Vaccine Preventable Diseases Reproductive and Child Health Conditions Associated with Poverty Libraries and Public Access to Information Education Pacific Northwest Special Projects

Education The foundation awarded 7 grants, totaling $1,002,451,000, for Education. 11/8/99 University of Washington Foundation High School Reform Conference Seattle, WA $130,000 (over 12 months) A grant to support a conference for the transformation of middle and high schools, to suggest how philanthropy can help teachers and principals who want to transform existing schools or create new ones, and to identify ways that school districts can be made more receptive to deep and lasting secondary school reform. 10/25/99 Achieve, Inc. Operating Support Washington, DC $1,000,000 (over 3 years) To provide comprehensive benchmarking and review of academic standards and assessments between states to ensure the adoption of relevant measurements in education. 10/20/99 Western Governors University Operational Support Salt Lake City, UT $1,000,000 (over 12 months) To support the mission of Western Governors University to increase access to higher education by providing distance learning opportunities and competency-based degree programs for students who would not otherwise be able to attend traditional colleges with residency requirements. 10/20/99 Public Agenda Public Outreach New York, NY $100,000 (over 12 months) To support the work of Public Agenda in conducting qualitative and quantitative public opinion studies, and in working with communities to engage their citizens on a range of public policy issues. 10/20/99 Partnership for Learning Public Outreach Seattle, WA $100,000 (over 12 months) In support of the effort to work with parents, community leaders, and educators statewide to help build broad public support for the school improvement effort in Washington State. 10/20/99 The Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. Humanities Library Collection for Historically Black Colleges and Universities New York, NY $121,000 (over 12 months) To enrich the educational opportunities of students at the historically black colleges and universities (HBCU's) by improving their library collections in the humanities. The project will give recognition to the work of William Gray, III, who has done so much to enhance the status of the HBCU's through his presidency of the United Negro College Fund. 9/16/99 United Negro College Fund Gates Millennium Scholars Program Fairfax, VA $1,000,000,000 (over 20 years) To provide scholarships, fellowships and leadership opportunities for approximately 20,000 outstanding low-income African-American, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian Pacific American students to attend the undergraduate and graduate educational institutions of their choice. View Press Release