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For general support
Date
Jun. 09, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
Today’s global dynamics present a complicated situation for human rights throughout the world. Human Rights Watch (HRW) is one of the world’s leading organizations dedicated to upholding human rights standards. Issues of migration, civil society and journalism, and increasing xenophobia have brought increased attention to possible human rights violations in a number of regions. By raising awareness and investigated insights into human rights violations, HRW is able to engage the involved public, civil society, governments, and international governmental organizations. This grant provides for general support to HRW to continue their work investigating human rights violations.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
18 months
Description
MENTOR works to creates a national mentoring infrastructure so that every student in the U.S. has access to a quality mentor, by engaging local partners to strengthen and expand the number of quality mentoring programs. MENTOR provides technical assistance and access to resources to improve the quality of operations and implementation in mentoring programs across the country. It helps partners incorporate evidence-based practices into their mentoring programs and supports improvements of their day-to-day operations. This general support grant will enable MENTOR to advance the national mentoring movement by supporting work across three primary objectives: 1) Implement an operating model co-created with Deloitte to enhance consistency, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of MENTOR’s affiliate network; 2) Drive continued improvement of the quality and capacity of mentoring organizations in the U.S. through the creation of tools and resources, delivery of technical assistance, and knowledge-sharing; and 3) Increase levels of investment and engagement in mentoring nationwide.
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For the Statue of Liberty Museum
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
Due to post 9/11 security restrictions, only approximately 20 percent of the 4 million annual visitors to Liberty Island are able to enjoy the full experience of walking the island, entering the historic pedestal, and visiting the Statue of Liberty’s museum. With the planned construction of a new, freestanding, state-of-the art Liberty Museum, all visitors to the island will enjoy a more meaningful experience and deeper understanding of Lady Liberty’s history and what she stands for, without restrictive security clearances. With Corporation support, the Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation will hire a design firm to research and write content for several exhibits on the history of immigrants and immigration to the United States at the new museum.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
While many people are resigned to the current state of affairs in the campaign finance arena, Take Back Our Republic has convened a wide array of experts from right to left across thirty-two states who believe there is an opportunity to reform the way campaigns are financed. Engaging in research, education, and advocacy, Take Back Our Republic is informed by experts in the political system who know the campaign financing system from the inside. They have developed specific policy solutions, such as tax credits for individuals to make small political contributions to candidates, to help stem the influence of special interests, particularly at the state level. The Corporation is joining foundations and individuals in supporting this new entity increase its public education and outreach to policymakers and the public.
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For one-time general support
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
New media has enabled people from around world to communicate widely and rapidly across borders of all kinds. But low-level digital access, as well as differences in language, remain key barriers to effective communication and collaboration among activists and journalists. This is particularly true in the Middle East and North Africa region, where uprisings, unrest, and government censorship in recent years have fostered a distinct need for effective digital communication. With Corporation support, Meedan, a leading media development nonprofit focused on the Arab world, will continue its important work promoting digital media literacy, open-source tools that allow for collaboration for improved access to information, and new methods of digital storytelling.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
18 months
Description
Despite policymakers’ inability to enact meaningful reform, immigration remains a topic of particular interest for the American public. However, the media’s coverage of the issue often lacks nuance and complexity. In the spring of 2013, the Opportunity Agenda published an analysis about the media coverage of immigration related issues during the 2012 Presidential campaign. The report found that the emphasis on immigration politics was overshadowing the impact of policies on immigrants and communities. Moreover, the coverage of everyday struggles and the economic contributions of immigrants remained inadequate. Produced by Futuro Media Group under the leadership of Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA reports nonpartisan stories about the changing demographics in the United States, and the diversity of immigrants and their experiences. With renewed Corporation support, Futuro Media Group will produce a broad spectrum of radio stories connecting immigration policy to the multi-faceted immigrant experience in the United States.
