Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on April 19, 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
4/19/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Government $1,800,000 For its Congressional Program, which invites serving members of Congress from both parties to participate in open discussions on critical policy topics with experts from leading think tanks and universities: $1,800,000 to the Aspen Institute (Washington, D.C.).
4/19/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Government $500,000 For its Democracy Program, to conduct research, policy analysis, legal advocacy, and public education on campaign finance reform and voting: $500,000 to the Brennan Center for Justice (Washington, D.C.).
4/19/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Government $500,000 To provide legal expertise regarding financing disclosure laws, campaign-finance regulations, and related public education and media outreach: $500,000 to the Campaign Legal Center (Washington, D.C.).
4/19/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Government $400,000 To maintain its national campaign-finance databases, publish original research, develop new online tools, and provide training on campaign-finance information to journalists and the public: $400,000 to the Center for Responsive Politics (Washington, D.C.).
4/19/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Government $300,000 To conduct research and hold roundtables for its members on campaign giving, corporate disclosure, and other matters related to business and political campaigns: $300,000 to the Committee for Economic Development (Washington, D.C.).
4/19/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Government $200,000 To provide legal expertise relating to campaign-finance laws, oversight regulatory bodies, and for public policy, education, and communications efforts: $200,000 to the Democracy 21 Education Fund (Washington, D.C.).
4/19/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Government $400,000 To preserve and strengthen the fairness, impartiality, and transparency of the court system: $400,000 to Justice at Stake (Washington, D.C.).
4/19/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Government $400,000 To collect, analyze, and publish campaign-finance data reported by 16,000 state-level candidates, recommend best practices for full state disclosure, and train journalists to investigate trails of influence: $400,000 to the National Institute on Money in State Politics (Helena, Mont.).
4/19/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Government $300,000 To analyze and improve the security of election practices and voting systems currently in use ahead of the 2012 elections: $300,000 to the Verified Voting Foundation (Carlsbad, Calif.).
4/19/2012 Walton Family Foundation Ark. Education $2,100,000 To attract and prepare 300 new leaders through its Graduate School Fellowship: $2,100,000 over three years to Education Pioneers (Oakland, Calif.).
4/19/2012 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Early-childhood education $1,957,467 To expand and enhance early-childhood education and experiences in Holland and Zeeland, Mich., to ensure that every child enters kindergarten prepared to succeed: $1,957,467 over three years to Ready for School (Holland, Mich.).
4/19/2012 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Child health $750,000 To develop and implement a strategic plan for a coalition that promotes breastfeeding statewide: $750,000 to the New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force (Albuquerque, N.M.).
4/19/2012 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Education $1,529,974 For leadership, advocacy, and mobilization-skills training for low-income parents in Mississippi to advance individual and collective efforts to advocate for quality public education: $1,529,974 over two years to Parents for Public Schools (Jackson, Miss.).
4/19/2012 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Education $400,000 To improve access and quality to education for children in select communes in Haiti through assistance with school construction and teacher training: $400,000 over two years to Fondation Digicel Haiti (Port au Prince, Haiti).
4/19/2012 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Child health $100,000 For a series of educational workshops on school-related environmental health issues and design strategies to reduce the disproportionate impact on minority children and families: $100,000 to the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (Falls Church, Va.).
4/19/2012 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Economic development $500,000 To increase sustainable income and family economic security in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, by providing increased access to capital, product development, and markets for women weavers: $500,000 to Aid to Artisans (West Hartford, Conn.).
4/19/2012 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Child health $800,000 For a holistic program to affect positive change in the health and well-being of needy youths and their families in San Felipe Pueblo, N.M.: $800,000 over two years to the Notah Begay III Foundation (Santa Ana Pubelo, N.M.).
4/19/2012 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Child health $316,269 To identify incarcerated pregnant women and initiate prenatal care, nutritional counseling, and support groups, including home visitation: $316,269 to the College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Va.).
4/19/2012 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Minorities $700,000 To improve the outlook for minority males in the middle of the South by strengthening human and financial resources, institutions, and policies to focus on issues that disproportionately affect them: $700,000 to Foundation for the Mid South (Jackson, Miss.).
4/19/2012 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Civic affairs $100,000 For regional leadership institutes that empower Latino immigrants to mobilize resources toward healthy and sustainable communities locally, regionally, and nationally: $100,000 to the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (Chicago, Ill.).
4/19/2012 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fla. Volunteerism $400,000 To train young professionals for nonprofit board positions and volunteer consulting, matching their skills and interests with local organizations: $400,000 to BVU: the Center for Nonprofit Excellence (Cleveland, Ohio).
4/19/2012 Kresge Foundation Mich. Higher education $15,000,000 To bolster higher education in South Africa: at least $15,000,000 to be divided among universities in South Africa.
4/19/2012 Entergy Corporation La. Conservation and the environment $200,000 To raise awareness of the need to make the Gulf Coast more resilient to changing environmental conditions, including rising sea levels and stronger storms: $200,000 to America's Wetland Foundation (New Orleans, La.).
