Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on October 25, 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
10/25/2012 Skoll Foundation Calif. Social entrepreneurship $250,000 For "Agents for Change," a new series on social entrepreneurs around the world: $250,000 to PBS NewsHour.
10/25/2012 Bloomberg Philanthropies N.Y. Volunteerism $1,000,000 For volunteer projects that solve problems in local communities: approximately $1,000,000 to be divided among 18 cities across the United States.
10/25/2012 Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust N.Y. Higher education $4,700,000 To improve the quality of undergraduate teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields at its member institutions: $4,700,000 over three years to the Association of American Universities (Washington, D.C.).
10/25/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Agriculture $14,000,000 For a fellowship program for women scientists: $14,000,000 to African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (Nairobi, Kenya).
10/25/2012 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation N.Y. Higher education $700,000 For sabbaticals for junior faculty members: $700,000 to the U. of Puget Sound (Tacoma, Wash.).
10/25/2012 Walt Disney Company Calif. Conservation and the environment $1,800,000 For awards made through the Disney World Conservation Fund to support conservation projects: $1,800,000 to be divided among 75 organizations.
10/25/2012 PGE Foundation Ore. Education $376,000 For education and academic support programs; fighting domestic violence, hunger, and homelessness; and to help older adults, disabled people, and needy youths: $376,000 to be divided among 55 nonprofits in Oregon.
10/25/2012 Open Society Institute-Baltimore Md. Social entrepreneurship $720,000 For awards made through the Baltimore Community Fellows program, which enables social entrepreneurs to improve neighborhoods: $720,000 to be divided among 12 individuals.
10/25/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Financial education $25,000 To develop an online financial-education program: $25,000 to the Browning Community Development Corporation (Browning, Mont.).
10/25/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Financial education $50,000 To increase volunteer participation to help people find jobs and become financially literate: $50,000 to El Centro de la Raza (Seattle, Wash.).
10/25/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Employment and training $100,000 To provide training, coaching, mentoring, and access to job opportunities for low-income workers: $100,000 to Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Duluth, Minn.).
10/25/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Employment and training $50,000 To create jobs and boost small-business development: $50,000 to the Spokane Tribe of Indians (Wellpinit, Wash.).
10/25/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Employment and training $50,000 To ensure that minorities, low-income workers, and needy people benefit from jobs created through public investments: $50,000 to Summit Academy OIC (Minneapolis, Minn.).
10/25/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Employment and training $95,000 For training and job opportunities in the recycling industry for ex-offenders: $95,000 to the NetWork for Better Futures (Minneapolis, Minn.).
10/25/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Entrepreneurship $60,000 To bolster entrepreneurship for Native Americans: $60,000 to the People's Partners for Community Development (Lame Deer, Mont.).
10/25/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Entrepreneurship $210,000 To boost entrepreneurship: $210,000 to the Oregon Native American Business and Entrepreneurial Network (Portland, Ore.).
10/25/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Race relations $150,000 To extend racial-equity advocacy from city to state levels: $150,000 over two years to the Coalition of Communities of Color (Portland, Ore.).
10/25/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Public policy $50,000 To provide more accurate data on poverty in Oregon: $50,000 to the Oregon Business Council Charitable Institute (Portland, Ore.).
10/25/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Rural development $225,000 For small-enterprise development in rural areas of northwest Oregon: $225,000 over two years to Adelante Mujeres (Forest Grove, Ore.).
10/25/2012 Northwest Area Foundation Minn. Rural development $65,000 To provide analysis and reporting on messages and policy approaches that build support for programs and policies that improve economic opportunity for the rural working class: $65,000 to the Center for Rural Affairs (Lyons, Neb.).
10/25/2012 Consumer Health Foundation D.C. Advocacy $50,000 To educate, train, and mobilize low-income, uninsured residents in Langley Park to preserve low-cost housing and small businesses and to establish a community health clinic: $50,000 to CASA of Maryland (Langley Park, Md.).
10/25/2012 Consumer Health Foundation D.C. Advocacy $20,000 To conduct budget and policy analysis around health-care reform implementation in Virginia: $20,000 to the Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis (Richmond, Va.).
10/25/2012 Consumer Health Foundation D.C. Advocacy $25,000 To advocate for changes in policy and practices that will support integrated mental-health services for children and adults enrolled in Washington, D.C.'s public health-care programs: $25,000 to the D.C. Behavioral Health Association (Washington, D.C.).
10/25/2012 Consumer Health Foundation D.C. Advocacy $30,000 To advocate for a continuum of low-cost, long-term care services for low- and middle-income Washington, D.C., residents: $30,000 to the D.C. Coalition on Long Term Care of IONA Senior Services (Washington, D.C.).
10/25/2012 Consumer Health Foundation D.C. Advocacy $30,000 To increase income and access to income supports for workers; to monitor the implementation of the District's Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act; and to organize workers as advocates: $30,000 to the D.C. Employment Justice Center (Washington, D.C.).
10/25/2012 Consumer Health Foundation D.C. Advocacy $20,000 To conduct research and education on budget and tax issues affecting low- and middle-income Washington, D.C., residents, particularly as they relate to poverty and health: $20,000 to the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.).
