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Trang 1Gates Foundation Grants to Select Education and Policy Groups
Retrieved by Mercedes Schneider on August 26, 2013, from
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database
National Governors Association
Date: March 2012
Purpose: to support effective implementation of the Common Core State Standards through the
development and dissemination of an official set of identifiers and metadata
Amount: $37,674
Date: February 2011
Purpose: to work with state policymakers on the implementation of the Common Core State
Standards, with special attention to effective resource reallocation to ensure complete execution,
as well as rethinking state policies on teacher effectiveness
Amount: $1,598,477
Date: November 2009
Purpose: to build capacity and awareness among governors around postsecondary goals
Amount: $512,197
Date: May 2008
Purpose: to help governors improve college and career ready rates and make state education
systems internationally competitive
Amount: $2,496,814
Date: December 2005
Purpose: to support the State Early Childhood Policy Leadership Forum
Amount: $62,000
Date: March 2005
Purpose: to provide states with grants and assistance to develop and implement comprehensive
plans for high school redesign and increase college-ready high school graduation rates
Amount: $19,658,214
Date: September 2004
Purpose: to support NGA Initiative: "Redesigning the American High School"
Amount: $187,435
Date: September 2004
Purpose: to support NGA Initiative: "Redesigning the American High School"
Amount: $511,658
Date: October 2003
Purpose: to support creation of a coherent system of education pathways that lead students
through at least the second year of college
Amount: $382,918
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Purpose: to support a one-day meeting to prepare a publication focusing on turning around
low-performing high schools to be presented at the NGA's Winter Meeting
Amount: $30,000
Date: May 2002
Purpose: to support changes needed to transform high school education in the United States Amount: $275,515
Achieve, Inc.
Date: June 2012
Purpose: to strengthen and expand the ADP Network, provide more support to states for CCSS
implementation, and build strategic national and statewide alliances by engaging directly with key stakeholders
Amount: $9,297,699
Date: April 2012
Purpose: for general operating support
Amount: $3,500,000
Date: November 2011
Purpose: to bolster efforts to support national and state strategies to adopt, implement and
sustain college and career-ready policies
Amount: $375,000
Date: February 2008
Purpose: to support Achieve's American Diploma Project
Amount: $12,614,352
Date: October 2005
Purpose: to help states align secondary school math expectations with the demands of
postsecondary education and work
Amount: $2,148,910
Date: May 2004
Purpose: to assist and encourage specific states to adopt high school graduation requirements
that align with college entry requirements
Amount: $7,747,861
Date: September 2001
Purpose: to support the National Education Summit in Palisades, NY on October 9-10, 2001 Amount: $25,000
Date: October 1999
Purpose: to support comprehensive benchmarking and review of academic standards and
assessments between states
Amount: $1,000,000
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Date: June 2012
Purpose: to support teachers nationwide in understanding and implementing the Common Core
State Standards
Amount: $4,042,920
Date: June 2012
Purpose: to grow capacity to support teachers and to strengthen operations
Amount: $2,490,430
Council of Chief State School Officers
Date: July 2013
Purpose: to CCSSO, on behalf of the PARCC and SBAC consortia to support the development
of high quality assessments to measure the Common Core State Standards
Amount: $4,000,000
Date: June 2013
Purpose: to support the Council of Chief State School Officers’ Institute for Transition and
Transformation Services partnership with the NJ DOE to support the state’s efforts to support high quality implementation of the Common Core of State Standards
Amount: $799,825
Date: April 2013
Purpose: to support a multi-state pilot on education preparation
Amount: $703,737
Date: November 2012
Purpose: to support the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in helping States’ to
build their data inoperability capability and IT leadership capacity
Amount: $1,277,648
Date: October 2012
Purpose: to support strategic planning for the sustainability of the Common Core State
Standards and the two multi-state assessment consortia tasked with designing assessments aligned with those standards
Amount: $1,100,000
Date: December 2011
Purpose: to support NGLC Impact Strategies
Amount: $400,381
Date: June 2011
Purpose: to support the Common Core State Standards work
Amount: $9,388,911
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Purpose: to support capacity building at SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
regarding assessment framework development and higher education engagement
Amount: $743,331
Date: January 2011
Purpose: to assist with the design of Wave 2 of the Next Generation Learning Challenges,
marketing it to the field, recruiting applicants and advisors, and processing applications
Amount: $289,899
Date: July 2010
