Grants Database

To continue disseminating research and best practices on community college baccalaureate state policies and practices

$75,000

For its Michigan Justice Fund

$150,000

To commission playwright Sydney Chatman’s new community-based healing work devised with, by, and for Black women and girl survivors of state-sanctioned violence

$75,000

For the production of What to Send Up When It Goes Down by playwright Aleshea Harris in Spring 2022

$25,000

To provide unrestricted general operating support amidst COVID-19

$40,000

To support the newly formed national Coalition to Advance Future Student Success aimed at ensuring effective use of federal Elementary and Secondary Emergency Education Relief (ESSER) Funds

$300,000

For continued support of Ron OJ Parson's artist residency and to provide additional artistic and professional development opportunities for theater artists of color

$160,000

To continue its deep coverage of Chicago and Illinois policy issues and host related event, and to support a similar, nascent effort in Michigan 

$275,000

To advance clean energy in Illinois

$460,000

To provide general operating support as the organization continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic

$15,000

For the Duke Center for Firearms Law

$150,000

To support the Illinois Future of Work Task Force in developing policy recommendations

$50,000

To help build partnerships between teacher prep programs and the Minneapolis, Indianapolis, and Chicago public school districts, build a community of practice among the district talent officers and revise the teacher preparation partnerships report with a focus on teacher diversity 

$498,000

To help the Minnesota P-20 Education Partnership develop and implement a cross-sector action plan to improve students’ post-secondary transitions and outcomes

$80,000

To build the capacity of Great Lakes journalists to report on educator effectiveness, college and career readiness, COVID recovery, and federal policy

$200,000

To advance risk-based firearms policies through the Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy, provide policy development and implementation assistance in targeted states, and help implement racial equity frameworks with stakeholders working on gun violence prevention policy

$550,000