Bloomberg Philanthropies Pledge $115 Million to Curb Heart Disease Deaths; 9 Grant Makers Commit $30 Million to Create Science and Tech Organization

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Bloomberg Philanthropies

$115 million over five years to Resolve to Save Lives, a global nonprofit that aims to prevent 100 million deaths from heart disease by 2047.

The grant will support its public-health strategies, which include banning artificial trans fats food, reducing sodium levels in food, and treating high blood pressure to reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack.

Nine Grant Makers

$30 million commitment to Science for America, a new organization that will bring together experts from multiple spheres to identify and accelerate solutions to pressing problems in science and technology. Research will initially focus on the climate crisis; medicine and public health; equity and education in science, technology, engineering, and math; leadership and responsibility in science and technology; and tech entrepreneurship and innovation in the United States. 

The first donors to this project are Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, the Emerson Collective, the Ford Foundation, Gates Ventures, the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, the Reid Hoffman Foundation, Seth Klarman, and Schmidt Futures.

UnitedHealth Group

$25 million commitment to the Healthy Neighborhoods Equity Fund II, a project of the Conservation Law Foundation and Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation to create inclusive mixed-use developments near public transportation to offer retail, low-cost housing, and social services for communities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

Rockefeller Foundation

$15 million commitment to the World Bank for its new Financial Intermediary Fund, which will strengthen pandemic prevention and response in low- and middle-income countries.

Google.org

$6 million to the Opportunity Finance Network to continue its grant program to enhance technology at community finance development institutions across the United States.

Katz Amsterdam Charitable Trust and Katz Amsterdam Foundation

$5.3 million to 29 community-based organizations that strengthen civic engagement in historically marginalized communities in six states.

The foundations gave an additional $2 million to 11 organizations that support women’s reproductive rights.

Overdeck Family Foundation

$5 million over five years to the Robin Hood Fund for Early Learning to expand its partnerships with public schools and other programs to reach children under age 3 who live below the poverty line in New York City.

Humana Healthy Horizons

$4.6 million to eight community organizations that address public-health problems to improve the well-being of people in Ohio.

The recipients are the Foodbank, the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, the Mid-Ohio Food Collective, Volunteers of America Ohio and Indiana, CHN Housing Partners, March of Dimes, the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians, and Ohio University.

Cash Foundation

$3.5 million to Texas Tech University’s National Ranching Heritage Center to create the Cash Family Ranch Life Learning Center, which will offer public access to education programs on the history and future of ranching.

National Trust for Historic Preservation

$3 million to 33 historic sites and organizations through its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.

The grants are made possible with support from the Mellon Foundation, the JPB Foundation, and the billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

Borealis Philanthropy

$2.5 million to 47 organizations with transgender leaders through its Fund for Trans Generations. The grants are for flexible general support and organizational development.

Mark Foundation for Cancer Research

$2 million through its Aspire Awards to eight cancer-research projects at academic institutions in Australia, Austria, Canada, Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States.

Researchers will use the grants to develop new treatments for multiple cancer types, including small-cell lung cancer, breast cancer, and glioblastoma.

Rasmuson Foundation

$1.5 million challenge grant to the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian to create an endowment for maintenance and improvements to its Elmer and Mary Louise Rasmuson Theater.

CliftonLarsonAllen Foundation

$1 million over five years to NABA Inc., a nonprofit association for accounting, finance, and business professionals, to back its new Pathway to College program and create scholarships for Black students who are pursuing careers as accountants.

New Grant Opportunity

The Center for Nonprofit Advancement is requesting nominations for its Excellence in Chief Executive Leadership Award, which recognizes exceptional nonprofit chief executives in the Washington area. Nominees must have held the top salaried executive position for at least three years at a nonprofit group with an annual budget under $10 million in Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia. Nominations are due August 5.

The Charles Bronfman Prize is now accepting nominations for its 2023 award to an individual or team under age 50 whose humanitarian work encompasses Jewish values. The annual award carries a $100,000 cash prize. Previous winners have worked in the areas of criminal-justice reform, help for immigration and refugees, medicine, the environment, education, humanitarian relief, human rights, and the arts. Nominations are due August 17.

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