We are delighted to announce that Melissa Wooten has been promoted to Senior Program Officer. In her new role, Melissa will guide the Foundation’s overarching career development philosophy and...
The Youth Service Improvement Grants program supports activities to improve the quality of direct services for young people ages 5 to 25 in the five boroughs of New York City. The goal of the program...
“People should not come out of [Rikers] more harmed than they were when they went in,” Bruce Western, a professor of sociology at Columbia University and the incoming president of the Russell Sage...
Despite the turbulence around us, the William T. Grant Foundation will remain steadfast in our mission to support research to improve the lives of young people. We will continue to pursue our two...
We are pleased to announce that the Foundation has awarded five community-based organizations in New York City $25,000 to improve the quality of their youth programs. This year’s Youth Service...
Is poverty a root cause of child welfare system involvement? Researchers have long held this hypothesis, but rarely had an opportunity to test whether giving cash to poor families reduces their...
We’re pleased to announce seven finalists for the 2025 Institutional Challenge Grant competition. The Institutional Challenge Grant supports universities in building long-term research-practice...
To help welcome 2025, I am headed to the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) conference and will join researchers, policymakers, and community members in affirming our commitment to...
Originally published on September 10, 2024, this post was updated on January 2, 2025 to reflect recent developments. On September 9, President Biden announced his intention to nominate Adam Gamoran,...
How can collaboration between social science researchers and legal advocates be facilitated to produce research evidence that can be used if/when the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Plyler v. Doe...
The William T. Grant Foundation invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States.
