Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

45 grants matching “polarization” · $7.5M

• $583,300

  Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024

  For support of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society's research on polarization and electoral reforms

• $350,000

  Braver Angels · New York, NY · 2024

  For support of a project to build bipartisan caucuses aimed at reducing polarization in Utah and Washington State

• $291,700

  Public Religion Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  For support of a project to understand the impact of faith on polarization and immigration attitudes

• $291,700

  Center for Rural Strategies · Whitesburg, KY · 2024

  For support of its communications work on reducing polarization in rural communities

• $291,700

  Institute for Integrated Transitions · 2024

  For core support of its global polarization work

• $291,700

  Editorial Projects in Education · Bethesda, MD · 2024

  For project support of coverage on pathways to socioeconomic mobility and overcoming polarization

• $240,000

  Israel America Academic Exchange · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024

  As a one-time grant for support of two conferences on countering polarization through academic collaboration

• $234,000

  University of Oxford · 2024

  As a one-time only grant for a project to analyze the impact of polarization on nuclear politics

• $200,000

  Adam Berinsky · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  As a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Fostering an Accurate Information Ecosystem to Mitigate Polarization in the United States."

• $188,200

  Christopher Parker · Seattle, WA · 2024

  As a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Mobilizing Threat: How Polarization Affects Communities of Color"

• $180,000

  Matt Grossman · East Lansing, MI · 2024

  As a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Policymaking for Realists: Bipartisan Progress in a Polarized Age"

• $168,722

  Jessica Smith · Golden, CO · 2024

  As a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Rage and Recovery: Navigating Polarization in the (Other) Coal Country"

• $164,992

  David Meyer · Irvine, CA · 2024

  As a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Against Apocalypse: Protest, Policy, and Polarization"

• $154,400

  Bernard Fraga · Decatur, GA · 2024

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Why We Won't Vote: Polarization, Non-Voting, and the Future of American Democracy"

• $150,000

  London School of Economics and Political Science · 2024

  For support of a research project on intergenerational tensions, hostility, and polarization

• $150,000

  Nora Kenworthy · Bothell, WA · 2024

  Public Health in Polarized Times: Finding "Islands of Solidarity" for Effective Digital Public Health Campaigns in the US

• $150,000

  Amy Lerman · Berkeley, CA · 2024

  As a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellows for the project,"Exploring the Impacts of Deliberative Engagement on Polarization in America"

• $129,700

  Jennifer Henrichsen · Pullman, WA · 2024

  As a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Assessing Local Journalism Fellowships to Reduce Political Polarization"

• $115,000

  Dawn Teele · Baltimore, MD · 2024

  As a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Battle of the Sexes? The Gender Gap and Partisan Polarization in the United States"

• $100,000

  Joshua Scacco · Tampa, FL · 2024

  As a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Diasporas, Public Health, and Political Polarization"

• $100,000

  Dara Wald · Blacksburg, VA · 2024

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "The Polarization of Science, Source Credibility, and the Public Good"

• $100,000

  Jonathan Rodden · Stanford, CA · 2024

  As a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Within-Party Discord and Polarization"

• $100,000

  Heba Gowayed · New York, NY · 2024

  As a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "The Cost of Borders: Reimagining the World's Most Polarizing Institution"

• $100,000

  Aaron Cayer · West Hollywood, CA · 2024

  As a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "The Architecture of Polarization: How Our Buildings and Builders Shape our Politics"

• $94,500

  Jess Reia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

  As a 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Building Bridges and Re-imagining Responses to Fight Anti-Trans Polarization in the U.S."

• $200,000

  Markus Prior · Princeton, NJ · 2023

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "What Do They Want and When Do They Want It? Political Patience and Its Role in Partisan Polarization"

• $199,998

  Neil Malhotra · Redwood City, CA · 2023

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Does Social Media Increase Political Polarization?"

• $182,400

  Christopher Tausanovitch · Culver City, CA · 2023

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Why Do Moderate Voters Elect Polarized Candidates?"

