Grants Database

To further expand and improve the monthly Crain’s Forum public-affairs reporting and analysis project in Chicago and Detroit, and launch a similar Forum in Cleveland

$500,000

For strategic planning and organizational development to spin off its multi-state consumer advocate technical assistance efforts as an independent non-profit organization

$50,000

To advance state and federal teacher preparation policy reforms, including tutoring to teaching, teacher apprenticeships, and residencies, aimed at ensuring a highly trained and diverse workforce

$300,000

For AMPLIFY, a new play development program for Chicago artists of color

$40,000

To develop and advocate for strong policies on educator effectiveness and college and career readiness in Minnesota

$500,000

To create a framing document, draft research plan, and possible community of practice to help guide educator labor market/teacher shortage research and policy decisions in Great Lakes states

$125,000

To advance federal and state policies that ensure an effective, diverse workforce, and ensure annual student assessments that help guide instruction

$75,000

To support the Dark Matter Residency program for artists of color

$40,000

For work to fully implement the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act

$300,000

For Climate and Equitable Jobs Act implementation

$500,000

To support efforts to address systemic water infrastructure failures in Centreville, Illinois and surrounding communities

$102,000

To advance equitable clean energy policies and environmental justice in Wisconsin through multifaith organizing and coalition building

$200,000

For its “Supporting Communities in Ensuring Safe and Affordable Drinking Water” project

$200,000

For the McCourt School of Public Policy to support FutureEd to research, write, and disseminate a policy paper on teacher diversity, and a report on how districts are spending COVID recovery funds for human capital purposes 

$75,000

For three years of general operating support (totaling $130,000) and one-year digital initiatives support (totaling $20,000) to pilot a new multi-media platform

$150,000

To support research on the post-secondary attainment of students in Minneapolis and St. Paul

$300,000