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In Remembrance: Robert G. Bottoms
The Joyce Foundation mourns the passing of Board Member Emeritus Robert G. Bottoms. Bob served as a Joyce board member for 26 years, retiring in 2023.
Latest Grants: December 2021
The Foundation is pleased to announce that we awarded more than 130 grants in December – worth more than $29 million – to support public policies and evidence-informed strategies to address the most pressing issues facing the Great Lakes region.
The grants listed below reflect innovative efforts by dozens of organizations to address urgent needs in our six program areas – Culture, Democracy, Education & Economic Mobility, Environment, Gun Violence Prevention & Justice Reform, and Journalism.
CULTURE
$ 65,000 | |
$ 100,000 | |
$ 160,000 | |
$ 120,000 | |
$ 50,000 | |
$ 40,000 | |
$ 195,000 | |
$ 95,000 | |
$ 30,000 | |
$ 90,000 | |
$ 230,000 | |
$ 60,000 | |
$ 80,000 |
DEMOCRACY
$ 225,000 | |
$ 100,000 | |
$ 200,000 | |
$ 125,000 | |
$ 200,000 | |
Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund | $ 75,000 |
$ 250,000 | |
$ 500,000 | |
$ 150,000 |
EDUCATION & ECONOMIC MOBILITY
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$ 300,000 |
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$ 150,000 |
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$ 125,000 |
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$ 97,359 |
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$ 150,000 |
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$ 325,000 |
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$ 29,600 |
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$ 300,000 |
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$ 425,000 |
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Teachers College, Columbia University - Community College Research Center |
$ 400,000 |
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University of Chicago - Consortium on Chicago School Research |
$ 150,000 |
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$ 200,000 |
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$ 300,000 |
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$ 75,000 |
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$ 120,000 |
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$ 200,000 |
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$ 200,000 |
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$ 43,260 |
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$ 73,646 |
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$ 75,000 |
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$ 100,000 |
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$ 650,000 |
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$ 425,000 |
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$ 150,000 |
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$ 100,000 |
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$ 34,644 |
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University of Washington Foundation - Center for Education Data & Research |
$ 250,000 |
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Metropolitan Planning Council - Economic Security for Illinois |
$ 50,000 |
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$ 75,000 |
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$ 229,674 |
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$ 75,000 |
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$ 105,000 |
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$ 100,000 |
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President and Fellows of Harvard College - Project on Predatory Student Lending |
$ 200,000 |
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Teachers College, Columbia University - Community College Research Center |
$ 75,000 |
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$ 900,000 |
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$ 135,000 |
ENVIRONMENT
| CUB Consumer Education and Research Fund | $ 460,000 |
| Fresh Energy | $ 240,000 |
| Michigan Environmental Council | $ 520,000 |
| Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance | $ 400,000 |
| Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy | $ 150,000 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists Inc. | $ 300,000 |
| Evergreen Community Development Initiative - The Flint Development Center | $ 150,000 |
| Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative | $ 250,000 |
| Great Lakes Commission | $ 85,000 |
| Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | $ 500,000 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc. | $ 280,000 |
| Ohio Environmental Council | $ 80,000 |
| Ohio State University Foundation - Ohio Sea Grant College Program | $ 150,000 |
| The Nature Conservancy - Virginia | $ 400,000 |
| US Water Alliance | $ 300,000 |
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION & JUSTICE REFORM
JOURNALISM
| 365 Media Foundation, Inc. | $ 100,000 |
| Chicago Public Media, Inc. | $ 250,000 |
| Institute for Nonprofit News | $ 50,000 |
| Institute for Nonprofit News - Open Campus Media, Inc. | $ 80,000 |
| Poynter Institute for Media Studies, Inc. | $ 75,000 |
GENERAL & CROSS-PROGRAMMATIC
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Culture
$80,000
$12,500
$65,000
$195,000
$60,000
$230,000
$40,000
$50,000
$120,000
$15,000
$30,000
$95,000
$160,000
$25,000
$100,000
$30,000
$60,000
$75,000
$75,000
$75,000
$40,000
$10,000
$50,000
$30,000
$75,000
$30,000
$30,000
$80,000
$12,500
$65,000
$195,000
$60,000
$230,000
$40,000
$50,000
$120,000
$15,000
$30,000
$95,000
$160,000
$25,000
$100,000
$30,000
$60,000
$75,000
$75,000
$75,000
$40,000
$10,000
$50,000
$30,000
$75,000
$30,000
$30,000
Democracy
$150,000
$200,000
$125,000
$225,000
$500,000
$250,000
$200,000
$75,000
$150,000
$250,000
$150,000
$200,000
$125,000
$225,000
$500,000
$250,000
$200,000
$75,000
$150,000
$250,000
Education & Economic Mobility
$135,000
$229,674
$250,000
$34,644
$150,000
$100,000
$75,000
$425,000
$650,000
$900,000
$100,000
$425,000
$300,000
$75,000
$100,000
$150,000
$105,000
$97,359
$43,260
$75,000
$150,000
$200,000
$50,000
$200,000
$80,000
$100,000
$60,000
$50,000
$75,000
$100,000
$150,000
$100,000
$1,000,000
$100,000
$498,000
$550,000
$90,000
$200,000
$300,000
$237,942
$75,000
$135,000
$229,674
$250,000
$34,644
$150,000
$100,000
$75,000
$425,000
$650,000
$900,000
$100,000
$425,000
$300,000
$75,000
$100,000
$150,000
$105,000
$97,359
$43,260
$75,000
$150,000
$200,000
$50,000
$200,000
$80,000
$100,000
$60,000
$50,000
$75,000
$100,000
$150,000
$100,000
$1,000,000
$100,000
$498,000
$550,000
$90,000
$200,000
$300,000
$237,942
$75,000
Environment
$300,000
$300,000
$400,000
$150,000
$80,000
$400,000
$520,000
$85,000
$240,000
$80,000
$200,000
$150,000
$160,000
$500,000
$250,000
$316,835
$300,000
$300,000
$400,000
$150,000
$80,000
$400,000
$520,000
$85,000
$240,000
$80,000
$200,000
$150,000
$160,000
$500,000
$250,000
$316,835
Gun Violence Prevention & Justice Reform
$150,000
$15,000
$300,000
$200,000
$300,000
$100,000
$900,000
$150,000
$500,000
$200,000
$300,000
$150,000
$200,000
$140,000
$36,750
$346,812
$25,000
$275,000
$350,000
$100,000
$150,000
$15,000
$300,000
$200,000
$300,000
$100,000
$900,000
$150,000
$500,000
$200,000
$300,000
$150,000
$200,000
$140,000
$36,750
$346,812
$25,000
$275,000
$350,000
$100,000
Journalism
$80,000
$50,000
$5,000,000
$250,000
$100,000
$80,000
$50,000
$5,000,000
$250,000
$100,000