Center for American Progress
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Grants
10
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Total Awarded
$2,533,500
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Years
2012 - 2023
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Categories
Grants
2023 (2 years)
$450,000
The Center for American Progress (CAP) is an action-oriented think tank that develops relationships with progressive leaders and provides them with substantive policy recommendations supported by research. CAP is widely recognized among government and community leaders as a go-to source of information on progressive policies, allowing the organization to develop strong relationships with key policymakers at all levels of government. The final award under the Safety and Justice Challenge renews support for CAP to continue to strengthen communications efforts that showcase an affirmative vision of reforms that are focused on improving public safety and advancing racial equity.
2021 (2 years)
$325,000
The Center for American Progress (CAP) is an action-oriented think tank that develops relationships with progressive leaders and provides them with substantive, implementable policy recommendations supported by research. CAP is widely recognized among government and community leaders as a go-to source of information on progressive policies, allowing the organization to develop strong relationships with key policymakers at all levels of government. The award supports CAP’s efforts to continue to strengthen justice reform initiatives underway in multiple cities throughout the country, through education, technical assistance, communications, and peer-learning networks among city leaders.
2019 (2 years)
$430,000
The Center for American Progress (CAP) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. By developing relationships with progressive leaders and providing them with substantive policies supported by research, CAP acts as an action-orientated think tank that can advance a number of forward-thinking policy solutions. This award enables CAP to continue to serve as a strategic ally of the Safety and Justice Challenge and to further support its Mayors for Smart on Crime, a network of mayors publicly committed to pursuing a fair, equitable, and comprehensive approach to public safety and criminal justice reform.
2019 ( 6 months)
$50,000
The Center for American Progress (CAP) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans, through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. The project goal is to build support for a more pragmatic and less dangerous U.S. policy toward Iran. Through publications and direct engagement on Capitol Hill, CAP works to highlight the increasing risk the Trump Administration could enter the United States in another War in the Middle East and identify a realistic and politically acceptable strategy to avoid this outcome.
2018 (1 year)
$95,500
The Center for American Progress is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans, through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. The project builds support for a realistic, politically acceptable outcome of U.S. diplomacy with North Korea. The goal is to produce substantive recommendations - crafted to garner support from all necessary constituencies in the United States and its allies - and to do so in a timely fashion for an immediate and direct impact on the debate over the current round of U.S.-North Korea diplomacy.
2018 ( 7 months)
$50,000
The Center for American Progress is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans, through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. The North Korea project is intended to highlight the risks of war, outline a pragmatic strategy for peacefully addressing the threat, and inform debate in Congress and among the public on the North Korean issue. Activities include publishing policy recommendations, establishing a webpage for policy information, communications, conducting outreach, and travel.
2017 (2 years)
$500,000
The Center for American Progress (CAP) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. By developing relationships with progressive leaders and providing them with substantive, implementable policies supported by research, CAP acts as action-orientated think tank that can advance a number of forward-thinking policy solutions. This award supports CAP to establish, build, and promote “Mayors for Smart on Crime,” a network of mayors publicly committed to pursuing a fair, equitable, and comprehensive approach to public safety and criminal justice reform. The project provides a forum for mayors to exchange ideas on criminal justice reform, gain insight from policies in other jurisdictions, and learn about cutting-edge research. Through creation of new research materials, social media engagement, virtual and in-person convenings, and public conferences, members can explore and adopt the interventions and innovations developed by member cities, including the Safety and Justice Challenge Network sites.
2015 ( 1 month)
$18,000
The Center for American Progress (CAP) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. By developing relationships with progressive leaders and providing them with substantive, implementable policies supported by research, CAP acts as action-orientated think tank that can advance a number of forward-thinking policy solutions. With this award, CAP convenes researchers studying a federal immigration program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which provides temporary relief from deportation to certain young, undocumented immigrants. Researchers identify data and analysis to inform litigation on the legality of the program.
2014 (1 year)
$415,000
Housed in the Center for American Progress, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth is a new policy-oriented research and grantmaking organization that advances evidence on how structural changes in the economy, particularly as they relate to economic inequality, affect economic growth. Through a series of convenings, working groups and research distillation, the Center is building stronger relationships between academics and policymakers with the goal of establishing an evidence-based discussion about the relationship between inequality and economic growth, economic stability and the democratic process that will lead to sound policy recommendations and solutions.
2012 (1 year)
$200,000
The Center for American Progress conducts research and public education on a wide range of domestic policy issues, including health care, public education reform, economic mobility, housing and energy. It will use this grant to develop and publish a research paper documenting the key features, innovations and challenges of some two dozen programs that provide financing for the "retrofitting" of multi-family, rental housing nationwide. The project’s goal is to help policymakers and leaders in the housing and energy fields increase the availability of workable financing programs to help more building owners improve their properties for long-term energy efficiency and affordability.
