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Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 68.5 million people around the world are currently displaced from their homes due to violence and persecution. Among them are 25.4 million refugees and 3.1 million asylum seekers, many of whom have fled ongoing wars and conflict. Yet, only 102,800 refugees were resettled globally in 2017, including 22,000 in the United States. Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) provides emergency relief and sustainable development assistance to vulnerable populations affected by humanitarian crises. IRC provides health care, infrastructure, learning, and economic support to more than 23 million people around the world. With Corporation support, IRC will continue responding to humanitarian crises around the world, help meet the needs of the world’s most vulnerable populations, and advocate on behalf of refugees and the refugee resettlement program in the United States.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) was established in 1891 by Nathaniel and Elizabeth Lord Britton, botanists who, inspired by the Royal Botanic Gardens outside London, endeavored to create one of the world’s great botanic gardens in New York. Andrew Carnegie was an early supporter of this effort, serving as a founding member of the organization’s board of trustees, as well as vice president from 1895 to 1919. Today, NYBG welcomes more than 1,300,000 visitors annually. Some 300,000 come to participate in educational programs about plant science, ecology, nutrition, and organic gardening, nearly 90,000 of them school-age children from the Bronx. NYBG also operates one of the world’s largest plant research and conservation programs, with nearly eighty scientists working in the garden’s molecular labs. In honor of the stewardship and legacy of Gregory Long, outgoing president and CEO of NYBG, Carnegie Corporation will provide general support to fund operations and programs during the transition to new leadership.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Students, who can build a bridge between parents, community members, and school systems leaders, are critical to building public will for education reform. Students for Education Reform (SFER), founded by Alexis Morin as a college student in 2009, aims to amplify student voice by identifying and training college students in grassroots organizing to be able to advocate for educational reform in their communities. The organization currently includes 1,300 student members at ninety-three college campus chapters, about 50 percent of whom are students of color. SFER will increase efforts to recruit and train a critical mass of representative students while also offering coaching on organizing and specific policy priorities in its six strategic areas: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Richmond, California; Los Angeles, California; Denver, Colorado; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Boston, Massachusetts. With support from the Corporation, SFER will engage student leaders in organizing efforts and advocacy campaigns that work toward universal, quality public education.
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For core support of Seek Common Ground
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
Over the past decade, states and communities across the country have been involved in education reform through a variety of policies and efforts. However, while communities try to implement reforms in the context of their populations and geographies, tension grows toward these reforms due to the missing support from diverse and bi-partisan stakeholders. There is an opportunity to ensure a lasting impact by increasing shared ownership in these reforms and by tying diverse groups together in one common cause. Seek Common Ground, a new organization emerging from Achieve Inc., represents a network of locally controlled and state-based advocacy coalitions who collectively aim to improve educational prospects for all children and promote policies, practices, and strategies that engage stakeholders and harness diverse viewpoints. With the Corporation’s support, Seek Common Ground will effectively transition to an independent entity of its own, serve as a backbone of support for twelve state-based coalitions, pilot innovative and replicable ideas, and share learnings across its network.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
6 months
Description
The National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education (NAATE), founded by the Center for Better schools in 2010, is focused on overcoming the high-attrition rate of teachers and leaders at charter management organizations. They think that schools have not fully unleashed the capacity of their top-tier teachers to help support their peers and schools more broadly. Specifically, they are working on deepening the instructional practice of great teachers while simultaneously equipping them to help strengthen that of their colleagues from where they sit, as classroom teachers with no formal authority. This grant will help support the Teacher Fellow program and the delivery of program sessions modeled after the case method of instruction; learners are in self-directed cohorts and apply theory and research to third-party problems of practice, while leveraging their lived experience to inform their self-reflection, discussion, and learning. This grant will also continue to support the on-going work of NAATE, started by previous Corporation grant, to develop and implement a more financially sustainable program model that maintains a high level of quality and allows for more personalization of learning or participants.
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For core support of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Reading proficiency by the third grade is a key indicator of high school graduation, but over eighty percent of low-income children miss this milestone. As a collaborative effort launched in 2010, the Grade Level Reading (GLR) Campaign brings together funders, nonprofits, business leaders, researchers, and state and local government officials from over 340 member communities to develop and share tools, strategies, guidebooks, and resources that support parents in enabling their children to achieve reading proficiency by the end of the third grade. By working with communities to target school readiness, school attendance, and summer learning, while empowering parents as teachers in their children’s learning process, the GLR Campaign enables students to achieve this milestone. With support from the Corporation, the GLR Campaign will continue to build on its progress in increasing reading proficiency among low-income students, partner with parent-facing organizations such as Head Start, YMCAs, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to support parents, provide technical assistance and strategic support to states and communities, and increase funders’ knowledge and investments in the area of parent engagement.
