BuildUS Commits $50 Million to Create an Equitable, Cleaner Economy
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
October 4, 2023 | Read Time: 3 minutes
Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Lilly Endowment
$95 million to 81 organizations through its Compelling Preaching Initiative to strengthen the preaching skills of Christian pastors across several denominations, including Anabaptist, Catholic, evangelical, mainline Protestant, Orthodox, and Pentecostal churches.
The grants range from $275,400 to $1.25 million each.
The Lilly Endowment is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.
BuildUS
$50 million over three years to support the adoption of recently passed federal legislation seeking to create an economy that is more worker friendly, racially equitable, and focused on clean energy and climate mitigation.
The grant makers that have pooled the initial $50 million include the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Marguerite Casey Foundation, the Omidyar Network, the Open Society Foundations, the Skoll Foundation, the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
The Hewlett Foundation and the Open Society Foundations are financial supporters of the Chronicle.
Korean Air
$25 million to the California Science Center Foundation to name the aviation gallery of the the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which is under construction.
Ford Foundation
$20 million over four years to support programs that promote democracy in Moldova, Nepal, Tanzania, and Zambia.
The Ford Foundation is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.
Austin E. Knowlton Foundation
$11 million to Denison University to offer career coaching, stipends for internships, and other job-preparation opportunities for undergraduate students through the Austin E. Knowlton Center for Career Exploration.
Nationwide Foundation
$10 million through the foundation’s Pediatric Innovation Fund to Nationwide Children’s Hospital to back research and patient care in genomic medicine and expand access to low-cost housing in the Linden neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.
T. Gary and Kathleen Rogers Family Foundation
$10 million to the University of California at Berkeley to support its men’s rowing program.
Daniels Fund
$4.5 million over three years to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation to continue the National Civics Bee through 2026.
Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
$4 million to the Hawaii Bankers Association for wildfire-recovery efforts in Maui. The association will regrant the money to the Hawaii Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund, the United Way of Maui, and the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement.
The bank also gave $1 million to the Valley Isle Chapter of the Hawaii Credit Union League for its Credit Union Wildfire Relief Fund.
Hudson-Webber Foundation
$2.9 million to eight nonprofit organizations for their programs that benefit residents of the metropolitan Detroit area.
The grantees are the Downtown Detroit Partnership, Invest Detroit, Develop Detroit, the City of Detroit: Project Clean Slate, the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network, Force Detroit, the Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration, and New Detroit.
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
$1.7 million to Save the Children to deliver educational programs and nutritious food to children in rural areas of the United States.
BMO Financial Group
$1 million to Homeboy Industries to expand its work-force development and skills-training programs for youths in Los Angeles who were previously involved in gangs.
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
$1 million to Freedom Dreams in Philanthropy to back its efforts to increase racial equity and justice in philanthropy.
New Grant Opportunity
HCLTech is accepting applications for its Climate Action Americas grant program, which will award $5 million over five years to combat climate change and restore ecosystems and biodiversity across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Brazil, Panama, Peru, Argentina, and Colombia. This year, one organization will receive $500,000, and two groups will each receive $250,000. Applications are due November 18.
Chronicle of Philanthropy subscribers also have full access to GrantStation’s searchable database of grant opportunities. For more information, visit our grants page.
