Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources and published by The Chronicle on February 7, 2013. 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
2/7/2013 Charles and Barbara Close Foundation Pa. Higher education $12,500,000 To establish the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship: $12,500,000 to Drexel U. (Philadelphia, Pa.).
2/7/2013 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wash. Health $28,800,000 For research on neglected tropical diseases: $28,800,000 over five years to the Task Force for Global Health (Decatur, Ga.).
2/7/2013 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Calif. Health $1,300,000 For its Multiple Sclerosis Center: $1,300,000 over three years to the Cleveland Clinic, Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (Las Vegas, Nev.).
2/7/2013 Atlantic Philanthropies N.Y. Health insurance $3,250,000 To help municipal leaders increase children's access to health-insurance coverage: $3,250,000 to the National League of Cities (Washington, D.C.).
2/7/2013 Jim Joseph Foundation Calif. Disaster relief $1,000,000 To help victims of Superstorm Sandy with assistance for educational purposes such as tuition subsidies for Jewish day schools and Jewish residential summer camps: $1,000,000 to UJA-Federation of New York (New York, N.Y.).
2/7/2013 AIDS United D.C. HIV/AIDS $1,000,000 To help define and expand programs that help keep HIV-positive people in care and on treatment: $1,000,000 to be divided among AIDS Alabama (Birmingham, Ala.), Christie's Place (San Diego, Calif.), CitiWide Harm Reduction Program (New York, N.Y.), Institute for Public Health Innovation/CommonHealth Action (Washington, D.C.), Mazzoni Center (Philadelphia, Pa.), the Open Door (Pittsburgh, Pa.), and the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Va.).
2/7/2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Obesity $7,800,000 To expand its efforts to reduce childhood obesity from six states to 20 states: $7,800,000 over two years to the YMCA of the USA (Chicago, Ill.).
2/7/2013 Robert Rauschenberg Foundation N.Y. Arts and culture $50,000 To support "Gyre," an exhibition about an international team of artists, scientists, and educators traveling to the Alaska coastline in 2013 to observe, document, and collect marine debris: $50,000 to the Anchorage Museum (Anchorage, Alaska).
2/7/2013 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Wash. Arts and culture $40,000 To support "Gyre," an exhibition about international team of artists, scientists, and educators traveling to the Alaska coastline in 2013 to observe, document, and collect marine debris: $40,000 to the Anchorage Museum (Anchorage, Alaska).
2/7/2013 Marcus Foundation Ga. Israel $6,500,000 To help educate needy youths in Israel: $6,500,000 challenge grant over five years to Friends of Yemin Orde (Rockville, Md.).
2/7/2013 Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation N.C. Community development $1,000,000 For more than 100 projects to improve neighborhoods: $1,000,000 to Keep America Beautiful (Stamford, Conn.).
2/7/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Leadership $235,000 To engage more young women and minority female leaders from around the country with heads of national women's organizations in a mentoring and leadership-development relationship: $235,000 over two years to the Communications Consortium Media Center (Washington, D.C.).
2/7/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Early-childhood education $150,000 To improve the quality of early care and education for needy children: $150,000 over two years to Temple U. (Philadelphia, Pa.).
2/7/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Education $100,000 To improve the overall quality of education of low-income Micronesian children: $100,000 over two years to Faith Action for Community Equity (Honolulu, Hawaii).
2/7/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Hispanics $250,000 To use a Web-based platform to increase awareness and trust among donors to invest in Latin American communities: $250,000 to Hispanics in Philanthropy (Oakland, Calif.).
2/7/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Leadership $500,000 To strengthen leadership development of local minority youths through long-term civic engagement in community-based organizations, where they apprentice with strong community leaders serving children and families: $500,000 over 18 months to Regents of the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, N.M.).
2/7/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Health $125,716 To evaluate the efficacy of quickly, accurately, and cheaply detecting pulmonary tuberculosis infections in Chiapas, Mexico: $125,716 over 16 months to Michigan State U. (East Lansing, Mich.).
2/7/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Agriculture $49,757 To increase healthy livestock production among Mayan communities: $49,757 to Cultura Agricola Integral (Merida, Mexico).
2/7/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Civic affairs $45,150 To increase civic engagement by supporting five congregations working together to implement a faith-based leadership and community participation model: $45,150 to Metromorphosis (Baton Rouge, La.).
2/7/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Community development $450,000 To map a landscape of community organizations engaged in neighborhood improvement and development work while promoting the engagement of residents and community groups: $450,000 over two years to Community Development Advocates of Detroit (Detroit, Mich.).
2/7/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Literacy $175,000 To increase school readiness through expanding a family-literacy program: $175,000 over two years to the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (New Orleans, La.).
2/7/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Civic affairs $150,000 To increase civic activism of parents, youths, and residents who are minorities: $150,000 over 22 months to Ubuntu Green (Sacramento, Calif.).
2/7/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Child health $960,000 To increase consumption of folic acid in four New Mexico counties through fortification and multivitamin use to decrease the number of babies born with birth defects: $960,000 over three years to the March of Dimes Foundation (White Plains, N.Y.).
2/7/2013 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mich. Social services $2,145,000 To help needy children, families, and individuals in the Battle Creek, Mich. area: $2,145,000 over three years to United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region (Kalamazoo, Mich.).
2/7/2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $3,181,825 To increase the number and diversity of Ph.D. graduates with formal training in the fields of sociology and economics who engage in health services and health-policy research: $3,181,825 over 17 months to Meharry Medical College (Nashville, Tenn.).
2/7/2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $150,000 To increase the percentage of nurses with baccalaureate degrees in Kansas to 54 percent within two years: $150,000 over two years to Kansas U. Endowment Association (Lawrence, Kan.).
2/7/2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $150,000 To improve the collection and analysis of nursing work-force data in Georgia and double the number of nurses with a doctorate: $150,000 over two years to the Georgia Nurses Foundation (Atlanta, Ga.).
2/7/2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $349,724 To provide strategic communications for the foundation's efforts to improve childhood obesity by 2015: $349,724 to Community Initiatives (San Francisco, Calif.).
2/7/2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $1,000,000 To create an independent and nonpartisan foundation that will convene members of the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to make commitments to reduce childhood obesity: $1,000,000 to the Partnership for a Healthier America (Washington, D.C.).
2/7/2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation N.J. Health $150,000 To plan the development of a primary-care model for younger people with significant disabilities: $150,000 to Inglis Foundation (Philadelphia, Pa.).
2/7/2013 Kaiser Permanente Calif. Health $3,000,000 To improve school health: $3,000,000 to the Colorado Legacy Foundation (Denver, Colo.).
2/7/2013 Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Okla. Journalism $85,000 For the Oklahoma Scholastic Media Initiative, to provide grants for equipment, software, and training to high schools starting or improving online newspapers: $85,000 to the U. of Oklahoma (Norman, Okla.).
2/7/2013 Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Okla. Journalism $750,000 For an investigative and in-depth reporting team that collaborates with other news organizations and higher education to produce journalism: $750,000 to Oklahoma Watch (Norman, Okla.).
2/7/2013 Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Okla. Journalism $200,000 For general support and to develop the prototype of ShareandFund.org, a new technology to help foundations support nonprofits by rewarding impact through social networking: $200,000 to the Investigative News Network (Encino, Calif.).
2/7/2013 AIDS United D.C. HIV/AIDS $155,000 For HIV prevention programs: $155,000 to be divided among six organizations in Puerto Rico.