Carnegie Newsline March 1, 2007

The following is a list of grants and appropriations approved by the Trustees at the March 1, 2007 board meeting.

Contents:

EDUCATION

The Aspen Institute, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $375,000 toward education policy seminars for congressional staff

The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Public Education Fund, Chattanooga, TN
One-year grant of $975,000 toward the development of a comprehensive assessment system in mathematics and improved mathematics instruction

Education Sector Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $750,000 toward projects focused on better informing the reauthorization debates on the No Child Left Behind Act

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Three-year grant of $250,000 toward a study of U.S. mathematics teacher preparation

National Academy of Education, Washington, DC
Three-year grant of $964,600 for an adolescent literacy pre-doctoral fellowship program

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Eighteen-month grant of $320,000 toward a workshop on research and policy on high school dropout and completion rates

New York University, New York, NY
Six-month grant of $50,000 for creating a positive learning environment for ninth-grade mathematics classes

Philadelphia Education Fund, Philadelphia, PA
One-year grant of $50,000 toward partnering with the Philadelphia School District to expand their secondary education plan

Public Interest Projects, New York, NY
Three-year grant of $300,000 toward the Fund for Education Organizing, a network of funders engaged in improving student outcomes through community organizing

Research for Action Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Seven-month grant of $25,000 for the design and support of a comprehensive evaluation of Say Yes to Education's college scholarship and preparatory programs

YouthBuild USA Inc., Somerville, MA
One-year grant of $25,000 toward the development of two case studies on systemic youth engagement strategies

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
Eighteen-month grant of $271,803 for an international workshop on building digital library collections and services in Africa

University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
One-year grant of $50,000 toward planning an African university e-learning initiative, coordinated by the Centre for Educational Technology

University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Three-year grant of $2,975,665 for implementation of institutional transformation

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
One-year grant of $31,400 for promoting library leadership and strengthening scholarly publishing in Africa

INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

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

Brown University, Providence, RI
Twenty-eight-month grant of $100,200 toward development and dissemination of a high school curriculum to encourage classroom discussion about Iran

University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Two-year grant of $385,000 toward a multilateral dialogue on North Korea

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward an initiative to promote an international strategy to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $800,000 toward the Carnegie Moscow Center

Center for Media and Security, Ltd., Millwood, NY
Two-year grant of $100,000 toward forums for journalists on defense and international security issues

Center for Strategic and International Studies, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $500,300 toward a project on biological weapons threat reduction

Institute for International Studies, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $317,900 toward educating policymakers on nonproliferation and the safe uses of nuclear energy

The University of Maryland Foundation, Inc., Adelphi, MD
Two-year grant of $400,000 toward research and training of Russian and American security experts

Moscow School of Political Studies, Moscow, Russia
Two-year grant of $230,000 toward a project to strengthen democratic institutions and civil society in Russia

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Six-month grant of $50,000 toward a workshop on the internationalization of the nuclear fuel cycle

National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, Seattle, WA
Two-year grant of $600,000 for academic fellowships for Russian and Eurasian scholars

National Defense University Foundation, Inc., Washington, DC
Eight-month grant of $25,000 for a meeting on U.S.-Russian relations

Search for Common Ground, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $25,000 toward polling of Iranians and Americans on identity, attitudes, and policy

Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $100,000 toward a project to educate Congrssional staff members on current security issues

United Nations Association of the United States of America, Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $40,000 toward promoting a U.S.-Iran dialogue

STRENGTHENING U.S. DEMOCRACY

Alliance For Justice, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward providing advocacy training and technical assistance for nonprofits involved in immigrant civic integration

American Forum, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $150,000 toward its messaging and communications strategies around immigrant civic integration and electoral participation

Asian American Justice Center Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $425,000 toward an immigrant integration project with a focus on English-language learning and citizenship among the Asian American community, and to build its internal management capacity

The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward promoting a book series on political polarization

Center for Community Change, Washington, DC
Three-year grant of $900,000 toward its civic participation work among immigrants and low-income voters in the states

Equal Justice Society, San Francisco, CA
One-year grant of $50,000 for a convening to promote collaboration between African American and immigrant communities

FairVote, Takoma Park, MD
One-year grant of $50,000 for a pilot study on systemic voter registration and education methods in high schools

Fiscal Policy Institute Inc., Albany, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward research on the impact of immigrants on the New York economy

FJC, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $50,000 toward its Grant Assistance Program support of Capaciteria.org, a database directory of resources for nonprofits

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Sebastopol, CA
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward a communications strategy aimed primarily at the philanthropic community to increase support for immigrant integration, primarily at the state and local level

Independent Sector, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $17,500 toward 2007 membership support

International Institute for Educational Planning, Paris, France
Two-year grant of $50,000 toward membership support for the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Two-year grant of $250,000 toward its immigrant rights advocacy program

NALEO Educational Fund, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Two-year grant of $375,000 toward its immigrant civic engagement project

National Immigration Forum, Inc., Washington, DC
Three-year grant of $900,000 toward support

New York Community Trust, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $150,000 as a final grant toward the Fund for New Citizens, a funder collaborative focusing on immigrants in New York City

Research Foundation of the City University of New York, New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 for exit polling and analysis to evaluate the impact of immigrant voter mobilization efforts in New York City

Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward an initiative to promote immigrant legal rights at the local level

Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, Los Angeles, CA
One-year grant of $50,000 for a study on the impact of voter identification legislation on Latino voter registration

University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a research project on the barriers to college students' involvement in the election process

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
One-year grant of $16,000 for a study on the modern history of the Shi'ite clergy in Iraq

World Affairs Council of Northern California, San Francisco, CA
One-year grant of $25,000 toward support for a forum on global philanthropy

DISSEMINATION

The Century Foundation, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward expanding the availability of nonfiction books in the digital age

Communication for Social Change Consortium, Inc., South Orange, NJ
Five-month grant of $25,000 toward dissemination of the book, Communication for Social Change

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Six-month grant of $25,000 for intensive training of U.S. news editors on issues facing Nigeria

National Public Radio, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward expanded news reporting on education reform issues

Native Americans in Philanthropy, Minneapolis, MN
Nine-month grant of $10,000 for strategic communications capacity building

Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, Inc., Middlebury, VT
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward establishing a presence at The Hague for the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation

University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Three-month grant of $15,000 toward a satellite TV/radio tour by electionline.org to highlight election administration issues

World Security Institute, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $75,000 toward the production and distribution of a television series promoting global dialogue

Yale University, New Haven, CT
Two-year grant of $29,900 toward international internships for the Yale Journalism Initiative

HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF

America Speaks, Inc., Washington, DC
Five-month grant of $50,000 toward an interactive conference engaging citizens in the planning for the rebuilding of New Orleans and its surrounding communities

21ST CENTURY FUND

Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
One-year grant of $252,400 for the planning phase of the Regional Initiative in Science and Education supporting development of science professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa

Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
Two-year grant of $1,634,900 for the Carnegie-IAS Commission on Science Education