Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on April 12, 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
4/12/2012 Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Calif. Education $1,200,000 To help K-12 students, teachers, and parents locate and access high-quality online digital-learning activities: $1,200,000 to CFY (New York, N.Y.).
4/12/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Education $5,000,000 To help K-12 students, teachers, and parents locate and access high-quality online digital-learning activities: $5,000,000 to CFY (New York, N.Y.).
4/12/2012 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Education $1,000,000 To help K-12 students, teachers, and parents locate and access high-quality online digital-learning activities: $1,000,000 to CFY (New York, N.Y.).
4/12/2012 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation N.Y. Medical research $3,000,000 For genome sequencing and bioinformatics: $3,000,000 to the New York Genome Center (New York, N.Y.).
4/12/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Housing $150,000 For the Boston Resident Training Institute, to help public-housing tenant organizations engage in public-housing governance and management: $150,000 over three years to the Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants (Dorchester, Mass.).
4/12/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Education $35,000 For college transition programs for approximately 50 Boston students: $35,000 to the National Black College Alliance (Roxbury, Mass.).
4/12/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Education $183,000 To accelerate structural reform and promote innovation at public schools in Boston: $183,000 to the Boston Plan for Excellence (Boston, Mass.).
4/12/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Employment and training $300,000 To promote the career advancement and economic security of low-income individuals: $225,000 over three years to St. Francis House, Moving Ahead Program (Boston, Mass.) and $75,000 over two years to Strive/Boston Employment Services (Boston, Mass.).
4/12/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Community and economic development $50,000 For a report to identify the location, significance, and extent of the infrastructure deficiencies in Massachusetts and highlight priorities where investment may be most necessary and create the greatest economic benefit: $50,000 to A Better City.
4/12/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Child health $150,000 To help children become more physically active: $150,000 over three years to Build Our Kids' Success (Canton, Mass.).
4/12/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Arts and culture $365,000 To expand engagement in arts and culture and participation from audiences in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan through the development of culturally relevant outreach and programs: $365,000 over four years to the Boston Children's Museum (Boston, Mass.).
4/12/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Arts and culture $350,000 To construct sustainable financial and organizational structures and expand board leadership and audience participation: $350,000 over four years to the Theater Offensive (Boston, Mass.).
4/12/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Arts and culture $365,000 For general operating support: $365,000 over four years to Jose Mateo Ballet Theater (Cambridge, Mass.).
4/12/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Nonprofit organizations and philanthropy $125,000 For general operating support: $125,000 to the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network (Boston, Mass.).
4/12/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Nonprofit organizations and philanthropy $50,000 For the 2012 Summer Fund, a donor collaborative that provides support and technical assistance to organizations that serve tens of thousands of youths across the Boston area: $50,000 to Associated Grant Makers (Boston, Mass.).
4/12/2012 Ernst & Young LLP N.Y. Women and girls $1,000,000 To help women worldwide grow and thrive in business: $1,000,000 to Catalyst (New York, N.Y.).
4/12/2012 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation N.Y. Higher education $1,500,000 To establish the Center for Art, Science, and Technology: $1,500,000 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).
4/12/2012 Toyota Motor North America N.Y. Children and youths $1,100,000 For water quality and conservation programs for youths: $1,100,000 to the National 4-H Council (Chevy Chase, Md.).
4/12/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Economic development $250,000 For the Minnesota Rural Farming and Agricultural Latino Co-op Initiative: $250,000 over two years to the Latino Economic Development Center (Minneapolis, Minn.).
4/12/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Economic development $250,000 For the Rural Enterprise Center Program, which helps low-income entrepreneurs establish small-scale farming operations through poultry production and community gardens: $250,000 over two years to the Main Street Project (Minneapolis, Minn.).
4/12/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Economic development $125,000 For the Growing Green Businesses program to foster green enterprise development and expansion among disadvantaged entrepreneurs, women, minorities, and refugees: $125,000 to the Mountain States Group (Boise, Idaho).
4/12/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Economic development $500,000 To expand regional partnerships in leadership development and small-business strategies: $500,000 over two years to the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (San Antonio, Tex.).
4/12/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Economic development $95,000 To train and place low-income workers seeking green jobs in St. Paul and on the Leech Lake Reservation: $95,000 to Summit Academy OIC (Minneapolis, Minn.).
4/12/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Economic development $175,000 To advance the work of the North Dakota Economic Security and Prosperity Alliance, a statewide coalition that advocates for policies that reduce poverty and build prosperity: $175,000 over two years to the Consensus Council (Bismarck, N.D.).
4/12/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Economic development $25,000 To advocate for policies that would strengthen Native American community-development financial institutions: $25,000 to Four Bands Community Fund (Eagle Butte, S.D.).
4/12/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Economic development $25,000 For the Coalition for a Better Iowa, a project that works to build a strong state revenue system to bolster education, health, and human services: $25,000 to the Iowa Policy Project (Iowa City, Iowa).
