Bloomberg and JPMorgan Chase Commit $90 Million for Coronavirus Response (Grants Roundup)

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

$50 million to address the immediate and long-term impact of the coronavirus, including funds for health care, food, and other humanitarian relief, plus assistance for small businesses and others hurt by the crisis. The funds will flow through the corporation’s foundation, said Breanna Oshea, a spokesperson for the bank.

$40 million for a new partnership with Vital Strategies and the World Health Organization to develop a global plan to prevent or slow the spread of Covid-19 in vulnerable low- and middle-income countries.

$25 million pledge to the CDC Foundation, Johns Hopkins Medicine, local United Way affiliates, and other groups to provide immediate help for critical health-care organizations working on coronavirus response and recovery, as well as community-based programs and services to support basic needs to people facing economic hardship as a result of the virus.

$20 million to the CDC Foundation and the Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund to match individual gifts for efforts to prevent, detect, and treat the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund, a joint project of the United Nations Foundation and the World Health Organization, will receive up to $10 million in matching funds. Facebook is also matching up to $10 million to the CDC Foundation.

$10.4 million over three years to the Sabin Vaccine Institute for a campaign to raise public approval and trust of vaccines.

$10 million to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to endow the David N. Pincus Global Health Fellowship Program. Pincus owned a clothing manufacturing company that made suits for the fashion brand Bill Blass, among others; he died in 2011.

$5 million to the Neighborhood Small Business Relief Fund to provide cash grants to small businesses in Seattle that need financial assistance to stay afloat during the outbreak of coronavirus in the city.

$5 million to Inovio Pharmaceuticals to accelerate the testing of an intradermal delivery system that could speed the development of a vaccine to treat the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. The vaccine is due to start human clinical trials in April.

$3 million to the Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation to create educational and apprenticeship programs for patient-care technicians, nurses, and clinicians, and create employment opportunities for people in New Jersey with limited education who are seeking to begin a career in health care.

$2.4 million to Case Western Reserve University to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for older adults by partnering with retail medical clinics like MinuteClinic, which is located inside CVS pharmacies in 33 states.

$1 million to the RAND Corporation to support the President’s Fund. The research nonprofit group, which recently announced its $400 million capital campaign, also received $1 million from the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners for the RAND Center for Collaborative Complementary and Integrative Health Research.

The NextFifty Initiative is accepting calls of interest for its Collective Impact Challenge Grant for collaborative projects that aim to improve the lives and capacities of people who are 50 and older in Colorado. The funding will support multisector, collaborative projects involving three or more nonprofit, private, or public partners; one grant of up to $1 million over two years will be awarded. Phone calls to indicate interest must take place before April 15, and applications are due June 30.

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