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Awarded Grants

Awarded Grants

Grant

Epic Remix/NEXT Service Improvement Program

This grant will support the establishment of college preparatory services for Epic participants.
Ronald Russell
Epic Theatre Center, Inc.
2015 – 2016
$25,000
Grant

Strengthening the Career Readiness of Teens through Improvement of the Capacity of the Fellows Program

This grant will allow the implementation of new software that will help Pencil better track students and will let staff spend more time with participants.
Gregg Betheil
Pencil, Inc.
2015 – 2016
$25,000
Grant

Project WIDE: Workplace Internship Development & Education

This grant will support the development of an internship program to help out-of-school youth find jobs.
Hong Lee
Chinatown Manpower Project
2015 – 2016
$25,000
Grant

Improvements for Wave Hill’s Empowerment Programs for Teens: Forest Project and Woodland Ecology Research Mentorship.

This grant will support Wave’s Hill’s development of two STEM classes that are better aligned with its programming and will be taught in-house.
Karen Meyerhoff
Wave Hill Incorporated
2015 – 2016
$25,000
Grant

Outreach & Enrollment Improvement Project

This grant will support Girls Write Now’s efforts to increase the number of women of color in its mentor pool.
Maya Nussbaum
Girls Write Now
2015 – 2016
$25,000
Grant

Building Blocks Training Videos

This grant will support the development of training videos to supplement the current training materials provided to I Challenge Myself (ICM) coaches.
Ana Reyes
I Challenge Myself
2015 – 2016
$25,000
Grant

Dean Leadership Program

This grant will support curriculum development and expanded training that will lead to a more consistent learning experience for all participants.
Chitra Aiyar
Sadie Nash Leadership Project
2015 – 2016
$25,000
Grant

WDP Special Education Initiative

This grant will support the development of a curriculum and training tools for teaching artists who serve students with special needs.
Tom Ridgely
Waterwell Productions
2015 – 2016
$25,000
Grant

Ravenswood College Access Program Intensive Track

This grant will allow the Jacob Riis Settlement House to increase participant retention in its Riis Academy program.
Christopher Hanway
Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House
2015 – 2016
$25,000
Grant

Co-creating the Conditions to Sustain the Use of Research Evidence in Public Child Welfare

What strategies help child welfare agency leaders, evidence-based program developers, and child welfare providers initiate and sustain the use of research evidence?
Allison Metz
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
2015 – 2017

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