Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on May 17, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/17/2012 | Annenberg Foundation | Calif. | Education | $25,000 | For its annual giving program: $25,000 to New Roads School (Santa Monica, Calif.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Annenberg Foundation | Calif. | Conservation and the environment | $50,000 | To encourage the growth of China's emerging environmental movement by protecting critical marine species, promoting and supporting grassroots activism, strengthening communities, and changing international policies: $50,000 to the Pacific Environment and Resources Center (San Francisco, Calif.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Annenberg Foundation | Calif. | Arts and culture | $20,000 | To provide music, dance, opera, and plays to the local community, as well as educational programs for young performers: $20,000 to the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County (Los Angeles, Calif.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Annenberg Foundation | Calif. | Conservation and the environment | $250,000 | To contribute to the worldwide conservation of the polar bear and its habitat through research, stewardship, and education: $250,000 to Polar Bears International (Bozeman, Mont.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Annenberg Foundation | Calif. | Health and human services | $100,000 | For research, equipment, education, and patient welfare programs at the Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center: $100,000 to Rancho Los Amigos Foundation (Downey, Calif.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Annenberg Foundation | Calif. | Health and human services | $150,000 | To rescue, rehabilitate, and empower trafficked women and children and help them re-enter society: $150,000 to the Rescue Foundation (Mumbai, India). |
| 5/17/2012 | Annenberg Foundation | Calif. | Arts and culture | $50,000 | To educate its students and the public in the creation and appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge, and to make lasting contributions to a global society through critical thinking, scholarship, and innovation: $50,000 to the Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, R.I.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Annenberg Foundation | Calif. | Arts and culture | $210,228 | To bring the "Medals of Dishonour" exhibition tour to the Hermitage Museum: $108,323 to the American Friends of the British Museum (New York, N.Y.) and $101,905 to the Hermitage Foundation UK (London, England). |
| 5/17/2012 | Annenberg Foundation | Calif. | Arts and culture | $50,000 | To provide the children of Jenin Refugee Camp with a space in which boys and girls can equally and safely express themselves: $50,000 to the Freedom Theater (Bnei Dror, Israel). |
| 5/17/2012 | Annenberg Foundation | Calif. | Civic affairs | $100,000 | To develop and implement comprehensive water, sanitation, and hygiene projects: $100,000 to the Rotary Foundation (Evanston, Ill.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Annenberg Foundation | Calif. | Conservation and the environment | $200,000 | To inspire people in Los Angeles to take personal responsibility for the urban forest through education and hands-on stewardship activities: $200,000 to TreePeople (Beverly Hills, Calif.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Annenberg Foundation | Calif. | Civic affairs | $100,000 | To connect the community of Reseda, California to more than 50 miles of the Los Angeles River via bicycle and walk paths: $100,000 to the Trust for Public Land (Los Angeles, Calif.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Annenberg Foundation | Calif. | Civic affairs | $1,000,000 | To feature large scale photographs of diplomats engaged in daily and sometimes dangerous work: $1,000,000 to the United States Diplomacy Center (Washington, D.C.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Annenberg Foundation | Calif. | Civic affairs | $250,000 | To focus on chronic homelessness throughout Los Angeles County by aligning public and private resources for permanent supportive housing: $250,000 to United Way of Greater Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Annenberg Foundation | Calif. | Civic affairs | $50,000 | To use on-the-ground events and online journalism to connect people to ideas and each other: $50,000 to Zocalo Public Square (Los Angeles, Calif.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Northrop Grumman Corporation | Va. | Science education | $1,000,000 | For the Virginia Initiative for Science Teaching and Achievement: $1,000,000 over four years to George Mason U. (Fairfax, Va.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Marcus Foundation | Ga. | Health care and hospitals | $20,000,000 | To establish a heart valve reference center: $20,000,000 to the Piedmont Heart Institute (Atlanta, Ga.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Marcus Foundation | Ga. | Medicine | $5,000,000 | To recruit and retain faculty and trainees and develop novel clinical, research, and educational programs in its department of pediatrics: $5,000,000 to the Emory U. School of Medicine (Atlanta, Ga.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Ford Foundation | N.Y. | Education | $50,000,000 | To expand learning time in low-income schools: $50,000,000 over three years to the Time to Succeed Coalition (Boston, Mass.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Wash. | Health | $8,300,000 | To find new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent malnutrition in infants and children: $8,300,000 to Washington U. in St. Louis (St. Louis, Mo.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Foundation | S.C. | Health | $5,250,000 | For a centralized and integrated support system: $5,250,000 over three years to the South Carolina Free Clinic Association (Greenville, S.C.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Caterpillar Foundation | Ill. | Community and economic development | $3,000,000 | To help rebuild blighted Peoria neighborhoods and create jobs: $3,000,000 to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (New York, N.Y.). |
| 5/17/2012 | John S. and James L. Knight Foundation | Fla. | Technology and education | $1,000,000 | To strengthen the role of Internet video as an open platform for global learning: $1,000,000 to Amara (Boston, Mass.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Pfizer | N.Y. | Cancer | $100,000 | To reduce overall cancer incidence and mortality by improving access to care in the District of Columbia: $100,000 to the DC Cancer Consortium (Washington, D.C.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Jack Kent Cooke Foundation | Va. | Children and youths | $35,000 | To provide educational services and life skills with dance instruction: $35,000 to the Dance Institute of Washington. |
