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Project Title
For a project supporting the Global Initiative on Polarization
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
18 months
Description
Rising political and social divisions are adversely affecting governance, peacebuilding, and social cohesion around the world. In this renewal grant, the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), an international nongovernmental organization headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, will focus on strengthening local and global capacities to prevent and reduce polarization across democratic and conflict-affected settings. In the next phase of its Global Initiative on Polarization, IFIT will consolidate its role as a global hub on depolarization by strengthening collaboration, sharing knowledge, and developing innovative approaches to reduce polarization. With Carnegie’s support, IFIT will deepen collaboration and exchange among leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working on depolarization through monthly learning activities and convenings; advance and disseminate a Depolarization Strategy Framework alongside locally led testing in nine countries; and explore piloting an online training for youth in conflict and crisis situations. Over time, IFIT aims to strengthen democratic resilience, social trust, and peaceful coexistence.
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For a project examining the dynamics of non-state actors in shaping peace, health, and stability in Africa
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
36 months
Description
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is a research-to-policy institution with a West Africa Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal that promotes evidence-informed decision making in Africa. This proposed project will examine how non-state actors influence peace, health, and stability along the migration route linking Dakar, Agadez, Niger, and northern Nigeria. With Carnegie’s support, APHRC will study how non-state actors— including community groups, transport providers, armed groups, and criminal networks—shape the ability of migrants and travelers to resolve disputes, get reliable route and safety information, find safe transport, and access health and social services. The project will include research documenting the dynamics of this terrain, mapping of non-state actors, assessment of health and social service access, and the development of practical governance tools with policymakers, service providers, and community actors.
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For project support to increase re-enrollment of adult learners with some college but no credential to high-demand career pathways in North Texas
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
18 months
Description
More than 888,000 adults in North Texas have some college credit but no credential, often due to financial, family, or employment circumstances rather than academic ability. Regional employers, meanwhile, cannot find enough credentialed workers to fill open roles, particularly in healthcare and technology. The University of North Texas (UNT), the largest university in Dallas–Fort Worth, launched the Texas Talent Accelerator (TTA) in September 2025 to close this gap, building a coalition of more than 100 employers, colleges, and economic development organizations to provide labor market data and coordinate re-enrollment efforts. TTA and its partners launched round 1 of the “Some College, No Credential Regional Re-Enrollment Pilot” in summer 2026, testing the outreach approach across three institutions. With Carnegie’s support, TTA will scale to six institutions, matching 2,000 returning students across rounds 1 and 2 to credential pathways aligned with regional workforce demand, rather than defaulting back into their original program.
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For a project supporting grassroots mutual aid organizing to advance peace and enhance democratic governance in Sudan
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Malam Darfur Peace and Development (MDPD) is a Sudanese civil society organization established in 2012 with offices in Sudan and the U.S. that supports local peacebuilding and promotes accountable governance in regions of Sudan affected by the civil war. Working in partnership with grassroots groups, MDPD aims to strengthen social cohesion and local systems for managing conflict. With Carnegie support, MDPD and its partners will facilitate community dialogue, early conflict response, resolving resource disputes, local peacebuilding, countering hate speech and misinformation, conflict analysis, knowledge exchanges, and governance support in select locations across Darfur, Kordofan, and eastern and central Sudan.
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In support of the Book of Kells project
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 1592, the Library of Trinity College Dublin is Ireland’s largest academic library and home to the Book of Kells, one of the world’s most celebrated illuminated manuscripts. The Andrew Carnegie Foundation grant will support the creation of a new Book of Kells Digital Showcase as part of the Library’s conservation-led Old Library Development Project. The resulting conservation, research, and advanced digital imaging will expand access to the manuscript worldwide while serving as the centerpiece of a reimagined Book of Kells exhibition when the restored Old Library reopens to the public in 2030. Building on the Foundation’s previous investments in Trinity’s digitization initiatives, the grant supports an ambitious effort to preserve, study, and share one of the world’s most important medieval manuscripts.
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For project support to strengthen the Democratic Classrooms and Schools Initiative in New York City and expand the program to additional states
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Many young people have limited opportunities to practice the skills of civic participation, including identifying community problems, gathering input from others, working across differences, and contributing to collective decision-making. Founded in 1998 and based in Chicago, Mikva Challenge addresses this gap through Student Voice Committees in public schools. These committees are intentionally designed to engage students who might not otherwise hold formal leadership roles, giving them structured opportunities to identify school issues, gather input from peers, and work with school leaders to develop and implement solutions. With this renewal grant, Mikva will support 72 schools across New York City, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin over two years, reaching 212 Student Ambassadors, approximately 1,050 Student Voice Committee members, and an estimated 110,000 students through school-wide engagement activities, while supporting the development of 105 student-led action plans.
