2020 Archives - William T. Grant Foundation

Awarded Grants

Grant

Transforming Evidence Network

This grant will support the launch of the Transforming Evidence Network.

Angela Bednarek

The Pew Charitable Trusts

2021 – 2026
$608,739

Grant

Using a Virtual, Culturally Based Parenting Program to Reduce American Indian/Alaska Native Child Welfare Inequality

Does a culturally-based parenting program that provides training in how to parent children from birth to age 13 help reduce child welfare inequalities for American Indian/Alaska Native communities?

Puneet Sahota

National Indian Child Welfare Association

2021 – 2024
$65,000

Grant

Youth in Relation to Returned Land

How do Indigenous youth experience the return of land to the Ohlone community?

Eve Tuck

University Of Toronto

2021 – 2024
$743,658

Grant

Rethinking School Budgets: Principals’ Resource Allocation Decisions and the Promise of Equity

Can a financing system structured to provide students with the greatest educational need the highest distribution of resources improve test-based student achievement for English language learners, economically disadvantaged students, and special education students?

Christopher Candelaria

University Of Washington

2021 – 2022
$44,471

Grant

School Bonding and Low-Income Students from Immigrant Families in a Peer-Mentoring Program

Can bilingual peer mentors foster feelings of attachment, commitment, and involvement in school in English language learners?

Melanie Gast

University Of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.

2021 – 2024
$49,985

Grant

Research for Reimagining Community Safety

In collaboration with the City of Oakland’s Reimagining Safety Taskforce, a UC Berkeley working group will identify alternatives to law enforcement that are responsive to community needs and address the root causes of violence and crime.

Nikki Jones

Regents Of The University Of California At Berkeley

2020 – 2022
$83,332

Grant

An Investigation of a Cultural Humility & Social Justice Training and Support Intervention for Mentors of Youth of Color

Does a program to train youth mentors in cultural humility and social justice improve their relationships with and outcomes for low-income youth of color

Bernadette Sanchez

Depaul University

2020 – 2025
$570,000

Articles & More

News

• Dec 11, 2020

Announcing Ten William T. Grant Scholars Program Finalists

The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2021 William T. Grant Scholars Program. Ten early-career researchers were selected from a pool of 44 applicants after a rigorous review by our staff and Selection Committee. Fabienne Doucet, ...

Foundation Staff

Announcing Ten William T. Grant Scholars Program Finalists

Webinars

Webinar: Proposing Studies of Strategies to Address Structural Roots of Inequality

In this webinar, recorded on November 9, 2020, Program Officer Jenny Irons discusses the Foundation’s focus on reducing inequality and shares guidance for prospective applicants interested in studying strategies to address inequality’s structural roots. Irons is joined by grantees...

Foundation Staff

Webinar: Proposing Studies of Strategies to Address Structural Roots of Inequality

Publication

Building Trust in Science Will Require Democratizing Evidence

In a new post published by The Hill, Vivian Tseng outlines how incorporating democratic principles will be key to building trust in science in the coming years, writing: “Democratizing evidence would foster an informed citizenry, in which those furthest from ...

Foundation Staff