Grants Database
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Year
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Programs
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Amount
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Location
HCM Strategists
To conduct a higher education landscape scan of the Great Lakes states and develop state-specific policy briefs to educate new state policymakers and their staff on issues related to higher education
$95,000
Higher Learning Advocates
To create a federal policy Equity Toolkit focused on post-secondary funding reform, data collection, and accountability, and to support a Student Ambassador Program to lift the voice of students in policy debates
$150,000
Illinois Arts Alliance
For general operations supporting Chicago and statewide arts advocacy, coalition building, technical assistance, and capacity building
$50,000
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
For Immigrant and Refugee Rights to support its Democracy Project
$200,000
Illinois PIRG Education Fund
To support its Democracy and Civic Engagement Program
$200,000
Inside Climate News
To support Inside Climate News in hiring an environmental justice reporter and establishing a freelance reporter fund as part of its planned expansion in the Midwest
$130,000
Institute for Higher Education Policy
To study the racial wealth gap and post-secondary education's effect on it
$250,000
Institute for Nonprofit News
To expand statewide, policy-oriented journalism on higher education in Illinois and Ohio
$450,000
KnowledgeWorks Foundation
To support the College in High School Alliance to help states develop more equitable college in high school program policies
$600,000
Latino Policy Forum
To develop and advocate for educator effectiveness and college and career readiness policies aimed at Latino students and to launch a new post-secondary completion stream of work
$495,000
Latinos for Education Inc.
To build a national/federal policy agenda around COVID recovery, an effective, diverse educator workforce, and college access and completion for Latino students
$150,000
Law Enforcement Action Partnership Inc.
For general operating support
$100,000
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Inc
To support its voting rights, election protection, and redistricting reform work, and manage a state coalition poll worker recruitment program
$290,000
Living Arts
To commission dancer and choreographer Michael Manson to create Rhythm of the Feet—a new concert-length dance production that brings renewed consideration to Detroit Jit, a legendary 1970s street dance style, situation Jit within the city’s broader contemporary dance and music culture while making it accessible to Latinx and Black youth and adults throughout Detroit's diverse Southwest neighborhood
$75,000
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
To support its voter engagement and work with local election clerks
$200,000
Michigan State University
To study the supply, recruitment, and retention of the state’s teacher workforce
$75,000