PetSmart Charities Commits $100 Million to Expand Access to Veterinary Care
Also, Fidelity Investments is awarding $250 million to efforts to enable students of color to enroll in college, and Wells Fargo pledged $20 million to its Invest Native program for economic development in Indigenous communities.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Open Philanthropy Gives $150 Million for Global Health, Climate, and Education
Also, the Lilly Endowment gave $80 million to improve public parks in Indiana, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded $4 million to 35 historic Black churches across the United States.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
James Irvine Foundation Awards $35 Million to Support Workers in California
Plus, the Semiconductor Research Corporation gave $250 million to a consortium of seven U.S. universities for microelectronics research, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation committed $5 million to support studies focused on gun violence.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
The grassroots grants came from Co-Impact, a group supported by Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott, among others, while the Mellon Foundation donated $11 million for a cultural center to memorialize the history of slavery in Richmond, Va.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
4 Big Foundations Pool $90 Million for Global Workers-Rights Partnership
Also, Michigan Medicine received $50 million for its new hospital, and three companies made grants to support the Smithsonian Institution’s forthcoming American Women’s History Museum and National Museum of the American Latino.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Commits $60 Million to Diversify Science Education
Also, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation grants $50 million for credentialing and career training in Kansas City, and Wells Fargo Foundation awards $22.5 million to close racial gaps in homeownership in three U.S. cities.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Bezos Day 1 Families Fund Awards $123.5 Million for Homelessness Prevention
Also, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $75 million to boost enrollment in higher education among students in Washington State, and the ClimateWorks Foundation will give $21.5 million to address fertilizer’s effect on climate change, food security, and energy.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Google.org Awards $10 Million to Feeding America to Bolster Food Banks
Also, the Perot Foundation and the Sarah and Ross Perot Jr. Foundation gave $50 million to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to endow a dual-degree program for physician-scientists, and the Rockefeller Foundation has awarded $11 million to promote Indigenous farming practices to safeguard the global food system from the effects of climate change.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Clarios Foundation Pledges $20 Million to Unicef to Improve Environmental Health for Children
Also, the Kislak Family Foundation gave $10 million to the Library of Congress for a new gallery about Indigenous societies, and several major grants have been announced at the U.N. Climate Change Conference, taking place this week in Egypt.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Salvation Army and American Red Cross Share $80 Million for Climate-Driven Disaster Planning
Also, Breakthrough Energy has awarded $50 million to develop jet fuel with lower emissions, and four Pittsburgh foundations gave $4 million to rebuild the synagogue where an antisemitic mass shooting killed 11 people in 2018.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Attracting Corporate Support: One Nonprofit Leader’s Approach
The corporate giving landscape has shifted as many businesses have changed the causes they support and the ways they work with grantees in response to the crises. Here’s some expert advice on navigating the new terrain.
By LISA SCHOHL
Contributor
Ballmer Group Commits $217 Million Through Its New Climate-Change Effort
Also, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $1.2 billion to end polio worldwide by 2026, and Bank of America gave $24 million for economic development in communities of color.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Native American Agriculture Fund Commits $100 Million for Health and Nutrition in Tribal Communities
Also, the Mayo Clinic received $100 million to expand access to its proton-beam facility for cancer patients, and more grant makers have donated for hurricane relief in Florida.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Awards $80 Million in Bold Plan to Curb Racism by 2030
More than 1,400 applicants were narrowed down to 10, which were each awarded $1 million to hire staff members and consultants and take other steps to refine their ideas without straining their current operations.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
Foundations and Companies Pledge Millions for Hurricane Ian Recovery Efforts
Also, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave $127.5 million to Pfizer to develop maternal vaccines for two common deadly viruses, and the Open Society Foundations donated $25 million for the Center for Indigenous Studies at Bard College.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Bloomberg Philanthropies Will Give $204 Million for Ocean and Marine-Habitat Protections
Also, Rotary International, the LEGO Foundation, the Gates Foundation, and others committed to large grants during the Global Citizen Festival and the U.N. General Assembly.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions