Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on July 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
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. Arts and culture $375,000 For concerts at Carnegie Hall and Chicago's Symphony Center by the World Orchestra for Peace, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the 100th birthday of Sir Georg Solti: $375,000 to Carnegie Hall Society (New York, N.Y.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. Science $750,000 To establish the Andrew Carnegie Prize in Mind and Brain Sciences: $750,000 up to 120 months to Carnegie Mellon U. (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. Journalism $150,000 To improve scientific reporting: $150,000 over two years to the Regents of the University of California (Berkeley, Calif.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. Journalism $149,400 To improve the quality and credibility of scientific journalism: $149,400 over two years to Northwestern U. (Evanston, Ill.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. International $700,000 For the foreign-policy program: $700,000 to the Brookings Institution (Washington, D.C.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. International $500,000 To promote ethics through global education: $500,000 over two years to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (New York, N.Y.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. International $450,000 To strengthen international security and nonproliferation with joint independent research and advanced training in Russia: $450,000 over two years to the Center for Policy Studies in Russia (Monterey, Calif.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. International $325,000 To focus on nuclear-nonproliferation challenges: $325,000 to the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (Washington, D.C.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. International $250,100 For a program on improving nuclear security in Asia: $250,100 over two years to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. International $489,400 For an international working group and a Pakistan working group to consider ways to focus on challenges posed by Pakistan: $489,400 over 18 months to the Century Foundation (New York, N.Y.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. International $200,000 For the Andrew Carnegie Distinguished Lecture: $200,000 over two years to the Foreign Policy Association (New York, N.Y.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. International $300,000 For a comprehensive strategy for a bipartisan nuclear-security consensus: $300,000 to George Washington U. (Washington, D.C.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. International $449,200 To strengthen nuclear security and nonproliferation in southeast Asia: $449,200 over three years to the U. of Georgia (Athens, Ga.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. International $940,000 For training programs for military officers and policy makers: $940,000 over two years to Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. International $250,000 For the Center for Transatlantic Security Studies project on the United States, Russia, and Europe: $250,000 to National Defense U. Foundation (Washington, D.C.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. International $325,000 For an analysis of post-conflict Afghanistan and its future: $325,000 over two years to Princeton U. (Princeton, N.J.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. International $400,000 To develop the next generation of leaders in peace and security issues: $400,000 over two years to the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship (Washington, D.C.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. International $400,000 For the Congressional seminar series on foreign policy: $400,000 over two years to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, D.C.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. Science education $250,000 For general support: $250,000 to Change the Equation (Washington, D.C.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. Technology and education $250,000 For strategic communications related to a national campaign to advance policies that will create a high-quality digital learning environment to better prepare students for college and careers: $250,000 to the Foundation for Excellence in Education (Tallahassee, Fla.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. Science education $500,000 To document and evaluate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning studios: $500,000 over two years to the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (Washington, D.C.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. Science education $500,000 To develop a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school network: $500,000 over 18 months to the North Carolina New Schools Project (Raleigh, N.C.).
7/19/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. Education $500,000 For general support: $500,000 over 18 months to the U.S. Education Delivery Institute (Washington, D.C.).
7/19/2012 Duke Endowment N.C. Health care and hospitals $990,067 To develop a transitional medical home model for medically fragile infants: $990,067 to Duke University Health System (Durham, N.C.).
7/19/2012 Duke Endowment N.C. Higher education $950,000 To improve student retention and graduation rates: $950,000 to Johnson S. Smith U. (Charlotte, N.C.).
7/19/2012 Duke Endowment N.C. Health care and hospitals $668,534 To increase the primary-care work force in South Carolina: $668,534 to the South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium (Charleston, S.C.).
7/19/2012 Duke Endowment N.C. Health care and hospitals $630,000 To encourage healthy habits for hospital employees: $630,000 to the North Carolina Hospital Foundation (Cary, N.C.).
7/19/2012 Duke Endowment N.C. Health care and hospitals $557,874 To enhance primary-care residency programs: $557,874 to the U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, N.C.).
7/19/2012 Duke Endowment N.C. Health care and hospitals $525,943 To establish a telemedicine program for pediatric emergency and critical care: $525,943 to the Medical U. of South Carolina Foundation (Charleston, S.C.).
7/19/2012 Duke Endowment N.C. Health care and hospitals $500,000 To expand a regionalized health-information network: $500,000 to WNC Health Network (Asheville, N.C.).
