Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on January 31, 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
1/31/2013 New York Women's Foundation N.Y. Women and girls $300,000 To strengthen efforts that eliminate the sexual exploitation of girls and transgender youths in New York: $80,000 each to Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund (New York, N.Y.), Equality Now (New York, N.Y.), Girls and Educational Mentoring Services (New York, N.Y.), and $60,000 to Arab American Family Support (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 Grainger Foundation Ill. Higher education $100,000,000 To create endowments for chairs and professorships, research, and student scholarships and to renovate a building: $100,000,000 to the U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Engineering (Urbana, Ill.).
1/31/2013 Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Nev. Museums $12,000,000 For its capital campaign: $12,000,000 to Science Museum Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, Okla.).
1/31/2013 Starr Foundation N.Y. Higher education $6,000,000 To create two endowed professorships in clinical research: $6,000,000 to Cornell U., College of Veterinary Medicine (Ithaca, N.Y.).
1/13/2013 National Football League Players Association D.C. Sports and recreation $100,000,000 To create the Harvard Integrated Program to Protect and Improve the Health of NFLPA Members, to discover new approaches to diagnosing, treating, and preventing injuries and illnesses in both active and retired players: $100,000,000 over 10 years to Harvard Medical School (Boston, Mass.).
1/31/2013 Robin Hood Foundation N.Y. Disaster relief $9,590,000 For recovery efforts following Superstorm Sandy: $9,590,000 to be divided among 71 organizations in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York.
1/31/2013 Walton Family Foundation Ark. Education $432,000,000 To expand opportunities for individuals and communities in the United States and abroad: approximately $432,000,000 to be divided among projects related to education, freshwater and marine conservation, and efforts to improve the quality of life in Arkansas and Mississippi.
1/31/2013 Yawkey Foundations Mass. Museums $10,000,000 To create a gallery and exhibit space: $10,000,000 to the Museum of Science, Boston (Boston, Mass.).
1/31/2013 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation N.Y. Arts and culture $630,000 To establish standards of fair use in the visual arts: $630,000 to the College Art Association (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Arts and culture $6,900,000 For libraries, arts, economic aid, education, and science: $6,900,000 to be divided among 61 organizations.
1/31/2013 Newman's Own Foundation Conn. Public radio and television $2,400,000 To open dialogue and promote civic engagement: $2,400,000 to be divided among American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul, Minn.), Connecticut Public Broadcasting (Hartford, Conn.), the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (Washington, D.C.), Detroit Educational Television Foundation (Detroit, Mich.), KCET Community Television of Southern California (Burbank, Calif.), KCTS Television (Seattle, Wash.), National Public Radio (Washington, D.C.), St. Louis Regional Public Media (St. Louis, Mo.), WAMC Northeast Public Radio (Albany, N.Y.), WHYY (Philadelphia, Pa.), WNET/Channel 13 (New York, N.Y.), WPBT (North Miami, Fla.), and WSHU Public Radio (Fairfield, Conn.).
1/31/2013 William T. Kemper Foundation Mo. Child health $1,000,000 For the Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine, to diagnose inherited pediatric diseases: $1,000,000 to Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics (Kansas City, Mo.).
1/31/2013 AXA Foundation N.Y. Education $200,000 To increase parental involvement through sponsorship of Take Your Family to School Week: $200,000 to National Parent Teacher Association (Washington, D.C.).
1/31/2013 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Va. Arts and culture $500,000 To provide access to advanced music instruction to low-income young musicians: $250,000 each to the Colburn School (Los Angeles, Calif.) and the Johns Hopkins U., Peabody Institute (Baltimore, Md.).
1/31/2013 JPMorgan Chase & Co. N.Y. Disaster relief $400,000 To help those affected by Superstorm Sandy complete FEMA and insurance claims and access available financial resources: $400,000 to Operation Hope (Los Angeles, Calif.).
1/31/2013 JPMorgan Chase & Co. N.Y. Disaster relief $75,000 To purchase vehicles and equipment: $75,000 to All Hands Volunteers (Carlisle, Mass.).