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For core support of the FutureEd think tank based at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Pockets of comprehensive reform in recent years have demonstrated that it is possible to substantially improve human capital systems in public education and that such changes can make meaningful differences in students’ educational lives. But improvements have not scaled widely and in recent years, powerful political forces on the left and the right have weakened the national movement to strengthen teachers and teaching. FutureEd is an independent, solution-oriented think tank at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy dedicated to improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of the nation’s schools on behalf of disadvantaged students. Their reports and policy roadmaps reach key thought leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders. This grant is for core support of FutureEd’s work.
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For core support of OneGoal New York
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Despite increasing high school graduation rates, persistence through college remains an insurmountable obstacle to a majority of students. OneGoal is a college success organization that empowers underperforming high school students to reach their full potential and graduate from college. OneGoal recruits high performing teachers and provides them with the training and support necessary to implement OneGoal’s three-year college success model, which provides school-based support for high school juniors and seniors and intensive, remote coaching for college freshmen and rising sophomores. With prior Corporation support, OneGoal New York has grown to serve more students and improve those students’ college access and persistence rates. Eighty-eight percent of the first cohort enrolled in college, and 87 percent have persisted to date. With renewed Corporation support, OneGoal New York will continue implementation of its five-year strategic plan, scaling the program to increase impact.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1923, the Museum of the City of New York celebrates and interprets the city, educating the public about its distinctive character, especially its heritage of diversity, opportunity, and perpetual transformation. Through exhibitions, school and public programs, publications, and collections, the museum engages the people of New York and visitors from around the world. In addition to its comprehensive permanent collection that details 400 years of New York’s history, each year the museum presents special exhibitions on a diverse range of topics, from women’s suffrage to the history of Chinatown. The museum’s Frederick A.O. Schwarz Education Center addresses the persistent, citywide challenge of student underachievement in social studies through educational programs such as the Saturday Academy, free American history and SAT prep courses for East and Central Harlem teens; New York City History Day, which engages 6th through 12th graders in the discovery and interpretation of historical topics; and New York City Tots, programs geared to children aged two through four that focus on exploration and discovery of the city through song, play, gallery visits, and hands-on experiences. With Corporation support, the museum will continue to develop new exhibits and expand its educational programming.
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As a one-time general support grant for disaster relief efforts for Hurricanes Irma and Maria
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 2017, Unidos Por Puerto Rico was founded in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Marie to help with relief efforts focusing on meeting the immediate needs of those who lost their homes and property, particularly among the elderly, youth, women head of households, the homeless and the disabled. With Corporation support, Unidos Por Puerto Rico will continue to help local communities reestablish themselves by providing shelter, food, support for small businesses with some financial aid, and provide public education on the availability and use of federal aid.
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As a one-time grant for general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1979, Library of America (LOA) was created to publish, preserve and celebrate America’s best writing, including acknowledged classics, neglected masterpieces, and historically significant documents and texts. Works are selected for their literary merit and historical significance rather than on their sales potential. With Corporation support, the LOA will continue to develop instructional resources, engage readers in a deeper appreciation of American literature with live and digital programs on literary and historical topics, place volumes in public libraries and schools, and serve a national membership of history enthusiasts and lovers of literature.
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For core support of the 2018 National Teacher Leadership Conference: Teaching Tomorrow's Leaders
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
9 months
Description
Research shows that teachers impact student achievement more than any other aspect of schooling. In order to improve the quality of instruction and in turn increase student success, teachers need to have opportunities to build their leadership capacities. The National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY) is a professional association of teachers across all fifty states collectively working to develop the leadership of educators in supporting policies and practices on behalf of students. Through the 2018 National Teacher Leadership Conference, a four-day training and networking event, NNSTOY will bring together the country’s best teachers, principals, and education leaders to find solutions to four key areas of practice: student engagement, educational equity, teacher leadership, and social and emotional learning. This will be NNSTOY’s sixth national conference with over 350 educators. With support from the Corporation, NNSTOY will create videos, webinars, and live-streaming of the conference for distribution to a wider network of teachers, and therefore enable continued learning and professional development among educators across the country.