• $180,000

  Neil O'Brian · Eugene, OR · 2023

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Partisan Prescriptions: The Polarization of Health Outcomes"

• $180,000

  Joshua Clinton · Nashville, TN · 2023

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Divided We Vote: Exploring the Crisis of Election Legitimacy in a Polarized America"

• $160,000

  Jennifer McCoy · Atlanta, GA · 2023

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Mitigating Pernicious Polarization through Innovative Civic Educational Interventions"

• $148,956

  Delia Baldassarri · New York, NY · 2023

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Party Misfits: The Social Bases of Partisanship in an Era of Polarized Politics"

• $148,600

  Mara Suttmann-Lea · New London, CT · 2023

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Are You There Voter? It's Me, Your Election Official: De-Polarizing Attitudes Towards Election Administration in the United States"

• $145,000

  Molly Offer-Westort · Chicago, IL · 2023

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Digital dialogues: understanding political polarization through online discourse"

• $124,300

  Angie Maxwell · Fayetteville, AR · 2023

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "The Polarization of White Women in American Politics"

• $121,800

  Brett Levy · Albany, NY · 2023

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "How Can Education Bridge Political Divides?: Reducing Political Polarization Through The Youth Civic Connections Project"

• $120,000

  Lisa Bryant · Fresno, CA · 2023

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Polarizing the Process: Partisan Effects on Election Officials and Trust in Elections"

• $100,000

  Lilliana Mason · Baltimore, MD · 2023

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie fellow for the project, "Addressing Polarization by Prioritizing Pluralistic Democracy"

• $90,845

  Joshua Darr · Syracuse, NY · 2023

  As a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Partnering with Local News to Reduce Polarization."

• $75,000

  Michael Vandenbergh · Nashville, TN · 2023

  As a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Bypassing Polarization: Engaging Conservatives to Achieve Climate Justice."

• $60,000

  Johanna Dunaway · Washington, DC · 2023

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Nationalized News Increases Polarization and Weakens Democratic Norms"

• $53,400

  David Broockman · Berkeley, CA · 2023

  As a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "The Nature and Origins of Political Polarization in America"

• $104,000

  Shana Kushner Gadarian · Syracuse, NY · 2022

  As a 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Pandemic Politics: How COVID-19 Revealed the Depths of Partisan Polarization"

• $125,000

  Michael Vandenbergh · Nashville, TN · 2021

  As a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Bypassing Polarization: Engaging Conservatives to Achieve Climate Justice."

• $109,155

  Joshua Darr · Baton Rouge, LA · 2021

  As a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for the project, "Partnering with Local News to Reduce Polarization."

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Neo Philanthropy13 grants · $16.7M
• National Center for Civic Innovation9 grants · $11.6M
• Columbia University33 grants · $10.6M
• President and Fellows of Harvard College36 grants · $9.5M
• New Venture Fund26 grants · $8.6M
• Carnegie Corporation of New York14 grants · $8.5M
• Social Science Research Council4 grants · $7.9M
• Institute of International Education9 grants · $7.3M
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars20 grants · $7.0M
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace21 grants · $6.4M

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,368 grants.

• $3.2M

  Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2021

  For core support of the Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level

• $3.0M

  Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023

  For core support of Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level

• $3.0M

  National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2022

  For core support for OpenSciEd

• $3.0M

  Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022

  For core support of Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level

• $3.0M

  National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2021

  For a project to increase adoption of OpenSciEd middle school curricula and to continue development of high school science curricula

• $2.9M

  New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2022

  As a challenge grant for core support of the Vartan Gregorian Center for Research in the Humanities

• $2.3M

  National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2023

  For core support of OpenSciEd

• $2.2M

  Social Science Research Council · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

  For support of the African Peacebuilding Network and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Program

• $2.2M

  Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

  For core support of Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level

• $2.2M

  Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

  For core support of Press Forward, a national journalism initiative aimed at improving local news coverage

• $2.1M

  Social Science Research Council · Brooklyn, NY · 2021

  For support of the African Peacebuilding Network and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program

• $2.1M

  New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2023

  As a challenge grant for core support of the Vartan Gregorian Center for Research in the Humanities

• $2.0M

  International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024

  As a one-time only grant in support of humanitarian assistance in Sudan

• $2.0M

  National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2024

  As a final core support grant to OpenSciEd

• $2.0M

  Social Science Research Council · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  For support of the African Peacebuilding Network and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Program

• $1.8M

  University of Ghana · 2023

  As a final grant for support of doctoral and early-career fellowships with expansion to four partner universities in Ghana and the region (Building a New Generation of Academics in Africa (BANGA-Africa) - Phase 4)

• $1.8M

  Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

  For core support of the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative focused on nonpartisan voter engagement and voting rights

• $1.8M

  Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022

  For core support of the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative focused on nonpartisan voter engagement

• $1.6M

  Social Science Research Council · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

  For support of the African Peacebuilding Network and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program

• $1.6M

  Common Sense Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  For project support for digital citizenship resources, library pilot, and annual summit sponsorship

