Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:
$200 million to back efforts to identify the potential for misuse of artificial intelligence; limit A.I.'s negative effects on civil, human, and workers’ rights and national and international security; develop global standards to govern A.I.; and promote its responsible use in health, climate, education, and other areas.
The foundations that have seeded the program are the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Democracy Fund, the Ford Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Kapor Foundation, the Mozilla Foundation, the Omidyar Network, the Open Society Foundations, and the Wallace Global Fund.
The Ford, MacArthur, and Open Society Foundations are financial supporters of the Chronicle.
Jewish Federations of North America
$148 million to 116 groups and nongovernmental organizations through its Israel Emergency Fund to provide medical care, mental-health support, and other humanitarian aid to people in Israel.
The fund has raised more than $600 million to date.
$100 million commitment to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to advance research and treatment for pediatric cancer and other life-threatening diseases that affect children.
The company owns the jewelry retailers Kay Jewelers, Zales, Jared, Diamonds Direct, and Blue Nile, among others.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
$50 million toward a partnership with the City of Richmond, Va., to create more low-cost housing in the city over the next five years.
The city will match the grant with another $50 million.
George W. Gillemot Foundation
$36 million to the University of Nevada at Reno Foundation to create the George W. Gillemot Aerospace Engineering Department within the university’s College of Engineering.
Gillemot, who died earlier this year at age 96, held patents for technology used by telephone and communications companies around the world. He was also a recreational pilot who had a passion for aviation and aeronautics.
$10 million to the Smithsonian Institution to back the design and construction of the National Museum of the American Latino.
The grant will also help the forthcoming museum develop programs and exhibitions about the importance of religion in Latino history and culture.
The Lilly Endowment is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.
$8 million to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for construction costs of the Dorothy and Jim Kennedy Health Sciences Building, which will house its School of Nursing.
Dorothy Kennedy earned a bachelor’s degree from the university in English and American language and literature in 1982. She died in 2005. Jim Kennedy Jr., who died in 2020, co-founded Kenco, a logistics company.
$4 million to the CyberPeace Foundation to teach 40 million Internet users in India the skills to spot misinformation online.
$3.5 million over three years to Compass Working Capital to expand its Family Self-Sufficiency program, which helps low-income families increase their earnings and save more money to build wealth in Black and Latino communities.
$1.8 million to arts and community-development organizations that serve residents who live near the software company’s headquarters in San Jose, Calif.
Colorectal Cancer Alliance
$1.6 million through its Project Cure CRC to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for research to develop new therapeutic options to treat colorectal-cancer patients with microsatellite stable disease.
Burton D. Morgan Foundation
$1 million to Growth Opportunity Partners to create a fund that will offer cash collateral loan guarantees to small-business owners from marginalized communities in northeast Ohio.
North American Veterinary Community
$1 million to establish NAVC Gives, which will award grants to support the veterinary profession and the well-being of people and animals around the world.
$1 million to Hire Heroes USA, Fisher House Foundation, K9s For Warriors, and the Semper Fi and America’s Fund to support their programs for U.S. military veterans and their families.
The grant is a partial match to $5.5 million in donations that customers of the clothing retailer Men’s Wearhouse gave at checkout.
The Texas Capital Bank Foundation is accepting applications for four grant opportunities for nonprofit groups in Texas. Three grants of $50,000 will be awarded in the bank’s program areas of Live, Learn, and Lift. The Supporting our Troops, Active and Remembered Award will grant $100,000 to an organization that provides services to military members, families, and veterans. Applications are due January 2.
Chronicle of Philanthropy subscribers also have full access to GrantStation’s searchable database of grant opportunities. For more information, visit our grants page.
