Program Areas • Grants
Education
The aim of the education program is to help make government more representative of, and more responsive to, its citizens by enhancing their participation in public life.
Grants — 2008
| BOSTON REVIEW Somerville, MA | $50,000 |
| To support efforts to increase traffic to the Web site and build revenue | |
| BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE New York, NY | $15,000 |
| For general support, with a focus on voting and government systems | |
| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM New York, NY | $38,000 |
| To support a 2008 Campaign Desk fellow at the Columbia Journalism Review | |
| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM New York, NY | $50,000 |
| To support a major study whose goal is to find broadly applicable ways of strengthening local coverage of public affairs | |
| EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION New York, NY | $600,000 |
| To support the Women 2.0 Media Project of the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation | |
| FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES Brookline, MA | $15,000 |
| To support a DVD companion to the study guide for classroom use | |
| FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE New York, NY | $40,000 |
| To revise external communications through Web-based and other technology tools | |
| FREE PRESS Florence, MA | $100,000 |
| To promote a national broadband policy that ensures affordable and accessible high-speed Internet for all Americans | |
| JEWISH WOMEN'S ARCHIVE Brookline, MA | $40,000 |
| To develop a new tool that will enhance educational use of the Web site | |
| LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS New York, NY | $50,000 |
| To support 'Meet the Artist: Public Library Partnership Program,' an educational outreach initiative between Lincoln Center and branch libraries that brings classical music to the outer boroughs of New York City | |
| MEDIA ACCESS PROJECT Washington, DC | $75,000 |
| To support efforts to preserve and promote an open and diverse media, particularly 'net neutrality' and Internet access | |
| OPPORTUNITY NETWORK New York, NY | $15,000 |
| To support a career development program for talented, underserved high school students | |
| PRINCETON PUBLIC LIBRARY Princeton, NJ | $15,000 |
| To support Springboard, a program of the Princeton Public Library that provides volunteer mentors and tutors to children | |
| ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY New York, NY | $15,000 |
| To support the Summer High School Science Outreach Program, which mentors K-12 teachers and high school students in laboratory research | |
| Total: | $1,118,000 |