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For core support of the Democracy Program
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
18 months
Description
In 2016, seventeen laws making it harder to vote will be in effect for the first time in a U.S. presidential election. Combined with the ineffective administration of the U.S. elections, this can effectively block voter access to the polls. In addition, campaign spending has exploded, and the court system increasingly feels the pressures of partisan and special interests, threatening fair and impartial justice. With Corporation support, the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University ’s Democracy Program will undertake research, litigation, advocacy, and public education aimed at improving U.S. democracy through its work in the areas of voting rights, election administration, money in politics, fair courts, and redistricting.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
Through research, seminars and publications in the social sciences and humanities, Reset Dialogues promotes cross-cultural knowledge and understanding. It provides a platform for leading public intellectuals to critique intolerant trends of ethnic nationalism, racism, religious fanaticism, and radicalism. The organization has an international scientific committee composed by scholars and thought leaders with diverse cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds. Reset Dialogues hosts a series of seminars including the Istanbul Seminars, State and Political Culture in Contemporary Russia, and Genealogies of Pluralism and Exclusivism in the Islamic World. Carnegie funds will primarily support the Mediterranean Euro-Arab Forum of the Humanities, including expanded work in Morocco.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
Barriers to equity and social mobility for young people are complex and are influenced by policies spanning early childhood development, pre-K-12 education, work policy, juvenile and criminal justice, and higher education. The Opportunity Institute uses policy research and education, public media campaigns, on-the-ground partnerships, and network of researchers, advocacy organizations and policy experts to develop and communicate pragmatic recommendations across these issue area silos in order to improve opportunities for young people. Their work is comprised of four distinct but related projects: Too Small to Fail (children’s health), Partners For (pre-K-12 education), California Competes (higher education), and Renewing Communities (mass incarceration). This grant provides general support to the Institute.
Project Title
For core support of the Cowen Institute
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
The Cowen Institute was founded in 2007 to sustain efforts led by Scott Cowen, then president of Tulane University, to transform the city’s public schools after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The major pillars of the Institute’s work are public education, college and career success, and enabling “opportunity youth” to reconnect with education and the workforce. The Institute’s unique approach combines policy research, cross-sector collaboration, and the development of proof points through direct service programming in order to address complex issues through systems change. Carnegie will support the Tulane Earn and Learn Program, which supports young people on career pathways in high-growth, high-wage industries; and the New Orleans Opportunity Works Program, which improves the quality of social service supports available to local young people. These projects are central to achieving the Institute’s mission to advance public education and youth success in New Orleans and beyond.
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A one-time grant for general support
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community through performance, education and advocacy; it celebrates personal freedom and encourages individual expression. JALC serves a large diverse audience, including musicians, teachers and students of all ages and socio-economic backgrounds. JALC’s mission is rooted in the belief that this American-born music is a metaphor for American-born democracy: because jazz is improvisational, it celebrates personal freedom and encourages individual expression; because jazz is swinging, it dedicates that freedom to finding and maintaining common ground with others; and because jazz is rooted in the blues, it inspires us to face adversity with persistent optimism. With Corporation support, JALC will can continue with its mission and evolution into the future as an important part of America’s national and artistic heritage.
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For core support of the Research Alliance for New York City Schools
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
17 months
Description
Rigorous evidence to inform how to use public resources for education, particularly in service of young people who face the highest barriers to achievement and healthy development, is often unavailable, irrelevant, or poorly communicated. Historically, the work of researchers has been largely disconnected from that of school district officials and educators, and research findings have often done little to influence policy or improve day-to-day practices in schools. The Research Alliance for New York City Schools, based at New York University, was founded in 2008 to address this problem, by designing and carrying out rigorous studies, building and maintaining archives of longitudinal data on NYC schools and communities, and communicating the results of their work to diverse audiences locally and nationally. This grant provides core support for the Alliance.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1989, Reach Out and Read builds on the unique relationship between parents and pediatric care providers to develop critical early reading skills in children, beginning in infancy. Reach Out and Read doctors strive to close the achievement gap by empowering parents to use books and reading aloud to create the responsive, language-rich interactions that young children need in order to learn. The Reach Out and Read program currently operates in more than 5,500 hospitals and clinics in all 50 states, reaching 4.5 million families annually. With Corporation support, Reach out and Read will continue to model within the primary health setting, using books and literacy guidance to more fully integrate social-emotional and early brain development into pediatric practice and encourage more reading aloud interactions between children and families across the nation, starting in infancy.