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For project support for KIPP NYC to provide over 2,000 low-income high school students with a comprehensive set of college-going supports
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 1995, KIPP NYC Public Schools operates a network of 18 free public charter schools across the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan serving more than 9,200 students in grades K–12, anchored by KIPP NYC College Prep High School, the network’s flagship, which achieves a 90 percent college matriculation rate and a 72 percent third-year persistence rate compared to a national rate of 15 percent for students from the lowest-income quartile. Beginning in fall 2026, KIPP’s high school will expand from 2,210 to 2,700 students by SY27–28, making it the largest charter high school in New York City. The proposed grant ensures that students accepted to four-year colleges can pursue their degrees undeterred by financial need. To achieve this, the initiative will support approximately 350 alumni through a microgrant program and fund four Postsecondary Success Fellows to advise graduates during their first two years of college. Additionally, the grant will scale advising efforts through upgraded technology platforms and provide expanded college visits for 250 to 350 students annually.
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For project support to the National Institute for Student Success to increase graduation rates and help transfer students succeed
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
30 months
Description
The National Institute for Student Success (NISS), founded at Georgia State University in 2020, works with colleges and universities to identify and resolve institutional barriers to college completion. Fewer than one in five community college students who intend to earn a bachelor’s degree do so within six years. While some causes, such as college costs, are difficult and expensive to address, others are within an institution’s control, including fragmented advising, lost transfer credit, and academic pathways misaligned with bachelor’s degree requirements. NISS addresses this through a diagnostic that identifies where transfer students fall off track, a customized playbook of evidence-based reforms, and a year of implementation support. This model is grounded in Georgia State’s own results, including a 70 percent improvement in bachelor’s graduation rates, and has since scaled to more than 170 colleges and universities and 11 state systems, reaching 1.8 million students and driving rising retention rates across partner institutions. With Carnegie’s support, NISS will apply this model to nine institutions across two community college transfer ecosystems to address both institutional barriers and regional breakdowns in transfer-credit policy and advising.
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For project support to increase access to student-led service, leadership, and civic engagement through Key Club expansion to new states
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Research indicates that young people who participate in service and civic experiences during high school are more likely to vote and volunteer as adults than peers who did not participate. Key Club International, founded in 1925 and operating as a program of Kiwanis, is one of the world’s largest student-led service programs for high school students, with approximately 233,000 members across 5,568 clubs in all 50 states. The Kiwanis Children’s Fund administers philanthropic investments supporting Key Club expansion, leadership development, and student scholarships. With this grant, the Kiwanis Children’s Fund will expand access to Key Club in California, Nevada, Hawaii, Florida, and New York, targeting 400 new clubs and approximately 22,000 new student members over two years and will double the Global Leadership Certificate Master Class from 50 to 100 students annually, providing stipends of $1,000 per student to attend the Master Class and Key Club International Convention.
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For core support of the Trust for Civic Life and for its public library initiative
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
36 months
Description
The Trust for Civic Life, fiscally sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, is a cross-ideological funder collaborative launched in 2024 to support civic participation, increase social trust, and build civic agency at the local level, with a particular focus in rural communities. Governed by national funders and community advisors, the trust operates through its Civic Hub grants to locally led groups, research and evaluation, and a funder Learning Network. Since its launch, the trust has committed $19.1 million across nearly 200 Civic Hubs, reached 35 percent of rural counties in the U.S., and secured co-investment from over 25 philanthropies toward a $66 million five-year budget. Carnegie’s proposed grant—cofunded by the Democracy and Education programs, will support three years of the trust’s core operations and a new Public Library Civic Experiment Grants initiative, which will fund approximately 70 small and rural public libraries in partnership with the trust’s grantees.
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As a final grant to support State-led high school redesign initiatives
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
Since 2005, Education Resource Strategies (ERS) has partnered with leaders across 150 school systems and multiple states to modernize learning for more than five million students. With prior support from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, ERS deepened district partnerships and built field capacity, yielding results such as a $24 million reallocation in Nashville and a redesigned schedule in Detroit that added four credit slots for internships and dual enrollment. Building on statewide efforts in Massachusetts and Texas, ERS proposes a two-phase strategy in which it first works with a state education agency to develop a concrete implementation plan and then moves into direct support for districts through hands-on partnerships, targeted technical assistance, and tools and resources available statewide. The proposed final grant would launch this initiative in one or more future-ready state partners and establish the momentum needed to secure follow-on funding for long-term impact.
