Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on September 27, 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
9/27/2012 Limited Brands Ohio Community foundations $163,400,000 For the Limited Brands Foundation, which supports organizations focused on women, children, education, and arts and culture: $163,400,000 to the Columbus Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).
9/27/2012 Greater New Orleans Foundation La. Social services $181,200 To train Vietnamese residents to help their peers receive the social services they need: $181,200 to Boat People SOS (Gretna, La.).
9/27/2012 Greater New Orleans Foundation La. Hunger $170,000 To feed needy people: $170,000 to Just the Right Attitude (New Orleans, La.).
9/27/2012 Greater New Orleans Foundation La. Conservation and the environment $118,250 To protect the Lower Mississippi River: $118,250 to the Nature Conservancy, Louisiana Office (Baton Rouge, La.).
9/27/2012 Greater New Orleans Foundation La. Arts and culture $200,350 For a two-year art project involving 120 youths in four parishes in southeast Louisiana: $200,350 to Young Aspirations/Young Artists (New Orleans, La.).
9/27/2012 Herb Alpert Foundation Calif. Arts and culture $5,050,000 To create an endowment to provide scholarships to needy students, to retire its debt, and for facilities and programs: $5,050,000 to the Harlem School of the Arts (New York, N.Y.).
9/27/2012 Kresge Foundation Mich. Higher education $400,000 To help students complete college: $400,000 over two years to the Association of Community College Trustees (Washington, D.C.).
9/27/2012 Kresge Foundation Mich. Health $450,000 To provide fellowships to local community leaders from Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, and Texas focused on bringing about improved food and farm policies nationwide: $450,000 over three years to the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, Everybody at the Table for Health (New York, N.Y.).
9/27/2012 Cleveland Foundation Ohio Higher education $10,000,000 To construct a new medical education and research building: $10,000,000 to Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland, Ohio).
9/27/2012 Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation Ohio Higher education $10,000,000 To construct a new medical education and research building: $10,000,000 to Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland, Ohio).
9/27/2012 New York Life Foundation N.Y. Higher education $5,000,000 To establish a doctoral program in professional finance: $5,000,000 to the American College (Bryn Mawr, Pa.).
9/27/2012 Annenberg Foundation Calif. Military and veterans affairs $500,000 To provide a respite for injured military veterans and their families: $500,000 to Boulder Crest Retreat for Wounded Warriors (Bluemont, Va.).
9/27/2012 EyeSight Foundation of Alabama Ala. Health $2,449,500 To provide eye care and treatment: $2,182,500 to the U. of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, Ala.) and $267,000 to the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham (Birmingham, Ala.).
9/27/2012 W.M. Keck Foundation Calif. Astronomy $1,000,000 To study high-energy cosmic rays in Utah's western deserts that are hurtling their way toward Earth: $1,000,000 to the U. of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah).
9/27/2012 Rotary International Ill. Health $75,000,000 To end polio: $75,000,000 over three years to World Health Organization, Global Polio Eradication Initiative (Geneva, Switzerland).
9/27/2012 Tyson Foods Ark. Arts and culture $5,000,000 For a research and residency program that will promotethe study and understanding of American art and for the Don Tyson Prize, a special recognition for lifetime achievement in American art: $5,000,000 to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, Ark.).
9/27/2012 Liberty Hill Foundation Calif. Gay men and lesbians $500,000 To advance safety, empowerment, and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youths, through the Queer Youth Fund: $500,000 to be divided among five community organizations.
9/27/2012 Janus Capital Group Colo. Technology and education $2,100,000 To combine teacher-led instruction with online resources: $2,100,000 over three years to Denver Public Schools (Denver, Colo.).
9/27/2012 Elton John AIDS Foundation N.Y. HIV/AIDS $1,845,331 For innovative HIV prevention, stigma reduction, treatment, care, and support programs for people living with HIV/AIDS in the Americas and the Caribbean: $1,845,331 to be divided among 13 organizations.
9/27/2012 General Motors Foundation Mich. Higher education $110,000 To raise awareness of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and business careers and to recruit women and minority students: $110,000 to Kettering U. (Flint, Mich.).
9/27/2012 Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts Mass. Health $62,000 To build a commercial kitchen that will provide youths with job skills with the goal of reducing recidivism among young offenders: $62,000 to Straight Ahead Ministries (Worcester, Mass.).
9/27/2012 Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts Mass. Health $90,215 To identify and remediate significant housing-related health and safety hazards and energy efficiency in rehabilitating homes: $90,215 to the Montachusett Opportunity Council (Fitchburg, Mass.).
9/27/2012 Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts Mass. Health $71,148 To establish a program to provide homeless and chronically unemployed individuals with job-readiness training through supported employment opportunities: $71,148 to the South Middlesex Opportunity Council (Worcester, Mass.).
9/27/2012 Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts Mass. Health $92,050 To reduce depression among Latino elders: $92,050 to Centro Las Americas (Worcester, Mass.).
