Carnegie Newsline June 8, 2000

The following is a list of grants and appropriations approved by the Trustees at the June 8, 2000 Board Meeting.

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EDUCATION

American Historical Association
Three-year grant of $346,300 toward a study of graduate training in history

Aspen Institute, Inc.
One-year grant of $412,000 for the Congressional Program on Education

Boston Plan for Excellence in the Public Schools
Fifteen-month grant of $250,000 toward planning of district-wide reform in secondary school education

Brooklyn Public Library
One-year grant of $25,000 toward the expansion of early childhood programs to promote reading

Carnegie Corporation of New York
Four-month grant of $200,000 for technical assistance and management services for the Schools for a New Society Initiative

Chattanooga-Hamilton County Public Education Fund
Fifteen-month grant of $250,000 toward planning of district-wide reform in secondary school education

Child-Centered Schools Initiative of the Greater Houston Area (Houston Annenberg Challenge)

Fifteen-month grant of $250,000 toward planning of district-wide reform in secondary school education

Clark University
Fifteen-month grant of $250,000 toward planning of district-wide reform in secondary school education

Teachers College, Columbia University
Two-year grant of $628,800 as a final grant on the follow up work of a commission on teaching

Committee for Economic Development
Two-year grant of $228,000 toward research and publications on early childhood education financing

Council of Chief State School Officers, Inc.
One-year grant of $225,000 toward effective state and district practices to improve achievement in high poverty schools

Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform
Three-year grant of $375,000 toward preparation and DISSEMINATION of case studies on school district restructuring in three cities

Harvard University
Two-year grant of $900,000 toward a professional development initiative to strengthen the teaching of reading in preschools and elementary schools

Health and Education Leadership for Providence
Fifteen-month grant of $250,000 toward planning of district-wide reform in secondary education

I Am Your Child Foundation
One-year grant of $333,500 toward production and DISSEMINATION of educational videotapes to promote effective parenting and early literacy development

Indianapolis Public Schools Education Foundation, Inc.
Fifteen-month grant of $250,000 toward planning of district-wide reform in secondary school education

Institute for Educational Leadership, Inc.
Three-year grant of $300,000 toward support of the Coalition for Community Schools

Institute for Educational Leadership, Inc.
Fifteen-month grant of $175,000 toward research and public education activities to improve urban school leadership

Jobs for the Future Inc.
Two-year grant of $385,900 toward identification, assessment, and DISSEMINATION of new models of high school learning

Linking Education and Economic Development in Sacramento
Fifteen-month grant of $250,000 toward planning of district-wide reform in secondary school education

National Academy of Sciences
Thirty-month grant of $708,000 as a final grant toward the Forum on Adolescence

New Futures for Youth Inc.
Fifteen-month grant of $250,000 toward planning of district-wide reform in secondary school education

New York Public Library
Five-month grant of $25,000 toward summer reading programs for children

New York University
Two-year grant of $600,000 toward research on the impact of charter schools on educational equity in urban schools

University of Pennsylvania
Nine-month grant of $120,500 for planning a university-school district leadership training center

Portland Public Schools Foundation
Fifteen-month grant of $200,000 toward planning of district-wide reform in secondary school education

Queens Borough Public Library
Eleven-month grant of $25,000 toward books and materials for early literacy workshops and summer reading programs

Rand Corporation
Five-month grant of $25,000 toward a study of school vouchers

Rand Corporation http://www.rand.org
One-year grant of $124,300 for planning a study of the effects of linking college and university admissions to high school examinations

Rice University
One-year grant of $86,700 for a conference on Computer Science and the Humanities

Rutgers University
Three-year grant of $600,000 toward a study on the financing and impact of universal preschool education

San Diego Foundation
Fifteen-month grant of $250,000 toward planning of district-wide reform in secondary school education

The After-School Corporation
Eighteen-month grant of $75,000 toward production and DISSEMINATION of materials on promising practices in The After-School Corporation's programs

Wellesley College
Two-year grant of $297,000 toward development of a cross-city network for after-school leaders

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Three-year grant of $450,000 toward DISSEMINATION activities on new forms of teacher compensation


INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

Aspen Institute, Inc.
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward a final grant to the Aspen Strategy Group

Aspen Institute Berlin
Two-year grant of $400,700 toward the German-American-Russian policy dialogue

British American Security Information Council
Two-year grant of $150,000 toward advancing the research agenda of the organization

Brookings Institution
Twenty-nine-month grant of $155,000 for research and DISSEMINATION on U.S. intervention policy in self-determination disputes

University of California, Santa Cruz
Two-year grant of $237,300 for research on globalization and Islam

Civic Education Project, Inc.
Two-year grant of $350,000 toward the Eastern Scholar Program in Russia

Columbia University
Nineteen-month grant of $171,300 for research and DISSEMINATION on the effectiveness of peacekeeping interventions in self-determination disputes

Council on Foreign Relations
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward development of a web-based resource on the role of partitions in ethnic conflict and post-conflict reconstruction

Council on Foreign Relations
One-year grant of $357,800 toward a program on new approaches to Russian security

Harvard University
Two-year grant of $1,160,000 toward programs with Russian military personnel and policymakers on foreign and security policies

Harvard University
Two-year grant of $464,900 toward the Black Sea Security Program

Harvard University
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward research and writing on international security by William J. Perry and Ashton B. Carter

