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 — 2009
| AMERICAN DEMOCRACY INSTITUTE
Washington, DC | $15,000 |
| To design and launch ADI's Mentoring Program for 2009 | |
| BARNARD COLLEGE
New York, NY | $15,000 |
| To support the implementation of an integrated, inquiry-based Biology Department curriculum, 'The Functional Genomics of Manduca Sexta' | |
| BAZELON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH LAW
Washington, DC | $5,000 |
| To inaugurate the Open Communities Fund | |
| 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 2 of three-year $900,000 grant) | |
| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
New York, NY | $50,000 |
| To support the launch of 'The Reconstruction of American Journalism,' a report by Leonard Downie, Jr. and Michael Schudson with policy recommendations on the future of accountability reporting | |
| ELON UNIVERSITY
Elon, NC | $15,000 |
| To conduct a study on how best to teach first-year students the essential writing, technology, and research skills required for success in higher education and the workplace | |
| FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE
Albany, NY | $100,000 |
| For support of its research, public education, and advocacy work on budget, economic, and related policy issues that affect low- and moderate-income New Yorkers
(Year 1 of two-year $200,000 grant) | |
| NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP
New York, NY | $15,000 |
| To support the 'Kids' Right to Read Project' and the 'Knowledge Project: Censorship and Science' | |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
New York, NY | $5,000 |
| To support the Red Burns Scholarship Fund at the Interactive Telecommunications Program | |
| STATE OF THE USA, INC.
Washington, DC | $125,000 |
| To support the development and launch of the Web site
(Year 1 of two-year $250,000 grant) | |
| WILLIAM E. MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE
City College of New York New York, NY | $75,000 |
| To create the Lisa Goldberg / Revson Scholars Program, providing fellowship stipends to 10 Macaulay students interested in public and civic engagement, with a special emphasis on service to New York City | |
| Total: | $720,000 |