Grants Database
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Year
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Programs
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Amount
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Location
Georgetown University
To research, write, and disseminate two policy papers that provide human capital policies for responding effectively to the COVID pandemic
$200,000
Georgetown University
To examine whether the patterns of who earns which college credentials and degrees feed racial economic disparities
$150,000
Grantmakers for Education
To survey and convene education philanthropy to understand lessons learned from a decade of education reform and chart a course for the future
$100,000
Great MN Schools
To advocate for strong school accountability and teacher quality policies in Minneapolis and Minnesota
$100,000
Higher Learning Advocates
To create and disseminate federal policy recommendations to increase low-income student access and success at selective universities, with a focus on public universities
$100,000
Hopewell Fund
To support the Economic Security Project's state and federal advocacy for emergency stimulus payments to individuals and EITC expansion
$125,000
Illinois Action for Children
To explore effective deployment of community college applied baccalaureate for early childhood educators
$40,000
Institute for Nonprofit News
To support higher education coverage in the upper Midwest through a partnership with Crain's
$150,000
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
Ithaka Harbors Inc.
To develop and promote federal policy to increase low-income student access in selective higher education
$190,000
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