Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation
$150 million over 10 years to the Big Shoulders Fund to strengthen Catholic education from kindergarten through 12th grade in the Diocese of Gary, Ind.
Dean White, who died in 2016, was the billionaire former owner of Whiteco Advertising Company. He sold the billboard business for $960 million in 1998.
Trust for Civic Life
$50 million over five years to bolster community development through local groups and leaders in rural areas across the United States.
In the first round of giving through its Civic Hub program, the grant-making collaborative has awarded $8 million to 20 organizations.
Among the foundations that have seeded the effort are the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Omidyar Network, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Stand Together.
Shubert Foundation
$40 million in unrestricted grants to 653 nonprofit theaters, dance companies, academic programs, and other arts and culture organizations in the United States.
Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation
$25 million challenge grant to Loyola Marymount University to help build classrooms, laboratories, offices, and community spaces for interdisciplinary research at the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey STEM Center. The foundation will match gifts from other donors on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
Thomas Leavey co-founded the company that became the Farmers Insurance Group in 1928. He died in 1980; Dorothy Leavey died in 1998. The couple’s daughter and granddaughter have both served on the university’s Board of Trustees.
Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice
$18 million in grants to 50 groups in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina for multiyear general operating support at organizations that are advancing cleaner, renewable energy in the South.
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
$15 million to Ocean Cleanup to continue its project to remove 15 million pounds of floating plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, located between Hawaii and California.
Champlin Foundation
$8.4 million to 85 nonprofit organizations across Rhode Island that are working in the foundation’s program areas of arts and culture, conservation and parks, education, health care, historic preservation and heritage, libraries, social services, welfare of animals, and youth services.
Morgan Stanley Foundation
$8 million over four years to Feeding America to enhance its programs that address child hunger and improve access to food for people in need.
Home Depot Foundation
$6 million to help nonprofit organizations plan their disaster-response programs and long-term recovery efforts in communities across the United States in preparation for hurricane season.
The grantees include the American Red Cross, Convoy of Hope, Habitat for Humanity, Inspiritus, Mercy Corps’ Caribbean Resilience Initiative, Operation Blessing, Purple Heart Homes, Team Rubicon, ToolBank USA, and World Central Kitchen.
Autodesk
$5 million to Howard University’s College of Engineering and Architecture to buy equipment, upgrade software, and hire staff for its Design and Make lab.
Duke Endowment
$2.5 million to the Duke Homestead State Historic Site and Tobacco Museum to provide structural maintenance, upgrades, and care for the artifacts and collections located at the historic site in Durham, N.C.
Washington Duke and his family lived in the historic home from 1852 until 1874. His son James Duke established the Duke Endowment with a gift of $40 million in 1924.
Mellon Foundation
$2 million over two years to Prospect New Orleans to commission new artworks and continue its Artists of Public Memory Commission, which invites artists who were born in or live in Louisiana to create monuments and other types of public art.
BlackRock Foundation
$1.5 million to the Spartanburg Academic Movement to create a cradle-to-career educational program in South Carolina’s Union County, expand professional development for teachers, and back direct service providers that serve local youths and families.
Poetry Foundation
$1.5 million to 54 nonprofit groups that are dedicated to enhancing access to poetry and supporting poets and writers through poetry activities for young people, writing workshops for adults, festivals, residencies, publications, and other efforts.
New Grant Opportunity
The Global Good Fund is accepting applications for its 2025 fellowship program, which offers cash grants and leadership training for social entrepreneurs around the world. The program awards a $10,000 grant to each recipient for leadership development as well as professional executive coaching, resources, training, and networking opportunities to expand their organization’s reach. Applicants should have led their organizations for at least two years in the areas of economic mobility, education, environment, financial technology, or health. Applications are due June 30.
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