PNC Bank Adds $150 Million to Preschool Program (Grants Roundup)

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

PNC Financial Services Group

$150 million pledge to PNC Grow Up Great, its program to expand access to high-quality early learning for young children in 40 communities. Including this commitment, the bank has given the preschool program $500 million since its creation 15 years ago.

Starr Foundation

$50 million to the Tri-Institutional Stem Cell Initiative, a collaboration between Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Rockefeller University, and Weill Cornell Medicine that will enhance stem-cell research at the three biomedical-research institutions. The Starr Foundation established this consortium in 2005 with a $50 million endowment and gave it another $50 million grant in 2012.

Rockefeller Foundation

$30 million to the Adrienne Arsht Center for Resilience at the Atlantic Council for its work to build climate resiliency at the city, community, and individual level. The grant comes as the foundation winds down its 100 Resilient Cities program.

BB&T and SunTrust

$10 million to the Foundation for the Carolinas for the Charlotte Housing Opportunity Investment Fund. BB&T contributed $5 million, and SunTrust and the SunTrust Foundation made a combined gift of $5 million to increase the availability of affordable housing in Mecklenburg County, N.C.

Lilly Endowment

$9 million to the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis for a paleontological excavation of a fossil-rich section of land in northern Wyoming.

John Templeton Foundation

$5.3 million to Chapman University for a four-year study that will use brain scans to determine the basis of free will and decision making, conducted by an international team of neuroscientists and philosophers. The research is supported by an additional $1.7 million grant from the Fetzer Institute.

Kohl’s

$5 million over four years to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin to improve mental-health services for local children and their families.

Harry T. Mangurian Jr. Foundation

$3 million to Florida Atlantic University to expand the scope of neuroscience research through the Dementia Prevention Initiative at the Schmidt College of Medicine.

Anderson Family Foundation

$1.5 million to Junior Achievement of Southern California for its fundraising campaign to expand its programs that teach life skills to students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Kresge Foundation

$1.4 million to the Michigan College Access Network for its efforts to help students in Michigan prepare for and complete college education.

New Grant Opportunities

The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation is seeking proposals for grants through two programs: its 2019 Hillman Emergent Innovation Program and the Hillman Serious Illness and End of Life Emergent Innovation Program. The foundation will award grants worth $50,000 each to projects that address unmet nursing needs for vulnerable populations including racial and ethnic minorities, economically disadvantaged people, the LGBTQ community, homeless people, and rural areas. Applications are due April 29.

The AARP Foundation is accepting proposals for grants that will support direct-service projects to help low-income older adults improve their social connectedness and food security. Grants are worth between $50,000 and $250,000 per year, over up to three years. Applications are due May 3.

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