Grants Roundup: Barr Foundation Awards $30 Million for the Arts in Mass.

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Barr Foundation

$30 million over six years to 15 arts organizations in Massachusetts for capacity building.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

$14 million to Chicago Public Schools and Leap Innovations to bring personalized learning programs to more Chicago schools.

Hastings Foundation

$12.5 million to the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine for the Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research, which conducts research on diagnosing, treating, and preventing advanced lung disease.

Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

$5 million to A Glimmer of Hope to improve access to food, health care, and education for 86,000 people in rural Ethiopia.

Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation

$4.7 million to the University of California at San Diego for research on the use of cannabidiol, a nonpsychedelic chemical compound found in marijuana, as a treatment for autism.

Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust

$3.5 million to the Fenimore Art Museum to endow a curatorial position and special projects related to the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art and to augment the museum’s acquisition fund.

Bloomberg Philanthropies

$3.25 million to Delaware Pathways to expand access to job training, high-school completion and college-credit programs, and economic opportunities for Delaware students.

Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

$3 million to Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis to bolster a scholarship fund for students who have young children; physical disabilities; or a history of abuse, neglect, or growing up in foster care.

Pussycat Foundation

$1 million to the College of Saint Rose to fund a program to support women leaders on campus, as part of which the college will join the foundation-supported Bold Women’s Leadership Network.

New Grant Opportunity

The William T. Grant Scholars Program is accepting applications from early-career researchers for five-year grants worth up to $350,000 each. Junior researchers must be working in one of the foundation’s two mission areas, reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence to benefit young people. Between four and six recipients are chosen each year. Mentor and reference letters must be submitted by June 27, and applications are due July 5.

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