1/31/2013 JPMorgan Chase & Co. N.Y. Disaster relief $75,000 To provide financial assistance to needy working families in Westchester, N.Y., affected by Superstorm Sandy: $75,000 to the Bridge Fund of New York (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 JPMorgan Chase & Co. N.Y. Disaster relief $75,000 To conduct assessments and provide 100 grants for repair or replacement of hot-water heaters and furnaces to low-income homeowners affected by Superstorm Sandy who do not receive money from FEMA: $75,000 to Long Island Housing Partnership (Hauppauge, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 JPMorgan Chase & Co. N.Y. Disaster relief $75,000 For groups in New Jersey that provide emergency relief and recovery, such as repairs, replacement automobile purchases, rent and relocation assistance, and grants to nonprofits for the purchase and distribution of emergency goods: $75,000 to the Sandy Aftermath Fund for Economic Recovery (Hackensack, N.J.).
1/31/2013 JPMorgan Chase & Co. N.Y. Disaster relief $50,000 To help small businesses in New York still in need of emergency capital to keep running and to recover from Superstorm Sandy: $50,000 to Accion New York (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 JPMorgan Chase & Co. N.Y. Disaster relief $150,000 To focus on the most pressing needs of communities affected by Superstorm Sandy: $50,000 each to the Empire State Relief Fund (Rockville Centre, N.Y.), the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund (Mendham, N.J.), and the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Poverty $39,000,000 For general operating support: $39,000,000 over three years to the One Campaign (Washington, D.C.).
1/31/2013 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Agriculture $6,837,744 To diagnose and sustainably manage viruses affecting cassava productivity in East Africa and Southern Africa and help national cassava research programs located in sub-Saharan Africa: $6,837,744 over four years to the Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute (Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania).
1/31/2013 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Education $1,080,314 For professional development: $285,714 to Fresno Unified School District (Fresno, Calif.), $272,914 to the Long Beach Unified School District (Long Beach, Calif.), $235,000 to Bridgeport Public Schools (Bridgeport, Conn.), $175,644 to Jefferson County School District R-1 (Golden, Colo.), and $111,042 to New Haven Public Schools (New Haven, Conn.).
1/31/2013 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Education $2,989,138 To provide teachers with the ability to find curriculum-appropriate Web resources for any lesson: $2,989,138 over 15 months to Gooru (Palo Alto, Calif.).
1/31/2013 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Education $3,615,655 For its Urban Superintendents Network: $3,615,655 over two years to the Aspen Institute (Washington, D.C.).
1/31/2013 New York Women's Foundation N.Y. Women and girls $70,000 To provide small loans for women that will enable them to create and sustain small businesses in New York: $70,000 to Grameen America (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 New York Women's Foundation N.Y. Women and girls $60,000 For its Women to Work program, which provides home-health-aide job training and placement to primarily low-income Korean and Chinese female immigrants with limited English proficiency: $60,000 to the Young Women's Christian Association of Queens (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 New York Women's Foundation N.Y. Women and girls $60,000 To provide job placement, adult literacy classes, and income support assistance to low-income immigrant women in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island and for a civic-engagement campaign: $60,000 to Make the Road New York (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 New York Women's Foundation N.Y. Women and girls $75,000 To pass expanded paid-sick-leave legislation in New York City, strengthen legal protections for pregnant and care-giving workers, and increase opportunities for employee input into work schedules: $75,000 to A Better Balance, the Work and Family Legal Center (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 New York Women's Foundation N.Y. Women and girls $75,000 For its Reproductive Justice for Women in Prison Campaign: $75,000 to the Correctional Association of New York (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 New York Women's Foundation N.Y. Women and girls $70,000 To provide safe and free rides home for women and youths as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning individuals and for its New Yorkers for Safe Transit Coalition: $70,000 to RightRides for Women's Safety (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 New York Women's Foundation N.Y. Women and girls $60,000 To provide leadership opportunities for needy young women in New York City's most disadvantaged high schools through one-on-one mentoring, volunteering at local nonprofits, international-development education, and community service: $60,000 to BuildOn (Stamford, Conn.).
