Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on May 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/24/2012 | Ford Foundation | N.Y. | Journalism | $1,000,000 | To add five reporters who will focus on Vietnamese, Korean, and other immigrants; the California prison system; the border region; and Brazil: $1,000,000 over two years to the Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, Calif.). |
| 5/24/2012 | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | Ill. | Media | $5,450,000 | For the annual Digital Media and Learning Competition: $5,450,000 over three years to the Regents of the University of California (Irvine, Calif.). |
| 5/24/2012 | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | Ill. | Media | $4,500,000 | For the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub: $4,500,000 over three years to the Regents of the University of California (Irvine, Calif.). |
| 5/24/2012 | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | Ill. | Criminal justice | $3,500,000 | For a multistate campaign to promote change to juvenile-justice systems nationally: $3,500,000 to Public Interest Projects (New York, N.Y.). |
| 5/24/2012 | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | Ill. | Housing | $3,300,000 | To host and carry out the first phase of the Commission on Housing Policy for a Strong Economy: $3,300,000 over 18 months to the Bipartisan Policy Center (Washington, D.C.). |
| 5/24/2012 | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | Ill. | Education | $3,000,000 | To renovate a school: $3,000,000 to the Chicago Charter School Foundation (Chicago, Ill.). |
| 5/24/2012 | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | Ill. | Conservation and the environment | $2,800,000 | To assess and map priority watersheds for conservation in the Tropical Andes: $2,800,000 over 29 months to the Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, D.C.). |
| 5/24/2012 | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | Ill. | Peace and security | $2,500,000 | For institutional support: $2,500,000 over four years to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington, D.C.). |
| 5/24/2012 | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | Ill. | Reproductive health and population | $2,200,000 | To advance maternal and young people's reproductive health in India, Mexico, Nigeria, and globally: $2,200,000 over three years to Population Council (New York, N.Y.). |
| 5/24/2012 | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | Ill. | Peace and security | $2,200,000 | For advanced training on nuclear security: $2,200,000 over four years to the President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass.). |
| 5/24/2012 | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | Ill. | Health | $2,000,000 | For an integrated population, health, and environment project in East Africa: $2,000,000 over 38 months to Pathfinder International (Watertown, Mass.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Energy Foundation | Calif. | Energy | $150,000 | To design policy for clean fuel incentives in China: $150,000 to the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (Tianjin, China). |
| 5/24/2012 | Energy Foundation | Calif. | Energy | $22,000 | To engage business leaders in communicating the benefits of a low-carbon economy: $22,000 to the New England Clean Energy Foundation (Boston, Mass.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Energy Foundation | Calif. | Energy | $100,000 | To promote advanced concepts and practices on sustainable urban planning and development around the Yangzi River Delta: $100,000 to the Shanghai Society of Macroeconomics (Shanghai, China). |
| 5/24/2012 | Energy Foundation | Calif. | Energy | $325,000 | To foster a deeper understanding of China's clean-energy actions and their implications: $325,000 to the World Resources Institute (Washington, D.C.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Energy Foundation | Calif. | Energy | $160,000 | To advance energy efficiency in New York: $160,000 to the Pace Energy and Climate Center (White Plains, N.Y.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Energy Foundation | Calif. | Energy | $55,000 | For the North America 2050 states' dialogue on carbon-policy issues and to provide expert advice on regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act: $55,000 to the Georgetown Climate Center (Washington, D.C.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Energy Foundation | Calif. | Energy | $50,000 | To advance electric-vehicle deployment in Michigan: $50,000 to the Ecology Center (Ann Arbor, Mich.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Energy Foundation | Calif. | Energy | $200,000 | To analyze the impact of federal clean-air rules on the health and welfare of African-Americans: $200,000 to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (Washington, D.C.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Energy Foundation | Calif. | Energy | $75,000 | For educational outreach and implementation of renewable-energy policies in Missouri: $75,000 to Renew Missouri (Columbia, Mo.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Energy Foundation | Calif. | Energy | $20,000 | To advocate for energy efficiency in Louisiana: $20,000 to the Alliance for Affordable Energy (New Orleans, La.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Mich. | Latinos | $250,000 | To provide grants and technical assistance to community organizations in the southwest and western regions of the United States and in Puerto Rico: $250,000 to the National Council of La Raza (Washington, D.C.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Mich. | Energy | $310,000 | To continue its work analyzing and researching the scope, as well as the environmental and social implications, of current global fossil-fuel subsidies: $310,000 over 23 months to Oil Change International (Washington, D.C.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Mich. | Community development | $250,000 | To provide seed grants and technical assistance to emerging community-based organizations serving low-income neighborhoods: $250,000 to Southern Echo (Jackson, Miss.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Mich. | Nonprofit organizations and philanthropy | $40,000 | To hire an outside consultant to help answer several questions about the need for up-to-date data on nonprofit trends and challenges: $40,000 to the Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore, Md.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Mich. | Nonprofit organizations and philanthropy | $50,000 | For research activities on various forms of giving in Africa, to mobilize rich Africans to give to causes, and to hold a conference for African grant makers in South Africa to share knowledge and experiences: $50,000 to the Kenya Community Development Foundation (Nairobi, Kenya). |
| 5/24/2012 | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Mich. | Nonprofit organizations and philanthropy | $200,000 | To strengthen local-level democracy and civil society in Montenegro by supporting the development of an indigenous grant-making organization: $200,000 to the Fund for Active Citizenship (Podgorica, Montenegro). |
