Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on October 18, 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
10/18/2012 Duke Endowment N.C. Higher education $45,000,000 For campus improvements: $45,000,000 to Davidson College (Davidson, N.C.).
10/18/2012 Kresge Foundation Mich. Arts and culture $4,200,000 For operating support: $4,200,000 to be divided among 66 arts and culture organizations in the Detroit area.
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Arts and culture $225,000 To provide free year-round arts instruction in neighborhood venues for needy children, teenagers, and their families: $225,000 over three years to Armory Center for the Arts (Pasadena, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Arts and culture $270,000 To assist Native American artists in California: $270,000 over three years to the Humboldt Area Foundation (Bayside, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Arts and culture $520,000 To engage low-income Latino and Vietnamese older adults in participatory art experiences: $520,000 over two years to the Charles W. Bowers Museum Corporation (Santa Ana, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Arts and culture $600,000 To establish community opera choirs in East Los Angeles in partnership with community-based organizations and to present opera in neighborhood venues: $600,000 over two years to the Los Angeles Opera Company (Los Angeles, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Arts and culture $600,000 For Cinema on the Move, a traveling cinema and film workshop program designed to increase arts participation by Asian-Americans, Latino-Americans, and African-Americans throughout Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire: $600,000 over two years to Museum Associates, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Arts and culture $600,000 To engage local communities through participatory art projects: $600,000 over two years to Oakland Museum of California Foundation (Oakland, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Arts and culture $527,000 To engage ethnically diverse, low-income residents in four communities with artists to create public art pieces for their neighborhoods: $527,000 over two years to the San Diego Museum of Art (San Diego, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Arts and culture $580,000 For a project engaging residents of needy San Diego neighborhoods in making art that contributes to the creation of a commissioned multimedia work: $580,000 over two years to the San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association (San Diego, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Arts and culture $600,000 To engage Santa Ana's Latinos in a collaborative theater experiment that tells their stories: $600,000 over two years to South Coast Repertory (Costa Mesa, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Arts and culture $600,000 To convene artists, community partners, and disadvantaged neighborhoods to work together to design participatory arts experiences: $600,000 over two years to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Civic affairs $200,000 To engage Boyle Heights residents in public decision making regarding economic development: $200,000 over 18 months to the East L.A. Community Corporation (Los Angeles, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Civic affairs $900,000 For convening, leadership training, and public-education activities: $900,000 over three years to the Liberty Hill Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Civic affairs $600,000 For statewide radio news coverage of significant governance and policy issues: $600,000 over two years to KQED (San Francisco, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Civic affairs $225,000 For news coverage of state and local governance and policy issues: $225,000 over two years to Valley Public Radio (Fresno, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Elections and voting $246,500 To conduct and disseminate research on how California voters access state and local governance and policy news: $246,500 to Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz, and Associates (Santa Monica, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Children and youths $2,000,000 To connect classroom learning with real-world experiences: $2,000,000 to SRI International (Menlo Park, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Children and youths $300,000 For a program that advances college and careers in the health industry for young people not in school: $150,000 each to First Place for Youth (Oakland, Calif.) and Taller San Jose (Santa Ana, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Children and youths $500,000 To help community-based organizations and community colleges in California that promote post-secondary education and careers for young people not in school: $500,000 to Jobs for the Future (Boston, Mass.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Children and youths $500,000 For a program that advances college and careers in digital media, arts, and design for young people not in school: $200,000 to the South Bay Center for Counseling and Human Development (El Segundo, Calif.), $150,000 each to Youth Radio (Oakland, Calif.), and Youth Uprising (Oakland, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Children and youths $450,000 To expand in Silicon Valley and provide young people not in school with college and career opportunities in information technology: $450,000 over two years to Year Up (Boston, Mass.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Children and youths $1,500,000 To enable schools in California to connect classroom learning with real-world experiences: $1,500,000 to the National Academy Foundation (New York, N.Y.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Children and youths $1,300,000 To expand the Linked Learning Alliance, a statewide coalition of education, industry, and community organizations focused on improving California's high schools and preparing students for post-secondary education and careers: $1,300,000 to Policy Impact (Washington, D.C.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Children and youths $450,000 To engage business and civic leaders in Los Angeles and throughout California in connecting classroom learning to real-world experiences: $450,000 to UNITE-LA (Los Angeles, Calif.).
10/18/2012 James Irvine Foundation Calif. Historic preservation $300,000 For operating support: $300,000 over three years to the California Historical Society (San Francisco, Calif.).
10/18/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Education $50,000 For general operating support of this family college savings program: $50,000 to Families United in Educational Leadership (Boston, Mass.).
