Open Society Foundations Commit $25 Million for Ukraine Democracy Fund

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

O’Donnell Foundation

$100 million to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to endow its new public-health school, which will be named the Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health in recognition of the grant.

Peter O’Donnell Jr., who died in October, was a securities investor in Dallas. His late wife, Edith Jones O’Donnell, inherited a fortune in oil and real estate from her parents. She died in 2020.

Anthem Foundation

$30 million over three years to address maternal health and improve health outcomes for mothers.

The insurer’s foundation has so far awarded $14.5 million in grants through the program to 16 organizations that are working in maternal health, particularly in communities of color.

Open Society Foundations

$25 million pledge to create the Ukraine Democracy Fund, which will raise additional money from other grant makers to support a free civil society in Ukraine in response to the conflict with Russia.

The fund’s top priorities are supporting Ukrainian democracy and independence, advancing international solidarity with Ukraine, and protecting human dignity in the country.

Ballmer Group

$18 million to the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, the Community Based Public Safety Collective, Cities United, and the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform for their collaboration to reduce the impact of gun violence on young men of color who live in cities.

JPMorgan Chase

$12 million to five organizations that are working to increase homeownership opportunities for Black, Hispanic, and Latino families.

The grantees in this round are the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, the Center for Community Self-Help, the Grounded Solutions Network, the Housing Partnership Network, and Parity Homes.

Google.org

$10 million to aid relief efforts in Ukraine. The total includes $5 million in direct grants and $5 million to match employee donations to the Polish Center for International Aid, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, and the Red Cross.

Google is also donating advertising credits valued at $5 million to expand the online reach of humanitarian and intergovernmental organizations that are working to resettle Ukrainian refugees.

Rite Aid Healthy Futures

$10 million commitment to its new Strengthening Cities program to expand access to healthy food in neighborhoods of color.

Previously known as the Rite Aid Foundation, the corporate foundation intends to make grants to 20 nonprofit organizations across Baltimore, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Fresno, and Philadelphia, with priority going to charities with leaders who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color.

Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation

$8.5 million to organizations in Sarasota, Fla., that strengthen students, families, and environmental conservation.

Among the grants was $1 million to Forty Carrots Family Center to expand access to child therapy and parent-education services in Sarasota.

Mosaic

$6.4 million in grants to 47 projects that are strengthening efforts to achieve clean air and water, a stable climate, healthy natural systems, and environmental justice.

Jewish Communal Fund

$5.5 million in emergency-relief grants to address the conflict in Ukraine. Included in the total is a grant of $500,000 that went to the UJA-Federation’s Ukraine Crisis Response Fund.

Home Depot Foundation

$5 million to the Home Builders Institute and Construction Ready to expand the Path to Pro program to more than 250 schools across the United States.

The program will use the grant to offer trades training and certification opportunities for more youths, high-school students, members of the military who are leaving the service, and underserved communities in more than 30 states.

New York Women’s Foundation

$2 million to 45 grantees, with an emphasis on grassroots organizations led by women and gender-nonconforming people of color who are addressing economic justice, safety and healing, and civic engagement for women, girls, and gender-expansive people.

Overdeck Family Foundation

$2 million to Khan Academy for validation, research, and product development, and to expand its reach into additional school districts through its District Partnership Program.

National Park Foundation

$1.1 million to 58 projects through its new ParkVentures program, which expands equity in access to National Parks for communities that have been historically excluded.

Bank of America

$1 million for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. The recipients are the Red Cross and its Red Crescent network in eastern Europe, World Central Kitchen, Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, International Medical Corps, and Project Hope.

Robin Hood

$1 million to the LaGuardia Community College Foundation to create the Office of Credit for Prior Learning, which will provide student-debt relief for New Yorkers who started college but did not complete a degree, and help them continue their education.

Wayne and Joan Webber Foundation

$1 million to Beyond Basics to expand its literacy programs for students in Detroit’s public schools.

Wells Fargo

$1 million to the American Red Cross, World Central Kitchen, and the United Service Organizations for their responses to the conflict in Ukraine.

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