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  •  Jan 11, 2022

Welcoming Two New Staff Members to the Foundation

The Foundation is pleased to welcome two new staff members to our team: Dwayne Linville, Director, Grantmaking Operations, and Melissa Wooten, Program Officer. Linville will lead the Grants Management Team. One of his primary responsibilities will be to ensure that ...
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Welcoming Two New Staff Members to the Foundation
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  •  Jan 10, 2022

Announcing the 2022 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists

We are very pleased to announce the finalists for the 2022 Institutional Challenge Grant competition. The Institutional Challenge Grant encourages research institutions to build long-term research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in...
Foundation Staff
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  •  Dec 8, 2021

Eleven Finalists Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2027

We are pleased to announce the finalists for the William T. Grant Scholars Program class of 2027. Eleven early-career researchers were selected from a pool of applicants after a rigorous review by our staff and Selection Committee. Fabienne Doucet, the program ...
Foundation Staff
Eleven Finalists Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2027
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  •  Nov 30, 2021

Four New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence on Ways to Reduce Inequality in Youth Outcomes

We are proud to announce four new research grants for studies on reducing inequality. Approved at the Foundation’s October Board meeting, these awards will help build theory and empirical ...
Foundation Staff
Four New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence on Ways to Reduce Inequality in Youth Outcomes
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  •  Oct 20, 2021

Hirokazu Yoshikawa Joins Board of Trustees of the William T. Grant Foundation

We’re pleased to announce that Hirokazu Yoshikawa has joined the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, effective October 2021. Yoshikawa is the Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education at NYU Steinhardt and a University Professor at NYU, and Co-Director ...
Foundation Staff
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  •  Aug 23, 2021

2021 Mentoring Grants to Support Junior Researchers of Color

The Foundation is pleased to announce that four research grantees have been awarded grants to support their development as mentors to junior researchers of color. The awardees will mentor promising doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows in enhancing their methodological skills, ...
Foundation Staff
2021 Mentoring Grants to Support Junior Researchers of Color
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  •  Aug 21, 2021

Six New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas

We are proud to announce six new research grants, including four to support studies on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and two support studies on improving the use of research evidence. Approved at the Foundation’s June Board meeting, these ...
Foundation Staff
Six New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas
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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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  •  Jun 17, 2021

The Foundation Welcomes Scott Evans as our New Board Chair

We are pleased to announce the election of Scott Evans as the new Chair of our Board of Trustees. Mr. Evans joined the Foundation’s Board in 2013 and has served as the chair of the Finance and Investment Committee since 2018. ...
Foundation Staff
The Foundation Welcomes Scott Evans as our New Board Chair
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  •  Jun 9, 2021

Three New-York City Nonprofits Awarded Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants

We are pleased to announce that the Foundation has awarded three Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants to New York City nonprofit organizations that provide services to young people in the five boroughs. Part of a new program, these grants provide up ...
Foundation Staff
Three New-York City Nonprofits Awarded Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants

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