New Press
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Grants
11
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Total Awarded
$3,196,000
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Years
1991 - 2023
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Categories
Grants
2023 (1 year 2 months)
$100,000
The New Press is a nonprofit publishing house operated in the public interest, committed to publishing works that enrich discussion and understanding of issues that are vital to our democracy, broaden the audience for serious intellectual work, elevate traditionally underrepresented voices, and highlight reform and innovation in a wide range of fields. This grant enables the New Press to address book banning in the United States through the publication of new titles on critical topics; free dissemination of New Press books to educators across the country; and development of media content and engagement to continue public discourse on anti-book banning efforts.
2022 (2 years 6 months)
$150,000
The New Press is a nonprofit publishing house operated in the public interest, committed to publishing works that enrich discussion and understanding of issues that are vital to our democracy, broaden the audience for serious intellectual work, elevate traditionally underrepresented voices, and highlight reform and innovation in a wide range of fields. This grant enables the New Press to develop, edit, publish, and distribute two new titles in its ongoing book series on criminal justice issues. Both books will educate the general public and policymakers on the problem of over-incarceration in America and elevate the ongoing national conversation regarding solutions.
2018 (2 years 3 months)
$300,000
The New Press is a nonprofit publishing house operated in the public interest, committed to publishing works that enrich discussion and understanding of issues that are vital to our democracy, broaden the audience for serious intellectual work, elevate traditionally underrepresented voices, and highlight reform and innovation in a wide range of fields. This grant enables the New Press to develop, edit, publish, distribute and promote a range of books addressing both the problem of over-incarceration in America and the search for practical solutions at the front end of the criminal justice system. The books, covering topics such as money bail as a driver of over-incarceration, the large-scale detention of immigrants, and incarceration reforms being championed by progressive prosecutors, are intended to educate the public and policymakers on the overuse and misuse of jails and elevate the ongoing national conversation regarding solutions.
2010 (4 years)
$200,000
To support sponsorship of three books as part of the celebration of The New Press's 20th anniversary.
2005 (1 year)
$40,000
To publish and promote a paperback edition of "A Different Shade of Gray: Mid-Life and Beyond in the Inner City."
2001 (3 years)
$600,000
In support of general operations (over three years).
1999 (2 years)
$600,000
In support of general operations (over two years).
1998 (3 years)
$126,000
For the third and fourth volumes of "The Cold War and the University" series (over three years).
1995 (2 years)
$80,000
For two book series, "The Cold War and the University" and "The History and Legacy of the Cold War" (over two years).
1993 (1 year)
$500,000
In support of general operations, to publish educational and cultural materials in the public interest (over two years).
1991 (1 year)
$500,000
To provide advances, cover manufacturing costs, provide for marketing, and cover other cost associated with publishing educational and cultural materials in the public interest.
