State and Foundation Grants

State and Foundation Grants

The Evaluation Group works with partners to evaluate a variety of state and foundation grants and initiatives such as the ones listed below.

1. 21st Century Community Learning Centers - To provide opportunities for communities to establish or expand activities in afterschool and summer community learning centers
2. Georgia Innovation Fund - To plan, implement, and scale radically innovative programs that address the most significant education challenges
3. John Rex Endowment – To build a community network to champion children’s mental, social and emotional well-being through the improvement of children’s places and spaces
4. Kellogg Foundation – To foster family engagement as the purposeful involvement of families in activities to improve children’s access to education, school readiness, and academic progress, as well as foster their love of learning
5. L4GA (Literacy for Learning, Living, and Leading in Georgia) - To create a comprehensive literacy program to advance literacy skills, including pre- literacy skills, reading, and writing, for children from birth through grade 12
6. Learning Undefeated – To provide life-changing STEM experiences for high needs communities by providing equitable access to education and inspiring students to imagine their own success.
7. NC Afterschool Quality Improvement - To pilot after-school learning programs for at-risk students that raise standards for student academic outcomes by focusing an evidence-based model with a rigorous, quantitative performance measures to confirm program effectiveness
8. NC Early Childhood Foundation - To drive policies and strategies by bringing together those working to promote children’s health and development, to support families and communities and to advance high quality birth-to-eight learning
9. NC Extended Learning and Integrated Student Supports - To fund high-quality, independently validated extended learning and integrated student support service programs for at-risk students whose learning has been negatively affected by COVID-19 impacts
10. SC Math and Science Partnership – To strengthen the content knowledge and teaching skills of mathematics and science teachers and improve the academic achievement of students in these areas
11. Sherwood Foundation - To facilitate the revitalization of a healthy, sustainable, mixed-income community and break the cycle of poverty and community deterioration by partnering to create high-quality housing, thriving schools, recreational facilities and other enrichment amenities
12. Virginia Extended School Year – To establish extended year or year-round school programs in high-need schools to increase academic achievement and support for students, increase student engagement, and reduce discipline referrals
13. Wake County Smart Start - To ensure children ages birth-5 are prepared for success in school and life through program funding and community capacity building.
14. Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation – To provide an infusion of short-term funding at a pivotal  moment and is intended to build on existing momentum to help move an issue, an idea or an organization forward