Carnegie Newsline September 27, 2007

The following is a list of grants and appropriations approved by the Trustees at the September 27, 2007 board meeting.

Contents:

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions, Nairobi, Kenya
Five-month grant of $25,000 for the participation of representatives of universities supported by the Corporation at a regional conference on science and technology in Africa

American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY
Six-month grant of $50,000 for a planning grant to develop and support humanities studies in Africa

Association of African Universities, Accra-North, Ghana
Seven-month grant of $50,000 toward a conference of rectors, vice-chancellors and presidents of African universities

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Two-year grant of $316,100 as a final grant for a project to strengthen the link between biological research and security policy communities

University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Two-year grant of $300,000 as a final grant for a project to strengthen the link between the biological research and security policy communities

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Two-year grant of $356,900 for research on stabilizing states at risk through asymmetrical constitutional designs

Centre for Higher Education Transformation Trust, Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa
Two-year grant of $500,000 toward the establishment of a Higher Education Research and Advocacy Expertise Network in Africa

The Circle Foundation, Inc., Bethesda, MD
Five-month grant of $25,000 toward surveying American and Russian public opinion on security issues

College of William and Mary Foundation, Williamsburg, VA
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward a study on the relationships among teaching, research, and international policy

Constitutional Court Trust, Braamfontein, South Africa
Three-year grant of $200,000 as a one-time grant toward the Southern African Legal Information Institute

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Eighteen-month grant of $290,000 as one-time funding for an oral history of U.S. and Soviet bioweapons programs

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., New York, NY
Eighteen-month grant of $250,000 toward a comprehensive program on engaging Iran

Dayton Peace Accords Project, Medford, MA
One-year grant of $100,000 for state-building in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Thirty-two-month grant of $315,000 toward an examination of the models of states at risk

Federation of American Scientists, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $551,400 as a final grant toward a project to strengthen the link between the biological research and security policy communities

Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward a conference in Doha, Qatar on America's role in the world

Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $874,500 toward research, dissemination and policy forums on Eurasia

Georgetown University, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a conference on Kofi Annan's legacy for Africa

Institute of International Education, Inc., New York, NY
Thirty-three-month grant of $82,300 toward an evaluation of the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa

International Association for Digital Publications, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $50,000 toward developing courses and providing technology for African universities that make use of e-learning and digital publications

International Studies Association Incorporated, Tucson, AZ
One-year grant of $50,000 toward participation of scholars from Africa and Eurasia in an international studies conference

Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Three-year grant of $2,073,000 as a final grant toward institutional development

Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Three-year grant of $1,000,000 for the completion of the automation of the Makerere University main library

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
One-year grant of $35,000 as a final grant for a seminar series on biosecurity and national security

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Two-year grant of $905,600 for a project on providing access to online laboratories for selected African universities

Nigeria ICT Forum of Partnership Institutions, Abuja, Nigeria
Three-year grant of $400,000 toward technical training, policy research, and planning of a national research and education network

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

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Two-year grant of $272,000 as a final grant for a seminar series to strengthen the link between the biological research and security policy communities

Sabinet Online, Ltd., Centurion, South Africa
Three-month grant of $50,000 toward planning for the retrospective digitization of African journals

South African Institute for Advancement, Green Point, Cape Town, South Africa
Three-year grant of $49,308 for annual development and fundraising workshop for women from African universities

University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
Two-year grant of $365,000 as a final grant for a project to develop an international agreement to criminalize the development, production or use of biological weapons

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $4,000,100 as a final grant toward the Centers for Advanced Study and Education in Russia

World Security Institute, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $500,000 toward projects on nuclear weapons reduction and electronic news services on contemporary Russia

NATIONAL PROGRAM

American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education, Chicago, IL
One-year grant of $25,000 for promoting accountability of immigration consultancy fraud among the legal community

Arab American Institute Foundation, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward support

Asian American Justice Center Inc., Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward public education and outreach on due process in the immigration system

Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, San Francisco, CA
One-year grant of $1,000 toward 2007 membership support

Border Network for Human Rights, El Paso, TX
One-year grant of $50,000 toward encouraging participation among U.S./Mexico border communities in the debate on immigrants and immigration

Cato Institute, Washington, DC
Nine-month grant of $50,000 toward a public education campaign on immigration issues

Center for New Community, Chicago, IL
Eighteen-month grant of $200,000 toward research on statewide initiatives to encourage community building

Center for Political Accountability, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 as a final grant toward improving transparency and accountability in corporate political spending

Center for Public Interest Research, Inc., Boston, MA
Twenty-one-month grant of $300,000 toward the New Voters Project, an initiative to promote youth civic engagement, especially at community colleges

The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Public Education Fund, Chattanooga, TN
One-year grant of $494,300 toward implementation of district-wide reform in secondary school education

Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Chicago, IL
Six-month grant of $50,000 for dissemination and outreach in support of its report 'Strengthening America: The Civic and Political Integration of Muslim Americans'

Children's Aid Society, New York, NY
Four-month grant of $50,000 toward a leadership forum for professionals engaged in community school implementation

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Inc., Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward support

Democracy South, Virginia Beach, VA
One-year grant of $44,800 as a final grant toward automating the enhancement of voter data to provide affordable voter information at low cost to nonprofits

Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action, Ltd., New York, NY
Two-year grant of $400,000 as a final grant toward electoral reform research and public education

Nueva Esperanza, Philadelphia, PA
One-year grant of $25,000 toward mobilizing Latino-led churches in promoting civic engagement of immigrants

Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc., Washington, DC
One-year grant of $25,000 toward encouraging migrant farmworkers to participate in immigrant public policy debates

Firelight Media, Inc., Oakland, CA
One-year grant of $150,200 for a multimedia toolkit to increase public awareness of the impact of immigration policies on communities

Foundation Center, New York, NY
One-year grant of $40,000 toward 2007 membership support

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Sebastopol, CA
One-year grant of $5,000 toward 2007 membership support

HIAS Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $25,000 toward increasing the effectiveness of faith communities in working for immigrant integration policies

Hispanics in Philanthropy, San Francisco, CA
One-year grant of $3,000 toward 2007 membership support

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Chicago, IL
Two-year grant of $300,000 toward promoting statewide immigrant integration policies

Jamestown Project, New Haven, CT
One-year grant of $50,000 toward development and adaptation of a civic engagement curriculum for elementary-aged children

Koahnic Broadcast Corporation, Anchorage, AK
Sixteen-month grant of $127,000 as a final grant toward a radio outreach project to encourage voting among Alaska Natives and other Native Americans

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, Inc., Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward immigrant policy reform and civil rights education

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, Inc., Washington, DC
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward focus group research and polling within African American and immigrant communities

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
One-year grant of $50,000 toward public discourse on the effects of immigration policies on educational access and civic participation

Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC
Two-month grant of $43,500 toward support for a policy-focused analysis and report of leading reform recommendations for English language learners

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, Inc., Saint Paul, MN
Two-year grant of $300,000 as a final grant toward strengthening the capacity of nonprofits that promote voter/civic engagement

Mobilizing America's Youth, Berkeley, CA
One-year grant of $50,000 toward support

National Academy Foundation, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $250,000 for building its research capacity

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a study on minorities' representation in science and technology careers

National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $200,000 toward an initiative to increase the number of high-quality science and mathematics teachers

National Center for Alternative Certification, Washington, DC
Two-month grant of $47,600 toward a center for alternative pathways for teacher credentialing

National Center on Education and the Economy, Washington, DC
Ten-month grant of $44,700 for a system to assist school leadership teams to use student data to improve classroom practice

National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $300,000 as a final grant toward support

National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles, CA
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a study and public outreach on immigrant workers and electronic employment verification systems

National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward support

National Writing Project, Berkeley, CA
Three-year grant of $764,700 toward development of its reading initiative

Nonprofit Finance Fund, New York, NY
One-year grant of $200,000 for providing technical assistance to small immigrant-serving nonprofits

Northwest Federation of Community Organizations, Seattle, WA
One-year grant of $50,000 toward promoting immigrant rights in the northwest U.S.