Purpose: to assist with the design of the digital learning initiative, market it to the field, recruit
applicants and advisors, and process applications
Amount: $64,628
Date: November 2009
Purpose: to partner with federal, state, public, and private interests to develop common, open,
longitudinal data standards
Amount: $3,185,750
Date: July 2009
Purpose: to increase the leadership capacity of chiefs by focusing on standards and assessments,
data systems, educator development and determining a new system of supports for student learning
Amount: $9,961,842
Date: March 2007
Purpose: to support Phase II of the National Education Data Partnership seeking to promote
transparency and accessibility of education data and improve public education through data-driven decision making
Amount: $21,642,317
Date: October 2005
Purpose: to support technical assistance and research-based information to NGA Honor States
pursuing high school redesign efforts
Amount: $201,312
Date: April 2004
Purpose: to provide states with sophisticated, web-based data tools that will strengthen
accountability and improve results through data-driven decision making
Amount: $25,000,000
Date: July 2003
Purpose: to support activities of CCSSO around educational issues, particularly related to
secondary school reform
Amount: $249,000
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Purpose: to support a working conference on using the 'No Child Left Behind Act' to improve
achievement of students in the middle grades
Amount: $25,000
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Date: May 2013
Purpose: to educate parents and communities on the new standards and to empower leaders to
create the changes they need in their school systems for Common Core implementation
Amount: $499,962
Date: November 2009
Purpose: to support implementation of a strategic plan for national PTAs to promote
college-readiness, and higher student performance outcomes
Amount: $2,000,000
Date: October 2008
Purpose: for general operating support
Amount: $5,000
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Date: July 2013
Purpose: to support implementation of the Common Core State Standards
Amount: $244,733
Date: February 2011
Purpose: to provide teachers and school leaders with supports to implement the Common Core
State Standards at the district, school, and classroom levels
Amount: $3,024,695
Thomas B Fordham Institute
Date: April 2013
Purpose: for general operating support
Amount: $1,000,000
Date: June 2011
Purpose: for general operating support
Amount: $500,000
Date: January 2011
Purpose: to track state progress towards implementation of standards and to understand how
what students read changes in response to the standards
Amount: $1,002,000
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Purpose: to review the common core standards and develop supportive materials
Amount: $959,116
Date: June 2009
Purpose: to support the PIE Network which brings together policy research groups and
state-level education advocacy organizations to advance equity, improve student achievement, share best practices and capture lessons learned
Amount: $398,534
Date: July 2008
Purpose: to support the activities of an emerging network of state level education advocacy
organizations in support of a convening around strategic issues
Amount: $155,000
Date: August 2006
Purpose: to support creation of a new education policy network promoting equitable education
reform
Amount: $100,000
Date: July 2005
Purpose: to support the Fordham Foundation in its role as a community school sponsor in Ohio
to recruit other high school developers and to share best practices across the field
Amount: $1,849,173
Date: July 2005
Purpose: to inform public debate and advance academic achievement in Ohio charter schools by
convening charter school leaders, producing research, and disseminating information on charter school issues
Amount: $497,639
Date: July 2003
Purpose: to strengthen Ohio's charter school program by recruiting, training, and supporting
quality sponsors for existing and future charter schools
Amount: $250,000
American Enterprise Institute
Date: June 2012
Purpose: to support their education policy work in four distinct areas: Exploring the Challenges
of Common Core, Future of American Education Working Groups, Innovations in Financial Aid, and Bridging K-12 and Higher Ed with Technology
Amount: $1,068,788
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Purpose: to support original research and analysis to influence the national education debates
and create a supportive policy environment for reform to improve the efficiency and productivity
of higher education
Amount: $445,496
Date: April 2009
Purpose: to support original research and analysis to influence the national education debates
and create a supportive policy environment for dynamic reform
Amount: $2,144,000
Date: November 2007
Purpose: to provide original research and analysis to influence the national education debate and
create a supportive policy environment for dynamic reform
Amount: $500,000
Brookings Institute
Date: May 2013
Purpose: to conduct efforts to summarize the work of the Reimagining Aid Design & Delivery
(RADD) project to date
Amount: $77,271
Date: November 2011
Purpose: to establish standards for rating teacher evaluation systems
Amount: $494,826
Date: September 2011
