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Project Title
For core support of the Census Equity Initiative
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The United States Constitution mandates a full count of the populations of each state and the country every ten years. This data is used to reapportion seats for the U.S. House of Representatives and to direct more than $2.1 trillion in federal resources to the states. Housed at the New Venture Fund, the Census Equity Initiative is a partnership of national, state, and regional funders dedicated to implementing a fair and accurate census. In preparation for the 2020 Census, the initiative helped coordinate more than 100 national, state, and regional funders in pooling resources and coordinating strategies to support public education campaigns and mobilization efforts nationwide. With Corporation support, the initiative will continue to serve as a vehicle for strategic collaboration to reduce census-related funding redundancies improve the accuracy of the census, promote broad participation among the public, and increase national and state-based organizations’ capacity to address emerging challenges and opportunities related to the 2030 Census and the annual American Community Surveys.
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For core support of the Funds for the Newest New Yorkers
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
In the spring of 2022, governors of several southern states began busing migrants arriving at the southern U.S. border to locations in other parts of country, including New York City. Since then, the city estimates it has welcomed over 200,000 newcomers. Approximately 65,000 migrants now reside in the city’s homeless shelter system, including 20,000 school-aged children. With Corporation support, the Funds for the Newest New Yorkers will help newcomers integrate into the city’s fabric and find work, education, housing, and other support through expanded case management and legal and social services. The funds are allied donor collaboratives at the New York Community Trust and the Robin Hood Foundation.
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For support of its voting and voting rights program
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
False claims of election fraud in the 2020 election have fueled new efforts to restrict voting access for historically disenfranchised Americans across the country. At the same time, the combination of social media, artificial intelligence, and bad actors (foreign and domestic) who seek to spread disinformation and sow division have contributed to increased public distrust in elections and government. With Corporation support, the Leadership Conference Education Fund will lead efforts to safeguard democratic institutions and advance civil rights by protecting voting rights, including addressing the harmful risks posed by the technological proliferation of mis- and disinformation.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
Elections continue to be undermined as communities are systematically disenfranchised, disinformation and misinformation campaigns are misleading voters, and obstacles continue to prevent voters from accessing the polls. With the upcoming presidential election, it is important for voters to be engaged and informed on how to protect and exercise their voting rights. Founded in 1920, the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) is a national leader in inclusive voter protection, registration, and education with the mission to empower voters and defend democracy. Through its VOTE411 program, the LWVEF provides nonpartisan and trusted election information to voters at every level of government. Through google analytics, the LWVEF in 2022 found its combined outreach efforts resulted in more than 27 million contacts with voters through advertising and social media. With Corporation support, LWVEF will continue to expand its nonpartisan voter engagement work.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
China’s growing nuclear arsenal, North Korea’s nuclear advancements, and other developments in the Indo-Pacific have raised concerns about the future of security competition in the region. With renewed funding, Pacific Forum will continue its efforts to further discussions about arms control, nonproliferation, and crisis management in this consequential region. This includes leadership of the Council on Security and Cooperation in the Asia Pacific, which convenes multilateral discussions on these issues and facilitates cooperation between the United States and regional allies related to extended deterrence. Pacific Forum will also provide research support for ongoing Track II dialogues between the United States and China on nuclear topics. The Corporation grant will contribute to dialogue, research, publications, and networking.
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For core support of the PBS NewsHour
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite political polarization and widespread distrust of the media among the American public, the PBS NewsHour remains a much-valued news source for millions of Americans. This includes a large and diverse audience of general viewers, as well as significant numbers of opinion leaders and influencers. According to the 2023 Erdos & Morgan Opinion Leaders Survey (a syndicated study of influential figures in business, government, public policy, education, media, and science), the NewsHour ranked as the most objective and credible news source for this audience. With renewed Corporation support, the NewsHour will continue its incisive and balanced coverage of issues related to education, democracy, and international peace and security. It also will continue to explore how best to leverage ever-evolving broadcast and digital platforms to reach new audiences.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1970, National Public Radio (NPR) is a nationally acclaimed nonprofit multimedia organization with a network of more than 250 member stations. NPR provides quality journalism and cultural programming to an audience of more than 50 million people per week, via live radio broadcasts and other forms of audio storytelling. It maintains 17 domestic bureaus and 17 foreign bureaus, providing American audiences with timely, on-the-ground reporting on events and life around the globe, plus longform investigative journalism with impact. With Corporation support, NPR will continue to produce quality news programming on international peace and security, education, democracy, and political polarization in the United States and worldwide.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
According to the Pew Research Center, partisan divides on political issues have reached record levels in the United States. Partisan antipathy is high, with 44 percent of Democrats and 45 percent of Republicans viewing members of the opposing party unfavorably. The approach of a highly anticipated presidential election may result in further polarization and civil unrest. More in Common is a multinational organization applying public opinion research and communications expertise to explore the driving forces of increasing polarization and counter threats to democracy, including the erosion of trust in democratic institutions. With Corporation support, More in Common will produce new research, forge deep and meaningful partnerships that catalyze change, and help build up a more powerful ecosystem of people, organizations, and initiatives to confront polarization and promote social cohesion.
