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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...

Adam Gamoran

2/20/2025

Grant Announcements

Five New York City Nonprofits Awarded Youth Service Improvement Grants

We are pleased to announce that the Foundation has awarded five community-based organizations in New York City $25,000 to improve the quality of their youth programs. This year’s Youth Service...

Foundation Staff

Grantee Voices

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

Can improving families’ material conditions through cash transfers help prevent instances of child maltreatment?

Natalie De Rosa

1/10/2025

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Announcing the 2025 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists

We’re pleased to announce seven finalists for the 2025 Institutional Challenge Grant competition. The Institutional Challenge Grant supports universities in building long-term research-practice...

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Staff Perspectives

“Strengthening Social Impact through Collaborative Research”: An Invitation to Connect at Society for Social Work and Research 2025

To help welcome 2025, I am headed to the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) conference and will join researchers, policymakers, and community members in affirming our commitment to...

Kim DuMont

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Adam Gamoran Continues as William T. Grant Foundation President

Originally published on September 10, 2024, this post was updated on January 2, 2025 to reflect recent developments. On September 9, President Biden announced his intention to nominate Adam Gamoran,...

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An Educational Game to Support Multilingual Learners’ Reading Comprehension and Science Learning

How can a game-based learning environment improve 5th grade Spanish-speaking students’ science learning?

John Nietfeld

North Carolina State University

2025 – 2027
$599,413.00

Grant

Facilitating Collaboration Between Social Scientists and Legal Advocates to Improve Uses of Research in Justice-Oriented Court Cases

How can collaboration between social science researchers and legal advocates be facilitated to produce research evidence that can be used if/when the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Plyler v. Doe...

Megan Hopkins

University of California at San Diego

2025
$49,678.00

Grant

2025 Annual Membership

This grant supports the Foundation’s 2025 membership in the Council on Foundations.

Kathleen Enright

Council on Foundations

2025
$19,000.00

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Webinar for Applicants: Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence (December 2024)

Research grants on improving the use of research evidence support studies that reveal the strategies, mechanisms, or conditions for improving research use. In this webinar from December 2024, Program...

Foundation Staff

Around the Foundation

Ten Finalists Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2030

We are pleased to announce the finalists for the William T. Grant Scholars Program class of 2030. Ten early-career researchers were selected from a pool of 58 applicants after a rigorous review by...

Foundation Staff

Grantee Voices

Future Directions for Research on Evidence Use in Policy: Insights from the Field

Evidence-informed policies have significant potential to improve population health outcomes, but despite efforts to increase the availability and accessibility of timely, credible, and relevant...

Itzhak Yanovitzky, Daniel Crowley and J. Taylor Scott

12/19/2024

Around the Foundation

Welcoming Geetanjali Gupta to the William T. Grant Foundation Board of Trustees

The Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Geetanjali Gupta, Chief Investment Officer at The New York Public Library, to the Board of Trustees, effective October 2024. She will also...

Foundation Staff

Around the Foundation

Bolstering our Commitment to the William T. Grant Scholars Program

The Foundation is bolstering its commitment to the William T. Grant Scholars program. Beginning in 2025, the William T. Grant Scholars award will increase from $350,000 to $425,000 for new awards....

Foundation Staff

Grant Announcements

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

We are proud to announce six new research grants, totaling over $3 million, in support of five studies on ways to reduce inequality in youth outcomes and one study on strategies for improving the use...

Foundation Staff

Grantee Voices

Making Youth and Families Matter in Policymaking: Strategies for Identifying, Approaching, and Engaging Policymakers

One of the biggest threats to youth and family policy is growing pessimism among scholars that engaging policymakers is worth their time and effort (Bogenschneider, Corbett, & Parrott, 2019). New...

Karen Bogenschneider

12/9/2024

Grantee Voices

“I’m also a learner as a mentor”: An interview with mentoring grantee Bernadette Sanchez

Since 2005, the Foundation has awarded grants to William T. Grant Scholars and, since 2018, to research grantees to support their development as mentors to junior researchers of color. The program...

Natalie De Rosa

12/9/2024

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

Five New York City Nonprofits Awarded Youth Service Improvement Grants

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

Announcing the 2025 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists

“Strengthening Social Impact through Collaborative Research”: An Invitation to Connect at Society for Social Work and Research 2025

Adam Gamoran Continues as William T. Grant Foundation President

An Educational Game to Support Multilingual Learners’ Reading Comprehension and Science Learning

Facilitating Collaboration Between Social Scientists and Legal Advocates to Improve Uses of Research in Justice-Oriented Court Cases

2025 Annual Membership

Webinar for Applicants: Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence (December 2024)

Ten Finalists Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2030

Future Directions for Research on Evidence Use in Policy: Insights from the Field

Welcoming Geetanjali Gupta to the William T. Grant Foundation Board of Trustees

Bolstering our Commitment to the William T. Grant Scholars Program

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

Making Youth and Families Matter in Policymaking: Strategies for Identifying, Approaching, and Engaging Policymakers

“I’m also a learner as a mentor”: An interview with mentoring grantee Bernadette Sanchez

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