post_year

2024

Awarded Grants

Grant

New York City Reducing Inequality Network (RIN)

This grant will provide an additional five years of funding to the Reducing Inequality Network, which supports sociology and social work doctoral students from underrepresented backgrounds whose research focuses on reducing inequality.
Dale Maglalang
New York University
2024 – 2029
$50,000
Grant

SBU Academy: 6th-9th Grade Academic Curriculum Development

South Bronx United’s improvement project will develop a new curriculum specifically designed for these students to address grade-specific needs.
Andrew So
South Bronx United, Inc.
2024 – 2025
$25,000
Grant

Utilizing Discrete Event Simulation (DES) to Improve the Use and Relevance of Research Evidence to Inform School Mental Health Services

Does utilizing a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model improve the local relevance and use of research evidence for school-based mental health decision-making?
Nathaniel von der Embse
University Of South Florida
2024 – 2027
$950,000
Grant

Work-Readiness Refresh: Preparing New York City’s Youth for the New World of Work

With this grant, Futures and Options will refresh their curriculum to ensure that students succeed in the post-pandemic workforce.
Carolyn Silver
Futures And Options
2024 – 2025
$25,000
Grant

LGBTQ+ Inclusive Youth Development Training Project

Fresh Youth Initiatives’ improvement plan will train frontline staff in supporting LGBTQ+ participants.
Catherine Shugrue dos Santos
Fresh Youth Initiatives
2024 – 2025
$25,000
Grant

Case Management and One-on-One Support Enhancements for Fiver Youth

With this grant, Fiver Children’s Foundation will develop a case management handbook to better equip program associates with best practices for providing one-on-one services to youth participants.
Christie Ko
Fiver Children's Foundation
2024 – 2025
$25,000
Grant

Youth Programs in Mott Haven – Incorporating Socio-Emotional Learning

Mercy Center’s improvement project will center socio-emotional learning in the development of a new after-school curriculum to address these students’ challenges.
Ron Zak
Mercy Center, Inc.
2024 – 2025
$25,000
Grant

Changed Mindsets, Changed Futures? Enduring Effects of Two Social-Psychological Interventions

Do brief psychological interventions designed to mitigate identity threats among Black and Latinx secondary students have enduring effects that reduce academic inequalities?
Geoffrey Borman
Arizona State University Foundation
2024 – 2026
$225,365

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Blog Post

Resource Spotlight: Annotated Proposals for the Institutional Challenge Grant

The Institutional Challenge Grant requires that universities shift their policies and practices to value research conducted in collaboration with non-profit organizations or public agencies. The program challenges universities to identify and address barriers to the success of partnership-engaged...
Foundation Staff
Resource Spotlight: Annotated Proposals for the Institutional Challenge Grant
Blog Post

President’s Comment: Foundation Grantees at ASA 2024

This year’s meeting of the American Sociological Association centers on the theme “Intersectional Solidarities: Building Communities of Hope, Justice, and Joy.” Noting the motivations of many sociologists to “use sociology to make more just communities and societies,” ASA President ...
Adam Gamoran
President’s Comment: Foundation Grantees at ASA 2024

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