9/27/2012 John R. Oishei Foundation N.Y. Health care and hospitals $10,000,000 For a new hospital: $10,000,000 to Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo (Buffalo, N.Y.).
9/27/2012 Jobs for the Future Mass. Education $8,000,000 To help workers earn credentials through adult education programs: $8,000,000 to be divided among Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and North Carolina.
9/27/2012 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Mich. Education $3,100,000 For an after-school program: $3,100,000 to the Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce (Flint, Mich.).
9/27/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Higher education $3,300,000 To explore policy recommendations for improving financial aid: $3,300,000 to be divided among 14 organizations.
9/27/2012 Dannon Company N.Y. Child health $120,000 For community-based nutrition and wellness programs for children: $120,000 to be divided among Cook Children's Health Care System (Fort Worth, Tex.), Family Services of Westchester (Port Chester, N.Y.), the Minster Athletic Booster Club (Minster, Ohio), and Salt Lake Community College (Salt Lake City, Utah).
9/27/2012 Raymond John Wean Foundation Ohio Higher education $50,000 To provide better college access and increase the number of college graduates in the Mahoning Valley: $50,000 to Mahoning Valley College Access Program (Warren, Ohio).
9/27/2012 Raymond John Wean Foundation Ohio Science and technology $25,000 To establish the Valley Alliance for Science and Technology: $25,000 to the Tech Belt Energy Innovation Center (Warren, Ohio).
9/27/2012 Raymond John Wean Foundation Ohio Higher education $40,000 For a reporting project connecting student journalists with professional journalists: $40,000 to Youngstown State U. (Youngstown, Ohio).
9/27/2012 Dr. Phillips Charities Fla. Child abuse $200,000 To protect and treat victims of child abuse and investigate continuing cases: $200,000 to the Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families (Orlando, Fla.).
9/27/2012 Dr. Phillips Charities Fla. Homelessness $132,500 To expand its Homeless Prevention and Re-Housing for Veterans Program: $132,500 to the Heart of Florida United Way (Orlando, Fla.).
9/27/2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $1,428,447 To provide technical support to and assist states in implementing coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act: $1,428,447 to Princeton U. (Princeton, N.J.).
9/27/2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $164,508 To study industry self-regulation of the televised advertising of foods and beverages to children and its impact on nutritional quality: $164,508 to the U. of Arizona, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (Tucson, Ariz.).
9/27/2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $169,882 To examine students' water intake in schools as a way to help prevent obesity: $169,882 to the U. of California at San Francisco, School of Medicine, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (San Francisco, Calif.).
9/27/2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $299,964 To study local adaptation of an evidence-based curriculum to prevent teen dating violence: $299,964 to the Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, N.C.).
9/27/2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $2,800,000 To maintain in-depth news coverage of important health and health-care issues: $2,800,000 to National Public Radio (Washington, D.C.).
9/27/2012 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Calif. Higher education $150,000 For the Initiative for Sustainable Arts in America at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations: $150,000 over three years to Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.).
9/27/2012 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Health $197,819 To increase rural health services, prevention, and early diagnosis in Chiapas, Mexico, through two telemedicine sites: $197,819 to Vision Mundial de Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico).
9/27/2012 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Calif. Conservation and the environment $1,795,000 To consolidate the protected areas and indigenous lands within the Putumayo-Amazonas landscape by working with local communities and government authorities on natural-resource, forestry, and fisheries management: $1,795,000 over two years to Instituto del Bien Comun (Lima, Peru).
9/27/2012 Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Nev. Higher education $8,210,000 For the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, to improve coverage of complex business and economic issues: $8,210,000 to Arizona State U. (Tempe, Ariz.).
9/27/2012 Richard King Mellon Foundation Pa. Conservation and the environment $7,000,000 To protect land in northern Wisconsin: $7,000,000 to the Conservation Fund (Arlington, Va.).
9/27/2012 Richard King Mellon Foundation Pa. Conservation and the environment $700,000 To finance costs to defend conserved lands from legal challenges and provide early, effective, and expert assistance to minimize disputes: $700,000 to the Terrafirma Risk Retention Group (Washington, D.C.).
9/27/2012 Richard King Mellon Foundation Pa. Conservation and the environment $5,000,000 To protect land and water in western Pennsylvania: $5,000,000 to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
9/27/2012 Richard King Mellon Foundation Pa. Social services $1,000,000 For direct services: $1,000,000 to United Way of Westmoreland County (Greensburg, Pa.).
9/27/2012 Richard King Mellon Foundation Pa. Economic development $1,500,000 To restore Mellon Square Park: $1,500,000 to the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
9/27/2012 Richard King Mellon Foundation Pa. Economic development $2,500,000 To develop and expand production facilities for manufacturing companies: $2,500,000 to RIDC Fund for Economic Growth (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
9/27/2012 Richard King Mellon Foundation Pa. Education $50,000 To develop an on-campus urban trail that will educate blind and visually impaired children to navigate outdoors: $50,000 to the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children (Pittsburgh, Pa.).