JPMorgan Chase Pledges $75 Million to Help Young People Enter Lucrative Careers (Grants Roundup)

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

JPMorgan Chase is giving $75 million to New Skills at Work, a job-training program for young people from underrepresented groups that develops policy recommendations and gives them access to higher education and work experience in high-earning careers. Kim Cook/AP Images for JPMorgan Chase & Co.

February 26, 2020 | Read Time: 2 minutes

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

JPMorgan Chase

$75 million over five years to New Skills at Work, its job-training program for young people from underrepresented groups that develops policy recommendations and gives them access to higher education and work experience in high-earning careers.

Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation

$38 million to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to establish a medical hub for research and programs to improve health in the southernmost part of Texas.

Acrisure

$15 million to Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital to establish the Acrisure Center for Innovation in Children’s Health, which will develop new therapies and care programs for pediatric caregivers, doctors, and physician-scientists.

A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation

$15 million to the Penn State College of Engineering to endow the A. James Clark Scholars Program, which will provide scholarships to high-achieving engineering students with financial need.

Genentech Foundation

$10.5 million to San Francisco State University for job-training programs to diversify the work force in life-science careers.

Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation

$5 million over three years to the U.S. Soccer Foundation to enhance its United for Girls program by creating 15 mini soccer pitches and recruit new women’s soccer coaches and young players in low-income communities.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

$2.5 million over two years to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities to improve student-success outcomes across its network of 400 public colleges, universities, and systems.

Astellas Global Health Foundation

$1.4 million over three years to the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare, in partnership with the Indiana University Center for Global Health, to provide access to mental-health programs to 400,000 people in western Kenya.

New Grant Opportunity

The American Psychological Foundation is accepting proposals for funding from the Esther Katz Rosen Precollege Psychology Grant Program. Eligible applicants include high schools and nonprofit organizations that prepare high-school students, particularly those in gifted and talented programs, for advanced studies and careers in psychology. Grants are worth up to $15,000 each. Applications are due March 15.

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

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About the Author

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.