Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on September 20, 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
9/20/2012 Lumina Foundation Ind. Education $485,100 To improve public-service campaigns, media outlets, and events for people not yet in college: $485,100 to the American Council on Education (Washington, D.C.).
9/20/2012 Lumina Foundation Ind. Education $61,600 To continue the study of high-school exit exams in 26 states: $61,600 to George Washington U. (Washington, D.C.).
9/20/2012 Lumina Foundation Ind. Education $500,000 To examine higher education in America through public-radio documentaries, news-magazine broadcasts, and online narrative stories: $500,000 to American Public Media (St. Paul, Minn.).
9/20/2012 Lumina Foundation Ind. Education $50,000 To explore ideas for reforming the nation's work-force system: $50,000 to the Bipartisan Policy Center (Washington, D.C.).
9/20/2012 Lumina Foundation Ind. Education $1,500,000 To test two remedial math programs for community-college students: $1,500,000 to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Stanford, Calif.).
9/20/2012 Lumina Foundation Ind. Education $150,000 To engage college students in creating a student-centered, flexible, competency-based, and low-cost higher-education system that meets the demands of a 21st-century economy: $150,000 to the Center for Community Change/Young Invincibles (Washington, D.C.).
9/20/2012 Lumina Foundation Ind. Education $500,000 To improve the attainment of certificates and degrees through influencing state policy and behavior: $500,000 to Complete College America (Zionsville, Ind.).
9/20/2012 Lumina Foundation Ind. Education $260,000 To increase the number of employers that promote employee efforts to complete a high-quality degree or credential: $260,000 to Corporate Voices for Working Families (Washington, D.C.).
9/20/2012 Lumina Foundation Ind. Education $3,200,000 For its Center on Education and the Workforce: $3,200,000 to Georgetown U. (Washington, D.C.).
9/20/2012 Lumina Foundation Ind. Education $600,000 To use quality data, explore and promote new approaches to credentials, and improve higher-education productivity in states and systems: $600,000 to Jobs for the Future (Boston, Mass.).
9/20/2012 Lumina Foundation Ind. Education $500,000 To produce and publish journalism that improves understanding of issues related to increasing higher-education attainment: $500,000 to Washington Monthly Corporation (Washington, D.C.).
9/20/2012 Lumina Foundation Ind. Education $1,072,000 To advance institutional partnerships among public flagship institutions exploring newer approaches to delivering higher education: $1,072,000 to the Public Agenda Foundation (New York, N.Y.).
9/20/2012 Lumina Foundation Ind. Education $30,000 To determine effective fundraising strategies for a scholarship program aimed at increasing adult completion of online degrees: $30,000 to Western Governors U.
9/20/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. HIV/AIDS $6,000,000 To develop a vaccine for HIV/AIDS: $6,000,000 over three years to Emory U. (Atlanta, Ga.).
9/20/2012 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Calif. Sustainable development $159,000 To develop new partnerships that promote sustainable development: $159,000 to Stanford U., Woods Institute (Stanford, Calif.).
9/20/2012 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Calif. Higher education $25,000 For a symposium on innovation and productivity in postsecondary education: $25,000 to the U.S. Department of Education (Washington, D.C.).
9/20/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Education $67,500 To administer and award the Wangari Maathai scholarship, an annual cash award to two female Kenyan students who have demonstrated both academic and extracurricular commitment to environmental stewardship within the urban context: $67,500 over five years to the Kenya Community Development Foundation (Nairobi, Kenya).
9/20/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Health $350,000 To strengthen research and policy making in Africa's health systems: $350,000 over three years to the African Health Economics and Policy Association (Surrey, England).
9/20/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Philanthropy $300,000 For a conference on African philanthropy: $300,000 over 19 months to the Southern Africa Trust (Midrand, South Africa).
9/20/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Agriculture $775,000 To work with farmers in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, and Ethiopia to develop, document, and disseminate agricultural practices that build resilience to climate change: $775,000 over three years to the ETC Foundation (Leusden, the Netherlands).
9/20/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Health $1,641,250 To develop a strategy toward a United Nations General Assembly resolution on universal health coverage: $1,641,250 over 25 months to the World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland).
9/20/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Health $542,528 To create a Climate and Health Center of Excellence in Surat, India, which focuses on the delivery of effective health services that build resilience to climate change's impact on health for urban poor communities: $542,528 over 40 months to Taru Leading Edge Private Limited (Gurgaon, India).
