Annual Grants Awarded
Annual Grants Awarded
Funding projects that meet our mission.
Project
Street Law
To develop and assess resources and training for youth courts across the U.S. in partnership with the National Association of Youth Courts. This initiative will address gaps in the system and improve outcomes for over 100,000 youth annually, enhancing ADR practices in these courts.
GRANT AMOUNT
$653,492
Project
National Civic League
To innovate and support strong civil discourse in local governance in three U.S. locations. The initiative aims to improve citizen-government relations in partnership with the SHIFT Family Foundation, the National League of Cities, and the International City/County Management Association.
GRANT AMOUNT
$244,800
Project
Everyday Democracy
To train librarians in dialogue facilitation to foster civil discourse in 10-12 library systems across the U.S. in partnership with the Urban Libraries Council.
GRANT AMOUNT
$182,000
Project
Promoting Peace Through Leadership and ADR Training for Women in Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand
$25,500 for training scholarships required to enable women community leaders from Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand to complete four days of advanced mediation and community leadership training in Djakarta, Indonesia. Mediators Beyond Borders International—Women Peacebuilding: Enhancing Skills and Practice Training.
GRANT AMOUNT
$25,500
Project
University of California Hastings College of the Law | 016 Summer International Court ADR Institute
$25,000 to fund five-day training program in court-connected alternative dispute resolution design for non-US lawyers, judges and court professionals.
GRANT AMOUNT
$25,000
Project
Prison of Peace | 2016 Valley State Prison Mediation Training Program
$25,000 to fund a 40- hour Mediation workshop for 30 – 50 inmates
GRANT AMOUNT
$25,000
Project
Consensus Building Institute | Innovative ADR in Groundwater Sustainability to Manage California Drought
$25,000 for CBI to highlight and promote the use and the central role of ADR in connection with the implementation of California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
GRANT AMOUNT
$25,000
Project
Minnesota State Office for Collaboration and Dispute Resolution and Dispute Resolution Institute at Mitchell Hamline University School of Law 2016 | Talk with Purpose: Using Dispute Resolution to Engage Communities and Foster Relationships for Constructive Change
$24,998 for OCDR/DRI to conduct a transformative project to produce qualitative change in the type of engagement currently taking place between dominant and non-dominant communities in Minnesota.
GRANT AMOUNT
$24,998
Project
Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law—Straus Institute Annual Global Summit on Conflict Management, September 2016
$15,000 to supplement the investment of the Straus Institute in supporting the convening of working groups and planners in advance of a summit that will bring together individuals and organizations from all over the world to discuss common issues and concerns associated with complex dispute resolution processes.
GRANT AMOUNT
$15,000
Project
American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division – Annual Law Student Arbitration Competition
$10,000 to defray operating expenses, making the event more attractive and affordable for law schools participating in the next competition for the 2016-2017 school year, as law schools have increasingly reduced discretionary funds available. The competition format introduces students to arbitration and allows students to learn and practice skills relating to arbitration advocacy, such as crafting opening and closing statements, introducing evidence, creating demonstrative evidence, preparing witnesses, and developing case themes. This will be the 13 year of the competition.
GRANT AMOUNT
$10,000