Grants Database
Year
Programs
Amount
Location
Scholarship America, Inc.
To conduct research on the availability and use of federally funded scholarships and grants and provide recommendations on how federal agencies can simplify financial aid applications and processes
$50,000
Shared Ascent Fund
For the Student Borrower Protection Center to publish research on the impact of short-term Pell Grants on college student outcomes
$100,000
Something Good in Englewood Inc.
To provide general operating support surrounding community health initiatives
$25,000
Stand for Children Leadership Center
To lead an Illinois coalition on dual credit policy and analyze the state’s new career and technical education funding formula to assess its impact on students
$75,000
Stand for Children Leadership Center
To build a coalition and develop new policy solutions to strengthen Indiana’s educator workforce and build an evidence-based policy and advocacy agenda on college and career readiness to help students recover from the COVID pandemic
$275,000
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association
To continue its FAFSA simplification convenings for state financial aid agencies
$120,000
Steppenwolf Theater Co.
To commission Joyce Awards Alumnus Tarell Alvin McCraney to develop a new play entitled Windfall
$100,000
Surge Institute
For its Chicago fellowship program that supports the development of Black and Latino education policy leaders
$150,000
Sustain Equity Group
To support its work to engage and elevate Black women and girls in the gun violence prevention movement
$100,000