Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on April 5, 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
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Climate change $30,015 To provide further technical assistance for partners of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network during city-level project design and implementation phases in India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam: $30,015 to the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (Bangkok, Thailand).
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Sustainable development $150,000 To prepare sustainable development goals, a framework for discussing green economy implementation, and a series of dialogues on sustainable development in preparation for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: $150,000 to the Foundation for the Global Compact (New York, N.Y.).
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Conservation and the environment $500,000 For the Natural Infrastructure Innovative Financing Lab, a collaboration with EKO Asset Management Partners and the Natural Resources Defense Council, to catalyze the investment of private capital toward green infrastructure solutions in Philadelphia and to create similar models that can be replicated in other cities: $500,000 to the Nature Conservancy (Arlington, Va.).
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Conservation and the environment $250,000 To plan and test a school curriculum that seeks to equip high-school students with green-job skills and to connect them to internships on local green building projects: $250,000 to CEC Stuyvesant Cove (New York, N.Y.).
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Poverty $205,000 For the costs of a research project to identify the best ways to affect poor people positively through the business practices and operations of larger, multinational corporations: $205,000 to FSG (Boston, Mass.).
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Health $400,000 For research and a meeting to assess and improve the deployment and financing of community health workers for health savings, improved health outcomes, and increased employment opportunities in the United States: $400,000 to the Urban Institute (Washington, D.C.).
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Climate change $800,000 To provide communications for the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network: $800,000 to APCO Worldwide Limited (Bangkok).
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Health $1,400,000 To develop and disseminate common, reusable information-technology requirements and tools with the aim of strengthening health systems: $1,400,000 over two years to Path (Seattle, Wash.).
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Conservation and the environment $500,000 To design and implement a strategic communications campaign to raise awareness about the value of green jobs for low-income workers in the United States and their potential to expand the economy: $500,000 to M&R Strategic Services (Washington, D.C.).
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Conservation and the environment $427,500 For use by the Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Alliance to develop an agriculture standard that will help to elevate the quality of small farmer- and community-led climate-change mitigation and adaptation projects in developing countries: $427,500 over two years to the Conservation International Foundation (Arlington, Va.).
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Poverty $463,820 To develop, design, and implement three thematic challenge competitions using a crowd-sourcing approach to identify solutions that improve the lives of needy people and to encourage competition participants to network collaboratively on ideas that focus on social problems around the world: $463,820 to Context Partners (Portland, Ore.).
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Water $175,000 For research that will create a framework for investment in the development of sustainable water markets in an effort to create jobs for low-skilled workers: $175,000 to the Innovation Network for Communities (Tamworth, N.H.).
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Technology $275,000 To start and disseminate the "Catalysts for Change" forecast map on cities, information systems, and citizen engagement that focuses on emerging technologies and the poor in developed and developing countries: $275,000 to the Institute for the Future (Palo Alto, Calif.).
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Conservation and the environment $105,000 For general support: $105,000 over two years to the Environmental Grantmakers Association (New York, N.Y.).
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Philanthropy $300,000 For general support: $300,000 over two years to the Center for Effective Philanthropy (Cambridge, Mass.).
4/5/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Nonprofit organizations and philanthropy $90,000 For general support: $90,000 over two years to GuideStar USA (Williamsburg, Va.).
4/5/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Foreign affairs $400,000 To increase awareness of global development issues among key audiences via the Council on Foreign Relations Development Channel and to produce case studies researching lessons learned from development transitions in select countries: $400,000 to the Council on Foreign Relations (New York, N.Y.).
4/5/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Nonprofit organizations and philanthropy $1,000,000 To influence the thinking and practices of leaders and organizations on issues such as education reform, youth development, and community growth: $1,000,000 over 34 months to the Bridgespan Group (Boston, Mass.).
4/5/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Economic development $1,035,312 To promote financial inclusion of the rural population in Ethiopia by electronic distribution of financial services: $1,035,312 over 27 months to the United Nations Development Programme (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia).
4/5/2012 Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust N.Y. Conservation and the environment $3,300,000 To improve municipal and park management in the Island of Isabela, located in the Galapagos: $3,300,000 over three years to the World Wildlife Fund.
4/5/2012 Jessie Ball duPont Fund Fla. Higher education $152,619 For programs that enable students who are the first in their families to attend college to enroll at community colleges and transfer to four-year universities: $152,619 to San Antonio College (San Antonio, Tex.).
4/5/2012 Jessie Ball duPont Fund Fla. Higher education $150,000 For its adult degree program, in collaboration with Rappahannock Community College: $150,000 to Mary Baldwin College (Staunton, Va.).
4/5/2012 Jessie Ball duPont Fund Fla. Higher education $48,713 To provide two-week summer camps focusing on science, technology, engineering, and math for middle- and high-school students from Gulf County, Fla.: $48,713 to Florida A&M U. (Tallahassee, Fla.).
4/5/2012 Jessie Ball duPont Fund Fla. Higher education $175,178 To bring faculty and students into poor neighborhoods to provide leadership training and technical assistance to residents: $175,178 to the U. of Delaware (Newark, Del.).
