Recent Grants: 2010 Grants
Private Higher Education
BATES COLLEGE, Lewiston, ME
$250,000
Support for the biology department
HAVERFORD COLLEGE, Haverford, PA
$250,000
New Environmental Studies Program
KENYON COLLEGE, Gambier, OH
$250,000
Endowment for the Center for the Study of American Democracy's post-doctoral fellowship
OBERLIN COLLEGE, Oberlin, OH
$250,000
Research Fellows Program
PITZER COLLEGE, Claremont, CA
$250,000
Endowment for leadership position in the Center for Study of Global Communities
UNION COLLEGE, Schenectady, NY
$250,000
Bioengineering program
WARREN WILSON COLLEGE, Asheville, NC
$250,000
Interdisciplinary Writing Initiative
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Wellesley, MA
$250,000
Endowment for the Madeleine Albright Institute for Global Affairs
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT
$226,000
Directed Independent Language Study Program
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Secondary Education
BOSTON COLLEGE - LYNCH SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, Chestnut Hill, MA
$200,000
Support, Mentoring, and Resources for Teachers Program
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, NH
$200,000
Language in Motion program to enrich high school teaching of culture and language
LOS ANGELES EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP, Los Angeles, CA
$200,000
High school teacher training in solutions-based learning
NATIONAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, Dallas, TX
$200,000
High school expansion within the Learning School Alliance
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Religion
FUND FOR THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION
$196,000
Fellowships for seminary students
HARTFORD SEMINARY, Hartford, CT
$200,000
Scholarship endowment for the Cooperative Master of Divinity Program
LANCASTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Lancaster, PA
$200,000
Improvements to campus learning environment
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY DIVINITY SCHOOL, Nashville, TN
$200,000
Support for the Global Education Program
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Health Care
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, Houston, TX
$200,000
M.D. Mentoring Program
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Madison, WI
$194,246
Advancing Family-Centered Care for Hospitalized Children
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Public Television
DAVID GRUBIN PRODUCTIONS, New York, NY - "THE BUDDHA "
$100,000
Completion funding for a documentary film on the life and teachings of the Buddha.
WETA, Arlington, VA - "FAITH & AMERICA'S FOUNDERS "
$150,000
Completion funding for a documentary film exploring how the religious backgrounds and beliefs of the founders led to the concepts of religious freedom and separation of church and state.
WGBH, Boston, MA - "THE FABRIC OF THE COSMOS"
$300,000
A NOVA science television series exploring the universe, time and space
WGBH, Boston, MA - "THE PANAMA CANAL"
$200,000
An American Experience program that will examine the history of the Canal over four centuries
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Other Grants
WARREN WILSON COLLEGE, Asheville, NC
$150,000
Collaboration with Furman University on environmental problem solving curricula
View 2009 Grants
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