Grants Database
Year
Programs
Amount
Location
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
US Department of Education
To host a convening focused on how school districts and employers can build partnerships to increase work-based learning opportunities for students
$20,000
Wayne State University - College of Education
For its College of Education to fund research on students who are enrolled in college for a long time and have not finished their degree and identify policy solutions to help them complete
$150,000
Wayne State University - College of Education
For its College of Education to conduct a qualitative and quantitative study on policies and strategies to reduce chronic absence in Michigan
$100,000
Women Employed
To advocate for equitable funding for public colleges and universities in Illinois, facilitate a coalition of Illinois’s minority-serving institutions, and advance policy that makes college more affordable and accessible, especially for women of color
$135,000
Advance Illinois NFP
For its general operations including policy work on student assessments and accountability, evidence-based funding, educator diversity, and higher education funding
$1,000,000
Auburn Advisors, LLC
To conduct a landscape scan of the education advocacy ecosystem in Michigan and provide recommendations on how the sector could be strengthened
$75,000
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc.
To conduct research, outreach, and advocacy on a federal-state partnership to improve college affordability
$200,000
Community College Baccalaureate Association Inc
To convene higher ed leaders to share strategies for community college baccalaureate program implementation
$150,000
Ecotone Analytics GBC
To conduct a qualitative and quantitative study as well as a social return on investment analysis on Minnesota's dual-enrollment programs
$70,000
Education Commission of the States
To conduct policy research on how states address financial barriers for students, schools, and employers in the development and delivery of work-based learning programs
$65,000
Education First Consulting LLC
For communications support connected to the Joyce Great Lakes Teacher Shortage Community of Practice
$25,000
Education First Consulting LLC
To run the Great Lakes Teacher Shortage Community of Practice and create a policy paper on innovative staffing of K–12 schools
$625,000
Education First Consulting LLC
To help Chicago, Indianapolis, and Minneapolis school districts build teacher apprenticeships, provide technical assistance to Indianapolis to build talent strategy, and run the community of practice with the districts
$375,000
Education Reform Now Inc.
To develop policy recommendations/communications strategy on federal and state policies in response to the upcoming Supreme Court decision on affirmative action
$50,000
Education Resource Strategies Inc
To lead the Coalition to Reimagine the Teaching Role, a group of organizations focused on reimagining how schools are staffed on and changing policies that stifle innovation in the space
$100,000