Carnegie Newsline June 14, 2007

The following is a list of grants and appropriations approved by the Trustees at the June 14, 2007 board meeting.

Contents:

EDUCATION

Academy for Educational Development, Inc., Washington, DC
Nine-month grant of $25,000 toward a convening on the contributions of youth civic engagement in education and community life

Alliance for Excellent Education, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $702,200 toward a project to support an effective federal role in secondary school improvement

CAST Resources, Inc., Wakefield, MA
Nine-month grant of $50,000 for computer-based and web tools to improve adolescent literacy

Education Trust, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $800,000 toward support

Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc., Tallahassee, FL
Nineteen-month grant of $100,000 toward the adolescent literacy preservice initiative

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
One-year grant of $25,000 for a special issue of the Harvard Educational Review on adolescent literacy

Internationals Network for Public Schools, Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 for a preliminary study of data-driven leadership in high schools for immigrant students

Louisiana Board of Regents, Baton Rouge, LA
Two-year grant of $800,000 toward development of a value-added teacher preparation assessment model

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
One-year grant of $24,900 for advancing adolescent literacy learning in the disciplines

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Eighteen-month grant of $320,000 for a conference on value-added methodology for instructional improvement, program evaluation, and accountability

New Visions for Public Schools, Inc., New York, NY
Four-year grant of $10,000,000 toward leadership development within the New Century High Schools

Research Foundation of the City University of New York, New York, NY
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward a conference on educational equity

The Research Foundation of State University of New York, Albany, NY
Three-month grant of $19,100 for a roundtable discussion of teacher education and policy in New York State

Social Science Research Council, New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward the development of a research consortium for New York City schools

Teach For America, Inc., New York, NY
Three-year grant of $1,000,000 toward providing high quality teachers for New Orleans schools

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Princeton, NJ
One-year grant of $1,000,000 toward a fellowship program to attract outstanding students to the teaching profession

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Three-year grant of $1,240,690 as a final grant for a scholarship program for undergraduate women

Institute of International Education, Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward University Leaders' Forum Competitive Grant Fund

International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada
Nine-month grant of $525,000 toward a satellite bandwidth purchasing consortium serving selected African universities

Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Three-year grant of $1,131,000 as a final grant for a scholarship program for undergraduate women

Msunduzi Municipality, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Three-year grant of $2,500,200 toward the creation of a model library for adult users in Pietermaritzburg

INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

America Abroad Media, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward support

Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Three-year grant of $350,000 as a final grant toward the Smolny Collegium, an international institute for advanced study in Russia

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $375,000 for a program on U.S.-Russian cooperation on nonproliferation and counterterrorism in Iran

Center for the Study of the Presidency, Washington, DC
Three-month grant of $25,000 toward a study on national security reform

Fund for Peace, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $500,000 for a project to provide early warning of states at risk

Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, Washington, DC
Five-month grant of $25,000 toward a conference on the foreign policy relationship between the U.S. and China

Mercy Corps, Portland, OR
Seven-month grant of $25,000 toward examining the costs of decommissioning North Korean nuclear facilities

Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA
One-year grant of $150,300 as one-time funding toward a project to improve United Nations guidelines and procedures for biological weapons inspections

Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA
Two-year grant of $400,000 toward education and training on nuclear nonproliferation

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $400,000 as a final grant toward a consensus study on the internationalization of the nuclear fuel cycle

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $400,000 as a final grant toward the Jefferson Science Fellows program

Public International Law and Policy Group, Arlington, VA
Two-year grant of $467,200 toward a project to provide pro bono legal assistance and policy advice to states at risk

Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, Inc., Middlebury, VT
Two-year grant of $215,000 as a final grant for the Visiting Advisors Program for Russia and other former Soviet States

Social Science Research Council, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $225,000 toward a project on unofficial diplomacy focused on Northeast Asia

Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC
Eighteen-month grant of $250,000 as one-time funding toward building a model of sustainable nonproliferation

United States Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union, Arlington, VA
Three-year grant of $1,000,000 as a final grant toward the Basic Research and Higher Education Program

STRENGTHENING U.S. DEMOCRACY

American Association of People with Disabilities, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $250,000 as a final grant toward electoral reform and voter participation activities in the disabled community

American Immigration Law Foundation, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $25,000 toward its research and analysis on immigrant policies

Appleseed Foundation, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward increasing capacity of immigrant-serving advocacy groups in three Southern states

Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, San Francisco, CA
One-year grant of $1,000 toward 2006 membership support

Barnard College, New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward research on voter fraud in American elections

Barnard College, New York, NY
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a conference on women and immigration

Big Sky Institute for the Advancement of Nonprofits, Helena, MT
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a convening and communications outreach on the lack of philanthropic investment in states with few philanthropic resources

Center for Community Change, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward expanding resources for community organizing

