Los Angeles Fund Awards $36.1 Million to Revive Cultural Groups; Novartis Advances Black Leaders in Health

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

$80 million through its Equitable Recovery fund, which makes grants to advance racial and ethnic justice in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.

The foundation made 37 grants totaling $36 million toward racial-justice field support, 15 grants worth a total of $16 million for the self-determination of Indigenous people, and $22 million across 35 grants for public health and Covid-19 mitigation. It also granted $5 million to the Urban Institute to coordinate the Equitable Housing Demonstration Project.

Read more about the MacArthur fund in the Chronicle.

Los Angeles Arts Recovery Fund

$36.1 million to help 90 community-based arts groups in Los Angeles recover from financial losses during the pandemic’s shutdowns. Each group received between $5,000 and $2 million over two to three years, and 71 percent of the grantees were founded or are led by people of color.

The fund began as a project of the J. Paul Getty Trust and is administered by the California Community Foundation.

Novartis and the Novartis U.S. Foundation

$33.7 million over 10 years to Coursera, the National Medical Association, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Morehouse School of Medicine, and 26 historically Black colleges, universities, and medical schools for programs that train more Black leaders in health, science, technology, and business in order to improve the health of people of color.

Citi Foundation

$25 million to 50 nonprofit organizations that provide advice and other management help to small businesses owned by people of color. Each nonprofit group has received $500,000 in unrestricted grant funding.

Johnson Controls

$15 million over five years to support community colleges across the United States and expand skilled-trades education in the building industry. The company will start by giving $1 million to 10 community colleges for the 2021-22 school year.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

$15 million to the University of California for the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, which aims to recruit more faculty members whose research and teaching focus on diversity and equity in the humanities and social sciences.

Rockefeller Foundation

$13.5 million toward efforts to counter inaccurate health information on social media and strengthen Covid-19 response efforts in the United States as well as in Africa, India, and Latin America.

Kohl’s

$5 million to the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to expand Kohl’s Healthy at Home, its family health and wellness program that partners with schools and community organizations to advance health equity by helping families cultivate a healthy lifestyle.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

$4 million to three organizations to study and make policy recommendations about social media and other online technology platforms to fight the spread of misinformation. The grants include $2 million to the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, $1 million to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, and $1 million to the Lincoln Network.

Pew Charitable Trusts

$3.5 million to four organizations in the Philadelphia area that support equitable health and education outcomes. The grants include $2 million over four years to the Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance and $1 million to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia PolicyLab.

Mazon: a Jewish Response to Hunger

$2.5 million to organizations in the United States and Israel to address persistent food insecurity exacerbated by pandemic-related shutdowns.

Goya Foods

$2 million pledge to combat child trafficking and promote the action movie Sound of Freedom, a biopic about Tim Ballard, who is the founder of the nonprofit group Operation Underground Railroad and an appointee to the White House Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking under former President Donald Trump.

The food company will also use the pledge to establish Goya Cares, its new philanthropic entity.

Getty Foundation

$1.6 million to 19 arts organizations worldwide through its Paper Project program to back professional development, exhibitions, publications, and digital projects to showcase prints and drawings.

Liberty Mutual Insurance

$1.5 million to nine Boston-area nonprofit groups that are combating learning loss and expanding mental-health services in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ploughshares Fund

$1.2 million to 16 organizations that are working to eliminate nuclear weapons, prevent conflict between nuclear powers, and promote equity and diversity in the field of nuclear policy.

United Way of Greater Greensboro

$1 million to five organizations in Greensboro, N.C., to advance local housing opportunities for families living in poverty. The grants are funding from the $10 million gift the group received in December from MacKenzie Scott, the award-winning novelist and former wife of billionaire Jeff Bezos.

New Grant Opportunities

The Center for Nonprofit Advancement is requesting nominations for its Excellence in Chief Executive Leadership Award, which recognizes exceptional nonprofit chief executives in the Washington area. Nominees must have held the top salaried executive position for at least three years at a nonprofit group with an annual budget under $10 million in Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia. Nominations are due August 6.

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is seeking proposals for research designed to stop the spread of disinformation and targeted online manipulation of people of color. Eligible recipients include research universities (particularly historically Black colleges and universities and Hispanic- and AAPI-serving institutions), policy centers, and journalism and civil society organizations within the United States. Grants are worth up to $175,000 each, and a total of $1.5 million will be awarded. Proposals are due September 15.

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