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For core support of its nonpartisan voting and elections program
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
Founded by former Carnegie Corporation of New York president, John W. Gardner, more than fifty years ago, Common Cause Education Fund was established to help cultivate a fair, diverse, and vibrant democracy for all. It currently has 1.5 million members with advocates and organizers in twenty-five states. Common Cause Education Fund holds expertise in election policy, volunteer mobilization, communications, advocacy, and litigation. As the 2024 elections approach, Common Cause Education Fund will advance election policies to ease voting, provide voters with accurate information, and safeguard them against election disinformation. It will also continue to coordinate an election protection field program to offer rapid response voter assistance and troubleshoot during voting periods. With Corporation support, Common Cause Education Fund will aim to make a significant impact on nonpartisan voter participation in the 2024 elections and beyond.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Established in 2002, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is a nonpartisan organization that employs litigation, policy advocacy, and strategic communications to protect and expand Americans’ democratic participation rights. As politicians nationwide use unfounded claims of voter fraud to limit voting and disenfranchise voters, the center utilizes its legal proficiency to safeguard and broaden access to voting. The center equips state-based coalitions with legal insights, nonpartisan policy advice, and communications assistance to resist anti-democratic efforts and misinformation. CLC is spearheading legal proceedings in courts nationwide to combat voter suppression efforts as part of its strategic and nonpartisan response to these complex threats. With Corporation support, the CLC is committed to strengthening election procedures, mobilizing local “election crises” coalitions, and broadening access to voting and voter registration.
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For core support of the Democracy Innovation Fund
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Core pillars of the U.S. democratic system—abiding by election results, respecting the rule of law, civic responsibility—have declined significantly in recent years. Defending Democracy Together Institute (DDTI) was founded in 2018 to elevate and assemble pro-democracy conservative voices in an effort to educate the public about the essential functions and values of American democracy and to encourage innovative thinking about how to solve the emerging challenges facing long-standing democratic norms. Corporation support of its Democracy Innovation Fund (DIF) will help incubate and accelerate pro-democracy projects and nonprofit organizations on the center-right by providing resources, personnel, and administrative support.
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For core support of Vet the Vote
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in June 2021, We the Veterans and Military Families empower the veteran and military family community to participate in civic engagement and public service. Data shows that veterans are one of the most trusted groups in the United States. Therefore, having this community as vocal supporters and participants in the election process helps increase trust among community members that elections are free and fair through first-hand reports. The program has built a nonpartisan coalition of partners, including service and engagement organizations and civic and corporate members, to expand its reach. In 2022, the Vet the Vote program recruited 63,500 veterans and military family members to volunteer as poll workers. With Corporation support, We the Veterans and Military Families will increase veteran and military family community participation and recruit 100,000 members to serve as poll workers during elections.
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For core support of the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative focused on nonpartisan voter engagement and voting rights
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
While the United States has made great strides toward realizing its democratic ideals, systemic efforts to depress voting in underrepresented communities continue. Based at NEO Philanthropy, the State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) is a nonpartisan donor collaborative that supports organizations that provide voting rights protection and work to increase nonpartisan voter engagement among historically underrepresented groups across the country. Since its founding in 2010, SIF has raised more than $180 million to advance this mission. With renewed Corporation support, SIF will provide consistent, long-term funding to networks of state-based and state-focused nonpartisan organizations working on civic engagement, advocacy, election protection, and voting rights litigation.
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For core support of The Hechinger Report
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The Hechinger Report is an independent, nonprofit, and nonpartisan organization based at Teachers College, Columbia University. As anewsroom focused oneducation, its mission is to inform the public about the challenges faced by students and educators in the United States and engage readers in the national debate on education improvement. They provide their work freely to readers, believing that reliable journalism is a public service that should be accessible to all. With Corporation support, they willproduce high-quality journalism that focuses on major education themesthrough in-depth narratives, research and data analysis.
