Salesforce Awards $20 Million to U.S. Education Groups
Also, Press Forward will give $500 million to strengthen local news organizations, and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded its 2023 Humanitarian Prize to the One Acre Fund.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Southern Methodist U. Gets $30 Million for Data Science and Engineering
Also, the Open Society Foundations is giving $107 million to establish the Roma Foundation for Europe, and Unicef received $10 million from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to strengthen maternal and infant health care in the Central African Republic, Haiti, Mali, and Mozambique.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Hawaii Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund Receives Nearly $60 Million in Donations
Also, the Gray Foundation has awarded $25 million for breast-cancer research at five hospitals and universities, and the Toyota USA Foundation has committed up to $23.5 million for STEM programs at schools in Alabama, Indiana, and Kentucky.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Arkansas Children’s Northwest Receives $25 Million for Endowment and Expansion
Also, the T. Boone Pickens Foundation has given $20 million to Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Wilmer Eye Institute, and the NBA Foundation awarded $13.5 million to 40 organizations to advance equity in historically marginalized communities.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Wells Fargo Commits Up to $60 Million for Re-Entry Programs for Former Prisoners
Also, the Lustgarten Foundation gave $23 million for pancreatic-cancer research, and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation gave $1 million to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Shubert Foundation Awards $37.9 Million in Unrestricted Grants to Performing-Arts Groups
Also, the Houston Endowment gave $15 million to four charities that aim to reduce homelessness, and the new Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument has received $3 million from the Mellon Foundation and Fund II Foundation.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Ballmer Group Gives $24 Million to Boys & Girls Clubs of America for Los Angeles County Programs
Also, the Peterson Center on Healthcare creates a $50 million institute to improve health outcomes, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum received $25 million toward its capital campaign.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Bezos Earth Fund Commits $400 Million Through Its Greening America’s Cities Program
Also, the Lilly Endowment gave $92 million to 77 recipients through its Christian Parenting and Caregiving Initiative, and the Lemelson Foundation has committed $50 million to back climate activism.
By M.J. Prest and Jim Rendon
Sunderland Foundation Awards $100 Million to the U. of Kansas Cancer Center
Also, the Bezos Earth Fund has given $50 million for conservation and sustainable development in the Brazilian Amazon region, and the Ray Charles Foundation has given $1 million to continue Cedars-Sinai’s neurosurgery scholarship program for students from historically Black colleges and universities.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
T. Boone Pickens Foundation Gives Another $120 Million to Oklahoma State U.
Also, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation has awarded $26 million to the Obama Foundation for its presidential center and leadership program, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America has received $10 million to better support the mental and emotional well-being of children nationwide.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Mellon Foundation Awards $25 Million to 9 Cities Through Its Monuments Project
Plus, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $50 million over five years to continue the Global Health Drug Discovery Institute, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation will give $3.8 million to protect and preserve 40 historic sites through its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Carbon to Sea Initiative Receives $50 Million to Use the Ocean to Remove Atmospheric Carbon
Plus, the Anschutz Foundation gave $50 million to the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus to improve patient care, and the Open Road Fund will make $50 million in grants to the Black descendants of enslaved Americans.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Chicago Botanic Garden Receives $21 Million to Save Endangered Plants From Extinction
Also, Baylor College of Medicine has received $30 million to name its new Lillie and Roy Cullen Tower, and the Stupski Foundation awarded $15 million to strengthen health clinics across Hawaii.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How to Write Grant Proposals That Get Results
Mismatches between the narrative and the budget and misjudgments in the project scope are among the common reasons grant proposals fail.
By Barbara Stratton
Contributor
IBM and Google Commit $150 Million for Quantum Computing
Plus, the University of Kentucky has received $100 million for its College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, and Yosemite National Park will use a $17 million grant to restore its most popular trails and make other improvements.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Texas Woman’s U. Receives $15 Million to Recruit and Train More Women Airline Pilots
Also, the bank First Horizon has committed $50 million to make grants to nonprofit groups in the southeastern United States, and the InnerScience Research Fund will give up to $10 million to study how meditation may limit the progression of serious illnesses.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions