Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Approves 30 Grants Totaling $22,605,000

At its quarterly meeting held in New York City on December 10, 2020, Carnegie Corporation of New York's Board of Trustees approved 30 grants totaling $22,605,000. Brief descriptions of each board-approved grant are provided below.

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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
American University
Washington, DC
24-month grant of $575,000 for training, research, and outreach to bridge the gap between academia and the policy world.

Middlebury College Middlebury, VT
24-month grant of $415,000 as a final grant for rebuilding US-Russian dialogue on nuclear nonproliferation and arms control.

National Committee on United States-China Relations, Inc. New York, NY
24-month grant of $750,000 for support of the Public Intellectuals Program.

Royal Institute of International Affairs London, The United Kingdom
24-month grant of $300,000 for a project on contentious politics since the “Arab Spring.”

University of Denver Denver, CO
24-month grant of $600,000 for a project on promoting ethical approaches to policy engagement.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
24-month grant of $300,000 for the Arab Public Data Initiative.

Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
24-month grant of $300,000 for support of international politics coverage at The Monkey Cage.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Washington, DC
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for strengthening and mainstreaming U.S. expertise and knowledge about Russia.


NATIONAL PROGRAM
Blue Engine
New York, NY
18-month grant of $400,000 for general support.

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Stanford, CA
18-month grant of $1,125,000 for the iLEAD network of schools of education and partner districts and the 2021 Summit on Improvement in Education.

Center for Community Change Washington, DC
24-month grant of $700,000 for general support.

CenterPoint Education Solutions Washington, DC
18-month grant of $300,000 for a project to develop and evaluate a suite of assessment literacy tools and services.

Chalkbeat Brooklyn, NY
15-month grant of $500,000 for general support.

Common Sense Media San Francisco, CA
18-month grant of $1,000,000 for general support.

Education Writers Association Washington, DC
12-month grant of $300,000 for general support.

Highlander Institute Providence, RI
24-month grant of $800,000 for expansion of a school-based process to implement blended and personalized learning approaches.

Jefferson Education Exchange Arlington, VA
24-month grant of $500,000 for general support.

National Center for Civic Innovation New York, NY
12-month grant of $2,500,000 for a project to expand the OpenSciEd science curriculum into elementary and high school.

National Immigration Law Center Los Angeles, CA
24-month grant of $850,000 for general support.

Neo Philanthropy New York, NY
12-month grant of $3,400,000. For core support of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level.

New Venture Fund Washington, DC
12-month grant of $640,000 for core support of Learning Heroes.

New Venture Fund Washington, DC
12-month grant of $400,000 for core support of Seek Common Ground.

Russell Sage Foundation New York, NY
24-month grant of $500,000 for research projects on U.S. immigration and immigrant integration into American society.

Student Achievement Partners, Inc. New York, NY
12-month grant of $450,000 for general support.

TalkingPoints San Francisco, CA 
12-month grant of $400,000 for general support.

Teach For All New York, NY
18-month grant of $650,000 as a final grant for Classroom Impact initiative of the Global Learning Lab.

TNTP, Inc. New York, NY
12-month grant of $950,000 for general support.

University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
12-month grant of $400,000 for continuation of the Dana Center Math Pathways work.

University of Washington Seattle, WA
24-month grant of $600,000 for core support of the Center on Reinventing Public Education.


SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
National Public Radio, Inc. Washington, DC
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for general support.