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For core support of the University Innovation Alliance
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
30 months
Description
The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is a member network of eleven public research institutions, launched in 2014, that aims to develop large-scale interventions to improve college completion and success rates, with a particular focus on first-generation, low-income, and underserved minority students, and to speed the diffusion of student success innovations across institutions. Since launch, the UIA campuses have together increased low-income degrees awarded annually by 29 percent. The network has also galvanized a national conversation about student success and collaboration in higher education, and has garnered substantial interest from media, policymakers, federal lawmakers, and other consortia and institutions of higher education. This grant is for core support.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1886, the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) aims to turn Jewish scholarship into transformative action. JTS works to achieve its mission by training thoughtful, innovative leaders—rabbis, cantors, educators, lay leaders, and scholars— as well as by providing lifelong learning and professional development to alumni, adult learners, and Jewish communities in the United States, Israel, and around the world. JTS includes an undergraduate college; a rabbinical and cantorial school; a graduate school of education; a graduate school for Jewish studies; centers for pastoral education, spiritual arts, interreligious dialogue, and immersive programs; and a program in social entrepreneurship. With Corporation support, JTS will continue to mentor the next generation of Jewish leaders who will bring creativity and innovation to schools, congregations, nonprofit organizations, and communities.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
10 months
Description
Teaching Lab’s mission is to achieve educational equity through instructional improvement. Founded in 2016, the organization aims to change the fundamental paradigm for professional learning in the U.S. by using teacher-led cycles of inquiry focused on the study of high-quality curriculum. Teaching Lab partners with teachers, schools, and districts to integrate curriculum, professional learning, and teacher leadership initiatives and build local capacity for continuous improvement in instructional practices. These changes support all students—especially historically disadvantaged students—to reach their full potential. The organization’s team combines expertise in college- and career-ready standards, cutting-edge experience with curriculum-specific professional learning and learning science, and partnerships with leading open education resource curriculum distributors. With the support of the Carnegie Corporation, Teaching Lab can capitalize on this moment by working with states and districts to implement curriculum-aligned, research-based professional learning experiences that will drive improvements in teacher practice and student achievement.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Strategic efforts focused on closing persistent achievement gaps in higher education are needed in order to dramatically increase the number of people in America earning postsecondary degrees and credentials. Doing so requires that these efforts provide support to students of color, low-income students, first-generation students, and returning adult students with some or no college experience, who experience lower attainment rates. Complete College America (CCA) has become a national leader in this work, using communications and policy advocacy to promote a set of evidence-based ‘Game Changer’ strategies to states and institutions of higher education, and providing implementation support to their forty-four member colleges and universities as they pursue these strategies. This work has resulted in structural changes and improved student outcomes, and has advanced the national discourse on postsecondary completion. This grant is for general support.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
For parents, communities, and the public at large, teachers are the most trusted source of information on student achievement because they have first-hand experience engaging with the students. Research shows that the most important in-school instrument in raising student achievement is teacher quality too. Despite their unique vantage point, teachers across the country are struggling to effectively have their voices heard in ways that would improve policies and practices that best serve their students. Educators for Excellence (E4E), founded by a small group of New York City teachers in 2010, has grown to a movement of 28,770 educators across the country using their insights and experiences to recommend and design policies, take leadership positions within unions and their communities, and run campaigns that pass and implement these policies on behalf of the profession and the future of their students. E4E has six chapters in Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Minnesota, and New York, and with renewed Corporation support, will deepen its impact across its chapters and the nation.
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For general support in honor of the Institute of International Education's Centennial Anniversary
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The Institute of International Education (IIE) was established by Elihu Root, the second president of Carnegie Corporation of New York, and Nicholas Murray Butler, in the aftermath of World War I to promote greater understanding between nations through educational exchange. IIE and Carnegie Corporation have a long history history—in its early years, IIE was largely funded by the Corporation. Over the following decades, IIE and Carnegie Corporation have worked together on myriad initiatives—rescuing scholars from threat, combating fascism by spreading knowledge, developing international music and art exchange programs, researching global indicators of academic freedom, etc. The year 2019 will mark IIE’s 100th anniversary. Today, IIE continues to design and implement international exchange programs, and to expand educational access, and provide emergency assistance to students and scholars who are in jeopardy from violent conflict, persecution, or natural disasters. In honor of IIE’s centennial, the Corporation will provide general operating support to enable IIE to expand strategic initiatives such as those that enable Americans to study abroad, educate women and girls around the world, and protect education and scholarship in emergencies.
