Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Ikea Foundation
$100 million to the ClimateWorks Foundation’s Drive Electric Campaign to help countries in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia develop the infrastructure to support electric vehicles and reduce their reliance on gasoline for transportation by 2050.
Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust
$50 million to the West Virginia University Cancer Institute to build a new comprehensive cancer hospital as part of the WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital complex, in Morgantown, W.Va.
Hazel Ruby McQuain, a West Virginia businesswoman who was president of Ruby Enterprises, donated $8.5 million in 1983 to build the J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, named for her late first husband. She died in 2002.
JPMorgan Chase
$20 million commitment to eight organizations for their efforts to expand access to homeownership for marginalized communities in cities across the United States.
Grants worth between $1 million and $3 million each went to Build Wealth MN, Catapult Greater Pittsburgh, City First Enterprises, Homewise, Compass Working Capital, Economic Architecture, Impact Charitable, and UnidosUS.
Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles
$10 million to the Baltimore Community Foundation’s Maryland Tough Baltimore Strong Key Bridge Fund, which will provide ongoing financial relief to the families of victims, port workers, first responders, small businesses, and communities who were affected by the Key Bridge collapse on March 26.
Each sports team contributed $5 million.
Skoll Foundation
$8 million to the four winners of the 2024 Skoll Award for Social Innovation, which honors the achievements of social-entrepreneurship organizations worldwide.
Each winner has received $2 million in unrestricted and flexible support that may be used to conduct program evaluation, strengthen communications, and make grants to partnering organizations.
The recipients this year are Food for Education (Kenya), IllumiNative (United States), Meedan (United States), and the SaveLife Foundation (India).
ExxonMobil
$5 million to the Memorial Hermann Foundation to back its $55 million fundraising campaign to buy four new helicopters and a specialty aircraft that can be used to provide critical air ambulance transport.
Mellon Foundation
$5 million to the City University of New York Graduate Center to create a graduate program in Black, race, and ethnic studies. Of the total, $2.3 million will support PhD students in the program and $2.7 million will be used to hire new faculty.
The foundation also gave $1 million to BlackStar Projects for general operating support of this organization that backs the work of Black, brown, and Indigenous visual artists and independent filmmakers.
Heising-Simons Foundation
$4 million over two years to 11 community-based organizations through its Families Lead California, which empowers parents to influence state policies that affect families with children under age 8.
Each grantee received between $400,000 and $500,000.
Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Foundation
$2.3 million to 27 child-care programs throughout Oklahoma to build or renovate playgrounds and outdoor learning environments for young children.
Cargill
$2.1 million over two years to Water.org for its WaterCredit program, which will make small loans for water and sanitation solutions to expand access to clean water for 300,000 people in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation
$1 million to the City University of New York to help students from New York complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form, which is required for any college or university student to receive financial aid.
The program will reach 100,000 students through partnerships with New York City Public Schools and the New York and Queens public library systems.
New Grant Opportunity
The CareQuest Institute for Oral Health is accepting proposals for grants to increase equity in access to oral health care for school children and military veterans and reduce racial, ethnic, and economic disparities in dental health. Ten grants worth up to $125,000 each will be awarded to school-based or school-linked programs, and another 10 grants worth up to $125,000 each will go to programs that serve veterans. Proposals are due May 1.
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