Recent Grants: 2005 Grants
Private Higher Education
AMHERST COLLEGE, Amherst, MA
$200,000
Construction of building for geology, environmental studies, and
natural history museum.
CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE, Jefferson City, TN
$200,000
Construction of new academic building.
CLARK UNIVERSITY, Worcester, MA
$200,000
Construction of Biosciences building and renovation of existing
Biophysics building.
COLGATE UNIVERSITY, Hamilton, NY
$200,000
Expansion and renovation of library.
COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC, Bar Harbor, ME
$200,000
Endowed Chair in Human Ecology.
COLLEGE OF WOOSTER, Wooster, OH
$200,000
Endowed scholarship fund.
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE, Lancaster, PA
$200,000
Construction of the life sciences and philosophy building.
HAMPTON UNIVERSITY, Hampton, VA
$200,000
Scholarship endowment.
HENDRIX COLLEGE, Conway, AR
$200,000
Award for Excellence.
HERITAGE UNIVERSITY, Toppenish, WA
$200,000
Scholarship Program.
HOUGHTON COLLEGE, Houghton, NY
$200,000
Science equipment and refurbishing of the science center.
JUNIATA COLLEGE, Huntingdon, PA
$200,000
Construction of lodge for environmental studies students at Lakeside
Center.
KENYON COLLEGE, Gambier, OH
$200,000
Construction of Center for Fitness, Recreation, and Athletics.
MCDANIEL COLLEGE, Westminster, MD
$200,000
Construction of an academic building.
REED COLLEGE, Portland, OR
$200,000
Quantitative Skills Center.
SAINT JOHN'S COLLEGE, Annapolis, MD
$200,000
Challenge grant for the shoreline restoration field site project.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE, Saratoga Springs, NY
$200,000
Water Resources Initiative in Environmental Studies.
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY, Tuskegee, AL
$200,000
Construction of building for College of Business and Information
Sciences.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Middletown, CT
$200,000
Campus Renewal Fund.
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT
$200,000
Grand Strategy Project.
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Secondary Education
BIG PICTURE COMPANY, Providence, RI
$150,000
Electronic network for delivery of professional development to high
school teachers in small urban schools.
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA
$150,000
Inquiry science training for high school teachers.
CAST, INC., Wakefield, MA
$150,000
Professional development to help teachers improve student reading
skills and strategies.
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, Middlebury, VT
$150,000
Bread Loaf Teachers Network.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, Evanston, IL
$149,988
Professional development for improving high school mathematics teaching.
RURAL SCHOOL & COMMUNITY TRUST, Washington, DC
$150,000
Rural teacher development center.
SCHULTZ CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP, Jacksonville, FL
$114,749
Jacksonville Teachers Institute based upon Yale-New Haven model.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES/SCHOOL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM,
Los
Angeles, CA
$149,913
Professional development for teachers in charter schools.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, Tampa, FL
$125,480
Professional development for teaching globalization in high schools.
YALE-NEW HAVEN TEACHERS INSTITUTE, New Haven, CT
$150,000
National seminars for high school teachers.
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Religion
CANDLER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, Atlanta, GA
$150,000
Design phase of library building.
CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL UNION, Chicago, IL
$150,000
Construction of new academic center.
CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Chicago, IL
$150,000
Study and consolidate administrative services of five Hyde Park
theological schools.
LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SOUTHERN SEMINARY, Columbia, SC
$150,000
Construction of student housing.
METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO, Delaware, OH
$150,000
Renovation of two student residences.
NORTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Lombard, IL
$150,000
Improvement of the informational technology systems.
PACIFIC SCHOOL OF RELIGION, Berkeley, CA
$150,000
Endowment fund support.
PHILLIPS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Tulsa, OK
$128,000
Integrated library management system.
SAINT MEINRAD SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, St. Meinrad, IN
$150,000
Renovation of Sherwood Hall.
SAINT VLADIMIR'S ORTHODOX THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Crestwood, NY
$150,000
Construction of married student housing.
YALE UNIVERSITY DIVINITY SCHOOL, New Haven, CT
$150,000
Scholarship endowment fund.
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Health Care
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES, Washington,
DC
$60,990
Study of the state of caring attitudes in medical education.
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, Boston, MA
$199,954
Palliative care training for mid-career physicians.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, THE FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Evanston,
IL
$200,000
Facilitating caring communication for cancer patients.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Springfield, IL
$195,523
Program for fostering caring attitudes toward aging patients.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRITZKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Chicago, IL
$199,986
Community based teaching of cross-cultural patient-doctor communication.
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL, Worcester, MA
$198,314
Identify unique features of a caring attitude.
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Public Television
SOUTH CAROLINA ETV, Columbia, SC - "BONHOEFFER"
$100,000
Documentary on the life and theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION, Saint Paul, MN - "ALEXANDER
HAMILTON"
$200,000
Documentary on the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton.
WAYS OF KNOWING, INC., New York, NY - "THE WRITING CODE"
$150,000
Completion funding for this program on the history and practice
of writing.
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 - "POSTCARDS FROM BUSTER"
$200,000
Completion funding and outreach for this children's literacy program.
WNET, New York, NY - "AMERICAN MASTERS"
$300,000
Completion funding for the programs on Willa Cather and Ernest Hemingway.
WQED, Pittsburgh, PA - "WAR THAT MADE AMERICA"
$250,000
Capstone funding for this documentary on the history of the French
and Indian War.
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Other Grants
GOOD SHEPHERD MISSION, Fort Defiance, AZ
$75,700
Improvements for Good Shepherd Church.
JACKSON LABORATORY, Bar Harbor, ME
$100,000
Research and teaching program for high school science teachers.
MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, Woods Hole, MA
$150,000
Endowment for Semester in Environmental Science.
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, Arlington, VA
$200,000
Toward purchase of Schultz Farm in the lower reaches of the San
Pedro River in Arizona.
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