Special Opportunities Grants 2009: $1,560,000
- Alliance for Justice Inc.
- Washington, DC $75,000
- To support the Alliance for Justice Inc.’s Nonprofit Advocacy Project and
Foundation Advocacy Initiative. (1 yr.)
- The Brookings Institution
- Washington, DC $250,000
- For continued support of its Metropolitan Policy Program’s Great Lakes
Economic Initiative. (1 yr.)
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Washington, DC $445,000
- To support its research and policy analysis on fiscal policy matters and
policies affecting low-income families, federally and in the Midwest.
(2 yrs.)
- Chicago Community Trust
- Chicago, IL $250,000
- To support a coordinated campaign in the state to raise the 2010 census
mail response rate among hard-to-count communities. (18 mos.)
- The Civic Federation
- Chicago, IL $30,000
- To support the Cook County Transparency and Environmental Reform
Initiative. (1 yr.)
- Donors Forum of Chicago
- Chicago, IL $55,000
- To support the Donors Forum’s Growth Initiative and an expansion of the
organization’s public policy activities. (1 yr.)
- Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.
- Arlington, VA $30,000
- To support television broadcast and online reporting of public policy
issues. (1 yr.)
- Latino Policy Forum
- Chicago, IL $125,000
- To support the policy research, development, education, and advocacy
activities of the Latino Policy Forum. (1 yr.)
- National Public Radio Inc.
- Washington, DC $75,000
- To support news coverage of current events, issues, and trends impacting
the Great Lakes region. (1 yr.)
- Vera Institute of Justice Inc.
- New York, NY $125,000
- To support the Prosecution & Racial Justice Program’s development of
data collection and case management procedures for reducing racial
bias in decision making within the office of the Milwaukee County District
Attorney. (1 yr.)
- WBEZ Alliance Inc.
- Chicago, IL $100,000
- For continued support of two neighborhood satellite bureaus in
Englewood and Humboldt Park, plus the opening of a new satellite
bureau in the multi-ethnic neighborhood of Rogers Park. (1 yr.)
