Grants Database
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Year
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Programs
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Amount
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Location
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation
To help Chicago Public Schools grow Teach Chicago, focused on building an effective, diverse workforce and reimagining teacher career ladder/leadership policies
$200,000
Community College Baccalaureate Association Inc
To continue disseminating research and best practices on community college baccalaureate state policies and practices
$75,000
Council of Chief State School Officers
To support the newly formed national Coalition to Advance Future Student Success aimed at ensuring effective use of federal Elementary and Secondary Emergency Education Relief (ESSER) Funds
$300,000
Economic Security Project Inc.
To support the Illinois Future of Work Task Force in developing policy recommendations
$50,000
Education First Consulting LLC
To help build partnerships between teacher prep programs and the Minneapolis, Indianapolis, and Chicago public school districts, build a community of practice among the district talent officers and revise the teacher preparation partnerships report with a focus on teacher diversity
$498,000
Education Strategy Group
To help the Minnesota P-20 Education Partnership develop and implement a cross-sector action plan to improve students’ post-secondary transitions and outcomes
$80,000
Education Writers Association
To build the capacity of Great Lakes journalists to report on educator effectiveness, college and career readiness, COVID recovery, and federal policy
$200,000
Educators for Excellence
To raise teacher voices in K–12 education public policy debates
$200,000
Enlace Chicago
To conduct research on FAFSA verification and post-secondary access and success for students in Little Village
$150,000
Foundation for Excellence in Education
To strengthen state-level approaches to education-to-workforce policies and pathways
$125,000
Great MN Schools
To advocate for strong school accountability and teacher quality policies in Minneapolis and Minnesota
$75,000
HCM Strategists
To staff the Illinois Commission on Equitable Public University Funding task force
$75,000
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights
To increase take-up of the federal economic impact payments in Illinois
$75,000
Hopewell Fund
To support applied policy research on issues of "gig workers" and the future of work in Illinois
$100,000
IBG Consulting Group LLC
To work with the Illinois State Board of Education to help identify and implement strategies to address educator shortages in specific fields and geographies
$43,260
Indiana Latino Institute Inc
To develop an education-focused advocacy agenda and produce a research report on the state of education for Latinos in Indiana
$97,359