups, demographics, platforms and time, the Library promotes literacy and supports a community that values patron-centered services, welcoming spaces, innovation, curiosity, tolerance, respect and the acquisition of knowledge. With Corporations support, librarians will continue their work in providing educational programs, services, and resources for children, teens and adults. This grant will also allow the Library to expand its collections of print and eBooks; strengthen existing community partnerships; promote opportunities for family engagement; and offer adult programming.
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For continued support for the expansion, implementation, and advancement of a comprehensive workforce collaborative framework
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
JobsFirstNYC (JobsFirst) was created in 2006 to serve as a neutral intermediary to address the workforce needs of out-of-school, out-of-work young adults in New York City. JobsFirst brings together community, corporate, organizational, and private and public resources to connect young adults to the economic life in New York City. Their mission is to create and advance new solutions that transform systems supporting young adults and their communities in the pursuit of economic mobility. They are deeply focused on the need to rebuild the economy post-COVID-19, and this will require a collaborative approach to transform how systems prepare rising generations for the future economy. Despite some bright spots, the systems designed to support young adults are fragmented, antiquated, and ill-equipped to answer this urgent call for change and lack a cohesive strategy. JobsFirst will expand on the recommendations in their policy paper, implement the change framework to build a people-driven change process infrastructure, and advance policy and practice recommendations around standardizing career readiness across NYC schools.
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For project support to create and launch a national expansion support model
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Build UP is an early-college workforce development model that provides low-income youth career-ready skills through paid apprenticeships with industry-aligned secondary and early postsecondary academic coursework leading them to become educated, credentialed, and empowered civic leaders, professionals, homeowners, and landlords. Throughout the full-time, year-round program, youth split their time between academic and career development settings, gaining knowledge directly applicable to paid apprenticeships in high-demand fields. Build UP’s student apprentices collaboratively rehab blighted abandoned homes and lots and relocated donated homes that would otherwise end up in landfills, creating affordable and sustainable options for achieving like-new, multi-unit homeownership. Support from the Corporation will allow Build UP to continue to pursue a financially sustainable model expansion by ensuring funding streams are effectively braided from state, regional, and local sources, including public, private, and philanthropic, to fully leverage all relevant funding opportunities.
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For emergency relief efforts toward Ukraine crisis
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
12 months
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For a project on the Oral Histories of U.S. Diplomacy in Afghanistan, 2001–2021
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
The two decades of U.S. intervention in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021 mark an important period in American history. The voices of those who participated in it can provide valuable historical insights about America’s longest war. The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST) is a professional, non-partisan organization focused on the collection of primary source material that can be used to extract useful lessons for academics and policymakers. Corporation support will allow ADST to collect, preserve, and share a minimum of 50 oral histories from American and Afghan staff working for the U.S. Department of State and/or Embassy Kabul during this twenty -year span. This material will be made available to the public and expert community on the ADST and Library of Congress websites and promoted through podcasts and other educational tools.
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For an awareness campaign on the 2018 missile false alarm in Hawaii
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
On January 13, 2018, a ballistic missile alert was falsely issued over television, radio, and cellphones in Hawaii. Games for Change Inc. created a Virtual Reality (VR) movie that for 38 minutes brings this story to life. “On the Morning You Wake” enables viewers to experience the event—just as 1.4 million people in Hawaii did. Through this grant, Games for Change would bring this VR experience to a number of global events, including UN meetings and Nobel Peace Prize. The goal is to activate audiences by presenting this challenging topic in a new, immersive and visually stunning way.
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For a general support award in honor of Jose Andres and the great work of World Central Kitchen
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
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As a final grant for core support of its education programs
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 2003, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center honors the 2,983 people killed in the September 11, 2001, and February 26, 1993, terrorist attacks, as well as those who risked their lives to save them. It has stood as a globally recognized symbol of healing, renewal, and hope in the aftermath of tragedy. The fund has virtual and in-person educational programs. One example is its annual 5K Run/Walk, a family-friendly event to raise awareness of the memorial’s mission, promote its educational programming, and sustain the museum’s ongoing operations. With Corporation support, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum will continue its mission of educating the public about the history and lessons learned from the September 11 and February 26 terrorist attacks. It will also resume its in-person 5K Run/Walk, which was postponed for the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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 and deepen 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
9 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 have passed since the start of the pandemic and in the months and years ahead, we anticipate a new sense of urgency about the gaps and solutions in our education system that need to be covered and elevated for the public. With many students still studying remotely from home, there is enormous fear that millions of children 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 Angeles or rural areas in the Mississippi Delta and the West. The Hechinger Report, a ten-year-old nonprofit, award-winning, independent news outlet focused on innovation and education has been covering the inequities that permeate the U.S. education system, which is projected to be more pronounced over the coming years due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. With support from the Corporation The Hechinger Report will strengthen coverage of inequality, achievement gaps, and solutions- and research-based reporting; bolstering their reporting of under-covered areas such as the West and the South; enhancing their engagement to a larger audience; and sustaining their investigative 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, providing real-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 its members access 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 tool FASTalk, 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 of FASTalk’s impact on student outcomes as they expand. During the grant period, they aim to design and launch a rigorous study of FASTalk’s impact on student learning to identify and make strategic investments in FASTalk’s product 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.
Project Title
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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Project Title
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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