The W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation

Grants Awarded

In 2011, the W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation awarded 94 grants totaling $4,128,005.

See the tables below for grant listings by area:

» Early Childhood Development

» Education

» Scholarship

» Youth Development

» Trustee Discretionary Grants

» Special Grants


2011 Grants Awarded in Early Childhood Development

Grant Total: $1,300,000
Action for Children $30,000

Chicago, IL
This grant is restricted to the Public Policy Program: Grassroots Leadership & Organizing Initiative to mobilize the grassroots to improve early childhood policies.

Advocate Charitable Foundation $40,000

Park Ridge, IL
This grant is restricted to the "Enhancing Developmentally Oriented Primary Care" initiative (Healthy Steps program), which infuses developmentally oriented practice into health centers serving children from low-income families.

Bessie Tartt Wilson Initiative for Children $60,000

Boston, MA
This general operating grant supports BTWIC's efforts to create a better system of compensation for early educators.

Council for a Strong America / Fight Crime—Invest in Kids $50,000

Washington, DC
This grant is restricted to the Early Childhood Workforce Development Policy Plan, which will mobilize Fight Crime members to take action on behalf of workforce policies that improve the quality of early learning.

Erikson Institute $100,000

Chicago, IL
This grant is restricted to the New Schools Project to create PK-3 schools in Chicago.

Harvard Graduate School of Education: PK-3 Institute $65,000

Cambridge, MA
This grant is restricted to the Integrating Early Childhood and Elementary Education project, which will conduct a PK-3 Institute with subsequent follow-up work and evaluation.

Harvard Graduate School of Education: Evaluation Framework $40,000

Cambridge, MA
This grant is restricted for the Harvard Graduate School of Education's PK-3 Implementation and Evaluation Framework, which will develop an evaluation framework for use by schools and school districts to implement PK-3 work.

HealthConnect One $30,000

Chicago, IL
This grant is restricted to the doula accreditation program.

Jumpstart for Young Children $75,000

Boston, MA
This general operating grant will support Jumpstart''s efforts to operationalize its Strategic Plan and bring on new markets as School Success Sites.

New America Foundation $100,000

Washington, DC
This grant is restricted to the PK-3 Early Education Initiative, which will build federal and state policy support to improve access, quality and alignment in PK-3 education.

Ounce of Prevention Fund $25,000

Chicago, IL
This grant is restricted to the Ounce of Prevention Fund's Bounce Learning Network, which will assist cities in replicating the Educare Center.

Ounce of Prevention Fund $150,000

Chicago, IL
This grant is restricted to the Ounce of Prevention Fund's Follow-Up Study, which will document and analyze the readiness and school success of children who have transitioned from the Ounce's early education programs into elementary school.

Parent-Child Home Program $50,000

Garden City, NY
This is a general operating grant to enable the Parent-Child Home Program to embark on a growth plan.

Strategies for Children $100,000

Boston, MA
This general operating support grant will enable Strategies to maintain budget wins for children, create a high-quality early learning system and plan an expansion of their program to include children 0-8.

Teach for America $75,000

San Francisco, CA
This grant is restricted to the Bay Area Early Childhood Initiative, which will secure 20 placements of Teach for America teachers in preschool settings.

University of California at Berkeley: Center for the Study of Child Care Employment $300,000

Berkeley, CA
This grant is restricted for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at UC Berkeley to undertake the fourth year of a four-year research project to examine the components of effective early childhood teacher preparation programs.

Voices for Illinois Children $10,000

Chicago, IL
This grant is restricted to providing leadership to the Public Awareness Committee of the Early Learning Illinois Council to make the case for investment in early education to policymakers and the public.

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2011 Grants Awarded in Youth Development

Grant Total: $1,300,000
Alternatives in Action $50,000

Alameda, CA
This grant is restricted to the HOME Project, which develops youth skills to plan, develop and implement projects that benefit themselves and their communities.

Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) $40,000

San Francisco, CA
This grant is restricted to the Digital Pathways Program, which will convert existing video production curricula into teaching units for use in schools and community programs.

California School-Age Consortium $50,000

San Francisco, CA
This general operating grant supports CalSAC's work to create a diverse, well-trained workforce for out-of-school time through advocacy, training and implementation of the Leadership Development Institute.

California Youth Connection $60,000

San Francisco, CA
This general operating grant will enable the California Youth Connection to bring the voice of foster care youth to the legislative and policy arena and child welfare practices.

Center for Court Innovation $60,000

New York, NY
This grant is restricted to the Youth Justice Board, which develops the skills and leadership of young people to impact the policies that directly affect them.

Center for Effective Philanthropy $25,000

San Francisco, CA
This grant is restricted to Youth Truth, which will implement a national survey program that brings youth perspectives to school improvement efforts.

Citizen Schools $65,000

Boston, MA
This grant is restricted to the Teaching Fellows Program, which prepares participants for leadership roles in the after school field.

Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth $50,000

San Francisco, CA
This grant is restricted to the Youth Making a Change (YMAC) Project, which trains high school youth to become leaders, organizers and advocates for policies and programs that improve the San Francisco public schools.

Community Network for Youth Development $50,000

San Francisco, CA
This general operating grant will enable CNYD to continue to provide quality training, support and capacity-building resources to youth-serving agencies in several communities.

Coro New York Leadership Center $50,000

New York, NY
This grant is restricted to the Exploring Leadership Program, which develops youth skills in research, critical analysis, planning and implementation so they can play meaningful leadership roles in their schools and communities.

Educational Video Center $60,000

New York, NY
This general operating grant supports EVC's work to use documentary production and media arts to develop the artistic, critical literacy and career skills of high school youth.

Global Action Project $55,000

New York, NY
This grant is restricted to the Urban Voices Program, which provides youth with the knowledge, tools and relationships to create videos on issues of concern to them and use these videos as a catalyst for dialogue and change.

Mikva Challenge $25,000

Chicago, IL
This grant is restricted to the Citywide Youth Councils, which will develop a model for institutionalizing youth councils in City government and the Chicago Public Schools.

National Foster Youth Action Network $60,000

San Francisco, CA
This general operating grant supports NFYAN's work to help other states launch a foster youth advocacy program.

Oakland Kids First $50,000

Oakland, CA
This general operating grant supports Kids First's work to coordinate school-based youth-organizing clubs and coordinate a peer advising program focused on increasing graduation and college attendance rates.

Pacific News Service $40,000

San Francisco, CA
This grant is restricted to the California Council on Youth Relations, which will bring youth perspectives to mental health practitioners and to issues affecting youth in detention.

Public Interest Projects: VOYCE $45,000

Chicago, IL
This grant is restricted to Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE), which will implement the Freshman Year Initiative, integrate youth input into school level systems for improving instruction and work to end use of harsh discipline policies.

Roca $45,000

Boston, MA
This grant is restricted to the youth organizing work focused on reducing the drop-out rate and increasing the graduation rate in Chelsea schools.

San Francisco Beacon Initiative $45,000

San Francisco, CA
This grant is restricted to San Francisco Beacons, which will organize professional development, peer learning and coaching across eight centers and play a leadership role in out-of-school time and Beacon discussions at the national level.

WNYC Radio: Radio Rookies $40,000

New York, NY
This grant is restricted to Radio Rookies, which trains teens to create high quality stories that are aired on national public radio and other outlets.

Year Up $70,000

Boston, MA
This grant is restricted to the National Expansion Plan, which will bring Year Up's workforce development program to scale nationally.

Youth Communication $70,000

New York, NY
This general operating grant supports Youth Communication's work to build teen writing skills and inform the broader public about issues important to young people through the production of high quality magazines, story collections and teaching tools.

Youth Radio $70,000

Oakland, CA
This general support grant will enable Youth Radio to develop youth skills in broadcast journalism, website design, writing, production and engineering while also assisting them with academic and counseling support so they have increased access to career and educational opportunities.

Youth Speaks $55,000

San Francisco, CA
This general operating support grant will enable Youth Speaks to develop youth skills in spoken word and provide opportunities for youth to publicly present their work.

Youth Speaks $20,000

San Francisco, CA
This capacity-building grant will enable Youth Speaks to increase organizational management, effectiveness, and sustainability by improving its data system.

Youth Together $50,000

Oakland, CA
This general support grant will enable Youth Together to develop young people's skills in leadership and organizing so they can address educational inequities and promote positive school change.

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2011 Grants Awarded in Education

Grant Total: $1,240,000
Academy for Urban School Leadership $75,000

Chicago, IL
This grant is restricted to the Urban Teacher Residency, AUSL's residency-based certification program to prepare teachers who will work in low-performing Chicago public schools.

Boston Plan for Excellence $75,000

Boston, MA
This general operating grant supports BPE's Whole School support model in 12 schools.

Boston Plan for Excellence: Boston Teacher Residency Program $90,000

Boston, MA
This grant is restricted to the Boston Teacher Residency Program, which provides an alternative certification program for candidates to teach in the Boston Public Schools.

Center for Collaborative Education $70,000

Boston, MA
This grant is restricted to the Principal Residency Network, an apprenticeship-based principal preparation and certification program with a special focus on leading small, autonomous schools.

Chicago Public Education Fund $35,000

Chicago, IL
This general operating grant will enable CPEF to advance its Fund III priorities of differentiating compensation, attracting and developing the best talent and using relevant data to improve teaching and school leadership.

Education Pioneers $50,000

Oakland, CA
This general operating grant will enable Education Pioneers to provide talent for operational, analytical and financial projects at education organizations.

Internationals Network for Public Schools $75,000

New York, NY
This general operating grant will support INPS' work to implement network-wide collaborative projects and structures to build teacher skills and strengthen the internal pipeline of teachers and leaders working at schools serving English Language Learners.