Pacific News Service, San Francisco, CA
Eighteen-month grant of $300,000 toward increasing ethnic media's capacity to cover issues related to immigrant integration

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Eighteen-month grant of $13,500 toward a conference on politics, activism, and the history of America's public schools

Philanthropy Roundtable, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $5,000 toward 2007 membership support

Project Vote/Voting for America, Inc., Little Rock, AR
Two-year grant of $300,000 as a final grant toward support

Public Campaign, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $500,000 as a one-time only grant toward a coalition to encourage public financing of federal congressional offices

State of the U.S.A. Inc., Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $1,000,000 toward support

Strategic Concepts In Organizing And Policy Education, Los Angeles, CA
Eighteen-month grant of $300,000 as a final grant toward developing alliances of community-based organizing networks that will work to increase voter engagement and participation in low-income communities

Tides Center, San Francisco, CA
Eighteen-month grant of $125,000 toward a public education and outreach campaign on the importance of voting

United Way of America, Alexandria, VA
One-year grant of $50,000 toward an institute to develop public policy community leaders

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI
Three-month grant of $50,000 toward development of a plan for accelerating resources management in urban districts nationally for improved student achievement

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI
Thirteen-month grant of $44,800 toward a conference on value-added modeling

YouthNoise, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Four-month grant of $50,000 toward increasing the participation of low-income, minority and immigrant youth in YouthNoise's California-based education reform effort

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND

Boys' Club of New York, Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 as a one-time only grant toward support

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a forum on the future of democracy

Federation of American Scientists, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward dissemination and public education related to a report on public interest obligations in the digital age

Fund for Armenian Relief, Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $50,000 toward support for local research capacity

Georgetown University, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $23,500 toward an online tool to assist teaching civics education

International Women's Media Foundation, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 toward support

Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC
Three-year grant of $1,000,000 toward a task force with European leaders on integrating immigrant communities

National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
Two-year grant of $200,000 toward a venture fund to enable anticipation and research of emerging issues

New York University, New York, NY
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a philanthropy fellowship program in memory of Lisa Goldberg

Pentagon Memorial Fund Inc., Washington, DC
One-year grant of $100,000 as a one-time only grant toward support

Soliya Inc., Brooklyn, NY
Six-month grant of $50,000 toward expanding an online cross-cultural education program for university students in the U.S., Europe, Middle East and North Africa

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC
One-year grant of $49,700 toward a project to share best practices in government-Muslim community relationships among the United States, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom

DISSEMINATION

Community Renewal Society, Chicago, IL
One-year grant of $50,000 toward coverage by the Chicago Reporter of immigrant civic engagement issues

Foreign Policy Association Inc., New York, NY
One-year grant of $25,000 toward Great Decisions in the Classroom, an international affairs program for secondary schools

Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting Inc., Trenton, NJ
Seven-month grant of $40,000 for a development study for the New Jersey Campus Television Channel

Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc., Arlington, VA
Ten-month grant of $50,000 toward understanding young people's attitudes toward a wide range of social, economic, and political issues

The Leadership Foundation, Washington, DC
Eight-month grant of $10,000 toward redevelopment of its web site

Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition, Boston, MA
Seven-month grant of $10,000 toward strengthening its communications capacity with Spanish language media

Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward disseminating its findings and policy recommendations to local television news outlets

Museum of Television and Radio, New York, NY
Six-month grant of $25,000 toward a forum series on the media portrayal of Middle Eastern culture

Museum of Television and Radio, New York, NY
Nineteen-month grant of $200,000 for forums on the role of journalists and the state of journalism education in the 21st century

National Pastoral Life Center, New York, NY
One-year grant of $25,000 toward development of immigrant integration research and themes for American Catholic groups, dioceses, and parishes

Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest Inc., Lincoln, NE
One-year grant of $25,000 for a communications strategy for immigrant issues in rural new gateway states

Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, Nashville, TN
One-year grant of $25,000 toward its communications activities to reduce anti-immigrant sentiment

United Nations Development Programme, New York, NY
One-year grant of $25,000 toward a short film on poverty and education

ISLAM INITIATIVE

The Aspen Institute, Inc., Washington, DC
One-year grant of $50,000 for a meeting on the role of Islam on terrorism

Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Chicago, IL
One-year grant of $50,000 toward a task force to examine the role of religion in the making of U.S. foreign policy

Consensus Building Institute, Cambridge, MA
Four-month grant of $50,000 toward new strategies on relations between the U.S. and the Muslim world

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Two-year grant of $200,000 for an online resource mapping change and diversity in contemporary Islamic thought

Social Science Research Council, New York, NY
Two-year grant of $2,000,000 for a small grants program in support of Title VI National Resource Centers outreach