Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on June 14, 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
6/14/2012 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Calif. Poverty $1,500,000 To evaluate and identify strategies that increase the effectiveness of its early-childhood-development program and improve developmental outcomes for children in Mozambique who are under the age of five and affected by HIV/AIDS: $1,500,000 over three years to CARE (Atlanta, Ga.).
6/14/2012 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Calif. Children and youths $4,600,000 To design and implement a holistic approach to meeting the developmental needs of children under age five in Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania who are affected by HIV/AIDS: $4,600,000 over three years to Catholic Relief Services (Baltimore, Md.).
6/14/2012 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Calif. Children and youths $3,000,000 To help community-based organizations and governments deliver early-childhood-development services for young children affected by HIV/AIDS in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia: $3,000,000 over three years to the Save the Children Federation (Westport, Conn.).
6/14/2012 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Calif. Religion $650,000 For a three-day facilitator training that allows women and men to gain a deeper understanding of the study of apostolic life: $650,000 to the National Religious Vocation Conference (Chicago, Ill.).
6/14/2012 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Calif. Disaster relief $500,000 For the food crisis in the Sahel region of Africa and to support these organizations' activities to improve the food security and resilience of affected people in the Tillaberi region of Niger: $250,000 each to Catholic Relief Services (Baltimore, Md.) and Mercy Corps (Portland, Ore.).
6/14/2012 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Calif. Health $1,245,000 For research projects: $1,245,000 over four years to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Washington, D.C.).
6/14/2012 Coca-Cola Foundation Ga. Conservation and the environment $250,000 For watershed conservation efforts and to provide protection for the Bonneville cutthroat trout and other species in Utah: $250,000 to the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (Portland, Ore.).
6/14/2012 Coca-Cola Foundation Ga. Water $7,000,000 To improve access to water and sanitation services for 2 million people in 17 African countries: $7,000,000 to the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation (Manzini, Swaziland).
6/14/2012 Coca-Cola Foundation Ga. Water $279,630 To provide access to water and sanitation for more than 15,000 residents of 12 upland communities in the Philippines: $279,630 to Earth Day Network Philippines (Quezon City, the Philippines).
6/14/2012 Coca-Cola Foundation Ga. Water $102,000 For 12 community water-quality-improvement projects: $102,000 to Landcare Australia Limited (Chatswood, Australia).
6/14/2012 Coca-Cola Foundation Ga. Water $300,000 To install rainwater harvesting projects: $300,000 to the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (Athens, Greece).
6/14/2012 Coca-Cola Foundation Ga. Water $249,984 To improve water and sanitation facilities at schools in India: $249,984 to Plan International India Chapter (New Delhi, India).
6/14/2012 Coca-Cola Foundation Ga. Water $750,000 To improve water, sanitation facilities, and rainwater-harvesting structures in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka: $750,000 to UN-Habitat (Nairobi, Kenya).
6/14/2012 Coca-Cola Foundation Ga. Health $150,000 To educate youths on the importance of proper eating and physical activity and for a track and field program for needy youths: $150,000 to 100 Black Men of America (Atlanta, Ga.).
6/14/2012 Coca-Cola Foundation Ga. Health $250,000 For a nutrition and physical-activity program: $250,000 to Agricultural U. of Athens (Athens, Greece).
6/14/2012 Coca-Cola Foundation Ga. Health $750,000 To provide playgrounds and physical-activity programs in 60 schools: $750,000 to Aktif Yasam Dernegi (Istanbul, Turkey).
6/14/2012 Coca-Cola Foundation Ga. Health $175,000 For a study of lifestyle factors associated with long-term weight-loss maintenance in the Mediterranean population: $175,000 to Harokopio U. (Athens, Greece).
6/14/2012 Wal-Mart Foundation Ark. Social services $5,000,000 For summer feeding programs in 300 urban and rural communities: $5,000,000 to the YMCA of the USA (Chicago, Ill.).
6/14/2012 Wal-Mart Foundation Ark. Social services $1,500,000 For summer feeding programs in 28 communities: $1,500,000 to the National Recreation and Park Association (Ashburn, Va.).
6/14/2012 Wal-Mart Foundation Ark. Education $4,000,000 For summer learning programs: $4,000,000 over two years to the National Summer Learning Association (Baltimore, Md.).
6/14/2012 Wal-Mart Foundation Ark. Education $125,000 For a summit on summer health risks for youths: $125,000 to the National Summer Learning Association (Baltimore, Md.).
6/14/2012 Wal-Mart Foundation Ark. Education $200,000 For a nationwide celebration of summer learning: $200,000 to the National Summer Learning Association (Baltimore, Md.).
6/14/2012 Wal-Mart Foundation Ark. Education $350,000 For summer learning activities for 622 students in 10 communities: $350,000 to Innovations in Civic Participation (Washington, D.C.).
6/14/2012 Wal-Mart Foundation Ark. Education $4,000,000 For summer learning programs for 8,000 students in six communities: $4,000,000 to BELL Summer (Dorchester, Mass.).