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For a project rebuilding social cohesion and local governance for durable peace in post-conflict Syria
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
The post-Assad landscape in Syria is defined by fragmented governance, competing authorities, weak institutions, and a deeply fractured society that threatens to fuel more instability in the region. Syrian Forum USA (SFUSA), through its Syrian affiliates Syrian Forum and the Omran Center for Strategic Studies, will implement an integrated initiative in target communities across five regions of Syria to rebuild social cohesion, strengthen local governance, and support the reintegration of displaced persons. The project will develop a multi-dimensional Stability Index measuring governance, service delivery, displacement dynamics, and social cohesion, then translate findings into activities designed to promote stability, including community dialogues, small grants for locally led initiatives, and capacity-building for local councils and civil society organizations. A Peacebuilding Toolkit documenting tested models will be disseminated through local and international channels to inform Syria’s broader stabilization and recovery efforts.
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For project support of Sesame Street Season 58 and a library-based initiative focused on connection, caring, and community participation
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Sesame Workshop is the educational organization behind Sesame Street and a long-standing leader in research-based children’s media. Building on a historic partnership that began when Carnegie supported the research that led to the creation of Sesame Street, this initiative will help young children develop empathy, belonging, and cooperation, skills that support community participation. The project responds to growing concerns about social isolation, declining trust, and the need for opportunities that bring children and families together in trusted community spaces. With Carnegie support, Sesame Workshop will develop Season 58 of Sesame Street around its Connection and Caring framework and introduce a new library set as a recurring community hub. The grant will also support the creation of library resources, caregiver materials, librarian training, and in-person programming at four Carnegie-affiliated library systems. These efforts will combine Sesame’s national reach with libraries’ local presence to help children and families experience belonging, connection, and community participation.
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As a final grant to strengthen English as a Second Language services and college access programs for teens and parents in Los Angeles
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
Many California janitorial and airport service workers face significant barriers to economic mobility. Low wages, limited English proficiency, and few pathways to career advancement leave many families struggling to support their children’s educational aspirations. Building Skills Partnership, founded in 2007 and based in Los Angeles, addresses these challenges through an integrated family economic mobility model that combines college readiness programming, English language instruction, family engagement, scholarships, and postsecondary coaching. With this final grant, Building Skills Partnership will serve 200 parents with guidance on college pathways, financial aid workshops, and civic participation, as well as English as a Second Language courses. The organization will also serve 125 high school students through college readiness programming, including college visits and career exploration activities; support 40 students in applying to college, university, or scholarship opportunities; award $40,000 in scholarships to 20 first-generation college students; and provide one-on-one coaching to 25 current college students to support postsecondary persistence and completion.
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As a one-time grant in support of the Third Founding
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
The Third Founding is a nonpartisan initiative of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture devoted to renewing the cultural and institutional foundations of American democracy. It begins from the recognition that democracy depends not only upon laws, elections, and governmental institutions, but also upon a civic culture grounded in human dignity, mutual obligation, democratic agency, and the responsible exercise of institutional authority. Carnegie’s support would allow the Institute to publish and promote the Third Founding Declaration, launch the project publicly, convene scholars and civil society leaders, and begin building a broad network of people and institutions committed to the constructive and defensive work of democratic renewal.
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For core support of the Democracy Innovation Fund
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
The Defending Democracy Together Institute engages and supports partners on the center-right to defend the rule of law and strengthen American democracy. Through its Democracy Innovation Fund the organization supports new initiatives designed to protect election integrity and conducts research on the intersection of domestic security, public safety, and democracy. Renewed Carnegie support will enable this catalyst for center-right innovation to expand and deepen its leadership and engagement programs across the United States.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 10, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Launched in 2015, The 74 is a nonprofit news organization dedicated to fact-based, nonpartisan journalism on K–12 education across the United States. Its reporting covers education reform, economic mobility, and innovation, serving parents, educators, advocates, and policymakers. In 2025, the organization generated 109 million impressions and reached 10.7 million unique readers. The Foundation’s support has helped The 74 advance public understanding of education and civic issues ranging from pandemic consequences and curriculum debates to college and career pathways. The 74 investigates systemic inequities in local school districts and syndicates its reporting through regional and national partners. With the Foundation’s support, it has also adapted journalism for social platforms, generating 827,000 social video views across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts in 2025, and recently launched a Substack to engage creator-driven audiences. With renewed support, The 74 will continue informing communities by documenting educational equity, the widening achievement gap, and the impact of federal policy on immigrant students, while deepening its presence on social and digital-first platforms.
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In support of the conference Universities and the Future of Liberal Democracy
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
Reset Dialogues is an American non-profit organization founded in 2009 to promote cultural and religious pluralism, the rule of law, and human rights. They aim to strengthen deliberative democracy and civil discourse in an era of extreme political polarization by facilitating high-level dialogue and cultivating a network of academics and policy professionals across borders. With Corporation support, they will launch a two-day seminar in May 2026 entitled, Universities, Elites, and the Future of Liberal Democracy, bringing together leading scholars, institutional leaders, and public intellectuals to address the growing crisis in higher education and provide a neutral, international forum for high-level analysis and collaboration.