| 5/24/2012 | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Mich. | Conservation and the environment | $80,000 | To provide tools and expertise at the regional and state levels to help implement the Great Lakes Compact, an interstate agreement that is intended to prevent the diversion of waters outside the basin and to effectively manage the use of water within the basin: $80,000 to the Natural Resources Defense Council (New York, N.Y.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Mich. | Advocacy | $52,400 | To provide partial support to its online guide on how to assess and evaluate advocacy and community organizing: $52,400 to the Alliance for Justice (Washington, D.C.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Mich. | Financial education | $300,000 | To increase the amounts families save for their children's education: $300,000 to Washington U. in St. Louis (St. Louis, Mo.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Mich. | Central and Eastern Europe | $60,000 | To improve the quality and effectiveness of policy development and implementation in Bosnia-Herzegovina: $60,000 to Populari (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina). |
| 5/24/2012 | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | Mich. | Economic development | $150,000 | To cultivate partnerships among the City of Albuquerque,industry, and high schools to develop work-force curriculums that result in retention, graduation, skills, and jobs for young people: $150,000 over 18 months to the City of Albuquerque (Albuquerque, N.M.). |
| 5/24/2012 | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | Mich. | Economic development | $600,000 | To increase the income, assets, and financial capability of low-income families: $600,000 over 35 months to United Way Worldwide (Alexandria, Va.). |
| 5/24/2012 | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | Mich. | Water | $125,000 | To provide safe drinking water and hygiene education in Boucan Carre and Mireabalais, Haiti, including well construction and creating a local sanitation committee: $125,000 over 23 months to Water.org (Kansas City, Mo.). |
| 5/24/2012 | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | Mich. | Women and girls | $360,000 | To provide entrepreneurial training and mentoring to low- and middle-income minority women: $360,000 over 35 months to Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (Grand Rapids, Mich.). |
| 5/24/2012 | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | Mich. | Leadership | $150,000 | To strengthen the emergence of youths as leaders in community transformation in Mexico through a development program involving education, research, and internships with community foundations: $150,000 over 19 months to Instituto de Investigaciones Doctor Jose Maria Luis Mora (Mexico City, Mexico). |
| 5/24/2012 | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | Mich. | Race relations | $334,450 | To study how racial equity plays out in housing and how it affects healthy child development: $334,450 to Brandeis U. (Waltham, Mass.). |
| 5/24/2012 | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | Mich. | Children, youths, and families | $250,000 | To develop a coalition to research, organize, lead, and advocate for greater youth and family services and opportunities: $250,000 over 35 months to the Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans (New Orleans, La.). |
| 5/24/2012 | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | Mich. | Community and economic development | $134,981 | To increase access to healthy, low-cost foods, jobs, and business opportunities for Detroit residents through the development of new locally owned grocery stores: $134,981 over two years to the Fair Food Network (Ann Arbor, Mich.). |
| 5/24/2012 | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | Mich. | Blacks | $250,000 | For a film chronicling the history of African-American people and a companion Web site and educational materials to educate minority children: $250,000 over two years to WNET (New York, N.Y.). |
| 5/24/2012 | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | Mich. | Public policy | $250,000 | To study and report on the impact recent changes to unemployment policies are having on children in Michigan: $250,000 to the Michigan Unemployment Advocacy Project (Ann Arbor, Mich.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Susan G. Komen for the Cure | Tex. | Cancer | $58,000,000 | For breast-cancer research: $58,000,000 to among 154 projects in 22 states and seven countries. |
| 5/24/2012 | Wal-Mart Foundation | Ark. | Military and veterans affairs | $1,000,000 | To assist veterans with job training and placement and ensure financial stability for their families: $1,000,000 to Goodwill Industries International (Rockville, Md.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Marin Community Foundation | Calif. | Health | $2,000,000 | To improve access to health care for uninsured and underinsured patients of Marin County's community clinics, through its Sutter Health Access to Care Fund: $975,000 to Marin Community Clinics (Novato, Calif.), $300,000 to the Ritter Center (San Rafael, Calif.), $250,000 to Partnership HealthPlan of California (Fairfield, Calif.), $225,000 to the Marin Department of Health and Human Services (San Rafael, Calif.), $125,000 each to the Coastal Health Alliance (Point Reyes Station, Calif.), and LifeLong Medical Care (Berkeley, Calif.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Robert R. McCormick Foundation | Ill. | Employment and training | $850,000 | To provide employment and training services to help individuals become self-sufficient: $850,000 to be divided among 23 organizations in Chicago. |
| 5/24/2012 | Mertz Gilmore Foundation | N.Y. | Climate change | $60,000 | To promote alternatives to coal-fired power plants in Southeast states: $60,000 over two years to Appalachian Voices (Boone, N.C.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Mertz Gilmore Foundation | N.Y. | Sexual assault | $75,000 | To prevent the sexual abuse of youths in detention facilities: $75,000 to Just Detention International (Los Angeles, Calif.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Mertz Gilmore Foundation | N.Y. | Nonprofit organizations and philanthropy | $45,000 | For consulting services for community-based organizations to enhance their fundraising efforts and board governance: $45,000 to Cause Effective (New York, N.Y.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Mertz Gilmore Foundation | N.Y. | Climate change | $50,000 | To develop constituency-building strategies for a national faith-based movement to focus on climate change: $50,000 to the Regeneration Project (San Francisco, Calif.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Mertz Gilmore Foundation | N.Y. | Climate change | $35,000 | To start a training program for youth leaders focused on climate change: $35,000 to Global Kids (New York, N.Y.). |
| 5/24/2012 | Pershing Square Foundation | N.Y. | Human rights | $10,000,000 | For expansion and for its programs in Africa and women's rights: $10,000,000 over five years to Human Rights Watch (New York, N.Y.). |
