Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Simons Foundation International and the Carson Family Charitable Trust
$125 million over four years to the New York Genome Center to continue its operations through 2029.
The Simons Foundation committed $100 million, and the Carson Family Charitable Trust pledged $25 million.
1803 Fund
$75 million over 10 years to community-based organizations that serve Black youths and families in Oregon.
Albina Head Start and Self Enhancement Inc. will each receive $25 million over 10 years to back their direct services. The two organizations will also jointly oversee a fund of $2.5 million each year for 10 years that they will re-grant to organizations that support the well-being of young Black people in the state.
Bezos Earth Fund and Global Methane Hub
$27.4 million to back research on breeding methods of cattle and sheep that produce lower methane emissions.
The Bezos Earth Fund is giving $19.3 million and $8.1 million will come from the Global Methane Hub.
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust
$18.5 million to nonprofits and programs across Arizona’s Maricopa County in the foundation’s program areas of arts and culture, children, education, health care, older adults, and religious organizations.
Delta Air Lines Foundation
$16.5 million over five years to community-based groups in Clayton County, Ga., near the airline’s headquarters in Atlanta.
The largest grant of $13.5 million will go to Clayton County Public Schools for partnerships with the Junior Achievement Discovery Center, the Flint River Boys and Girls Club, and scholarships for its students who plan to pursue careers in aviation.
Ford Foundation
$15 million over three years to advance the rights of people with disabilities worldwide.
In addition to this commitment, the $16.8 billion grant maker pledged that 25 percent of all its grant making will be directed to include people with disabilities throughout Ford’s core programs, including democracy and civic engagement, gender justice and caregiving, climate justice, and technology.
The Ford Foundation is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.
Morgan Stanley
$15 million to six grantees through its Alliance for Children’s Mental Health, the bank’s $50 million commitment to pediatric mental health worldwide.
In this round, the recipients of the multiyear grants are the Child Mind Institute, Columbia University’s Department of Psychiatry, the Jed Foundation, the Steve Fund, Place2Be (United Kingdom), and Mind HK (Hong Kong).
Google.org
$10 million in funding to Project Evident and the Tech:NYC Foundation’s Decoded Futures to help community foundations across the United States teach AI skills to local nonprofit groups.
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
$10 million to the Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women and Children and the Queen’s Medical Center–West O‘ahu Cancer Center to expand access to cancer care in Hawaii.
John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation
$8.5 million to the Georgia School of Orthodontics to establish the John Lewis Legacy Scholarships, in honor of the late civil-right activist and U.S. representative of Georgia.
The scholarships will provide tuition support as well as civil-rights education for all orthodontic residents.
United Health Foundation
$7 million to expand access to maternal and infant health care and increase the doula work force to improve health outcomes for new mothers in Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, and Wisconsin.
MetLife Foundation
$5 million over two years to expand its Community Impact Grant Program, which makes grants to serve the urgent needs of people with low incomes in the United States, Asia, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas
$5 million over four years to the Texas A&M University School of Public Health to continue its work on the South Texas Safe Water Project through 2028.
Schultz Family Foundation
$3 million to four organizations for a new program that will train artificial-intelligence platforms to provide advanced career-development tools and improve economic mobility for young people.
Renaissance Philanthropy, CodePath, CareerVillage.org, and Basta will share the grant.
Google.org
$2 million to Jobs for the Future to seed its National Apprentice Fund, which will provide direct cash grants worth up to $2,800 to 750 participants in registered apprenticeship programs as an incentive to increase completion rates.
Prebys Foundation
$2 million over two years to support the operations of five news outlets that cover state and local issues in California, particularly San Diego.
The grantees are the Times of San Diego, inewsource, KPBS, Voice of San Diego, and CalMatters.
Brooklyn Org
$1.8 million to 17 nonprofit organizations to advance racial, social, and economic justice across Brooklyn.
Seven of the grantees serve immigrant communities within the borough.
LA84 Foundation
$1.8 million across 26 grants to community-based organizations that expand access to sports, play, and exercise for young people in Southern California.
Salesforce
$1.2 million to five organizations to scale projects that address climate challenges using artificial intelligence. These grants came through the Salesforce Accelerator Agents for Impact program, which also awards in-kind technology and expertise in addition to financial support.
The recipients are Ceres, Fairtrade, FSC Investments & Partnerships, the Global Water Center, and Rare.
IDB Lab
$1 million to 2Gether-International for Ecosistema Diverso: Promoting Entrepreneurship in Latin America and the Caribbean with a Focus on People with Disabilities.
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