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As a one-time grant for general support
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 2011, The Warrior Scholar Project (WSP) provides college-preparatory boot camps over a period of one to two weeks to enlisted service members who seek to obtain a bachelor’s degree upon transitioning out of military service. The WSP provides veterans with an introduction to the practices they will need for successful participation in classes and the types of independent work they will be required to complete outside of the classroom; facilitates the veterans’ transition from the military to college by helping them capitalize on the drive, discipline, and motivation honed through military service to learn effectively in a rigorous academic setting; and to succeed in college through a network of tutors and mentors, ultimately helping to increase veteran graduation rates. With Corporation support, the WSP will continue to their goal to ensure that each participant in their program not only develop the skill sets they need to succeed in higher education, but also that their academic confidence levels increase and, ultimately, equips them to fully utilize their GI Bill benefit.
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For one-time core support of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace & Security
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security was established in 2011, as the University recognized an opportunity to deepen and extend its engagement with the critical issues of our time involving women worldwide. Through research, convenings, and partnerships, the Institute explores women’s roles not only the challenges relating to war and peace, but also on a number of global threats such as violent extremism, mass displacement, and climate change. Moreover, the Institute supports an online research repository, the Profiles in Peace Oral History Project, the International Council on Women’s Business Leadership founded by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the Hillary Rodham Clinton Fellowship Program. With Corporation support, the Institute will continue to work through a diverse array of platforms and networks building a base around how women engage in global peace and security processes and aims to contribute to the ongoing efforts in building a more prosperous and peaceful world.
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For core support of the Woodrow Wilson Academy for Teaching and Learning
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
America’s schools of education are struggling to meet the current needs of the nation’s schools and children. The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is reinventing the American school of education for the 21st century. The Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning established with Corporation and other philanthropic support in 2015 includes two components: a graduate school of education (the WW Academy Graduate School) and a research and development laboratory (the Buckley Teaching and Learning Lab). With a renewal grant from the Corporation, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation will support the implementation of the WW Academy. The WW Academy is a transformative idea in the preparation of the nation’s teachers. The Academy will work with thought leaders and policy makers; making the new curriculum available to every education school in the country; carrying out and publishing research on what works; and securing maximum visibility for the WW Academy through the media.
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As a one-time grant for general support
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1987 by George Weiss, Say Yes to Education addresses the post-secondary completion agenda, paying special attention to first-generation, low income and under-represented students while also addressing the link between postsecondary completion and a city’s economic health and prosperity. Say Yes now serves more than 140,000 students in New York City, Syracuse, Buffalo, and Guilford County, North Caroline in partnership with private colleges across the United States. With Corporation support, Say Yes will continue its work in creating conditions to help to foster a community-wide sense of commitment and responsibility to the success of the public school district. These set of conditions include a commitment to transparency, a culture of high expectations for all students, fiscal and organizational management acumen to build and deliver comprehensive supports with sustainable funding streams and a capacity for dynamic collaboration that enables a community to align all assets
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For core support of Bottom Line New York
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
9 months
Description
The transition from high school to college, and persistence through college graduation onto career, remain insurmountable obstacles for a majority of students. Bottom Line helps low-income and first-generation college students get to and through college, providing them with individual support and guidance from senior year of high school through college graduation. In partnership with twenty-one colleges and universities in New York State, Bottom Line New York (BLNY) will serve 1,700 students through its college success program this year, providing holistic support to students in four areas: academic supports, career counseling, college affordability, and life skills. General support from the Corporation will enable BLNY to: guide these students through college to career; deepen and expand its partnership work with colleges; and uncover lessons in college access and success to benefit the field at large.
