Grants Authorized 2007
Education
Next Program
Improving Education in California
ACLU Foundation of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
For monitoring and implementation of the Williams settlement
$340,000
Advancement Project
Los Angeles, CA
For general support of Advancement Project's Education Program
630,000
American Institutes for Research
Washington, DC
For a study of the implementation of a weighted student formula for allocating education funding in California school districts
340,000
For work on the design and implementation of the Quality Education Investment Act
6,000
American Institutes for Research
Washington, DC
For the California Collaborative on District Reform
750,000
Baltimore Community Foundation
Baltimore, MD
For the design of campaigns in three states to engage a broader segment of the public in calling for major improvements and investments in public education
300,000
Cabrillo College Foundation
Aptos, CA
For general support for an accelerated, intensive bridge program to help under‑prepared students succeed in higher education and pursue knowledge-based careers
1,000,000
California Budget Project
Sacramento, CA
For building capacity to analyze education finance issues
450,000
California Business for Education Excellence
Sacramento, CA
For focus groups, public opinion research and development of an education reform agenda
150,000
California State University at Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
For planning an effort to make the California Department of Education a "broker of expertise" for schools and districts that want information on best practices
200,000
California State University at Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
For general support of the Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Policy
750,000
California Tomorrow
Oakland, CA
For organizational development
50,000
Campaign for College Opportunity
Oakland, CA
For general support
1,000,000
Center for Public Interest Research
Boston, MA
For a project to expand faculty awareness and use of Open Educational Resources
530,000
CIF of the San Francisco Foundation
San Francisco, CA
For the California School Funding and Governance Project
575,000
Common Sense California Institute
Santa Rosa, CA
For general support
600,000
Commonwealth Club of California
San Francisco, CA
For developing new strategies to engage the media around education reform topics
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)
For a breakfast roundtable for education writers to inform them about California's state and local data systems to lay the groundwork for conversations about needed reforms
7,500
Community College Leadership Development Initiative
San Diego, CA
For general support
250,000
Community College League of California
Sacramento, CA
For building a coalition to ensure access to postsecondary education and training needed to support a vibrant economy
250,000
EdSource
Mountain View, CA
For developing a DVD on California School Finance issues
20,000
Education Trust ‑ West
Washington, DC
For recruiting an Operations Director
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)
EdVoice Institute for Research and Education
Sacramento, CA
For a technical assistance project on school finance reform
168,000
For general support
660,000
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
Washington, DC
For engaging law enforcement leaders as advocates for education reform
270,000
First Amendment Project
Oakland, CA
For a study of the laws governing access to educational data from public agencies in California
8,000
For general support of the Career Ladders Project, a program to help connect disadvantaged and underprepared youth and adults to college and careers
650,000
Foundation for California Community Colleges
Sacramento, CA
For developing an online tool and communications strategy to support the CCC Basic Skills Initiative
150,000
Fresno County Office of Education
Fresno, CA
For the Governor's Committee on Education Excellence
225,000
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Sebastopol, CA
For a funders' handbook on the role of community colleges in promoting immigrant integration
65,000
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
For a study of financial incentives to attract teachers to low-performing schools
130,000
Justice Matters Institute
San Francisco, CA
For an executive search
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)
Justice Matters Institute
San Francisco, CA
For strategic planning
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
For developing a statewide network of businesses that advocate for community colleges
325,000
Pacific News Service/New America Media
San Francisco, CA
For organizational restructuring, board development and fund development activities
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)
PICO California
Sacramento, CA
For a coalition of statewide grassroots organizing groups to advance education finance reform in California
1,200,000
Public Advocates
San Francisco, CA
For general support of the education program
370,000
Public Policy Institute of California
San Francisco, CA
For the California 2025 project
(Collaboration with Special Projects)
300,000
For support of a statewide survey for comprehensive analysis of public attitudes toward California community colleges and the state's higher education system
75,000
Research and Planning Group of California Community Colleges
Sacramento, CA
For the Strengthening Student Success Conference and related activities to promote success of under-prepared students at community colleges
650,000
For program management system building and strategic planning
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)
Stanford University
School of Education
Stanford, CA
For general support of the Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice
190,000
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
For general support for the Institute for Research on Education Policy & Practice
840,000
Teachers College Columbia University
Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media
New York, NY
For a fellowship program and related materials to help California journalists deepen their knowledge and coverage of community college issues
130,000
University of California at Santa Barbara
Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
Santa Barbara, CA
For a research effort focused on the high school dropout problem in California
235,000
University of California at Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
For a study of the testing and placement of students from immigrant backgrounds in California community colleges and identification of innovative approaches designed to improve student success
435,000
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
For developing a communications plan
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)
University of Southern California
Rossier School of Education
Los Angeles, CA
For development of processes, practices and tools for increasing student transfer rates from community colleges to four-year universities
700,000
Viewpoint Learning
San Diego, CA
For a series of Choice Dialogues on options for school finance reform in California
440,000
WestEd
San Francisco, CA
For the "Closing the Achievement Gap Initiative"
200,000
YouthNOISE
San Francisco, CA
For general support of the YouthNoise Education program
1,000,000
Improving Achievement
Boston Plan for Excellence
Boston, MA
For the implementation of formative assessments for reading throughout the Boston Public Schools
300,000
Center for American Progress
Washington, DC
For convening public discussions and developing policy recommendations in support of expanded learning time in high poverty schools
150,000
Coastline Community College
Fountain Valley, CA
For planning the development of an online language learning system for teaching English to middle school students
100,000
Hayward Unified School District
Hayward, CA
For support of work by the Evaluation Design Group
100,000
Massachusetts 2020
Boston, MA
For establishing a national clearinghouse of information on expanded-time schools
150,000
Ravenswood City School District
East Palo Alto, CA
For strategic planning and fundraising efforts
102,500
Stanford University
Center for Research on the Context of Teaching
Stanford, CA
For continuing an evaluation of the New Teacher Center's mentoring intervention at Ravenswood City School District
700,000
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
For a study of the Institute for Learning's contribution to high school instructional improvement in the Austin Independent School District
200,000
University of California at Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
For a forum with leading experts in the field of oral language development
100,000
University of Chicago
Center for Urban School Improvement
Chicago, IL
For general support of the Information Infrastructure Group
500,000
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
For general support of the Center on Continuous Instructional Improvement (CCII)
2,000,000
WestEd
San Francisco, CA
For a statewide study of instructional strategies used in California schools for improving English learners' achievement
500,000
Open Educational Resources
Fremont, CA
For support of an innovative strategy for producing easily readable summaries of academic paper
50,000
Coastline Community College
Fountain Valley, CA
For development of Chengo, an open online language learning system
2,670,000
Committee for Economic Development
Washington, DC
For the preparation and dissemination of a study on the effects of openness of digital content and tools on higher education in the U.S.
