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
| 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' | |
| THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY INSTITUTE Washington, DC | $15,000 |
| To design and launch ADI’s Mentoring Program for 2009 | |
| 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 | |
| NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP New York, NY | $15,000 |
| To support the 'Kids’ Right to Read Project' and the 'Knowledge Project: Censorship and Science' | |
| FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE Albany, NY | $200,000 |
| 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 | |
| STATE OF THE USA, INC. Washington, DC | $250,000 |
| To support the development and launch of the Web site | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| BAZELON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH LAW Washington, DC | $5,000 |
| To inaugurate the Open Communities Fund | |
| Total: | $570,000 |