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For support of the Student Success Network
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
6 months
Description
In addition to rigorous academic experiences, students require socio-emotional learning (SEL) to successfully navigate college, career, and life. However, several challenges inhibit effective SEL instruction: no systems exist to measure efficacy and identify successful practices, and few structures exist that enable practitioners to regularly and safely share information about students and SEL practices, problems which are compounded by the lack of common definitions and metrics around SEL. The Student Success Network (SSN) is a growing network of forty youth development and education nonprofits in New York City that is addressing these challenges. SSN convenes its members in service of continuous improvement around SEL, partners with the Research Alliance for New York City Schools to create a data infrastructure and database that can inform both policy and practice, and builds members’ ability and capacity to use data to drive improvement. With general support from the Corporation, SSN will continue to grow its network, conduct research to improve SEL practice and measurement, and build member organizations’ capacity to better support students through effective SEL practices.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
9 months
Description
College completion remains the best chance for students from low-income families to advance into the middle-class, but the path to and through college is insurmountable to many of these students. College Summit has been a leader in the national college access movement since 1993, helping over 250,000 students navigate the postsecondary path by harnessing the power of peer influence. In the PeerForward campaign, College Summit will train and empower rising high school seniors to act as Peer Leaders in their schools, working with a College Summit coach and faculty sponsor to drive in-school campaigns around three metrics associated with increased college access: submitting at least three college applications, completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) early, and creating a plan that links career aspirations to college success. Furthermore, by focusing on college match and financial aid, College Summit’s work will help to remove two of the primary barriers to college success faced by low-income students. General support from the Corporation will enable College Summit to serve over 100,000 students across the country and set the stage for scaling the model by giving proof to the power of peer influence.
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As a one-time grant for core support to The Sentry project
Date
Dec. 08, 2016
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, and 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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Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
7 months
Description
In our country today, if current statistics go unchanged, only one in ten students from low-income families will graduate from college. While education is understood as the key to greater opportunity, economic mobility, and a way out of poverty, outcomes among low-income students paint a sobering picture. For two decades, Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools, which have been built on a simple formula—rigorous academic preparation infused with character education, supported by exceptional college and career guidance—have been producing markedly better results. However, much remains to be done, and KIPP is approaching its work going forward with the belief that continuous learning and a commitment to innovation must guide and be woven throughout their work, and with the recognition that as they reach more children with the aim of getting better as they get bigger, the integration of their efforts will be critical to driving improvement. This grant is for general support.
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For core support of OneGoal New York
Date
Dec. 08, 2016
Duration
7 months
Description
College access and success remain unattainable for a majority of students. OneGoal helps low-income students get to and through college, providing them with rigorous programming and support from junior year of high school through freshman year of college. Through rigorous curriculum and targeted support, OneGoal New York guides students to: develop the non-cognitive skills of successful college students; increase their GPAs and test scores in order to gain access to more selective and supportive colleges; and take all necessary steps to apply to, enroll in, and gain financial aid for a match college. General support from the Corporation will enable OneGoal New York to: continue to deliver transformational post-secondary outcomes for students; identify local institutions of higher education to partner with; develop a stable financial model; and scale the program to serve students across twenty-six non-selective, high-need high schools in New York City.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 08, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
Poverty levels for immigrant children and families remain alarmingly high. U.S. Census Bureau statistics released in September 2015 indicate that 24 percent of non-citizens in the country live in poverty, compared with 14 percent of those who are native born. January 2016 research from the Migration Policy Institute reveals that the family incomes of three quarters of children with undocumented parents fall below 185 percent of the federal poverty level; this compares to 40 percent of all children in the U.S. who live in families within this income threshold. The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is the primary legal advocacy organization in the United States exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their families. With renewed Corporation support, NILC will work on a range of issues that affect immigrant communities, including access to health care and economic supports; access to education and training; workers’ rights; and immigration policies that expand opportunities and minimize integration barriers.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 08, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
Over the past twenty years, immigrants have begun to settle in suburbs, rural towns, and cities that have no tradition of receiving immigrants. The sudden arrival of newcomers—often from cultures the native residents have no experience with and speaking languages they have never heard—can lead to a tense atmosphere that leaves both newcomers and native residents isolated. While many immigrant advocates focus on building the infrastructure to help support immigrants in these new gateways, few focus on developing the relationship between immigrants and their U.S.-born neighbors. Established in 2009, Welcoming America is a national, grassroots-driven collaborative that builds mutual respect and cooperation between the foreign-born and U.S.-born, creating the conditions for long-term integration. With renewed Corporation support, Welcoming America will work with its countrywide network of member organizations and partners to promote a welcoming atmosphere—community by community—in which immigrants and native-born residents can find common ground and shared prosperity.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) provides emergency relief and sustainable development assistance for vulnerable populations affected by humanitarian crises. These services are in unusually high demand. IRC is currently operating in over forty countries and organizing refugee resettlement programs in twenty-nine American cities. With renewed Corporation support, IRC will deploy resources quickly, wherever and whenever they are needed most, to respond to humanitarian emergencies. Funding will help those whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.
