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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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