Institute for Eastwest Studies, Inc. (Eastwest Institute)
Two-year grant of $332,400 for a project on the security of the Black Sea region

Interhemispheric Resource Center
Thiry-month grant of $200,000 for web-based research and analysis on ethnic self-determination

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Two-year grant of $200,000 as a final grant toward support

University of Maryland, College Park
One-year grant of $15,000 for a workshop on establishing a data set on intrastate and international negotiation and mediation

National Academy of Sciences
Seven-month grant of $50,000 toward a study to address the principal technical concerns raised during the debate over ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

New School University
Two-year grant of $258,800 toward the Journal Donation Project

New York University
Two-year grant of $399,800 for research and DISSEMINATION on governance in Russia

University of Oxford
Two-year grant of $292,200 for research on the impact of external culture and economics on ethnic self-determination

Princeton University
Thirty-one-month grant of $308,000 for an interdisciplinary examination of the multidimensional causes of self-determination crises

Rutgers University
Fourteen-month grant of $16,500 toward an archival project on Russian political parties

Stanford University
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward research and writing on international security by William J. Perry and Ashton B. Carter

Henry L. Stimson Center
Ten-month grant of $25,000 toward a conference on national missile defense and transatlantic relations

World Affairs Council of Northern California
Two-month grant of $25,000 toward a conference on U.S. national security interests and policies


INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Research Centre
Two-year grant of $500,000 as a final grant toward African Technology Policy Studies Network

Association of African Universities
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward a technical meeting of experts to launch study on use of ICTs in higher education institutions in Africa

International Institute for Educational Planning
One-year grant of $50,000 toward support of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa

Library and Information Association of South Africa
Three-year grant of $249,400 for institutional support

Makerere University
Six-month grant of $72,000 toward preparation of a university-wide strategic plan


DEMOCRACY

Alliance for Better Campaigns Inc.
One-year grant of $150,000 for public education and local organizing around an effort to challenge television broadcasters to air more candidate discourse during the 2000 campaign

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.
Two-year grant of $300,000 as a final grant toward support of its voting rights project

American Prospect, Inc.
One-year grant of $132,000 for the development and DISSEMINATION of a series of articles and a special issue focused on electoral and campaign finance reform

Appleseed Foundation, Inc.
Three-year grant of $150,000 toward the Appleseed Electoral Reform Projects

Brown University
One-year grant of $25,000 toward Campus Compact's voter participation project on college campuses nationwide

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Ten-month grant of $25,000 toward preparation and DISSEMINATION of a report on legal issues affecting immigrants

Democracy 21 Education Fund
One-year grant of $150,000 toward a study of the limits of the Federal Election Commission

Harvard University
Two-year grant of $410,600 toward the educational equity work of the Civil Rights Project

Independent Media Institute
One-year grant of $24,500 for coordinating a media strategy on campaign financing issues at the state level

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Three-year grant of $500,000 as a final grant toward support

Northeast Action, Inc.
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward a joint project with Democracy Works and Public Campaign to provide technical assistance to nonprofits monitoring the implementation of comprehensive statewide campaign financing reforms

Project Vote, Inc.
One-year grant of $100,000 toward support

Proteus Fund, Inc.
Two-year grant of $325,000 toward state-based campaign finance disclosure activities and strengthening the institutional capacity of the Piper Fund

Public Citizen Foundation, Inc.
One-year grant of $25,000 for a legal project to challenge the judicial campaign financing system in Texas

Stanford University
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a research project to measure whether direct access to presidential candidates' speeches and campaign advertisements influences voter engagement

Third Millennium Advocates for the Future, Inc.
One-year grant of $150,000 toward research, analysis, and public education about the content of campaigns and the effects on young voters

Tom's Rivera Policy Institute
Eighteen-month grant of $313,000 toward its political participation initiative

Youth Vote 2000
One-year grant of $200,000 toward support


SPECIAL PROJECTS

American Communications Foundation
One-year grant of $354,000 toward assistance to commercial radio and television stations to cover education and citizen participation issues

Aspen Institute, Inc.
Two-year grant of $250,000 toward the Nonprofit Sector Research Fund

Center for Public Integrity
One-year grant of $273,300 for an investigative project on the relationship between civil wars and corporate interests

Civicus: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Inc.
Two-year grant of $150,000 toward support

Foundation Center
Three-year grant of $225,000 as a final grant toward support

Higher Education Policy Institute
One-year grant of $500,000 toward the development and DISSEMINATION of a national report card on state higher education performance

International Women's Media Foundation
Nine-month grant of $25,000 toward African women's participation at an international conference of women journalists

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Two-year grant of $80,000 toward support

National Council of Nonprofit Associations
Two-year grant of $150,000 toward support

Stanford University
Six-month grant of $25,000 for planning of an experimental test of the effects of racial diversity in higher education on student's learning

Tufts University
One-year grant of $25,000 toward support for the Lincoln Filene Center for Citizenship and Public Affairs' research and public education about the roles and contributions of philanthropy, voluntary action, and civil society

Wisdom Works Corporation
One-year grant of $200,000 toward education and outreach for the documentary, "Tutu and Franklin: A Journey Towards Peace"


DISSEMINATION

Carnegie Corporation of New York
Four-month grant of $500,000 for program dissemination of the Corporation's work, with the understanding that this figure may be exceeded by no more than three percent at the discretion of the president

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