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For core support of Chalkbeat
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
Across the country, efforts to achieve educational equity are being undermined by a weakening civic infrastructure—the foundation that supports informed public participation. A critical but often neglected element of this infrastructure is a strong local press. This crisis has accelerated in 2024, with over 500 journalists laid off in January alone, affecting even major media outlets like The Wall Street Journal and LA Times. Market forces have eroded this essential resource, leaving communities in need of reliable, unbiased education news. As a nonprofit news organization, Chalkbeat steps in to fill this gap, by providing unbiased, quality information and engaging directly with audiences to address their needs. At a time when accurate education reporting is crucial, Chalkbeat offers a unique and indispensable service unmatched by any other news organization. With renewed support from the Corporation, Chalkbeat proposes to elevate the voices of parents, students, and educators in eight local markets and nationally. They aim to undertake reporting that drives informed civic debate about educational equity, reach a deeper and wider national audience to grow their impact, and ensure the sustainability of Chalkbeat’s work for the long term.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Valor Collegiate Academies (Valor) is a charter management organization operating three successful schools that meet the critical need to integrate foundational socio-emotional learning into the academic experience through a comprehensive model called Compass. Valor’s schools have consistently ranked in the top 5 percent for overall student achievement and academic growth in the state since the network was founded in 2014. Furthermore, Valor is a diverse-by-design institution and has produced consistent student achievement and academic growth scores for the diverse range of students they serve (including students from economically disadvantaged households, English language learners, and students with disabilities). With prior support from the Corporation, Valor launched its high school, which has already become a statewide leader in college matriculation, and built out the Compass model through twelfth grade. Corporation support also enabled Valor to develop a training institute, Compass Camp, to spread its model to partner schools that to date has supported eighty schools serving over 45,000 students. This grant will allow Valor to further diffuse the Compass model, develop new coursework for high school students aligned to critical future-ready skills, and address barriers to attendance among low-income students.
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For core support of OneGoal New York
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
Although securing a postsecondary credential has become increasingly vital to an individual’s ability to secure employment and achieve economic mobility, resources to support college access and success remain insufficient. To address this gap, the Corporation supports a cohort of college access organizations working to meet the varied needs of New York City students. OneGoal equips school-based educators to facilitate a three-year college access and success program, in which high school students complete credit-bearing courses and receive coaching through the first day of sophomore year of college. Prior Corporation support enabled OneGoal New York to support 3,000 students, 62 percent of whom are first-generation college students, and boost their postsecondary outcomes. In the 2022-2023 school year, 100 percent of students graduated from high school, compared to the citywide average of 83 percent, and 84 percent of students enrolled in a postsecondary program following high school graduation, which outpaces the national average of 50 percent for students from comparable economic backgrounds. Finally, their inaugural class earned a college degree at twice the national average. Renewal support will enable OneGoal to provide differentiated support and increase enrollment in high-quality postsecondary pathways for approximately 1,900 New York City students served annually.
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For core support of Student Leadership Network New York
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
Although securing a postsecondary credential has become increasingly vital to an individual’s ability to secure employment and achieve economic mobility, resources to support college access and success remain insufficient. To address this gap, the Corporation supports a cohort of college access organizations working to meet the varied needs of New York City students. Student Leadership Network’s (SLN) CollegeBound Initiative (CBI) places full-time college counselors in schools with lessened caseloads to promote college awareness and access. Research shows that CBI participants are more likely to enroll in college in the fall after high school graduation than students from similar backgrounds who did not (80 percent versus 58 percent) and are more likely to attain a bachelor’s degree within six years (41 percent versus 13 percent). Prior Corporation support enabled SLN to engage over 18,000 students through their Girls’ Education work, and CBI for students across twenty-six partner schools. Continued support for CBI will enable SLN to reach approximately 16,000 New York City students and alumni annually, including direct support for 2,100 seniors, 10,400 sixth through eleventh graders, and 3,500 CBI alumni.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed) is a national nonprofit organization and longtime Corporation grantee that strengthens federal, state, and local education policy and practice to ensure all students, particularly students from low-income families and students of color, graduate from high school prepared for long-term success. Since All4Ed was founded by former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise in 2001, the organization has provided objective, nonpartisan research and guidance to equip leaders to develop policies that increase academic achievement, support the teaching profession, and expand educational attainment. In addition to establishing unparalleled relationships with policymakers at both the federal and state levels, All4Ed’s Future Ready Schools network promotes innovation and provides professional learning to 3,500 school districts representing more than 20 million students. This has led to important policy wins informed by the perspectives and aspirations of practitioners and communities. This final grant will ensure that All4Ed can continue to impact policy and practice, with a particular focus on increasing the accessibility of postsecondary pathways and closing the digital use divide.
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As a final grant for core support of the Heartland Fund, a funder collaborative working to strengthen civic engagement in rural communities
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Rural communities across the United States continue to experience the challenging effects of decades of political and philanthropic underinvestment and inattention. One result is that rural residents are more likely than their urban and suburban counterparts to feel that candidates and elected leaders are not looking out for people like them. Residents of rural and small-city counties also vote at lower rates relative to the rest of the population. Launched in 2018 under the auspices of the Windward Fund at Arabella Advisors, the Heartland Fund enables national and regional funders to invest in a diverse rural organizing network that advances policy solutions and media narratives that benefit rural communities. With renewed Corporation support for its nonpartisan voting program, the Heartland Fund will invest in groups that expand nonpartisan civic participation, bridge divides, and strengthen democracy in rural communities across the nation.
