2026
Grants Awarded
| Category | Organization and Summary | Amount | Location | Description | |
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| Trustee-Designated Grants | Spiritual Alliance Inc. | $10,000 | Bryn Athyn, PA |
General Operating Support. |
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| Trustee-Designated Grants | Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation | $3,000 | Chicago, IL |
General Operating Support. |
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| Trustee-Designated Grants | Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation | $5,000 | Chicago, IL |
General Operating Support. |
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| Trustee-Designated Grants | Lymphoma Research Foundation | $5,000 | New York, NY |
General Operating Support. |
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| Trustee-Designated Grants | Lymphoma Research Foundation | $2,000 | New York, NY |
General Operating Support. |
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| Trustee-Designated Grants | Juvenile Protection Association | $10,000 | Chicago, IL |
General Operating Support.
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| Trustee-Designated Grants | Hurrican Island Outward Bound School | $10,000 | Camden, ME |
Costa Rican Staff Training |
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| Trustee-Designated Grants | Girls Play Sports | $2,500 | Evanston, IL |
General Operating Support. |
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| Trustee-Designated Grants | Evanston Scholars | $2,500 | Evanston, IL |
General Operating Support |
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| Trustee-Designated Grants | ETHS Educational Foundation | $5,000 | Evanston, IL |
General Operating Support |
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| Trustee-Designated Grants | Chinese Progressive Association | $5,000 | San Francisco, CA |
General Operating Support. |
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| Trustee-Designated Grants | Canal Alliance | $5,000 | San Rafael, CA |
General Operating Support. |
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| Trustee-Designated Grants | Advocate Charitable Foundation | $1,000 | Downers Grove, IL |
Vision Correction Center-Eye Surgery, Eye Surgery initiative. |
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| Scholarship | University of Illinois Chicago | $40,000 | Chicago, IL |
This grant supports the Stone Foundation Fellowship in Early Childhood Development Leadership. |
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| Field Building Grants | National Association for the Education of Young Children | $20,000 | Washington DC |
This grant provides time-sensitive support to NAEYC to analyze and coordinate around new federal higher education accountability rules that could jeopardize federal aid eligibility for early childhood educator preparation programs nationwide, equipping states and higher education leaders with clear data to protect workforce pathways and access to affordable degrees. |
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| Field Building Grants | Children Now | $20,000 | Oakland, CA |
This grant supports Children Now to develop a workforce policy and financing framework to support universal child care for ages 0–3 in California by addressing low wages, staffing shortages, and fragmented standards. Grant funds will support research, stakeholder engagement, and policy recommendations to align compensation, qualifications, and financing for a more sustainable and equitable early childhood system. |
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| Field Building Grants | Educators for Excellence | $20,000 | Chicago, IL |
This grant seeks to secure a Chicago Board of Education resolution establishing educator mental health as a District priority by mobilizing educator voice, research, and cross-sector partnerships to advance a coordinated strategy that strengthens teaching conditions, supports educator wellbeing, and improves student outcomes. |
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| Field Building Grants | National Equity Projecct | $20,000 | Oakland, CA |
This grant will engage Chicago Public Schools students in learning how tools like the Cultivate Survey, Student Voice Committees, and Local School Councils function, equipping them to more meaningfully participate in adult–youth partnerships and generating insights that help district leaders strengthen student voice in school improvement efforts during a key leadership transition. |
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| Field Building Grants | Strategies for Children | $20,000 | Boston, MA |
This grant supports Strategies for Children, in partnership with Sherri Killins Stewart, to assess and align Massachusetts’ new early childhood workforce policies and develop a unified, equitable roadmap integrated into the Beacon Blueprint. This work will enable timely implementation advocacy with the Department of Early Education and Care so that reforms are coordinated, sustainable, and informed by field and educator perspectives. |
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| Field Building Grants | The Education Trust | $20,000 | Washington DC |
This grant supports efforts to strengthen and modernize California’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) by developing reliable district-level school funding adequacy data, particularly for high-cost regions like the Bay Area. Funding enables EdTrust-West to partner with a school finance expert to produce research and policy recommendations that help advocates and policymakers ensure school funding levels are equitable and sufficient to meet the needs of underserved students. |
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| Scholarship | UCLA Center X | $40,000 | Los Angeles, CA |
This will support Cohort 23 of the Stone Scholars Fellowship. |
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| Education | University of Illinois Chicago | $100,000 | Chicago, IL |
This grant will support Lead from Inside Out: Coaching and Building Resonant, Resilient, and Innovatve School Leaders. |
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| Education | Teach Plus | $70,000 | Chicago, IL |
This is a general operating support grant for Teach Plus Illinois and Project Connect Plus. |
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| Education | Partners in School Innovation | $80,000 | San Francisco, CA |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Education | Learning Policy Institute | $100,000 | San Francisco, CA |
This grant supports project-based work advancing evidence-based, equity-focused educator preparation and school transformation. |
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| Education | Chicago Public Education Fund | $60,000 | Chicago, IL |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Education | BPE | $70,000 | Boston, MA |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Youth Development | University Community Collaborative | $50,000 | Philadelphia, PA |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Youth Development | RYSE Center | $60,000 | Richmond, CA |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Youth Development | The Center for Teen Empowerment | $60,000 | Boston, MA |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Youth Development | All Chicago | $60,000 | Chicago, IL |
This grant supports the Youth Action Board. |
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| Youth Development | Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth | $100,000 | San Francisco, CA |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Youth Development | Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing | $80,000 | New York, NY |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Youth Development | Justice Innovation Inc. | $60,000 | New York, NY |
This grant supports the Youth Action Institute. |
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| Youth Development | Juvenile Law Center | $60,000 | Philadelphia, PA |
This grant supports Juvenile Law Center’s Youth Advocacy Program. |
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| Youth Development | Make the Road New York | $60,000 | New York, NY |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Youth Development | Mikva Challenge | $110,000 | Chicago, IL |
This is a general operating support grant and supports the Youth Organizing Academy. |
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| Youth Development | Philadelphia Student Union | $60,000 | Philadelphia, PA |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Early Childhood Development | National Academy of Sciences | $40,000 | Washington DC |
The grant supports the Convenig Series for Transforming the Early Childhood Workforce: Blueprint for Action. |
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| Early Childhood Development | Strategies for Children | $100,000 | Boston, MA |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Early Childhood Development | Start Early | $100,000 | Chicago, IL |
This grant supports the Illinois Policy Team. |
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| Early Childhood Development | Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation | $50,000 | Oak Brook, IL |
This grant supports the Lactation Counseling Program. |
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| Early Childhood Development | BUILD Initiative | $50,000 | Boston, MA |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Early Childhood Development | Early Years | $50,000 | Chapel Hill, NC |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Early Childhood Development | Illinois Action for Children | $80,000 | Chicago, IL |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Early Childhood Development | Latino Policy Forum | $80,000 | Chicago, IL |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Early Childhood Development | ParentChild+ | $50,000 | New York, NY |
This is a general operating support grant. |
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| Early Childhood Development | Strategies for Children | $70,000 | Boston, MA |
This grant supports the Massachusetts Early Childhood Workforce Project. |
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| Early Childhood Development | First Up | $50,000 | Philadelphia, PA |
This is a general operating support grant. |