Gates Foundation Awards $24 Million to Fight Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (Grants Roundup)
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Advice
June 19, 2019 | Read Time: 3 minutes
Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Google.org
$50 million to nonprofits focused on homelessness. The pledge was part of an announcement by Google CEO Sundar Pichai to create more housing in the San Francisco Bay Area, where rents have skyrocketed. Pichai said Google would “repurpose” land the company owns worth $750 million to support “at least 15,000 new homes at all income levels in the Bay Area, including housing options for middle- and low-income families.”
Pichai also said the company would create a $250 million “investment fund” to provide incentives for developers to build affordable housing.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
$23.8 million over five years to Evotec SE, a German pharmaceutical company, to develop new treatments for tuberculosis, particularly drug-resistant strains of the disease.
Cummings Foundation
$10 million to 100 nonprofit groups in the Boston area through its “$100K for 100” grant program.
Thomas and Jeanne Elmezzi Private Foundation
$10 million to the Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine at Northwell Health to recruit new faculty researchers and pay student stipends at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. The foundation previously gave the graduate school a $15 million naming gift in 2007.
Hamilton Family Charitable Trust
$6 million to the Franklin Institute to create a new gallery for its trains and steam-locomotive exhibit.
CNL Charitable Foundation
$5 million to the Florida State University College of Business to endow a scholarship program and the James M. Seneff Fund for Preeminence. Seneff is the founder of the CNL Financial Group and a 1968 graduate of the university.
Douglas W. Pollock Foundation
$2.5 million to Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg to establish the Douglas W. Pollock Center for Addiction Outreach and Research on campus.
A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation
$1 million to the Greater Washington Community Foundation to create a grant-making fund through its Partnership to End Homelessness.
Coleman Foundation
$1 million to Northwestern University to guide oncology care teams and improve services for cancer patients.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
$1 million to Bennington College for a three-year collaborative effort to study and address food insecurity in Bennington County, Vt.
New Grant Opportunities
The Center for Nonprofit Advancement is requesting nominations for its Excellence in Chief Executive Leadership Award, which recognizes exceptional nonprofit chief executives in the Washington area. Nominees must have held the top salaried executive position for at least three years at a nonprofit group with an annual budget under $10 million in Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia. Nominations are due July 12.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is accepting letters of interest for grants from its new Rare as One program, which supports patient-led nonprofit organizations focused on rare diseases. A total of $4.5 million will be awarded in this first round of funding; each grant will be worth up to $450,000 over two years to develop and launch collaborative research networks in partnership with clinicians and researchers. Letters of interest are due July 23.
Send grant announcements to grants.editor@philanthropy.com.
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