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For improving training and support for teachers and school leaders to implement Common Core State Standards
Date
Dec. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 2015, UnboundEd focuses on empowering teachers and ensuring the successful implementation of higher standards through three channels: 1) the provision of free, high-quality standards-aligned resources for the classroom; 2) the Standards Institute, which provides participants with an immersive professional development experience aimed at learning the standards; and 3) partnerships with organizations working with districts and charter networks nationwide to train teachers to update their instructional practice to implement the standards. Through this grant, UnboundEd will build on the work of its current Corporation grant to strengthen and expand the Standards Institute. UnboundEd will create online open educational resources (OER) that give teachers lesson plans that they can adapt to meet the needs of students, and deepen and expand strategic alliances with partners positioned to provide district and school-based support for the implementation of high quality materials.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
The U.S. government’s criminal justice and national security practices too often encroach on constitutional rights, rules, and values. The Constitution Project (TCP) guards against such encroachment by recruiting bipartisan committees of influential individuals, including experts with experience in government, academia, business, and the law, to address these issues and problems. TCP’s staff of policy experts and legal practitioners guide these committees in developing and advocating for bipartisan, consensus-based policy recommendations that will keep U.S. democracy strong. With Corporation support, the Constitution Project will undertake original research, develop policy positions, publish reports and statements, file amicus briefs, testify before Congress, and hold regular briefings with policymakers.
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For core support to the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Date
Dec. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
Since the United Nations’ World Summit unanimously adopted the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principles in 2005—which involve a political commitment to prevent genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity–they have become an established international norm. However, some states continue to commit mass atrocities. The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (The Global Centre) seeks to increase the practical implementation of R2P through research, analysis, and targeted dissemination. The Global Centre has amassed a prominent group of supporters including Kofi Annan, Romeo Dallaire, Demond Tutu, and David Hamburg, who have promoted its work to key policymakers and leading international thinkers.
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For one time only core support to the 9/11 Tribute Center
Date
Dec. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 2001, the September 11th Widows and Victims’ Families Association was created to support victims of terrorism through communication, representation and peer support. To further its mission, in 2006, the Association created the 9/11 Tribute Center dedicated to sharing the stories of the 9/11 community—survivors, family members, first responders, rescue and recovery workers, civilian volunteers and Lower Manhattan workers and residents—and providing a destination and understanding of the impact of 9/11 for over 400,000 visitors annually. The Tribute Center will soon relocate in order to accommodate more than twice the number of visitors expected annually and to expand its exhibits and programming. Corporation support will help the Association reach its goal to create, design and develop new exhibits, classroom materials and resources, record oral histories, and professional development workshops for educators.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1875, the Providence Public Library provides free public library services through print, recorded and digital collections, information resources, programs of interest and relevance, and expert staff. PPL’s mission is to inspire lifelong education among all Rhode Islanders, fostering personal fulfillment and enhanced quality of life for an informed, enlightened, and engaged citizenry. With Corporation support, the PPL will continue to focus on building and strengthening its core mission and services for all Rhode Islanders—expanding their reach and fostering critical connections with individuals and groups statewide—to nurture and enhance the educational, historical and cultural fabric of Rhode Island. To achieve its mission, the PPL is strategically focused on three key service areas: early literacy learning services, adult lifelong learning literacy, and workforce development support.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
The National Academy of Education advances high quality education research and its use in policy formation and practice. Founded in 1965, the Academy consists of U.S. members and foreign associates who are elected on the basis of outstanding scholarship related to education. Since its establishment, the Academy has undertaken research studies that address pressing issues in education, which are typically conducted by members and other scholars with relevant expertise. With Corporation support, the Academy will continue to advance high-quality education research, continuing professional development of the next generation of education scholars, and the application of research to improve education policy and practice.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite the stalemate in Congress, immigration remains a major focus of public debate, especially within the Republican and Democratic presidential primary campaigns. Although there is broad consensus on the need for reform, many questions must be answered before policymakers can agree on how the various components of immigration policy should be addressed. The National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), a nonpartisan research group from the libertarian side, conducts research and provides data to help answer these questions. With Corporation support, NFAP will examine a range of potential reforms, including those that address the undocumented population currently in the country, immigration and border enforcement policies, and the expansion of green card and visa programs to strengthen the American economy.
