Grants Database
Year
Programs
Amount
Location
Shared Ascent Fund
For the Student Borrower Protection Center to publish research on the impact of short-term Pell Grants on college student outcomes
$100,000
Stand for Children Leadership Center
To lead an Illinois coalition on dual credit policy and analyze the state’s new career and technical education funding formula to assess its impact on students
$75,000
Stand for Children Leadership Center
To build a coalition and develop new policy solutions to strengthen Indiana’s educator workforce and build an evidence-based policy and advocacy agenda on college and career readiness to help students recover from the COVID pandemic
$275,000
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association
To continue its FAFSA simplification convenings for state financial aid agencies
$120,000
Surge Institute
For its Chicago fellowship program that supports the development of Black and Latino education policy leaders
$150,000
Swipe Out Hunger
To support advocacy in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio to improve college students’ food security
$80,000
Teach for America Inc. - Michigan
To create and implement a policy and advocacy agenda to strengthen the teacher workforce in Michigan, especially in high-poverty schools
$200,000
Teach Plus Incorporated
To run its Illinois and Indiana teacher policy fellowships and produce policy briefs on accountability, innovative staffing models, literacy, and school improvement
$550,000
Temple University
For its Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice to convene a national coalition on student basic needs, educate federal policy makers about opportunities to improve college students' food security, and develop a report on lessons learned from state policy efforts in Minnesota and Michigan
$200,000
The Aspen Institute Inc.
To build a bipartisan coalition focused on a new raft of education policies to improve outcomes for young people of color and those from marginalized communities
$375,000
The Bridgespan Group Inc.
To help funders determine what is needed to build a more robust policy and advocacy ecosystem in Chicago, as the district moves to an elected school board
$150,000
University of Chicago
To support the UChicago Consortium on School Research Investors Council
$300,000
University of Chicago - Consortium on Chicago School Research
For its Consortium on Chicago School Research to conduct research on chronic absenteeism in Chicago Public Schools
$200,000
University of Illinois - Discovery Partners Institute
For its Discovery Partners Institute to support the Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative to produce reports on educators and college and career readiness, and to strengthen its capacity to produce timely and actionable research
$473,000
University of Illinois Foundation
For the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Education Justice Project to support state policy on college access and success for current and formerly incarcerated individuals
$200,000
Urban Institute
To develop and manage a network of Great Lakes states to work on policies to improve college student basic needs security
$200,000