Grants Awarded

1. $15,000 Alliance for Education, , WA
   For activities of the Washington State Coalition for International Education including support for schools interested in globalizing their curricula, professional development for teachers and online resources to expand the network of support for international education. (State Grant) More
2. $25,000 Center for Afterschool and Community Education Foundations Inc, Moorestown, NJ
   To support the production and distribution of "GraffitiWall for Global Learning," a pilot of related training and an evaluation of this new resource manual for afterschool educators. (Unique Opportunities Grant) More
3. $25,000 Center for International Education at Washington International School, Washington, DC
   To support the third annual symposium of a network of public, private and charter schools in the Washington DC area collaborating to internationalize their programs. (Teachers and Schools Grant).
4. $25,000 Committee for Economic Development, Washington, DC
   For an endorsement campaign to seek support from business leaders for the strategies and recommendations in the report "Education for Global Leadership." (Unique Opportunities Grant) More
5. $1,250 Foundation Center, New York, NY
   For services to grant seekers and foundations. (Discretionary Grant)
6. $25,000 Global Nomad Group, New York, NY
   To support ten PULSE programs to bring schools in the US and three other countries together through video conferences to discuss international issues with each other and guest speakers. (Teachers and Schools Grant) More
7. $15,000 Indiana Department of Education, Indianapolis, IN
   For activities to build support for international education including a summit, survey and strategic plan. (State Grant) More
8. $25,000 Michigan State University, College of Education, East Lansing, MI
   To internationalize teacher preparation by infusing global content into required courses for students and seminars for faculty; to develop a resource collection and website and create a network of educators dedicated to international education in Michigan. (Internationalizing Teacher Preparation Grant) More
9. $3,000 National Council for the Social Studies, Silver Spring, MD
   For the Global Educator Award given in honor of James Becker. (Teachers and Schools Grant)
10. $25,000 National Summer Learning Association, Baltimore, MD
    For a multi-disciplinary, thematic curriculum designed to teach young people in summer learning programs about other countries while reinforcing literacy and mathematics skills. (Unique Opportunities Grant) More
11. $20,000 Net Aid, New York, NY
    For the development and pilot of the Global Citizens Corps Educators Initiative in four schools in the New York City area. (Teachers and Schools Grant)
12. $14,800 Ohio Department of Education, Columbus, OH
    For a train-the-trainer professional development program for teachers to promote online international project based learning throughout the state. (State Grant) More
13. $15,000 Primary Source, Watertown, MA
    For activities of the Massachusetts Initiative for International Studies including programs for teachers, and resources to educate policymakers and the public. (State Grant) More
14. $24,000 TakingITGlobal, Toronto, ON,
    To enhance the "Understanding the Issues" section of this website to encourage young people’s civic engagement on global issues. (Unique Opportunities Grant)
15. $15,000 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
    For the Kansas Committee on International Education in the Schools to provide resources to help educators internationalize their teaching, support statewide activities to promote strategic language education, and to continue to raise awareness among policymakers and the public of the importance of international education. (State Grant) More
16. $25,000 WETA, Arlington, VA
    To produce a demonstration and prototype segments of the.news, a non-commercial ten minute daily in-school news broadcast on international and national affairs and related internet content. (Unique Opportunities Grant)
17. $25,000 WGBH, Boston, MA
    To support the production of international episodes of "Postcards from Buster" and a related educational outreach campaign. (Unique Opportunities Grant)
18. $14,800 Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Madison, WI
    For strategic planning to bring key leaders together to align international education efforts and ensure that global knowledge, skills and values are integrated into other education reform efforts. (State Grant) More
19. $15,000 World Savvy, San Francisco, CA
    To pilot and evaluate the Savvy Scholar Fellowship program that provides teachers in under resourced public schools in the San Francisco area with free support to integrate global issues into the curriculum through individual consultation, workshops, access to resources and networking opportunities. (Teachers and Schools Grant)