New America
For General Operating Support
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Amount$500,000
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Program
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Date Awarded4/18/2019
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Overview
New America is a nonpartisan think tank in the United States with a mission dedicated to renewing America by continuing the quest to realize the nation’s highest ideals, confronting the challenges caused by rapid technological and social change, and seizing the opportunities those changes create. It focuses on a range of issues including national security studies, technology, asset building, health, gender, energy, education, and the economy. The organization is based in Washington, D.C., with additional offices in New York City and Oakland.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.newamerica.org
Address
740 15th Street NW, Unit 900, Washington, DC, 20005, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the Better Life Lab’s entertainment-focused narrative and culture change initiative
The entertainment-focused narrative and culture change practice at New America’s Better Life Lab seeks to influence TV and film storytelling by sharing data and research that encourage creatives to tell stories about abortion, pregnancy, and parenting in the context of people’s full lives. (Strategy: U.S. Reproductive Equity)
for bridging open education and equity in pre-K-12 learning and teaching
New America is a nonpartisan think tank dedicated to renewing, reimagining, and realizing the promise of America in an era of rapid technological and social change. New America’s Education Policy program builds on existing efforts to elevate the importance of equity and inclusion and the role of high-quality open educational resources and practices in ensuring academic excellence and well-being for all students. This will be accomplished through research and policy analysis, case making, community building, and the development of open tools and prototypes that can be piloted in districts and communities. (Substrategy: Sustainable Systems)
