Grants Database
Year
Programs
Amount
Location
Institute for Nonprofit News
To support higher education coverage in the upper Midwest through a partnership with Crain's
$150,000
Institute for Nonprofit News
To continue supporting its Amplify News Project, which strengthens local media across the Midwest by facilitating collaboration and shared distribution
$50,000
Institute for Women's Policy Research
To develop a project focused on improving dispossessing firearms from domestic abusers in communities across the Great Lakes region through a mentorship model
$50,000
International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago
For general operating support underwriting its film and music programming
$30,000
Ithaka Harbors Inc.
To develop and promote federal policy to increase low-income student access in selective higher education
$190,000
Ithaka Harbors Inc.
To understand the scope of and identify a solution to the problem of unpaid college debts as a barrier to college attainment
$45,000
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
To support the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library's 32nd Annual May Dinner
$15,000
John Jay College
To support general operations of the National Network for Safe Communities
$25,000
Johns Hopkins University
To plan and digitally convene a 2020 Summer Youth Institute (SYI) program - Reducing Gun Violence in America: Evidence for Change
$25,000
Kids First Chicago for Education
To fund policy development, advocacy, and parent organizing around high-quality schools in every Chicago neighborhood
$225,000
KnowledgeWorks Foundation
To craft and advocate for early-college policies targeted at low-income young people and young people of color
$600,000
Latino Policy Forum
To develop and advocate for policies aimed at increasing college and career readiness for Latino students
$425,000
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
To advocate for racial equity in Great Lakes public flagship universities, especially in Illinois and Ohio
$500,000
Leadership Conference Education Fund
To support advocacy towards equal opportunity and full inclusion on college campuses
$75,000
Leadership for Educational Equity Foundation
To support its diverse policy fellowship efforts by placing a fellow at the Chicago Public Education Fund
$60,000
League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund
To support its election policy, voter education, and redistricting work
$150,000