4/12/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Economic development $75,000 To engage racial-justice advocates in tax and budget analysis and to protect antipoverty programs from state budget cuts: $75,000 to the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (St. Paul, Minn.).
4/12/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Economic development $50,000 To build the strength and ability of antipoverty groups to engage in policy debates over raising additional state revenue: $50,000 to the Oregon Center for Public Policy (Silverton, Ore.).
4/12/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Economic development $175,000 For its fellowship program, to provide intergenerational and collaborative leadership training for Native American college students to achieve their goals for community development: $175,000 to the Native Youth Leadership Alliance (Pine Ridge, S.D.).
4/12/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Economic development $207,000 For its Family Economic Security Program and several other asset-building services in rural and reservation communities in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota: $207,000 to Rural Dynamics Inc. (Great Falls, Mont.).
4/12/2012 Irene Diamond Fund N.Y. Arts and culture $10,000,000 For its new building: $10,000,000 to Signature Theatre (New York, N.Y.).
4/12/2012 Cleveland Foundation Ohio Higher education $1,750,000 For research and education projects to support a transition to sustainable energy: $1,750,000 to Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland, Ohio).
4/12/2012 Cleveland Foundation Ohio Education $700,000 To triple the number of Cleveland students enrolled in high-performing schools and eliminate failing schools by 2018: $700,000 to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (Cleveland, Ohio).
4/12/2012 Cleveland Foundation Ohio Community development $825,000 To develop a neighborhood engagement strategy for eight inner-city neighborhoods, specific to that neighborhood's youth development needs: $825,000 to My Commitment, My Community (Cleveland, Ohio).
4/12/2012 Cleveland Foundation Ohio Employment and training $500,000 For a summer jobs program for youths: $500,000 to My Commitment, My Community (Cleveland, Ohio).
4/12/2012 Cleveland Foundation Ohio Employment and training $200,000 To establish an innovative vocational training program for adults with disabilities: $200,000 to Hattie Larlham Community Living (Twinsburg, Ohio).
4/12/2012 Cleveland Foundation Ohio Children and youths $200,000 To relocate a day treatment center to better serve the most behaviorally challenged students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District: $200,000 to the Positive Education Program (Cleveland, Ohio).
4/12/2012 Cleveland Foundation Ohio Public radio and television $1,000,000 For expanded health programs on WCPN and WVIZ: $1,000,000 to Ideastream (Cleveland, Ohio).
4/12/2012 Ms. Foundation for Women N.Y. Child abuse $690,000 To end child sexual abuse: $690,000 to be divided among 15 national, state, and local organizations.
4/12/2012 McGregor Fund Mich. Social services $80,000 To link homeless individuals in downtown Detroit with community programs, with particular emphasis on mental health: $80,000 to the Central United Methodist Church (Detroit, Mich.).
4/12/2012 McGregor Fund Mich. Social services $470,000 To construct a new shelter for the Family Justice Shelter for survivors of domestic violence; and for two years of annual operating support of its existing shelter: $470,000 over two years to Haven, Inc. (Pontiac, Mich.).
4/12/2012 McGregor Fund Mich. Social services $50,000 To provide low-income families with energy-bill payment assistance: $50,000 to the Heat and Warmth Fund (Detroit, Mich.).
4/12/2012 McGregor Fund Mich. Social services $300,000 To administer public funding for and evaluate the performance of housing and services for homeless persons in Detroit, Highland Park, and Hamtramck: $300,000 over two years to the Homeless Action Network of Detroit (Detroit, Mich.).
4/12/2012 McGregor Fund Mich. Social services $175,000 For general operations of Lighthouse Emergency Services: $175,000 to Lighthouse of Oakland County (Pontiac, Mich.).
4/12/2012 McGregor Fund Mich. Social services $50,000 To help residents of southeast Michigan access federal unemployment insurance benefits: $50,000 to the Michigan Unemployment Advocacy Project (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
4/12/2012 McGregor Fund Mich. Social services $40,000 For research and advocacy directed at preserving and strengthening the social safety net in Michigan: $40,000 to the Michigan League for Human Services (Lansing, Mich.).
4/12/2012 McGregor Fund Mich. Arts and culture $510,000 For general operating support: $300,000 to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Mich.), $150,000 to Michigan Opera Theatre (Detroit, Mich.), and $60,000 to the Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit (Detroit, Mich.).
4/12/2012 McGregor Fund Mich. Education $100,000 To attract and develop talented teachers and school leaders: $100,000 to New Detroit (Detroit, Mich.).
4/12/2012 McGregor Fund Mich. Education $45,000 For scholarships for Detroit-area youths to attend historically black private colleges and universities: $45,000 to the United Negro College Fund of Detroit (Detroit, Mich.).
4/12/2012 Blue Shield of California Foundation Calif. Health $405,044 To educate policy makers about the role of community health centers in an evolving healthcare system in California and nationwide: $405,044 over 18 months to the George Washington U., National Health Policy Forum (Washington, D.C.).