Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Funds for the Newest New Yorkers
$5.6 million over two years to 22 nonprofit groups to provide services to immigrants in New York City, including case management, legal aid, English language instruction, education, job training, health care, and other resettlement support.
The New York Community Trust, UJA-Federation of New York, and the Ford Foundation each gave $1 million to back the program. Additional support came from Robin Hood, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Trinity Church NYC, the Altman Foundation, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, M&T Bank, the Endeavor Foundation, the Scherman Foundation, and individual donors.
The Ford Foundation is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.
Lilly Endowment
$95 million to 20 organizations to strengthen the ordained and lay leadership and ministry of Christian churches in rural areas and small towns across the United States.
Grants ranged from $1.4 million to $7.5 million each.
The Lilly Endowment is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.
McCasland Foundation
$10 million to the University of Oklahoma to build two new residence halls for first-year students.
Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation
$8.1 million to bolster educational programs, exhibitions, publications, scholarships, and construction and renovation projects at historic-preservation organizations across Long Island, N.Y.
James S. McDonnell Foundation
$8 million to the University of Missouri at St. Louis to recruit faculty and offer scholarships as its School of Engineering admits its first cohort of engineering students in the fall.
Partnership for the Bay’s Future
$7 million to 10 partnerships between local governments and community-based organizations to advance equitable access to affordable housing throughout San Francisco’s Bay Area.
Walter R. Garrison Foundation
$3.9 million to the Pennsylvania Institute of Technology to establish the Walter R. Garrison College of Nursing and renovate facilities on its campus.
Colossal Foundation
$3 million commitment to the University of Melbourne’s Pask and Frankenberg Lab to study chytridiomycosis, a fungal disease that threatens amphibians and is responsible for the extinction of at least 90 amphibian species worldwide.
State Farm
$3 million commitment to Illinois State University to back its new bachelor’s degree program in interdisciplinary data science.
Decolonizing Wealth Project
$2 million through its #Case4Reparations fund to 32 Black-led organizations that are building public support in the United States for the reparations movement that will financially benefit the descendants of enslaved Africans.
The grants are coming through Liberated Capital, the organization’s donor community and funding vehicle.
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
$2 million over three years to Documented for efforts to help local newsrooms create multilingual content and better reach immigrant communities.
Brooklyn Org
$1.8 million to 18 nonprofit organizations that are advancing racial justice in New York’s Brooklyn borough.
Eisner Foundation
$1.3 million to seven organizations in the Los Angeles area to offer intergenerational programs that connect older adults with children and youths.
Women’s Foundation of Minnesota
$1.1 million to six recipients through its We Thrive fund to enhance wealth-building for women through education and entrepreneurship.
Sentry Insurance
$1 million to the Maui United Way to offer counseling to young people who experienced trauma during the wildfires in Hawaii in 2023.
Walmart Foundation and Feeding America
$1 million to the North Texas Food Bank to expand access to food in the region’s rural and marginalized communities.
New Grant Opportunity
Lever for Change is accepting applications for the Trust in American Institutions Challenge, a $10 million open call to restore public trust in public schools, government bodies, the media, and the medical system in the United States. Organizations and collaborative partnerships are eligible to apply for grants to increase trust in core institutions among Americans across the country. One winner will receive a grant of $9 million, and the remaining $1 million will be shared among the other finalists. Applicants must register by February 19, 2025, with full applications due March 19.
Chronicle of Philanthropy subscribers also have full access to GrantStation’s searchable database of grant opportunities. For more information, visit our grants page.
