Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on November 15, 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
11/15/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. Education $1,000,000 To use digital-learning activities to boost student achievement: $1,000,000 to CFY (New York, N.Y.).
11/15/2012 Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Nev. Journalism $30,100,000 For its endowment: $30,100,000 to the U. of Missouri, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (Columbia, Mo.).
11/15/2012 Wal-Mart Stores Ark. Military and veterans affairs $750,000 To improve and increase job-training programs for military veterans in California: $750,000 to Swords to Plowshares (San Francisco, Calif.).
11/15/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $17,000,000 To reduce the deaths of pregnant women: $17,000,000 to the U. of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada).
11/15/2012 John Templeton Foundation Pa. Science $4,000,000 To study how the brain enables people to pursue goals and juggle priorities: $4,000,000 to Princeton U. (Princeton, N.J.).
11/15/2012 AARP Foundation D.C. Elderly $170,000 To bring local libraries and professional teaching artists together to create free arts-learning programs for older adults: $170,000 over two years to Lifetime Arts (New Rochelle, N.Y.).
11/15/2012 Michael and Susan Dell Foundation Tex. Education $500,000 To improve math education in New York City public schools: $500,000 to the MIND Research Institute (New York, N.Y.).
11/15/2012 Bayer USA Foundation Pa. Disaster relief $150,000 To provide relief efforts following Superstorm Sandy: $75,000 each to the American Red Cross (Washington, D.C.) and Save the Children (Westport, Conn.).
11/15/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. Museums $1,000,000 For technology upgrades: $1,000,000 to Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
11/15/2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York N.Y. Immigrants and refugees $5,000,000 To help more immigrants who are legal permanent residents become U.S. citizens: $5,000,000 to Immigrant Legal Resource Center (San Francisco, Calif.).
11/15/2012 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation N.Y. Arts and culture $500,000 For their joint doctoral program in art history: $500,000 jointly to Case Western Reserve U. (Cleveland, Ohio) and the Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, Ohio).
11/15/2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Disaster relief $5,000,000 To help New Jersey residents following Superstorm Sandy: $5,000,000 to recipients to be announced later.
11/15/2012 Michael Kors N.Y. Disaster relief $1,000,000 For relief efforts following Superstorm Sandy: $1,000,000 to the American Red Cross (Washington, D.C.).
11/15/2012 OceanFirst Foundation N.J. Disaster relief $500,000 For nonprofits located in the New Jersey shore area to help local residents affected by Superstorm Sandy: $500,000 to recipients to be announced later.
11/15/2012 New York Women's Foundation N.Y. Disaster relief $1,000,000 To support grantees in helping women and families affected by Superstorm Sandy: $1,000,000 to recipients to be announced later.
11/15/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Arts and culture $40,000 For the cultural exchange of representatives of the Alliance's Swedish American Museum, Chinese-American Museum, and Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art with ethnic museums in their home countries: $40,000 to the Chicago Cultural Alliance.
11/15/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Arts and culture $20,000 To collaborate with the bilingual alternative culture magazine Humanize, based in Madrid: $20,000 to Contratiempo (Chicago, Ill.).
11/15/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Arts and culture $32,500 To expand a performance piece from Bristol, England: $32,500 to Every House Has a Door (Chicago, Ill.).
11/15/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Arts and culture $50,000 For the collaborative creation of a new work fusing western classical and Indian classical music: $50,000 to Fulcrum Point New Music Project (Chicago, Ill.).
11/15/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Arts and culture $45,000 For a cross-cultural residency: $45,000 to Global Girls (Chicago, Ill.).
11/15/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Arts and culture $50,000 For a collaborative exchange with DanzAbierta dance company of Havana to jointly choreograph two dances that will be performed in both countries: $50,000 to Hedwig Dances (Chicago, Ill.).
11/15/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Arts and culture $40,000 To establish a continuing cross-cultural exchange between Chicago's Little Village and Centro Cultural Bacaanda arts organization in Oaxaca, Mexico: $40,000 to Latinos Progresando (Chicago, Ill.).
11/15/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Arts and culture $45,000 For a jazz education and composition exchange with the London-based artist-education and -development group Tomorrow's Warriors who will perform the work at the Englewood Jazz Festival: $45,000 to Live the Spirit Residency (Chicago, Ill.).
11/15/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Arts and culture $50,000 For an exchange and performances of son jarocho music, a folk style, in the Chicago area between musicians from Chicago and Veracruz, Mexico: $50,000 to Portoluz (Chicago, Ill.).
11/15/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Arts and culture $40,000 For a continuing international collaboration with the Puerto Rican Philharmonic Orchestra and Quique Domenech, a master musician and teacher of the cuatro, a traditional instrument of Puerto Rico: $40,000 to the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance (Chicago, Ill.).
11/15/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Arts and culture $50,000 To collaborate with the American University of Beirut and the Lebanese American University in Beirut to translate, adapt, and present a staged reading by Syrian playwright Saadallah Wannus: $50,000 to Silk Road Rising (Chicago, Ill.).
11/15/2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Ill. Arts and culture $22,000 To curate a series of exhibitions jointly with Or Gallery Vancouver and Or Gallery Berlin highlighting visual artists and work from the three cities: $22,000 to threewalls (Chicago, Ill.).
11/15/2012 AARP Foundation D.C. Elderly $70,000 For a program that enables adults over the age of 50 and children to read aloud to each other: $70,000 over two years to Little Free Library (Hudson, Wis.).
