Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
$480 million over five years for new approaches to protect the health of the oceans.
The foundation will make grants to organizations and projects that address the three main threats to marine life: unsustainable fisheries, climate change, and habitat loss.
Bezos Earth Fund
Up to $100 million through the AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge to encourage the use of artificial intelligence to address climate change and foster collaboration between environmental groups.
Duke Endowment
$60 million to Davidson College to renovate and expand its library and create new flexible-use spaces for students, faculty, staff, and residents of the surrounding community.
The George Lawrence Abernethy Library will be named for a longtime professor at the liberal-arts college who founded its philosophy department and co-founded its humanities program.
Mellon Foundation
$25 million to five public colleges and universities to establish paid internship opportunities for undergraduate students who are majoring in the humanities.
California State University at Fresno, City College of New York, Old Dominion University, the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro each received $5 million.
Open Society Foundations
$20 million to Pockets of Hope to strengthen civil society in Haiti as part of an ongoing recovery effort following the 2010 earthquake that struck the nation.
Pockets of Hope is a campaign started by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and other grant-making partners to enhance education, health, and economic security for Haitians.
The Open Society Foundations are a financial supporter of the Chronicle.
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
$13 million commitment through its 2024 WISH matching-grant program, which will provide cash assistance toward down payments for lower-income families and individuals who are seeking to buy homes in Arizona, California, and Nevada.
New York Community Trust
$9.9 million to 55 nonprofit groups in the New York metropolitan area that are working to advance equity in primary and mental health services, human-rights advocacy, reducing hunger and homelessness, aid for older people and youths with disabilities, work-force development, arts and arts education, conservation and the environment, civic affairs, and other community needs.
Valhalla Foundation
$6 million to Reach Out and Read to expand its early-literacy programs that promote health and caregiver bonding with young children through both reading and pediatric care
Robin Hood
$2.8 million to the three winners of the Fuel for 50 Challenge, a competition to help caregivers enhance learning for young children who live in poverty.
Forestdale and Chances for Children will each receive cash prizes of $1 million, and Family Cook Productions will receive $750,000.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation
$2 million to youth-sports organizations through its Sports Matter Program to purchase equipment, pay registration and league fees, and develop playing fields for young athletes.
Wallace Foundation
$2 million to the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s School of Education for research on equity in school leadership.
Burton D. Morgan Foundation
$1.1 million to organizations that support entrepreneurs and start-up companies in northeast Ohio.
Helios Education Foundation
$1 million over three years to Achieve Miami to continue its education-equity programs in schools across Florida’s Miami-Dade County that primarily serve high-school students from marginalized communities.
Partners for Sacred Places and the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
$1 million through the Philadelphia Fund for Black Sacred Places to back historic-preservation projects at eight Black churches in Philadelphia.
The fund has also received support from the William Penn Foundation.
New Grant Opportunity
Cigna Group Foundation is accepting applications for grants to improve the mental health of youths ages 5 to 18 and help young people cope with post-pandemic stress and distress. The foundation plans to award a total of $9 million over three years. This commitment includes support for caregivers, including parents, educators, and therapists. Grants worth up to $150,000 each will be awarded to nonprofit programs to promote social-emotional skills and well-being, develop professional skills, and increase access to services. Applications are due May 22.
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