Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on January 26, 2012. New grants are posted every Thursday.

Announcements of grants can be sent to grants.editor@philanthropy.com.

 

Date Chronicle Announced Grant Maker Grant Maker's Location Subject How Much Was Given Description
1/26/2012 S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation Calif. Higher education $25,000,000 For campus life and for K-12 educational programs for students and teachers throughout California: $25,000,000 over five years to the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.).
1/26/2012 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Md. Medical research $18,200,000 For awards made through the International Early Career Scientist program: $18,200,000 to be divided among 28 graduate students or postdoctoral fellows from 12 countries.
1/26/2012 O. Wayne Rollins Foundation Ga. Higher education $15,000,000 To construct a new building: $15,000,000 to Emory U., Candler School of Theology (Atlanta, Ga.).
1/26/2012 Harold Alfond Foundation Me. Higher education $10,850,000 To purchase 600 acres and 13 buildings at the Good Will-Hinckley school thereby expanding the capacity of Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield by an additional 1,500 to 2,000 students: $10,850,000 to the Maine Community College System (Augusta, Me.).
1/26/2012 Lilly Endowment Ind. Higher education $6,600,000 To enable the university's Public Policy Institute to start a fundraising campaign: $6,600,000 to Indiana U. Foundation (Indianapolis, Ind.).
1/26/2012 Kinder Foundation Tex. Education $5,000,000 For its Catholic Schools Cooperative, to recruit more students, improve materials, update buildings, and raise teacher salaries: $5,000,000 to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston (Houston, Tex.).
1/26/2012 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Early-childhood education $5,000,000 To help children prepare for kindergarten: $5,000,000 to the Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
1/26/2012 Asbury Foundation of Hattiesburg Miss. Higher education $4,000,000 To construct a new building for the School of Nursing: $4,000,000 to the U. of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, Miss.).
1/26/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Health $1,300,000 To assist 10 countries in Asia and Africa in providing universal health coverage: $1,300,000 to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (Cambridge, Mass.).
1/26/2012 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Calif. Science education $1,100,000 For its mobile science laboratory: $1,100,000 to 'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii (Hilo, Hawaii).
1/26/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Education $999,795 To increase high-school graduation rates through professional development: $999,795 to Learning Forward (Dallas, Tex.).
1/26/2012 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors N.Y. Education $720,000 To improve college readiness: $720,000 over three years to the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (Frankfort, Ky.).
1/26/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. Higher education $450,000 To provide resources and training in fundraising and alumni development to 19 universities in Africa: $450,000 over two years to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington, D.C.).
1/26/2012 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Investor Education Foundation D.C. Financial education $1,202,264 To provide patrons with effective, unbiased educational resources about personal finance and investing: $1,202,264 to be divided among 16 public libraries across the nation.
1/26/2012 S. Mark Taper Foundation Calif. Mental health $100,000 To strengthen the infrastructure and operations of this organization that provides mental-health services to victims of child abuse and sexual assault in East Los Angeles: $100,000 to the VIP Community Mental Health Center (Los Angeles, Calif.).
1/26/2012 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Calif. Dance $300,000 To create and produce new dance and movement works: $300,000 to be divided among 6 choreographers in California.
1/26/2012 Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation Calif. Conservation and the environment $70,000 To maintain and strengthen the Science by Nature collaboration, which brings together multiple science and environmental education programs in one place: $70,000 to Environmental Volunteers (Palo Alto, Calif.).
1/26/2012 Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation Calif. Conservation and the environment $60,000 To expand and strengthen the Digging Deeper collaboration, which coordinates environmental education resources for youths and gathers quantitative data on the value of providing in-depth education in the natural sciences, in its second year of serving the Carson-Gore Academy and Magnolia Elementary School, and adding new schools in the 2012-3 academic year: $60,000 to the Children's Nature Institute (Los Angeles, Calif.).
