Education Funding Watch, Thursday, March 10, 2011

March 9, 2011
In this issue of Education Funding Watch, the Foundation Center's newsletter devoted to education-related topics, you'll read about a nine-figure gift to the University of California, Los Angeles. You'll also find links to other education-related news, resources, funding opportunities for individuals and organizations, and job listings. Education Funding Watch is available exclusively to visitors who register at the Foundation Center's Web site.
UCLA Announces $200 Million Gift From Lincy Foundation The University of California, Los Angeles has announced a $200 million gift from the Las Vegas-based Lincy Foundation to create a new donor-advised fund that will support medical research and academic programs at the university as well as a broad range of charitable work in the United States. Contingent on approval by the California attorney general's office, the foundation will transfer its assets, currently valued at approximately $200 million, to the Dream Fund at UCLA. Founded in 1989 by billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian, the Lincy Foundation has given more than $1.1 billion to schools, hospitals, and scientific research projects over its twenty-plus years of existence. Read the article» Recent Education News from Philanthropy News Digest Union Pacific Foundation Commits Additional $7.4 Million to Principals' Partnership Program Grants will be awarded to 760 organizations in twenty-two states to continue the foundation's signature giving program, which serves about a thousand high school principals who together are responsible for more than one million students.... Posted: 3/05/11 Emory Receives $14.4 Million from Alumnus The gift from the estate of Atlanta banker James E. Varner, Jr. will provide financial aid to students in the university's college of arts and sciences.... Posted: 3/02/11 Critics Call for Greater Transparency Around Donations to Newark Public Schoolss While private support for public education is nothing new, the many large gifts matching Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million gift to Newark public schools has prompted calls for greater oversight of the funds and how they're spent.... Posted: 2/28/11 National Competition Launched to Increase Graduation Rates Launched with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the $10 million competition will invite governors from all fifty states to submit proposals related to innovative strategies for improving college completion ratess.... Posted: 2/24/11 Foundation Launched to Spur Giving to Los Angeles Public Schoolsm Modeled after the Fund for Public Schools in New York City, the Los Angeles Fund for Public Education will give donors a say in how their contributions are used.... Posted: 2/22/11 Helmsley Charitable Trust Awards $6.4 Million in Education Grants Grants awarded through the program will support high-quality teaching and learning in schools to close persistent achievement gaps, address the diversity in students' learning and language ability, and advance educational outcomes citywide.... Posted: 2/22/11 Ohio State University Receives $100 Million Gift The gift, which includes $65 million from Leslie Wexner and $35 million from the Limited Brands Foundation, will primarily benefit Ohio State University medical institutions as well as OSU's Wexner Center for the Arts and select university initiatives.... Posted: 2/17/11 More education news... Funding Opportunities McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation Accepting Applications for Grants and Scholarships Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to individuals and teams of teachers working to developing strategies and skills that enhance learning; scholarships of $6,000 as well as mentoring will be provided to student teachers at four U.S. universities.... Deadline: 4/15/11 ING Unsung Heroes Program Opens Grant Program for K-12 Educational Projects Grants of $2,000 will be awarded to K-12 education professionals across the country who are using new teaching methods and techniques to improve learning.... Deadline: 4/30/2011 American Psychological Foundation Seeks Proposals for Pre-College Grant Program A total of up to $20,000 a year will be given to individuals or institutions working to improve the quality of psychological science education for talented students in U.S. high schools.... Deadline: 5/01/11 National Endowment for Financial Education Offers Support for Financial Literacy Research Projects Grants will be awarded to nonprofits and educational organizations conducting research that has the potential to make a profound contribution to the field of financial literacy.... Deadline: 6/07/11; December 6, 2011 (Concept Inquiry Form) American Educational Research Association Seeks Applications for Research Using Large Scale Data Sets Grants of up to $35,000 will be awarded to academics from a variety of disciplines working on dissertations or research that use large-scale national and international data sets.... Deadline: Various More requests for proposals... 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Debatepedia Developed by Brooks Lindsay in collaboration with the International Debate Education Association (IDEA), Debatepedia is an online, searchable utility for students wishing to research topics for formal debate purposes. The site contains hundreds of topic pages, each offering basic arguments for and against a controversial proposition, and is driven by the same open-platform technology that powers Wikipedia, enabling anyone to contribute/suggest additional materials. In addition to the individual topic pages, the site also offers a user's guide, a video gallery, a Debate Digest archive, and a blog. Teacher Creativity Fellows The Indianapolis- based Lilly Endowment has announced the selection of 120 Indiana educators for its 2011 Teacher Creativity Fellowships. Launched in 1987, the program enables teachers, principals, guidance counselors, and school librarians from Indiana to take time during the summer to pursue personal interests, explore subjects that interest them, or reenergize before returning to the classroom in the fall. Since its inception, the program has awarded $8,000 stipends to 2,322 Indiana educators. For more information, click here. 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