New Grant Programs

Grant makers: Pfizer and Pfizer Foundation (New York)
Program: Global Health Partnerships: Advancing Cancer and Tobacco Control
Purpose: To improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and reduce tobacco use worldwide
Amount available: $33-million
Web site: http://www.pfizer.com/responsibility

Grant maker: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami)
Program: Knight Arts Partnership
Purpose: To support projects in the arts in South Florida
Amount available: $20-million over five years
Web site: http://www.knightarts.org

Grant makers: Google (Mountain View, Calif.), Omidyar Network (Redwood City, Calif.), and Soros Economic Development Fund (New York)
Program: Small to Medium Enterprise Investment Company for India
Purpose: To provide support for small and midsize businesses in India to create jobs and spur economic development
Amount available: $17-million
Web site: http://www.omidyar.net/news.php

Grant maker: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.)
Program: Building Healthy Teen Relationships
Purpose: For efforts to prevent sexual violence among youths
Amount available: $14.6-million over four years
Web site: http://buildinghealthyteenrelationships.org

Grant maker: Blue Shield of California Foundation (San Francisco)
Program: California Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Initiative
Purpose: To help 100 hospitals take measures to prevent patients from acquiring new infections during their stays
Amount available: $5.8-million
Web site: http://www.blueshieldcafoundation.org/programs/chaipi.cfm