Google.org Commits $10 Million in Cash Transfers to Homeless People

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Google.org

$10 million over three years to nonprofit partnerships in the San Francisco Bay Area that are testing the impact of cash transfers on housing stability for people in California who are homeless.

The partnerships are Bay Area Community Services with the University of California at San Francisco; Chapin Hall with Point Source Youth and Larkin Street Youth Services; and Miracle Messages with the University of Southern California. Part of the grant will also go to the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab to study the effectiveness of different models of cash transfers.

Robert M. Rogers Foundation

$10 million to the University of Texas at Tyler to support mental- and behavioral- health education through its School of Medicine.

The university has named its department of psychiatry after Robert Rogers, who was the founder and CEO of TCA Cable TV in Tyler, Tex. He died in 1997 at age 71.

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria

$4.3 million to the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law to endow two faculty chairs in Native American law.

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

$4 million to Communities First to purchase the former Baker College campus and redevelop it into a mixed-use property that will offer space for social-service organizations, businesses, vocational and technical training, and apartments for residents of Flint Township, Mich.

AAPI Civic Engagement Fund

$3.6 million in grants for general operating support at 39 groups that advance racial justice and activism among Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the United States.

Pew Charitable Trusts

$3.5 million over five years to University City District’s West Philadelphia Skills Initiative to expand its work-force-training program for nearly 2,500 residents throughout Philadelphia.

Bader Philanthropies

$3 million over five years to the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Foundation to support the university’s Electa Quinney Institute for American Indian Education and its research on the culture and languages of Indigenous people in Wisconsin.

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

$2.8 million to the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund to advance work-force development for people at risk of homelessness as a solution to racial and economic inequality.

In addition, the foundation awarded a $2 million program-related investment to the REDF Impact Investing Fund.

John Templeton Foundation

$2.1 million to Boston College’s Lynch School of Education and Human Development for three separate projects in psychological science, character formation, and pre-college education.

The foundation also gave $1 million to the University of California at Irvine to expand its Anteater Virtues project, which promotes intellectual skills for students that develop open-mindedness, inquisitiveness, and the ability to detect misinformation.

Baszucki Brain Research Fund

$2 million to five research organizations to study the therapeutic effect of a carbohydrate-restricted ketogenic diet on people diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and major depressive disorder.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

$2 million to 25 news organizations through its Sustainable Publishing Solutions program to strengthen digital publishing in newsrooms, particularly those that are led by or serve communities of color.

J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation

$2 million challenge grant to MidAmerica Nazarene University to help build a new athletic stadium and make upgrades to its sports facilities.

Ally Charitable Foundation

$1.5 million over two years to 16 grassroots organizations with Black leaders in Charlotte, N.C., and Detroit, where the bank has its two headquarters.

Quantum Foundation

$1.4 million to 20 nonprofit groups based in Florida’s Palm Beach County.

The largest grant of $250,000 was awarded to Palm Beach State College to establish the Center of Excellence in Medical Simulation for students who are entering the health-care profession.

New Grant Opportunity

The Change Capital Fund is accepting proposals for grants to advance affordable housing, community facilities, and economic-development projects through nonprofit groups in New York City. This year, up to 10 organizations will receive grants of $150,000 per year over four years. Priority will go to organizations with leaders who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color and serve historically marginalized communities. Grantees will also receive consulting expertise and additional grant money through a designated technical-assistance fund. Proposals are due September 14.

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