Recent Grants: 2008 Grants
Private Higher Education
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY
$200,000
Frontiers of Science curriculum
DICKINSON COLLEGE, Carlisle, PA
$200,000
Construction of a multidisciplinary science building
EARLHAM COLLEGE, Richmond, VA
$200,000
Improvements to Goddard Auditorium
FURMAN UNIVERSITY, Greenville, SC
$250,000
Laboratory equipment in the natural sciences
HOLLINS UNIVERSITY, Roanoke, VA
$200,000
First-Year Experience for undergraduates
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, IL
$200,000
Academic Advising Center
KNOX COLLEGE, Galesburg, IL
$200,000
Networked instructional technology for classrooms
MACALESTER COLLEGE, St. Paul, MN
$200,000
Construction of the athletic and recreation center
OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE, Kyle, SD
$200,000
Endowment for faculty positions and student scholarships
SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Georgetown, TX
$200,000
Faculty position in Latin American History
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Santa Fe, NM
$200,000
Renovation of chemical storage area in the science laboratory
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, Winston-Salem, NC
$200,000
Entrepreneurship program
WHITMAN COLLEGE, Walla Walla, WA
$200,000
Construction of Center for Visual Arts
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Secondary Education
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE, New York, NY
$150,000
New Teacher Academy
PRIMARY SOURCE, Watertown, MA
$150,000
Professional development on Latin America
SPRINGBOARD SCHOOLS, San Francisco, CA
$150,000
New teacher leader program
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE, Swarthmore, PA
$149,460
Induction and mentoring program for high school teachers
THE HUNTINGTON, San Marino, CA
$150,000
Expansion of Grounding in Botany program
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO, San Diego, CA
$135,000
Conservation biology program for high school life science teachers
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Religion
HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL, Cambridge, MA
$200,000
Financial aid for Master of Divinity students
LUTHER SEMINARY, St. Paul, MN
$200,000
Assessment program for teaching and learning
PITTSBURGH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Pittsburgh, PA
$200,000
Technology upgrade
ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY•SEMINARY, Collegeville, MN
$200,000
Enhancements to the chapel
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, Sewanee, TN
$199,500
Support for Diversity Initiative
WESLEY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Washington, DC
$200,000
Mt. Vernon Place initiative for Public Theology
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Health Care
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL - KENNETH SCHWARTZ CENTER
$200,000
Rounds and CPE program for health care professionals
MAYO CLINIC, Jacksonville, FL
$200,000
Relationship-Centered Communication
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Pittsburgh, PA
$200,000
Training residents in communicating with families of critical care patients
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Nashville, TN
$199,000
Moral distress
in medical students
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Public Television
WGBH, Boston, MA -
"MARTHA SPEAKS"
$250,000
Production of an educational series designed to bolster children's oral vocabulary skills
WGBH, Boston, MA - "WE SHALL REMAIN"
$300,000
Production of a five-part series on Native American history and culture
WNED, Buffalo, NY - "1812: THE WAR WE FORGOT "
$250,000
Production of a two-hour history of the War of 1812
WNET, New York, NY - "FRANNY'S FEET"
$200,000
Production and creation of educational materials for the 4th Season of this educational series for pre-school children.
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Other Grants
GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, New York, NY
$200,000
Memorial grant in honor of The Rev. Mr. Davis Given
SALK INSTITUTE, La Jolla, CA
$200,000
Autopurification System
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF JACKSONVILLE,
Jacksonville, FL
$200,000
Memorial grant in honor of Rear Admiral Max Morris
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