UCLA Gets $20 Million for a Renovation and More (Grants Roundup)

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

The University of California at Los Angeles is getting $20 million, in part to renovate an outpatient care center in Los Angeles. UCLA

April 24, 2019 | Read Time: 2 minutes

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Vail Health

$60 million over 10 years to a consortium of governmental and nonprofit organizations in Eagle County, Colo., to transform behavioral-health services in the area, with a focus on reducing the suicide rate among teenagers in the Eagle River Valley.

Prudential Financial

$35 million over six years for its program to improve access to education, training, and jobs for young people ages 15 to 29 worldwide. The financial company is committing an additional $145 million in loans and investments through the program.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

$24.7 million to the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to conduct clinical trials and related studies in Africa and Oceania that could help eliminate two diseases, lymphatic filariasis and river blindness, that pose a great public-health threat in those regions.

W.M. Keck Foundation

$20 million to the University of California at Los Angeles to fund competitive biomedical-research grants and renovate the UCLA Medical Plaza, an outpatient care center in Los Angeles.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

$6.9 million to the University of California at Berkeley and the University of California at San Diego to help underrepresented students pursue careers in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering.

Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation

$5 million to the Animal Medical Center for its postgraduate veterinary-education program.

Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

$3 million to Goodwill Hawaii to build its new career and learning center in Honolulu.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

$1.5 million to Tufts University to hire faculty members in the newly established Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora, an interdisciplinary department in the School of Arts and Sciences.

Altria Group

$1 million to Catalyst to expand its mentoring program that matches qualified women boardroom candidates, particularly women of color, with experienced CEOs and corporate board chairs.

HSBC Bank USA

$1 million to Virtual Enterprises International to expand its career-readiness and youth-entrepreneurship program to 30,000 students across the United States.

New Grant Opportunity

The Pritzker Traubert Foundation is accepting nominations for the Chicago Prize, which will create and strengthen economic development and community-building opportunities that improve the well-being of city residents. Community-based nonprofit organization in Chicago’s South or West Side are eligible to apply. Four finalists will each receive a $100,000 planning grant for their projects, and one applicant will go on to receive the $10 million award. Organizations must register by July 16, and applications are due August 13.

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

The Chronicle of Philanthropy subscribers also have full access to GrantStation’s searchable database of grant opportunities. For more information, visit our grants page.

About the Author

M.J. Prest

Senior Editor, Solutions

M.J. Prest is senior editor for solutions at the Chronicle of Philanthropy, where she highlights how nonprofit leaders navigate and overcome major challenges. She has covered stories on big gifts, grant making, and executive moves for the Chronicle since 2004. Her work has also appeared in the Washington Post, Slate.com, and the Huffington Post, and she wrote the young-adult novel Immersion. M.J. graduated from Williams College and after living in many different places, she settled in New England with her husband, two kids, and two rescue dogs.