Grantee Directory

Grantee
Grant Type
Amount
Year

Neag Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, University of Connecticut

Explorations and Investigations Renzulli Academy - To provide advanced level enrichment instructi ...
Explorations and Investigations Renzulli Academy - To provide advanced level enrichment instruction to approximately 80 Renzulli Academy students through a four-week summer program and to provide them with an opportunity to complete an independent or small group project based on the information learned during the summer.
Academic Achievement
$250,000
2013

New Profit, Inc.

National College Advising Corps - To support the National College Advising Corps project to lead, ...
National College Advising Corps - To support the National College Advising Corps project to lead, develop, and evaluate college undermatching initiatives.
College Access and Success
$250,000
2013

Noble Network of Charter Schools

Summer of a Lifetime - To enable at least 150 high-achieving, low-income students to participate ...
Summer of a Lifetime - To enable at least 150 high-achieving, low-income students to participate in summer academic enrichment programs at colleges and universities nationwide.
Academic Achievement
$248,140
2013

Northern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation

Pathway to the Baccalaureate Program - To provide scholarships and college counseling services th ...
Pathway to the Baccalaureate Program - To provide scholarships and college counseling services through Pathway to the Baccalaureate Program to low- to moderate-income students.
Regional Support Grant
$250,000
2013

Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University

Pathways to Peabody - To identify musically talented students ages 12-17 from low-income families ...
Pathways to Peabody - To identify musically talented students ages 12-17 from low-income families in the City of Baltimore and its surrounding counties to study in the advanced Performance Academy of the Peabody Preparatory, its highest level of pre-college studies.
Artistic Advancement
$250,000
2013

Purdue University - Gifted Education Resource Institute

Gifted Education Resource Institute Summer Residential Programs, Project HOPE+ - To support the ...
Gifted Education Resource Institute Summer Residential Programs, Project HOPE+ - To support the participation of high-potential Native American youth from low-income families in a summer residential academic program for two weeks, carry on project research and evaluation goals, and continue to build and engage in the longitudinal study of the program's effects on its participants.
Academic Achievement
$250,000
2013

Regents of the University of California, Berkeley

Early Academic Outreach Program Pre-College Academy - To offer a six-week summer enrichment progr ...
Early Academic Outreach Program Pre-College Academy - To offer a six-week summer enrichment program with a focus on rigorous academics, college knowledge, and community engagement to high-ability students who have financial need.
Academic Achievement
$250,000
2013

RESET

ReSET Scientist in the Classroom--An Innovative Partnership Approach to Program Delivery To estab ...
ReSET Scientist in the Classroom--An Innovative Partnership Approach to Program Delivery To establish four new partnerships with professional scientific organizations, recruit 16 additional scientists and engineers, and deliver six sessions of hands-on science experiments and classroom activities to 300 new students in the 2013-14 school year.
Good Neighbor Grant
$20,000
2013

Settlement Music School

Sounds of Young Philadelphia - To provide advanced music instruction and performance experiences ...
Sounds of Young Philadelphia - To provide advanced music instruction and performance experiences for talented young musicians, ages 8-18, from low-income backgrounds.
Artistic Advancement
$250,000
2013

Tanglewood Institute at Boston University

Boston University Tanglewood Institute - To expand access to Tanglewood Institute's Young Artists ...
Boston University Tanglewood Institute - To expand access to Tanglewood Institute's Young Artists programs through scholarships for gifted music students including those from underrepresented ethnicities, low-income families, and diverse geographical areas.
Artistic Advancement
$150,000
2013

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