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Reducing Inequality

Awarded Grants

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Merit-based Aid and (In)equality: Examining Variation in Policy and Effects on Social Mobility

Do state-funded merit-aid programs used by colleges and universities promote or hinder social mobility for undergraduate students? Does the social mobility impact of merit-aid vary by race, income, and institutional ...
Xiaodan Hu
Northern Illinois University
2021 – 2024
$50,000
Grant

Tribes and Families: Fulfilling the Dual-Promise of Indian Child Welfare Reform

Do laws and policies that enhance the sovereignty of tribal governments reduce family separation through the child welfare system?
Frank Edwards
Rutgers University, Newark
2021 – 2025
$664,796
Grant

Youth and Undergraduate Transformation to Harness Community Change (YOUTH-C2)

The University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) and the United Way of Santa Cruz will partner to reduce inequalities for low-income, Latinx middle and high school youth and first-generation Latinx UCSC undergraduates.
Regina Langhout
University Of California, Santa Cruz
2021 – 2026
$1,000,000
Grant

Advancing Equity as a Master Frame in the U.S. Government

This grant will support Ciocca Eller’s work advancing equity and scientific integrity at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy through a cross-agency Equitable Data Working Group and other means.
Christina Ciocca Eller
Harvard University
2021 – 2023
$225,000
Grant

Exploring Family Civics as a Lever for Building Power to Influence Education Among Youth and Parents of Color

Does an intergenerational leadership initiative support families of color in addressing educational inequalities?
Joanna Geller
New York University
2021 – 2026
$735,000
Grant

Who Benefits from the Public PreK and Increased K-12 Funding? Dynamic Complementarity in California’s Education Policies

Does increased K-12 funding reduce inequality in academic and social-emotional outcomes, and are the effects stronger in contexts where students have had greater access to state pre-school and pre-kindergarten programs?
Rucker Johnson
University Of California At Berkeley
2021 – 2026
$596,809
Grant

The Impact of Black Lives Matter Mobilization on Police Departments’ Policies to Reduce Racial Inequality

Do Black Lives Matter mobilization and policing policy changes reduce police killings of Black youth?
Fernando Tormos-Aponte
University Of Pittsburgh
2021 – 2026
$567,701

Articles & More

Blog Post

Under pressure: Investigating how system-level factors shape racial inequality in child welfare outcomes

Although there are dots that have yet to be linked explicitly, the connection between fee-for-service reimbursement models and supply-induced demand is the sort of explanation one should expect to find ...
Fred Wulczyn
Under pressure: Investigating how system-level factors shape racial inequality in child welfare outcomes
Blog Post

President’s Comment: Effective Programs are Not Enough, We Need Structural Change to Reduce Inequality

Since 2015, the William T. Grant Foundation has funded research on programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequality in youth outcomes. We have supported a diverse pool of highly accomplished researchers, ...
Adam Gamoran
President’s Comment: Effective Programs are Not Enough, We Need Structural Change to Reduce Inequality
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  •  Jul 27, 2021

Announcing a $300,000 Grant to Support Research on Reparations for Black American Descendants of Enslaved Persons

In what may be a historic first for a national foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation today announced a $300,000 grant to the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at ...
Foundation Staff
Announcing a $300,000 Grant to Support Research on Reparations for Black American Descendants of Enslaved Persons

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