Grants Roundup: Wilson Foundation Commits $10 Million for Skate Parks
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Advice
March 7, 2018 | Read Time: 2 minutes
Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
Intermountain Healthcare
$15 million to the University of Utah for a new medical-education building at the university’s hospital.
Rupert Dunklau Foundation
$10 million to Concordia University, Nebraska for a new center for science, math, and business. The facility will be named for Mr. Dunklau, a retired executive at Omaha manufacturing company Valmont Industries, who died in 2016.
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation
Up to $10 million to Built to Play, a new program to build skate parks, playgrounds, and other recreational spaces for young people in Detroit and Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y.
MetLife Foundation
$5.4 million to Accion for its partnership to develop technological enhancements for personal-finance education in Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.
Louis Feil Charitable Lead Annuity Trust
$1.5 million to the South Nassau Communities Hospital to relocate the hospital’s cancer services and departments to a new health center in Oceanside, N.Y.
Marguerite Casey Foundation
$1.5 million over two years to PICO National Network for several of its programs, including a nonpartisan voter-engagement project to reach 500,000 new or infrequent voters in 19 states with the goal of increasing civic participation.
Walt Disney Company
$1 million to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for its science, technology, engineering, and math programs, in honor of the success of the Marvel Comics movie Black Panther, which Disney is distributing.
New Grant Opportunities
The Bush Foundation is accepting applications for its Bush Prize for Community Innovation, which recognizes nonprofits, schools, and government agencies in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota that are successfully addressing community needs. Charities that win will receive a flexible grant of 25 percent of their budget for the previous fiscal -year, up to $500,000. In 2017, seven charities won the award. Nominations are due April 12.
The financial-services company TIAA has dedicated $1 million to its Difference Maker awards program, which will honor 100 nonprofit employees this year for their positive impact on the world. Each winner will receive $10,000 for his or her organization. Nominations may be submitted online through June 12.
The Vilcek Foundation is awarding its annual Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in the fields of biomedical science and culinary arts. Three winners in each field will receive unrestricted cash prizes of $50,000. Applicants must be younger than 38 years old as of December 31, 2018. The application deadline is June 11.
Send grant announcements to grants.editor@philanthropy.com.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy subscribers also have full access to GrantStation’s searchable database of grant opportunities. For more information, visit our grants page.
