Grantee Profile

Tides Center

Grants to Tides Center

  • $150,000Active Strategy

    2012 (Duration 2 years)

    Migration

    SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — This grant to the Tides Center will support work by the Young Center for Immigrant and Children's Rights, based at the University of Chicago Law School (and a project of the Tides Center), to lay the groundwork for a change in federal immigration and policy and practice to recognize the best interests of unaccompanied immigrant children under U.S. law. The Young Center will develop a framework for integrating best interest considerations into U.S. government decisions on unaccompanied children's cases, and recommend other modifications to the adjudication system to facilitate the protection of children.

  • $200,000Active Strategy

    2012 (Duration 2 years)

    Digital Media & Learning

    SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — The Tides Center will use this grant to support the Maker Education Initiative in developing and supporting programs across the country that help young people learn about science, technology, engineering, math, and the arts through hands-on, interest-driven, and community-building "making" activities: projects from woodworking to interactive technology that engage diverse student interests, learning styles, backgrounds, and age groups; and build connections between students and community members who can share resources. The Maker Education Initiative grew out of the success of the Maker Faire community events in cities such as San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City.

  • $200,000Active Strategy

    2011 (Inactive Grant)

    Digital Media & Learning

    SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — To disseminate news and resources from the digital media and learning field to a broader audience.

  • $600,000Active Strategy

    2011 (Inactive Grant)

    Digital Media & Learning

    SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — To support a national advisory committee, two public forums, and cross-network sharing among the Chicago and New York learning networks and other digital media and learning grantees (over two years).

  • $350,000Active Strategy

    2010 (Inactive Grant)

    Digital Media & Learning

    SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — To support communications activities to help build the field of digital media and learning.

  • $150,000Active Strategy

    2010 (Inactive Grant)

    International Peace & Security

    SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — To support a NGO-Summit on Nuclear Security, to be held in Washington D.C..

The MacArthur Foundation awarded Tides Center $1,650,000 between 2010 and 2013.

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