Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Hess Corporation
$50 million over five years to the Salk Institute to establish the Hess Center for Plant Science and back its Harnessing Plants Initiative, which aims to improve the natural ability of plants to capture and store atmospheric carbon and combat climate change.
Hess is a global producer of crude oil and natural gas.
Alfred E. Mann Charities and Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Biomedical Engineering
$40 million to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California for a new partnership in biomedical research and programs to improve health care in the region.
Mann was an entrepreneur who founded MannKind Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company that develops treatments for endocrine and orphan lung diseases, among several other health care companies in Southern California. He died in 2016.
Overdeck Family Foundation
$15.4 million to 31 educational organizations that support literacy, math fluency, writing, and tutoring for students in need.
The largest grant, $6.7 million over two years, went to Accelerate, a national program that seeks to place tutoring services and personalized learning in public schools.
Read an opinion piece by John Overdeck, president of the Overdeck Family Foundation, about the need for philanthropy to support technology in education.
Irvine Health Foundation
$14 million to the University of California at Irvine to establish seven endowed chairs, recruit academic leaders, and back research to advance health equity in California’s Orange County through its School of Population and Public Health.
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
$10 million to 671 arts and culture organizations through the Community Accelerator Grant, which was administered by the ArtsFund.
The grant program gave priority to organizations that serve people from historically marginalized backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities, and rural populations across Washington state.
James B. McClatchy Foundation
$10 million to 31 grassroots organizations that help build multicultural, multilingual communities in California’s Central Valley through programs to advance democracy, education, local journalism, and inclusive leadership.
The foundation, which was started in 1994 by the late publishing heir James McClatchy and his wife, Susan, has pledged to spend down its remaining assets by 2030.
Teiger Foundation
$4.2 million to support projects, coalitions, and climate action led by U.S. curators in contemporary art.
Wells Fargo Foundation and Citi Foundation
$3.2 million through the Living Cities Closing the Gaps Network to advance economic development, income, homeownership, and wealth for people from marginalized communities across six cities: Albuquerque, N.M.; Austin, Tex.; Memphis; Minneapolis; St. Paul; and Rochester, N.Y.
Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts
$2.2 million to 15 community-based organizations that are working to reduce opioid overdoses and help people in need access treatment and recovery programs.
Pillars Fund
$2 million to 31 nonprofit groups with Muslim leaders through the Pillars Catalyze Fund, which makes grants to organizations led by American Muslims to advance social change.
Stupski Foundation
$1.8 million to the University of Hawaii to provide scholarships for students, with a focus on those attending one of the seven community colleges in the university system.
Liberty Mutual Foundation
$1.5 million to Children’s Services of Roxbury to renovate its headquarters.
Ballen Studios
$1 million pledge through the MrBallen Foundation to organizations that support the families and communities of victims of human trafficking, mass shootings, and other violent crimes.
Neviaser Foundation
$1 million to the Museum of Science and History for its capital campaign to build a new facility in Jacksonville, Fla.
New Grant Opportunity
Harbor Freight Tools for Schools is accepting applications for grants through its Prize for Teaching Excellence program. This year, $1.5 million in cash prizes will support 25 public high schools in the United States that offer classes in the skilled trades. Five high schools will receive $100,000 each; the remaining 20 schools will each receive $50,000. Applications are due May 5.
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