1/26/2012 Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation Calif. Violence prevention $20,000 To reduce violence in schools: $20,000 to Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
1/26/2012 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation N.Y. Reproductive health and rights $60,000 For its public-policy program: $60,000 to the National Abortion Federation (Washington, D.C.).
1/26/2012 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation N.Y. Reproductive health and rights $50,000 For public policy advocacy work: $50,000 to the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (New York, N.Y.).
1/26/2012 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation N.Y. Arts and culture $100,000 To engage international audiences: $100,000 to Art21 (New York, N.Y.).
1/26/2012 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation N.Y. Arts and culture $30,000 For workshops in Eqypt, Pakistan, and Tunisia conducted by this organization that develops relationships between American musicians from top conservatories and musicians from various other parts of the world: $30,000 to Cultures in Harmony (New York, N.Y.).
1/26/2012 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation N.Y. Arts and culture $75,000 For a Web site that helps users navigate legislation and case law regarding the acquisition and ownership of artworks: $75,000 to the International Foundation for Art Research (New York, N.Y.).
1/26/2012 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation N.Y. Arts and culture $200,000 For an Africa contemporary arts consortium: $200,000 over two years to MAPP International Productions (New York, N.Y.).
1/26/2012 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation N.Y. Reproductive health and rights $70,000 To help community activists preserve reproductive health services when secular hospitals become part of religious health systems; to produce public educational materials about the consequences of religious restrictions and hospital mergers; and to promote administrative and policy strategies to protect access to reproductive health care: $70,000 to Community Catalyst (Boston, Mass.).
1/26/2012 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation N.Y. Reproductive health and rights $80,000 For research advocacy, public education, and assistance to government officials aimed at facilitating insurance coverage for abortion in New York State, informing the implementation of New York City's sex education mandate, and expanding and improving sex education throughout the state: $80,000 to the National Institute for Reproductive Health (New York, N.Y.).
1/26/2012 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation N.Y. Education $55,000 For research, advocacy, organizing, and assistance to New York State officials aimed at informing the revision of high-school graduation requirements and establish multiple pathways to receiving a diploma: $55,000 to Advocates for Children (New York, N.Y.).
1/26/2012 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation N.Y. Transportation $65,000 For research assistance to state officials and advocacy regarding the requirement of state agencies to provide translation and interpretation services: $65,000 to Make the Road New York (New York, N.Y.).
1/26/2012 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation N.Y. Legal services $80,000 For litigation; to monitor the carrying out of court orders; and to advise government officials to ensure low-income New Yorkers receive public benefits they are entitled to: $80,000 to the National Center for Law and Economic Justice (New York, N.Y.).
1/26/2012 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation N.Y. Conservation and the environment $50,000 To reduce solid waste: $50,000 to Natural Resources Defense Council (New York, N.Y.).
1/26/2012 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation N.Y. Social services $50,000 For policy analysis, assistance to New York State officials, and public education on supporting the expansion of supporting housing services for Medicaid clients with behavioral and/or chronic medical conditions who overuse emergency and inpatient services: $50,000 to the Supportive Housing Network of New York (New York, N.Y.).
1/26/2012 Richard King Mellon Foundation Pa. Arts and culture $8,000,000 For its capital and endowment campaign: $8,000,000 to the Westmoreland Museum of American Art (Greensburg, Pa.).