10/25/2012 Consumer Health Foundation D.C. Advocacy $60,000 To advocate for policies that will expand participation and benefits in federal nutrition programs and increase access to healthy food in low-income communities: $35,000 to D.C. Hunger Solutions (Washington, D.C.) and $25,000 to Maryland Hunger Solutions (Baltimore, Md.).
10/25/2012 Consumer Health Foundation D.C. Advocacy $35,000 To engage young people and nonprofit leaders in an advocacy campaign that increases access to linguistically and culturally sensitive mental-health services for immigrant youths in Prince George's County, Md.: $35,000 to the Latin American Youth Center (Washington, D.C.).
10/25/2012 Consumer Health Foundation D.C. Advocacy $50,000 To engage in research, advocacy, and community organizing to ensure that immigrants who are non-English-speaking or have limited English proficiency have access to quality health care: $50,000 to Many Languages One Voice (Washington, D.C.).
10/25/2012 Consumer Health Foundation D.C. Advocacy $35,000 To enable minority youths in Southeast Washington, D.C., to lead a public-education and advocacy campaign to increase access to reproductive-health education and services: $35,000 to Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington (Washington, D.C.).
10/25/2012 USA Funds Ind. Higher education $150,000 To mentor and tutor children of incarcerated parents: $150,000 to the U.S. Dream Academy (Washington, D.C.).
10/25/2012 USA Funds Ind. Higher education $168,000 To increase student retention and program completion rates among African-American males: $168,000 to the United Negro College Fund-Indianapolis (Indianapolis, Ind.).
10/25/2012 USA Funds Ind. Higher education $100,000 To promote college access among Native American students: $100,000 to the American Indian College Fund (Denver, Colo.).
10/25/2012 USA Funds Ind. Higher education $275,000 For research that will identify and highlight models of success at minority-serving postsecondary institutions: $275,000 to the U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pa.).
10/25/2012 USA Funds Ind. Higher education $250,000 To convene state political leaders, academic researchers, and faculty members to focus on postsecondary education completion: $250,000 to Complete College America (Washington, D.C.).
10/25/2012 USA Funds Ind. Higher education $150,000 For EduCash, a national campaign to encourage high schools to see that students complete their federal financial-aid applications and go to college: $150,000 to the Partnership for Learning (Lansing, Mich.).
10/25/2012 USA Funds Ind. Higher education $119,976 To mentor students who are in danger of dropping out: $119,976 to La Sierra U. (Riverside, Calif.).
10/25/2012 USA Funds Ind. Higher education $350,000 To provide need-based scholarships to Asian- and Pacific Islander-American students: $350,000 to the Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (Washington, D.C.).
10/25/2012 USA Funds Ind. Higher education $103,000 For the Indiana Latino Scholarship Fund, which raises scholarship money for Latino students in Indiana: $103,000 to the Central Indiana Community Foundation (Indianapolis, Ind.).
10/25/2012 USA Funds Ind. Higher education $105,000 To help students succeed in school and to keep them on track to graduate: $105,000 to City Year-Seattle (Seattle, Wash.).
10/25/2012 Newman's Own Foundation Conn. Health $5,000,000 To provide nutrition education for children and families and fresh-food access for needy people: $5,000,000 over two years to 40 nonprofit organizations across the United States.
10/25/2012 Allstate Foundation Ill. Domestic violence $250,000 To help domestic-violence victims: $250,000 to the YWCA USA (Washington, D.C.).
10/25/2012 Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties Calif. Gay men and lesbians $540,000 To strengthen lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender participation in the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish community: $540,000 over three years to Keshet (Jamaica Plain, Mass.).
10/25/2012 Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation Mich. Libraries $3,000,000 For improvements: $3,000,000 to the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library (Midland, Mich.).
10/25/2012 Otto Bremer Foundation Minn. Human rights $35,000 To provide comprehensive care and rehabilitative services to survivors of politically motivated torture: $35,000 to the Center for Victims of Torture (Minneapolis, Minn.).
10/25/2012 Otto Bremer Foundation Minn. Domestic violence $400,000 To build an emergency shelter for people made homeless by family violence and for general operating support: $400,000 to Tubman (Minneapolis, Minn.).
10/25/2012 Otto Bremer Foundation Minn. Human rights $50,000 To provide low-income refugees with free legal representation in asylum cases: $50,000 to Advocates for Human Rights (Minneapolis, Minn.).
10/25/2012 Otto Bremer Foundation Minn. Mental health $100,000 To increase access to mental and integrative health support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youths: $100,000 to Aegis Foundation (Minneapolis, Minn.).
10/25/2012 Otto Bremer Foundation Minn. Homelessness $35,000 For St. Anne's Place, an emergency shelter that provides housing and supportive services for homeless women and children: $35,000 to Ascension Place (Minneapolis, Minn.).
10/25/2012 Otto Bremer Foundation Minn. Education $240,000 For KidStart, an after-school program for low-income Somali and Oromo youths that uses sports, arts, and other activities to network among peers: $240,000 to Higher Ground Academy and Charter School (St. Paul, Minn.).