FRAMEWORKS INSTITUTE

Programs

1. Health: frameworks' research has taken place on a wide variety of issue areas, including children's mental and oral healt, tobacco-related health disparities, social determints of healh, the intersection of public health and other sectors, community health, environmental health, health care and public informatics.

   $3,350,687 spentof which $699 as grants$2,614,739 earned by the program
   45% of program spending

2. Children youth & families: frameworks helps nonprofit organizations that serve children and families to discover and document the effects of frames on public views and attitudes, as well as translate the views of experts to their respective publics. The aim of this work is two-fold: to deepen public understanding of complex social problems and to help individuals better evaluate potential solutions to the tough challenges that confront many children and their families. Issues addressed range from early childhood development to child abuse prevention, child nutrition and oral health, adolescent development, criminal justice, foster care, and educational reform.

   $1,788,390 spentof which $377 as grants
   24% of program spending

3. Economy and equality: as income inequality continues to rise, people are paying more attention to its effects on the country's social, economic, and political systems. Discussions about ways to alleviate poverty, reduce inequity, promote economic mobility, and redefining the future of work are permeating policy circles, the media, and scholarly publications and frameworks is actively engaged in research in all these areas.

   $637,574 spentof which $77 as grants
   9% of program spending

4. Cross-cutting: work in this area, along with that underwritten by general support, focus on intellectual inquiry and services that cross discrete issue-focused boundaries and are wide-ranging in impact.

   $562,128 spentof which $108 as grants
   8% of program spending

5. Human rights, services and justice: frameworks undertakes multiple projects in the areas of human rights, services, and justice. Researchers study how nonprofit organizations can help the public understand the criminal justice system and the need to reform it in the u.s. And the united kingdom. The institute also explored how advocates in jacksonville, florida, can mobilize their community around improving outcomes for children and youth. Additionally, the institute has conducted research in the u.s. And the united kingdom on affordable housing.

   $513,557 spentof which $80,861 as grants
   7% of program spending

6. Publications and curricula: frameworks academy is frameworks' online learning platform that contains multimedia classes on framing and its applications in a variety of areas. Among its many offerings are courses on framing science, technology, engineering, and math (stem) education, reframing elder abuse and framing for climate interpreters.

   $299,443 spentof which $151 as grants
   4% of program spending

7. Education: recognizing the challenge that nonprofit and public-sector leaders face in engaging the american public in meaningful education reforms, an influential group of philanthropic leaders came together to partner with the institute in developing effective new ways of talking about this critical issue: a new core story of education. Frameworks offers workshops and on- line courses to help advocates use this research. Frameworks also works with the partnership for the future of learning in the shared story project, a collaborative effort to create a narrative shift that centers public education as a public good. Additionally, frameworks has conducted research on family, school and community engagement in early childhood.

   $166,943 spentof which $51 as grants
   2% of program spending

8. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

   $57,544 spentof which $610 as grants
   1% of program spending

The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,376,266.