1/31/2013 New York Women's Foundation N.Y. Women and girls $50,000 For 2012-13 programs, which include mentoring and workshops to empower girls and young women as writers: $50,000 to Girls Write Now (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 New York Women's Foundation N.Y. Women and girls $50,000 To continue its Transgender Care Management Program: $50,000 to Callen-Lorde Community Health Center (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 New York Women's Foundation N.Y. Women and girls $70,000 For its Leadership Education Awareness Program for Girls, which provides sexuality- and health-education programs in the three New York City neighborhoods with the highest rates of HIV infection among young minority women: $70,000 to Love Heals, the Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 New York Women's Foundation N.Y. Women and girls $70,000 To train low-income immigrant women entrepreneurs to organize and advocate for their right to work as street vendors and to help them obtain a vending license and establish a small business: $70,000 to VAMOS Unidos (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Ariz. Health $500,000 For a new geriatric trauma unit: $500,000 over two years to John C. Lincoln Health Foundation (Phoenix, Ariz.).
1/31/2013 Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Ariz. Health $2,000,000 For its new Cancer Transplant Institute: $2,000,000 over four years to Scottsdale Healthcare Foundation (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
1/31/2013 Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Ariz. Children and youths $300,000 For its Summer Youth Program Fund: $300,000 over three years to the Arizona Community Foundation (Phoenix, Ariz.).
1/31/2013 Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Ariz. Children and youths $438,000 To design and test after-school programs for middle-school students at two locations: $438,000 over three years to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
1/31/2013 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Mich. Civil society $50,000 To gather data on the size and nature of civil society in South Africa: $50,000 to Social Surveys (Johannesburg, South Africa).
1/31/2013 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Mich. Civil society $220,000 To promote public participation in decision making and community development: $220,000 over two years to Mozaik Community Development Foundation (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina).
1/31/2013 Energy Foundation Calif. Energy $238,000 To advocate for greenhouse-gas reductions from aviation: $238,000 to the Environmental Defense Fund (New York, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 Energy Foundation Calif. Energy $25,000 To secure environmental protections for natural-gas production in North Dakota: $25,000 to the Dakota Resource Council (Dickinson, N.D.).
1/31/2013 Kohl's Wis. Children and youths $2,000,000 For an educational program allowing kids to use advanced technology to design products: $2,000,000 to Discovery World (Milwaukee, Wis.).
1/31/2013 Kohl's Wis. Children and youths $4,000,000 To help infants, young children, and their families by providing access to specialized educational and developmental programs: approximately $4,000,000 to Penfield Children's Center (Milwaukee, Wis.).
1/31/2013 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Calif. Nonprofit organizations and philanthropy $50,000 To test the feasibility of an online consultant-review platform: $50,000 to CompassPoint Nonprofit Services (San Francisco, Calif.).
1/31/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Civic affairs $150,000 To increase the civic activism of parents, youths, and residents in minority communities: $150,000 over 22 months to Ubuntu Green (Sacramento, Calif.).
1/31/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Child health $960,000 To decrease the number of babies born with birth defects by increasing consumption of folic acid in four New Mexico counties through fortification and multivitamin use : $960,000 over three years to the March of Dimes Foundation (White Plains, N.Y.).
1/31/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Social services $2,145,000 To help needy children, families, and individuals: $2,145,000 over three years to the United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region (Kalamazoo, Mich.).
1/31/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Child health $676,000 To improve access to and education about the importance of healthy food for minority children living in poverty in two cities in Michigan: $676,000 over 60 months to the Community Foundation for Muskegon County (Muskegon, Mich.).
1/31/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Child health $1,800,000 For a parent education and home-visiting program for first-time New Mexican families in McKinley and San Juan Counties: $1,800,000 over three years to the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation (Espanola, N.M.).
1/31/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Journalism $250,000 To examine the impact of schools' zero-tolerance policies on young people's health and well-being, especially minority boys, by producing a PBS documentary, Web site, and National Public Radio series: $250,000 to the Smiley Group (Los Angeles, Calif.).
1/31/2013 Michael and Susan Dell Foundation Tex. Higher education $50,000,000 To establish a medical school: $50,000,000 over 10 years to the U. of Texas at Austin (Austin, Tex.).