Grants Database
Year
Programs
Amount
Location
The 74 Media
To support coverage of COVID's impact on education, especially on communities of color, policy reforms spurred by the pandemic, and teacher shortages
$275,000
The Art Institute of Chicago
For the exhibition Himali Singh Soin: Static Range
$50,000
The Aspen Institute Inc.
To advance federal, state and district policies that ensure principals are trained and supported to run schools that improve school climate and student outcomes
$450,000
The HANA Center
To commission fiber and social practice artist Aram Han Sifuentes to create Citizenship for All, a community protest banner-making and immigrant justice project engaging multi-generations of Korean, Asian American, and multi-ethnic immigrant communities that will culminate in a public art installation in Chicago’s Albany Park
$75,000
The Institute for College Access and Success Inc.
To support policy development and advocacy to help close race- and income-based gaps in post-secondary success in Michigan
$150,000
The Surge Institute
To sustain a fellowship program that builds and supports a pipeline of Black and Latino leaders in education policy
$200,000
Tides Foundation
To support the Community Justice Reform Coalition (CJRC)’s advocacy and organizational development as well as a project to analyze media coverage of community violence
$235,000
Trace Media Inc.
To support expansion of Trace Media’s gun violence reporting project in the Great Lakes region
$360,000
University of Chicago
To investigate if Chicago Public Schools has the data system/data collection necessary to research the district’s teacher recruitment and retention initiative, Teach Chicago
$34,000
University of Chicago
To support phase two of the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project
$400,000
University of Illinois
For its Discovery Partners Institute to support the Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative to study trends in dual enrollment participation across Illinois
$94,200
University of Minnesota
For its Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement to research the Minnesota teacher pipeline, determine where students of color fall out, and suggest policy fixes
$165,950
University of Minnesota
To support the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement's research and policy development on school leadership preparation and support
$93,852
Vanderbilt University
For research in its Department of Economics focused on FAFSA verification, student loan repayment, the effect of free community college programs on four-year college enrollment, or other higher education issues the US Department of Education is currently focused on
$50,000