Grants Database
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Year
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Programs
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Amount
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Location
Community College Baccalaureate Association Inc
To continue disseminating research and best practices on community college baccalaureate state policies and practices
$75,000
Congo Square Theatre Company
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
Congo Square Theatre Company
For the production of What to Send Up When It Goes Down by playwright Aleshea Harris in Spring 2022
$25,000
Congo Square Theatre Company
To provide unrestricted general operating support amidst COVID-19
$40,000
Council of Chief State School Officers
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
Court Theatre Fund
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
Crain's Chicago Business
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
Dion’s Chicago Dream
To provide general operating support as the organization continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic
$15,000
Economic Security Project Inc.
To support the Illinois Future of Work Task Force in developing policy recommendations
$50,000
Education First Consulting LLC
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
Education Strategy Group
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
Education Writers Association
To build the capacity of Great Lakes journalists to report on educator effectiveness, college and career readiness, COVID recovery, and federal policy
$200,000
Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence
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