WKKF: Grants

KnowledgeWorks Foundation: $400,000

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:45:18 EST

Grantee: KnowledgeWorks Foundation
Commitment: $400,000
Start Date: 1 Mar 2009
Purpose: improve United States public education and help better prepare all children with the skills and knowledge they require in the 21st century through civic engagement and dialogue

Orleans Parish Juvenile Court: $400,000

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:45:18 EST

Grantee: Orleans Parish Juvenile Court
Commitment: $400,000
Start Date: 1 Jan 2009
Purpose: reduce the number of vulnerable youth placed in emergency detention centers by expanding and developing the respite facility and transitional housing

Teaching for Change: $400,000

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:45:18 EST

Grantee: Teaching for Change
Commitment: $400,000
Start Date: 1 Jun 2009
Purpose: ensure quality education for all students in McComb, Mississippi, by finalizing and implementing a civil rights curriculum

Kingsley House, Inc.: $200,000

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:45:18 EST

Grantee: Kingsley House, Inc.
Commitment: $200,000
Start Date: 1 Jul 2009
Purpose: improve health and mental health of vulnerable families and children by addressing key determinants of health for increased access to preventive care and treatment

Center for Rural Affairs: $180,000

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:45:18 EST

Grantee: Center for Rural Affairs
Commitment: $180,000
Start Date: 1 Apr 2009
Purpose: improve the access and affordability of healthy food to low-income and vulnerable children by coordinating advocates for local farm to school approaches to child nutrition

Fundação Fundo Brasil de Direitos Humanos: $300,000

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:45:16 EST

Grantee: Fundação Fundo Brasil de Direitos Humanos
Commitment: $300,000
Start Date: 1 Mar 2009
Purpose: improve racial equity and social inclusion in northeast Brazil by providing support to groups and organizations through the Brazil Human Rights Fund

Corporation for Enterprise Development: $400,000

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:45:16 EST

Grantee: Corporation for Enterprise Development
Commitment: $400,000
Start Date: 1 Jan 2009
Purpose: improve the economic security of low-income families and children through public education about asset-building strategies and evaluation of national and state-level asset development programs and collaborations

East Michigan Environmental Action Council: $240,000

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:45:16 EST

Grantee: East Michigan Environmental Action Council
Commitment: $240,000
Start Date: 1 Apr 2009
Purpose: engage youth with their natural environment by transforming Detroit school grounds

Aspen Institute, Inc.: $400,000

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:45:16 EST

Grantee: Aspen Institute, Inc.
Commitment: $400,000
Start Date: 1 Jan 2009
Purpose: develop the capacities of civic, organizational, philanthropic, and other key leaders to actively promote racial equity and provide ongoing support for this challenging work

New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty Inc: $75,000

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:45:16 EST

Grantee: New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty Inc
Commitment: $75,000
Start Date: 1 Jul 2009
Purpose: improve the well-being of immigrant children in New Mexico by increasing family access to and participation in public benefits programs that affect overall health

Poverty and Race Research Action Council: $400,000

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:45:16 EST

Grantee: Poverty and Race Research Action Council
Commitment: $400,000
Start Date: 1 Apr 2009
Purpose: expand opportunities for vulnerable children and families living in disadvantaged neighborhoods

Big Brothers Big Sisters A Community of Caring: $300,000

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:45:16 EST

Grantee: Big Brothers Big Sisters A Community of Caring
Commitment: $300,000
Start Date: 1 May 2009
Purpose: connect vulnerable Battle Creek, Michigan, youth with caring adult mentors to inspire, coach, and guide them to have dreams for the future and teach them life skills essential for success by supporting the Pass It On Project

Center for Civic Policy: $105,000

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:45:16 EST

Grantee: Center for Civic Policy
Commitment: $105,000
Start Date: 1 Jan 2009
Purpose: support the development of a statewide network of diverse leaders across New Mexico by strengthening the organization's current program design through evaluation, strategic learning conversations with key leadership programs outside of New Mex

Athletes for Hope: $200,000

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:45:16 EST

Grantee: Athletes for Hope
Commitment: $200,000
Start Date: 1 Mar 2009
Purpose: increase the number of professional athletes active in philanthropy and supporting services for vulnerable children in their home and training communities

Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute: $250,000

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:45:18 EST

Grantee: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute
Commitment: $250,000
Start Date: 1 Feb 2009
Purpose: educate policymakers about the barriers that hinder children from being adopted and increase the placement of children into permanent loving and supportive families

Miami Workers Center: $300,000

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:45:18 EST

Grantee: Miami Workers Center
Commitment: $300,000
Start Date: 1 May 2009
Purpose: provide timely, useful, and easily accessible knowledge of how existing and proposed federal and state spending can lead to improved place-based, structural equity in combination with a sustained agenda for community change by producing a map

Kingman Museum, Inc.: $350,000

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:45:17 EST

Grantee: Kingman Museum, Inc.
Commitment: $350,000
Start Date: 1 May 2009
Purpose: create a safe, fun, and unique learning experience to supplement formal classroom instruction for Battle Creek, Michigan, area school children and offer lifelong education opportunities for people of all ages by modernizing and reinterpreting

Ohio State University Foundation: $300,000

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:45:17 EST

Grantee: Ohio State University Foundation
Commitment: $300,000
Start Date: 1 May 2009
Purpose: create a vision for future innovation and solutions to the housing crisis by convening national experts and conducting research

Insight Center for Community Economic Development: $400,000

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:45:17 EST

Grantee: Insight Center for Community Economic Development
Commitment: $400,000
Start Date: 1 Jan 2009
Purpose: ensure that all children in Mississippi have their basic needs met and are prepared for opportunities in school and later life; and that parents, policymakers, foundations, and non-profit organizations use a realistic family economic security

Potawatomi Resource, Conservation, and Development Project Area: $20,775

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:45:17 EST

Grantee: Potawatomi Resource, Conservation, and Development Project Area
Commitment: $20,775
Start Date: 1 Apr 2009
Purpose: support an Expert in Residence program to enhance the educational effectiveness and outreach potential of the Michigan Family Farms Conference as an educational and networking venue for small scale and minority farmers