By: AIF Staff
JANESVILLE, WI – Today, AIF President and former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced 8 non-profit organizations across the United States will receive financial support and strategic assistance from the American Idea Foundation in 2024 as they work to fight poverty and spur upward mobility.
Since 2022, the American Idea Foundation has issued annual grants to organizations developing evidence-based solutions to challenges like homelessness, educational access, vocational training, literacy, and child welfare. Throughout the year, Ryan and his Foundation will offer strategic advice, policy expertise, and visibility to these amazing groups in furtherance of their work.
In announcing the American Idea Foundation’s 2024 grant recipients, Paul Ryan said:
“Our grant recipients are making a profound impact in their communities. They are improving people’s lives every single day. My foundation and I are honored to partner with these groups as they develop evidence-based solutions to some of America’s biggest challenges.
“These organizations are doing the hard but necessary work to make progress in the War on Poverty. They are helping people and doing so in a data-driven way. With the American Idea Foundation’s assistance, my hope is these groups will identify scalable solutions with demonstrated track records of success and provide policymakers with clear evidence about what works – and what doesn’t – when it comes to fighting poverty. I cannot wait to partner with these groups and assist them deepen their impact.”
Started by Ryan in October 2019, the American Idea Foundation believes by taking the politics out of poverty-fighting and focusing on outcomes and results, successful programs can be scaled, elevated, and replicated. The Foundation believes this approach – prioritizing what works and validating these interventions with evidence — will provide policymakers with a better blueprint to address the challenges facing individuals and communities across the United States.
The 2024 American Idea Foundation grant recipients are….
– ACE – CUNY (Accelerate, Complete & Engage – City University of New York)
– Family Promise of West Michigan
– NPower
Past recipients of grant funding from the American Idea Foundation include: Gatekeepers, Corner to Corner, Child First, Merit America, The Joseph Project, Bernie’s Book Bank, Bottom Line, Brigid’s Path, Friends of the Children, Per Scholas, Wisconsin Inmate Education Association, and the Women’s Bean Project.