Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
TD Bank
$70 million over three years to organizations that work in community and economic development in 15 states and Washington, D.C., where the bank does business. The foundation plans to direct 75 percent of its giving toward nonprofit groups with leaders of color.
This commitment includes $1.75 million through the TD Charitable Foundation’s Capacity Building Fund, which will award grants for general operating support to organizations with annual budgets under $2 million.
Lilly Endowment
$45.5 million to the American Camp Association for a multiyear effort to advance character development for young people as a key component of summer and year-round camps across the United States.
The Lilly Endowment is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.
Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation
$22 million commitment to Salt Lake City’s Ballpark NEXT fund, which is raising money to renovate the home of the Salt Lake Bees minor league baseball team.
Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s
$20.4 million to the Parkinson’s Foundation to expand its international gene-mapping study, “PD GENEration: Mapping the Future of Parkinson’s Disease,” to better understand the genetic factors of the disease among ethnically diverse populations and develop more-effective treatments.
Otto and Fran Walter Foundation
$15.5 million to Bahçeşehir University to establish the Otto and Fran Walter Rotary Peace Center. This partnership between the university in Turkey and Rotary International will grant professional development certificates for peace and development professionals working in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Heinz Endowments
$10 million over two years to help organizations in western Pennsylvania use federal funds available through the Inflation Reduction Act to conduct projects in renewable energy, facility upgrades, clean energy jobs, and research.
The Heinz Endowments are a financial supporter of the Chronicle.
LEGO Foundation
$7.8 million to the Scratch Foundation to strengthen its global programs, research, and product development that aim to address global inequities in creative learning experiences for children ages 5 to 12.
Ballmer Group
$5.6 million over three years to the education nonprofit NAF to expand its work-based learning programs for high-school students in Southeast Michigan.
Holdfast Collective
$5.2 million to the Nature Conservancy to purchase 8,000 acres of land in Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw Delta to manage and use for carbon-capture projects.
In 2022, the founders of the apparel company Patagonia transferred 100 percent of their nonvoting stock in Patagonia to create the Holdfast Collective, a group of five nonprofit groups that will use the company’s profits to make grants to combat climate change.
Tracking Foundation
$3.8 million to Tuskegee University to augment the Stephen Feinberg Scholarship Program.
Walmart Foundation
$3 million to the BAIF Development Research Foundation, the Collective Good Foundation, and the Watershed Organisation Trust to advance practices in climate resilience and sustainable agriculture among smallholder farmers in India.
Liberty Mutual Insurance
$2 million over five years to Franklin Cummings Tech for programs to prepare students for clean-tech careers in environmental justice.
Advance Auto Parts Foundation
$1.8 million to Hire Heroes USA, Building Homes for Heroes, and Stop Soldier Suicide for their programs that assist women who have served in the U.S. military, injured veterans, and service members at higher risk for suicide.
Getty Foundation
$1.3 million through its Paper Project program to support curatorial projects in the graphic arts at 13 art schools and other cultural institutions worldwide.
JPMorgan Chase
$1 million to Florida Memorial University to bolster its computer science, technology, engineering, and math courses; back tech-education programs by CodePath; and help students from this historically Black university find careers in technology.
Lydia B. Stokes Foundation
$1 million to Health Care Without Harm to create a program to improve nutrition as a way of enhancing health outcomes for individuals and communities in the Northeast.
New Grant Opportunity
The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation is accepting applications for grants worth between $15,000 and $100,000 each through its Frankenthaler Climate Initiative. Nonprofit museums, art schools, art festivals, foundations endowed by artists, and cultural organizations that focus on visual art may apply for grants to assess and mitigate their impact on the environment. The foundation has committed $15 million to support energy efficiency and clean-energy projects for the visual arts in the United States. Applications are due March 15.
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