Citi Foundation Pledges $50 Million in Unrestricted Grants to Community Groups

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Citi Foundation

$50 million through its Community Progress Makers program, which will give unrestricted three-year grants of $1 million each to 50 organizations that serve low-income communities in the greater metropolitan regions of Northern California, Southern California, Chicago, South Florida, the New York Tri-State area, and Washington, D.C.

James Irvine Foundation

$49.5 million to 22 grantees to support workers in California.

The largest grant of $7.6 million over two years went to the San Joaquin Community Foundation to advance inclusive economic planning and programs in the Stockton region.

Kresge Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Walton Family Foundation

$30 million through the Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund’s Equitable Federal Implementation Fund as part of a joint leadership effort to support community-based organizations that serve and engage the people most vulnerable to extreme heat, wildfires, flooding, and other effects of climate change, particularly low-income, Black, Latino, Indigenous, rural, and other populations that are facing significant racial and economic disparities.

Grants made through this fund will also strengthen research and communications about climate disruption and resilience. (The Walton Family Foundation is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.)

Wells Fargo Foundation

$11 million to 28 organizations in six states through its Invest Native program, which is making grants to strengthen housing access and affordability, small-business growth, and sustainability in Native communities.

Wilbur C. and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation

$10 million to Drexel University to establish the Wilbur C. Henderson Real Estate Institute within the Bennett S. LeBow College of Business.

Henderson, a 1947 graduate of the university and former trustee, was a real-estate developer in the Philadelphia region. He died in 2013.

John M. O’Quinn Foundation

$10 million commitment to Houston Methodist to establish the John M. O’Quinn Foundation Neurodegenerative Disorders Laboratory within the hospital.

UJA-Federation of New York

$10 million from its endowment to provide emergency relief to victims of Hamas’s attack on Israel.

Enterprise Community Partners

$6 million to 22 organizations in Maryland and Michigan to expand programs in affordable-housing developments that enable low-income older adults to age safely at home.

Stanton Foundation

$5.2 million to the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine to renovate and expand its Pet Health Center to include its new Spectrum of Care Clinic, where veterinarians will provide options that take into account the cultural, physical, and socioeconomic circumstances of pet owners.

The veterinary college will also use the grant to hire two new professors to teach and work at the clinic.

Kosair for Kids

$5 million to the Baptist Health Foundation to buy equipment and expand its maternal health and pediatric services across Kentucky and southern Indiana.

Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco

$4 million to 75 organizations to increase economic opportunity and access to housing for residents of marginalized communities in Arizona, California, and Nevada.

Hilton Global Foundation

$3.3 million to 13 organizations that advance career training, community development, and environmental sustainability in countries including China, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Aligned Climate Capital

$2.7 million commitment to the Climate Equity Action Fund, the Honnold Foundation, and Impact Capital Managers to back their work to address the climate crisis. Each grantee will receive $900,000.

The clean-energy fund manager is pledging 3 percent of the carried interest in its venture-capital fund to support these climate-mitigation nonprofit organizations.

J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation

$2 million to Arkansas Children’s to support its Heart Institute.

Charter Communications

$1.1 million to 46 nonprofit organizations through its Spectrum Digital Education program, which provides grants to expand broadband-technology programs, education, and training in marginalized communities.

New Grant Opportunity

The Ms. Foundation for Women is accepting proposals for grants through its Birth Justice Initiative to advance equitable birth outcomes and strengthen grassroots organizations. The foundation will make two-year grants ranging from $50,000 to $100,000 each in this round of funding to reduce the maternal mortality rate in the United States, with a focus on organizations led by and for Black, Indigenous, and other women of color, including cis women, trans women, and nonbinary people of color. Applicants should serve populations in the South, Midwest, Southwest, Alaska, Hawaii, or U.S. territories and work for change at the local or state level. Proposals are due October 30.

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