9/20/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Higher education $200,000 For a national employer survey to examine the relationship between restaurant employment practices and profitability: $200,000 to Cornell U., School of Industrial and Labor Relations (Ithaca, N.Y.).
9/20/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Conservation and the environment $106,941 To develop a methodology to identify coastal populations dependent on fisheries and other marine ecosystem service to improve livelihoods and food security: $106,941 to Conservation International Foundation (Arlington, Va.).
9/20/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Conservation and the environment $1,999,965 For projects in Indonesia and Madagascar that examine the relationship between conserved ecosystems and improved human health: $1,999,965 over 26 months to the Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.).
9/20/2012 Atlantic Philanthropies N.Y. Health care and hospitals $20,000,000 To construct a new building for its global health-sciences program: $20,000,000 to the U. of California at San Francisco (San Francisco, Calif.).
9/20/2012 CoBank Colo. Hunger $1,000,000 To feed needy people: $1,000,000 to Feeding America (Chicago, Ill.).
9/20/2012 Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust N.Y. Higher education $5,000,000 For the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences: $5,000,000 over three years to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
9/20/2012 Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust N.Y. Social services $350,000 To provide emergency assistance to Detroit residents: $350,000 over two years to the Salvation Army Eastern Michigan Division (Southfield, Mich.).
9/20/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Economic development $3,000,000 To raise awareness and advocate for governments, international organizations, and businesses that make large cash payments to move to digital payments: $3,000,000 over 28 months to the United Nations Capital Development Fund (New York, N.Y.).
9/20/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $2,952,852 To increase global access to medicine by enticing drug companies to raise their performance through the use of an industry index that assesses best practices: $2,952,852 over four years to Access to Medicine Foundation (Haarlem, the Netherlands).
9/20/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $8,829,763 To develop HIV/AIDS vaccines: $8,829,763 over three years to Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (Lausanne, Switzerland).
9/20/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $110,000 To improve federal financial aid at institutions of higher education: $110,000 to the New America Foundation (Washington, D.C.).
9/20/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Civil society $2,000,000 For a consortium of 18 civil-society organizations to undertake civic education countrywide and promote transparency and peace in the electoral process: $2,000,000 to Kenya Women Holding (Nairobi, Kenya).
9/20/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Community development $1,550,000 To expand access to quality housing, promote innovative land use, and better connect people to existing and emerging economic opportunities: $1,550,000 to the Greater New Orleans Foundation (New Orleans, La.).
9/20/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Human rights $2,500,000 For an operating reserve fund: $2,500,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (New York, N.Y.).
9/20/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Social justice $1,125,000 For general support: $1,125,000 to Mujeres Unidas y Activas (Oakland, Calif.).
9/20/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Human rights $850,000 For general support for litigation, advocacy, and education to protect opportunities for all Latinos to succeed: $850,000 to LatinoJustice-PRLDEF (New York, N.Y.).
9/20/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Human rights $1,050,000 To increase the U.S. program's capacity to focus on human-rights abuses, with an emphasis on immigration and criminal justice: $1,050,000 to Human Rights Watch (New York, N.Y.).
9/20/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Economic development $1,766,000 To integrate community practice, public policy, and private markets to help Latin America's poor access the tools they need to improve livelihoods, manage risk, and build assets: $1,766,000 to Fundacion Capital (Punta Pacifica, Panama).
9/20/2012 New York Life Foundation N.Y. Financial education $250,000 For its Academies of Finance, which provide financial education to students in public high schools: $250,000 over two years to the National Academy Foundation (New York, N.Y.).
9/20/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Law and society $3,400,000 For a public-interest fellowship program for law students: $1,700,000 to be divided among Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.), New York U. (New York, N.Y.), Stanford U. (Stanford, Calif.), and Yale U. (New Haven, Calif.).
9/20/2012 Ethel and James Flinn Foundation Mich. Mental health $200,000 To treat people with substance abuse and mental disorders: $200,000 over two years to Adult Well-Being Services (Detroit, Mich.).
9/20/2012 National Football League N.Y. Obesity $2,200,000 To reduce child obesity: $2,200,000 over three years to the Cooper Institute (Dallas, Tex.).
9/20/2012 Ethel and James Flinn Foundation Mich. Mental health $200,000 To train a network of licensed mental-health professionals to serve military families: $200,000 over two years to Michigan State U. (East Lansing, Mich.).
9/20/2012 Ford Foundation N.Y. Higher education $100,000,000 To extend the Ford Fellows program, which enables minorities and women to pursue careers in academe: $100,000,000 over 10 years to the National Research Council.