Awarded Grants

What is the viability of prosecutorial reform as a way to reduce inequality in the justice system?

The University of California, Berkeley, and the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) will pursue a research agenda to reduce inequalities in chronic absenteeism, and, in turn, academic difficulties and ...

Boston College of Social Work and the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley will address homelessness for youth and families.

Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy will partner with the Evanston Township High School District 202 and Evanston/Skokie District 65 to provide more equitable school experiences for low-income ...

Would making SNAP benefits available to young adults with limited income improve their post-secondary educational attainment?

This grant supplements a prior Rapid Response Research grant to the Youth Development Institute in Puerto Rico and John Martinez of MDRC, titled: “Connecting Puerto Rican Youth to Employment: Leveraging ...

The American Youth Policy Forum will organize forums, meetings, and tours that help connect Foundation-supported grantees and federal and state policymakers.

This grant will support the fourth annual convening of grantees in the Foundation’s focus area on reducing inequality

Behind the Book (BtB)’s plans enable students to interact with authors, read and explore selected books’ themes, and create capstone writing and art projects. Participants also take field trips that are tied to the subject matter of the books ...

Dare to Revitalize Education through Arts and Mediation will build its capacity to evaluate its programs, which deliver restorative practice and peer mediation training through youth’s engagement in performing and visual arts.