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 | |
| CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES
Washington, DC | $300,000 |
| To support the Center's analytic, communications, and capacity-building activities related to important debates around federal budget priorities
(Year 1 of three-year $900,000 grant) | |
| 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 | |
| FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES
Brookline, MA | $15,000 |
| To support a DVD companion to a 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 | |
| FREE PRESS
Florence, MA | $100,000 |
| To support efforts to preserve open access to the Internet
(Year 2 of two-year $200,000 grant) | |
| 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 promote universal, inexpensive broadband access to the Internet and to ensure 'net neutrality'
(Year 2 of two-year $150,000 grant) | |
| MEDIA ACCESS PROJECT
Washington, DC | $75,000 |
| To support efforts to preserve and promote an open and diverse media, particularly regarding '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 | |
| RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
Cambridge, MA | $750,000 |
| To endow the Lisa Goldberg Fellowship Fund, which will support outstanding individuals whose informing ideas, diverse research, and creative work reflect Lisa Goldberg's encompassing brilliance and enduring influence | |
| 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: | $1,743,000 |