Grants Roundup: $64 Million From Bloomberg for Clean-Energy Programs

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by The Chronicle:

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

$500 million over 10 years to create Vertex Foundation, to help people with cystic fibrosis, and to support education programs and health and wellness efforts for youths.

Bloomberg Philanthropies

$64 million to support the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign and other organizations working to advance the clean-energy market.

Schmidt Family Foundation

$25 million to establish the Schmidt Science Fellows program.

Kind Foundation

$20 million for its Empatico program, a video-conferencing and digital learning platform to connect elementary schoolchildren around the world.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

$11.3 million to eight counties across the country as part of the foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge, a national program to reduce incarceration.

Lilly Endowment

$5 million to the United Way of Greater Houston Relief Fund for hurricane-relief efforts.

Stephenson Family Foundation

$5 million to the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands for hurricane-relief efforts

Amgen Foundation

$3 million to Khan Academy to develop new biology lessons.

New Grant Opportunities

• The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation is offering nearly $1 million to 10 organizations working to help improve cardiovascular health and is also announcing the availability of additional grants in 2018.
• Starbucks Foundation’s Upstanders Challenge will award 25 grants of $25,000 each to eligible U.S. nonprofits that are creating positive change within their communities.

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