4/5/2012 Jessie Ball duPont Fund Fla. Higher education $250,000 To decrease energy consumption: $100,000 to Goucher College (Baltimore, Md.), $75,000 each to Radford U. (Radford, Va.), and the Virginia Military Institute (Lexington, Va.).
4/5/2012 Jessie Ball duPont Fund Fla. Higher education $50,000 To update its campus master plan: $50,000 to Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden-Sydney, Va.).
4/5/2012 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Okla. Jewish life and culture $368,000 For Schusterman postdoctoral fellows: $368,000 over 18 months to the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (Chevy Chase, Md.).
4/5/2012 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Okla. Jewish life and culture $1,000,000 For immersion experiences in Israel: $1,000,000 to the Birthright Israel Foundation (New York, N.Y.).
4/5/2012 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Okla. Economic development $200,000 For a tax-preparation program for Tulsa residents qualifying for the Earned Income Tax Credit: up to $200,000 to the Community Action Project of Tulsa County (Tulsa, Okla.).
4/5/2012 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Okla. Philanthropy $20,000 For general operating support: $20,000 to FJC: A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds (New York, N.Y.).
4/5/2012 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Okla. Jewish life and culture $20,000 For a conference for teenagers to develop the skills necessary to engage with Israel during their college years: $20,000 to the Israel Education Resource Center (Northbrook, Ill.).
4/5/2012 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Okla. Jewish life and culture $25,000 To create a mentor program: $25,000 to the Israel on Campus Coalition (Washington, D.C.).
4/5/2012 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Okla. Jewish life and culture $25,000 For its annual conference: $25,000 to the Jewish Funders Network (New York, N.Y.).
4/5/2012 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Okla. Jewish life and culture $25,000 For general operating support: $25,000 to Jewish Telegraphic Agency (New York, N.Y.).
4/5/2012 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Okla. Jewish life and culture $20,000 To support online radio as a tool to engage young Jews: $20,000 to Judaism Alive (Chesterfield, Mo.).
4/5/2012 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Okla. Nonprofit organizations and philanthropy $50,001 For annual support of training programs for nonprofit leadership and staff and general operations: $50,001 to the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits (Oklahoma City, Okla.).
4/5/2012 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Okla. Child health $310,000 For its infant mental health program development: $310,000 over three years to the Parent Child Center of Tulsa (Tulsa, Okla.).
4/5/2012 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Okla. Children and youths $50,000 For a policy research project: $50,000 to the Stand With Children Leadership Center (Portland, Ore.).
4/5/2012 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Okla. Education $150,000 For Tulsa Public Schools projects: $150,000 to the Tulsa Civic Priority Fund (Tulsa, Okla.).
4/5/2012 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Okla. Elderly $2,200,000 For capital improvements: $2,200,000 over 60 months to the Tulsa Jewish Retirement & Health Care Center (Tulsa, Okla.).
4/5/2012 Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Okla. Child abuse $228,724 For child-abuse pediatric doctors: $228,724 to the U. of Oklahoma Foundation (Norman, Okla.).
4/5/2012 Wells Fargo & Company Calif. Latinos $150,000 To encourage academic achievement, retention, and professional development for Latino students: $150,000 to California State U. at Fresno (Fresno, Calif.).
4/5/2012 Coca-Cola Company Ga. Women and girls $2,000,000 To help women worldwide grow and thrive in business: $2,000,000 to Catalyst (New York, N.Y.).
4/5/2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $12,000,000 To increase access to low-cost healthy foods for New Jersey families: $12,000,000 to the New Jersey Economic Development (Trenton, N.J.).
4/5/2012 Harman Family Foundation Mass. Higher education $10,000,000 To endow the Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study, which brings together students and faculty to study the connections between academic disciplines: $10,000,000 to the U. of Southern California (Los Angeles, Calif.).
4/5/2012 UPS Foundation Ga. Nonprofit organizations and philanthropy $150,000 To improve its online donation site, which will connect nonprofits, companies, and individuals through noncash giving: $150,000 to Good360 (Alexandria, Va.).
4/5/2012 AIDS United D.C. HIV/AIDS $1,400,000 To develop and expand programs that seek to achieve social change, shape responsible HIV/AIDS public policy, and respond to barriers that contribute to disproportionate rates of HIV/AIDS in the southern United States; with support from the Ford Foundation: $1,400,000 to be divided among 29 community-based organizations in Alabama, Arkansas, northern Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
4/5/2012 Pew Charitable Trusts Pa. Elderly $4,386,000 To help support individuals age 65 and older who are struggling to maintain their independence and well-being: $4,386,000 over three years to be divided among 31 organizations in the Philadelphia area.
4/5/2012 Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Ariz. Zoos and aquariums $1,250,000 To construct a new visitor entrance: $1,250,000 over three years to Phoenix Zoo (Phoenix, Ariz.).
4/5/2012 Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Ariz. Parks and recreation $500,000 For expansion: $500,000 over two years to Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix, Ariz.).
4/5/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Agriculture $12,000,000 To boost yam productivity in Ghana and Nigeria: $12,000,000 to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (Ibadan, Nigeria).
4/5/2012 John Templeton Foundation Pa. Religion $2,500,000 To start the Medicine and Religion Faculty Scholars Program, to study the role of religion in practicing medicine: $2,500,000 to U. of Chicago Medicine (Chicago, Ill.).