Joyce Foundation Commits $250 Million for Economic and Racial Equity in the Great Lakes Region

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Joyce Foundation

$250 million over five years to advance racial equity and economic mobility for young people living in the Great Lakes region. The foundation in Chicago has initially approved $15 million in grants toward these goals. Among its priorities in its new grant-making strategy is a reduction in gun violence, a major public health and safety threat to young people who live in the area.

Bloomberg Philanthropies

$150 million to Johns Hopkins University to endow the Vivien Thomas Scholars Initiative, which will partner with historically Black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions to help their students complete doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math.

Boeing

$50 million to Virginia Tech to build its new Innovation Campus in Alexandria, Va. The multiyear grant will cover student scholarships, recruit faculty and researchers, and back programs for students in kindergarten through 12th grade who are underrepresented in careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.

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Major Foundations

$50 million to establish the Care for All With Respect and Equity Fund, which will be housed at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and will make grants to groups working for paid leave, child care and early education, long-term services and support for older adults and people with disabilities, and high-quality jobs for all care workers.

The grant makers that have contributed to the fund are the Ford Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Schusterman Family Philanthropies, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Perigee Fund, Pivotal Ventures, and the Open Society Foundations.

Coca-Cola Foundation

$35 million in new grants in honor of the beverage company’s 135th anniversary. Of the total, $20 million will create a fund to support nonprofit groups that are working to stop the spread of Covid-19 through vaccine distribution, the purchase of personal protective equipment, and public-awareness campaigns. The remaining $15 million will be divided among local environmental and community organizations in the United States and Canada.

Mother Cabrini Health Foundation

$20 million in Coronavirus Emergency Support Grants to support 25 nonprofit organizations that address the ongoing health needs of residents of New York State as a direct result of the pandemic. The grants will back vaccine distribution, the purchase of personal protective equipment for health care and social-service workers, and emergency food and financial assistance to individuals and families in need, among other areas.

Walton Family Foundation

$15 million to the Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education to support the 1954 Project, which makes grants to Black leaders in education and bolsters economic and social mobility for Black students.

Southern Poverty Law Center

$11.3 million to 55 civic groups through its Vote Your Voice program to boost voter-outreach programs in the Deep South.

Google.org

$10 million commitment to bolster the psychological and physical safety of Americans of Asian descent. Cash grants have thus far been awarded to Asian Americans Advancing Justice, the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, Self Help for the Elderly, Asian Counseling and Referral Service, the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council, and the Asian American Federation, among other groups in the United States.

San Diego Foundation

$5 million commitment to nonprofit groups that will offer free afternoon enrichment programs this summer to students in the San Diego Unified School District.

Center for Disaster Philanthropy

$4.8 million to 10 recipients to continue their Covid-19 relief efforts. The grants include $1 million to Community Organized Relief Effort to expand access to vaccinations within marginalized communities that lack basic health services or are hotspots with a high positivity rate for the virus.

ZT Systems

$4 million pledge to the Englewood Health Foundation to support its planned outpatient center in Jersey City, N.J.

Bloomberg Philanthropies

$3 million to the Center for Science in the Public Interest to create partnerships that advance policies at the state and local levels to increase access to healthy food and nutrition education in restaurants, schools, grocery stores, and communities.

The center has so far issued $2.4 million in grants to 30 organizations from diverse communities in 23 states and Washington, D.C.

Comcast NBCUniversal

$2 million in grants to assist organizations that serve Asian communities in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The media company also pledged $10 million worth of media support to promote awareness of recent and historical racist violence against people of Asian descent.

UPS Foundation

$1 million commitment for emergency relief and technical support in delivering medical supplies to treat a surge of Covid-19 patients in India. The shipping company is working with Unicef, CARE, the Salvation Army, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, MAP, Medshare, Rotary International, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Sewa International, and other humanitarian organizations to send oxygen concentrators, ventilators, nebulizers, respiratory supplies, personal protective equipment, Covid-19 test kits, and antiviral medications to India.

Schmidt Family Foundation

$350,000 to RSF Social Finance to create the Racial Justice Collaborative, a new philanthropic fund that will provide investment capital to social enterprises owned or led by entrepreneurs who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color.

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