Carnegie Newsline September 29, 2005

The following is a list of grants and appropriations approved by the Trustees at the September 29, 2005 board meeting.

Contents:

EDUCATION

Achieve, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $950,000 for developing state and local strategies for improving high school graduation rates

American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward an exhibition on the life and work of Charles Darwin

Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward the LEAP Campaign, a pilot project in Wisconsin for public and campus engagement

University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
One-year grant of $25,000 for a pilot teacher training program to promote best practices in adolescent literacy instruction

Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC
Six-month grant of $25,000 for promotion of academic literacy skills for teaching algebra to English-language learners

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
One-year grant of $50,000 for a study on value-added modeling of student learning

Editorial Projects In Education, Inc., Bethesda, MD
One-year grant of $65,000 toward a subscription model for Education Week online

The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
Three-year grant of $421,000 toward dissemination of a model teacher induction program

George Lucas Educational Foundation, San Rafael, CA
Nine-month grant of $49,800 toward editorial coverage of adolescent literacy in Edutopia magazine

National Governors' Association Center for Best Practices, Washington, DC
Sixteen-month grant of $552,500 for assisting policymakers in developing strategies to improve adolescent literacy

National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA
One-year grant of $50,000 for a resource guidebook on adolescent literacy

National Youth Employment Coalition, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $174,300 for developing financing options for struggling students

Pacific Institute for Community Organizations, Oakland, CA
One-year grant of $25,000 toward promoting education organizing among grassroots organizations

Quest Scholars Program, Stanford, CA
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward a program that pairs low-income students with scholarship and internship opportunities

Stanford University, Stanford, CA
One-year grant of $50,000 for development of prototype materials for pre-service teacher preparation in history

University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Seven-month grant of $35,100 toward a study on reading instruction and achievement among fourth- and sixth-graders

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Association of African Universities, Accra-North, Ghana
One-year grant of $19,100 for a board leadership workshop

University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
Two-year grant of $200,000 as a final grant toward the establishment of a master's degree program in structural biology, in partnership with the University of the Western Cape

University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
Three-year grant of $500,000 for an undergraduate scholarship program to promote black female students in science and engineering

Centre for Higher Education Transformation Trust, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
Two-year grant of $130,000 toward national and regional policy dialogues for higher education experts and policymakers in South Africa

University of Fort Hare, East London, South Africa
Two-year grant of $150,000 for interventions to strengthen the accounting degree program

City of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Three-year grant of $1,996,500 toward the development of a model city library in Johannesburg

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Three-year grant of $499,500 toward an undergraduate scholarship program to promote women in engineering and agriculture

Nigeria ICT Forum of Partnership Institutions, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Twenty-one-month grant of $200,000 toward support

University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Three-year grant of $150,000 as a final grant toward the establishment of advanced training programs in international trade and investment, in cooperation with the University of the Western Cape

University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, Ann Arbor, MI
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward participation in a meeting on international education and research networking

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Three-year grant of $498,700 toward an undergraduate scholarship program to promote black women in science and engineering

INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Chicago, IL
One-year grant of $50,000 toward support

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward a pilot project to train scientists to be familiar with the policy relevant aspects of their science

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Two-year grant of $292,500 for research on stabilizing states at risk through asymmetrical constitutional designs

Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, New York, NY
One-year grant of $25,000 for a seminar series on foreign policy

Center for Strategic and International Studies, Inc., Washington, DC
Four-month grant of $25,000 for research, meetings and republication of a book on nuclear nonproliferation

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Two-year grant of $318,500 for a research partnership on postwar state-building

Columbia University, New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward the Gulf 2000 project

Institute for International Studies, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $199,100 toward assessing the capabilities of the International Atomic Energy Agency

International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, United Kingdom
Three-month grant of $20,000 toward a conference on international responses to Iran's nuclear program

Internews Network, Arcata, CA
Two-year grant of $140,000 toward a final grant for a project on information security policy in Russia

Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA
Five-month grant of $25,000 for a study on the security implications of synthetic biology

National Defense University Foundation, Inc., Washington, DC
One-year grant of $25,000 for the George Kolt seminar series on assessing Russia's future

Nonviolent Peaceforce, Minneapolis, MN
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward unarmed peacekeeping activities in Sri Lanka

University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
Eighteen-month grant of $249,800 as one-time funding for the study of international domestic legislation to supplement the biological weapons treaty

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Two-year grant of $250,000 for a seminar series to encourage integration between members of the life science and security studies research communities

Wilton Park, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Five-month grant of $25,000 toward a conference on international responses to biological weapons proliferation

Women's Leadership Fund, New York, NY
Seven-month grant of $25,000 toward a project on fresh approaches to global security

World Security Institute, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $315,000 toward electronic news services on contemporary Russia

Yale University, New Haven, CT
Two-year grant of $50,000 toward publishing a volume of the Stalin archives in the Annals of Communism series

Yale University, New Haven, CT
Two-year grant of $25,000 toward an international scholarly conference on Soviet society

