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To learn more about these opportunities or discuss foundations or corporations that do not have active RFPs, please contact Jared Mouro, Foundation Relations Specialist: ag4956@wayne.edu.

Foundation	Program	Description	Award Amount	Deadline
Henry Luce Foundation	Public Policy Program	Rolling deadline for Concept Form; full application is by invitation only. Average grant is $150,000. The Luce Foundation currently provides limited funding for Public Policy projects. Grants in this area often reflect the interests of the foundation's founder, Henry R. Luce, who actively encouraged the development of public leadership. Grants have supported orientation programs for new members of Congress, the study of the Presidency, and analysis of the judicial system. Each year the Luce Foundation approves several Public Policy grants to organizations that promote best practices in and knowledge about philanthropy. Online Application: https://www.hluce.org/programs/public-policy/inquiries-guidelines/	$150,000	Rolling
Arnold Ventures	Causal Research on Community Safety and the Criminal Justice System	Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. First step in the Application is a Letter of Interest submitted through Survey Monkey; full applications are by invitation only. Arnold Ventures (AV) is a nonpartisan philanthropy whose core mission is to invest in evidence-based solutions that maximize opportunity and minimize injustice. AV focuses on correcting system failures in the United States through evidence-based solutions. AVs’ Criminal Justice Initiative seeks to generate new evidence to inform policies that will make communities safer and make the criminal justice system more fair and effective. This Request for Proposals (RFP) from the Criminal Justice Initiative (CJI) seeks letters of interest to conduct causal research projects of policies, practices, and interventions related to community safety and the criminal justice system. Emailed Application: hhttps://www.arnoldventures.org/grantees	$5,000,000	Rolling
Carnegie Corporation of New York	International Peace and Security Program	Letters of Intent may be submitted at any time and are reviewed on a rolling basis. Full Proposals by invitation only. The goal of this program is to build a more secure, peaceful, and prosperous world through independent analysis and action addressing critical global challenges. The focus areas are as follows: Nuclear Security: to reduce the risks posed by nuclear weapons; Global Dynamics: to reduce the risks to global stability; Transnational Movements and the Arab Region: with the overarching goal of bringing Arab-region expertise to bear on transnational issues; Peacebuilding in Africa: to bolster Africa’s peacebuilding efforts; Cross-cutting challenges and Special Initiatives: to foster more informed policymaking. Online Application: https://www.carnegie.org/programs/international-peace-and-security/	$14,000- $1,800,000	Rolling

Foundation

Program

Description

Award Amount

Deadline

Henry Luce Foundation

Public Policy Program

Rolling deadline for Concept Form; full application is by invitation only. Average grant is $150,000.

The Luce Foundation currently provides limited funding for Public Policy projects. Grants in this area often reflect the interests of the foundation's founder, Henry R. Luce, who actively encouraged the development of public leadership.

Grants have supported orientation programs for new members of Congress, the study of the Presidency, and analysis of the judicial system. Each year the Luce Foundation approves several Public Policy grants to organizations that promote best practices in and knowledge about philanthropy.

Online Application: https://www.hluce.org/programs/public-policy/inquiries-guidelines/

$150,000

Rolling

Arnold Ventures

Causal Research on
Community Safety
and the Criminal
Justice System

Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. First step in the Application is a Letter of Interest submitted through Survey Monkey; full applications are by invitation only.

Arnold Ventures (AV) is a nonpartisan philanthropy whose core mission is to invest in evidence-based solutions that maximize opportunity and minimize injustice. AV focuses on correcting system failures in the United States through evidence-based solutions.
AVs’ Criminal Justice Initiative seeks to generate new evidence to inform policies that will make communities safer and make the criminal justice system more fair and effective. This Request for Proposals (RFP) from the Criminal Justice Initiative (CJI) seeks letters of interest to conduct causal research projects of policies, practices, and interventions related to community safety and the criminal justice system.

Emailed Application: hhttps://www.arnoldventures.org/grantees

$5,000,000

Rolling

Carnegie Corporation of New York

International Peace and Security Program

Letters of Intent may be submitted at any time and are reviewed on a rolling basis. Full Proposals by invitation only. The goal of this program is to build a more secure, peaceful, and prosperous world through independent analysis and action addressing critical global challenges.

The focus areas are as follows:

Nuclear Security: to reduce the risks posed by nuclear weapons;
Global Dynamics: to reduce the risks to global stability;
Transnational Movements and the Arab Region: with the overarching goal of bringing Arab-region expertise to bear on transnational issues;
Peacebuilding in Africa: to bolster Africa’s peacebuilding efforts;
Cross-cutting challenges and Special Initiatives: to foster more informed policymaking.

Online Application: https://www.carnegie.org/programs/international-peace-and-security/

$14,000- $1,800,000

Rolling