Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
$250 million over 10 years to establish a new biomedical research hub in New York. It will bring together scientists from Columbia University, Rockefeller University, and Yale University to create tools that detect the earliest stages of disease in cells, monitor cellular changes over time, and treat diseases sooner than is currently possible.
The CZ Biohub New York is the fourth research institution the grant maker has created in recent years, following similar organizations in San Francisco, Chicago, and Redwood City, Calif.
A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation
$20.6 million to the University of Maryland to establish a permanent home for the Clark Scholars Program Network, which has awarded scholarships and other support programs for engineering students at 11 universities since 2016.
The Clark Foundation plans to sunset in 2025.
Conrad Prebys Foundation
$16 million commitment to arts organizations in San Diego to provide general operating support and commission art that brings together people from different communities and backgrounds.
Mark Foundation for Cancer Research
$12 million to four teams of scientists through its 2023 Endeavor Award program, which gives three-year grants of $3 million for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
Weingart Foundation
$9.1 million to 42 nonprofit groups in Southern California that work in community development, provide direct services, and promote social justice. The grants primarily went to organizations with leaders who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color.
Bloomberg Philanthropies
$8 million through its Public Art Challenge to award grants of up to $1 million each for temporary public art projects that address important civic issues in eight cities.
The projects will be on display in Atlanta, Baltimore, Honolulu, Houston, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Salt Lake City, and will focus on equity in health, Indigenous heritage, gun violence, climate change, and other topics.
Healthy Communities Foundation
$6.3 million in unrestricted grants to 73 nonprofit organizations that address local health needs, improve access to health care, and advance equity in community health for residents of Chicago’s South and West sides and the western suburbs of Cook County, Ill.
Overdeck Family Foundation
$6 million over three years to Khan Academy to increase the reach of its online educational content for students in preschool through college, and to evaluate Khanmigo, its tutor and teaching aid powered by artificial intelligence.
The foundation also gave $1.5 million over two years to EdReports to expand its work to identify the best-quality instructional materials for students.
American Express
$3 million for humanitarian-relief efforts in Israel, Gaza, and nearby affected areas.
The donation includes $750,000 to Save the Children Federation, $750,000 to the American Friends of Magen David Adom, $500,000 to Unicef, $500,000 to the American Red Cross, and $500,000 to HIAS.
Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation
$5 million to the Henry Ford for a project to relocate the Jackson House from Selma, Ala., to Dearborn, Mich., this fall. The grant will also support the museum’s digital and in-person programs related to the home.
The Jackson House was a home base where Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil-rights activists worked, collaborated, and planned the Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965.
Accenture
$3 million for humanitarian relief in the Middle East.
The information-technology and consulting company’s donation was split equally between Magen David Adom and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Prologis
$3 million to Morehouse College to back academic programs and research at the Morehouse Real Estate Institute, which helps prepare Black students for careers in commercial and residential real estate.
Black Future Co-op Fund
$2 million to 20 organizations with Black leaders, with a focus on arts and education to increase well-being in Black communities.
Each grantee has received $100,000 in unrestricted funding.
Ron Jon Surf Shop and the Surfing’s Evolution and Preservation Foundation
$2 million to the Brevard Zoo to build a beach-themed entrance at the zoo’s Aquarium and Conservation Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
The surfing company and the foundation each donated $1 million.
Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts
$1.3 million to Sesame Workshop and the American Academy of Pediatrics to improve the continuum of services for children and teenagers who have been affected by a parent’s substance use, and to help clinicians prevent, identify, and treat substance use by adolescents and young adults.
Sesame Workshop received $841,000 to expand its Parental Addiction Initiative, and the American Academy of Pediatrics received $500,000 for its Pathways to Resilience Toolkit.
Common Future
$1 million to the Kensington Corridor Trust, in Philadelphia, and Jane Place, in New Orleans, to back their programs in community-owned real estate and low-cost rentals that aim to build wealth for Black, Indigenous, and people of color.
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