Aspen Institute
For An Impact Evaluation Of The Aspen Institute's Congressional Program
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Amount$30,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/12/2013
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
The Aspen Institute Congressional Program works to educate U.S. House and Senate members about foreign policy issues, improve cross-party dialogue, and provide lawmakers with a direct link to the best scholarship on selected topics. The Program hosts twenty-five breakfast meetings in the Capitol each year, as well as four annual conferences outside of Washington. Hewlett has long supported the Congressional Program, and members often cite it as one of the few truly nonpartisan learning environments left for Congress, yet in the program’s more than 30-year history a rigorous outside evaluation has never been conducted. This grant would support such an evaluation, the results of which would help to inform the Program’s future strategy, as well as funding decisions of Hewlett and other Program supporters.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
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Address
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