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For core support of the Nuclear Policy Program
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (the Endowment) has been a leading force for peaceful engagement among world powers for over a century. It established itself as the first global think tank by opening the Carnegie Moscow Center (Moscow Center) in 1994 and as part of its Global Vision of 2007, opened offices in Beijing, Beirut, and Brussels. Today, the Endowment has a thriving network of centers in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Because of that global presence, in support of the mutual aims of the Endowment and the Corporation, and to endorse the Endowment’s new president William Burns, a respected scholar and successful policymaker, we are recommending renewed support to the Endowment. Funding is targeted for the Nuclear Policy Program (NPP), to the Moscow Center for its research and outreach in both the United States and Russia, and to the Carnegie Tsinghua Center for Global Policy (CTC).
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As a final grant for core support to the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
75 months
Description
The Corporation has been supporting Princeton University’s Lichtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD) since the early 2000s for its work addressing. A number of substantive issues of concern to the International Peace and Security Program (IPS). Under the direction of Princeton’s Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, LISD’s Track II dialogues have attracted key policymakers, during, before, and after their assumption of high-ranking positions. In addition to his high-level contacts in Lichtenstein, Danspeckgruber has developed especially strong ties with the Austrian and German foreign ministries, as well as with the UN, the Vatican, the Syrian Orthodox Church, and a global network of some of the world’s most accomplished academics. A major part of LISD’s work has involved Princeton students, several of whom have gone on to important official positions and continue to participate in its activities. We are recommending a final core support grant to assist LISD’s efforts to build on the work we have long supported and to help diversify its funding base.
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For support of its political reform program
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
18 months
Description
Those working on issues of “political reform,” such as campaign finance reform, expanded voting rights, effective governance, and transparency, among other areas, require innovative ideas and strategies to achieve their goals. There is an overemphasis on advocacy and litigation that has resulted in little opportunity to introduce new ideas, challenge old ones, or find new frameworks. The New America Foundation’s program on political reform was launched at the beginning of 2014 and serves as a think tank for developing new approaches to many of these interrelated issues. With Corporation support, the New America Foundation’s political reform program will host public events and closed roundtables, and publish research on pilot studies exploring innovative models for advancing political reform.
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For a national youth voter engagement campaign
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
As the largest and most diverse generation in the United States’ history, Millennials (those born between 1981 and the early 2000s) have the unique potential to be a potent force for change. Yet the 2014 election cycle saw the lowest youth voter turnout rate in history–just 20 percent. Looking ahead, only 35 percent of Millennials report being “extremely interested” in the 2016 elections and fewer than 30 percent of young people believe their vote matters. Established in 1972, the Roosevelt Institute is devoted to carrying forward the legacy and values of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt by developing bold ideas and leadership that expand opportunities for all Americans. With Corporation support, the Roosevelt Institute will develop the Next Generation Blueprint for 2016, a crowd sourced strategy by and for youth to increase awareness of public policy issues significant to this group and to increase civic participation.
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For a public education campaign about the contributions of immigrant professionals to the U.S. economy
Date
Jun. 09, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
When properly employed, foreign-educated immigrants and refugees infuse new ideas and fresh talent into the U.S. economy. Their inclusion in the workforce has been proven to create jobs and increase overall earnings for all workers. But there are 1.8 million foreign-educated immigrants in the United States who are unemployed or working in low-skilled jobs. Though they possess the necessary professional experience and skills to succeed in America, these individuals face significant barriers to labor market entry, including lack of access to professional networks and mandatory re-certification for many professions. With Corporation support, Upwardly Global will disseminate positive messages about inclusion and the powerful contributions immigrant and refugee professionals bring to the U.S. workforce and society.
