Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on February 16, 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
2/16/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Conservation and the environment $2,800,000 To map and monitor watersheds using high-resolution remote measurement and modeling methods: $2,800,000 to the Carnegie Institution for Science (Washington, D.C.).
2/16/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Conservation and the environment $1,500,000 To help change the policies and practices of 100 companies that buy and sell 25 percent of the 15 commodities with the most significant impact on high biodiversity landscapes: $1,500,000 to the World Wildlife Fund (Washington, D.C.).
2/16/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Conservation and the environment $1,200,000 To analyze current and projected impacts of major commodities (agricultural, timber, minerals, gas, and oil) on ecosystems and biodiversity in the Great Lakes of East and Central Africa, the Greater Mekong Headwaters, and the Watersheds of the Andes: $1,200,000 to the United Nations Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre (Cambridge, England).
2/16/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Transportation $2,150,000 For an advocacy campaign that seeks to advance more sustainable and equitable national transportation policies to improve the lives of low-income and needy people: $2,150,000 over two years to Smart Growth America (Washington, D.C.).
2/16/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Transportation $150,000 For its Transportation Equity Network toward the costs of training, advocacy, and forums to encourage infrastructure investment and policies that benefit low-income communities in the United States: $150,000 over 18 months to Gamaliel Foundation (Chicago, Ill.).
2/16/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Transportation $700,000 For "Transportation Nation," a radio broadcast and online editorial collaboration that provides nationally distributed news coverage on transportation and infrastructure policies and practice: $700,000 over two years to New York Public Radio (New York, N.Y.).
2/16/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Transportation $100,000 For the One Region Funders' Group, a joint effort of grant makers in the metropolitan region of Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey to support state- and regional-level policy and planning projects that link housing, economic opportunity, transportation, and land use issues: $100,000 to the New York Community Trust (New York, N.Y.).
2/16/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Museums $30,000 For the "The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan," an exhibition and accompanying publication and public program celebrating the 200th anniversary of the 1811 Commissioners' Plan of Manhattan that set the street grid for New York City: $30,000 to Museum of the City of New York (New York, N.Y.).
2/16/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Museums $175,000 For "Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream," an exhibition, publication, and education program to examine new architectural possibilities for American cities and suburbs within the context of the continuing foreclosure crisis: $175,000 to the Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.).
2/16/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Philanthropy $50,000 To expand its ability to provide education and training programs for foundations interested in creating or enhancing their program-related investment and mission-related investment programs: $50,000 to Philanthropy Northwest (Seattle, Wash.).
2/16/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Transportation $36,980 For its Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness, in support of a convening to inform an analysis of the agencies, institutions, and firms necessary to develop robust bus rapid transit systems throughout the United States: $36,980 to Duke U. (Durham, N.C.).
2/16/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Transportation $425,000 To develop a communications and public-outreach plan for bus rapid transit in Chicago: $425,000 to the Chicago Community Trust (Chicago, Ill.).
2/16/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Transportation $600,000 For activities to revitalize investment in, and raise awareness about, transportation and infrastructure challenges facing cities in the United States: $600,000 to the Building America's Future Educational Fund (Washington, D.C.).
2/16/2012 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Calif. Higher education $304,000 To implement and evaluate a peer-to-peer teaching model in Kenya: $304,000 over 19 months to Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.).
2/16/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $5,000,000 For research and to establish programs to control Striga (a parasitic weed) in Tanzania and Ethiopia: $5,000,000 to Purdue U., Center for Global Food Security (West Lafayette, Ind.).
2/16/2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $996,222 To advance support for public health systems and services research: $996,222 over two years to the National Association of County and City Health Officials (Washington, D.C.).
2/16/2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $3,287,255 To study primary-care teams at high-functioning primary-care sites to develop evidence to support effective workforce innovations: $3,287,255 over 30 months to Group Health Cooperative (Seattle, Wash.).
2/16/2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $75,000 To examine the nutritional content and youth-focused marketing of fortified drinks to strengthen public policies: $75,000 to the California Center for Public Health Advocacy (Davis, Calif.).
2/16/2012 Fund for New Jersey N.J. Community and economic development $60,000 For Camden SMART (Stormwater Management and Resource Training), a program to guide the implementation of a comprehensive network of neighborhood green and gray infrastructure projects that will address hazardous environmental exposure from combined sewer overflows and flooding: $60,000 to Cooper's Ferry Partnership (Camden, N.J.).
2/16/2012 Fund for New Jersey N.J. Community and economic development $75,000 To create and disseminate research and analysis to focus on and ameliorate the causes and consequences of poverty in New Jersey: $75,000 to Legal Services of New Jersey (Edison, N.J.).
2/16/2012 Fund for New Jersey N.J. Community and economic development $30,000 For the statewide Center for Student Success, a new project that will facilitate student achievement at all 19 county colleges: $30,000 to the New Jersey Council of County Colleges (Trenton, N.J.).
2/16/2012 Fund for New Jersey N.J. Conservation and the environment $50,000 To protect New Jersey's coastal ecosystems by strengthening efforts to protect Barnegat Bay, protect tidal wetlands in the face of sea-level rise, and strengthen polluted-runoff management approaches in the Barnegat Bay Watershed: $50,000 to the American Littoral Society (Highlands, N.J.).
2/16/2012 Fund for New Jersey N.J. Conservation and the environment $45,000 To focus on combined sewage outfalls through public awareness and education, advocacy, and possible litigation: $45,000 to New York/New Jersey Baykeeper (Keyport, N.J.).
