Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
$25 million to the American Journalism Project, a venture philanthropy that will strengthen up to 60 local, nonprofit newsrooms.
The grant will also establish the Knight Resiliency Lab at the American Journalism Project, which will work with news outlets to bolster their financial and operational resilience.
Lilly Endowment
$22.4 million to the Aspen Institute’s Weave: the Social Fabric Project to support grassroots leaders who are working to strengthen social connection and trust in their communities.
The grant will enable the institute to partner with 75 community-based organizations and give Weaver Awards to 6,000 individuals and small groups.
The Lilly Endowment is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.
Medical Society of South Carolina
$20 million to Roper St. Francis Healthcare toward the hospital system’s $100 million fundraising campaign.
Duke Endowment
$10 million to Duke University. Of the total, $8 million will back a new effort to create interdisciplinary graduate-education collaboratives for students pursuing doctorates in biological and biomedical sciences, humanities, physical sciences and engineering, and social sciences.
The remaining $2 million will create the Provost’s Initiative on Pluralism, Free Inquiry, and Belonging.
Houston Methodist
$10 million to 30 local nonprofit organizations through its Community Benefits Grant Program to expand access to health care for more than 59,000 people in the Houston metropolitan area.
Shah Family Foundation
$10 million to Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital to establish the Center for Comprehensive Healing, which will be housed within the hospitals’ Department of Psychiatry.
Airbnb
$8.5 million to 160 nonprofits through its Airbnb Community Fund to strengthen communities around the world through efforts in economic empowerment, environmental sustainability, and the prevention of abuse and exploitation.
National Trust for Historic Preservation
$8.5 million through its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund for preservation projects at 30 Black churches with historical significance.
Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation
$8 million to 40 organizations to strengthen education, health care, economic development, and conservation efforts in Sarasota, Fla.
The total includes $300,000 for the foundation’s Time Fellowship program, which will help 25 Sarasota County Schools teachers and administrators pursue personal projects, and $75,000 to seed a Leadership Development Fund that will benefit nonprofit leaders at its grantee organizations.
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
$5.5 million to the Holon Institute of Technology for a new medical building that will house the Israeli university’s multidisciplinary programs in medical technologies, education and research, and artificial intelligence.
Conrad Prebys Foundation
$5 million to the University of California at San Diego to support The Depot, its new multidisciplinary arts and cultural hub in downtown San Diego.
Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Supporting Foundation
$4 million challenge grant to Cleveland Public Theatre to match donations to its capital campaign to renovate and expand the theater’s campus in the Gordon Square Arts District.
Providence’s Well Being Trust
$3.6 million to expand access to mental health care throughout the Providence health system and to support mental-health programs at 29 community-based organizations across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.
Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
$3 million to Grounds for Sculpture to bolster the sculpture park’s endowment.
SECU Foundation
$2 million to the North Carolina Aquarium Society to expand its facility at Fort Fisher and build a new education center that will serve students in North Carolina.
Ally Charitable Foundation
$1 million commitment to the Strategic Neighborhood Fund, a partnership between the city of Detroit and Invest Detroit that aims to bolster affordable housing and economic development in 10 neighborhoods across the city.
New Grant Opportunities
On March 10, California for the Arts will begin accepting proposals for grants through its Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund, which will help small nonprofit performing-arts organizations to hire and retain employees. The fund will award $12.5 million to cover the compensation of up to 20,000 full-time, part-time, and seasonal workers annually. Nonprofit theater companies, dance companies, choral groups, presenting organizations, performance venues, and local arts councils in California with adjusted gross revenue under $2 million are eligible to apply. Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis until the fund is exhausted.
New Music USA is accepting applications for grants through its New Music Organization Fund, which supports nonprofit organizations, performance groups, dance organizations, festivals, presenters, and venues. Organizations that had an operating budget under $3 million in the past three years may apply for grants worth up to $10,000 each for general operating support, the creation of new work, or live music for dance projects. The fund expects to make between 70 and 80 grants in this round. Applications are due March 27.
Chronicle of Philanthropy subscribers also have full access to GrantStation’s searchable database of grant opportunities. For more information, visit our grants page.
