Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Lilly Endowment
$138 million to the Indiana University Foundation to establish the IU Launch Accelerator for Biosciences, which will back collaborative research in human health.
The grant maker also gave $30 million each to Girl Scouts of the USA and YMCA of the USA to enhance their national programs that develop character and confidence among young people, and $20 million to the Council of Independent Colleges to continue the work of its Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education.
The Lilly Endowment is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
$73.5 million to 144 organizations across 11 countries to use artificial intelligence to address pressing global concerns, including A.I. literacy, climate resilience, crisis preparedness, education, journalism, and more.
Grants in this round ranged from $45,000 to $1.5 million each.
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
$20 million over seven years to Report for America to create partnerships with local newsrooms and recruit journalists to enhance coverage of local news.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
$20 million through its Local News Program to bolster journalism within city and community newsrooms.
Among the grants is $3.3 million to the Chicago Community Trust to support Press Forward Chicago and its news coverage in the communities surrounding the foundation’s headquarters.
The MacArthur Foundation is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.
Siegel Family Endowment
$16.3 million to 50 nonprofit organizations for efforts to use artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies to strengthen work-force development, infrastructure, and effective philanthropy.
American Journalism Project
$14 million to establish the Tulsa Local News Initiative, which will expand local news coverage in Oklahoma.
The project has received grants from the George Kaiser Family Foundation, the Inasmuch Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Mary Lou Lemon Foundation, among other donors.
Ibis Group
$11.3 million to More Perfect to expand teaching of American history and civic issues for students in preschool through 12th grade, higher education, and continuing-education programs.
Willametta K. Day Foundation
$10 million to the Stevenson School to enhance academic programs at the private school’s Day Family Center for Science and Engineering.
1803 Fund
$8 million to 11 economic-development and cultural organizations that serve the Black community in Portland, Ore.
Joseph W. Clayes III Charitable Trust
$5 million to the Cygnet Theatre and NTC Foundation to endow operations at the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Performing Arts Center, a new venue that is expected to open next year in San Diego’s Arts District.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
$4.5 million to Great Minds PBC, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Southern California and the Riverside Unified School District, to improve math instruction at elementary and middle schools.
John A. Hartford Foundation
$2.6 million over three years to the Education Development Center and the University of California at Los Angeles to back a partnership that also includes the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging to improve the quality of care for people with dementia.
The foundation also pledged $1.8 million over three years to the National Alliance for Caregiving toward its Act on Raise Family Caregiving Advocacy Campaign.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
$1 million to strengthen community-driven mental health and health equity across Massachusetts.
Harnisch Foundation
$1 million to CreativeMornings to expand its global networking and community-building programs for designers, entrepreneurs, and artists.
H-E-B
$1 million to Austin Habitat for Humanity to back two affordable-housing projects in East Austin, Texas.
Northrop Grumman
$1 million to NPower to expand its SkillBridge Cybersecurity program and open a new technology-education center for military veterans and their spouses. It will be located near the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and Naval Station San Diego.
Warten Foundation
$1 million to Lambda Legal toward its Unstoppable Future campaign, which is seeking to raise $180 million to protect and expand the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals and people living with HIV.
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