Recent Grants: 2009 Grants
Private Higher Education
ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE, Pippa Passes, KY
$250,000
Faculty/staff housing project
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Brunswick, ME
$250,000
Completion funding for women's locker room and athletic training room
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Waltham, MA
$250,000
Pilot Science Posse program to prepare and mentor science majors
CENTRE COLLEGE, Danville, KY
$250,000
Center for Globalization
COLBY COLLEGE, Waterville, ME
$250,000
Endowment for the Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Worcester, MA
$200,000
Renovation of science facilities
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, New London, CT
$250,000
Application of math and computer science in student biological research
HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE, Claremont, CA
$250,000
Information technology infrastructure
KALAMAZOO COLLEGE, Kalamazoo, MI
$250,000
Branding initiative
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE, Atlanta, GA
$250,000
Extensive faculty/student research on Morehouse's history
RHODES COLLEGE, Memphis, TN
$200,000
Student fellowship program
TUFTS UNIVERSITY
$250,000
Leadership minor for undergraduates
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Secondary Education
ALL KINDS OF MINDS, Durham, NC
$165,000
Neuroscience-based high school teacher training for varied student learning styles
AMHERST COLLEGE, Amherst, MA
$150,000
Secondary-level teaching of difficult foreign languages
BAY AREA COALITION FOR EQUITABLE SCHOOLS, Oakland, CA
$150,000
Helping algebra and English language arts teachers meet the needs of low performing high school students in urban classrooms
HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE, Claremont, CA
$150,000
Induction program for Math for America-Los Angeles
MITCHELL INSTITUTE, Portland, ME
$149,709
Professional development for the iWalkthrough system
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem, OR
$150,000
Program of mentoring and training secondary school teachers in assisting students with limited English proficiency
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Religion
DUKE UNIVERSITY DIVINITY SCHOOL, Durham, NC
$200,000
Match for scholarship endowment
GARRETT-EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Evanston, IL
$200,000
Enhancement of library resources
NEW YORK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, New York, NY
$200,000
Ecologies of Learning Project
SAINT MARY'S SEMINARY & UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, MD
$200,000
Spiritual Life program
VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Alexandria, VA
$192,430
Improve the technological capabilities of classrooms
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Health Care
CLEVELAND CLINIC, Cleveland, OH
$199,600
Expansion of the "Respond with H.E.A.R.T." program for training frontline workers in responding and communicating with patients in difficult situations.
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Atlanta, GA
$300,000
Faculty training in teaching humanism at eight medical schools
STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Palo Alto, CA
$150,000
Chronicling patient experiences with rare genetic diseases and chronic illnesses
TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Boston, MA
$120,378
Faculty role modeling of compassionate care
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Public Television
KCET, Los Angeles, CA - "SID THE SCIENCE KID"
$250,000
Completion funding for a new series for preschool children to improve readiness for learning science
SCETV, Columbia, SC - "JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH - PLAN B: RESCUING A PLANET UNDER STRESS AND A CIVILIZATION IN TROUBLE"
$100,000
Completion funding for the culminating program of the "Journey to Planet Earth" series on the global environment
SCETV, Columbia, SC - "JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH - STATE OF THE PLANET'S OCEANS"
$50,000
Completion funding for a documentary program on the health and sustainability of the oceans with emphasis marine preserves, fisheries and coastal ecosystems
WETA, Arlington, VA - "PROJECTS FOR THE NEW CENTURY"
$400,000
For Ken Burns' documentary film projects for the first decade of the new century
WGBH, Boston, MA - "GOD IN AMERICA"
$200,000
Completion funding for a six-hour documentary series on the history of religious life in America
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Other Grants
MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, Woods Hole, MA
$150,000
Endowment for the Semester in Environmental Science program
View 2008 Grants
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