6/14/2012 Wal-Mart Foundation Ark. Education $5,000,000 For youth-employment programs and to grant access to job opportunities and skills training to nearly 3,000 American youths in seven communities: $5,000,000 to Brandeis U. (Waltham, Mass.).
6/14/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Agriculture $7,586,520 To improve the livelihoods of small farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly women, by increasing their access to the market opportunities of national school feeding programs in Ghana, Kenya, and Mali: $7,586,520 over 49 months to SNV-USA (Washington, D.C.).
6/14/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $635,762 To focus on the sanitation needs of needy people living in unauthorized settlements in India: $635,762 over 25 months to the Centre for Advocacy and Research (New Delhi, India).
6/14/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $8,900,481 For HIV research: $8,900,481 over three years to Duke U. (Durham, N.C.).
6/14/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Elderly $1,800,000 To construct 55 housing units at the sheltered-housing facility in Kiryat Ono: $1,800,000 to Amigour Asset Management (Tel Aviv, Israel).
6/14/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Elderly $1,000,000 For the Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention: $1,000,000 over two years to the Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale (Riverdale, N.Y.).
6/14/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Elderly $850,000 For free civil legal services, educational programs, training, and development of materials to enable Maryland's low-income older adults to achieve economic security by providing legal representation and advice: $850,000 over two years to the Legal Aid Bureau (Baltimore, Md.).
6/14/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Elderly $450,000 To complete a new apartment building for older adults: $450,000 to Selfhelp Community Services (New York, N.Y.).
6/14/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Elderly $70,000 For the Care Consultation for Family Caregivers of People with Dementia, which will provide care assistance and connection to services for caregivers of family members with Alzheimer's disease in needy communities: $70,000 to the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association (Timonium, Md.).
6/14/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Economic development $750,000 To help residents enter employment, increase earnings, and preserve and increase their financial assets: $750,000 over three years to Job Opportunities Task Force (Baltimore, Md.).
6/14/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Employment and training $250,000 For its entrepreneurship and leadership program, which will equip men with felony records to attain sustainable and legitimate financial stability: $250,000 over two years to Defy Ventures (New York, N.Y.).
6/14/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Employment and training $115,000 For job training and employment for ex-offenders: $115,000 to the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (Newark, N.J.).
6/14/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Social services $150,000 To provide short-term economic and social-service support so that low-income refugees and asylum seekers in the greater Baltimore area avoid eviction, improve their economic status, and access local resources and benefits: $150,000 to the International Rescue Committee (Baltimore, Md.).
6/14/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Social services $100,000 For the weekly and holiday-food package and voucher program that assists low-income families: $100,000 over two years to Ahavas Yisrael Fund-Rabbi Chaim Nachman Kowalski Memorial (Baltimore, Md.).
6/14/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Social services $100,000 For general operations and a job-readiness program for participants in this substance-abuse recovery program, which provides housing and supportive services to families with an addicted parent: $100,000 over two years to Dayspring Programs (Baltimore, Md.).
6/14/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Social services $25,000 To provide rapid access to housing, individual case-management services, and short-term financial assistance for people who are homeless: $25,000 over two years to Meeting Ground (Elkton, Md.).
6/14/2012 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Md. Social services $20,000 To provide general operating support to maintain programs that provide emergency financial and food assistance to needy populations: $20,000 over two years to the Interfaith Service Coalition (Hancock, Md.).
6/14/2012 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation N.Y. Arts and culture $500,000 For a national effort to integrate the work of artists and their creative practices into the culture of American research universities: $500,000 over three years to the U. of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
6/14/2012 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Wis. Higher education $4,200,000 To establish the Northwestern Mutual GranumCenter for Financial Security: $4,200,000 over five years to the American College (Bryn Mawr, Pa.).
6/14/2012 ArtPlace Ill. Arts and culture $400,000 To plan, design, and construct two arts venues on its campus in downtown Los Angeles: $400,000 to the Southern CaliforniaInstitute of Architecture (Los Angeles, Calif.).
6/14/2012 ArtPlace Ill. Arts and culture $350,000 To design exhibits for the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling: $350,000 to Broadway Housing Communities (New York, N.Y.).
6/14/2012 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation N.Y. Arts and culture $500,000 For the newly created position of chief conservator: $500,000 to the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, Tex.).
6/14/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Arts and culture $500,000 To acquire art: $500,000 to the Bronx Museum of the Arts (New York, N.Y.).
6/14/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $2,000,000 To eradicate the seven most common neglected tropical diseases: $2,000,000 to the END Fund (Wayne, Pa.).
6/14/2012 Lockheed Martin Corporation Md. Science education $1,500,000 For its robotics program: $1,500,000 over three years to the National 4-H Council (Chevy Chase, Md.).
6/14/2012 Surdna Foundation N.Y. Entrepreneurship $250,000 To help regions across the country develop plans to accelerate the successes of entrepreneurs with the potential to create jobs and wealth in their communities: $250,000 to JumpStart (Cleveland, Ohio).
6/14/2012 Bank of America N.C. Energy $100,000,000 To nonprofit organizations and other groups promoting low-carbon energy projects: $100,000,000 to recipients to be announced.