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As a final grant for core support of the Bolder Advocacy program
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
Without a proper understanding of government regulations on advocacy, nonprofits are faced with minimizing advocacy activities or not participating in advocacy at all, undercutting their ability to drive their mission forward. With more than 135 members, Alliance for Justice is the nation’s largest resource on nonprofit advocacy law. For more than twenty years, its Bolder Advocacy program has educated thousands of nonprofits, foundations, and philanthropic partners by providing trainings and tools that support their advocacy efforts. For more than twenty years, Bolder Advocacy has assisted tens of thousands of nonprofits and foundations in growing both their understanding and pursuit of advocacy to advance their missions and support their communities. With Carnegie support, the Bolder Advocacy program will continue to educate nonprofits in accordance with state and federal regulations to maximize their impact.
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For support of the National Institute for Civil Discourse's work on nonpartisan legal immigration pathways
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 2011 to promote healthy, civil political debate, the National Institute for Civil Discourse (NICD) at the University of Arizona utilizes its program, CommonSense American (CSA), to connect everyday citizens across the political spectrum in support of policy solutions on contentious issues. NICD will apply its proven bipartisan consensus-building model to the politically gridlocked issue of immigration policy, which has seen decades of failed reform efforts. With Carnegie support, the project will bring together a bipartisan coalition of key senators, representatives, and leading experts to identify and advance sensible federal reforms capable of attracting the necessary bipartisan support to benefit immigrants, the economy, employers, public safety, and national security.
Project Title
For support of its rule of law work in the United States
Date
Jun. 04, 2026
Duration
15 months
Description
Founded in 1992, Beyond Conflict has spent more than three decades catalyzing the field of transitional justice and supporting peace and reconciliation efforts in more than seventy-five cases from South Africa to Northern Ireland. The organization utilizes a unique methodology of “shared experience,” grounded in the belief that leaders in divided societies can accelerate progress by learning from those who have navigated similar crises. As the United States faces rising institutional stress, Beyond Conflict is applying this global expertise domestically, integrating peacebuilding practice with applied brain and behavioral science. In partnership with the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, and with Carnegie support, Beyond Conflict will provide American leaders comparative, global insights into democratic erosion and host a series of convenings connecting U.S. practitioners in law, media, and civil society with international counterparts.
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As a one-time grant for project support of the American Conversation Project
Date
Jun. 04, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary amidst strained trust in democratic institutions, this milestone presents an opportunity for democratic renewal. Cortico, a nonprofit associated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Constructive Communication, fosters civic engagement by facilitating small-group conversations that promote transparency and drive action, building civic networks and empowering communities. With this grant, Cortico will expand the American Conversation Project (ACP) to leverage the nation’s most trusted civic spaces: public libraries. This library-centered initiative aims to establish a network of 50–75 libraries, hosting 100–200 structured community conversations. Using ethical, AI-supported analysis, ACP will identify common themes and build shared understanding across communities, while training library staff members to embed sustainable civic listening skills. By equipping libraries with a dedicated toolkit for facilitation and outreach, the project seeks to position them as amplifiers of local voices and normalize civic listening as a core function of democratic infrastructure.
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For support of the 2026 civil rights bipartisan congressional tour
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
With rising political polarization, it is imperative to foster civil discourse to strengthen relationships across partisan lines. Founded in 1991, the Faith and Politics Institute (FPI) cultivates mutual respect, increased understanding, and honest conversation among political leaders to advance productive discourse and constructive collaboration. Over the past thirty-four years, FPI has convened more than 1,000 participants—including United States presidents, 300 members of Congress and their staff members, state officials, dignitaries, and community leaders—through thirty-four domestic and international tours. These transformative experiences invite bipartisan reflection on moral leadership and the unfinished work of democracy. With Corporation support, FPI will engage bipartisan members of Congress and their families through its annual civil rights tour commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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For support of its Free Speech Initiative
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1920, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is one of the oldest, largest, and most recognized civil society organizations in the United States, promoting civil rights and civil liberties. At a time when freedom of expression is under threat, the ACLU is continuing to protect free speech through litigation and public education efforts with a focus on protecting academic freedom, online speech and journalism, and political advocacy and protest. With Carnegie support, the ACLU will work to strengthen protections for academic freedom, reduce censorship of journalists and digital speech, strengthen guardrails against retaliation for political advocacy and protest, and improve public understanding of First Amendment rights.