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In support of Mansfield College's AfOx Scholarship Program
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
Description
In 1995, Mansfield College was awarded infull college status within the University of Oxford. ItsAfrica Oxford (AfOx) Initiative enables underrepresented young people from Africa to pursue postgraduate degrees at the University of Oxford. AfOx Scholars receive quality accommodations within Oxford; academic guidance and support;welfare and wellbeing support; anda program of livelysocial and academicactivities designed to enable graduate students tomeet otherswithin the Middle Common Room (MCR), ie the body of graduate students within the College.Along with the Mastercard Foundation, a Carnegie Corporation grant will support five AfOx Scholarships per year, for the next three years.
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For core support of the Nuclear Policy Program
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Rising geopolitical tensions, technological developments, and the weakening of arms control combine to create an increasingly unstable nuclear security environment. With renewed core support, the Nuclear Policy Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will continue its work to reduce the likelihood of nuclear use and nuclear proliferation and to promote strategic stability.In addition to convening their biennial international nuclear policy conference, they will focus on sustaining U.S.-China cooperation on nonproliferation, reducing proliferation incentives in the Indo-Pacific region, and understanding pathways to escalation to and within nuclear war.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
12 months
Description
Educators for Excellence (E4E)aims to solve the lack of teacher voices in education policy decisions. While research shows that classroom teachers are the single most important in-school factor in improving student achievement, their diverse voices are consistently left out of education policy decisions. Even though policymakers at every level of the system talk about teachers, they rarely talk with teachers. Founded by public school teachers, Educators for Excellence (E4E) is a growing movement of more than 30,000 educators, united around a common set of values and principles for improving student learning and elevating the teaching profession. With renewed support from the Corporation, E4E will work with their National Teacher Leader Council, a two-year cohort made up of outstanding teacher leaders to inform a broad swath of E4E’s policy and organizing work, including the National Policy Agenda, their national teacher survey Voices from the Classroom, and national advocacy campaigns to support high-quality instructional materials supported with curriculum-based professional development.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
6 months
Description
In 2021, an estimated 26 million U.S. residents did not speak English, yet only 325,000 accessed ESL programming. The waitlists for these programs are years long. On average, only 38 percent of those who access the programming show measurable English language gains, as measured by federally approved examinations. Heu Learning is a newly formed nonprofit dedicated to increasing the supply of high-quality, in-person English language instruction for adults. Drawing inspiration from Princeton University’s ESL volunteering model, Heu Learning seeks to establish a network of English instruction programs operating out of spaces donated by community-based organizations and staffed by volunteers. Corporation support will enable Heu Learning to seed, design, and implement the ESL program model, including coordinating tech infrastructure to address the challenges of running ESL programs, such as scheduling interface and in-person hybrid learning curriculum. Corporation support will enable Heu Learning to test the infrastructure with a class of 8-10 learners who will register for classes using Heu’s program infrastructure and progress through pre-selected learning modules using the in-class infrastructure.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Basta exists to close the employment gap for first-generation college students of color. Founded in 2016 with forty initial participants, they grew to serve 2,800 in 2022, reaching a collective network of 5,000 first-gen graduates. With Corporation support, Basta provides a direct-to-student 10-week career prep fellowship, a career readiness diagnostic assessment tool, and a partnership model to help other nonprofits support students to reach the same outcomes as Basta fellows. Basta fellows earn starting salaries of $61k, aggregating to over $23M in income for their employed fellows.
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For core support of Opportunity College
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 2020, with Corporation support, Opportunity College’s (OC) mission is to accelerate students into purpose-filled lives that lead to economic and social mobility. In partnership with high schools, training programs, and universities, OC’s professional and technical training programs help students quickly accelerate into high-demand jobs aligned with career goals and efficiently build toward a college degree. Corporation support allowed for the launch of OC’s Career Jumpstart Fellowship, a fifteen-week success skills program focused on upwardly mobile living-wage jobs that do not require a bachelor’s degree and which allows for online training for high-demand tech sector jobs. The first two pilots resulted in 80% of participants completing the program, 100% passing the certification exams, and beginning employment with a median wage of $40,000. Continued Corporation support will allow for the program’s growth and serve another cohort of students needing these services.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Build UP is the only early college workforce model currently providing low-income, primarily BIPOC youth career-ready skills through paid apprenticeships. Along with industry-aligned secondary and early postsecondary academic coursework, it leads youth to become educated, credentialed, and empowered future civic leaders, professionals, and homeowners. To date, over 600 students have been served by this program. Build UP’s student apprentices collaboratively rehab blighted, abandoned homes and lots and relocate donated homes that would otherwise end up in landfills, creating affordable and sustainable options for achieving like-new, multi-unit homeownership. They are working to enroll, support, and empower an additional 120+ new students and facilitate 200 new paid construction internships. With Corporation support Build UP will facilitate expansion of its model to new sites.