7/19/2012 Duke Endowment N.C. Health care and hospitals $375,000 To establish a community network of care for low-income, uninsured people in Horry County: $375,000 to Conway Hospital (Conway, S.C.).
7/19/2012 Duke Endowment N.C. Health care and hospitals $375,000 To expand a collaborative network of care for low-income, uninsured people in Gaston County: $375,000 to CaroMont Health/Gaston Memorial Hospital (Gastonia, N.C.).
7/19/2012 Duke Endowment N.C. Religion $375,000 To enable the Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA to educate churches about the challenges and opportunities of rural ministry: $375,000 to North Carolina Conference, United Methodist Church (Garner, N.C.).
7/19/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Conservation and the environment $500,000 To restore habitats on and remove invasive invertebrates from important Pacific seabird islands: $500,000 to BirdLife International (Cambridge, England).
7/19/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Conservation and the environment $190,000 For shorebird and habitat conservation on Chiloe Island, Chile: $190,000 to Manomet (Portland, Me.).
7/19/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Conservation and the environment $200,000 For the Campaign for America's Wilderness for public education, outreach, and advocacy efforts for wilderness protection on federal public lands: $200,000 to the Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia, Pa.).
7/19/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Nonprofit organizations and philanthropy $25,000 For the Global Philanthropy Forum: $25,000 to the World Affairs Council of Northern California (San Francisco, Calif.).
7/19/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Reproductive health and population $520,000 For general support and for a special report on how to improve the impact of European donor assistance for family planning: $520,000 to Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung (Hanover, Germany).
7/19/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Reproductive health and population $125,000 To protect and expand access to abortion and advancecomprehensive sex education: $125,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California (San Francisco, Calif.).
7/19/2012 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Calif. Reproductive health and population $120,000 To strengthen community-based organizations working onreproductive health, rights, and justice in California: $120,000 to Women's Foundation of California (San Francisco, Calif.).
7/19/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Public radio and television $750,000 To start a marketing campaign in Dallas; Indianapolis; Orlando, Fla.; and San Diego to expand its audiences in those cities: $750,000 to National Public Radio (Washington, D.C.).
7/19/2012 W.M. Keck Foundation Calif. Astronomy $1,500,000 To build a laser system: $1,500,000 to the W. M. Keck Observatory (Kamuela, Hawaii).
7/19/2012 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Calif. Astronomy $2,000,000 To build a laser system: $2,000,000 to the W. M. Keck Observatory (Kamuela, Hawaii).
7/19/2012 Oneida Indian Nation N.Y. Historic preservation $10,000,000 To build the Museum of the American Revolution and recognize the role the Oneidas played in the Revolutionary War: $10,000,000 matching grant to the American Revolution Center (Philadelphia, Pa.).
7/19/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Reproductive health and population $560,000,000 For family-planning programs worldwide: $560,000,000 over eight years to recipients yet to be announced.
7/19/2012 Bloomberg Philanthropies N.Y. Reproductive health and population $50,000,000 For family-planning programs worldwide: $50,000,000 to recipients yet to be announced.
7/19/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Human rights $7,000,000 To strengthen human rights and improve the lives of needy people around the world: $1,000,000 each to the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Bangkok, Thailand), Conectas Direitos Humanos (Sao Paulo, Brazil), El Centro de Estudios de Derecho, Justicia y Sociedad Dejusticia (Bogota, Colombia), El Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Justica Global (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), the Kenya Human Rights Commission (Nairobi, Kenya), and the Legal Resources Centre (Johannesburg, South Africa).
7/19/2012 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation N.Y. Arts and culture $2,000,000 To expand community engagement and for new artistic programs: $2,000,000 to the Lyric Opera of Chicago (Chicago, Ill.).
7/19/2012 S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation Calif. Science education $1,600,000 To improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education in the California towns of Davis and Dixon: $1,600,000 over four years to the U. of California at Davis, School of Education (Davis, Calif.).
7/19/2012 Edward P. Evans Foundation Va. Medical research $16,000,000 To study myelodysplastic syndromes, a group of diseases that affect the bone marrow and blood: $16,000,000 to be divided among Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute (Cleveland, Ohio), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Mass.), the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute (Tampa, Fla.), the Johns Hopkins U., Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (Baltimore, Md.), the U. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, Azerbaijan), and Weill Cornell Medical College (New York, N.Y.).