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For support of data-driven research on China at the 21st Century China Center
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
China’s technological prowess and domestic political dynamics have global implications that are relevant to policymakers and attract media attention but are only partially understood. Chinese government restrictions on foreign researchers makes innovative approaches to compiling and analyzing datasets crucial to understand China’s rise as a global tech innovator and the inner workings of its policy processes. The 21st Century China Center is a leading U.S. institution for cutting-edge, data-driven research on temporary Chinese politics and economics. With renewed Carnegie’s support, the Center will continue developing open-source databases and evidence-based research that will clarify issues at the forefront of U.S. political discourse on China such as China’s political elite, energy transition, and role in transnational scientific innovation.
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As a final grant for support for Developing Emerging Academic Leaders (DEAL) and the Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA)
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has contributed to developing African academic leadership and research training with support from Carnegie Corporation since 2011, particularly through two programs: Developing Emerging Academic Leaders (DEAL) and the Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA). With Carnegie support, UCT has trained 272 doctoral, postdoc, and research fellows to date who have generated significant scholarly outputs and secured academic appointments primarily within Africa, contributing to knowledge production and academic retention in Africa. In this final phase of Carnegie support to DEAL and HUMA, UCT will award PhD, postdoc, early-career and visiting fellowships, establish collaborative networks for researchers, and provide writing workshops and professional development opportunities to strengthen research productivity and leadership pathways.
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In support of humanitarian assistance in Sudan
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) delivers lifesaving health,nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in fragile andconflict-affected settings. In its 2026 EmergencyWatchlist, IRC, for the third straight year, identifies Sudan as theworld’s most acute humanitarian crisis, amid record global conflict anddeclining international assistance. Renewal of Carnegie’s 2025 grant wouldsupport a one-year, integrated health, nutrition, and WASH intervention inTawila (North Darfur) and Zalingei (Central Darfur), reaching conflict-affectedinternally displaced populations. The project will provide preventive andcurative care to approximately 76,000 people and nutrition services, includingtreatment for severe acute malnutrition, to 7,800 children under five and theircaregivers.
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For core support of its U.S. based programs
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
The 2024 election and recent polling make clear that Americans are frustrated by the disorder at the border, but also uneasy with enforcement approaches that fail to distinguish between people with criminal records and those who have long contributed to the economy and their communities. A balanced approach is needed to depolarize immigration and rebuild a bipartisan consensus for reform. In this complex moment, the immigration field needs fresh thinking, new partnerships, and practical strategies to push for meaningful reform grounded in pragmatism that delivers real solutions for communities and immigrants alike. Founded in 2001 with Carnegie support, the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) is a leading research and policy institution that studies American and global migration. MPI works to build political consensus by supplying data-driven analyses, innovative policy ideas, and comparative global perspectives to policymakers, leaders in civil society, the media, and the public. With renewed Corporation support, MPI will continue to convene leaders committed to advancing sensible reform ideas across different ideological backgrounds; develop a proposal for employment-based visa reform inclusive of state, local, and business objectives; and build knowledge and capacity at state and local levels to support immigrant integration.
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For support of its business and economic research and communications work
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1987, the American Immigration Council (AIC) is dedicated to creating a fair, humane, and orderly immigration system that strengthens the U.S. democracy and fuels economic growth. It combines research, policy advocacy, state and local coalition building, litigation, and strategic communications that advance solutions that meet the needs of immigrants and the communities where they live and work. AIC houses the Center for Inclusion and Belonging, a communications project dedicated to reshaping public narratives about immigration with the goal of unifying the country. With Carnegie support, AIC will advance an affirmative vision for interior immigration enforcement, develop state and local leadership inclusive of diverse voices, and amplify its public education and communications efforts to reach a broader segment of the public.
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As a final grant for core support of the New Americans Campaign
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
18 months
Description
Naturalization is a foundational component of successful immigrant integration and the gateway to full civic participation. It provides the right to vote, hold public office, and serve on juries, allowing millions of immigrants to make their voices heard and contribute to their communities and the country. However, of the over 11 million legal permanent residents who qualify for citizenship in the United States, less than 1 million apply for naturalization each year. Since its inception in 2011, the New Americans Campaign (NAC) has been funding and building the capacity of local nonprofits offering affordable naturalization support. Fiscally sponsored by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the NAC, and its more than 200 local and national partners, have completed more than 700,000 naturalization applications and 255,000 fee waivers for immigrants, to date. The total estimated value of the fee waivers and free and low-cost legal services provided by NAC partners exceeds $785 million. The NAC is also a leading advocate for making naturalization more accessible to those who qualify. With renewed Carnegie support, the NAC will continue its efforts to educate immigrants about the importance of naturalization and strengthen the capacity of its network.
