Grants Database
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Year
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Programs
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Amount
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Location
UnidosUS
To convene a series of roundtable discussions with national advocacy organizations focused on Latino students and develop a shared agenda and messaging around support for state assessments
$25,000
University of Chicago
To study how the COVID-19 school closures are changing the relationship between educators, parents and students and what that means for the future of K-12 education
$75,000
University of Illinois at Chicago
To study "gig" employers and their relationship with the state's unemployment insurance system
$30,000
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Watson College of Education
To understand how budget cuts might impact rural student access at public universities and to identify federal policy implications
$101,536
University of Southern California
To explore whether a consortia of colleges can collectively shift practices to promote low-income student access and affordability
$75,000
University of Utah
To convene researchers and develop a research agenda on how dual-credit/dual-enrollment courses can improve college access and completion for low-income students and students of color
$99,131
University of Washington Bothell
To research COVID-19 pandemic learning pods and understand how their innovative use of school time, money, and staffing can inform the future of public education, especially for low-income children and children of color
$100,000
Urban Institute
To examine how an EITC expansion might benefit college students, particularly independent and homeless students
$20,000
Urban Policy Development LLC
To support developing an Illinois strategic plan for higher education
$50,000
Veterans Education Success
To support state policies to better monitor low-quality colleges, publish research on selective public colleges, and to support all colleges in best practices for enrolling veterans
$430,000
W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation
To research college attainment effects from alternative Illinois College promise program designs and to disseminate the results
$15,233
Young Invincibles
To support increasing the number of Illinois young adults from low-income families and young adults of color accessing and completing college
$90,000
Advance Illinois
To fund policy and advocacy work on education reforms, specifically around educator quality, college-and-career readiness, data and accountability, and higher education
$1,000,000
Alliance for Excellent Education
To advocate for state and federal policies that better align the high school and post-secondary experience
$300,000
Bellwether Education Partners Inc.
To investigate whether states are tracking students of color into certain academic and career paths through their new accountability systems
$85,000
Campaign for Free College Tuition
To support ongoing student advocacy towards college affordability in Michigan
$38,000