Grants Database
Year
Programs
Amount
Location
Temple University - The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice
For policy development and advocacy on federal and institutional administrative barriers that might inhibit student progress in college
$200,000
The 74 Media
To support its journalistic efforts to document the impact of the COVID pandemic on U.S. education
$100,000
The Art Institute of Chicago
To support School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Asphalt Art initiative project in collaboration with Bloomberg Philanthropies
$12,500
The Education Trust
To support equity-focused policy development and advocacy on teacher diversity, college and career readiness, and accountability and assessment
$425,000
The Institute for College Access and Success Inc.
To advocate for expanding evidence-based community college programs, creating a federal-state partnership, and improving federal student finance policy
$700,000
The Marshall Project
To support their data team's coverage of local American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) spending on violence prevention initiatives
$100,000
The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights
To support Maria Woltjen's retirement and the Spring Soiree
$10,000
Tides Center
To support the Public Rights Project work on labor practices at Handy and to explore algorithmic bias in employment platforms
$75,000
UnidosUS
To promote changes in federal K-12 and higher education policy that would improve Latino student outcomes
$550,000
University of Chicago
To research the academic performance and experiences of high school English Learners in Chicago Public Schools
$150,000
University of Chicago - Consortium on Chicago School Research
To support the Consortium Investor Council to refresh data archives, seed new studies, replicate previous studies, and address equity in research
$300,000
University of Chicago - Consortium on Chicago School Research
To study how rigorous course taking (dual credit, dual enrollment, and advanced placement) may shape students' college outcomes and how students' experiences of rigorous coursework may differ
$200,000
University of Chicago - Law School
To support the National Police Early Intervention and Outcomes Research Consortium
$346,812
University of Chicago - Smart Museum of Art
To support Mel Chin and Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle’s commissioned installations as part of Towards Common Cause exhibition
$25,000
University of Illinois
To fund the Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative (IWERC) to conduct research off data collected through the new Illinois Educator Preparation Profile
$34,644