| 5/17/2012 | Jack Kent Cooke Foundation | Va. | Children and youths | $35,000 | For an intensive after-school and summer program which supports the academic success and social and emotional development of 60 third through fifth graders from low-income households in Arlington County: $35,000 to the Greenbrier Learning Center (Arlington, Va.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Jack Kent Cooke Foundation | Va. | Children and youths | $35,000 | For out-of-school chess instruction to 180 elementary- and middle-school students at 16 District of Columbia Public School sites during the 2012-3 school year: $35,000 to Chess Challenge in DC (Washington, D.C.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Jack Kent Cooke Foundation | Va. | Children and youths | $30,000 | To provide yearlong comprehensive leadership development and college access counseling through workshops and one-on-one mentoring to 30 college-bound Latino high school students: $30,000 to Edu-Futuro (Fairfax County, Va.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Jack Kent Cooke Foundation | Va. | Children and youths | $23,580 | To counsel high-school seniors and continue educational counseling and career planning through college: $23,580 to First Generation College Bound (Laurel, Md.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Jack Kent Cooke Foundation | Va. | Children and youths | $20,000 | To support 60 students in the Center for Excellence, an after-school and summer program of intensive academic enrichment, tennis, and youth development for students in grades 1-12 in Washington, D.C.: $20,000 to the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation. |
| 5/17/2012 | Inasmuch Foundation | Okla. | American Indians | $1,000,000 | To construct the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum: $1,000,000 to the American Indian Cultural Center Foundation (Oklahoma City, Okla.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Inasmuch Foundation | Okla. | Health and human services | $3,000,000 | For a new campus: $3,000,000 to Sunbeam Family Services (Oklahoma City, Okla.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Inasmuch Foundation | Okla. | Health and human services | $2,000,000 | To develop 40 food resource centers: $2,000,000 to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, Okla.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Inasmuch Foundation | Okla. | Health and human services | $300,000 | For innovative educational child-development programs and services: $300,000 to Rainbow Fleet (Oklahoma City, Okla.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Inasmuch Foundation | Okla. | Health and human services | $250,000 | For long-term housing and support for mentally ill people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless: $250,000 to the Mental Health Association in Tulsa (Tulsa, Okla.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Inasmuch Foundation | Okla. | Health and human services | $165,000 | For the Immigration Legal Assistance Program: $165,000 to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (Oklahoma City, Okla.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Inasmuch Foundation | Okla. | Health and human services | $100,000 | For residential and nonresidential services for adult and child victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking: $100,000 to YWCA Oklahoma City (Oklahoma City, Okla.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Inasmuch Foundation | Okla. | Community development | $1,000,000 | To construct a youth pavilion: $1,000,000 to the Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation (Oklahoma City, Okla.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Inasmuch Foundation | Okla. | Community development | $250,000 | For its 2012-3 season of exhibitions, programs, and educational activities: $250,000 to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art (Oklahoma City, Okla.). |
| 5/17/2012 | Inasmuch Foundation | Okla. | Education | $500,000 | For a new children's hall: $500,000 to the Science Museum Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, Okla.). |
| 5/17/2012 | USA Funds | Ind. | Higher education | $200,000 | To provide need-based scholarships to students attending public historically black colleges and universities: $200,000 to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (New York, N.Y.). |
| 5/17/2012 | USA Funds | Ind. | Higher education | $200,000 | To provide need-based scholarships to promote higher education opportunities for African American students: $200,000 to the United Negro College Fund (Fairfax, Va.). |
| 5/17/2012 | USA Funds | Ind. | Higher education | $100,000 | To help students make career choices and provide the framework for them to succeed in postsecondary education: $100,000 to the Indiana Latino Institute (Indianapolis, Ind.). |
| 5/17/2012 | USA Funds | Ind. | Higher education | $70,000 | To provide Indiana students with opportunities to identify Indiana citizens who have made significant contributions to society: $70,000 to Indiana Dollars for Scholars (Indianapolis, Ind.). |
| 5/17/2012 | USA Funds | Ind. | Higher education | $70,000 | To provides free full-service college planning through outreach, guidance, resources, and referrals: $70,000 to the Arizona Community Foundation (Phoenix, Ariz.). |
| 5/17/2012 | USA Funds | Ind. | Higher education | $60,000 | To provide low-income students with guidance and the necessary basic tools to graduate from high school and enter college: $60,000 to Admission Possible (Milwaukee, Wis.). |
| 5/17/2012 | USA Funds | Ind. | Higher education | $50,000 | To improve rates of high-school graduation and college enrollment among predominantly low-income students: $50,000 to the Mary Rigg Neighborhood Community Center (Indianapolis, Ind.). |
| 5/17/2012 | USA Funds | Ind. | Higher education | $30,000 | For a community program for African American male students to develop skills for success in high school and postsecondary education: $30,000 to Boys II Men (Indianapolis, Ind.). |
| 5/17/2012 | USA Funds | Ind. | Higher education | $30,000 | To provide postsecondary education access for low-income students through financial literacy and mentoring: $30,000 to the Glow Foundation (San Francisco, Calif.). |
| 5/17/2012 | USA Funds | Ind. | Higher education | $30,000 | For an annual event to recognize programs and departments that show evidence of effectiveness in accelerating Latino student success in higher education: $30,000 to Excelencia in Education (Washington, D.C.). |
