Blue Cross Blue Shield Grants $55 Million to Lower Cost of Generic Drugs (Grants Roundup)

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

$55 million to Civica Rx to create a new subsidiary that aims to lower the cost of select generic drugs. The money is coming from 18 independent Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates nationwide.

Three major grant makers created the nonprofit Civica Rx in 2018 to provide generic prescription drugs to seven hospital systems.

Heinz Endowments

$10 million over three years for programs that promote the well-being of children up to age 3 in the Pittsburgh area. Among the grants already given is $750,000 to Research for Action for a pilot research project that examines disparities in education in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County. (The Heinz Endowments is a financial supporter of the Chronicle of Philanthropy.)

Kendeda Fund

$10 million to the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition for its 10-year strategic plan, which will support growth and program development at this charity that increases public awareness about the traumatic effects on native communities and families resulting from the U.S. Boarding School Policy of 1869.

FamilyCare Health

$3 million to Willamette University for a new public-health program that will endow 10 annual scholarships, student research and internships, a pre-health program director position, and public-health programs.

Nike Foundation

$5 million to the Obama Foundation for a public athletic facility at the Barack Obama Presidential Center, which is being built in Chicago’s Jackson Park.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

$4 million to the Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration for a program series that explores questions of race in the humanities. Yale will collaborate with similar institutes at Brown University, the University of Chicago, and Stanford University on the program series.

J.P. Morgan

$3.1 million to the Catalyst Fund to accelerate 30 additional financial-technology startups in India, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, and South Africa with the goal of advancing financial inclusion worldwide.

J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation

$1 million to the University of Idaho to establish the Idaho Center for Plant and Soil Health at its campus in Parma.

Google

$1 million unrestricted to the University of Vermont’s Complex Systems Center. The center supports research into open-source software and programming, which allows anyone to access, use, and modify it.

New Grant Opportunity

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is accepting grant applications for projects that aim to enhance adult, family, and summer literacy programs. Organizations within 15 miles of a Dollar General store are eligible if they work with adults seeking their GED or learning English; families that need literacy support; or summer reading programs led by nonprofit groups, schools, or libraries. Grants will range from $3,000 to $10,000 each. Applications are due February 20.

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