Grants Roundup: $50 Million Offered for Artificial-Intelligence Solutions to Environment
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Advice
December 21, 2017 | Read Time: 2 minutes
Here are notable new grant awards and other grant news compiled by The Chronicle:
NEW GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
- Microsoft has committed $50 million over the next five years to expand AI for Earth, a grant-making program that aims to apply artificial-intelligence technology to solve the planet’s most pressing environmental problems. Since the program’s creation early in 2017, it has made grants to 35 universities, nongovernmental organizations, and other conservation charities and given them access to Microsoft Azure, its cloud-computing software. More information on how to apply can be found on AI for Earth’s website.
- Propel Capital has pledged $5 million in general-operating support grants through its Propel Democracy program. Small and midsize grassroots groups that are mobilizing voters in advance of the 2018 and 2020 federal elections are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to community-organizing groups working in areas with a high concentration of marginalized racial and ethnic groups. More information can be found on the Propel Capital website.
NEW GRANT AWARDS
Windgate Charitable Foundation
$40 million to the University of Arkansas to create the Windgate Art and Design District in south Fayetteville, Ark.
$10 million to Housing Trust Silicon Valley to encourage more tech companies, large employers, and philanthropists to develop creative solutions to reduce the cost of housing in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
$2.7 million to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation to expand early-childhood services for children with HIV/AIDS through the health system in Tanzania.
Joy in Childhood Foundation
$2.7 million to address childhood health and hunger; $1 million will go to Feeding America, and the remaining $1.7 million will be distributed to local communities. The foundation is supported by Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins.
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
$1.7 million to Behavioral Ideas Lab to expand its behavioral-economics approach to family planning and reproductive health.
Rasmuson Foundation
$1.7 million to the Smithsonian Institution to upgrade technology in the Elmer and Mary Louise Rasmuson Theater at the National Museum of the American Indian.
Barr Foundation
$1.1 million to ConnectEd: the California Center for College and Career to design college and career programs in underperforming high schools in Boston and Holyoke Public Schools.
Koret Foundation
$1 million to the San Francisco Symphony for its Music and Mentors program, connecting students within the San Francisco Unified School District with top music educators.
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