Grants Roundup: Tesla Promises $37.5 Million to STEM Programs in Nevada

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Money from the Tesla grant will go to several organizations, including Sierra Nevada Journeys. Here, fifth graders from Reno’s Spanish Springs Elementary School participate in one of the group’s programs at a ranch outside the city. Sierra Nevada Journeys

July 25, 2018 | Read Time: 2 minutes

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Tesla

$37.5 million over five years to Nevada’s Board of Education to expand access to science, technology, engineering, and math education at K-12 schools in Nevada. The car manufacturer and engineering company has already paid $1.5 million on the pledge.

Lions Clubs International Foundation

$8.8 million pledge to the Special Olympics to continue and expand its support programs for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Bertarelli Foundation

$6.4 million to Harvard Medical School for research projects focused on understanding and treating sensory disorders and to continue an international fellowship program.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

$4 million to the Stanford Libraries for a collaborative research program to improve the way library data appears in online searches and library catalogs.

California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

$3.7 million to City of Hope for a clinical trial using stem cells to treat patients with glioblastoma, a deadly type of brain cancer, and help them better tolerate the side effects of chemotherapy.

Flamboyan Foundation

$2 million to the Theater of the University of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Museum of Art through the Flamboyan Arts Fund. Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of Broadway’s smash hit Hamilton, helped create this grant-making fund to rebuild artistic organizations that suffered losses in last year’s Hurricane Maria. Each group has received $1 million.

Duke Endowment

$1.8 million to the Carolinas HealthCare Foundation for population health and to improve community access to cardiac hospital care and pediatric dental services.

The Links Foundation

$1 million to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to study sickle-cell disease.

Irvine Foundation

$1 million to four California organizations working to reunite and provide legal aid to immigrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

New Grant Opportunities

The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation will award grants to nonprofit theater organizations in Alaska, California, Oregon, and Washington that are planning performances relevant to current social issues. Eligible arts groups must have been active for at least two years and have had annual revenue of $750,000 or more during that time. The award may be used to cover artistic, production, or overhead expenses for one production occurring from November 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019. Initial proposals are due August 6.

Send grant announcements to grants.editor@philanthropy.com.

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M.J. Prest

Senior Editor, Solutions

M.J. Prest is senior editor for solutions at the Chronicle of Philanthropy, where she highlights how nonprofit leaders navigate and overcome major challenges. She has covered stories on big gifts, grant making, and executive moves for the Chronicle since 2004. Her work has also appeared in the Washington Post, Slate.com, and the Huffington Post, and she wrote the young-adult novel Immersion. M.J. graduated from Williams College and after living in many different places, she settled in New England with her husband, two kids, and two rescue dogs.