Council for Excellence in Government, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward a national coalition that advocates for implementation of the policy recommendations outlined in the 'Civic Mission of Schools' report

Crossroads Resource Center, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward an evaluation convening on immigrant civic participation issues

Democracy 21 Education Fund, Washington, DC
Three-year grant of $300,000 as a final grant toward support

Democracy North Carolina, Durham, NC
Two-year grant of $150,000 as a final grant toward research and public education on the impact of same-day registration and other voting reforms on turnout in North Carolina

Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action, Ltd., New York, NY
Four-month grant of $15,000 toward a convening to discuss how nonprofit service groups can promote civic engagement

Earth Day Network, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward the Campaign for Communities' work with low-propensity voters

Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC
Six-month grant of $25,000 for dissemination of a study on the impact of immigration on the U.S. economy

Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $162,000 for providing economic context to the immigration debate

Fund for Constitutional Government, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $150,000 toward a coalition to ensure access to government information

Grantmakers for Education, Portland, OR
One-year grant of $3,000 toward 2007 membership support

Justice At Stake Campaign, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $250,000 as a final grant toward support

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC
Nine-month grant of $25,000 toward a conference on voting in the 21st century

National Center for Family Literacy, Inc., Louisville, KY
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a conference aimed at developing programs that emphasize the importance of and improve access to community-based literacy programs for Hispanic families

National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $500,000 toward its civic engagement activities in Latino communities

National Immigration Forum, Inc., Washington, DC
Fifteen-month grant of $500,000 toward expanding its strategic communications capacity

Network for Good, Bethesda, MD
One-year grant of $150,000 as a final grant toward improving online services that promote charitable donations

New Mexico Community Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a model civic engagement project in New Mexico

New York Regional Association of Grantmakers, Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $20,000 toward 2007 membership support

Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $1,000 toward membership support in 2007

Ploughshares Fund, San Francisco, CA
One-year grant of $25,000 toward the Peace and Security Funders Group

Pro Bono Net, Inc., New York, NY
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward a web-based information and networking portal on immigrant legal issues

The Research Foundation of State University of New York, Albany, NY
Eleven-month grant of $25,000 for a commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the National Commission on the State and Local Public Service

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward the Transactional Record Access Clearinghouse's examination of the immigration courts

Tides Center, San Francisco, CA
One-year grant of $25,000 for Africa Grantmakers Affinity Group 2007 membership dues

Tides Foundation, San Francisco, CA
One-year grant of $1,500 toward its Technology Affinity Group project

United States Hispanic Leadership Institute, Inc., Chicago, IL
One-year grant of $50,000 toward its 2007 national leadership conference and sessions on immigrant civic integration

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

Center for Public Integrity, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $250,000 toward support of its domestic program

Council for America's First Freedom, Richmond, VA
Four-month grant of $25,000 for an online exhibit on religious freedom in the U.S.

Human Rights Watch, Inc., New York, NY
Two-year grant of $225,000 toward support

Support Center for Nonprofit Management, Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $25,000 toward promoting effective managerial transitions at nonprofit and philanthropic organizations

World Children's Initiative, Inc., West Hollywood, CA
One-year grant of $25,000 as one-time only support toward neonatal incubators in a tsunami-devastated area of Sri Lanka

World Monuments Fund, Inc., New York, NY
Four-month grant of $50,000 as one-time only grant for a pilot program to preserve a monastery in Cambodia

DISSEMINATION

Boston Critic, Inc., Somerville, MA
Eighteen-month grant of $40,000 toward a conference on challenges in Iraq

The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a study of new media coverage of immigration issues

John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Inc., Boston, MA
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a conference on challenges in Iraq

John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Inc., Boston, MA
Seven-month grant of $25,000 toward an intranet web site to promote dialogue among Israeli and Palestinian journalists

University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD
Six-month grant of $25,000 for Global NewsGuide, an online and print index to English-language media coverage of international news

New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, New York, NY
One-year grant of $100,000 toward support

Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, Washington, DC
Five-month grant of $25,000 toward a study on the use of new media platforms by television stations to increase civic engagement during the 2008 presidential election

Women's Foreign Policy Group, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $45,000 for a seminar series on Islam highlighting Carnegie Scholars

21ST CENTURY FUND

Broadmoor Improvement Association, Inc., New Orleans, LA
Thirteen-month grant of $2,000,000 for community revitalization and repair and restoration of the Rosa F. Keller Library

Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
One-year grant of $25,000 toward library support, in honor of Neil Grabois

Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
One-year grant of $50,000 toward library support, in honor of Neil Grabois

JOURNALISM INITIATIVE

University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD
Three-month grant of $15,000 for a conference on journalism education attended by deans participating in the Carnegie-Knight Initiative

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP

Research Foundation of the City University of New York, New York, NY
One-year grant of $500,000 academic Leadership Award in recognition of CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein's outstanding academic and institutional leadership