Mastercard Foundation Grants $276 Million to Carnegie Mellon for Africa Programs

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Mastercard Foundation

$275.7 million to Carnegie Mellon University to advance economic development and expand access to education for 10,000 young people from disadvantaged communities in Africa. The effort will focus on young women, youths with disabilities, and refugees.

Of the total, $175 million will create an endowment to support advanced engineering and technology education at Carnegie Mellon University-Africa, in Kigali, Rwanda. It also includes $100.7 million to establish CMU-Africa’s Center for the Inclusive Digital Transformation of Africa.

Citi Foundation

$50 million to 12 nonprofit organizations that serve low-income people and communities of color through its Community Finance Innovation Fund.

The grants aim to enhance financial inclusion within communities across the United States that felt the biggest financial fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Elevance Health Foundation

$22.8 million in grants for programs that help families learn about nutrition and health. The program includes education on using healthy food to prevent or manage chronic conditions, improving access to food, and developing long-term solutions for food security.

Merck Foundation

$20 million over five years to create the Alliance for Equity in Cancer Care, which will make grants to nonprofit health care organizations that expand access to cancer care for patients who live in marginalized communities.

Texas Dow Employees Credit Union

$20 million to the University of Houston toward its $150 million capital campaign to benefit its athletics program and maintain the naming rights of the TDECU Stadium through 2034.

Windgate Foundation

$18.7 million to the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith to enhance its nursing and visual-arts programs.

The grant is designated to increase the number of nursing graduates and expand the Windgate Art and Design building and its programs.

John A. Hartford Foundation

$17.1 million across seven grants to strengthen organizations that aid older adults and their family caregivers.

The largest commitment, of $7.6 million, went to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to continue its Age-Friendly Health Systems program, which advocates for state and federal regulations, payment mechanisms, and policies that enhance care for older adults.

Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation

$8 million to organizations that are working in affordable housing, human services, and environmental sustainability.

The grants include $1 million to the Safe Children Coalition to build a new shelter for homeless, runaway, abused, or abandoned youths.

Omidyar Network

$8 million over four years to the Tech We Want, its new grant-making portfolio that will strengthen equity in technology and develop the next generation of leaders and companies.

Bohemian Foundation

$5 million to Colorado State University to bolster its women’s athletics programs.

National Football League

$5.5 million to the Bob Woodruff Foundation to continue its work within the NFL Salute to Service program, which partners with nonprofit groups that promote healthy lifestyles and community engagement among military veterans.

William Penn Foundation

$2.8 million over three years to eight organizations that aid Philadelphia families where grandparents are raising their young grandchildren.

Lenfest Foundation

$1 million to Philadelphia Futures and Steppingstone Scholars to support a merger between the two education nonprofits this fall.

Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation

$1 million to LifeFlight Maine to endow a fund that will support the purchase and maintenance of specialized medical equipment used on its aircraft and ground vehicles.

New Grant Opportunity

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is accepting nominations for its 2023 Humanitarian Prize, which awards a $2.5 million unrestricted grant to one nonprofit group annually that has made extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering. Only 501(c)(3) organizations or the international equivalent may be nominated; individuals are not eligible for the prize. Nominations are due September 28.

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