Ballmer Group Commits $217 Million Through Its New Climate-Change Effort

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

$1.2 billion commitment to back the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s efforts to eliminate all variants of polio in Pakistan and Afghanistan, vaccinate 370 million children per year worldwide, and stop outbreaks of new mutations of the virus by 2026.

Ballmer Group

$217 million over five years through its new climate-change portfolio.

The largest grant of $118 million went to the Climate and Land Use Alliance, which works with regional groups to sustainably manage forests and land to mitigate the effects of climate change on people and the environment.

First Premier Bank and Premier Bankcard

$50 million to the South Dakota Community Foundation to bolster the endowment of the Freedom Scholarship, which awards tuition grants ranging from $1,500 to $5,000 each for students at eligible South Dakota institutions.

A condition of the scholarship requires recipients to remain and work in South Dakota for three years following graduation.

Bank of America

$24 million through Neighborhood Builders and Neighborhood Champions, its two programs that provide funding and leadership training to nonprofit groups that advance economic development in communities that are predominantly Black, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American, or Native American.

National Grid and National Grid Foundation

$17 million commitment to nonprofit groups and community partners in Massachusetts and New York to help individuals, families, and communities in need and offset the high energy prices expected this winter.

JPMorgan Chase

$15 million to five organizations that will expand options for housing that are both affordable and climate resilient, particularly in Black, Hispanic, and Latino communities.

Each of the following grantees have received $3 million: Come Dream, Come Build in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas; Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services in California’s Inland Empire; the National Housing Trust, in Washington, D.C.; PUSH Buffalo, in New York; and Solar and Energy Loan Fund of St. Lucie County, located in Florida.

Dominic A. and Helen M. Bitonte Family Foundation

$10 million to the Neomed Foundation to support the new dental college at Northeast Ohio Medical University. It will be named the Bitonte College of Dentistry.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

$10 million to the New World Symphony to continue programs at the Knight New Media Center, which uses technology to enhance the performance of classical music and offers education and engagement for audiences in Miami.

Rockefeller Foundation

$10 million to develop an equitable and environmentally sustainable food system in the United States.

The largest grant will go the Amalgamated Charitable Foundation to help establish Growing Justice, a new program that aims to raise $50 million over 10 years for community-based organizations with leaders who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color. To date, Growing Justice has raised $11 million from Rockefeller, the Native American Agriculture Fund, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, the Panta Rhea Foundation, and the Clif Family Foundation.

Duke Endowment

$5 million to Duke University for the Duke Climate Commitment, the university’s goal of giving all its students a comprehensive education in climate concerns.

Blackstone Charitable Foundation

$3 million over three years to Year Up to expand the reach of its Career Accelerator, which partners with nonprofit groups and community colleges to offer skills training and career coaching for young adults and connect them with employers that are hiring.

The corporate foundation is also giving $2 million to expand access to Blackstone LaunchPad, its entrepreneurial skill-building program, for students at four historically Black colleges and universities. The recipients are Bowie State University, Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T University, and North Carolina Central University.

Wells Fargo Foundation

$1.1 million to the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders to make grants to 12 local organizations that advance financial well-being and education for Latino and immigrant communities across the United States.

New Grant Opportunity

Cable One Inc. is accepting applications for grants from nonprofit organizations in the 24 states where the telecommunications company’s brands do business. In this round, the company expects to make grants for special projects and capital campaigns at charities that work in education and digital literacy, hunger relief and food insecurity, or community development. Applications are due October 31.

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