Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Ballmer Group
$165 million commitment to Communities in Schools to expand its integrated student-support model within 1,000 Title I-eligible schools, which have a student population that is predominantly low income.
St. David’s Foundation
$43 million to 93 local and grassroots organizations in Central Texas that advance health equity in the region.
Doris Duke Foundation
$30 million to continue its Doris Duke Artists program, which gives cash awards of $550,000 each to artists in the fields of contemporary dance, jazz, and theater.
NBA Foundation
$16 million to BMe, Children’s Defense Fund, and 29 other organizations that help create job opportunities and advance economic empowerment for Black youths.
USCellular
$13 million to continue its After School Access Project, which pays for mobile hot spots at nonprofit groups that run after-school programs for youths and provide safe internet access for homework and education.
Ikea Foundation
$10.7 million commitment to Médecins Sans Frontières to provide emergency assistance, psychological support, and health care services following the earthquake in Turkey and northern Syria.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
$10 million to University of Washington Medicine to advance research and equity in health care and endow the Paul G. Ramsey Endowed Deanship.
Paul Ramsey retired last year after 25 years as CEO of UW Medicine and dean of its School of Medicine.
VF Foundation
$8.3 million to 60 organizations to create more inclusive and accessible outdoor spaces, strengthen women’s empowerment and community development, back projects in sustainable innovation, and enhance scholarships and mentorship programs in the apparel, footwear, and outdoor industries.
Gilead Sciences
$7.6 million to 24 health-equity and patient-advocacy organizations to close racial gaps in breast-cancer care in the United States.
Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Getty Foundation, and Terra Foundation for American Art
$5 million to Advancing Latinx Art in Museums, a new collaboration that will award $500,000 grants to create curatorial positions with expertise in Latino art at 10 arts institutions across the United States and in Puerto Rico.
Trinity Church Wall Street
$5 million over five years to Episcopal Relief and Development for its work to provide aid and supplies in response to major disasters and strengthen the resilience of marginalized communities worldwide.
Seedlings Foundation
$2.5 million to the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research to build an education and media center and digitize its archive of Holocaust materials.
PetSmart Charities
$2.3 million over three years to RedRover and Greater Good Charities to increase the number of domestic-violence shelters that accept pets.
Amazon
$2 million to 28 food banks, pantries, and other organizations that address food insecurity in the United States, particularly in the regions near its regional headquarters in Puget Sound, Wash.; Arlington, Va.; and Nashville, Tenn.
The retail giant also provided free delivery of 30 million meals through its charity partners.
Stanton Foundation
$1.4 million to the University of Georgia School of Law to back its Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills, which creates resources for animal-control officers, law enforcement, animal advocates, lawyers, and the general public to reduce the neglect and abuse of dogs.
William H. Pitt Foundation
$1 million to the Center for Creative Education to expand its programs, enhance its facilities, and offer scholarships for students from West Palm Beach, Fla.
We Energies Foundation
$1 million to Marquette University to expand scholarships and strengthen clinics within its School of Dentistry.
New Grant Opportunity
The Nareit Foundation is accepting proposals from nonprofit organizations to support programs that enhance the diversity of the real-estate-investment industry. The aim is to address systemic challenges faced by workers from underrepresented backgrounds, specifically those who are Black, Latino or Hispanic, women, first-generation college students, students from historically Black colleges and universities, and high-school students. Grants between $25,000 and $100,000 each will be awarded to programs that focus on workforce and professional development for careers in real estate, or offer mentoring, consulting, or access to investment capital for minority- or women-owned businesses. Applications are due March 9.
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