post_year

2014

Awarded Grants

Grant

Fund for 2025

Philanthropy New York’s Fund for 2025
Ronna Brown
Philanthropy New York
2014 – 2015
$25,000
Grant

Identifying Strategies to Improve the Use and Usefulness of Research in Child Welfare

This grant will support a roundtable co-sponsored by Chapin Hall, Casey Family Programs, and the William T. Grant Foundation.
Clare Anderson
Chapin Hall At The University Of Chicago
2014 – 2015
$18,165
Grant

Sunnyside Community Services After-School Literacy Curriculum.

The grant will be used to provide the Comic Book Project literacy curriculum to third, fourth, and fifth graders who participate in the after-school programs.
Judith Zangwill
Sunnyside Community Services
2014 – 2016
$25,000
Grant

Connecting Research to Policy and Practice

Intermediary organizations have the potential to play an important role in connecting research in higher education to policy and practice, but too often these organizations have limited capacity to effectively play this role. This initiative will build that capacity by ...
Laura Perna
Association For The Study Of Higher Education
2014 – 2015
$24,998
Grant

Opening Doors to the Future/Abriendo Puertas al Futuro

Funding will allow CHCF to add a college and career enhancement components to its Opening Doors to the Future internship programs.
Grace Bonilla
The Committee For Hispanic Children And Families, Inc
2014 – 2015
$25,000
Grant

ABLE Staff Training

Funding will go toward strengthening the delivery of its Adolescent Behavioral Learning Experience (ABLE) program.
Elizabeth Gaynes
The Osborne Association
2014 – 2016
$25,000

Articles & More

Tools

Research-Practice Partnerships Microsite

Outlining fundamental topics from structuring a partnership to funding and staffing, the site is the culminating project of the Foundation’s learning community of research–practice partnerships, which was convened twice annually from 2012–2014. This community includes partnerships from across...
Foundation Staff
Research-Practice Partnerships Microsite
Blog Post

Want to Get Research Used? Top Five Tips

Researchers often ask how they can get their research used. Many of us have devoted our careers to research because we think research can and should make a difference in the world. And yet, we struggle with making those aspirations ...
Vivian Tseng
Want to Get Research Used? Top Five Tips
Blog Post

Changing the Conversation About Inequality—The First Step: Writing the Letter of Inquiry

I’d like to share advice with potential applicants about developing a letter of inquiry for our reducing inequality focus area, the critical first step in the grant application process. How can applicants persuade reviewers of their projects’ potential to ...
Vivian Louie
Changing the Conversation About Inequality—The First Step: Writing the Letter of Inquiry
Blog Post

Finalists for 2015 William T. Grant Scholars Awards

Ten early-career researchers have been selected from a pool of 64 applicants after a rigorous review by our staff and Selection Committee. Vivian Tseng, Vice President, Program, said of the finalists, “This year’s cohort demonstrates a tremendous amount of expertise, ...
Foundation Staff
Finalists for 2015 William T. Grant Scholars Awards

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