Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on February 2, 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
2/2/2012 Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts Mass. Health $48,000 To expand its health-care career ladder program in Southbridge, Mass. to train certified nurse assistants and home health aides: $48,000 to the Quinsigamond Community College Foundation (Worcester, Mass.).
2/2/2012 McKnight Foundation Minn. Community development $75,000 For tornado relief efforts: $75,000 to Urban Homeworks (Minneapolis, Minn.).
2/2/2012 Klarman Family Foundation Mass. Medical research $32,500,000 For a new collaborative effort focused on deciphering how human cells are wired: $32,500,000 to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (Cambridge, Mass.).
2/2/2012 Pershing Square Foundation N.Y. Arts and culture $25,000,000 To guarantee low-cost tickets to every production and for its new building: $25,000,000 to Signature Theatre (New York, N.Y.).
2/2/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. Arts and culture $1,000,000 To digitize its archival collections: $1,000,000 to Carnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.).
2/2/2012 Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation N.Y. Arts and culture $1,000,000 To digitize its archival collections: $1,000,000 matching grant to Carnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.).
2/2/2012 Maltz Family Foundation Ohio Arts and culture $7,000,000 To secure a $10-million endowment: $7,000,000 challenge grant to the Maltz Jupiter Theatre (Jupiter, Fla.).
2/2/2012 Starr Foundation N.Y. Cancer $55,000,000 For cancer research: $55,000,000 to the Starr Cancer Consortium (New York, N.Y.).
2/2/2012 UPS Foundation Ga. Diversity $750,000 For organizational development at Hispanic community groups: $750,000 to the National Council of La Raza (Washington, D.C.).
2/2/2012 UPS Foundation Ga. Diversity $655,000 For educational programs: $655,000 to NAACP (Baltimore, Md.).
2/2/2012 UPS Foundation Ga. Diversity $235,000 To provide college scholarships for Native American students: $235,000 jointly to the American Indian College Fund (Denver, Colo.) and Brigham Young U. (Provo, Utah).
2/2/2012 UPS Foundation Ga. Diversity $200,000 For a scholarship program for Asian-American college students who are the first in their families to attend institutions of higher education: $200,000 to the Organization of Chinese Americans (Washington, D.C.).
2/2/2012 UPS Foundation Ga. Diversity $185,000 For its work on education reform: $185,000 to the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (Washington, D.C.).
2/2/2012 UPS Foundation Ga. Diversity $100,000 To serve as consultants to diversity professionals and other executives seeking to position their business as welcoming workplaces that respect all employees, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression: $100,000 to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (Washington, D.C.).
2/2/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Fla. Health $95,000 To double the size of the existing clinic and hire additional staff in order to increase access to free, comprehensive, ocular examinations, treatment, and follow-up care to uninsured children and adults: $95,000 to Bonita Springs Lions Eye Clinic (Bonita Springs, Fla.).
2/2/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Fla. Health $100,000 To hire a full-time dentist to provide free dental care for indigent and uninsured children in and around Santa Rosa: $100,000 to the Children's Volunteer Health Network (Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.).
2/2/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Fla. Health $100,000 To hire two part-time dentists, doubling the number of homeless adults and families receiving free, high-quality dental services in the Bradenton area: $100,000 to the Community Coalition on Homelessness (Bradenton, Fla.).
2/2/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Fla. Health $100,000 To provide free, high-quality dental services to an additional 1,000 uninsured adults through the expansion of the group's continuing education and training program: $100,000 to Community Smiles (Miami, Fla.).
2/2/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Fla. Health $27,000 To expand and enhance the clinic's capacity to provide free, primary health, basic dental and mental health services to uninsured adults: $27,000 to Crescent of Hernando (Spring Hill, Fla.).
2/2/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Fla. Health $100,000 To expand access to primary care services for low-income adults and children in Fort Pierce by hiring additional staff: $100,000 to Florida Community Health Centers (West Palm Beach, Fla.).
2/2/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Fla. Health $100,000 To increase access to free, quality dental services and education for children and adults living in the Bithlo community: $100,000 over two years to Florida Hospital Foundation (Orlando, Fla.).
2/2/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Fla. Health $85,000 To hire additional staff and expand clinical hours of operation in order to increase access to primary care and case management services to low-income, uninsured people in Boyton Beach: $85,000 to Genesis Community Health (Boynton Beach, Fla.).
2/2/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Fla. Health $53,000 To increase access to specialty care for uninsured adults: $53,000 over two years to Grace Medical Home (Orlando, Fla.).
2/2/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Fla. Health $95,000 To increase access to quality dental care for low-income and uninsured children from five elementary schools in North Port: $95,000 over three years to the Sarasota County Health Department (Sarasota, Fla.).
2/2/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Fla. Health $73,000 For the growth and expansion of the free clinic's Drug Assistance Program and Medical Testing Program: $73,000 to St. Joseph's Medical Clinic (Pensacola, Fla.).
2/2/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Fla. Health $100,000 To provide greater continuity of care and increase access to care for an additional 1,500 patients at the free clinic for uninsured adults in the area: $100,000 to the St. Petersburg Free Clinic (St. Petersburg, Fla.).
2/2/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Fla. Health $96,000 To screen all 1,600 students in eight elementary schools around the county and to provide follow-up care, free comprehensive eye exams, and glasses to low-income and uninsured children: $96,000 over three years to the Learning Alliance (Vero Beach, Fla.).
