Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on August 23, 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
8/23/2012 OneWorld Boston Mass. Health $100,000 To provide free scheduled or emergency air transportation to needy people: $100,000 to Angel Flight New England (North Andover, Mass.).
8/23/2012 OneWorld Boston Mass. Homelessness $100,000 For a 24-hour drop-in center in the Boston area for high-risk homeless youths: $100,000 to Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Boston, Mass.).
8/23/2012 OneWorld Boston Mass. Homelessness $100,000 To provide a safe, supportive environment for homeless mothers and children while these families become self‐sufficient: $100,000 to Brookview House (Dorchester, Mass.).
8/23/2012 OneWorld Boston Mass. Human rights $100,000 To combat racism, anti-Semitism, and prejudice through educational programs: $100,000 to Facing History and Ourselves (Brookline, Mass.).
8/23/2012 OneWorld Boston Mass. Disabled $100,000 To provide fun activities and friendship for people in the Woburn, Mass., area with physical and mental challenges as well as a respite for their families and caregivers: $100,000 to Giving Camp (Medford, Mass.).
8/23/2012 OneWorld Boston Mass. Children and youths $100,000 For Roxbury Village, a new program that provides former foster youths with safe, stable housing and the necessary support to become self-sufficient adults: $100,000 to the Home for Little Wanderers (Roxbury, Mass.).
8/23/2012 OneWorld Boston Mass. Museums $100,000 To help underwrite the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition, bringing its ancient artifacts to Boston and helping visitors understand the divisions and inequalities that still echo in modern society: $100,000 to the Museum of Science.
8/23/2012 OneWorld Boston Mass. Mental health $100,000 To help prevent unnecessary arrests of persons with mental illness, diverting them instead to community-based crisis treatment and follow-up care: $100,000 to the National Alliance on MentalIllness (Woburn, Mass.).
8/23/2012 OneWorld Boston Mass. Elderly $100,000 To assist needy, homebound, elderly, and chronically ill adults: $100,000 to Neighbors Who Care (Waltham, Mass.).
8/23/2012 OneWorld Boston Mass. Military and veterans affairs $100,000 To help homeless military veterans and low-income individuals who have served in any branch of the U.S. armed forces access housing, employment, and community services: $100,000 to Pine Street Inn (Boston, Mass.).
8/23/2012 OneWorld Boston Mass. Children, youths, and families $100,000 To help young people explore their multicultural roots and discuss with their families issues of prejudice, discrimination, and racism: $100,000 to Solutions for Living (Medford, Mass.).
8/23/2012 Starr Foundation N.Y. Science $7,500,000 To endow a professorship and three memberships: $7,500,000 to the Institute for Advanced Study, Simons Center for Systems Biology (Princeton, N.J.).
8/23/2012 Getty Foundation Calif. Museums $1,950,000 For the Getty Leadership Institute, which provides professional development for current and future museum leaders: $1,950,000 over three years to Claremont Graduate U. (Claremont, Calif.).
8/23/2012 W.M. Keck Foundation Calif. Science $1,000,000 To build a super-resolution microscope: $1,000,000 to the U. of Houston (Houston, Tex.).
8/23/2012 Helios Education Foundation Fla. Science education $4,050,000 To provide financial and technical support to several schools around the state to help them integrate quality science, technology, engineering, and math education into their classrooms: $4,050,000 to Science Foundation Arizona (Phoenix, Ariz.).
8/23/2012 Helios Education Foundation Fla. Education $3,900,000 To prepare students for college and careers: $3,900,000 to Yuma Union High School District (Yuma, Ariz.).
8/23/2012 Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Conn. Higher education $405,000 For a college-completion and job-readiness program for single mothers: $405,000 to YWCA Hartford Region (Hartford, Conn.).
8/23/2012 Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Conn. Criminal justice $375,000 For training, employment, and support services to reduce recidivism for individuals released from Connecticut prisons: $375,000 to Career Resources of Hartford (Bridgeport, Conn.).
8/23/2012 Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Conn. Higher education $300,000 To improve graduation rates of women facing significant barriers to attaining an associate degree: $300,000 to Goodwin College (East Hartford, Conn.).
8/23/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $10,900,000 To improve sanitation and hygiene practices among the rural poor in Vietnam and Cambodia: $10,900,000 to East Meets West (Oakland, Calif.).
8/23/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Hunger $100,000 To provide 180,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables to its clients in the next year: $100,000 to Bellingham Food Bank (Bellingham, Wash.).
8/23/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Hunger $100,000 To help provide 120,000 nutritious meals to the region's neediest residents: $100,000 to Downtown Emergency Service Center (Seattle, Wash.).
8/23/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Hunger $150,000 To purchase produce, dairy, meat, and seafood for nearly 300 food banks and pantries in western Washington: $150,000 to Food Lifeline (Shoreline, Wash.).
8/23/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Social services $100,000 To assist 2,000 people with emergency shelter, food, and legal assistance in the face of foreclosure and eviction: $100,000 to Solid Ground (Seattle, Wash.).
