Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
$26 million over three years to Stepping Forward, its new grant-making strategy that will address the twin challenges of Covid-19 and racial inequity and their impact on communities in the New Haven, Conn., area.
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
$19.6 million in its latest round of grant making in the region, of which $1.6 million went to support Covid-related needs that include support for frontline health care workers, testing sites for vulnerable populations, mental-health programs, relief for small businesses, arts and culture organizations, incarcerated individuals, and the elderly.
Data.org, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, and the Rockefeller Foundation
$10 million to eight recipients through the Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge. Each grantee will use data science and artificial intelligence to address societal challenges.
Merck
$10 million through its Safer Childbirth Cities program to community-based organizations in the United States that address racial inequities in maternal health outcomes.
McKnight Foundation
$6.5 million through its Midwest Climate and Energy program to 84 grantees that are working to preserve and improve the quality of life in the Midwest through climate goals and clean-energy leadership in the region.
Lilly Endowment
$6.4 million over two years to the Conversation and Religion News Service to continue their work on the Global Religion Journalism Initiative, a collaboration with the Associated Press.
(The Lilly Endowment is a financial supporter of the Chronicle of Philanthropy.)
3M
$5 million to the United Negro College Fund to create a scholarship program that will give tuition support to more than 100 students from St. Paul, Minn., who are studying science, technology, engineering, or math at historically Black colleges and universities or at Florida International University.
LEGO Foundation
$4 million to the Lemann Foundation for the Creative Schools Program, in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, and the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium, to give more than 500,000 Brazilian children access to hands-on educational programs.
Abramson Family Foundation
$2.5 million to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to support the pediatric emergency department in its new hospital in King of Prussia, Pa.
Airbnb.org
$2 million to organizations that support refugees and displaced individuals who have been affected during the recently repealed federal ban on travel from Muslim-majority countries. Of the total, $1 million went to the International Rescue Committee.
Gill Foundation
$1 million to the Freedom for All Americans Education Fund for efforts to pass federal laws that will protect LGBTQ Americans from discrimination.
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
$1 million to the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting to offer workshops, mentorship programs, internships, and other opportunities to strengthen and support the work of journalists of color.
New Grant Opportunity
The Keeling Curve Prize is accepting nominations from individuals and organizations working in the following mission areas: carbon capture and utilization; decarbonized energy; economics and financial mechanisms; social and cultural pathways; and transport and mobility. Two prizes of $25,000 will be awarded in each category. Nominations are due February 10.
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