Grants Roundup: $48 Million From Neilsen Foundation for New Hospital at University of Utah

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation gave nearly $48 million for a new rehabilitation hospital at the University of Utah. University of Utah

November 8, 2017 | Read Time: 2 minutes

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by The Chronicle:

Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

$47.5 million for a new rehabilitation hospital at the University of Utah, which will be named after Mr. Neilsen, who died in 2006.

William Davidson Foundation

$15 million to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, with $10 million for a concert series and $5 million as a challenge grant for its endowment.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

$10 million to Shelter the Homeless to build additional housing for poor individuals and families in the Salt Lake Valley.

Lilly Endowment

$10 million each to the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army to aid hurricane-recovery efforts for residents across Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, and U.S. territories in the Caribbean. The foundation also gave related grants of $5 million each to United Way Worldwide and United Way of Greater Houston.

Northwestern Mutual and Aurora Health Care

The companies are giving $5 million each to InvestMKE, a new effort to offer funding, resources, and mentoring services to technology and health start-ups in Milwaukee.

Aetna Foundation

More than $2 million in grants to 25 nonprofits across the United States as part of its Cultivating Healthy Communities program.

W.M. Keck Foundation

$1.2 million to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to build a deep-sea instrument to study the deepest part of the ocean.

Country Music Association Foundation

$1 million to the Houston Independent School District for music education, support, and resources, including $50,000 worth of instruments and $200,000 for hurricane-recovery efforts.

New Grant Opportunity

The Citi Foundation is committing an additional $20 million to grant making through its Community Progress Makers Fund. Forty unrestricted grants of up to $500,000 each over two years will be awarded to community-based organizations working to address economic challenges for low-income urban residents in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Washington, D.C. The deadline to apply is December 18.

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About the Author

M.J. Prest

Senior Editor, Solutions

M.J. Prest is senior editor for solutions at the Chronicle of Philanthropy, where she highlights how nonprofit leaders navigate and overcome major challenges. She has covered stories on big gifts, grant making, and executive moves for the Chronicle since 2004. Her work has also appeared in the Washington Post, Slate.com, and the Huffington Post, and she wrote the young-adult novel Immersion. M.J. graduated from Williams College and after living in many different places, she settled in New England with her husband, two kids, and two rescue dogs.