Carnegie Corp. Awards

The Carnegie Corporation of New York has announced twenty-two grants totaling more than $22.2 million to organizations working in the United States and around the world.

Grants awarded through Carnegie's national program include $5 million to Turnaround for Children, a New York City nonprofit that partners with low-performing public schools to transform them into centers of learning and achievement; $2 million over eighteen months to America's Voice Education Fund, which works to build public momentum for reforms that will transform a dysfunctional immigration system into a regulatory system that works; and $1.5 million over two years to the Colorado-based Charter School Growth Fund, which invests philanthropic venture capital in the nation's highest performing charter school operators.

Grants awarded through the foundation's international program include $5 million over three years to the Institute for Advanced Study for its Regional Initiative in Science and Education (RISE), which supports the development of science professionals in sub-Saharan Africa; $1.2 million over three years to the Council for the Development of Social Science Research for research on African higher education governance, leadership, and policy; and $600,000 over twelve months to the Aspen Institute for its work with the congressional program on nuclear security.

The foundation also awarded, through its Special Opportunities Fund, a two-year, $400,000 grant to the Project on Government Oversight for general support; $200,000 over two years to D.C.-based Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics; and $100,000 over two years to the Aspen Institute in support of Aspen's philanthropy and social innovation program.

For a complete list of fourth-quarter grantees, visit the Carnegie Corporation Web site.

“Carnegie Corporation's Board Approves 22 Grants Totaling $22,216,000.” Carnegie Corporation of New York Press Release 12/16/10.