Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Rockefeller Foundation
$80 million over five years to continue its Food Is Medicine programs in the United States, which aim to improve health outcomes and reduce disability and mortality among people with diet-related illnesses like diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
The foundation created Food Is Medicine in 2019 with an initial commitment of $20 million. Revisit this 2020 podcast with Rockefeller’s president Rajiv Shah in which he spoke about the program’s goals.
Woodbury Corporation and Flagship Companies
Land valued at $20 million to the University of Utah to establish a new campus for the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Utah County.
Ballmer Group
$15 million to WRAP to develop partnerships to reduce food waste in Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, and South Africa as a method of limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
Mellon Foundation
$14 million to 10 liberal-arts colleges through Humanities for All Times, the foundation’s program to enhance humanities curricula to promote social justice and develop the next generation of leadership.
Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund
$13.6 million to 216 nonprofit organizations that are working in voter engagement, gun-violence prevention, civic education, early literacy, climate-change mitigation and resilience, defending civil liberties for Jewish people, and reproductive rights.
The foundation awarded an additional $765,000 to provide emergency relief in Israel, combat antisemitism in the United States, and back recovery efforts following the Maui wildfires.
Houston Methodist
$6.8 million to 30 nonprofit organizations through its Community Benefits Grant Program, which expands access to health-care services for uninsured and underinsured people in the Houston metropolitan area.
George Gund Foundation
$5 million to the Cleveland Museum of Art to renovate and expand the museum.
Lilly Endowment
$4.5 million to the United Service Organizations to upgrade its technology and use data to reach more military servicemembers and their families.
The Lilly Endowment is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
$2.3 million over three years to Keys to Change, which was previously known as Human Services Campus, for general operating support and to back its homelessness-prevention efforts in Arizona.
Solidaire Network
$2.1 million through its new Unity and Power fund to antiwar and racial-justice organizations that are working to achieve lasting peace between Israel and Palestine.
New Profit
$1.6 million to 16 organizations that advance economic mobility in the United States. Each of the $100,000 grants is unrestricted.
Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation
$1.1 million to the University of Georgia to reinstall the permanent collection galleries at the Georgia Museum of Art.
Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts
$1 million to four projects to improve access to primary health care, mental health care, food delivery for people in need, and child care.
Grants of $250,000 each went to Community Servings; the Family Childcare Success Project, led by Seven Hills Foundation and Family Services of Central Massachusetts; the North Central Massachusetts Coalition for Employer-Supported Childcare, a joint project between the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts and the United Way of North Central Massachusetts; and Southbridge Cares, a collaboration of Clark University and the Southbridge Public Schools.
Press Forward
$1 million to CatchLight to continue and expand its project to enhance visual storytelling and journalism at local news outlets.
New Grant Opportunity
The Nathan Cummings Foundation is accepting proposals for grants and program-related investments to advance racial, economic, and environmental justice. The foundation will award a total of $17 million in grants in 2024. Venture grants worth up to $100,000 each will provide expedited support to social entrepreneurs. Advancement grants, each worth up to $250,000 over two years, will support project-based work or expansions of existing programs. Enterprise grants will award $250,000 or more in multi-year, unrestricted funding to organizations that are most aligned with the foundation’s priorities. The foundation will also award $3 million in program-related investments and low-cost loans to charities. Proposals are due April 30.
Chronicle of Philanthropy subscribers also have full access to GrantStation’s searchable database of grant opportunities. For more information, visit our grants page.
