Grants Authorized 2007
Special Projects and Extraordinary Reserve
Previous Program
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education
Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
Washington, DC
For the Committee on the Status & Future of Federal E‑Rulemaking
$27,500
Brookings Institution
Washington, DC
For the Opportunity 08 project
250,000
Brookings Institution
Washington, DC
For the Budgeting for National Priorities project
450,000
Carnegie Hall
New York, NY
For an evaluation of The Academy program
(Collaboration with Performing Arts)
216,000
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
For research on the "The Critical Link between Tangibility and Generosity"
111,000
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Stanford, CA
For endowment support
10,000,000
Center for Effective Philanthropy
Cambridge, MA
For general operating support
(Collaboration with Philanthropy)
500,000
Center for Governmental Studies
Los Angeles, CA
For the Campaign for California's Future project
77,000
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Washington, DC
For general support
(Collaboration with Environment, Education, Population, Performing Arts, and Global
Development)
225,000
Commonwealth Club of California
San Francisco, CA
For a campaign for governance and fiscal reforms to ensure a prosperous future for California
6,000,000
Communications Network
Naperville, IL
For general support
50,000
Consensus Building Institute
Cambridge, MA
For the Project on U.S. Engagement with the Global Muslim Community
200,000
For the third phase of the project on U.S. engagement with the Global Muslim Community
300,000
Democracy Coalition Project
Washington, DC
For costs for experts to attend a conference on Community of Democracies in Mali
6,000
Demos
New York, NY
For support of the CivWorld Initiative's Paradigm Project
50,000
Focus Project
Washington, DC
For the OMB Watch regulatory reform project
200,000
Fritz Institute
San Francisco, CA
For support of the second phase of the Bay Area Disaster Preparedness Initiative
1,000,000
George Washington University
Law School
Washington, DC
For the Institute for Constitutional Studies endowment
100,000
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association
Arlington, VA
For general support of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
1,000,000
Green Media Toolshed
Washington, DC
For general support of the Netcentric Campaigns MediaHub
50,000
Harvard University
Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences
Cambridge, MA
For general support of the Policy Design Initiative
750,000
Heritage Foundation
Washington, DC
For the Budget and Entitlement Reform Project
450,000
Hope Street Group
Los Angeles, CA
For general support
750,000
Human Rights Watch
New York, NY
For general support
400,000
Independent Sector
Washington, DC
For support of the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector's Ethics and Accountability Initiative
150,000
International Crisis Group
Washington, DC
For general support
400,000
Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy
Seaside, CA
For general support
50,000
National Academy of Sciences
Washington, DC
For creation of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Venture Fund
300,000
National Academy of Sciences
Washington, DC
For continued development of the Key National Indicators Initiative and the public launch of the State of the USA
2,000,000
National Public Radio
Washington, DC
For general support
900,000
New America Foundation
Washington, DC
For support of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's Bipartisan
Budget Reform Project
250,000
New Media for Nonprofits
Chicago, IL
For a planning grant to support expansion of IssueLab, an online archive of nonprofit research
(Collaboration with Education and Philanthropy)
33,000
Oberlin Dance Collective
San Francisco, CA
For facility renovation and construction, and theater rental subsidies
(Collaboration with Performing Arts)
2,000,000
Pacific Council on International Policy
Los Angeles, CA
For general operating support
750,000
Pew Research Center
Washington, DC
For the Global Attitudes Project, a survey of international public opinion on a variety of topics
(Collaboration with Global Development)
250,000
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
For a conference and publication of a book on international comparisons of well‑being
100,000
Public Agenda Foundation
New York, NY
For the Facing Up to the Nation's Finances Initiative
500,000
Public Policy Institute of California
San Francisco, CA
For the California 2025 project
(Collaboration with Education)
250,000
For PPIC's institutional development
100,000
Quest Scholars Program
Stanford, CA
For general support of the QuestBridge program
65,000
Roberts Enterprise Development Fund
San Francisco, CA
For general support
1,000,000
Rostros y Voces
Mexico City, Mexico
For general support of the flood relief program
(Collaboration with Environment and Global Development)
50,000
Scientists and Engineers for America
Washington, DC
For general operating support
300,000
Solpath
San Francisco, CA
For a feasibility study of a grants management system
100,000
Stanford University
Stanford Criminal Justice Center
Stanford, CA
For the Stanford Conference on Race, Inequality and Incarceration
25,000
Stanford University
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Stanford, CA
For the Managing Global Insecurity project
500,000
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
For support of the October 2007 conference of the Toward a World Free
of Nuclear Weapons project
250,000
Trust for Public Land
San Francisco, CA
For the Crown of the Continent Conservation Project
(Collaboration with Environment)
1,000,000
United Nations Association of the United States
New York, NY
For a project on Track 2 diplomacy with Iran
50,000
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
For developing criteria for prioritizing expenditures for a sustainable future
(Collaboration with Environment)
150,000
University of California, Berkeley Foundation
Berkeley, CA
For a challenge grant to endow 100 faculty chairs
110,000,000
University of California, Berkeley Foundation
Berkeley, CA
For the creation of an in-house investment company
3,000,000
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
For a follow-up study on behavioral economics and individuals' behavior with respect to their health
100,000
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine and the Wharton School
Philadelphia, PA
For a study on the application of behavioral economics to improve individuals’ behavior with respect to their health
33,600
World Security Institute
Washington, DC
For support of the weekly public affairs television program,
"Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria"
(Collaboration with Global Development)
250,000
Yale University
Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
New Haven, CT
For general support to the Center for the Study of Globalization
(Collaboration with Global Development)
1,000,000
Yale University
Yale Law School
New Haven, CT
For general support of the China Law Center of Yale Law School
10,000,000