Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Twenty Foundations
$223 million pledge to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent before 2030 and limit the warming of the atmosphere by 0.2 degrees Celsius by the year 2050. This commitment will support the Global Methane Pledge, a diplomatic agreement between the United States and the European Union.
The participating grant makers are Bloomberg Philanthropies, Breakthrough Energy, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, the Erol Foundation, the Grantham Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the High Tide Foundation, the IKEA Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the McCall MacBain Foundation, the Montpelier and Hampshire Foundations, the Oak Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Pisces Foundation, the Quadrature Climate Foundation, Sea Change Foundation International, the Sequoia Climate Fund, the Skoll Foundation, Sobrato Philanthropies, and the Zegar Family Foundation.
The Hewlett Foundation is a financial supporter of the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Strada Education Network
$25 million to 28 historically Black colleges and universities to support leadership-development programs, enhance economic mobility for graduates, and provide students with scholarships and financial support while they participate in internships.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
$17 million to 15 grantees to strengthen programs within schools, districts, and communities to foster their students’ sense of belonging and academic growth.
The largest grant of $2 million went to Innovate Public Schools for its efforts to improve public education, particularly for low-income students and students of color.
Ford Foundation
$16 million in rapid-response grants to expand access and strengthen equity for Covid-19 vaccine distribution across developing countries, with a goal of vaccinating 70 percent of the world’s population within a year.
Overdeck Family Foundation
$13.5 million to 33 recipients working in education policy, early-childhood development, and school leadership.
The grants include $1.5 million to ParentCorps for general operating support and to provide social-emotional learning at the preschool level for marginalized children and families; $1.1 million to LENA, an organization that uses coaching programs for parents and caregivers to improve early language development; and $1 million to the Centering Healthcare Institute, which expands prenatal and pediatric care at medical practices.
Oak Foundation
$10.3 million over four years to Together for Girls for its coalition of survivors and advocates who are working to end sexual violence against children.
AAPI Civic Engagement Fund
$7.5 million to community-based organizations that serve Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and work to stop racially motivated violence and enhance solidarity across the United States.
High Meadows Fund
$6 million to the Vermont Land Trust to diversify farm ownership in the state, improve farming’s economic viability, and advance natural climate solutions and the ecological health of Vermont farms.
VF Foundation
$5.5 million to 60 organizations worldwide that create more accessible outdoor spaces, economic and community development, sustainable innovation, and scholarships.
The VF Corporation owns the apparel brands Timberland and North Face, among others.
PepsiCo
$5 million through its PepsiCo Stronger Together to create career-training opportunities for 3,000 young people from Chicago’s South and West Sides over the next five years.
The program will partner with community-based organizations, including Imagine Englewood If, the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council, Southwest Organizing Project, UCAN, Chicago Jesuit Academy, and Chicago Cubs Charities.
Robert and Judith Atlas Family Foundation
$2.5 million to Purdue University to name the ground floor of the renovated student union after the Atlas family.
Koret Foundation
$2 million to 10 arts and cultural institutions in the San Francisco Bay Area as they re-open to live audiences for the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pinterest
$2 million to Rising Ground, the Steve Fund, the Trevor Project, and other charities that provide services and resources to boost emotional well-being for underrepresented and marginalized groups.
In honor of World Mental Health Day, the social-media company also gave $80,000 from the Pinterest Charitable Fund to three community-led organizations. Those recipients are Boundless Early Education, Urban Juncture Foundation and Coffee, and Hip Hop and Mental Health.
Timken Foundation of Canton
$1.5 million to Kent State University to expand the building that houses its College of Aeronautics and Engineering.
Craig H. Neilsen Foundation
$1 million to organizations that provide community-based services to people with spinal-cord injuries, especially those with urgent needs following natural disasters. The grantees include Team Rubicon, the United Spinal Association, and Health Equity International.
New Grant Opportunity
Cable One Inc. is accepting applications for grants from nonprofit organizations in the 17 states where the telecommunications company’s brands do business. In its fall round, the company expects to make $100,000 in grants for special projects and capital campaigns at charities that work in education and digital literacy, hunger relief and food insecurity, or community development. Applications are due October 31.
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