1/26/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $750,000,000 To help developing countries fight against AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria: $750,000,000 to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Geneva, Switzerland).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Children, youths, and families $574,000 For work in the areas of children's health, children in the federal budget and family economics, and to strengthen First Focus's (an organization focused on making children and families a priority in federal policy and budget decisions) research and strategic communications: $574,000 to America's Promise Alliance (Washington, D.C.).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Climate change $250,000 To minimize the social, environmental, and climate impacts of global palm oil trading operations: $250,000 to the Rainforest Action Network (San Francisco, Calif.).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Conservation and the environment $1,900,000 For general support and executive coaching: $1,900,000 to the Marine Stewardship Council (London, England).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Conservation and the environment $36,726,120 For operations, research projects, and capital expenses during 2012: $36,726,120 to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (Moss Landing, Calif.).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Children, youths, and families $295,000 For policy analysis, research, communications, and technical assistance to improve access to health-insurance programs for children in immigrant families: $295,000 to the National Immigration Law Center (Los Angeles, Calif.).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Reproductive health and population $425,000 To mobilize funding, commitment, and action on girls' education, empowerment, and reproductive health through research and advocacy: $425,000 to the International Center for Research on Women (Washington, D.C.).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Reproductive health and population $250,000 To improve access to sexual and reproductive health information and services by institutionalizing education in medical and educational institutions in Pakistan: $250,000 to Aahung (Karachi, Pakistan).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Reproductive health and population $2,000,000 For community-based family planning interventions in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda: $2,000,000 to United Nations Population Fund (New York, N.Y.).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Reproductive health and rights $409,730 To provide abortion training to Stanford residents over three years: $409,730 to the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University (Stanford, Calif.).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Children, youths, and families $316,000 For the Campaign for Grade Level Reading: $316,000 to Tides Foundation (San Francisco, Calif.).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Climate change $300,000 To develop a comprehensive methodology for the production of greenhouse gas emission offset credits from the livestock sector: $300,000 to the Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development (Arlington, Va.).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Climate change $220,000 To develop solutions to the most significant impacts of beef and dairy production: $220,000 to the World Wildlife Fund (Washington, D.C.).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Conservation and the environment $900,000 To protect investments in domestic fisheries management and national ocean policy, and for general support: $900,000 to the Ocean Conservancy (Washington, D.C.).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Conservation and the environment $250,000 To build sustained funding for ocean and coastal conservation and to improve national fishery management policy: $250,000 to the Nature Conservancy (Arington, Va.).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Conservation and the environment $235,000 To build a global database of island species and threats: $235,000 to Island Conservation (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
1/26/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Nonprofit organizations and philanthropy $50,000 To organize the "Becoming a Networked NGO: Using Social Media Effectively" project: $50,000 to the Institute of International Education (New York, N.Y.).
1/26/2012 McKnight Foundation Minn. Community development $60,000 For coalition building, education, and advocacy among real-estate developers and investors in support of local, state, and federal transportation reform and funding: $60,000 to Smart Growth America (Washington, D.C.).
1/26/2011 McKnight Foundation Minn. Arts and culture $150,000 For general operating support: $150,000 to the Textile Center of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minn.).
1/26/2012 McKnight Foundation Minn. Conservation and the environment $120,000 To engage hunters and fishers to advocate for federal conservation policies to improve water quality: $120,000 to the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (Washington, D.C.).
1/26/2012 McKnight Foundation Minn. Education $250,000 For a partnership with education and nonprofit organizations to provide intensive and continuous educational and family-support services focused on students from preschool to third grade: $250,000 to the U. of Minnesota Foundation (Minneapolis, Minn.).
1/26/2012 Psalms Foundation Ohio Higher education $4,000,000 To establish the Carl H. Lindner III Center for Insurance and Risk Management: $4,000,000 to the U. of Cincinnati, Lindner College of Business (Cincinnati, Ohio).
1/26/2012 Iowa West Foundation Iowa Economic development $400,000 To implement a strategic economic-development plan in rural Pottawattamie County: $400,000 to the Heartland Center for Leadership Development (Lincoln, Neb.).
1/26/2012 Iowa West Foundation Iowa Community foundations $1,266,000 For operations and donor outreach: $1,266,000 to the Pottawattamie County Community Foundation (Council Bluffs, Iowa).
1/26/2012 Iowa West Foundation Iowa Conservation and the environment $487,500 To preserve the Loess Hills area in Mills County: $487,500 to the Nature Conservancy in Iowa (Des Moines, Iowa).
1/26/2012 Iowa West Foundation Iowa Health and human services $350,000 For human-services programs in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, Iowa metropolitan area: $350,000 to the United Way of the Midlands (Omaha, Neb.).