National Equity Project $75,000

Oakland, CA
This grant is restricted to Partnerships for Learning, which will use a focal student model to improve teaching and learning at 20 schools.

New Leaders for New Schools $70,000

New York, NY
This grant is restricted to NLNS' residency-based principal preparation and certification programs in New York and the San Francisco Bay Area.

New Teacher Center $70,000

Santa Cruz, CA
This general operating grant supports the New Teacher Center's work in increasing the effectiveness of new teachers.

New Visions for Public Schools $70,000

New York, NY
This grant is restricted to the New Visions Urban Teacher Residency Program.

Partners in School Innovation $75,000

San Francisco, CA
This grant is restricted to Partners' work to advance its growth plan by implementing and codifying a district-level reform approach.

San Francisco Education Fund $50,000

San Francisco, CA
This grant is restricted to the San Francisco Teacher Residency Project.

Teach Plus $25,000

Boston, MA
This grant is restricted to the Boston and Chicago Teacher Voice Program.

University of Chicago: Urban Education Institute $75,000

Chicago, IL
This general operating grant will enable the Urban Education Institute to develop outstanding teachers and leaders, conduct research, support a network of schools and advance evidence-based practice.

University of Illinois at Chicago: Center for School Leadership $85,000

Chicago, IL
This grant is restricted to the Center for School Leadership's Urban Education Leadership Program, which prepares school leaders to turn around underperforming schools through its innovative doctoral program.

Urban Teacher Residency United $75,000

Chicago, IL
This general operating grant will enable UTRU to provide program support and technical assistance to emerging teacher residency programs nationally.

WestEd: Strategic Literacy Initiative $100,000

Oakland, CA
This grant is restricted to the Strategic Literacy Initiative as part of the federal i3 award.

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2011 Scholarship Grant Awarded

Grant Total: $103,005
UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies $103,005

Los Angeles, CA
This grant is restricted to the Center X Teacher Education Program (TEP) at UCLA for the Stone Scholars Scholarship Program for seven new Stone Scholars.

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2011 Trustee Discretionary Grants

Grant Total: $135,000

The W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation has a Trustee Discretionary Grants program which provides individual trustees with the opportunity to request a Foundation grant that is reflective of his or her own unique charitable interests. This comprises a small amount of the Foundation's overall grantmaking budget, and these awards do not necessarily reflect the Foundation's areas of focused grantmaking. The Foundation and its trustees neither solicit nor accept applications for trustee discretionary grants.

Acton Boxborough United Way: Acton Youth in Philanthropy Program
Acton, MA

$3,000

Acton Boxborough United Way (general operating support)
Acton, MA

$2,000

Advocate Charitable Foundation: AIMMC President's Fund
Chicago, IL

$4,000

American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
San Francisco, CA

$2,000

Animal Defenders International, U.S.
Los Angeles, CA

$5,000

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago
Chicago, IL

$10,000

Chicago Adventure Therapy
Chicago, IL

$3,500

FC Stars of Massachusetts, Inc.
Salem, NH

$3,000

Farm Forward
Portland, OR

$5,000

Felines, Inc.
Chicago, IL

$1,500

The Fenn School: Curriculum & Teacher Professional Development Fund
Concord, MA

$5,000

Goodman Theatre
Chicago, IL

$5,000

The Hillside School (instructional materials)
Marlborough, MA

$5,000

Humane Society of the United States
Washington, DC

$5,000

Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia: Japan Disaster Relief
Philadelphia, PA

$5,000

Lambs Farm
Libertyville, IL

$2,000

Lookingglass Theatre Company: The Lisa Green Consortium
Chicago, IL

$2,000

New Leaders for New Schools: EPIC Program
New York, NY

$5,000

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association
Ashland, OR

$5,500

Prep for Prep
New York, NY

$5,000

Prevent Child Abuse America
Chicago, IL

$2,000

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL

$5,000

San Francisco Food Bank
San Francisco, CA

$5,000

San Francisco Jazz Organization (SF JAZZ)
San Francisco, CA

$4,500

Sangwa Yeshe
Berkeley, CA

$10,000

The Night Ministry
Chicago, IL

$5,000

University of Pennsylvania: Field Center for Children's Policy, Practice & Research
Philadelphia, PA

$10,000

Urban Teacher Residency United
Chicago, IL

$10,000

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2011 Special Grants Awarded

Grant Total: $50,000
Grantmakers for Education $15,000

Portland, OR
The purpose of this grant is to help underwrite the conference costs of GFE's annual conference in Los Angeles from Oct. 3-5, 2011.

Growth Philanthropy Network $25,000

New York, NY
This general operating support grant is to become a charter member of GPN.

Uhlich Children's Advantage Network $10,000

Chicago, IL
This special grant was awarded in honor of Michael Conway, to support the mission of the Uhlich Children's Advantage Network to preserve the sanctity of childhood and give youth a refuge and a future.

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