U. of Chicago Receives $75 Million for the AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

AbbVie Foundation

$75 million to the University of Chicago to back the construction of a new facility that will increase equity in the treatment and study of cancer.

The building, which will be named the AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion, is expected to open in 2027.

MassMutual Foundation

$25 million over five years to the Opportunity Finance Network to establish the CDFI Innovation Initiative, which aims to expand the reach of nonprofit community development financial institutions.

Moody Foundation and the Moody Medical Research Institute

$25 million to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to expand neuroscience research through its Brain Health Institute, which will be renamed the Moody Brain Health Institute in honor of the grant.

Lilly Endowment

$15 million to the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army for their disaster-relief efforts, now and in the future.

The Salvation Army received $10 million, and the American Red Cross was granted $5 million.

The Lilly Endowment is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.

New York Community Trust

$11.5 million to 65 nonprofits to advance health, economic development, equity in education, and social services in New York.

Giving Green Fund

$11 million through its Growth Grants and Ecosystem Grants programs to 26 climate organizations worldwide that are working to lower emissions of greenhouse gasses.

Sherman Fairchild Foundation

$8 million commitment to New 42, which operates the New Victory Theater and New 42 Studios.

Of the total, $5 million will create an endowment for the arts organization, and $3 million over four years is earmarked for general operating support.

Waverley Street Foundation

$7 million to the Earth Species Project to develop artificial intelligence that can discern how elephants, whales, marmosets, birds, and other animals communicate.

Ball Brothers Foundation

$5 million to 36 organizations across east central Indiana to strengthen arts and culture, education, the environment, health and human services, and community development in the region.

Gilead Foundation

$5 million through its Healthcare Education, Access, Leadership Initiative to 20 organizations that are working to increase the number of diverse, culturally-competent healthcare professionals across the San Francisco Bay Area.

Helmsley Charitable Trust

$4 million over three years to the Collaborative on Housing for Health, in partnership with Convergent Impact, to expand services for residents of New York who have complex health and social needs and are at risk of homelessness.

Ford Foundation

$1.5 million in emergency grants to community nonprofits and small businesses across the Southeast for recovery efforts following Hurricanes Helene and Milton, particularly efforts that serve low-income people with disabilities and seniors.

The Ford Foundation is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.

Mellon Foundation

$1.25 million to New Music USA for its Next Jazz Legacy program, in collaboration with the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice.

Americares

$1 million to 28 nonprofit organizations that are serving survivors of Hurricane Helene in five states.

The grants, which range from $20,000 to $150,000 each, will support operations, repair storm damage, replace damaged medicine and medical equipment, purchase generators, and conduct outreach to their communities.

Foundation for the National Institutes of Health

$1 million to endow the Paul-Gallin Trailblazer Prize for Physician-Scientists, an annual award given to a physician to recognize research that improves patient care.

New Grant Opportunity

The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation is accepting applications for grants through its new Nursing Initiative, which aims to strengthen nursing at safety-net hospitals across New York State that serve a high percentage of low-income, Medicaid-eligible patients. Nonprofit hospitals can receive up to $5 million each to pursue accreditation through the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program or the Pathway to Excellence Program, and establish or expand virtual nursing and nurse-residency programs. Proposals are due December 4.

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