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As a final grant for project support of The Power of Systems
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The National Association of System Heads (NASH) consists of the chief executives of forty-three-college and university systems of public higher education in the United States, educating approximately three-quarters of the nation’s students in public, four-year higher education, and students seeking two-year degrees. Via NASH’s leadership, higher education system leaders adopted a transformation agenda for public higher education systems named The Power of Systems to collaborate in improvement cycles delivering an impact on student success, with emphases on the redress of inequities and the promotion of economic and social mobility for all.Previous support from the Corporation allowed NASH to support staff capacity and continue its expansion of outreach and impact. Ten additional member systems were added, deepening cornerstone programming to support institutions. This final Carnegie Corporation of New York support will allow NASH to focus on solidifying its strategic plan, identifying opportunities for growth and sustainability, and complement efforts by ensuring that NASH leadership can attend to the organization’s long-term sustainability during this period.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
EveryoneOn is a California-based nonprofit with national reach and local impacts dedicated to creating social and economic opportunities by connecting underserved families to affordable internet service, computers, and delivering digital skills training opportunities. The Carnegie Corporation of New York funded EveryoneOn’s Bridges to Tech College Readiness and Tech Career Prep program. This program helped both high school students and adults receive a robust digital skills curriculum by introducing in-demand skills and diverse tech–based career certificate opportunities; provided access to one-on-one navigation and support from digital skills instructors to ensure learners were prepared to complete and earn certifications; and introduced college and career readiness resources and facilitated links to professionals in the field via workshops and career panels. Corporation support over the past three years has been critical to its growth, expansion, and sustainability. They have also delivered digital skills training to over 1,772 people across the country, including high school-age students and parents of K-12 students. The Corporation’s continued general support will allow EveryoneOn to support their diverse programs that drive broadband adoption as well as continue to drive digital equity work in diverse communities across the country.
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For core support of the College Access: Research & Action model outside of New York City
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
College Access: Research & Action (CARA) ensures that first-generation college students, low-income students, and students of color have the knowledge and support necessary to enroll in and persist through college. Founded in 2011, CARA delivers evidence-based programs, strengthens educational leadership through professional development, and trains youth to serve as peer counselors. It conducts research to improve its programs and foster school system change across the US. CARA’s research demonstrates the proven impact of its work. Over the four years ending in 2022, CARA’s college access programs saw postsecondary enrollment increase 9 percent–or 11 percentmore than students in demographically similar schools. Simultaneously, postsecondary enrollment among high school students who received peer counseling increased 19 percent–or 5 percentmore than students in similar schools. College retention rates among students served by CARA’s programming were 11 percenthigher than similar students over these four years. Continued support from the Corporation will allow CARA to complete a range of policy research projects and disseminate them to colleagues in New York City and beyond.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
JobsFirstNYC was created as a neutral intermediary to address the workforce needs of out-of-school, out-of-work young adults in New York City. Its mission is to develop and advance new solutions that transform systems supporting young adults and communities in the pursuit of economic mobility. Many systems designed to support young adults are fragmented, antiquated, and ill-equipped to answer this urgent call for change and lack a cohesive strategy. With Corporation support, JobsFirstNYC focused on a collaborative systems approach to prepare rising generations for the post-pandemic economy. This enabled them to develop and advance effective outcomes across all four of its solution areas (Community, Education, Work, and Policy). The creation of the “Systems Change to Prepare Young Adults for The Future” framework and its successful implementation increased the number of young people in educational and economic opportunities, and policy and system change improved outcomes. Further investment will allow for continued support of targeted systems change work improving education, policy, and employment for young people and advance already achieved successes.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
The National College Attainment Network s (NCAN) builds, strengthens, and empowers education communities and stakeholders to close gaps in postsecondary attainment for all students. The more than two million students served by 500+ NCAN members demonstrate significantly higher rates of postsecondary enrollment and graduation. NCAN provides professional development, networking, benchmarking, tools, and news so organizations can effectively deliver college access and success services. With Corporation support NCAN membership grew by 24% over the last five years. Continued support will further strengthen member services/professional development/capacity-building resources to help NCAN members keep first-generation college students, students of color, and low-income students on the pathway to postsecondary access and success.
