Carnegie Corporation of New York Board Approves 46 Grants Totaling $28,869,000

At its quarterly meeting held in New York City on 9/10/2020, Carnegie Corporation of New York's Board of Trustees approved 46 grants totaling $28,869,000. Brief descriptions of each Board-approved grant are provided below.

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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
AllAfrica Foundation Washington, DC
24-month grant of $350,000 for a project on elevating African peacebuilding expertise in the media.

American University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon 
24-month grant of $350,000 for a project on Arab states and civil societies in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

American University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon
24-month grant of $250,000 for support to Athar portal and dissemination training for researchers in the Arab region.

Arab Council for the Social Sciences Beirut, Lebanon 
24-month grant of $1,500,000 for a project on knowledge, publics and crisis in the Arab region.

Asia Society New York, NY
24-month grant of $350,000 for support of a Task Force on U.S.-China policy.

Brookings Institution Washington, DC
24-month grant of $800,000 for research, international engagements, and outreach on the emerging global order.

International Crisis Group New York, NY
24-month grant of $950,000 for core support to the Africa program.

Middlebury College Middlebury, VT
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for core support to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

Middlebury College Middlebury, VT
24-month grant of $940,000 for the Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies.

National Bureau of Asian Research Seattle, WA
24-month grant of $1,475,000 for a Chinese Language Fellowship Program and a research project on China's Strategic Advance in Africa.

Northwestern University Evanston, IL
24-month grant of $500,000 for an academic consortium on behavioral science and nuclear deterrence.

Ohio State University Columbus, OH
24-month grant of $399,000 for a quantum bootcamp for social scientists.

Pacific Forum International Honolulu, HI
24-month grant of $625,000 for combating the proliferation of weapon of mass destruction in the Indo-Pacific and promoting regional security.

Search for Common Ground Washington, DC
24-month grant of $500,000 for a project to amplify the expertise of African peacebuilding practitioners and scholars.

Stanford University Stanford, CA
24-month grant of $500,000 for research, training, international engagements, and outreach on international security.

The Conversation Africa Johannesburg, South Africa 
24-month grant of $400,000 for global, open-access, knowledge-based journalism to bridge the gap between research and policy in Africa.

Tufts University Medford, MA
24-month grant of $700,000 for expanding and enriching the study of Russia.

University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
24-month grant of $500,000 for a project on the observation of subnational election-related violence and security in select countries in Africa.

University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa 
24-month grant of $1,200,000 for building capacity of institutional data gathering, policy advocacy, and research at African Research University Alliance universities.

University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
14-month grant of $300,000 for the Wits-Carnegie Diaspora Programme.

University of Wisconsin, Madison Madison, WI
24-month grant of $700,000 for expanding and enriching the study of Russia.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Washington, DC
24-month grant of $875,000 for engaging African peacebuilding scholars and practitioners to inform policy dialogues in the United States through the Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding.



NATIONAL PROGRAM
Alliance for Excellent Education Washington, DC
24-month grant of $975,000 for general support.

America Achieves New York, NY
6-month grant of $330,000 as an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic for a project on a 21st century Works Progress Administration.

Digital Promise Global Washington, DC
24-month grant of $1,100,000 for development of the Inclusive Innovation Center and OpenSciEd Research Agenda.

Education Trust Washington, DC
24-month grant of $650,000 for general support.

Georgetown University Washington, DC
24-month grant of $500,000 for core support of the FutureEd think tank based at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy.

Illustrative Mathematics Oro Valley, AZ
15-month grant of $300,000 for a project to study the conditions, features, and impact of their online professional learning hub.

Instruction Partners Nashville, TN
15-month grant of $800,000 for general support.

Learning Policy Institute Palo Alto, CA
15-month grant of$800,000 for continued development and implementation of EdPrepLab.

NALEO Educational Fund, Inc. Los Angeles, CA
24-month grant of $550,000 for general support.

National College Attainment Network Washington, DC
24-month grant of $500,000 for providing information, tools, and online training to high schools and college access organizations to improve these supports for high school students.

New Leaders, Inc. New York, NY
15-month grant of $550,000 for a project to continue implementation of the Leadership Networks in Oakland Unified School District and Shelby County Schools.

New York City Leadership Academy Long Island City, NY
15-month grant of $500,000 for general support.

Per Scholas Bronx, NY
15-month grant of $250,000 for support to continue building the Technology Career Exploration Program (TCEP).

Propel America Boston, MA
18-month grant of $250,000 for continued development of partnerships with employers and higher education institutions.

Tides Center San Francisco, CA
24-month grant of $500,000 for the Education Practice at Project Evident to provide services to the field during COVID-19 recovery.

Trellis Education San Francisco, CA
9-month grant of $350,000 for general support.



SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
Zearn
New York, NY
15-month grant of $450,000 for a project to support learning recovery guidance for Zearn Math and the Curriculum Study Professional Development.

American Law Institute Philadelphia, PA
12-month grant of $1,000,000 for general support.

American Museum of Natural History New York, NY
12-month grant of $1,000,000 for general support in recognition of its 150th anniversary.

Graduate Center Foundation New York, NY
12-month grant of $300,000 as a one-time only grant for educational technology fellowship to support the faculty’s transition to online course formats.

Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. Arlington, VA
24-month grant of $1,000,000 for core support of the PBS NewsHour.

King Baudouin Foundation United States New York, NY
12-month grant of $250,000 for digitization and digital access for the Richelieu Library.

National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center New York, NY
12-month grant of $300,000 for general support.

President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA
24- month grant of $500,000 for core support of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.