Publications & Multimedia

The following is a list of grants and appropriations approved by the Trustees at the October 11, 2001 Board Meeting.

Boston Plan for Excellence in the Public Schools Foundation
Five-year grant of $8,000,000 toward implementation of districtwide reform in secondary school education

University of California, San Diego
Five-year grant of $8,000,000 toward implementation of districtwide reform in secondary school education

Carnegie Corporation of New York
One-year grant of $400,000 for start-up costs and technical assistance associated with the Teachers for a New Era initiative

Carnegie Corporation of New York
One-year grant of $1,250,000 for technical assistance, evaluation and management services for the Schools for a New Society initiative

Chattanooga-Hamilton County Public Education Fund
Five-year grant of $8,000,000 toward implementation of districtwide reform in secondary school education

Child-Centered Schools Initiative of Houston
(Houston-Annenberg Challenge)
Five-year grant of $12,000,000 toward implementation of districtwide reform in secondary school education

Clark University
Five-year grant of $8,000,000 toward implementation of districtwide reform in secondary school education

Council of Chief State School Officers,
Eighteen-month grant of $398,700 for strengthening the capacity of state education agencies and districts to improve educational services for English-language learners in high school

Linking Education and Economic Development in Sacramento
Five-year grant of $8,000,000 toward implementation of districtwide reform in secondary school education

New American Schools
Fifteen-month grant of $301,100 toward development of assessment tools for districts to improve accountability in comprehensive school reform

University of North Carolina
Seven-month grant of $25,000 toward the establishment of cross-state data collection systems by the Southeast Center for Teaching Quality

Public Education Network
Three-year grant of $650,000 toward a public engagement campaign to improve teacher quality

Rhode Island Children's Crusade for Higher Education
Five-year grant of $8,000,000 toward implementation of districtwide reform in secondary school education

Stanford University
Eighteen-month grant of $448,500 for a joint project with teach scape to produce web-based professional development materials for teachers of English-language learners

State Higher Education Executives Officers Association
Two-year grant of $663,200 toward a teacher quality initiative

WestEd
Two-year grant of $600,000 toward strengthening a model of adolescent literacy acquisition

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Six-month grant of $41,400 for a documentary history of liberal arts education


INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Association of African Universities
Five-month grant of $25,000 toward a conference on the role of African university libraries in the 21st century

Brown University
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a conference on the profound changes affecting higher education globally and participation by African scholars and educators

Manhattanville College
Four-month grant of $25,000 toward participation by female undergraduate students from Makerere University and the University of Dar es Salaam in global leadership training and networking program

Jane Addams Peace Association, Inc.
Three-month grant of $15,000 for a meeting of international governmental experts on disarmament and nonproliferation issues

INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Seven-month grant of $25,000 for research and writing on the military and commercial use of space

Aspen Institute, Inc.
One-year grant of $360,000 for discussion between U.S. and Russian policymakers by the Aspen Strategy Group

Boston University
One-year grant of $25,000 for a conference on the challenges to the existing political structure of the world.

Center for Defense Information, Inc.
Two-year grant of $301,900 toward electronic news services on contemporary Russia

Center for National Policy
Nine-month grant of $25,000 toward a dialogue between North Korean ministry officials and researchers and U.S. policy analysts and policy makers on arms control and U.S.-Korean relations

Center for Strategic and International Studies
Six-month grant of $25,000 for a U.S.-Korean project to assess the applicability of new arms control measures to the Korean peninsula

Federation of American Scientists Fund
Eight-month grant of $25,000 for planning a project to educate bioscientists in biological weapons control

Georgetown University
One-year grant of $24,900 for planning a study on the relationship between water management and international trading regimes

Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc.
Two-year grant of $25,000 toward a forum to strengthen ties between U.S. and Russian private and public organizations in support of the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction

International Crisis Group
Two-year grant of $400,000 toward field-based research and analysis of select self-determination disputes, policy recommendations and DISSEMINATION

International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Seven-month grant of $25,000 for a conference on trafficking in women in Eastern and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Seven-month grant of $10,400 toward a conference on American, European and Russian perspectives toward missile defense

International Research and Exchanges Board, Inc.
Two-year grant of $700,000 toward improving university administration in Russia and other post-Soviet states

Lawyers Alliance for World Security, Inc.
Eight-month grant of $25,000 for DISSEMINATION of a White Paper on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

University of Maryland College Park Foundation, Inc.
Twenty-eight-month grant of $400,500 for data gathering, analysis, and DISSEMINATION on initiation and settlement of self-determination and autonomy disputes

Mediators Foundation, Inc.
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward a dialogue on globalization between representatives of the World Economic Forum and the World Social Forum

National Academy of Sciences
Four-month grant of $21,500 for the planning meetings of a working group on biological warfare

National Council for Research on Women, Inc.
Two-year grants of $25,000 toward support of the magazine We/My, the Women's Dialogue

