Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle
(206) 709-3140
http://www.gatesfoundation.org
• Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, D.C., $8.3 million to increase the leadership capacity of chiefs by focusing on standards and assessments, data systems, educator development and a new system of supports for student learning.
• Teach for America, New York, $1 million for support, with the goals of bringing low-income and minority students in TFA classrooms to proficiency, increasing student achievement in non-TFA classrooms in districts where TFA members work, and working to ensure the most effective TFA members after two years are teaching the highest need students.
• Education Equality Project, New York, $100,000 to support a convening in Washington, D.C.
• National Consortium on College Completion, Indianapolis, $942,601 to support a project aimed at supporting state efforts to develop and implement policies on college completion.
• College Summit, Washington, D.C., $1.4 million to ensure that the National Student Clearinghouse three-state pilot next-generation reports are designed to be actionable for school leaders and to provide the supports to help translate the information into action.
• United Way of King County, Seattle, $25,000 to support the Climb for the Community campaign.
• Texas Charter Schools Association, Austin, $250,000 for general support.
• Institute for Higher Education Policy, Washington, D.C., $1.6 million for policy research, the Pathways to College Network and strategic planning efforts.
• New America Foundation, Washington, D.C., $450,000 for an initiative aimed at increasing post-secondary education access and completion rates among lower-income, disadvantaged students through innovative public policy and other reforms in college savings plans.
• Editorial Projects in Education, Bethesda, Md., $2.0 million to this nonprofit publisher of education newspapers and journals to accelerate its digital efforts to better serve policymakers and educators, as well as to ensure its sustainability.
Lumina Foundation
Indianapolis
http://www.luminafoundation.org
• Academy for Educational Development, Washington, D.C., $2.6 million to strengthen and sustain the KnowHow2GO ground campaign by providing technical assistance to state partners, involving additional collaborators and organizing an improved learning community for all partners.
• Advertising Council, New York, $1.5 million to support the KnowHow2GO campaign that encourages more low-income students and their families to take the necessary steps toward post-secondary education.
• Corporation for Enterprise Development, Washington, D.C., $10,000 to support the 2009 National Conference on Children and Youth Savings and to showcase the current impact and potential scale of Children’s Development Accounts – universal savings accounts for children and youth.
• Encouragement Services, Bloomington, Ind., $10,000 to create a plan to integrate Encouragement Services into the Indiana KnowHow2GO and the national college access library.
• Ohio College Access Network, Columbus, Ohio, $80,500 to provide bridge funding to continue Ohio College Access Network’s coordination of KnowHow2GO.
• YMCA of the USA, Chicago, $5.1 million to manage, expand and integrate the College Goal Sunday program into the national YMCA movement.
• Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, New York, $10,000 to provide professional development opportunities to young grant makers.
• Foundation Center, New York, $10,000 to support Funding for Education Month programming in June 2009.
• GuideStar, Williamsburg, Va., $10,000 to support a project to provide the new 990 tax forms to nonprofit organizations and to implement the GuideStar Exchange Program.
Staples Foundation
Framingham, Mass.
http://www.staplesfoundation.org
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast, Venice, Fla., $10,000 to Decisions to Win, which provides at-risk students with intensive support to ensure they graduate from high school.
• Bottom Line, Jamaica Plain, Mass., $5,000 to College Access, which prepares low-income students to graduate from high school and enter college.
• Center for Summer Learning, Baltimore, $10,000 to National Summer Learning Day, an annual event promoting continued learning throughout the summer.
• Central Florida YMCA, Orlando, $10,000 to Teen Achievers, a college-readiness program that teaches low-income students academic, life and enrichment skills.
• Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation, Carrboro, N.C., $10,000 to the Teacher Store, which enables teachers from disadvantaged school systems to obtain school supplies.
• Citizen Schools, Boston, $15,000 to after-school programs that enable middle school students to participate in apprenticeships that involve skill building, teamwork and leadership development.
• Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School, New York, $10,000 to the Lincoln Center Institute Arts Program, which provides inner-city youth with high quality academic and arts education programming.
• Cradles to Crayons, Quincy, Mass., $10,000 to Ready for School, which ensures that low-income youth are prepared to begin school with the necessary educational supplies.
• Crayons to Computers, Cincinnati, $15,000 to Push for Pencils, an annual back-to-school supply drive that provides teachers with critical basic school supplies.
• Denver Zoological Foundation, Denver, $5,000 to the Red Apple Scholarship Fund, which teaches low-income youth about environmental conservation.
• Family & Children’s Center, South Bend, Ind., $5,000 to Raising a Reader, which helps low-income youth improve literacy skills.
• Franklin Education Foundation, Franklin, Mass., $2,000 to Teacher Grants, which provides Franklin public school teachers with engaging and innovative learning activities for their students.
• Fund for Teachers, Houston, $50,000 to the Teacher Grants program, which allows educators to participate in educational enrichment activities that improve teaching methods and further student learning and engagement.
• Gold Crown Enrichment, Lakewood, Colo., $10,000 to The Art & Technology Enrichment program, which improves low-income youths’ academic performance and interest in school through art and technology classes.
• Jewish Family Services of MetroWest, Framingham, Mass., $10,000 to Reducing Achievement Gaps, which provides at-risk students with positive adult mentors who help improve their academic and personal success.
• Kids in Need Foundation, Dayton, Ohio, $10,000 to Kids in Need Resource Centers, which offer teachers free classroom supplies so disadvantaged students have access to the tools needed to learn.
• The NEA Foundation, Washington, $50,000 to the Green Grants program, which enables teachers to request funds for projects focused on the environment.
• Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Boston, $10,000 to Young Entrepreneurs Project, which works with inner-city Boston public schools to provide career development training to students with and without disabilities.
• Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass., $10,000 to the Community Partnership Program, which engages inner-city youth through educational museum exhibits that inspire creativity and learning.
• Project R.I.S.E., Braintree, Mass., $5,000 to the Respect, Integrity and Success through Education summer program, which increases self-confidence and academic success of inner city youth.
• Reach Out & Read, Beloit, Wis., $2,000 to provide Beloit pediatricians with new books for low-income children and advice for parents about the importance of reading.
• School to Work Council, Paris, Ky., $10,000 to Enterprise for Success, which provides students with practical career mentoring and experience to ensure they find meaningful employment after college.
• Squash Busters, Roxbury, Mass., $10,000 to the Experiential Learning Curriculum, which provides youth with educational experiences and community service projects that motivate them to become more engaged in their academic careers.
• Teach for America, Boston, $15,000 to support the expansion of Teach for America in Greater Boston and provide all children with the opportunity to attain an excellent education.
• Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, $5,000 to support educational programs that introduce disadvantaged youth to the arts and increase their understanding of culture and history.
• Youth Outreach Services, Chicago, $10,000 to Operation College Bound, which prepares low-income students to successfully graduate from high school and enter college.
