post_year

2023

Awarded Grants

Grant

Advancing Alumni Leadership of Epic’s REMIX after school program in Bronx CD12

Epic will use this grant to help prepare alumni for executive positions.
Ronald Russell
Epic Theatre Center, Inc.
2023 – 2024
$25,000
Grant

Strengthening the Live Out Loud School Program

LGBT Live Out Loud will use this grant to redevelop their School Program curriculum.
Leo Preziosi
Lgbt Youth Out Loud
2023 – 2024
$25,000
Grant

Strategic Partnership for Advancing Research Knowledge and Leadership for Equity (SPARKLE)

This grant will strengthen an existing partnership between the Center for Urban Education Leadership at the University of Illinois-Chicago and the Chicago Public Schools.
Decoteau Irby
University Of Illinois
2023 – 2027
$649,715
Grant

Interrogating Successive School Discipline Reforms as Levers for Promoting Racial Equity

Do state laws limiting or prohibiting school expulsion reduce schools’ use of expulsion and racial disparities in expulsion rates?
Katherine Zinsser
University Of Illinois
2023 – 2027
$599,977
Grant

Representation Matters: Compiling the Data to Measure the Effect of Teacher Workforce Diversity Policies on Reducing Ethnoracial Inequalities in Academic Outcomes

How do state teacher diversity policies vary and what is the potential of teacher diversity to reduce ethnoracial inequalities in district academic outcomes?
Faiza Jamil
Clemson University
2023 – 2026
$206,693
Grant

A Networked Improvement Community Approach to Equitable Literacy in Urban Schools

How can a networked improvement community facilitate the creation of school-based solutions to improve literacy outcomes for Black and Latinx students?
Hardin Coleman
Boston University
2023 – 2026
$600,000

Articles & More

News
  •  Aug 23, 2023

2023 Mentoring Grants to Support Junior Researchers of Color

The Foundation is pleased to announce that three research grantees and three William T. Grant Scholars 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 ...
Foundation Staff
2023 Mentoring Grants to Support Junior Researchers of Color
News
  •  Aug 23, 2023

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

We are proud to announce seven new research grants, including six to support studies on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and one to support a study on improving the use of research evidence in ways that benefit young people in ...
Foundation Staff
Seven New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas
News
  •  Jul 24, 2023

The Foundation Welcomes new Chair and Four new Members of Scholars Selection Committee

The Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Karolyn Tyson, Chair of Sociology at Georgetown University, as Chair of the Scholars Selection Committee, effective July 1, 2023. In addition to Dr. Tyson, the Foundation also named four new members of the ...
The Foundation Welcomes new Chair and Four new Members of Scholars Selection Committee
Webinars

Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants: An Overview of the Program and How to Apply

The Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants 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. These grants provide general operating support ...
Foundation Staff
Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants: An Overview of the Program and How to Apply

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