Grants Roundup: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Drums Up $10 Million

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Melinda Gates Foundation

$70.9 million partial matching grant to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria to augment the British government’s $142 million pledge for research and development efforts to end malaria.

KeyBank Foundation

$10 million to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to increase visitor attendance.

John William Pope Foundation

$10 million to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to support cancer research, multidisciplinary programs, athletics, and services for North Carolina residents.

Citi Foundation

$5 million to the Financing Sustainable Cities Initiative — a partnership between the World Resources Institute’s Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group — to invest in sustainable urban solutions.

Alexander and Eva Nemeth Foundation

$5 million to the Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns for its Neonatal Research Institute and a clinic to provide follow-up care for babies who spent time in the hospital’s neonatal intensive-care unit.

Jim Joseph Foundation

$3.5 million to the Wexner Foundation for the Wexner Field Fellowship, which offers leadership education, professional coaching, and professional mentoring to 15 employees a year at Jewish community organizations.

Community Foundation of Broward

$3 million to Broward County Public Schools for a new program to address the social, emotional, and academic needs of middle-school students who are isolated, bullied, or otherwise struggling.

NBCUniversal Foundation

$2.5 million divided among 62 charities through its Project Innovation program, which makes grants to organizations that use technology to develop innovative solutions to problems facing the communities they work in.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

$2.3 million over five years to the City University of New York’s Graduate Center to strengthen doctoral education in the humanities.

New Grant Opportunity

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation will distribute $24.3 million in grants over five years to Chicago-area arts and culture organizations through the Prince Charitable Trusts and the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.

Groups with annual budgets of $500,000 to $2 million can apply through the Prince Charitable Trusts. The deadline is May 2. Groups with annual budgets of $150,000 to $500,000 can apply through the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. The deadline is May 1.

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