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For core support of the International Refugee Assistance Project
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Fiscally sponsored by the Urban Justice Center, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) employs a volunteer network of more than 2,000 law students and pro bono attorneys to safeguard the rights and resettlement of refugees, and to challenge threats to the legal and procedural rights of refugees and asylum seekers. As the world continues to face its most serious global refugee crisis, with 65 million displaced persons around the globe, IRAP fills a critical legal services gap in the United States, where immigration has become a highly contentious political issue. With Corporation support, IRAP will continue to provide refugees with comprehensive legal representation and advocate for systemic changes to ensure that the rights of refugee populations are upheld everywhere.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
By 2020, Millennials will comprise 34 percent of the eligible electorate and post-Millennials, also known as Generation Z, will represent another 3 percent. However, inadequate investments in civic education, insufficient engagement by candidates and elected officials, and outdated voter engagement systems have contributed to consistently low turnout among millennial voters, especially in non-presidential cycles. Rock the Vote is a leader in civic engagement technology and maintains an exceptional record in mobilizing young people to register and vote in federal elections. For example, more than 81 percent of voters registered by Rock the Vote in 2016 turned out to vote, and 60 percent were new voters. With Corporation support, Rock the Vote will continue to improve its nonpartisan voter engagement infrastructure and educational resources, in addition to partnering with business leaders and state governments, to make voting more appealing and accessible to young voters.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Efforts to support low-income students in succeeding academically have focused on broad actions and initiatives, but while such efforts to change the larger system are necessary, improving systems alone is insufficient. The K-12 system is dynamic and families are required more than ever before to strategically participate in the system on a regular basis in order to take advantage of its opportunities. Low-income families face day-to-day decisions that an intimate knowledge and intentional decision-making processes would solve. EdNavigator, an organization founded in 2015 with Corporation support, has emerged with a unique model that partners with employers to offer personalized support to their employees. EdNavigator operates in New Orleans and Boston, providing about 2,100 families with mentorship at their work place. With renewed Corporation support, EdNavigator will grow its partnerships and reach, continue to deliver high impact support, and share its insights and best practices with the field.
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For core support of Learning Heroes
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Parents across the country have high hopes for their children but despite rising high school graduation rates, only thirty-seven percent of graduates are prepared for college-level reading, and only twenty-five percent are prepared for college-level math. Research shows that when parents are informed about student progress and equipped with actions to support their child, student achievement improves. We believe it is essential to improve parents’ access to information and resources in order to increase student achievement. Learning Heroes, a nonprofit organization founded with Corporation support three years ago, is the expert on parent mindsets, listening to families in order to create content that engages them at a national scale. With renewed support from the Corporation, Learning Heroes will execute three informational campaigns including Back to School 2018, disseminate their research, and plan for their annual poll measuring parent attitudes and behaviors, activities that will support parents in taking steps to support their children’s learning.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) was founded in 1991 as a prominent Asian American voice on civil rights issues, working to ensure that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) can fully participate in American democracy. AAJC spearheads a network of more than 160 organizations from across the country, providing training and technical assistance to local groups leading efforts to advance immigrant integration policies and ensure a fair and accurate decennial census, among others. Using its litigation expertise, AAJC also actively identifies and pursues impact litigation on issues that affect underserved AAPIs, especially those in emerging communities that lack the necessary institutions and infrastructure to meet their needs. With Corporation support, AAJC will work to advance civil and human rights for AAPIs by amplifying their voice around federal policy issues, promoting legal protections for AAPIs, and ensuring a decennial census that accurately portrays the national AAPI community.
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As a one-time only grant for general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1993 By Mrs. Marguerite BARANKITSE, Maison Shalom promotes and defend the rights and victims of war, mainly orphans, street children and children left by their families due to aids-related problems. Since 2015, more than 430,000 Burundians have fled their homeland due to political unrest and violence. 92,000 Burundian refugees now live camps in neighboring Rwanda. With Carnegie Corporation support, Maison Shalom will assist refugee students in enrolling in different universities of Rwanda in terms of school fees, academic materials, transport, and internship fees. By covering those needs in an appropriate way, this support will help the students improve the performance and therefore graduate in due time as planned by the respective high education institutions.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Since its inception in 1998, the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ) has been addressing the lack of collaborative exchanges among educators by connecting teachers and administrators to lead change within schools. CTQ has developed an array of resources, including professional learning, micro-credentials, and virtual teacher communities. With Corporation support, CTQ developed twenty micro-credentials and partnered with local and state agencies. Through this final grant, CTQ will (a) create a playbook for collective leadership, (b) apply the playbook to partnership efforts in up to three districts in South Carolina, and (c) demonstrate how its strategic tools and processes bring collective leadership practice to scale. This effort will complement CTQ’s existing partnerships in South Carolina during 2018-19, maximizing current resources and opportunities to refine playbook materials at state and district levels.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Over the past several decades, the United States has experienced a decline in civic engagement, from voting and interacting with elected officials, to participating in non-elected public service. The Citizens Campaign has been addressing the growing civic engagement gap by providing high-quality civic education and opportunities for citizens to engage in public service in their own cities and towns. With Corporation support, the Citizens Campaign will continue to offer citizens opportunities to learn about government and the way it works, build their leadership skills, and help them become informed participants in local government decision making.
