Grants Roundup: $200 Million for Parks and Trails; $25 Million for Animal Protection

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation

$200 million commitment to develop parks and trails in southeast Michigan and western New York. Of the pledge, $50 million will go to West Riverfront Park, in Detroit; $50 million is for LaSalle Park, in Buffalo, N.Y.; and the remaining $100 million will be shared equally to build expansive trail systems in the two regions.

Read more about the foundation’s plans to give away $1.3 billion over the next 20 years.

African Wildlife Foundation

$25 million over four years to a coalition of African governments and local community organizations for their efforts to protect wildlife and wild lands on the continent.

D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation

$20 million to the University of Michigan, in partnership with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, to advance robotics and precision health.

Arcadia

$10.5 million over seven years to Oceana for its campaigns to protect, conserve, and restore marine life and ecosystems in biodiverse areas of the ocean.

Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

$7.8 million to Avera Health to create a behavioral-health telemedicine program that will offer virtual, 24-hour psychiatric assessments for patients treated in emergency rooms or by first responders.

Windgate Charitable Foundation

$6.7 million to Arkansas State University to build a facility for its sculpture and ceramics programs.

Thompson Family Foundation

$5 million to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for its cinema, community, archival, and education programs and to bolster its endowment.

AT&T

$1.3 million to OneGoal to expand this national college-access organization, which works with students from low-income communities and helps them succeed in college.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

$1.2 million to the Nuclear Threat Initiative for general support and the William J. Perry Project, which aims to educate the public about the dangers of nuclear proliferation and terrorism.

Archstone Foundation

$1 million to the University of California at Los Angeles to expand research and academic programs under an endowed chair in geriatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine.

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