Intel Commits $100 Million to Boost Education in Semiconductor Manufacturing

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Emerson

$200 million over 10 years to address education inequities in the communities where the technology and engineering company operates. It will focus its grant making on early-childhood education and student services in marginalized communities, particularly near its St. Louis headquarters.

The first two grantees that have been announced are the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and the Opportunity Trust.

Intel

$100 million over 10 years to establish research and academic programs in semiconductor manufacturing at universities and community colleges. Half the pledge will be dedicated to higher-education institutions in Ohio, where the tech company plans to build two new chip factories over the next three years.

The remaining $50 million will be made available nationally to two- and four-year colleges; the National Science Foundation will match this portion of the commitment with another $50 million.

Blue Meridian Partners

$60 million commitment to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, United Negro College Fund, and Partnership for Education Advancement to back the HBCU Transformation Project.

This collaboration aims to bolster the financial health of historically Black colleges and universities and grow their endowments.

Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

$15 million to organizations that are providing humanitarian aid in Ukraine.

The recipients to date are Flexport.org, International Medical Corps, JDC, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, Samaritan’s Purse, and Save the Children.

Siemens Foundation and Northern Trust

$10 million to PeopleFund and the Disability Opportunity Fund to promote entrepreneurship and economic development among veterans, disabled people, and other underserved communities across the United States.

Truist Foundation

$10 million to Connect Humanity to remove systemic barriers to internet connectivity and create racial equity in access to the internet and economic opportunity for people from historically marginalized communities.

Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative

$5.3 million to 93 organizations to run summer programs for children and youths who come from low-income families in Baltimore.

Data.org

$5 million through its Epiverse program to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, and Pontifica Universidad Javeriana to collaborate in developing epidemiological software tools that will strengthen data analysis to reduce the spread of infectious disease worldwide.

Google.org

$5 million to match public donations through its campaign to support the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Unicef, and the World Food Program.

This challenge grant comes in addition to the $10 million that Google.org previously gave to the Polish Center for International Aid, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, and the Red Cross.

Ford Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

$3 million over two years to the Proteus Fund for its Disability and Philanthropy Forum, which will advise the philanthropic sector on how to best serve disabled people and amplify their perspectives.

UJA-Federation of New York

$2.3 million in additional emergency-relief grants to organizations that are assisting Jewish refugees from Ukraine.

Since February 24, the federation has made $8.1 million in grants to help Ukrainians affected by the conflict with Russia.

Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation

$2.1 million in Covid-19 relief grants to small arts organizations in Chicago that are already the foundation’s grantees as they recover from lost revenue during pandemic-related closures.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

$1.1 million to two organizations that are developing public spaces within cities.

The Underline received $800,000 to expand wireless internet access along the entirety of its 10-mile park and trail system beneath the Miami Metrorail. Another $250,000 is going to the High Line Network, which shares ideas for transforming underused city spaces and turning them into public parks.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

$1 million to 10 grantees to engage families in marginalized communities and strengthen equitable learning for all students.

The grant maker also gave $400,000 to the Columbia University Center for Public Research and Leadership to help the grant recipients share their program outcomes and learn from one another.

Kresge Foundation

$1 million to eight organizations in the Equitable Food Oriented Development Collaborative to create projects that use food and agriculture to create economic opportunities and healthy neighborhoods, particularly within communities of color.

Woodward Hines Education Foundation

$1 million over four years to the Public Education Forum for its efforts to help at least 55 percent of young adults in Mississippi attain associate’s or bachelor’s degrees, high-quality certificates, or industry certifications.

New Grant Opportunities

The T-Mobile Foundation and Ashoka are accepting applications for grants through the 2022 Changemaker Challenge to support young social entrepreneurs with bold ideas. Fifteen youths between the ages of 13 and 18 living in the United States and Puerto Rico will receive grants up to $15,000 toward projects in digital empowerment, racial equity, and conservation. Winners will also receive travel expenses to participate in the three-day Changemaker Lab later this year. Applications are due March 31.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has issued a call for concepts from institutions of higher learning for curricular projects or research in three social-justice categories. Grants ranging from $250,000 to $500,000 over up to three years will support projects in civic engagement and voting rights, race and racialization in the United States, or social justice and the literary imagination. Applicants should register before April 20, with applications due May 16.

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