Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Bloomberg Philanthropies
$500 million pledge to Beyond Carbon, a campaign to shut down the country’s remaining coal plants by 2030 in an effort to reduce the impact of burning coal on climate change. Since the beginning of Beyond Coal, the foundation’s first campaign with the Sierra Club in 2011, the effort claims it has closed 289 of the United States’ 530 coal plants.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
$180 million to Emory University for the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance network, which is housed within the Emory Global Health Institute, for efforts to reduce child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and other parts of the world. Prior to this grant, the Gates Foundation had given the program a total of $91 million since its inception in 2015.
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation
$32 million to the Mayo Clinic for a new 64,000-square-foot research building in Rochester, Minn.
NFL Foundation
$20 million pledge to social-justice organizations working in education and economic advancement; police and community relations; and criminal justice reform. So far this year, $2 million has been distributed to the Alliance for Safety and Justice, the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, the Campaign for Black Male Achievement, the Civil Rights Corps, Gideon’s Promise, NAF (formerly known as the National Academy Foundation), Vera Institute of Justice, and VOTE.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
$5 million to the Chicago Public Library to create a new library branch at the Obama Presidential Center.
John A. Hartford Foundation
$2.5 million over three years to the National Academy for State Health Policy for the RAISE Act Family Caregiver Resource and Dissemination Center. It will support the implementation of the Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregiver Act, which was signed into federal law in 2018.
Echoing Green
$2 million in 34 fellowships to 26 organizations worldwide. The recipients have each been awarded up to $90,000 in cash grants over two years, in addition to mentoring and networking opportunities for their leaders, program support, and health-care benefits.
SunTrust Foundation
$1.5 million to Money Management International to enhance its research and technology behind its financial counseling and education for Hispanic people and military families at Clearpoint’s Hispanic Centers for Financial Excellence in Atlanta and Miami.
Herbert and Audrey Rosenfield Fund
$1 million to the City University of New York Borough of Manhattan Community College for scholarships designed to help students receive their degrees in two years.
New Grant Opportunities
The Big Lots Foundation is offering grants to support nonprofit groups that focus on hunger, housing, health care, and education for poor people throughout the United States in areas where the company has a presence. Priority is given to groups that serve women and children, or that help families transition from poverty to self-sufficiency. The deadline for grant proposals is July 1.
The Chick-fil-A Foundation is accepting nominations for its True Inspiration Awards, which honor nonprofit organizations working in education, youth homelessness and poverty, and economic empowerment. Grants range from $20,000 to $100,000; the restaurant chain’s customers will vote on candidates this fall. Last year, 22 awards were given. Nominations are due July 15.
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