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Rockefeller Foundation Commits $65 Million to Aid Low-Earning American Families (Grants Roundup)

By  M.J. Prest
March 4, 2020
The Rockefeller Foundation’s grant will help more than 10 million low-wage workers and their families in pay for basic needs and plan for their future.
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The Rockefeller Foundation’s grant will help more than 10 million low-wage workers and their families in pay for basic needs and plan for their future.

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Rockefeller Foundation

$65 million to help more than 10 million low-wage workers and their families in the United States pay for basic needs and plan for their future. Of the commitment, $36.5 million over three years will support its U.S. Equity and Economic Opportunity Initiative to improve economic stability and mobility for 5 million low-wage workers in America. The remaining money will pay for related programs across the foundation.

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Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Rockefeller Foundation

$65 million to help more than 10 million low-wage workers and their families in the United States pay for basic needs and plan for their future. Of the commitment, $36.5 million over three years will support its U.S. Equity and Economic Opportunity Initiative to improve economic stability and mobility for 5 million low-wage workers in America. The remaining money will pay for related programs across the foundation.

Convalescent Hospital for Children

$36 million to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to enhance mental-health care for children and teens.

Still Water Foundation

$10 million to the University of Texas at Austin for improvements to the Blanton Museum of Art’s grounds, and to create an endowment for Landmarks, the university’s public-art program in the College of Fine Arts.

A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation

$7.5 million to Community of Hope to purchase a larger facility and relocate its Family Health and Birth Center. The expansion project also received a $1 million pledge from the Developing Families Center.

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Bridgewater Associates

$5 million to Peking University First Hospital and Union Hospital for Clinical Care, in addition to three medical teams in Wuhan, to support first responders who are providing care to people with coronavirus in China.

JPMorgan Chase

$4 million to two organizations through its Advancing Black Pathways program, which aims to reduce racial economic inequality. Prosperity Now will receive $3 million over two years to provide leadership training and other organizational-development skills for leaders of color working at economic-development nonprofits in Minneapolis and Seattle. Inclusiv will use $1 million to expand access to credit unions in low- and moderate-income communities in Detroit and Cleveland.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

$2.5 million to the Cook County Criminal Courts to make changes to its criminal-justice processes, including the review of cases where defendants are being held on low bail, a peer-mentoring program for people who have been repeatedly arrested due to substance abuse or mental-health issues, and to offer job-search services that help formerly incarcerated people who were convicted of nonviolent drug offenses.

Comic Relief USA

$1 million to create a new donor-advised fund at the Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico that will address child poverty in Puerto Rico. The money is coming through the comedy organization’s Red Nose Day Fund.

New Grant Opportunity

The RRF Foundation for Aging is accepting proposals for projects working to improve quality of life for older Americans through direct service, advocacy, education, and training programs for professionals working with elders. Its program areas are caregiving, economic security in later life, housing, and social and intergenerational connectedness. Proposals for direct-service projects are considered from organizations based in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Florida. Projects of national relevance are considered from organizations across the United States. Applications are due May 1.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy subscribers also have full access to GrantStation’s searchable database of grant opportunities. For more information, visit our grants page.

Correction (June 9, 2020, 9:53 a.m.): A previous version of this article mistakenly said that $1 million went to the Clinton Foundation in partnership with the Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico. The Clinton Foundation announced the grant, but the Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico received the money.
We welcome your thoughts and questions about this article. Please email the editors or submit a letter for publication.
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M.J. Prest
M.J. Prest has been writing about major gifts, grant making, and executive moves for the Chronicle since 2004.
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