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For project support of the Civic Labs for Youth pilot launch across selected Carnegie libraries
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Beyond the classroom, libraries serve as essential nonpartisan spaces where students can learn how civic systems operate, recognize their role in them, and gain the confidence to participate meaningfully. For fifty years, the Urban Libraries Council (ULC) has connected public library leaders, driven advocacy, and supported nearly 200 library systems to enrich urban communities across North America. With this proposed grant, ULC will launch Youth Civic Labs across a coordinated network of Carnegie libraries that empower young people to practice democracy—through activities such as identifying community issues, debating solutions, and taking collaborative action—while strengthening media literacy and leading positive community change. ULC will select ten library systems with Carnegie library branches where possible to implement the model, using data from Carnegie grantee Opportunity Insights (led by Raj Chetty) to identify communities with below-average economic mobility and limited civic infrastructure. This pilot will offer hands-on civic learning experiences and structured opportunities for youth-led action projects that complement school-based education, with an anticipated reach of over 12,000 students across all participating library systems.
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For international dialogue on security challenges in Northeast Asia
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
36 months
Description
Rising security challenges across Northeast Asia call for continued dialogue between American and Asian experts and policymakers to strengthen global stability. With renewed support, the National Committee on American Foreign Policy’s (NCAFP) Forum on Asia-Pacific Security (the Forum) will continue to engage influential experts from China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, North Korea, Russia, and the U.S. in Track 1.5/II dialogues on key political and security issues. During periods of limited official dialogue, the Forum provides a trusted platform that sustains critical communication channels between the U.S., its allies, and regional stakeholders. The Forum also includes programs for emerging leaders on Cross-Straits and other relevant regional issues.
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As a final grant for core support of the Kennan Institute
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
18 months
Description
Recently separated from the Wilson Center, the Kennan Institute has emerged as an independent institution with a distinguished reputation for scholarship on Russia and Eurasia. Its mission remains focused on delivering rigorous, nonpartisan analysis of developments across the former Soviet Union; convening high-level discussions that shape and inform policy debates; cultivating the next generation of analytical thinkers; and engaging broad public audiences through accessible, impactful outreach. With renewed support, the Kennan Institute will expand its lectures, events, and conferences, strengthening its long-standing objective of creating connections between expert insight and the audiences who rely on it.
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For core support of Chalkbeat and Votebeat
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Chalkbeat is the nation’s leading nonprofit news organization dedicated to education, with a mission to inform the public through trustworthy, fact-based reporting from its eight local bureaus and national desk. In the 2024–25 school year, supported by Carnegie, Chalkbeat produced 1,775 stories that were viewed 9.7 million times, leading to 41 documented informed actions and 415 informed debates. Through this proposed general support grant to Civic News Company (CNC), the foundation would continue to strengthen Chalkbeat’s education coverage while extending support to Votebeat, its sister newsroom focused on election administration. Trustworthy elections are the foundation of civic participation, and Votebeat’s nonpartisan reporting focused on 5 states (Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin) helps communities understand how their votes are cast and counted, building confidence in democratic systems. With Carnegie’s support, CNC aims to advance two pillars of an informed democracy—education and elections—by ensuring citizens have access to clear, factual information on the systems that shape both their lives.
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For support of Live Like a Citizen initiative
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Americans throughout the country are feeling adrift in civic crisis, experiencing isolation and eroding trust. For the past twelve years, Citizen University (CU), a national nonprofit organization that equips Americans with the tools and relationships to foster powerful, responsible citizenship in their communities, has been at the forefront of the civic renewal movement, helping people build lasting and sustainable civic habits. Its initiative, Live Like a Citizen, is an immersive learning experience designed to support local community stewards—librarians, teachers, faith leaders, and artists—who can be essential to building everyday civic opportunities. Partnering with twenty local institutions, the program will equip these “civic catalysts” to instill the core habits, skills, and tools of responsible citizenship and help communities connect authentically and collaborate. With Carnegie support, Citizen University will recruit, engage, and train cohorts of catalysts to embody and spread the core habits and skills of powerful citizenship.
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For core support of Carnegie China
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
American exchanges and discussions with China on many security, diplomatic, and political issues have deteriorated since 2020. To help reactivate relations, the Endowment has re-established its presence in Beijing to a multifaceted center that is based in Singapore, allowing them a more regional perspective. Moving forward, the center will generate research and analysis from American, Chinese, Southeast Asian, and wider Asian-Pacific perspectives, and help facilitate dialogue between the United States and China. The work educates the public and informs governments, business sectors, international and local media organizations, and diplomatic communities.
