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      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 focus areas,…

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      Reimagining Criminal Justice to Uplift Urban Communities: A Conversation on the Rikers Island Longitudinal Study

      “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 Foundation, said…

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      “A little bit of cash may help”: Grantees pilot nation’s largest guaranteed income program for child welfare system-involved families

      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 system involvement. Will Schneider,…

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    Our mission is to support research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. We pursue this mission by building bodies of useful research within two primary focus areas.

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      President’s Comment: Steadfast in Our Mission in Turbulent Times

      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 focus areas,…

      Read More
    • Blog Posts

      Reimagining Criminal Justice to Uplift Urban Communities: A Conversation on the Rikers Island Longitudinal Study

      “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 Foundation, said…

      Read More
    • Blog Posts

      “A little bit of cash may help”: Grantees pilot nation’s largest guaranteed income program for child welfare system-involved families

      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 system involvement. Will Schneider,…

      Read More
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      Reimagining Criminal Justice to Uplift Urban Communities: A Conversation on the Rikers Island Longitudinal Study

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      “A little bit of cash may help”: Grantees pilot nation’s largest guaranteed income program for child welfare system-involved families

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Our current programs support high-quality research studies in our focus areas, career-development awards for promising early-career faculty, grants that encourage research institutions to make structural changes that encourage engaged research, and programs of good-neighbor grants that support nonprofit youth service providers in New York City.
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Institutional Challenge Grant – Funding

The Institutional Challenge Grant supports university-based research institutes, schools, and centers in building sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes.
Status:
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Open date:
May 15, 2025
Next Deadline:
September 15, 2025 3:00 pm EST
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Research Grants on Reducing Inequality – Funding

This program funds research studies that aim to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the United States
Status:
Open
Open date:
June 11, 2025
Next Deadline:
August 6, 2025 3:00 pm EST
Research Grants on Reducing Inequality – Funding
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Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence – Funding

This program funds studies that examine ways to improve the use of research evidence by policymakers, agency leaders, organizational managers, intermediaries, and other decision-makers that shape youth-serving systems in the United States.
Status:
Open
Open date:
June 11, 2025
Next Deadline:
August 6, 2025 3:00 pm EST
Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence – Funding
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Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants – Funding

The Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants (YSCG) program supports activities to strengthen the organizational infrastructure of small nonprofit organizations in the five boroughs of New York City that provide direct services to young people ages 5 to 25. The YSCG program is aligned …
Status:
Open
Open date:
July 7, 2025
Next Deadline:
September 18, 2025 3:00 pm EST
Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants – Funding
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William T. Grant Scholars Program – Funding

The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports career development for promising early-career researchers. The program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas.
Status:
Closed
Next Deadline:
TBD
The 2025 application cycle is now closed. The next cycle will open in Spring 2026.
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Youth Service Improvement Grants – Funding

This program supports activities to improve the quality of existing youth services by helping nonprofit organizations in New York City address challenges or remedy problems at the point of service, where staff and youth interact.
Status:
Closed
Next Deadline:
TBD
The 2025 application cycle is now closed. The next cycle will open in January 2026.
Youth Service Improvement Grants – Funding
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