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For core support of the American Business Immigration Coalition, under the Illinois Business Immigration Coalition Fund, a donor advised fund of The Chicago Community Foundation
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Business owners and employees across nearly every sector in the country are affected by today’s immigration policy debates. Immigrants play a critical role in filling labor gaps, providing high-quality talent and field expertise, as well as making financial contributions to American communities that are in critical need of investment. Fiscally sponsored by the Chicago Community Trust, the American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC) represents a growing and diverse set of businesses and business associations that are promoting pro-immigrant policies at the federal and state levels, with the aim of strengthening American communities and the economy. With Corporation support, ABIC will continue to grow its formidable network of business leaders in order to effectively engage and educate policymakers about the importance of implementing a pro-immigrant agenda that makes the United States a safer and more prosperous nation.
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For core support of the Education Redesign Lab
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
21 months
Description
Despite facing greater challenges related to health, safety, and academic performance, students living in poverty continue to have relatively limited access to high quality schools and enrichment opportunities as compared to their more affluent peers. Program staff recognize that addressing this challenge will require integrated systems of support that bring together multiple community stakeholders to attend to the broad spectrum of student needs within and outside of the classroom. This is precisely what the Education Redesign Lab (the Lab) at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) has begun to create through By All Means (BAM), a multi-year initiative that develops comprehensive child wellbeing and education systems in six cities by bringing together mayors, superintendents, and key community leaders from social service, recreational, and cultural institutions. Current Corporation support has enabled the launch and first iteration of the BAM initiative, as well as associated research and policy activities, and this proposal builds upon that work.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The Truman Center for National Policy (Truman) seeks to facilitate more informed and effective policy by supporting the next generation of decisionmakers, an especially important goal in today’s climate of information overload. Truman is a leadership-development organization that provides training and networking opportunities for emerging national security experts. Its ethos is that America is strongest when it uses all its tools: defense, diplomacy, development, and democracy-promotion. The organization has extensive connections with congressional and administration staff, and its members have channels to both research institutes and policymakers. Truman will facilitate collaboration among policymakers, opinion shapers, community leaders, and peer organizations on nuclear nonproliferation, U.S.-Russia relations, immigration and national security, and transnational threats.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
In a sector focused on the recruitment and development of new teachers, far too little is done to address the unique needs of experienced teachers. The Center for Better Schools, an organization founded in 2009 to address this gap, offers advanced learning opportunities needed to develop experienced and effective teachers through its National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education (NAATE). NAATE’s case-method approach to adult learning offers a balance of teaching and learning concepts coupled with competencies in supporting and leading peers. With the support of this final grant, NAATE will build on its former work by cultivating and supporting existing and new school partners and creating new content to meet demand of personalized learning in new school designs.
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For core support to the Paris Peace Forum
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Beginning with the centenary of the armistice that ended World War I, the French Government will inaugurate a series of international forums to promote new methods of reducing international tensions. The annual Paris Peace Forum (the Forum) will feature governance solutions in five key areas: Peace and security, the environment, development, digital and new technologies, and inclusive economies. The Forum will convene Heads of State and Government, local and national elected representatives, regional and international organizations, and civil society organizations to promote peace, strengthen existing multilateral organizations, and advance the implementation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The Corporation grant will contribute to the Forum’s core expenses.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
In April 2018, the current Administration announced a “zero-tolerance” policy, ordering the prosecution of all migrants at the southern border, which has included asylum-seekers who arrived through legal ports of entry. As a result of the policy, nearly three thousand children were separated from their families and sent to “tender age” holding facilities and shelters across the country. Despite a federal court ordering the federal government to reunify all of the families by July 26, more than 400 children were not reunited with their parents, many of whom were deported without their children. The National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is a nonpartisan organization that advocates for the human rights and dignity of domestic workers, immigrants, and families in the United States. With Corporation support, NDWA will leverage multiple communications strategies to advance messaging and advocacy around the need for humane immigration policies and practices.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
The landscape of American education is more dynamic and politicized than ever, with new reforms adding complexity to our understanding of important issues affecting K-12 education. We believe that for practitioners, education leaders, and the public, it is essential to have objective, independent, and in-depth news coverage of the education system. In the nearly six decades since its founding in 1959, Editorial Projects in Education (Education Week) has earned a unique place in the intersection of education and journalism. With over 100,000 subscribers to its print edition, and 1.8 million registered users on its website including an audience of policymakers, elected officials, teachers, and principals, Education week has earned a track record of excellence and influence, serving as the essential source of independent news on a full array of education issues from civic education to teacher preparation and personalized learning. With continued support from the Corporation, Education Week will report on crucial issues through its high-quality, objective journalism, expand their audience, and improve their digital technology infrastructure.