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For support to scale multistakeholder initiatives countering terrorist and violent extremist content (TVEC) online
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
In a digitally interconnected era, terrorist and violent extremist content (TVEC) can quickly spread online, radicalizing individuals and harming society. The advancement of technologies, especially artificial intelligence (AI), allows TVEC to proliferate online, while also providing new ways to detect and respond to violent content. Carnegie’s support will allow the Christchurch Call Foundation (CCF) to scale and strengthen their multistakeholder initiatives to eliminate TVEC online. The organization leads dialogues on online safety, develops tools to counter algorithmic radicalization, enhances crisis response to prevent TVEC spread, and provides guidance on eliminating TVEC. These efforts aim to address threats posed by violent extremists that exploit emerging technologies including AI while safeguarding human rights and a free, open internet.
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For core support to the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
The Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center (CREC) in Berlin is home to leading experts on Russia and the region. Its research agenda focuses on issues related to the second- and third-order effects of the Ukraine war and the worsening standoff between Russia and the West, including energy security, global governance, and arms control and nonproliferation. CREC also runs the highly popular independent media outlet, Carnegie Politika, which reaches a vast audience, including millions of people inside Russia with Russian language content, helping to puncture the Kremlin’s web of censorship.
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For project support to close the employment gap for first-generation college students
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite the common belief that a college degree ensures economic mobility, first-generation college students often face higher rates of underemployment due to inadequate career services and fragmented job placement support, with 73 percent remaining underemployed a decade later. Basta aims to address these issues by providing specialized programs, significantly improving the career outcomes of first-generation students, as evidenced by their higher job and internship placement rates compared to national benchmarks. Their services focus on essential skills such as resume building, interviewing skills, professional communication, and career mapping. They also help students navigate early career landscapes across various industries, including technology, business, and healthcare. With Carnegie’s support, Basta plans to scale their intensive career programming to reach over 13,000 students, while establishing new regional hubs and expanding their online programs to support even more students in achieving meaningful employment.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Open Campus, founded in 2019 by former editors at The Chronicle of Higher Education, is a nonprofit dedicated to transforming America’s understanding of higher education. It addresses a critical information gap: while colleges are vital engines of social mobility, their performance is woefully under reported, creating a disconnect with employers and the public. Two-thirds of major media markets have no dedicated higher education reporter, and community colleges, which serve 40 percent of all U.S. undergraduates, receive less than 3 percent of coverage. Open Campus fills this void through a unique collaborative model, embedding specialized reporters directly into local newsrooms across the country and supporting them with a national team of editors, data analysts, and training. This network, now 18 partners, connects education to opportunity through ground-level reporting. The impact is substantial, producing over 600 stories reaching 18 million readers monthly and driving tangible reforms. With continued support, Open Campus will expand this network into underserved regions, build greater newsroom capacity, and deepen essential coverage on how education equips people for work and democratic life.
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As a final grant to Higher Education Resource Services East Africa
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Higher Education Resource Services–East Africa (HERS-EA), a regional non-profit affiliated with HERS USA, works to advance women’s leadership in higher education institutions across seven East African countries through leadership academies, mentorship, skills training, research support, and institutional partnerships. In this proposed final phase of Carnegie support, HERS-EA will deliver two residential leadership academies, host writing trainings, convene an alumni conference, and offer targeted short courses to strengthen research capacity. The grant will increase women’s research productivity and regional networks, and expand their participation and sustainability in higher education leadership.
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As a final grant for general support (of the National Committee on North Korea)
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Opportunities for sustained, principled engagement with North Korea are scarce, given the limited communication channels and a lack of detailed policy implementation. To fill this gap, the National Committee on North Korea (NCNK) will maintain its forum for experts, supporting U.S. policymaking on North Korea aimed at reducing threat inflation and developing avenues for diplomatic and humanitarian assistance. In this final grant, NCNK will facilitate information sharing among specialists and sustain the analytical capacity essential for effective response to the Korean Peninsula.
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For support for advancing indigenous knowledge and engagement on migration in Africa
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
36 months
Description
Carleton University, a leading research institution based in Ottawa, Canada, holds long-standing partnerships with African universities and networks focused on Indigenous knowledge, migration, and displacement, and has supported research that advances locally grounded, policy-relevant approaches to peacebuilding and development. This proposed project seeks to center the knowledge and agency of Indigenous and refugee communities in African border regions. With Carnegie support, Carleton University and its African network partners will implement fellowships, community-based research, regional and cross-regional convenings, policy dialogues, and engagement with regional organizations, to advance community-rooted approaches to border governance, peacebuilding, and socio-economic transformation.
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For project support for expanding access to mobility engine institutions of higher education
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Since 1989, The Posse Foundation has used a cohort-based leadership model to help over 14,000 high-achieving urban students excel at selective colleges. The program maintains a 90 percent college completion rate, with 55 percent of scholars being first-generation students and 78 percent of alumni reporting upward economic mobility within ten years of graduation. Building on previous Carnegie support that codified Posse’s STEM program and expanded its university network, the current investment will enable Posse to partner with eight partner institutions of higher education serving high numbers of Pell recipients to ensure that Posse scholars have access to these mobility engine schools. These resources will help support the admission of up to 160 students from diverse backgrounds and ensure that these mobility engine schools can continue to improve postsecondary outcomes for low-income students.