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As a final core support grant for University Innovation Alliance
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Growing gaps in degree attainment in higher education betweenlow-income students and more affluent peers mirror the distressing outcome disparities in K-12 education. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is a leading national coalition of public research universities committed to increasing the number and diversity of college graduates in the United States. Over a decade, and with Corporation support, UIA has designed and scaled seven initiatives: predictive analytics, proactive advising, completion grants, college to career redesign, AI chatbots, Doctoral Research Fellows, and the Black Student Success Initiative. Ten years of growth have yielded a 29% increase in the number of annual graduates, 89% growth building in annual underrepresented graduates of color, and 41% growth in annual low-income graduates, representing over 143,201 degrees conferred. Renewal would support the refinement and launch of UIA’s next chapter, leveraging its history of data-driven work to amplify its impact.
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For project support for an initiative on civic education in New York City Public Schools
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
18 months
Description
In response to plummeting youth civic engagement and as school districts across the country grapple with how to foster civic discourse in schools, New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) proposes to meet the moment and send a signal about the importance of civic education through a new initiative titled, “Democratic Classrooms and Schools.” Utilizing the research-based approach developed by the Mikva Challenge and building on NYCPS’s existing Civics for All (CFA) initiative, this new initiative will establish forums in participating schools where trained youth and teacher facilitators will engage students in discussions of critical topics with those who hold differing opinions and beliefs. Work at partner schools will equip teachers to weave democratic principles into daily classes to actively involve students in discourse and decision-making. Corporation support would enable NYCPS to pilot “Democratic Classrooms” in twenty-five high schools in the 2024-2025 school year with one hundred Democratic Classroom Ambassadors (seventy-five students and twenty-five teachers), with the goal of disseminating civic discourse and democratic classroom strategies to approximately 1,100 CFA partner schools and scaling the program to twenty-five additional high schools in the 2025-2026 school year.
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For core support to NewsMatch to increase education news coverage in rural newsrooms across the country
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
15 months
Description
NewsMatch housed at the Miami Foundation is the largest collaborative fundraising campaign to support nonprofit news in the U.S. Since 2017, the campaign has helped raise over $271 million to jumpstart emerging newsrooms and support independent media outlets that produce fact-based, nonpartisan news and information. NewsMatch leverages the support of national funding partners to generate support from individuals and local supporters for hundreds of independent media outlets across the country. This proposed project would be a new initiative influenced by the Corporation to help identify a list of 10-12 newsrooms across the country that reach non-English speaking, immigrant, and/or newly arrived communities. Once identified, NewsMatch will help us gather data on how to reach and inform these communities about education issues affecting families and other key community stakeholders. These learnings will help the Corporation make informed decisions on future investments to build a stronger and informed society.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Significantly increasing the number of adults in America earning postsecondary degrees and credentials requires broad efforts to address a wide array of barriers related to persistence in higher education. Complete College America (CCA) is a national nonprofit focused on ensuring that all students can earn a college degree or credential of value. Established in 2009, CCA works with leaders and experts to identify and address barriers to college completion, eliminate gaps in opportunity and achievement, and promote evidence-based and novel practices. CCA has improved outcomes for millions of students. From the original group of seventeenstates, the CCA Alliance has grown to fifty-onemembers. Within the CCA Alliancestudent cohorts increased on-time (100 percentexpected) rates of degree completion. Specifically, rates grew from 32 percentto 38 percentat four-year campuses and from 10 percentto 16 percentat community colleges. Continued Corporation support will allow CCA to improve postsecondary education student outcomes by scaling evidence-based strategies and supporting key objectives, such as amplifying its role as a thought leader and influencer of public policy in the arena of college completion and remaining committed to pursuing emerging ideas for improving student equity and completion.
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For project support of Navigation and Career Support for newcomers and English as a Second Language (ESL) program for adult immigrants throughout New York City
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is among New York City’s most democratic civic institutions and important public spaces, serving patrons in every Brooklyn neighborhood and open to all regardless of income, age, educational attainment, race, ethnicity, ability, or life experience. Educational and cultural equity are at the forefront of everything BPL does, and the Library continuously tailors its services to meet the changing needs and interests of the communities they serve. With support from the Corporation, BPL will deepen their current programming in 11+ priority branches with three newly hired full-time and two part-time staff, who will work on BPL’s existing services for immigrants. Serving an estimated total of 4,600 patrons over two years, the initiatives will include: ESL courses; navigation services for new arrivals connecting them to services that meet basic needs; and career supports offering 1:1 career coaching.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
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Many industries are in the process of outsourcing their entire computing powerto cloud computing platforms reducing information Technology costssignificantly. This shift to cloud computing represents opportunities forcompanies and high-paying positions for individuals. However, there is ashortage of skilled workers tosupport the massive migration and maintenanceto cloud computing. Kura Labs helps by training high-performing,under-resourced students and graduates from CUNY, private colleges, andcommunity-based organizations (CBOs). Since its inception, Kura Labs hastrained and placed nearly one-hundredengineers at Fortune 1000 companiesand venture-backed startups, with most earning starting salaries of $100K. Itsefficacy stems from its vast network of employers and unique focus on deepexploration of the vast array of real-world problems and challenges facingbusinesses and enterprises, and developing optimal solutions based on varioustechnological tools/applications. Continued Corporation support will allowKura Labs to keep engaging employers and colleges to train and connect highlytalented and diverse students to fill the need for a skilled workforce in CloudComputing. Another major goal is to increase the number of people trained,resulting in immediate and significant mobility in underserved communities inNew York City and the United States.
