Duke Endowment Awards $75 Million to 3 Universities in North and South Carolina

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Duke Endowment

$75 million to Davidson College, Furman University, and Johnson C. Smith University in honor of the foundation’s 100th year of giving to higher education in North and South Carolina.

Each institution has received $25 million. In November, the Duke Endowment also gave $100 million to Duke University as part of its centennial celebration.

Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

$17.6 million to back programs that serve homeless people in New York City with serious health and social needs.

The largest grant of $7.5 million over three years went to AnthosHome to offer housing vouchers to people with complex health problems.

Adobe and the Adobe Foundation

$6 million to establish the Adobe Film & TV Fund, which will make grants to develop career opportunities in the entertainment industry for creators and filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds.

American Journalism Project

$5.4 million to four nonprofit journalism organizations to expand their local news coverage.

Deep South Today received $2 million, New York Focus was granted $1.5 million, $1 million went to Spotlight Delaware, and Grist was awarded $925,000.

National Trust for Historic Preservation

$4 million through its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund to preserve 31 historic Black churches across the United States.

This is the second round of grants through its Preserving Black Churches program.

Mark Foundation for Cancer Research

$3.8 million to five cancer-research projects led by early-career investigators through its Emerging Leader Awards.

Mary and Al Danos Family Foundation

$3 million commitment to Nicholls State University to name its College of Business Administration after Al Danos and to build a new facility that will house the business school.

Danos, who died in 2015 at age 68, was the retired owner of Danos and Curole, an oilfield service company in Louisiana. He did not attend the university but served on the board of the Nicholls State University Foundation.

Mellon Foundation

$2 million to the Baryshnikov Arts Center to support its new Bloodlines Interwoven Festival, an annual cultural event that will stage its first performances in June.

Ray Charles Foundation

$2 million to the Grammy Museum Foundation to name the museum’s rooftop terrace after the blues singer, songwriter, and pianist, who died in 2004.

Houston Endowment

$1.5 million to the United Way of Greater Houston to expand its Coffee and Quality program, which works with local nonprofits to strengthen their data evaluation.

New Grant Opportunity

The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation is seeking proposals for grants through three programs. Through its 2024 Hillman Emergent Innovation Program and the Hillman Emergent Innovation: Serious Illness and End of Life program, the foundation will award grants worth $50,000 each to projects that address unmet nursing needs for vulnerable populations including Black and Indigenous people and people of color, economically disadvantaged people, immigrants and refugees, the LGBTQ community, people experiencing homelessness, and rural populations. Grants up to $600,000 are available through its Hillman Innovations in Care program, which will be awarded to expand proven evidence-based interventions to narrow gaps in health equity. Letters of intent for all three grant programs are due February 27.

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