• $1.5M

  US Chamber of Commerce Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

  For project support to expand the National Civics Bee Competition

• $1.5M

  Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2021

  For the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program

• $1.4M

  Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (Ruforum) · 2023

  For doctoral and postdoctoral support focused on women and agriculture

• $1.4M

  Newschools Venture Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023

  As a one-time grant for project support of the priorities enumerated in the FY2024-2026 strategic plan

• $1.4M

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022

  For core support of the Trust for Civic Life

• $1.3M

  Transcend · Hastings On Hudson, NY · 2022

  For projects toward Leadership in Equitable Systems

• $1.3M

  Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2023

  For the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program

• $1.3M

  Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2022

  For the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program

• $1.3M

  Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2021

  For the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program

• $1.3M

  Wested · San Francisco, CA · 2021

  For a project to continue the NEXUS Academy for Science Curriculum Leadership to support OpenSciEd state and district leadership teams

• $1.3M

  University of Cape Town · 2023

  For Developing Emerging Academic Leaders (DEAL) and the Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA)

• $1.3M

  Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023

  For core support of the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative focused on nonpartisan voter engagement

• $1.3M

  Newschools Venture Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022

  For support of the Innovative Schools, Learning Solutions, Diverse Leaders, and Racial Equity investment areas

• $1.2M

  New Profit · Boston, MA · 2021

  For incubating and building capacity of organizations to inform policy and practice

• $1.2M

  Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2024

  For support for the expansion of Bard High School Early Colleges in New York City

• $1.2M

  Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2024

  For the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program

• $1.2M

  African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative (Rw · 2023

  For an African research chair program in data science and its applications

• $1.2M

  The Institute for Citizens & Scholars · Princeton, NJ · 2024

  For a project to support the Civic Spring Fellowship to address a significant civic participation opportunity gap nationwide

• $1.2M

  Carnegie Corporation of New York · New York, NY · 2024

  For the dissemination of the Corporation's work

• $1.2M

  African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative Foun · 2021

  As a one-time grant for an African diaspora research chair program in data science

• $1.2M

  President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  For support of an initiative to reinvigorate civic education in America

• $1.2M

  Newschools Venture Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024

  As a one-time grant for project support of the priorities enumerated in the FY2024-2026 strategic plan

• $1.2M

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023

  For core support of the Trust for Civic Life

• $1.2M

  Charter Fund · Denver, CO · 2024

  For one time support of Fund IV and Fund V

• $1.2M

  National Education Opportunity Network · New York, NY · 2024

  For support to expand National Education Equity Lab's model to serve an additional 26,000 additional high school students over three years

• $1.2M

  The American Exchange Project · Chestnut, MA · 2024

  For general support

• $1.2M

  Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  For core support of the Voting Rights Litigation Working Group

• $1.2M

  Amalgamated Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

  For core support of BuildUS, a collaborative fund aimed at ensuring federal funds are invested in local communities

• $1.2M

  Immigrant Legal Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  For core support of the New Americans Campaign

• $1.2M

  Charter Fund · Broomfield, CO · 2021

  For new school development, innovation, and capacity-building through Fund IV

• $1.2M

  Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2021

  For support of the Voting Rights Litigation Working Group

• $1.1M

  Arab Council for the Social Sciences · 2021

  For a project on knowledge, publics and crisis in the Arab region

• $1.1M

  University of Cape Town · 2021

  For Developing Emerging Academic Leaders (DEAL) and the Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA)

• $1.1M

  Bscs Science Learning · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

  As a final general support grant

• $1.1M

  Heritage and Arts Foundation · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

  For support of the inaugural Utah community service fellowship program

• $1.1M

  Wested · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  For a project to continue into Year 3 of the NEXUS Academy for Science Curriculum Leadership

• $1.1M

  New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2024

  For project support of College Access and Civic Engagement Programs for Teens with an emphasis on Immigrant Youth and English as a Second Language (ESL) program for adult immigrants throughout New York City

• $1.1M

  North American Arab Council for the Social Sciences · New York, NY · 2024

  For social science research, training, and networks.