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For the podcast series "Things That Go Boom"
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
10 months
Description
The mission of Carnegie Corporation of New York is to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. Public Radio International (PRI), one of public radio’s leading producers, works to help translate foreign policy issues for a broad public audience. PRI generates and distributes innovative content to bring new voices and global perspectives to the American public. With this grant, PRI will provide editorial and production support to the Things That Go Boom podcast series, with a specific analytical focus on the complexities of the Iran nuclear deal.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
In September 2018, the current Administration proposed new “public charge” guidelines for legal immigration, targeting low-income immigrants who are aiming to secure permanent status. Under these guidelines, immigrants who use public benefits may receive a “strongly weighted negative factor” on their applications for status adjustment. For context, approximately 50 percent of the 18 million children living in immigrant families, of whom 15.9 million were born in the United States, live below the poverty line. Since 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) has been one of the leading legal advocacy organizations in the United States dedicated to defending and advancing the rights and opportunities of immigrants and their families. With renewed Corporation support, NILC will continue to advocate for humane, common sense policies that make it possible for immigrants to emerge from poverty and live with dignity, and use legal advocacy and litigation strategies to defend fundamental due process and civil rights.
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For core support of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Over the past two years, immigrants have experienced a sharp increase in anti-immigrant policies at the federal level, affecting their ability to work and contribute to their communities. Immigration enforcement under the current Administration has targeted immigrants who are not only without criminal records but are also established members of their communities, including business owners, religious leaders, parents of young United States citizens, and others. Established in 2003 with Corporation support, the Four Freedoms Fund (FFF) is a national donor collaborative housed at Neo Philanthropy supporting state-based and regional immigrant-serving coalitions across the country. With renewed Corporation support, FFF will continue to support state and regional groups across the country through grants that build institutional capacity, strategic collaboration among grantees, effective communications, and alliances with other constituencies.
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For core support of its immigration program
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) Immigration Project is committed to forging bipartisan support for immigration reform through 1) working toward renewed policy consensus; 2) producing substantive research and analysis to reorient and inform the debate; and 3) serving as a source for media, policymakers, and reform advocates for facts and messaging that can bridge partisan divides. As part of this work, BPC launched the Immigration Task Force, which is comprised of leading immigration experts, business and labor leaders, former elected and appointed officials, and other stakeholders who are dedicated to providing credible economic analysis around reform and developing consensus recommendations to move legislation forward. With Corporation support, BPC will advance a broad scope of immigration-related activities, in order to help shift the immigration debate back to finding solutions at the federal level.
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For core support of the Family Engagement Lab
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Research shows that parents who are engaged in at-home learning serve to improve student test scores regardless of their education levels or socioeconomic status. But for many low-income and immigrant parents, knowing how or where to begin at-home learning activities can be difficult. Founded in 2016, Family Engagement Lab, a subsidiary organization of GreatSchools, seeks to cultivate the home-to-school connection through technology, creating communication channels between teachers and parents with a focus on families who do not share a common language with their children’s teacher. Through FASTalk, their text messaging program which launched in fourteen high-need schools in the Bay Area, parents receive simple at-home learning activities in their preferred language, while teachers receive tools on messaging with diverse families. To date, Family Engagement Lab has improved student grades and increased literacy through FASTalk. With support from the Corporation, Family Engagement Lab will deepen its FASTalk engagement in schools, expand its literacy content, increase parents’ access to FASTalk by testing alternative communication channels, and plan for a randomized control trial to further study FASTalk’s impact.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
We believe that an informed public together with independent news organizations are vital to a healthy democracy and to ensuring educational equity. From teachers’ strikes advocating for larger school budgets and higher wages to the March for Our Lives student-led demonstrations, this past year has signaled a surge of public demand for equity and access to high-quality education. In order to enable demand-driven improvements in our education system, we need in-depth coverage of the system at the local, state, and national levels. Founded in 2013, Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news organization producing in-depth local and national reporting that enables the public, particularly low-income communities, to engage in the democratic process around public education. With continued support from the Corporation, Chalkbeat will create and disseminate news that supports families in navigating the education system, as well as policymakers in making decisions that improve outcomes in the communities they are elected to serve.