STRENGTHENING U.S. DEMOCRACY

America Speaks, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-month grant of $25,000 toward an interactive town hall meeting on strengthening U.S. civic participation

American Association of University Professors, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $25,000 for planning a project aimed at encouraging education faculty to volunteer as poll workers

Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH
One-year grant of $25,000 toward development and implementation of a statewide survey assessing the civic skills, knowledge, and attitudes of the citizens of New Hampshire

Arab American Institute Foundation, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $118,000 toward strengthening capacity to sustain Arab American civic integration

Arizona Institute for Public Life, Phoenix, AZ
One-year grant of $50,000 toward building its capacity to undertake statewide immigrant civic integration public education activities

Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, San Francisco, CA
One-year grant of $1,000 toward 2005 membership support

BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Arlington, VA
One-year grant of $50,000 toward support

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
One-year grant of $50,000 for research and dissemination on voting and voting rights

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Fifteen-month grant of $25,000 for a research project on family structure and voter turnout

Cato Institute, Washington, DC
Seventeen-month grant of $50,000 toward a project with the Brookings Institution that will analyze and make recommendations about electoral competitiveness

Center for Community Change, Washington, DC
Eight-month grant of $25,000 toward a project on strengthening organizing efforts among low-wage immigrant workers

Center for New Community, Chicago, IL
One-year grant of $50,000 toward its research on statewide immigrant initiatives

Council on Foundations, Inc., Washington, DC
One-year grant of $45,000 toward 2005 membership support

Council on Foundations, Inc., Washington, DC
Eight-month grant of $25,000 toward programs concerning international grantmaking

Democracy South, Virginia Beach, VA
Six-month grant of $50,000 toward support

Electronic Reporting Design Institute, Clinton, WA
One-month grant of $5,000 toward a conference on improving electronic reporting of campaign finance disclosure

First Nations Development Institute, Fredericksburg, VA
One-year grant of $25,000 toward its leadership transition and strategic planning

Government Accountability Project Inc., Washington, DC
Six-month grant of $50,000 toward support

Grantmakers for Education, Portland, OR
One-year grant of $3,000 toward 2005 membership support

Greater Birmingham Ministries, Inc., Birmingham, AL
One-year grant of $50,000 toward state constitutional reform

Hispanics In Philanthropy, San Francisco, CA
One-year grant of $3,000 toward 2005 membership support

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward its research program on immigration and immigrants

University of Maryland Foundation, Inc., Adelphi, MD
Three-year grant of $1,000,000 as a final grant toward the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement's project on promoting civic education at the high school level

National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA
One-year grant of $50,000 for planning a conference on modern U.S. constitutional issues

New York University, New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a book on the decline of civic interest in federal government service

Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY
Ten-month grant of $50,000 for planning a research project on transnationalism and U.S. immigrant integration

Northern California Grantmakers, San Francisco, CA
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a toolkit on immigrant integration

Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, Oakland, CA
One-year grant of $1,000 toward 2005 membership support for the International Human Rights Funders Group

Philanthropy Roundtable, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $5,000 toward 2005 membership support

Proteus Fund, Inc., Amherst, MA
One-year grant of $5,000 toward 2005 membership support for its Funders' Committee for Civic Participation

Public Campaign, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward updating a public education DVD/video on public financing of elections

Tides Center, San Francisco, CA
One-year grant of $50,000 for its project, the Opportunity Agenda, analyzing public opinion research and developing media messages on immigrant integration

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI
Eleven-month grant of $38,000 toward a study on factors influencing civic engagement in high schools

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI
Eleven-month grant of $19,600 toward research on the role of the media in mobilizing youth in the 2004 election

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund, Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $100,000 as one-time funding toward the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Law

The Gailer School, Shelburne, VT
One-year grant of $25,000 for a statewide youth civic engagement and leadership summit

KUSH Inc., Silver Spring, MD
One-year grant of $25,000 for analysis of nation building in the Sudan

National History Center Inc., Washington, DC
One-year grant of $15,000 toward developing a business plan

SEPTEMBER 11 RECOVERY

Hoboken Board of Education, Hoboken, NJ
One-year grant of $100,000 toward a web-based integrated library system for the Hoboken Public Schools district

JOURNALISM INITIATIVE

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Two-year grant of $200,000 for a reinvigoration of the journalism curriculum offering students a deep exploration of complex subjects like history, politics, classics and philosophy

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Two-year grant of $1,000,000 toward the creation of News 21 Incubators at five participating research universities that will emphasize innovative, hands-on journalism study and practice

Columbia University, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $200,000 for a reinvigoration of the journalism curriculum offering students a deep exploration of complex subjects like history, politics, classics and philosophy

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Two-year grant of $600,000 for the creation of Carnegie Knight Task Force on Journalism

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Two-year grant of $192,800 for a reinvigoration of the journalism curriculum offering students a deep exploration of complex subjects like history, politics, classics and philosophy

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward a reinvigoration of the journalism curriculum offering students a deep exploration of complex subjects like history, politics, classics and philosophy