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A final grant for general support
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
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The American Scottish Foundation (ASF) was founded in 1956 as a cultural and heritage bridge between Scotland and the United States. Its many programs highlight the history and heritage of Scotland with the Scottish American community as well as empowering young Scots through their youth ambassadors program. Corporation support will help the ASF continue to maintain and growtheir programs including its podcast series, ScotsInUS, the annual Tartan Week activities,Burns Night, concerts, community outreach, youth programming, and the legacy project, the Scots Who Built New York, which has identified over 100 buildings with architectural,engineering, and philanthropic links to Scottish Americans and Scots.
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For core support of Bottom Line New York
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
36 months
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Although securing a postsecondary credential has become increasingly vital to an individual’s ability to secure employment and achieve economic mobility, resources to support college access and success remain insufficient. To address this gap, the Corporation supports a cohort of college access organizations working to meet the varied needs of New York City students. Bottom Line matches high school and college students with highly trained advisors who support students enroll in and persist at “best-fit” colleges. Prior Corporation support enabled Bottom Line New York to support 6,372 students, resulting in nearly 2,500 college graduates. In 2022-2023, Bottom Line New York supported 2,245 students, leading to 96 percent of students committing to attend college, 78 percent of whom selected a more affordable option. Further, 94 percent of college students persisted into their second semester and 87 percent persisted into their third semester. Since Bottom Line New York’s founding, 70 percent of participating students have earned a bachelor’s degree within six years. With renewed support, Bottom Line New York will support 2,000 students annually: 400 high school students through the Access program and 1,600 college students through the Success program.
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For support of Welcome.US communication and outreach efforts on private sponsorships for immigrants
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
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Launched in 2021, Welcome.US is a national initiative built to inspire, mobilize, and empower Americans to welcome and support those seeking refuge. In less than two years, about two million Americans have submitted applications to sponsor newcomers, which is more than the entire traditional refugee resettlement system has processed in the last twentyyears combined. As Welcome.US describes it, sponsors provide a “bridge to safety and a path to opportunities” for families seeking refuge in the United States. In the past twentymonths alone, over 460,000 people arrived in the United States through sponsorship pathways, welcomed by diaspora communities, veteran and faith communities, and many more. To maximize impact, Welcome.US has partnered with the U.S. government to open new pathways to the United States for people seeking safety through private sponsorship. With Corporation support, Welcome.US will focus on enhancing its communications campaigns to expand the diverse constituencies participating in and benefiting from sponsorship.
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For support of a consensus study on refugee and asylee resettlement and integration
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
33 months
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Abraham Lincoln established the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 1863 to provide independent advice on scientific matters. It houses the Committee on Population (CPOP), a multidisciplinary committee that serves as a unit to bring the knowledge and methods of the population sciences into major issues of research and public policy. The committee aims to address the need for a comprehensive, evidence-based understanding of forced migration trends, resettlement outcomes, and the impacts on various aspects of U.S. society. With Corporation support, the Committee on Population will conduct a comprehensive study on forced migration and U.S. resettlement, leveraging the expertise of the National Academies to provide evidence-based recommendations for more informed and coherent policies. The study will focus on addressing the challenges and consequences of forced migration in the United States, particularly in the context of refugee and asylum policies.
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For core support of Managing the Atom
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
24 months
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Heightened tensions between nuclear weapon states and the increasingly multipolar nature of world order have exacerbated concerns about nuclear risks and instability. With renewed funding, Harvard’s Managing the Atom (MTA) program will continue to analyze these problems and develop policy solutions for future arms control, understanding the role of nuclear weapons in security after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and identifying and addressing the long-term risks of Iranian nuclear proliferation. MTA staff will also continue participation in international Track II dialogues and targeted outreach to policymakers.
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For core support of the Trusted Elections Fund
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
15 months
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In the aftermath of the unprecedented events surrounding the 2020 election, including widespread misinformation and the January 6 insurrection, it is evident there is a need for continuous and well-coordinated efforts to respond to unexpected issues that arise during elections. The Trusted Elections Fund (TEF), a pooled donor fund, was established in 2019 to confront emerging threats to U.S. elections, acknowledging the ever-evolving nature of these challenges by countering election sabotage, building resilience to political violence, and strengthening infrastructure to respond to election crises. As the United States approaches the 2024 elections, and with Corporation support, TEF will continue to play a vital role in providing rapid response funding to unforeseen challenges to election administration across the nation.
