Shubert Foundation
$37.9 million in unrestricted grants to 635 nonprofit theaters, dance companies, theater programs within public schools and institutions of higher education, and other performing-arts groups.
Houston Endowment
$15 million to four organizations to reduce homelessness in Houston.
The foundation gave $10 million to the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County, $3 million to Search Homeless Services, and $1 million each to The Beacon and U.S.VETS.
George Gund Foundation
$11.8 million to organizations in Ohio. Among the grants was $1.5 million over three years to Say Yes to Education to offer coaching and retention programs that aim to help scholarship recipients graduate from college or postsecondary certificate programs.
UnitedHealthcare
$11.1 million to 66 nonprofit organizations through its Empowering Health program to serve uninsured individuals and marginalized communities in Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, and Washington.
The grants will back programs to address food insecurity, social isolation, behavioral health, health literacy, and related areas that advance health and well-being.
Lowe’s Foundation
$8 million to community and technical colleges across the United States to support training programs for the skilled trades.
Heckscher Foundation for Children
$7.6 million to 20 colleges, community-based organizations, and a high school to collaborate with employers in New York to train, coach, and create full-time jobs for more than 1,100 young people from historically marginalized communities in the state.
Google.org
$5 million to the World Wildlife Foundation to create ManglarIA, a three-year project that will use artificial intelligence to study how climate change affects mangrove ecosystems in Mexico.
The tech giant’s philanthropic arm also gave $5 million to the Woodwell Climate Research Center to develop a new, open-access program that will use satellite data and artificial intelligence to track thawing in the Arctic permafrost.
Providence’s Well Being Trust
$5 million to school districts, health centers, and community organizations nationwide that offer behavioral-health services for people and families with mental illness or substance-use disorders.
Lilly Endowment
$4.1 million to the Religion News Foundation for operating support of the Religion News Service and to strengthen its editorial work, diversify its revenue streams, and expand its audience.
The Lilly Endowment is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.
Mellon Foundation and Fund II Foundation
$3 million to the National Park Foundation to back the new Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, which will memorialize the Black teenager who was murdered by white men in Mississippi in 1955 and his mother, a key figure in the Civil Rights movement.
Of the total, nearly $1.9 million went toward the acquisition of the historic Tallahatchie County Courthouse and will renovate the new Courthouse in Mississippi. The rest of the grant will be used to back the hiring of a park ranger at the National Park Service, expand digital storytelling, conduct a cultural study, and install a contemplative area at Graball Landing.
The Mellon Foundation donated $2 million, and the Fund II Foundation gave another $1 million.
Katz Amsterdam Charitable Trust
$2.5 million to 10 organizations that are working to expand access to abortion services and reproductive health care.
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation
$2 million to the Smithsonian American Art Museum to endow the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Fellowship in modern and contemporary art and back professional development for fellows at the museum.
Ruth Mott Foundation
$1.2 million to Michigan State University for Rx Kids, its program that provides direct cash payments of $7,500 each to mothers in Flint, Mich.
To create a financial incentive for families to seek routine prenatal and pediatric health care, each mother will receive $1,500 during pregnancy and an additional $500 per month during the first year of the child’s life.
Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity
$1 million to the Arthritis Foundation to continue its summer camps for kids with juvenile arthritis, back the organization’s helpline and forthcoming Juvenile Arthritis Family Summit, bolster scholarships, and support osteoarthritis clinical trials.
Compeer Financial
$1 million commitment to the University of Minnesota’s Hormel Institute to create a research fund and laboratory to study the links between diet, disease prevention, and human health.
Pew Charitable Trusts
$1 million to the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation to develop a plan to improve the library’s operations, services, and reach throughout the city.
The organization gave an additional $850,000 to Drexel University to expand public access to the Atwater Kent Collection’s photographs, artifacts, and archival materials.
New Grant Opportunity
Expedia will make $1 million in grants to nonprofit groups through its Made to Travel Fund. Organizations that serve travelers with accessibility needs, people from marginalized racial and ethnic backgrounds, young people, those from the LGBTQIA+ community, and low-income travelers can apply for grants to cover international travel costs. Applications are due August 11.
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