Grants Database
-
Year
-
Programs
-
Amount
-
Location
The Century Foundation
To research and create post-affirmative action policy recommendations and to research and publish policy papers on college affordability and access in Great Lakes colleges and universities
$330,000
The Chicago Community Trust
For the Press Forward Chicago Community News Fund, a campaign to strengthen independent, local news media in the Chicago area
$300,000
The Education Trust
To conduct three research projects to inform state and federal higher education policy
$350,000
The Groundtruth Project
To support Report for America reporters in Great Lakes statehouses and for reporter trainings
$150,000
The National Public Housing Museum
To commission Ecuadorian-Chinese artist Marisa Morán Jahn to create HOOPS, an outdoor recreation court, co-designed with Chicago residents that celebrates the important role of street games in the history of public housing
$75,000
The Niskanen Center Inc.
To support implementation of the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act
$150,000
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative
For its Ohio Student Association to build an education campaign to improve college outcomes for Black students and higher education funding in Ohio
$150,000
The Project on Government Oversight Inc.
To support a census research project and report designed to improve state and local census participation for 2030
$118,500
The Rebuild Foundation NFP
To support a new exhibition by Joyce Awards Alumnus Theaster Gates at Stony Island Arts Bank
$50,000
Third World Press Foundation Inc.
To help the organization recover from flooding that caused devastating damage to hundreds of books and inventory
$20,000
Tides Foundation
To support the Community Justice Reform Coalition’s advocacy and organizational development
$125,000
UnidosUS
To promote reforms in federal K-12 and higher education policy that would improve Latino student outcomes
$550,000
University of Chicago
For its Urban Labs Health Lab to convene national experts and examine workforce challenges for 911 call centers that may be impacting emergency response
$50,000
University of Chicago
For its Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry to support Black contemporary artist vanessa german’s first solo exhibition in Chicago and the creation of a new, community-engaged body of work
$50,000
University of Illinois Foundation
For the University of Illinois at Chicago’s College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts to support Chicago designer and artist Norman Teague’s US pavilion installation for the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale
$50,000
University of Texas at Austin
For its Texas Behavioral Science and Policy Institute to conduct a mixed-methods study on the value of industry recognized certifications earned by high school students in Illinois and Indiana
$250,000