to develop a case study of current state-level advocacy issues and trends in early childhood, and to convene a group of national and state stakeholders to assist the Initiative in developing a strategic direction

for the 2018 American Mosaic Journalism Prize

for the MVLA Scholars program

to administer a long-term, organizational capacity-building pilot for Foundation grantees

to increase clean electric transportation and building heating options in the Northeast

for general support

for scholarships, supports, and key staff members working with DREAMers across its sites

for designing and convening the Exoplanet Summer Program

for the Hechinger Report to continue its early education coverage with in-depth reporting and to partner with national news organizations to ensure full media coverage of the issues

to disseminate findings from a forthcoming report on the degree and implications of undercounting young Hispanic children in the U.S. Census

for general support

for general support

for general support

for grassroots advocacy for bail reform in California

for the Community Impact Grants program

to support First Five Years Fund’s federal early childhood education policy and advocacy work

to implement Phase III of the Family Engagement Impact Project

for 2016 membership dues

for general support

for general support

to support the development and application of data assimilation techniques in paleoclimate deep time

for early education coverage and to strengthen EdSource Today

to expand and enhance Make Believe With Math with new research-based content and strategic partnerships to better meet the needs of early childhood educators.

for the parent mentor program

for 2016 membership dues

to conduct the 16th annual Public Policy Institute of California Statewide Survey on Californians and the Environment

to support committee planning for the Astro2020 decadal survey and board activities in space studies, physics, and astronomy

for general support ($150,000) and for the development of the Spotlights multimedia project ($50,000)

to establish a learning community focused on identifying, creating, and promoting exemplary math-infused storybooks for young children from diverse backgrounds

for The Opportunity Institute Fund’s Too Small to Fail early childhood campaign

for 2016 membership dues ($1,900) and the 2016 Core Campaign ($5,000)

for general support

to support the national campaign and the West Coast expansion

for the Renewing Communities Initiative project

to deepen early childhood education leadership and advocacy work

to implement Phase III of the Family Engagement Impact Project

for 2016 membership dues

for general support

for general support

for associate membership in the Science Philanthropy Alliance for three years

to examine associations between early grades and middle school math achievement, relationships between cognitive skills and math achievement, and the mismatch between student and teacher assessments of mathematical skill and actual scores in math

to support the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

for general support

for 2016 membership dues

to advance energy efficiency policy initiatives

for the development and fabrication of an exoplanet exhibit at the California Science Center

for the development of detector arrays for the Simons Observatory

for research and development on home-school collaboration in the RISE project (Readiness through Integrative Science and Engineering), using community experts to support family engagement among low-income immigrant families with preschool children

to study the efficacy of a school readiness intervention, develop and disseminate program enhancements to engage families using a behavioral economics lens, and develop an assessment measure of the early math learning home environment

to support the 2016 National Family and Community Engagement Conference and to host a joint convening of the District Leaders Network on Family and Community Engagement with the Family Engagement State Leaders network