Children & Screens (NY)
Children & Screens (NY) received a $259,500 grant from the John Templeton Foundation to support its April 2026 four-half-day virtual research retreat, entitled Character Matters: Building Values and Resilience in the Digital Age. This project will focus on technology and digital media use as it relates to childhood character development. Read the summary we prepared as part of the full proposal submitted on the Templeton Grant Award page.
mHUB (IL)
mHUB (IL) received a $150,000 Phase 1 Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) mHUB was one of 23 incubators and accelerators from across the U.S. and the only one in Illinois that received from the EPIC program.
Center for Civic Education (CA)
The Center for Civic Education (CA) received a $3.0 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, American History and Civics Education, National Archives Program to support their innovative new program Project Community: Engaging All Students in Media Literacy and Public Policy. It will work with civic education partners in 10 states to increase media literacy among students in grades 4 through 8, targeting those from underserved communities.
The Jewish Association of Community Living
The Jewish Association for Community Living (CT) received a $100,000 grant from Round 7 of the Nonprofit Grant Program operated by the Office of Policy and Management, State of Connecticut. This grant supported the purchase of four new mini-vans to transport residents from their group homes to various sites to receive services and engage in activities.
P33 (IL)
P33 (IL) received a $35,500 Planning and Local Technical Assistance grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA), U.S. Department of Commerce. In partnership with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), they will launch the Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST) Workforce Planning Project that will focus on creating talent and preparing a workforce for a resilient quantum economy for the Chicago region.
The Center for Civic Education (CA)
The Center for Civic Education (CA) used our Proposal Review/Coaching service to win a Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The three-year, $11.0 million grant will transform civic education for under-resourced students in upper elementary and middle schools across the country through a newly designed We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution program professional development model.
mHUB (IL)
mHUB (IL) received a $350,000 grant from the We Rise Together program at the Chicago Community Trust to support its new Catalyze Initiative, a five-year, $8.6 million effort to reduce structural barriers to entrepreneurship and innovation in manufacturing for women, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. We Rise Together works to accelerate economic recovery to help ensure Black and Latinx communities hit hardest by the COVID-19 crisis are not left behind, supporting a stronger region for all.
mHUB (IL)
mHUB (IL) was one of 60 finalists of the $1.0 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge from the Economic Development Administration (EDA), U.S. Department of Commerce. Their proposal for the 2025 Clean Tech Economy Coalition (CTEC) was one of 529 grant applications submitted.
MATTER (IL)
MATTER (IL) received a $1.3 million, three-year Venture Capital grant from the EDA, U.S. Department of Commerce to scale their Venture Acceleration (VA) program. It was one of 50 to receive an award of more than 600 applications submitted for the 2021 Build to Scale grant program.
mHUB Chicago (IL)
mHUB Chicago (IL), in partnership with fellow incubators MATTER and 1871 received a $2.78 million grant from the EDA, U.S. Department of Commerce to invigorate startups and small businesses through Phase 2 of their Chicago Proactive Response (CPR) COVID-19 initiative. This grant was part of the CARES Act Funding authorized in 2020 and awarded in June 2021.