4/19/2012 Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund N.Y. Health $75,000 To provide services and business training to NYC Green Cart vendors, who sell low-cost fresh produce from pushcarts throughout New York City: $75,000 to be divided among 10 community-based organizations in New York City.
4/19/2012 Chesapeake Energy Corporation Okla. Energy $5,000,000 For an interactive high-tech auditorium: $5,000,000 to the U. of Kansas, Energy and Environment Center (Lawrence, Kan.).
4/19/2012 AMD Foundation Tex. Children and youths $250,000 To prepare youths for future careers by promoting creative game design and for a Digital Arts Festival competition: $250,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Atlanta, Ga.).
4/19/2012 AMD Foundation Tex. Children and youths $100,000 To enable children to create and design their own video games: approximately $100,000 to Whyville (Pasadena, Calif.).
4/19/2012 AMD Foundation Tex. Children and youths $61,000 To create two summer camps aimed at teaching an integrated game-design and filmmaking curriculum to youths: approximately $61,000 to Austin Film Society Film Club (Austin, Tex.).
4/19/2012 American Express Company N.Y. Historic preservation $4,600,000 For its annual World Monuments Watch, which brings attention to cultural-heritage sites in need of help: $4,600,000 over 60 months to the World Monuments Fund (New York, N.Y.).
4/19/2012 Bloomberg Philanthropies N.Y. Education $5,000,000 To create rigorous accelerated high-school options in Baltimore that will significantly increase graduation rates and postsecondary success, particularly for the city's African-American male students: $5,000,000 to Open Society Institute-Baltimore (Baltimore, Md.).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Elderly $50,000 To provide transportation and other services to poor, older adults: $50,000 over two years to Action-In-Maturity (Baltimore, Md.).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Social services $580,000 To expand and renovate its halfway Weisman-Kaplan House, a facility for men in Charles Village: $580,000 to Tuerk House (Baltimore, Md.).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Social services $500,000 For general operating support: $500,000 over two years to Associated Catholic Charities (Baltimore, Md.).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Child health $175,000 For an electronic health-record system in the Baltimore City Public Schools, which will improve the way students' medical information is collected, tracked, maintained, retrieved, and shared: $175,000 to the Baltimore City Health Department (Baltimore, Md.).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Social services $50,000 For its the Assessment and Referral Program: $50,000 over two years to Jobs, Housing and Recovery (Baltimore, Md.).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Israel $300,000 To construct a new Early Childhood Center: $300,000 to Netanya Foundation (Netanya, Israel).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Disabled $70,000 To train staff at other agencies in helping people with intellectual disabilities: $70,000 over two years to Shared Support Maryland (Baltimore, Md.).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Education $1,000,000 For renovations: $1,000,000 to KIPP Baltimore (Baltimore, Md.).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Early-childhood development $500,000 To construct a child and family development center for homeless infants and toddlers and their families: $500,000 to Bright Beginnings (Washington, D.C.).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Education $130,000 For its annual operating budget, to connect independent schools and public schools in partnership to raise the achievement of public middle-school students: $130,000 over two years to Baltimore Community Foundation, Middle Grades Partnership Fund (Baltimore, Md.).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Education $65,000 For general operating support: $65,000 to the Baltimore Urban Debate League (Baltimore, Md.).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Education $50,000 For a summer remediation program for middle- and high-school students in this career and college-preparation program: $50,000 to Reach! Partnership (Baltimore, Md.).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Education $40,000 To provide after-school arts and media programs for needy youths in southwest Baltimore and Hampden: $40,000 over two years to Access Art (Baltimore, Md.).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Israel $100,000 To recruit and train Israel's top university graduates to teach for at least two years in high-need classrooms and continue to work as leaders across professional sectors to focus on educational inequity in Israel: $100,000 to Teach for All (New York, N.Y.).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Jewish life and culture $15,000,000 For operations: $15,000,000 to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (New York, N.Y.).
4/19/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Jewish life and culture $1,000,000 For a meeting room at this museum and memorial to victims of the Holocaust: $1,000,000 to Yad Vashem (Jerusalem, Israel).
4/19/2012 Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Nev. Higher education $1,000,000 To build the Student-Athlete Success Center: $1,000,000 to the U. or Arkansas (Fayetteville, Ark.).
4/19/2012 American Express Company N.Y. Historic preservation $100,000 For "Hidden Gems," a half-hour television program that explores four of New York City's historically significant landmarks: $100,000 to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City (New York, N.Y.).
4/19/2012 American Express Company N.Y. Historic preservation $50,000 For the public opening celebration of Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park: $50,000 to Four Freedoms Park Conservancy (New York, N.Y.).
4/19/2012 American Express Company N.Y. Leadership $100,000 For a series of moderated public dialogues with prominent nonprofit leaders on issues shaping the nonprofit sector: $100,000 to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.).