Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Approves 44 Grants Totaling $34,300,000

At its quarterly meeting held in New York City on December 12, 2024, Carnegie Corporation of New York's board of trustees approved 44 grants totaling $34,300,000. Brief descriptions of each board-approved grant are provided below.

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

Boston University, Boston, MA
36-month grant of $750,000 for a project on China and the international economic order

Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $700,000 for Brookings’ Foreign Policy Program

Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $400,000 for a final grant for nuclear policy outreach and education for Congress

Columbia University, New York, NY
6-month grant of $300,000 for a workshop on the Middle East

George Washington University, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $700,000 as a one-time grant for the Russia Program

Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA
24-month grant of $450,000 for StratBase

Munich Security Conference, Munich, Germany
12-month grant of $600,000 for support of the Middle East Consultation Group meetings

Pacific Forum International, Honolulu, HI
24-month grant of $500,000 for general support

University of Denver, Denver, CO
24-month grant of $500,000 for a final grant for a project on promoting ethical approaches to policy engagement

University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD
24-month grant of $650,000 for one-time funding for a project to assess the economic and social costs of a limited nuclear war

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
24-month grant of $300,000 for a final grant for the Good Authority blog

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $750,000 as a final grant for strengthening U.S. expertise and knowledge about Russia

NATIONAL PROGRAM

Big Picture Learning, Providence, RI
36-month grant of $1,500,000 for support of the Big Picture Learning network of schools

Cato Institute, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $400,000 for core support of its immigration program

Charter Fund, Inc., Broomfield, CO
36-month grant of $3,000,000 for one time support of Fund IV and Fund V

Columbia University, New York, NY
15-month grant of $500,000 for a project to the Center for Public Research and Leadership to implement the Carnegie Future of School Institutes, in which students will build their deliberative democracy skills while designing solutions for public schooling

Come to Believe Foundation, New York, NY
18-month grant of $300,000 for project support to implement results-oriented, affordable two-year college models at selective universities for underrepresented students

Council of Chief State School Officers, Inc., Washington, DC
12-month grant of $450,000 as a final grant to support K–12 science education in the Instructional Materials and Professional Development Network

Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action, Ltd., New York, NY
24-month grant of $400,000 as a final grant for core support of the Democracy Program

Editorial Projects in Education, Inc., Bethesda, MD
24-month grant of $500,000 for project support of coverage on pathways to socioeconomic mobility and overcoming polarization

Galway University Foundation, New York, NY
12-month grant of $300,000 in support of the Imirce Project, documenting the Irish emigration experience to North America

The Institute for Citizens & Scholars, Princeton, NJ
24-month grant of $2,050,000 for a project to support the Civic Spring Fellowship to address a significant civic participation opportunity gap nationwide

Instruction Partners, Nashville, TN
12-month grant of $400,000 as a final grant to build science instructional capacity and services

KIPP Foundation, New York, NY
18-month grant of $400,000 for project support for college and career match and postsecondary success initiatives

The Leadership Academy, Long Island City, NY
12-month grant of $350,000 as a final grant to support curriculum-based professional learning with school leaders

Leadership Conference Education Fund, Washington, DC
12-month grant of $300,000 for support of its voting and voting rights program

Miami Foundation, Miami, FL
15-month grant of $250,000 for core support to NewsMatch to increase education news coverage in rural newsrooms across the country

Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation, Inc., Chicago, IL
18-month grant of $1,000,000 for project support for an initiative on civic education in New York City Public Schools

National Center for Civic Innovation, New York, NY
12-month grant of $2,000,000 as a final core support grant to OpenSciEd

Neo Philanthropy, New York, NY
24-month grant of $3,000,000 for core support of the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative focused on nonpartisan voter engagement and voting rights

New Tech Network, Napa, CA
24-month grant of $750,000 as a final grant to support the New Tech Network of schools

New Venture Fund, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of the Census Equity Initiative

New York Community Trust, New York, NY
24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of the Funds for the Newest New Yorkers

Parent Institute for Quality Education, Los Angeles, CA
24-month grant of $450,000 for project support to empower parents and students to graduate high school and transition to college

State Voices, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $900,000 as a final grant for general support

Strada Collaborative, Indianapolis, IN
18-month grant of $450,000 as a one-time project to Roadtrip Nation to spotlight the critical role of libraries and librarians in fostering community, education, and civic engagement across America

University of Maryland Foundation, Inc., Adelphi, MD
12-month grant of $250,000 as a final core support grant of Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
12-month grant of $300,000 as a final core support grant to the Charles A. Dana Center

Windward Fund, Washington, DC
24-month grant of $1,500,000 as a final grant for core support of the Heartland Fund, a funder collaborative working to strengthen civic engagement in rural communities

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

The Christchurch Call Foundation, Wellington, New Zealand
12-month grant of $500,000 in support of the launch of the Christchurch Call Foundation

Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc., Arlington, VA
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for core support of the PBS NewsHour

National Public Radio, Inc., Washington, DC
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for general support

National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center, New York, NY
12-month grant of $500,000 in support of Free Sundays for New Yorkers program

CROSS PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES

President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
24-month grant of $2,000,000 for support of an initiative to reinvigorate civic education in America