10/18/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Education $165,000 To increase enrollment among large and/or growing ethnic groups in Dorchester and Mattapan, Mass.: $165,000 over three years to the Campaign for Catholic Schools (Braintree, Mass.).
10/18/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Education $150,000 For general operating support: $150,000 over two years to College Bound Dorchester (Dorchester, Mass.).
10/18/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Education $130,000 For general operating support for this organization, which strengthens early education and care for needy children: $130,000 over two years to the Bessie Tartt Wilson Initiative for Children (Boston, Mass.).
10/18/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Disabled $160,000 To provide career services to young adults with disabilities: $160,000 over two years to Massachusetts Advocates for Children (Boston, Mass.).
10/18/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Arts education $250,000 For general operating support to this center, which provides adult job training and after-school arts programs for high-school students: $250,000 over two years to the New England Center for Arts and Technology (Duxbury, Mass.).
10/18/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Entrepreneurship $150,000 For general operating support to this organization that provides financial services and education to low- and middle-income entrepreneurs: $150,000 over two years to Accion USA (New York, N.Y.).
10/18/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Education $100,000 For general support: $100,000 over two years to the Boston Schoolyard Funders Collaborative (Boston, Mass.).
10/18/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Education $150,000 To expand the Let's Row Middle School Indoor Rowing League: $150,000 over three years to Community Rowing (Newton, Mass.).
10/18/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Health $100,000 To develop and deliver health literacy, wellness education, and support services to improve the health of people who are hearing impaired: $100,000 over two years to Developmental Evaluation and Adjustment Facilities (Allston, Mass.).
10/18/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Violence prevention $150,000 For general support to this grass-roots civic-leadership organization that seeks to end neighborhood violence: $150,000 over three years to Mothers for Justice and Equality (Roxbury, Mass.).
10/18/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Arts and culture $375,000 For general support: $375,000 over five years to Actors' Shakespeare Project (Somerville, Mass.).
10/18/2012 Boston Foundation Mass. Arts and culture $300,000 For general support to engage and unite the arts and culture sector in Massachusetts: $300,000 over three years to MASSCreative (Boston, Mass.).
10/18/2012 GE Conn. Technology $7,500,000 For a professorship in the School of Engineering; graduate and undergraduate sponsorships; and research in materials, manufacturing, and advanced circuit-breaker technologies: $7,500,000 over five years to the U. of Connecticut (Storrs, Conn.).
10/18/2012 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fla. Internet $3,000,000 To provide low-cost Internet access, digital literacy training, and refurbished computers to low-income families: $3,000,000 to Connect2Compete (Washington, D.C.).
10/18/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Higher education $6,400,000 To help more students who have transferred from community colleges to four-year colleges and universities complete their associate degrees; support also given by the Helios Education Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Lumina Foundation, and USA Funds: $6,400,000 to be divided among programs in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Oregon.
10/18/2012 Edmond de Rothschild Foundation N.Y. Medical education $340,000 To train medical residents in how to interact with patients across different religions and cultures: $340,000 over four years to the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding (New York, N.Y.).
10/18/2012 San Diego Foundation Calif. Conservation and the environment $650,888 For projects on climate, land, and water use and to clean up the environment: $650,888 to be divided among 20 environmental nonprofit organizations in the San Diego area.
10/18/2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $1,200,000 To improve health care for people who overuse emergency departments and hospital inpatient services: $200,000 each to Aligning Forces Humboldt (Arcata, Calif.), the Alliance for Health (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Better Health Greater Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio), Health Collaborative (Cincinnati, Ohio), Maine Quality Counts (Manchester, Me.), and Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (Watertown, Mass.).
10/18/2012 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fla. Libraries $1,000,000 To test projects in Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, South Carolina, and Utah to make archives and special collections digital, searchable, and freely available: $1,000,000 to the Digital Public Library of America (Cambridge, Mass.).
10/18/2012 Capital One Foundation Va. Housing $175,000 To help communities market themselves to boost housing demand and increase business investment, especially those neighborhoods hardest hit by foreclosures: $175,000 to NeighborWorks America (Washington, D.C.).
10/18/2012 New York Life Foundation N.Y. Government $75,000 For its Public Policy Fellowship Program, which offers up to 16 recent college graduates of Hispanic descent nine-month paid fellowships in the public-policy area of their choice: $75,000 to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (Washington, D.C.).
10/18/2012 Motorola Solutions Foundation Ill. Museums $10,000,000 For construction and program costs: $10,000,000 to the National Law Enforcement Museum (Washington, D.C.).
10/18/2012 Motorola Solutions Ill. Museums $5,000,000 For communications, visitor experience, and staff capabilities: products valued at $5,000,000 to the National Law Enforcement Museum (Washington, D.C.).