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For support for "Havel Conversations: Demonstrating the Power of Words"
Date
Jun. 09, 2016
Duration
18 months
Description
Vaclav Havel is internationally recognized for his contributions to the arts, democracy, and human rights. As an influential political dissident and playwright during the 1950s and 1960s and President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic from 1989 to 2003, Havel influenced and oversaw the country’s successful transition to democracy. The Vaclav Havel Library Foundation (VHLF), founded in 2012, will use Havel’s life as the inspiration for the Havel Conversations project, which aims to demonstrate how words, thoughts, and ideas shape foreign policy and ultimately may change the course of history. With Corporation support, the VHLF will conduct, record, and transcribe ten interviews with U.S. politicians, diplomats, writers, artists, and other prominent political and cultural figures to discuss Havel’s diplomatic strategies, as well as the ideas and values of today’s international politics and humanitarian objectives. These interviews will be the first of thirty that will be digitally published and preserved by the Florida International University Library. In a future phase of the project, Havel Conversations Linked will produce interactive tools based on the interviews to disseminate Havel’s work throughout the world.
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For global, open-access knowledge-based journalism to bridge the gap between research, policy and practice
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
Operating in a complex global media environment, The Conversation’s online platform does what no other media outlet does: It identifies academic experts on specific, topical issues relevant to Corporation interests and provides hands-on, expert editorial support to translate their relevant research findings into plain language for dissemination to policymakers and the broader public. It also draws on local academic experts around the world to write on developments in their home countries or regions for a global audience, rather than relying on external commentators or a dwindling number of non-local, foreign correspondents. In contrast to most other digital and traditional media sources, it allows free republication of all its content. Particularly important for the academics it publishes, and the universities they represent, it also provides each published author with analytics to measure his or her readership.
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For support of the 2016 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
12 months
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In honor of the 50th anniversary of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Corporation will provide support for the annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. Established in 1972, the Jefferson Lecture, the nation’s highest honor in the humanities, serves both to honor distinguished scholarship and offer a public forum to examine the insights provided by work in the humanities. In addition to the 2,000 or so guests who hear the lecturer, press and media coverage convey the lecturer’s remarks to a broad audience, the lecture is published by the NEH, and the endowment’s magazine, Humanities, devotes a special issue to it. These activities ensure wide dissemination of the lecturer’s ideas and provide an opportunity for the endowment and its supporters to claim the public’s attention for some of the most serious and essential ideas of time. In 2016, the Jefferson Lecture will be delivered by the American filmmaker and historian Ken Burns.
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For support of the office of the Founders
Date
Jun. 09, 2016
Duration
12 months
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a celebrated social-rights activist and Noble Peace Prize winner, led the movement to end apartheid in South Africa. Since then, he has worked to promote democracy and tolerance in his country and around the world. The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, a non-profit founded to honor Tutu and his wife, carries on his vision of a fairer and more caring world. The foundation uses faith as a connecting force in its many activities, including holding a summer camp for primary school children, helping at-risk youth ages eighteen to twenty plan their careers, and hosting annual international peace lectures. Corporation funding will enable the Office of the Founders to continue to support and promote the work of the foundation.
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As a final grant for research, public education, and outreach on Iran's nuclear activities
Date
Jun. 09, 2016
Duration
18 months
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In July 2015, an international agreement on the nuclear program of Iran, the Joint Comprehensive Plan to Action (JCPOA) was reached among that country, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and the European Union. The deal’s implementation will require monitoring and oversight throughout its duration, especially during its first years. The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) is poised and suited to be at the forefront of providing independent analysis of the agreement’s application and Iran’s compliance with its obligations. This work is both a follow-on and concluding effort of previous Corporation funding that targeted ISIS as a technical nonproliferation organization that could remain engaged on this issue and inform and educate governments and publics. ISIS’s analytic products are well known to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), media, and other experts dealing with Iran.
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For the Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies and the Russia Summer Institute
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
24 months
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The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) provides international professional education in areas of critical importance to the changing global community and offers opportunities for its students to acquire and apply practical professional skills. Two projects of MIIS are recommended in this agenda: one to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction by training nonproliferation specialists; and this one to the Graduate Institute on Russian Studies, or GIRS, a new model in graduate training that engages graduate students in active dialogue with Russian and Eurasian experts on issues of Russian politics, economy, and security. Each of these projects works with different but complementary cohorts of emerging leaders to ensure they are capable of producing solutions to a variety of global challenges. New this year, GIRS will launch the Russian Summer Institute.
