Chicago Botanic Garden Receives $21 Million to Save Endangered Plants From Extinction
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
June 7, 2023 | Read Time: 2 minutes
Cullen Foundation, the Cullen Trust for Health Care, and the Cullen Trust for Higher Education
$30 million to Baylor College of Medicine to build the Lillie and Roy Cullen Tower, a new facility for medical education and research.
The planned tower, which is expected to open in Houston in 2026, has also received grants of $12 million from the DeBakey Medical Foundation and $10 million from the Huffington Foundation.
Negaunee Foundation
$21 million to the Chicago Botanic Garden for its programs in conservation science and restoration that aim to save endangered plant species from extinction.
Stupski Foundation
$15 million to seven health centers across Hawaii to strengthen access to health care and social-support services for people from historically marginalized communities, particularly Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
Barr Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, and the William Penn Foundation
$13 million to seed the Culture and Community Power Fund, which will make unrestricted grants to efforts that advance community development through the arts and culture.
To date, the fund has awarded $5.8 million to six organizations in five cities.
California Wellness Foundation
$12.7 million to nonprofit organizations that bolster support services for low-wage workers and their families, community clinics that offer health care to historically marginalized people, and groups that provide emergency aid following disasters.
The foundation also gave $4 million in program-related investments.
F.M. Kirby Foundation
$8.5 million to 88 nonprofit organizations that aim to foster self-reliance and create strong, healthy communities in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C.
Mellon Foundation
$5 million to seven colleges, universities, and other higher-education institutions through its Higher Education in Prison program, which aims to bring opportunities to incarcerated people and continue their education.
Sherman Fairchild Foundation
$5 million to the University of Miami to endow a fund for teacher programs within the university’s Platform for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
$2 million over three years grant to expand a community-based doula program for incarcerated or homeless pregnant women.
The program is housed within the Arnhold Institute for Global Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in partnership with NYC Health + Hospitals in Elmhurst and Queens.
San Diego Foundation
$2 million to 15 nonprofit groups that are offering summer programs to strengthen post-pandemic academic and social skills for students in kindergarten through 12th grade in San Diego County.
New Grant Opportunity
The CareQuest Institute for Oral Health is accepting proposals for grants through its Community and Care Transformation Initiative. Grants of $125,000 each will be awarded to 10 nonprofit organizations that advance health equity through improved access to tele-dentistry, integrated dental care in medical settings, and expanded oral-care services in marginalized communities. Proposals are due June 30.
Send grant announcements to grants.editor@philanthropy.com.
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