2/2/2012 GE Foundation Conn. Education $18,000,000 To set common expectations for students in literacy and mathematics: $18,000,000 over four years to Student Achievement Partners (New York, N.Y.).
2/2/2012 Wallace Foundation N.Y. Education $6,885,000 To provide poor, urban youngsters with more high-quality programs after school: up to $765,000 over four years each to Family League of Baltimore City (Baltimore, Md.); the Mayor's Office for Education and Children, City and County of Denver (Denver, Colo.); the City of Fort Worth Parks and Community Services Department (Fort Worth, Tex.); Our Community's Children, City of Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids, Mich.); Jacksonville Children's Commission in Florida (Jacksonville, Fla.); Metro United Way (Louisville, Ky.); Middle Tennessee Community Foundation (Nashville, Tenn.); the Fund for Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.); and the St. Paul Parks and Recreation Department (St. Paul, Minn.).
2/2/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Community and economic development $30,000,000 To merge with seven credit unions in California, to expand access to financial services for low-income families: $30,000,000 to Self-Help (Durham, N.C.).
2/2/2012 Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation N.Y. Arts and culture $1,400,000 To use emerging technologies to further their educational programs, reach new audiences, engage new artists, and maximize efficiency: $1,400,000 to be divided among 15 arts and cultural organizations in New York.
2/2/2012 W.M. Keck Foundation Calif. Higher education $250,000 To improve learning and success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: $250,000 to the Association of American Colleges and Universities (Washington, D.C.).
2/2/2012 Lillian S. Wells Foundation Fla. Higher education $10,000,000 To establish a fund for brain tumor research: $10,000,000 to the U. of Florida (Gainesville, Fla.).
2/2/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Social services $100,000 For programs for low-income people and families: $100,000 to Palama Settlement (Honolulu, Hawaii).
2/2/2012 Aetna Foundation Conn. Diversity $210,000 To provide minority college students with information and advice to plan for careers in medicine and dentistry: $210,000 to Tour for Diversity in Medicine (Boston, Mass.).
2/2/2012 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Va. Education $100,000 For the Summer Program in Mathematical Problem Solving, a three-week residential summer program for rising eighth graders in New York City: $100,000 to the Art of Problem Solving Foundation (Cambridge, Mass.).
2/2/2012 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Va. Education $189,902 To offer high school students intensive study in writing, science, and quantitative reasoning: $189,902 to Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.).
2/2/2012 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Va. Education $250,000 To bring together rising seventh- and eighth-grade students from low-income communities in Richmond, Petersburg, and surrounding areas for two-week courses in science, math, and writing: $250,000 to the College of William and Mary, Center for Gifted Education (Williamsburg, Va.).
2/2/2012 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Va. Education $250,000 To provide access to its summer programs and year-round academic advising to gifted students from rural areas: $250,000 to the Johns Hopkins U., Center for Talented Youth (Baltimore, Md.).
2/2/2012 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Va. Education $241,127 To enable 76 low-income, highly qualified students to participate in its 10 Maryland Summer Centers for Gifted and Talented Students, including two new science-focused centers in Baltimore and Prince George's County: $241,127 to the Maryland State Department of Education (Baltimore, Md.).
2/2/2012 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Va. Education $247,784 To send students to academic-enrichment programs at colleges and universities nationwide: $247,784 to the Noble Network of Charter Schools (Chicago, Ill.).
2/2/2012 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Va. Education $250,000 To enable 50 high-potential, low-income Native American students on Navajo, Standing Rock, and Red Lake Reservations to attend summer residential academic programs: $250,000 to Purdue U. (West Lafayette, Ind.).
2/2/2012 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Va. Education $250,000 To enable an additional 100 students from underserved urban high schools to study math, writing, or engineering: $250,000 to the U. of California at Berkeley (Berkeley, Calif.).
2/2/2012 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Va. Education $231,713 To enroll 60 additional high-achieving students from the 20 poorest school systems surrounding Nashville in its high-school residential summer academy and in its day program for sixth and seventh graders: $231,713 to Vanderbilt U. (Nashville, Tenn.).
2/2/2012 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Va. Education $250,000 To the Neag Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development for 100 poor, high-potential youths to attend a six-week enrichment program in science, art, and math: $250,000 to the U. of Connecticut (Hartford, Conn.).
2/2/2012 Sohn Conference Foundation N.Y. Cancer $1,500,000 To establish a fellowship for pediatric cancer research: $1,500,000 to the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation (New York, N.Y.).
2/2/2012 Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Calif. Military and veterans affairs $200,000 To ease the transition of Iraq-Afghanistan war veterans back into society and to promote financial literacy for women, youths, and immigrants: $200,000 to be divided among 11 community-based organizations in Los Angeles.
2/2/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Economic development $110,000 To increase the financial stability of low-income people: $110,000 to Catholic Charities of Idaho (Boise, Idaho).
2/2/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Economic development $200,000 For a tax-preparation and asset-building program for Native Americans: $200,000 to the First Nations Development Institute (Longmont, Colo.).
2/2/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Education $75,000 For the Informal Science Education Consortium, to inspire more Washington state students to pursue and engage in scientific inquiry and engineering: $75,000 to the Woodland Park Zoological Society (Seattle, Wash.).