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As a one-time grant in support of the exhibition, "Declaring America: 1776 and Beyond", in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
Each year, the New York Public Library serves approximately 13 millionvisitors across its 92 branch libraries in Manhattan, Staten Island, and theBronx, offering not only access to books, but also other free services such asliteracy and English-language programs, college and career readiness support,educator professional development, internet access, and free gathering spaces.NYPL also maintains a world-class research collection and archives, sharedglobally through programs and exhibitions. In the coming year, NYPL willcommemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary with a system-wide initiative, 250 Years: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit ofHappiness. The Corporation will provide a leadership grant for thecornerstone exhibition, Declaring America: 1776and Beyond, to be presented in four galleries at the Schwarzman Buildingand featuring highlights from the Library’s collections, including ThomasJefferson’s handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence.
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As a final grant for doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships in public policy
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), established in 2011 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, is a pan-African nonprofit organization that works to strengthen research excellence and public policy training. In 2019, PASGR launched a collaborative Doctorate in Public Policy (DPP) program with sixteen African universities, which has graduated nineteen scholars to date that are contributing across academia, research institutions, and policy spaces. In this final phase of Carnegie support for DPP, PASGR will provide fellowships and research grants, convene annual academic seminars, and train doctoral students in policy engagement. It will also support faculty mobility and establish an alumni network to contribute to sustainability and build a long-term community of public policy researchers working to advance evidence-informed policy.
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For core support of College Access: Research & Action
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
27 months
Description
The United States faces persistent challenges with college access and completion, particularly among low-income students due to a lack of comprehensive guidance and support. College Access: Research & Action (CARA), established in 2011, works to ensure first-generation and low-income students have the knowledge and support necessary to navigate college and career pathways. CARA uses a Peer-to-Peer Model that trains peer leaders within high schools and colleges to help their peers with the college exploration, application, and enrollment processes. This model has proven effective, increasing postsecondary enrollment rates by 13.4 percentage points at partner high schools and improving college persistence rates by 11 percentage points at CUNY colleges. Supported by Carnegie, CARA plans to train over 450 peer leaders, impacting around 39,000 students across New York City, further embedding college guidance into school routines and making the model both sustainable and scalable.
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In Support of the Philanthropic Freedom Initiative
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1991, Philanthropy Roundtable is a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to protecting philanthropic freedom and promoting excellence in giving. As a trusted center-right resource on Capitol Hill, they play a key role in policy discussions regarding the philanthropic sector. In 2025 and with Carnegie support, the roundtable launched the Federal Tax Initiative (FTI), a coordinated campaign that educates Congress about the essential role philanthropy plays in society and makes the case for eliminating harmful tax increases on private foundations. Building on this success, the roundtable aims to expand FTI to educate lawmakers on philanthropy’s impact, publish original research such as the “Philanthropic Freedom Index,” launch targeted communications campaigns, and engage with federal and state agencies to address restrictive regulations. With renewed Carnegie support, Philanthropy RoundTable will strengthen its policy and government affairs capacity, amplifying its efforts to address federal and state-level policy challenges, and elevate the vital role philanthropy plays in strengthening civil society.
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For support of Research on Economic Security and Peace (RESP).
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
36 months
Description
Once seen as a stabilizing force, U.S. and China’s interdependent economies are now perceived as a strategic vulnerability amid rising geopolitical tensions with security concerns impacting economic policy. The economies are inextricably linked while challenges on trade, nuclear security, and AI regulation make international cooperation critical. To help navigate an increasingly complex and volatile political, economic, and security landscape between the U.S. and China, Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government and Harvard University will launch a transatlantic collaborative, the Oxford-Harvard Research on Economic Security for Peace (RPES) project. This initiative intends to fill a gap in research to understand the securitization of economic relations between China and global powers. RESP aims to advance knowledge and provide insights to support policymakers bolster national security initiatives and mitigate unintended consequences of tit-for-tat economic measures that could escalate into conflict.
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For support of the development of a new financing model for PBS NewsHour
Date
Mar. 05, 2026
Duration
12 months
Description
PBS NewsHour, produced by WETA, is a trusted source of independent, fact-based journalism. With the recent elimination of federal funding and the effective closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, NewsHour has experienced a significant loss of systemwide support. At the same time, the need for trusted public media continues. With Corporation support, NewsHour will build a sustainable digital membership program that converts its large online audience into long-term supporters, ensuring its ability to continue delivering quality journalism to the public.
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