Children’s Hospital L.A. Collects $50 Million to Aid Poorest Patients (Grants Roundup)

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Anderson Stewart Family Foundation

$50 million to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to offer financial assistance for the most critically ill patients and improve equipment and resources for doctors, researchers, nurses, and other staff members that provide pediatric care. Marion and John Anderson previously gave $55 million to the hospital to complete construction of its new hospital building in 2011. John Anderson died in 2011, and Marion Anderson died in 2017.

Parkinson’s Foundation

$8 million to four medical institutions to design and pilot research studies on Parkinson’s disease over the next four years. The recipients are Columbia University Irving Medical Center, the University of Florida in collaboration with Emory University, the University of Michigan in collaboration with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and the Yale School of Medicine.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

$3.1 million through the Northern Great Plains Program to maintain or improve nearly 800,000 acres of native grasslands in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming, as well as in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

$2.9 million to Say Yes Buffalo for the newly established Buffalo College Success Network and other efforts to help students in need successfully make the transition to university.

SunTrust Foundation

$2 million over three years to 3DE National to expand its high-school network to the metropolitan Atlanta area, as well as Florida, Texas, and Washington, D.C.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation

$1.6 million to the Rhode Island Foundation to make grants for health and health care across the state.

Adidas Outdoor

$1 million to 1Climb to build climbing walls in 10 Boys & Girls Clubs nationwide.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

$1 million to the College of William & Mary to support inclusive research, education, and community engagement regarding the legacies of slavery and racism in the United States.

New Grant Opportunity

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is accepting proposals from teams of schools, school-support organizations, and researchers that will apply the science of learning and human development through its Whole Child Grant Program. A total of $5 million in grants will aim to improve existing school-based practices that develop self-direction and curiosity. This new program will provide one- to two-year grants that will be awarded to up to 10 teams. Applications are due September 13.

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