150,000
Commonwealth of Learning
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
For core support for WikiEducator
100,000
Creative Commons
San Francisco, CA
For the launch of Learning Commons, a project focused on the use and reuse of educational materials worldwide
500,000
For assessment and improvement of legal department and overall organizational infrastructure
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)
Development Gateway Foundation
Washington, DC
For general support
100,000
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
New York, NY
For establishing an educational video studio that defines and promotes best practices for open educational video
500,000
For fund development planning
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)
European Association of Distance Teaching Universities
Heerlen Limburg, Netherlands
For the Multilingual Open Resources for Independent Learning project
75,000
European Schoolnet
Brussels, Belgium
For an international K‑12 OER Network of Excellence
100,000
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
For exploring the intersection of open content licenses and Foundation policies
15,000
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education
Half Moon Bay, CA
For continuing to develop the OER Commons, a website for supporting teachers and learners in using open educational resources
850,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
For research and an international symposium on Open Learning Games
200,000
For general support of the OpenCourseWare Consortium
1,000,000
For general support of the MIT OpenCourseWare program
3,125,000
New Media for Nonprofits
Chicago, IL
For a planning grant to support expansion of IssueLab, an online archive of nonprofit research
(Collaboration with Special Projects and Philanthropy)
33,000
For expansion of IssueLab, an online archive of nonprofit research
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)
Open Learning Exchange
Cambridge, MA
For developing a model to provide open access to basic education
100,000
Open University
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
For support of Openlearn
4,450,000
Rice University
Houston, TX
For general support of the Connexions program
450,000
Teachers Without Borders
Seattle, WA
For development of an Open Educational Resources Initiative for teachers with Scholastic, Inc.
500,000
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Paris, France
For an international community of practice on Open Educational Resources
350,000
Utah State University
Logan, UT
For the Center for Open and Sustainable Learning
1,800,000
WGBH
Boston, MA
For promoting open content across the public broadcasting system and developing new open digital assets in Teachers' Domain
900,000
Yale University
New Haven, CT
For organizing the Digital Educational Workshop in Brazil
35,000
For support of the Open Educational Resources Video Lecture Project
2,250,000
Opportunity Grants
Alameda County Office of EducationHayward, CA
For Alliance of Arts Education Learning Leadership evaluation and general operating support
(Collaboration with Performing Arts)
495,000
Center for Policy Studies
St. Paul, MN
For a study, conference, and outreach to help develop an expanded national discussion on K-12 education
100,000
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Washington, DC
For general support
(Collaboration with Environment, Special Projects, Population, Performing Arts, and Global Development)
40,000
Education Commission of the States
Denver, CO
For strategic planning
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)
Education Sector
Washington, DC
For general support
1,250,000
Educational Testing Service
Princeton, NJ
For partial support for a study of educational experiences that happen out of school, particularly experiences that supplement learning within school
200,000
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
For support of literacy research on English Learners in urban middle schools
150,000
Higher Education Policy Institute
San Jose, CA
For general support
150,000
Learning Matters
New York, NY
For production of 18 to 20 reports on education issues for The Newshour on PBS, a one-hour documentary, and an update of the First to Worst documentary
1,000,000
National Academy of Sciences
Washington, DC
For a workshop about test-based accountability systems
25,000
National Center on Education and the Economy
Washington, DC
For support for the dissemination, public discussion, and demonstration of the policies proposed in the National Center's well-received, though controversial, report, "Tough Choices for Tough Times"
250,000
SRI International
Center for Education Policy
Menlo Park, CA
For a study on three arts education policy issues: accountability systems, community partnerships and support, and district capacity
(Collaboration with Performing Arts)
262,500
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
For an evaluation of Education's Opportunity grants
20,000
Teaching Awards Trust
London, United Kingdom
For a documentary on the importance of and ways to achieve good public education around the globe
200,000
University of Michigan
Institute for Social Research
Ann Arbor, MI
For design conferences and preparation of pilot intervention studies to leverage school reforms
165,000
Serving Bay Area Communities
University of California at Santa CruzNew Teacher Center
Santa Cruz, CA
For support of Ravenswood City School District's after‑school and summer programs
1,000,000
University of California at Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
For renewed support of the New Teacher Center's partnership with the Ravenswood City School District in providing system-wide professional development
3,800,000