• $1.0M

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2021

  For core support to the Research Partnership for Professional Learning at New Venture Fund to conduct a multi-site study of the efficacy of curriculum-based professional learning

• $1.0M

  Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching · Stanford, CA · 2022

  For support of the Advancing Social and Economic Opportunity through Education Initiative

• $1.0M

  Carnegie Corporation of New York · New York, NY · 2023

  For the dissemination of the Corporation's work

• $1.0M

  African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative (Rw · 2024

  For an African research chair program in data science and its applications

• $1.0M

  Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

  For Columbia University's SIPA Institute of Global Politics, Carnegie Distinguished Fellows

• $1.0M

  Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

  For project support for an initiative on civic education in New York City Public Schools

• $1.0M

  Sesame Workshop · New York, NY · 2024

  For general support

• $1.0M

  Amalgamated Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

  For core support of BuildUS, a collaborative fund aimed at ensuring federal funds are invested in local communities

• $1.0M

  Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023

  For Columbia University's SIPA Institute of Global Politics, Inaugural Carnegie Distinguished Fellows

• $1.0M

  Immigrant Legal Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  For core support of the New Americans Campaign

• $1.0M

  Charter Fund · Broomfield, CO · 2022

  For new school development, innovation, and capacity-building through Fund IV

• $1.0M

  El Education · New York, NY · 2022

  For general support

• $1.0M

  Instruction Partners · Nashville, TN · 2022

  For general support

• $1.0M

  Leading Educators · New Orleans, LA · 2022

  For general support

• $1.0M

  Teaching Lab · Washington, DC · 2022

  For general support

• $1.0M

  El Education · New York, NY · 2021

  For general support

• $1.0M

  Instruction Partners · Nashville, TN · 2021

  For general support

• $1.0M

  International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2021

  For emergency relief efforts toward Ukraine crisis

• $1.0M

  Learning Policy Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2021

  For EdPrepLab and policy efforts to build a well-prepared, stable, and diverse K-12 educator workforce

• $972,358

  Carnegie Corporation of New York · New York, NY · 2021

  For the dissemination of the Corporation's work

• $950,000

  African Population and Health Research Center · 2024

  For core support to the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa

• $940,000

  Greatschools · Oakland, CA · 2024

  For project support to integrate public library data onto their platform, allowing users to better understand the broader educational ecosystem within their community

• $925,000

  King'S College London · 2024

  For core support to the African Leadership Centre

• $925,000

  King'S College London · 2022

  For core support to the African Leadership Centre

• $921,300

  King'S College London · 2021

  For core support to the African Leadership Centre

• $910,260

  Associated Press · New York, NY · 2022

  For project support to expand education reporting through the AP Education Reporting Network

• $900,000

  Cognia · Alpharetta, GA · 2024

  As a final grant to develop, pilot, and bring to market a set of interim science assessments aligned with OpenSciEd courses in high school biology and elementary grades 3-5

• $900,000

  University of Ghana · 2024

  As a final grant for support of doctoral and early-career fellowships with expansion to four partner universities in Ghana and the region (Building a New Generation of Academics in Africa (BANGA-Africa) - Phase 4)

• $900,000

  University of Pretoria · 2024

  As a final grant for Future Africa's early-career leadership fellowship program to build transdisciplinary research skills

• $900,000

  Nuclear Threat Initiative · Washington, DC · 2022

  For general support

• $900,000

  Nuclear Threat Initiative · Washington, DC · 2021

  For general support

• $900,000

  Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (Ruforum) · 2021

  For support of competitive early-career fellowships

• $885,000

  University of Pretoria · 2021

  For Future Africa's early-career leadership fellowship program to build transdisciplinary research skills

• $875,000

  President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  For core support of Opportunity Insights

• $875,000

  Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  As a final grant for core support of the Heartland Fund, a funder collaborative working to strengthen civic engagement in rural communities

• $875,000

  Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023

  As a final grant for a project to the Center for Public Research and Leadership to finalize the Curriculum Implementation Change Framework resources and conduct a research study on student outcomes and implementation of… read allAs a final grant for a project to the Center for Public Research and Leadership to finalize the Curriculum Implementation Change Framework resources and conduct a research study on student outcomes and implementation of the OpenSciEd middle school curriculum less
• $875,000

  Icivics · Cambridge, MA · 2023

  For core support for the CivXNow Coalition

• $875,000

  International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023

  For support of its reception center for migrants in New York City

• $875,000

  Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

  For core support of the Heartland Fund, a funder collaborative working to strengthen civic engagement in rural communities

• $869,900

  University of the Witwatersrand · 2023

  For advancing university transformation through strengthening the early- and mid-career academic pipeline

• $850,000

  Federation of American Scientists · Washington, DC · 2023

  For a project on nuclear command and control and artificial intelligence

• $850,000

  Science for Africa Foundation · 2023

  For fellowships for early-career scholars in the social sciences and humanities

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