The Theresa and Frank Caplan Foundation

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.

1 grant matching “minoritized” · $47,150

• $47,150

  University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  Supporting minoritized preschoolers in their help-seeking behavior: A Training Study

Grant history

All 21 reported grants, largest first.

• $120,000

  Mass General for Children · Boston, MA · 2022

  To support the pediatric health heart connect project.

• $82,901

  Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

  Using picture books in preschool classrooms to promote positive racial attitudes.

• $79,353

  Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Developing and Validating the Qualitative Characteristics of a Children?s Play (QCCP) Assessment System.

• $63,000

  Harvard University · Boston, MA · 2024

  Detecting and Learning from Automatic Teaching in Early Childhood

• $58,924

  Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024

  Facilitating Parent Math Talk Through Games

• $58,320

  Virginia Tech · Blacksburg, VA · 2024

  Supporting playful parent-child joint reading experiences through AI digital technology

• $57,500

  University of Connecticut Health Ce · Farmington, CT · 2023

  A national assessment of training and support for parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

• $51,286

  University of Massachusetts · Hadley, MA · 2022

  To provide support of a project aimed at using children's literature to influence young children's conceptualization of disability.

• $51,060

  Nyu Steinhardt · New York, NY · 2022

  To support the beyond the written world project aimed at supporting preschoolers' school readiness.

• $50,009

  Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2022

  To provide support of a privacy-minded parents project.

• $50,000

  University of Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024

  Enhancing early childhood education through AI: Developing the Play with AI (PL-AI) Curriculum Prototype

• $49,998

  Boston University · New York, NY · 2024

  Code Switching in the Digital Age: Analyzing Child-AI Conversations and Its Implications on STEM Participation

• $49,896

  Purdue for Life Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2022

  To aid in developing a tool for aligning parent-driven math activities with children's math skills

• $49,537

  Augusta University Reseach Institut · Augusta, GA · 2022

  To provide support for the CLIMBE project

• $47,150

  University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  Supporting minoritized preschoolers in their help-seeking behavior: A Training Study

• $45,302

  University at Albany · Albany, NY · 2024

  Acceptability and Feasibility of a Single-Session Online Parent-Focused Intervention Targeting Predictors of Body Image Disturbance in Young Children

• $45,000

  Thomas Jeffereson University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To provide support for the standardizing trauma-informed pre-certification foster care parent curricula project

• $44,287

  Connecticut College · New London, CT · 2024

  Early Childhood Education and Play: Examining the links between playful learning and self-regulated learning

• $34,671

  University of South Florida · Dallas, TX · 2024

  Play Studio for Teachers: Understanding and Supporting Children's Dramatic Play

• $29,589

  University of Wisconsin Madison · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

  Understanding the Role of Play Quality in Cognitive Outcomes for Children with CP-PBI

• $-2,390

  Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

  Return of unused grant funds

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