2/16/2012 Fund for New Jersey N.J. Conservation and the environment $50,000 To defend regional planning in the Pinelands and Highlands, to work with other organizations on a multiyear effort to restore Barnegat Bay, and to spearhead efforts to protect the Black Run reserve: $50,000 to the Pinelands Preservation Alliance (Southampton, N.J.).
2/16/2012 Fund for New Jersey N.J. Public policy $60,000 For the Center for American Women and Politics, to encourage minority women to participate more fully in government and to run for public office: $60,000 to Rutgers U., Eagleton Institute of Politics (New Brunswick, N.J.).
2/16/2012 Fund for New Jersey N.J. Public policy $50,000 For outreach and educational activities to increase popular support for marriage equality among religious people and minorities: $50,000 to the Garden State Equality Educational Fund (Montclair, N.J.).
2/16/2012 Fund for New Jersey N.J. Public policy $40,000 To safeguard public programs that help people living with HIV/AIDS: $40,000 to Hyacinth AIDS Foundation (New Brunswick, N.J.).
2/16/2012 Fund for New Jersey N.J. Public policy $25,000 To strengthen government, nongovernment, and nonprofit partnerships with executive and legislative officials, increase understanding and appreciation of the social and economic importance of the nonprofit sector, and serve as a watchdog on key nonprofit issues: $25,000 to the Center for Non-Profit Corporations (New Brunswick, N.J.).
2/16/2012 Fund for New Jersey N.J. Public policy $75,000 To provide nonpartisan, fact-based analysis that expands debate over public policy in New Jersey: $75,000 to New Jersey Policy Perspective (Trenton, N.J.).
2/16/2012 Bloomfield Family Foundation Calif. Higher education $1,000,000 For an annual stem-cell symposium: $1,000,000 to the U. of California at Los Angeles, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research (Los Angeles, Calif.).
2/16/2012 Sidney Kimmel Foundation Pa. Higher education $5,500,000 To study alternative forms of energy: $5,500,000 over five years to the U. of Missouri at Columbia (Columbia, Mo.).
2/16/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $7,700,000 To facilitate the development of a low-cost, simple-to-use tool that can quickly and accurately diagnose tuberculosis in developing countries: $7,700,000 to be divided among 10 projects in Australia, Canada, and the United States.
2/16/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Economic development $225,000 To help Native Americans build assets through environmentally sustainable enterprises: $225,000 to the Alaska Conservation Foundation (Anchorage, Alaska).
2/16/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Economic development $225,000 For an organizational-development project that assists rural Alaskan nonprofits: $225,000 to the Foraker Group (Anchorage, Alaska).
2/16/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Economic development $180,000 For an organizational-development program that supports Native American nonprofits: $180,000 to the Hopa Mountain Foundation (Bozeman, Mont.).
2/16/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Economic development $300,000 To produce the documentary film "Crisis Call 211," about the economic crisis in America: $300,000 to the International Documentary Association (Los Angeles, Calif.).
2/16/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Economic development $165,000 To develop a microenterprise curriculum for Native American entrepreneurs: $165,000 to the Oregon Native American Business and Entrepreneurial Network (Tigard, Ore.).
2/16/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Economic development $150,000 For an organizational-development program serving Latino groups in the Pacific Northwest: $150,000 to the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (San Antonio, Tex.).
2/16/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Economic development $240,000 For technical assistance and a loan fund for Native American entrepreneurs: $240,000 to Craft3 (Ilwaco, Wash.).
2/16/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Economic development $150,000 For a research project on employment and housing access for ex-offenders: $150,000 to the Defender Association (Seattle, Wash.).
2/16/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Economic development $225,000 To expand a job-training program for low-income adults: $225,000 to FareStart (Seattle, Wash.).
2/16/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Education $400,000 To develop a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school curriculum project: $400,000 to the Lake Washington School District (Redmond, Wash.).
2/16/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Economic development $165,000 For a small loan fund and employment training program for low- and moderate-income individuals: $165,000 to the Mercy Enterprise Foundation (Portland, Ore.).
2/16/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Economic development $150,000 For SkillUp, a work-force-development collaborative: $150,000 to the Seattle Foundation (Seattle, Wash.).
2/16/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Economic development $100,000 For legal services for individuals and families facing foreclosure: $100,000 to the Washington State Bar Foundation (Seattle, Wash.).
2/16/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Economic development $200,000 For two coalitions of Latino asset-building organizations in eastern Washington: $200,000 to the Washington State U. Foundation (Pullman, Wash.).
2/16/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. International $292,000 For an African regional community-development environmental project in Botswana and Zambia: $292,000 to Conservation Science Africa (Maun, Botswana).
2/16/2012 Calvin Klein Family Foundation N.Y. Higher education $1,000,000 For its annual spring runway show: $1,000,000 to the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.).
2/16/2012 Calvin Klein N.Y. Higher education $1,000,000 For its annual spring runway show: $1,000,000 to the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.).
2/16/2012 Sorensen Legacy Foundation Utah Higher education $3,000,000 To establish an endowed chair in arts education, expand its arts and teaching curriculum, and support an arts-education program for those who teach elementary-school students: $3,000,000 to Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah).
2/16/2012 Wallace Foundation N.Y. Education $4,000,000 To expand arts education: $4,000,000 to Boston Public Schools (Boston, Mass.).
2/16/2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $125,000 To increase the effectiveness of grant makers: $125,000 to the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers (Trenton, N.J.).