8/23/2012 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Hunger $100,000 To purchase 270,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables to distribute through its five food banks: $100,000 to Hopelink (Redmond, Wash.).
8/23/2012 Wal-Mart Stores Ark. Education $4,500,000 To help 90,000 teachers purchase classroom supplies: $4,500,000 to recipients to be announced.
8/23/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $6,300,000 To improve sanitation in local government areas across three states of Nigeria: up to $6,300,000 to WaterAid America (New York, N.Y.).
8/23/2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $9,500,000 To improve the health and success of young minority men: $9,500,000 to recipients to be announced.
8/23/2012 Kresge Foundation Mich. Climate change $500,000 For a research and strategic-communications project focused on providing the public and decision makers with easy-to-use local information about future sea-level rise and coastal-flooding exposure nationwide: $500,000 to Climate Central (Princeton, N.J.).
8/23/2012 New York Life Foundation N.Y. Children and youths $400,000 To expand the Y After School Academy program, an after-school curriculum: $400,000 over two years to the YMCA of Greater New York (New York, N.Y.).
8/23/2012 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Mich. Higher education $15,500,000 To grow student enrollment, nurture the university's economic impact on the Flint community, communicate the university's identity to a broad audience, and build alumni relationships and support for the school: $15,500,000 to Kettering U. (Flint, Mich.).
8/23/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation La. Health $1,000,000 To improve 61,000 residents' access to supermarkets and other outlets for fresh food: $1,000,000 to Fresh Beginnings (Baton Rouge, La.).
8/23/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation La. Health $1,000,000 To build a four-mile trail and introduce a mobile recreation program: $1,000,000 to the Capital Area Pathways Project and Mobile Playground (Baton Rouge, La.).
8/23/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation La. Health $1,000,000 To add playground facilities, community gardens, and faith-based fitness teams for two communities: $1,000,000 to the Healthy Living Club (Lafayette, La.).
8/23/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation La. Health $1,000,000 To build skate parks and basketball courts and add healthy items to restaurant menus, among other projects: $1,000,000 to Live Lively LaSalle (LaSalle Parish, La.).
8/23/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation La. Health $100,000 To open a fresh seafood and farmer's market in the city's West End: $100,000 to the West End Health and Wellness Project (New Iberia, La.).
8/23/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation La. Health $999,991 To connect residents in three neighborhoods with underused parks and provide vouchers for fresh fruits and vegetables at area farmer's markets: $999,991 to Fit NOLA Project (New Orleans, La.).
8/23/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation La. Health $999,716 To help communities start programs for healthy eating and active living: $999,716 to Ouachita Well (Monroe, La.).
8/23/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation La. Health $925,276 To develop two community hubs that engage children in physical activities and nutritional programs: $925,276 to Generation K (New Orleans, La.).
8/23/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation La. Health $759,977 For new sidewalks, biking and walking trails, community gardens, health education, and other programs for children and adults: $759,977 to Dare to Be Healthy (Lake Charles, La.).
8/23/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation La. Health $588,485 To provide health education to children and teach families to sustain gardens and orchards: $588,485 to the Healthy Green and Into the Outdoors Obesity Prevention Project (Shreveport, Pa.).
8/23/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation La. Health $500,000 To increase consumption of fruits and vegetables while enhancing opportunities for local farmers: $500,000 to the Central Louisiana Local Food Initiative (Alexandria, La.).
8/23/2012 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation La. Health $440,000 To build a 1.5-acre community garden to make fresh fruits and vegetables more accessible to low-income residents: $440,000 to Growing LA (New Orleans, La.).
8/23/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Philanthropy $240,000 To strengthen philanthropy and a culture of giving through mutual learning and support, knowledge sharing, and professional development among its members: $240,000 over three years to Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (Sao Paulo, Brazil).
8/23/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Climate change $1,600,000 To restore the Jamaica Bay neighborhood and to develop a Resilience Center for research and experimentation on climate resilience as well as community engagement and education: $1,600,000 to the Fund for the City of New York (New York, N.Y.).
8/23/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Climate change $1,550,000 To provide strategic and technical support to California's five largest regions for preparing plans to change transportation, land use, and housing policies to meet new greenhouse-gas emission-reduction targets mandated by the state: $1,550,000 to Resources Legacy Fund (Sacramento, Calif.).
8/23/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Science $8,000,000 For the foundation's predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral fellowship program: $8,000,000 to the National Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.).
8/23/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Monuments $7,500,000 To design and construct "Beyond 1968," a permanent gallery focused on African-American life after the civil-rights revolution of the 1960s: $7,500,000 to Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture (Washington, D.C.).
8/23/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Welfare $4,750,000 To help states design, test, and public benefit systems for working families: $4,750,000 to the Urban Institute (Washington, D.C.).
8/23/2012 Wal-Mart Foundation Ark. Education $5,000,000 To provide breakfast for an additional 70,000 students in ten school districts across the country: $5,000,000 to Breakfast in the Classroom (Washington, D.C.).