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For research and writing on international security
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
24 months
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The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University’s research hub, was established forty years ago when scholars decided to create a teaching environment in which students from different disciplines could examine international security matters and understand how government policy is formed. With foundational Corporation support, CISAC brought mid-career scientists to Stanford to work on international security issues and inform the peace and security policymaking agenda in the United States and abroad. As global threats evolve and emerge, that knowledge takes on increased importance. Renewed support will allow scientists, social scientists, and policy experts to continue to work collaboratively at CISAC to help carry out its mission to produce policy-relevant research on international security problems, teach and train the next generation of security specialists, and impact policy making.
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For a program on strategic stability evaluation: The Effects of New Technologies
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
68 months
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This project, managed by the University of Virginia (UVA), draws on an interdisciplinary and international community of scholars to explore how emerging technologies are reshaping the nature of nuclear deterrence and stability. The project builds on the Corporation’s initial investment in the Program on Strategic Stability Evaluation (POSSE), and will be led by two scholars who participated in the initial POSSE effort. Through workshops, commissioned scholarly papers, and engagement with the technical and policy communities, they will drive collaborative research between a cohort of experts from the United States, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, and other nuclear-armed states to bring their insights to policymakers.
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For a project titled "Outlook for the Geopolitics of the South Caucasus in the Aftermath of the Iran Nuclear Deal: Exploring Possibilities for Regional Economic and Security Cooperation"
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
Recent events pose the opportunity to promote regional security and economic cooperation in the South Caucasus. A notable example is the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JPOA), an international agreement on Iran’s nuclear program among Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nation’s Security Council plus Germany. To show how Iran’s return to the international community could be used to improve security and economic conditions in the region and help in the resolution of long-standing conflicts, a project of Georgetown University will research and assess the potential for advancing that these goals in the South Caucasus. The project will also help design policies that will be shared with the policy making community in an effort to help achieve U.S. interests in the region.
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For coverage of new school designs
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
24 months
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Across the country, momentum is building to redesign American high schools, with an emphasis on innovations that propel students toward success in college, work, and life. However, despite recent media attention, inspiring examples do not exist at scale. Many of the nation’s journalists lack sufficient understanding of the emerging innovative high school redesign work and efforts to report about this work in significant depth remain relatively scarce. Education Writers Association (EWA) will build knowledge and understanding of high school redesign among their network of journalists across the nation. Using a mix of programming approaches, they will strengthen the capacity of members of the news media to produce stories that effectively explain and bring alive the ongoing wave of innovation in school design to their own large audiences.
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For the home-to-school connection project
Date
Jun. 09, 2016
Duration
12 months
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Research strongly suggests that parental involvement in education has positive effects on student achievement. As technology transforms teaching and learning, there is a pressing need among parents and educators to communicate about ways technology can support student learning. Today, flipped classrooms and blended learning models leverage technology to bring instruction to students anytime, anywhere. These shifts have created an unmet demand to form new kinds of home-school connections to inform parents and educators about the resources that exist to create a more seamless learning experience for children. With Corporation support, Common Sense Media will research, design and test a new model of parent engagement and advocacy to strengthen the home-school connection by providing parents content, tools, training, and confidence to support their children’s learning at home; giving teachers the tools to communicate with parents, share what their students are doing in the classroom, and providing content and tools to promote parental support of learning at home.
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For Learning Heroes parent survey research
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
4 months
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Founded in 2015 with multi-foundation and Corporation support, Learning Heroes seeks to be a trusted source of information for parents about changes happening in the classroom and to equip them to support their child’s academic success. Their new research project, “On the Hearts & Minds of Moms and Dads,” will be a comprehensive, national survey to understand what matters most to parents and what keeps them up at night when it comes to their child’s education. The survey will be designed to provide meaningful, actionable insights on parents’ impressions, expectations, and priorities regarding changes taking place in the nation’s classrooms. Findings will be shared through a publicly launched report, and will drive Learning Heroes’ communication throughout 2016.
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