11/15/2012 AARP Foundation D.C. Elderly $225,000 To use trained adult peers age 50 and older to facilitate group discussions on a range of topics that affect the lives of older adults: $225,000 over two years to Oasis (St. Louis, Mo.).
11/15/2012 AARP Foundation D.C. Elderly $217,225 To use Internet-based video connections to link homebound seniors to one another and to senior centers and other host sites: $217,225 to Selfhelp Community Services (New York, N.Y.).
11/15/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Climate change $718,819 To strengthen a flood-monitoring and -warning system in Quy Nhon City, Vietnam, and to help people recover from floods: $718,819 over three years to the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (Boulder, Colo.).
11/15/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Climate change $1,303,865 For a collaborative project with the Overseas Development Institute and the World Resources Institute to analyze climate finance at the local level in Uganda, Zambia, Nepal, and the Philippines and to test new tools to improve the transparency and accountability of climate finance use: $1,303,865 over 26 months to Oxfam America (Boston, Mass.).
11/15/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Climate change $500,000 For policy engagement, research, and analysis work that will strengthen Africa's position on agriculture in international climate-change negotiations and will help national governments develop climate-smart agricultural policies and action plans: $500,000 over two years to Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Secretariat (Lusaka, Zambia).
11/15/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Climate change $1,000,000 To measure and compare the characteristics and key indicators of urban resilience to climate change: $1,000,000 over 26 months to Ove Arup and Partners International Limited (London, England).
11/15/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Education $500,000 To promote gender equity and equality in education in Africa by fostering positive policies, practices, and attitudes toward girls' education: $500,000 over two years to the Forum for African Women Educationalists (New York, N.Y.).
11/15/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Poverty $500,000 To reduce poverty and increase equity around the world: $500,000 over two years to the Synergos Institute (New York, N.Y.).
11/15/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Nonprofit organizations and philanthropy $500,000 To provide an online charity marketplace that gives social entrepreneurs and nonprofits from anywhere in the world a chance to raise money: $500,000 over two years to the GlobalGiving Foundation (Washington, D.C.).
11/15/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Transportation $250,000 To advance the capacity of American cities to implement sustainable transportation innovations and practices: $250,000 over two years to the National Association of City Transportation Officials (New York, N.Y.).
11/15/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Africa $224,860 To identify and evaluate sectors that have high growth potential to provide jobs for youths in sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa: $224,860 to the International Youth Foundation (Baltimore, Md.).
11/15/2012 Rockefeller Foundation N.Y. Transportation $350,000 For a tool that measures the impact of transportation costs on household economic security to affect consumer choices and encourage new policies that will achieve greater social equity and improved environmental outcomes: $350,000 over 18 months to the Center for Neighborhood Technology (Chicago, Ill.).
11/15/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $11,011,587 To improve maternal nutrition before the first trimester ends: $11,011,587 over 61 months to the U. of Colorado at Denver (Denver, Colo.).
11/15/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $2,325,773 To develop a vaccine for diarrhea: $2,325,773 over two years to PATH (Seattle, Wash.).
11/15/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $4,495,823 To improve the design and outcomes of maternal, newborn, and child health programs: $4,495,823 over 49 months to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Washington, D.C.).
11/15/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $7,812,946 For the Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health to reduce maternal, newborn and child morbidity and mortality in high disease-burden countries: $7,812,946 over three years to the World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland).
11/15/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $3,183,383 To develop a technical and business model that demonstrates the ability to generate added value from sanitation processes for the benefit of low-income households: $3,183,383 over 38 months to the National Sanitation Office of Senegal (Dakar, Senegal).
11/15/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $7,523,124 To improve sanitation: $7,523,124 over 37 months to the United States Fund for Unicef (New York, N.Y.).
11/15/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $9,778,596 To accelerate the use of global health vaccines: $9,778,596 over three years to the Infectious Disease Research Institute (Seattle, Wash.).
11/15/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $2,611,776 To assess vaccination coverage in children: $2,611,776 over three years to Diagnostics for All (Cambridge, Mass.).
11/15/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Education $1,250,000 For general operating support: $1,250,000 over 19 months to the Data Quality Campaign (Washington, D.C.).
11/15/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Education $909,600 To work for college readiness and postsecondary success for all Texas students: $909,600 over two years to the Communities Foundation of Texas (Dallas, Tex.).
11/15/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $2,030,307 To promote positive behaviors related to sanitation and hygiene in children and their caregivers in Bangladesh, India, and Nigeria: $2,030,307 over 30 months to Sesame Workshop (New York, N.Y.).
11/15/2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Libraries $1,127,589 To help local libraries identify the impact of their public-access computers: $1,127,589 over 37 months to the U. of Washington Foundation (Seattle, Wash.).
11/15/2012 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Philanthropy $135,000 To reduce economic and racial inequities by strengthening the organization's capacity to develop collaborations within the philanthropic sector: $135,000 to the Neighborhood Funders Group (Washington, D.C.).
11/15/2012 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Children and youths $3,850,000 To help needy children in free or reduced-cost lunch programs: $3,850,000 over four years to Public Health Solutions (New York, N.Y.).
11/15/2012 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Mich. Substance abuse $100,000 For an informational campaign to refute the legalization of marijuana both for medical and recreational purposes: $100,000 to the Drug Free America Foundation (St. Petersburg, Fla.).