New Venture Fund
For OER Advocacy Through Campus Libraries
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Amount$693,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/17/2015
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Term24 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, housed in the New Venture Fund, is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to improve society by creating a more open system for scholarly communication. The group’s Open Education program seeks to expand innovative use of OER and mainstream its adoption by engaging academic libraries on campus and conducting collaborative policy advocacy in Washington, D.C. The group’s activities will increase leadership capacity for OER in government and higher education and will enhance the capacity of an anchor institution in the area of OER advocacy.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.newventurefund.org
Address
1828 L Street NW, Suite 300 – A, Washington, DC, 20036, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the Tech Talent Project
The Tech Talent Project is a nonpartisan nonprofit project fiscally sponsored by New Venture Fund that addresses the pressing need for tech talent in government to effectively implement nonlegislative policy, provide services, and address emerging technologies like AI. Recent shifts in the digital labor market present an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate this work in the federal government. (Substrategy: Executive Branch)
for support of the Campaign for Our Shared Future
The Campaign for Our Shared Future, a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, is a nonpartisan, common-ground effort fighting for the right of every child to an inclusive and high-quality education that prepares them for success in work and life and strengthens the foundation of our multiracial democracy. Their work amplifies essential supports for K-12 students, including inclusive curriculum, social-emotional learning, and school culture measures designed to increase safety and connection. This work advances the Education Program’s goal of ensuring that schools are responsive and relevant to the lives of students by including diverse voices in classrooms. (Strategy: K-12 Teaching and Learning)
for support of the Collaborative for Student Success
The New Venture Fund is fiscal sponsor for the Collaborative for Student Success — a grantmaking initiative that pools resources from several foundations to support education and practices and policies having the greatest positive influence on student progress. The Collaborative will provide targeted state investments to the field, identify and fill communications gaps in key strategic areas, and further build out coalitions of support. (Strategy: K-12 Teaching and Learning)