Purpose: to examine personalized learning, real-time student assessment, collaboration and
social networking, dashboards, and K-12 innovation success stories with the goal of evaluating progress, improving implementation, and sharing best practices
Amount: $600,000
Date: June 2011
Purpose: to support the Brookings Blum Roundtable on Global Poverty to address aid and
development effectiveness issues
Amount: $960,515
Date: October 2010
Purpose: to create a model that will enable policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and
foundations to better assess the likely success of any strategy designed to improve the life prospects of children and youth
Amount: $1,000,000
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Purpose: to conduct high-quality policy research focused on sustainable economic development
in Africa, while amplifying the voice of African researchers in policymaking in the United States and Africa
Amount: $6,270,792
Date: July 2010
Purpose: to develop criteria for certifying teacher evaluation systems
Amount: $337,000
Date: May 2009
Purpose: to enable availability and strengthen the quality of workforce and labor market
statistics, and connect them to longitudinal higher education data at the federal level
Amount: $350,000
Date: May 2009
Purpose: to improve media coverage of secondary and post-secondary education
Amount: $501,210
Date: November 2008
Purpose: to support the planning phase of the development of a life-cycle model for estimating
the impact of various policy interventions aimed at increasing social mobility
Amount: $128,984
Date: July 2008
Purpose: to bring the best African-led research and perspectives on development challenges to
US policy makers by supporting the African Growth Initiative and to explore the potential of partnerships with African think tanks
Amount: $5,774,324
Date: December 2007
Purpose: to support ongoing publication of key recovery indicators as a resource and
accountability tool for continued policy attention to long-term recovery in the Gulf Coast region
Amount: $400,000
Date: November 2007
Purpose: to support policy research on new federal and state policies in response to
demographic and economic changes
Amount: $1,500,000
Date: October 2001
Purpose: to support a National Working Commission on Choice in K-12 Education through The
Brookings Institution
Amount: $1,000,000
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Date: May 2013
Purpose: to enable the American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation to support the
Minnesota Guild of Public Charter Schools to become a self-sustaining organization
Amount: $150,000
Date: June 2012
Purpose: to support the AFT Innovation Fund and work on teacher development and Common
Core State Standards
Amount: $4,400,000
Date: May 2012
Purpose: to provide AFT conference support
Amount: $75,000
Date: April 2011
Purpose: to assist teachers in understanding and implementing the Common Core State
Standards
Amount: $1,000,000
Date: February 2011
Purpose: to provide conference support for the conference on teacher development and
evaluation systems
Amount: $230,000
Date: July 2010
Purpose: to support the American Federation of Teachers Innovation Fund and the union's
teacher development and evaluation programs
Amount: $4,021,725
Date: June 2010
Purpose: for conference support
Amount: $217,200
Date: June 2009
Purpose: to support the work of a teacher evaluation task force
Amount: $250,000
Date: January 2009
Purpose: to support teacher-and union-led reform efforts to improve public education and raise
student achievement
Amount: $1,000,000
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Date: July 2013
Purpose: to support the capacity of state NEA affiliates to advance teaching and learning issues
and student success in collaboration with local affiliates
Amount: $2,426,500
Date: July 2013
Purpose: to support a cohort of National Education Association Master Teachers in the
development of Common Core-aligned lessons in K-5 mathematics and K-12 English Language Arts
Amount: $3,882,600
Date: October 2012
Purpose: to build and enhance teacher voice in the development and implementation of the
teacher and leader Professional Growth and Effectiveness System and the Common Core State Standards
Amount: $99,997
Date: April 2012
Purpose: to support the NEA Foundation Institute for Innovation in Teaching and Learning Amount: $550,000
Date: March 2010
Purpose: to support an in-person meeting of the Planning Committee of the NEA Foundation
Institute for Local Innovation in Teaching and Learning
Amount: $38,420
Date: October 2009
Purpose: to support training for local NEA affiliates to take on a leadership role in improving
teaching practice and student achievement in their districts
Amount: $358,915
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Date: October 2005
Purpose: to develop a cadre of certified principal trainers in each of the NGA Honor States Amount: $219,980
Date: March 2005
Purpose: to produce and disseminate a Leader's Guide to Adolescent Literacy that will outline
what middle and high school principals can do to implement a schoolwide literacy program
Amount: $125,000
Date: June 2004
Purpose: to support the implementation of strategies and tools recommended in "Breaking
Ranks II" report for 17 state associations of principals
Amount: $503,320