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For core support of the KW Foundation's work on civic engagement and social media
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
12 months
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Founded by Kerry Washington, the KW Foundation aims to empower members of the entertainment industry to help expand voting rights and support a more equitable democracy. In 2020, the foundation launched Influence Change—an initiative that leverages major entertainment influencers to ensure that the maximum number of voters can participate in elections. Through this initiative, more than 250 celebrity artists have publicly encouraged nonpartisan voter turnout and combatted disinformation campaigns that seek to weaken public trust in elections, resulting in more than 1.5 billion social media impressions. The initiative has also garnered $60 million in earned media value and reached an estimated 150 million people of voting age. In partnership with peer organizations in the field, the KW Foundation produces sophisticated messaging campaigns and develops effective tools to measure influencers’ impact and efficacy. With Corporation support, the KW Foundation will continue its voter education work leading up to the 2024 elections.
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For core support of its global polarization work
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
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The Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT) is an international nongovernmental organization headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, comprising more than 330 experts dedicated to achieving more effective and inclusive negotiations and sustainable transitions out of war, crisis, or authoritarianism. Through its Global Initiative on Polarization, IFIT seeks to advance global understanding of the diverse causes, consequences, and strategies for reducing severe polarization and that in turn can realistically strengthen peace, democracy, and human rights. With Corporation support, IFIT will convene experts to produce a globally informed polarization solutions toolkit and launch a diverse community of practitioners to reduce polarization.
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For core support of its immigration program
Date
Dec. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
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The United States immigration system has long been criticized for failing to meet the country’s changing economic demands and the needs of millions of immigrants who already contribute to the economy. Under a divided Congress, policymakers will need to access innovative, cross-ideological policy ideas to help untangle the current immigration system and build something more resilient, fair, and better for the country. Since 2016, the Cato Institute’s Project on Immigration Reform has used rigorous, data-driven research to develop policy principles and ideas capable of uniting conservatives, liberals, and libertarians. Through research and policy prescription, commentary in leading media outlets, and engagement of policymakers and thought leaders across the ideological spectrum, the program aims to shift the public and policy debate toward a consensus in support of sound immigration policies.
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As a one-time grant for Profiles in Collective Leadership Initiative
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
15 months
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Transcend is a national nonprofit that aims to ensure that all young people learn in ways that enable economic and social mobility. To achieve this vision, they work across the education sector, providing research-based community-driven design support to create student-centered learning environments that nurture both academic and socio-emotional development. As a partner with the Corporation for the “Profiles in Collective Leadership” initiative, Transcend helped shape the conceptual framework and selection criteria for potential awardees. With continued support from the Corporation, Transcend will commence the next phase of the Profiles in Collective Leadership (Profiles) initiative, by launching a Community of Practice (CoP) focused on deepening awardees’ capacity for impactful, student-centered change and conducting and disseminating research on the ways in which awardees effect change utilizing collective leadership approaches.
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As a final grant to complete science education pathways at the National Standards Institute
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
13 months
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UnboundEd provides professional learning for teachers to ensure students receive grade-level, affirming, and engaging classroom instruction in English language arts (ELA), mathematics, and science. For the past eight years, they have provided professional learning through their national Standards Institute, impacting over 15,000 educators across the country. Corporation support will allow UnboundEd to continue developing their science education pathways for elementary, middle, and high school grade bands, and work with science teachers to effectively teach using high-quality instructional materials in the classroom.
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As a final grant for rebuilding efforts to rebuild bipartisanship in public education
Date
Mar. 07, 2024
Duration
18 months
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The mission of the Aspen Institute’s Education & Society Program (Aspen Education) is to improve public education outcomes by informing, influencing, and inspiring education leaders across policy and practice, with an emphasis on achieving equity for students of color and students from low-income families. Aspen Education creates unifying spaces where education policymakers and system leaders convene, learn together, and develop productive relationships. The Corporation was the initial and anchor funder of Aspen Education Programs’ priority to convene policymakers across lines of difference to explore ways to jointly advance equity-focused policy. With continued support from the Corporation, proposed activities for the next grant period are strategically designed to deepen impact. The continuation of the Conservative Education Leaders Fellowship and planning for the Progressive Education Leaders Fellowship are pivotal steps toward fostering understanding and collaboration among diverse education leaders. The Bipartisan Roundtable and Public Event for Unified Policy Sharing aim to bridge ideological divides and promote public awareness of successful bipartisan approaches, fostering a centrist coalition in education. Additionally, the strategic philanthropic engagement seeks to mobilize resources for sustained bipartisan efforts.
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