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For core support of the Aspen Education and Society Program
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
Currently, our nation’s collective aspirations for student learning far outstrip the capability of our public education systems to deliver, particularly for students of color and those from low-income families. Achieving the vision of student learning that policymakers and educators have embraced requires a clear focus on coherence, learning, and systemic human capital improvements in order to avoid exacerbating the existing lack of coordination among programs, organizations, and systems. By focusing on coherence and the development of learning organizations, the Aspen Education and Society Program aims to improve leadership and strategy in key districts and states, and to frame critical issues and opportunities for the broader field. They will do so in the context of three inter-connected priorities: (1) advancing a richer vision of student success that integrates the social, emotional, and academic dimensions of learning as essential to advancing equity; (2) transforming education systems so that they can sponsor and model exemplary learning and continuous improvement practices; and (3) developing education leaders to achieve transformation in learning, equity, and efficacy.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
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Less than a quarter of a student’s time in class is spent on assignments that are aligned to grade-level standards, which is critical to student success. This finding from a recent report from TNTP, an organization with a commitment to addressing educational inequity, demonstrates the need for teachers to be equipped with the knowledge and resources that support grade-level aligned instruction. TNTP recognizes that the impact a high-quality teacher can make is limited by the conditions they operate within. TNTP has taken a holistic approach and developed a suite of multiple support services. Through this renewal grant, TNTP will continue to implement five strands of work: 1) build diverse and effective educator pipelines at scale; 2) deliver academic services; 3) develop partnerships with stakeholder groups; 4) measure students’ outcomes; and 5) execute a business development plan and learning agenda.
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As a final grant for core support of the National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
9 months
Description
An extensive body of research shows that socio-emotional skills are essential for students to thrive in school, career, and life. While momentum for socio-emotional learning (SEL) has been increasing, efforts to innovate and build knowledge in response have played out in isolation. The work of the National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (the Commission) coordinates these efforts and provides a national framework for policy, practice, and research. With current Corporation support, the Commission has led a national conversation about social, emotional, and academic development in preK-12 education; built a strong network of diverse stakeholders; and produced several seminal documents to guide the work of policymakers, practitioners, and researchers. With renewed support, the Commission will finalize and release a Report from the Nation, which will position the Commission’s recommendations within a broader frame that creates a sense of relevance, urgency, and impact across the education sector to embrace an evidence-based, whole-child approach to learning and development.
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For core support of the PBS NewsHour
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Public perception of the news media is the lowest it has been in decades. According to a 2017 Gallup and Knight Foundation poll on trust, media, and democracy in the United states, sixty-two percent of respondents said the news they see on television, hear on the radio, or read in newspapers is biased. Despite this widespread mistrust of the media, the PBS NewsHour remains a trusted news source for millions of Americans. The 2017 Erdos and Morgan Opinion Leaders Survey rated the NewsHour as the most objective among all media and the most credible TV news program. Also, in a 2017 Politico Poll, the NewsHour was ranked as the most trusted major news outlet, ahead of the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, ABC, CBS, and others. In this era of political polarization and “fake news,” supporting trusted sources of news is of critical importance. With renewed support from the Corporation, the NewsHour will continue its coverage of international affairs, states at risk, and science and technology and devote extra focus to the immigration and education policy changes.
