PetSmart Charities Commits $100 Million to Expand Access to Veterinary Care

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Fidelity Investments

$250 million commitment to its Invest in My Education program, which will expand access to higher education for up to 50,000 Black, Latino, and historically marginalized students.

Read more about this new program in the Chronicle.

Mother Cabrini Health Foundation

$165 million to more than 538 organizations and programs throughout New York to address health-related needs in the state this year.

PetSmart Charities

$100 million over five years to help pet owners in need overcome barriers to accessing veterinary care and develop a pipeline of veterinarians and other animal-care professionals.

The commitment will help create new low-cost and nonprofit clinics, work with existing veterinary providers to offer telehealth care and payment plans for clients, award scholarships to veterinary students, and test community-based models of pet care.

USAA

$20 million to nearly 50 nonprofit organizations that advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in education and employment programs.

Wells Fargo

$20 million commitment to its Invest Native program, which aims to advance economic opportunities in Native American communities in Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

It will specifically address housing, small business, financial health, and sustainability through grants to organizations with American Indian and Alaska Native leaders.

F.M. Kirby Foundation

$14.4 million to 249 organizations that foster self-reliance and create strong communities in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.

Weingart Foundation

$13.5 million to 54 organizations that address systemic racism, racial equity, and building power in historically marginalized communities.

Of the total, $8.2 million provides unrestricted support to grantees, which predominantly have leaders who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

$10 million to Particles for Humanity for a program to fortify wheat flour with vitamin A and address micronutrient deficiency, particularly among young children in poorer countries in Africa and Asia.

Airbnb Community Fund

$6 million to at least 24 environmental organizations for sustainability and conservation programs in 19 countries.

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

$5 million to 15 grantees through its new Mental Health and Well-Being program.

The largest grant in this first round of giving was $500,000 to the Carter Center to support its mental-health program in Georgia.

Mark Foundation for Cancer Research

$4.5 million to six cancer-research projects led by early-career investigators through its Emerging Leader Awards.

Horizon Foundation

$2.1 million across 55 community organizations that work to improve health and wellness for people who live or work in Howard County, Md.

Charles E. Kaufman Foundation

$2 million to back nine interdisciplinary scientific research projects at Pennsylvania universities.

Liquid I.V.

$1.3 million to MAP International, the International Rescue Committee, and the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge at the University of California at Los Angeles for projects to increase worldwide access to clean water.

Liquid I.V. is a brand of electrolyte drink mixes owned by Unilever.

Houston Endowment

$1 million to Justicia Lab to build a digital platform that will offer immigrants help to complete necessary immigration forms, apply for naturalization, and access legal-aid services.

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

$1 million to the Urban Land Institute Foundation to endow the A. Eugene Kohn/KPF Fellowship, which will advance research on low-carbon design and support other programs within the institute’s Randall Lewis Center for Sustainability in Real Estate.

Gene Kohn, who co-founded the architecture firm in 1976, has served as a trustee of the land-use organization for more than 40 years.

New Grant Opportunity

The CareSource Foundation is accepting applications for grants to benefit community-based organizations and nonprofit groups in northwest Florida that serve children and youth in medically complex care. The grant competition will award a total of $400,000 to Florida charities; each can apply for up to $50,000. Applications are due March 29.

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

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