Grant Guidelines
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Program: Public Education Grants Year: 2010
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Program: Public Education Grants
For Year: 2010
Alliance for Quality Education (AQE)
94 Central Ave.
Albany, New York 12206
Billy Easton Executive Director
www.aqeny.org
Size: $40,000
2010
Public Education Grants
AQE is a broad based coalition of 230 parent, labor, service, organizing, advocacy and youth organizations from across New York State that mobilize to pressure public and elected officials to provide adequate funding for public education at the state and local levels, and to insure equity in resources being directed to NYC schools and other districts with significant concentrations of high needs students. AQE’s successes have resulted in billions of dollars of additional funding being allocated to high-needs schools in NYC and across the state. Hazen’s $40,000 renewal grant will support the coordinating and organizing work of the state-wide coalition to ensure equitable allocation of resources to public schools in New York City and throughout the state.
Annenberg Institute for School Reform
233 Broadway Rm 720
New York, New York 10279
Eric Zachary Executive Director
401. 863. 7990
www.nyccej.org/index.html
Size: $75,000
2010
Public Education Grants
The Annenberg Community Involvement Program (CIP) consists of two New York City collaboratives, the Coalition for Educational Justice (CEJ) and the Urban Youth Collaborative (UYC). Over the last five years, CIP has developed and coordinated these collaboratives comprising community-based groups organizing for education reform, some also including labor as members, with the goal of increasing capacity, expertise and power in order to effectively impact the quality of education at both the local and systemic levels. Hazen’s $75,000 grant will support the collaborative of adult- and youth-based organizations working for the improvement of education in New York City.
Citizens For A Better Greenville
P.O. Box 5673
Greenville, Mississippi 38703
Joyce-Hall Parker Director
662. 332. 4497
Size: $30,000
2010
Public Education Grants
Citizens For A Better Greenville (GBG), founded in 2001, is an instrumental organization in creating pathways for effective information exchange, advocacy and change within the Greenville public schools. It has worked on several issues, including: services for students with special needs, facilities improvements, composition of the school board, selection of superintendents, parent/teacher relations and more. Hazen’s $30,000 grant will support CBG’s youth- and parent-led education organizing work to improve special education, reduce student drop-outs within the Delta and increase funding and community involvement in Greenville public schools.
