Grants Database
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Year
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Programs
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Amount
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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