Grants Roundup: Google.org Commits $11.5 Million for Criminal-Justice Reform
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
March 1, 2017 | Read Time: 1 minute
Here are notable new grant awards compiled by The Chronicle:
Wyss Foundation
Up to $65 million to African Parks, a conservation organization headquartered in South Africa, to support four existing parks in Rwanda and Malawi and expand the nonprofit’s work to new protected areas in other countries.
Google.org
$11.5 million to 10 nonprofits working to advance racial justice in policing and penal systems. Recipients include the Center for Policing Equity, Measures for Justice, and the W. Haywood Burns Institute.
IKEA Foundation
$2 million to Doctors Without Borders and $500,000 to Save the Children to support efforts to protect children and families in Yemen.
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
$1.5 million to Yad Sarah, an Israeli volunteer organization, to expand projects that provide health care in Israel.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
$1.5 million over five years to support Georgetown University’s efforts to study and address its history regarding slavery. The university plans to establish a center for racial justice, hire new faculty members, and create graduate fellowships.
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