Carnegie Newsline December 7, 2006

The following is a list of grants and appropriations approved by the Trustees at the December 7, 2006 board meeting.

Contents:

EDUCATION

Alliance for Excellent Education Inc., Washington, DC
Six-month grant of $50,000 toward promoting changes in accountability systems in the context of the No Child Left Behind Act

The Aspen Institute, Inc., Washington, DC
One-year grant of $500,000 toward the Congressional Program on Education

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
One-year grant of $50,000 one-time only grant toward a 50th anniversary symposium on higher education and globalization

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Three-year grant of $687,400 toward a study of school and student correlates of freshman-year academic performance

Florida International University, Miami, FL
Eight-month grant of $25,000 for a series of meetings with the National Coalition for Quality Education in New Orleans

The Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc., Arlington, VA
One-year grant of $275,000 for a comprehensive adolescent literacy web site

Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, New York, NY
Eleven-month grant of $248,700 for an implementation study of the planned initiative of the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) to improve adolescent literacy

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Fourteen-month grant of $50,000 toward a study on teacher preparation programs in mathematics and science

National Association of State Boards of Education, Alexandria, VA
Eighteen-month grant of $211,000 for a network of state boards of education to design and implement plans to improve adolescent literacy

Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Three-year grant of $850,000 toward research examining the relationship between classroom practices, teacher retention, and pupil achievement

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
Thirty-five-month grant of $174,530 for African participation in a higher education management training seminar for women

The Leadership Foundation, Washington, DC
Three-year grant of $150,000 toward a higher education fellowship program for African women

INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC
Two-month grant of $24,100 toward a study of influential views on biological weapons nonproliferation policy

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $150,000 toward a comprehensive assessment of the U.S. defense posture

Center for Strategic and International Studies, Inc., Washington, DC
Nine-month grant of $46,700 toward nuclear threat reduction and elimination in North Korea

Club of Madrid Foundation Inc., Boston, MA
Two-month grant of $25,000 toward a conference on terrorism and human rights

Mercy Corps, Portland, OR
Two-year grant of $500,000 toward a project on strengthening human capital in the former Soviet Union

Partnership for Global Security, Washington, DC
Six-month grant of $50,000 for workshops on building support for global biosecurity

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Two-year grant of $324,000 for an advanced training program for faculty of Russian universities in the areas of social sciences and humanities

STRENGTHENING U.S. DEMOCRACY

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Nine-month grant of $25,000 toward a study on the political influence of blogs

Campaign Finance Institute, Washington, DC
Fifteen-month grant of $200,000 toward research on the role of small donors in campaign finance reform

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $450,100 toward support

Center for Community Change, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $25,000 toward support

Center for Public Interest Research, Inc., Boston, MA
Six-month grant of $25,000 for research and public outreach on student voting rights

E-Volve Foundation Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Three-month grant of $5,000 toward production and promotion of a website utility, voterstory.org, to collect nonpartisan voter stories on Election Day 2006

Government Accountability Project Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $150,000 toward support

Hispanics in Philanthropy, San Francisco, CA
Three-month grant of $50,000 toward a conference to support advocacy training for Latino-led nonprofits

Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
One-year grant of $150,000 toward research on policy challenges facing the growing Asian American population

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc., New York, NY
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward its research on immigrant civic integration

Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $350,000 toward establishment of its national center on immigrant integration policy

National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, CO
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward its immigrant policy project

National Immigration Forum, Inc., Washington, DC
Three-month grant of $20,000 toward polling on immigrant issues during the 2006 elections

National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a voter education and outreach project targeting the Asian Pacific Islander American community

The Project on Government Oversight, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward support

U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-month grant of $9,000 for a planning retreat for its democracy program

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Chicago, IL
One-year grant of $200,000 toward developing its online presence and to enhance communications and outreach capacity

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $250,000 toward development of a third edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence

DISSEMINATION

Bi-Folkal Productions, Inc., Madison, WI
One-year grant of $75,000 toward a documentary on the role and image of librarians in film and society

Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC
Two-month grant of $25,000 toward participation costs for African women leaders for the Global Women's Action Network for Children conference

Foundation Center, New York, NY
Six-month grant of $40,000 toward a symposium on the future of philanthropy