Grants Roundup: Citi Takes Jobs Program Global; Lilly Backs Vietnam Memorial Expansion

An American flag left in a seam in the black wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Lilly Endowment contributed $10 million to a campaign to build an education center at the memorial. An American flag left in a seam in the black wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Lilly Endowment contributed $10 million to a campaign to build an education center at the memorial.

February 22, 2017 | Read Time: 1 minute

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by The Chronicle:

Citi Foundation

$100 million over three years for a global expansion of its Pathways to Progress program, which helps young people find jobs, internships, and career training. Citi launched Pathways to Progress in 2014 with a $50 million commitment; the new money will ramp up the program in major U.S. cities and take it to 13 foreign cities, including Beijing, Mexico City, Mumbai, Seoul, and Warsaw.

Lilly Endowment

$10 million to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to build the Education Center at the Wall near the memorial on the National Mall in Washington. The fund is in the midst of a $130-million campaign for the center, which will house multimedia exhibits featuring first-person accounts of the Vietnam War and era.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

$3 million over three years to the North Mississippi Education Consortium at the University of Mississippi to train educators in effective pre-kindergarten teaching, using the latest research on early learning.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

$1 million to Detroit Creative Corridor Center to support efforts to bolster the city’s creative industries in ways that strengthen Detroit’s economy.

Black Hawk County Gaming Association

$1 million to Hawkeye Community College for a new adult learning center.

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