Peace Through Law Education Fund
One-year grant of $25,000 toward research and DISSEMINATION on the views of senior U.S. and foreign military commanders on the U.S. military's role in peace operations

Princeton University
One-year grant of $170,000 as a final grant for support of South Asian Scholars in research and training on new policy initiatives

Toynbee Prize Foundation, Inc.
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a conference and DISSEMINATION on the effects of globalization on cities and the role cities play in the process of globalization


STRENGTHENING US DEMOCRACY

Academy of Political Science
Five-month grant of $25,000 toward a symposium on reforming the presidential election system

Brigham Young University
Ten-month grants of $25,000 toward a study on financing the 2000 elections and the implications for campaign finance reform

Center for National Independence in Politics (Project Vote Smart)
Six-month grant of $150,000 one-time funding toward updating its web site and fundraising technologies

Columbia University
One-year grant of $24,900 for research and DISSEMINATION on whether majority-minority voting districts help or hinder the policy interests of minority constituents

Committee for Economic Development
Two-year grant of $350,000 toward outreach and public education within the business community on campaign finance reform, including judicial elections

Committee for the Study of the American Electorate
One-year grant of $13,000 toward a study of the potential Constitutional barriers to regulating political advertising

Council for Excellence in Government
One-year grant of $300,000 for a joint project with the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California to develop a communication strategy to engage citizens, especially young Americans, in government and democracy

Council for Excellence in Government
Four-month grant of $50,000 toward expansion of its Center for Democracy and Citizenship's Young Voter Initiative

Democracy South
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a public education initiative on campaign finance issues in North Carolina

Egrants.Org
One-year grant of $175,000 toward development of an online donation processing and training service for nonprofit organizations

First Nations Development Institute
Two-year grant of $500,000 toward organizational capacity building programs and training that will strengthen the nonprofit sector in rural Native American communities

Greater Birmingham Ministries, Inc.
One -year grant of $25,000 toward the Fannie Lou Hamer Education Project to educate communities of color about campaign finance reform

The Interfaith Alliance Foundation, Inc.
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward public forums on the policy implications of direct government funding of religious organizations for social welfare services

Lower East Side Tenement Museum
One-year grant of $25,000 toward publication and DISSEMINATION of a resource guide written by and for new immigrants in New York City

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nine-month grant of $200,500 for DISSEMINATION of the results of a joint project with the California Institute of Technology to develop model-voting systems

Migration Policy Institute
Two-year grant of $250,000 toward public policy research and DISSEMINATION about U.S. immigrant civic integration, in cooperation with the National Immigration Forum

National Academy of Sciences
One-year grant of $25,000 for DISSEMINATION of a report on contemporary American racial trends and their consequences

National Alliance for Nonprofit Management
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward development of a research and learning institute for nonprofit capacity builders

National Association of Secretaries of State Inc.
Six-month grant of $24,100 for an electoral reform summit to identify critical issues and propose solutions

National Conference of State Legislatures
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward identifying, documenting and disseminating best practices for improving civic participation among immigrants

National Immigration Forum, Inc.
Two-year grant of $750,000 toward the work of its Center for the New American Community on integrating immigrants into U.S. civic life, in cooperation with the Migration Policy Institute

North Carolina Center for Voter Education
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a public education initiative on campaign finance issues in North Carolina

Npowerny Inc.
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a partnership with CompuMentor to develop Tech Soup NY, a technology assistance website for nonprofits

University of Pennsylvania
Eighteen-month grant of $316,700 for research by the Annenberg School for Communication and Public Policy Center on legislative issue advertising

Public Campaign
Two-year grant of $250,000 toward outreach and public education on campaign finance reform

Third Sector New England, Inc.
One-year grant of $315,000 toward development and national expansion of the Nonprofit Quarterly

United States Student Association Foundation
Eight-month grant of $50,000 toward publishing and distribution of an anthology of its founding years, 1946-1952

Women & Philanthropy, Inc.
Eight-month grant of $25,000 toward a strategic planning process

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

American Historical Association
Eighteen-month grant of $50,000 for one-time funding of a feasibility study to develop a national history center

Educational Netcasting Foundation, Inc.
Seven-month grant of $165,000 one-time funding toward DISSEMINATION of the Encarta Africana Encyclopedia to selected rural, public, and university libraries in the U.S., Botswana, Kenya, and South Africa

Federation of American Scientists Fund
Five-month grant of $50,000 toward DISSEMINATION and promotion of a report on public interest needs in the age of digital communication

George C. Marshall Research Foundation
Five-year grants of $250,000 toward one-time funding of the publication of George C. Marshall's papers

Vital Voices Global Partnership, Inc.
One-year grant of $25,000 toward support

DISSEMINATION

Carnegie Corporation of New York www.carnegie.org
One-year grant of $1,475,000 for program dissemination of the Corporation's work