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As a final core support grant for The Sentry project
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
A number of countries in Central and Eastern Africa have been locked in a cycle of conflict and fragility. Illicit financing is one of the causes of the perpetual violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan, and South Sudan. The Sentry, headed by John Prendergast, conducts investigation to map and expose the financial networks used to hide assets and fund mass atrocities. In addition to in-depth research on funding flows, The Sentry’s strength is a proven ability to mobilize international actors’ attention around these long-term and often over-looked conflicts. Through these efforts, The Sentry seeks to support peace processes that are increasingly accountable to local and well-informed constituencies operating in the public interest.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
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Despite its reputation and history of being a nation of immigrants, the United States has been unable to enact meaningful reform of its broken immigration system. There is a backlog of 714,000 cases in immigration court; 2,550 migrant children have been separated from their families at the Southern border; and the current Administration has attempted to strip hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants of their residency status, right to work, and protections from deportation. The American Immigration Council was established in 1987 to help the United States work toward a more fair and just immigration system. In addition to being a primary resource on immigrants and the immigration system for policymakers and the media, the council employs its expertise in immigration law and policy to defend the due process rights of immigrants and noncitizens through litigation and advocacy. With Corporation support, the council will grow its legal team and litigation capacity, in order to continue defending immigrants and advocating for a fairer immigration system.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
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Over the past twenty years, immigrants have been settling in suburbs, rural towns, and cities without recent histories of receiving immigrants. However, the current political environment around immigration has made evident the anxieties that Americans may feel about cultural and demographic shifts. This has resulted in tensions that leave both newcomers and native residents feeling isolated. Founded in 2009, Welcoming America is a national, grassroots-driven collaborative that builds mutual respect and collaboration between immigrants and their U.S.-born neighbors. Working with approximately 200 municipal governments and nonprofits in nearly 500 communities nationwide, Welcoming America is promoting policies and practices that build bridges across cultures and ideological spectrums, and address systemic barriers to integration for immigrants. With Corporation support, Welcoming America will continue to work with its network of partners and member communities to help immigrants and native-born residents find common ground and shared prosperity.
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For general support.
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
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An informed public is key to an engaged citizenry and a healthy democracy. Most Americans agree that news organizations play a crucial role in maintaining our democracy—80 percent say they need accurate reporting to make decisions about important local and national issues, according to a 2017 Gallup and Knight Foundation poll. However, high-quality news is hard to find, with a majority of Americans reporting that they find it increasingly difficult to be well-informed, due to a decline in local news sources. National Public Radio (NPR) is known for providing accurate, fact-based reporting and is one of the most trusted news organizations in the country. With an extensive network of newsrooms in more than 200 member stations across the country, NPR has helped to fill gaps in local and regional news coverage. NPR also bolstered its national news coverage in preparation for the recent midterms and 2020 presidential election to ensure that voters have the facts needed to make informed decisions. The organization has added reporters and specialized beats to its Washington desk and has worked with member stations to dig deep into the issues that matter most to voters. In addition to local and national reporting, NPR covers international stories, with seventeen foreign bureaus and journalists stationed across the globe. While many news organizations are closing offices abroad, NPR is expanding its presence, launching a new bureau in the Philippines and relocating and enlarging its office in India. Over the next two years, operating support from the Corporation will allow NPR to continue to provide comprehensive fact-based local, national, and international reporting.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
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Since its opening in 1988, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum seeks to preserve and interpret the history of immigration thorough personal experiences of the generations of newcomers who settled in and built lives on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Today, immigrants are once again becoming increasingly marginalized and blamed as the root cause of a divided America, an “us vs them” mindset. With Corporation support, the Museum, through guided tours of its historic tenement homes and educational programming, will continue its quest to bring a more holistic understanding of immigrants, combating false narratives and dispelling anti-immigrant myths that have gained a pernicious foothold in the national consciousness.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Four times a year, Lapham’s Quarterly, published by the American Agora Foundation, chooses an issue of national importance and assembles primary texts—essays, letters, and speeches—that put the issue in historical context. By maintaining a focus on a single theme in each issue, and by employing a wide-ranging and rigorous editorial process, the Quarterly brings together some of the most engaging pieces of literature, poetry, prose, and art, with the aim of fostering an understanding and a love of history in a generation of 21st-century readers. With renewed Corporation support, Lapham’s Quarterly will continue to reach new audiences through the popular World in Time podcast launched last year and the publication of special issues on contemporary matters, such as fake news and Alexander Hamilton, capturing the public’s attention.
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For core support of the Nuclear Policy Program
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s (CEIP) Nuclear Policy Program (“NPP”) is one of the leading voices globally on nuclear issues. NPP’s team includes experts from twelve nationalities and deep expertise on nuclear issues ranging from nuclear safeguards and export controls to regional challenges in North Korea, South Asia, and Iran. This core support grant will allow NPP to continue its interdisciplinary work on deterrence, disarmament, nonproliferation, nuclear security, and nuclear energy. The work will result in policy-relevant recommendations and publications.
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