Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
The Audacious Project
$900 million commitment to nine groups through the TED Conferences’ funding collaboration of major donors and philanthropic organizations to support innovative projects for social change.
Among the grants were $64 million to Code for America to establish the Safety Net Innovation Lab, which will collaborate with government agencies and community organizations to improve the delivery of government services; $53 million over six years to the International Refugee Assistance Project to augment its services, reach, and legal advocacy to address the global refugee crisis; and $42 million over five years to Glasswing International to expand access to mental-health services through community resources that include schools, police precincts, and health care facilities in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
The Audacious Project also granted $41 million to Permafrost Pathways, a partnership of the Woodwell Climate Research Center, the Arctic Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and the Alaska Institute for Justice. It will bring together Arctic community leaders with experts in climate science, policy, and environmental justice to address the local and global outcomes of thawing permafrost in the Arctic region.
Wells Fargo Foundation
$60 million to the National Urban League and UnidosUS to address the causes of racial gaps in homeownership.
It will also make grants over the next three years to 40,000 households of color in eight areas where white families significantly outpace minority families in homeownership.
Patrick F. Cadigan Family Foundation
$49 million to Boston College High School to build a new wellness facility on its campus.
Patrick Cadigan, who died in 2020, was a real-estate investor who owned nearly $1 billion in apartment properties throughout California’s Orange County. He graduated from the Catholic school for boys in 1952.
Blue Meridian Partners
$46.5 million to Zero to Three to double the reach of HealthySteps, its program to help families of young children access primary care and wraparound services that aims to benefit more than 700,000 babies and toddlers in need by 2027.
This grant follows a previous donation of $39 million from Blue Meridian Partners to Zero to Three for the program.
Pivotal Ventures, Citadel, and Hopper-Dean Foundation
$26 million to Break Through Tech, which aims to increase the number of women and underrepresented minorities who graduate with degrees in computing, to create programs in artificial intelligence and machine learning at Cornell Tech, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Schwarzman College of Computing, and the University of California at Los Angeles’s Samueli School of Engineering.
The programs will be offered for free to undergraduate students in the New York, Boston, and Los Angeles metropolitan areas.
Raytheon Technologies
$25 million to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum for its forthcoming “Living in the Space Age” exhibition about innovations in space technology. It is expected to open in 2025.
Several Major Foundations
$20 million to the Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing for its Youth Power Pledge campaign to raise $35 million that will support young activists who are advancing racial, gender, and economic justice.
The Ford Foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the California Endowment each gave $1.5 million to the campaign. The other grant makers that have contributed so far include the Andrus Family Fund, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Cricket Island Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Edward W. Hazen Foundation, the Hill-Snowdon Foundation, the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation, the Perrin Family Foundation, the Raikes Foundation, the Resourcing Justice Fund, the Silver Giving Foundation, the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation, and the JPB Foundation.
California Wellness Foundation
$17.5 million across 88 grants to advance health equity in California, with a focus on enhancing health for people of color, immigrants, youths, and low-income people.
Seattle Foundation
$12.6 million through its Fund for Inclusive Recovery to support 21 organizations with leaders who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Each group will receive grants of $600,000 over three years for operating support and capacity building as they recover from financial losses during the Covid-19 pandemic.
NBA Foundation
$11 million to 40 organizations that are advancing employment and career opportunities and creating economic empowerment for Black youths throughout the United States and Canada.
Salesforce
$11 million to 12 organizations through its Ecosystem Restoration and Climate Justice Fund, which the technology company established this past fall to make $100 million in grants over 10 years.
The first 12 recipients are American Forests, the Arbor Day Foundation, Conservation International, Fundación Natura, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Nature Conservancy, the Ocean Foundation, One Tree Planted, Restor, Save the Bay, Wetlands International, and the World Resources Institute.
Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts
$10.9 million over three years to nine organizations that are leading programs to prevent substance abuse and protect vulnerable children and families across the United States.
Global Methane Hub
$10 million to the Climate and Clean Air Coalition for its efforts to reduce global methane emissions.
Johnson & Johnson
$10 million to provide humanitarian aid for refugees who are fleeing Ukraine.
The recipients include the International Rescue Committee, International Federation of Red Cross, and Red Crescent.
Winston Family Foundation
$10 million to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to create the Winston National Center on Technology Use, Brain, and Psychological Development.
The center will develop research and tools for parents, caregivers, and teens to inform choices about how they engage with technology and social media.
Home Depot Foundation
$6.6 million to renovate or repair homes for 400 U.S. military veterans in the United States.
The grantees include the Gary Sinise Foundation, Meals on Wheels America, and Purple Heart Homes.
Alfred E. Mann Family Foundation
$5 million to the University of California at Los Angeles to endow funds to back interdisciplinary research and technology at the university’s California NanoSystems Institute and the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research.
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
$4 million to Science Is US to continue its efforts to ensure that scientific and engineering experts are included in the development of public policy.
Koret Foundation
$3.3 million to iCivics, the Commonwealth Club of California, and Common Sense Media to improve the quality of civic education and correct disinformation in California.
National Trust for Historic Preservation
$2.5 million across 80 grants through its Telling the Full History Preservation Fund to preserve historic places of importance to underrepresented communities in 39 states.
Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation
$2 million to Marquette University’s School of Dentistry to enhance technology and establish the Delta Dental Advanced Care Clinic, which will provide dental care to people with special needs in the Milwaukee area.
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation
$2 million to PEN America to provide emergency support for visual artists in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, and to protect artists and cultural heritage at risk around the world.
The foundation also gave $500,000 to the World Monuments Fund to establish the Ukraine Heritage Response Fund to preserve cultural heritage in Ukraine.
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
$1.6 million to Linfield University to finish building a science complex on its campus in McMinnville, Ore.
Lowe’s Companies
$1.5 million to North Carolina Central University to name the auditorium and establish a new academic program within its School of Business.
James B. McClatchy Foundation
$1.5 million to 25 journalism organizations to bolster local reporting and civic engagement in California’s Central Valley.
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
$1.2 million to nine universities and nonprofit groups for projects to strengthen the efforts of news organizations and civil society to expose and mitigate the impact of disinformation on communities of color.
CHS Foundation
$1 million to the National 4-H Council for its 4-H True Leaders in Equity, which will train up to 100 young people and adults to deliver its programs for youths from marginalized communities.
Exante
$1 million to Unicef’s emergency-response efforts for vulnerable children and families in Ukraine and those who have fled to neighboring countries.
New Grant Opportunity
Chick-fil-A is accepting nominations for its annual True Inspiration Awards, which recognize nonprofit groups that are working in its four priority areas of caring for people, caring through food, caring for communities, or caring for the planet. This year, the restaurant group will award $5 million to 46 charities in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada. Grants range from $30,000 to $350,000 each. Applications are due May 20.
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