Grants Database
Year
Programs
Amount
Location
Boston University
To support Wheelock Educational Policy Center to launch a research/policy partnership with Indiana Department of Education to study if English learners and special ed students have effective, diverse educators, and recommend policy solutions to ensure they do
$200,000
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
To transform the Carnegie Classification system for higher education institutions to include a focus on degree attainment and economic mobility
$400,000
CeaseFire Pennsylvania Education Fund
To support education and advocacy to reduce gun violence in Pennsylvania
$200,000
Center for Neighborhood Technology
To support its participation in Hansra Consulting’s Conscious Ambassador of Trauma Informed Care certification course
$10,000
Chicago Artists Coalition
To support the continuation of the SPARK Microgrant program for emerging visual artists of color and other underrepresented artists seeking to make their art practice a primary vocation
$75,000
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.
To support its Voting Rights and Civic Empowerment Project
$200,000
Chiefs for Change
To advocate for federal policy focused on COVID-19 school recovery, redesigned systems of assessment and accountability, and robust college and career readiness data systems
$100,000
Children First Fund: The Chicago Public Schools Foundation
To support Bellwether to assess Chicago Public Schools' career readiness programs and develop a plan to guide the district's career readiness strategic plan
$50,000
Circle of Blue
For an investigative reporting project on the causes and responses to algal blooms in western Lake Erie
$50,000
City Bureau NFP
To support its Civic Reporting Fellowship program in Chicago
$100,000
Congo Square Theatre Company
For three years of general operating support (totaling $150,000) and one-year digital initiatives support (totaling $25,000) to expand its digital programming and technical training for staff
$175,000
Council of State Governments
To support the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus
$150,000
Crain's Chicago Business
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
CUB Consumer Education and Research Fund
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
Deans for Impact
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