Corporate Support

Also, the Perot Foundation and the Sarah and Ross Perot Jr. Foundation gave $50 million to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to endow a dual-degree program for physician-scientists, and the Rockefeller Foundation has awarded $11 million to promote Indigenous farming practices to safeguard the global food system from the effects of climate change.

Companies often used to rely on partnerships with big nonprofits, but today many of them typically allow customers to make gifts to any organization that has received charity status from the IRS.

Also, the Kislak Family Foundation gave $10 million to the Library of Congress for a new gallery about Indigenous societies, and several major grants have been announced at the U.N. Climate Change Conference, taking place this week in Egypt.

Also, Eli Lilly and Company pledged $92.5 million for research programs and aid for pharmaceutical-manufacturing students at Purdue University, and the National Fund for Sacred Places awarded $2.2 million to 16 historic churches in the United States.

Also, Breakthrough Energy has awarded $50 million to develop jet fuel with lower emissions, and four Pittsburgh foundations gave $4 million to rebuild the synagogue where an antisemitic mass shooting killed 11 people in 2018.

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Also, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $1.2 billion to end polio worldwide by 2026, and Bank of America gave $24 million for economic development in communities of color.

Also, the Mayo Clinic received $100 million to expand access to its proton-beam facility for cancer patients, and more grant makers have donated for hurricane relief in Florida.

Also, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave $127.5 million to Pfizer to develop maternal vaccines for two common deadly viruses, and the Open Society Foundations donated $25 million for the Center for Indigenous Studies at Bard College.

Also, Rotary International, the LEGO Foundation, the Gates Foundation, and others committed to large grants during the Global Citizen Festival and the U.N. General Assembly.