Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Commits Additional $300 Million for Amazon Conservation

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle, including a special section on Ukraine grants listed after those for other causes:

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$300 million to continue its Andes-Amazon Initiative through 2031. The foundation started this program in 2003 to conserve Indigenous lands and protected areas in South America. Including this new commitment, the program will disburse a total of $800 million in grants.

Toyota USA Foundation

$110 million commitment to Driving Possibilities, its program to develop new educational programs and improve access to career opportunities in marginalized communities throughout the United States.

The car company will make grants for education from preschool through 12th grade, food security, job training, and mobility services.

Bloomberg Philanthropies

$60 million to establish the City Data Alliance, a program that will identify 100 cities across North and South America that are optimizing their use of data to inform governance decisions that reduce budgetary waste, advance equity, make policies more successful, and train the municipal work force.

Mark Foundation for Cancer Research

$12 million to four institutions that are conducting cancer-research projects as the winners of its 2022 Endeavor Awards.

John A. Hartford Foundation

$6.4 million to four grantees to expand equitable care for aging Americans.

The largest grant of $2.9 million went to USAging to strengthen aging and disability community-based organizations and networks of these groups that partner with health systems and public-health agencies to better serve older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers.

Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

$5 million to the Civica Foundation to manufacture and distribute lower-cost insulin for people with insulin-dependent diabetes.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

$3.3 million to the Centre for Public Impact North America and Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation to start the Opportunity Project for Cities. This three-year program in four cities will help city governments, technologists, and community partners collaborate and share data to develop technology-based solutions to community problems.

Grants for Ukraine

The Chronicle also compiled a selection of new grants made to address the Ukraine crisis:

Oak Foundation

$10.8 million to humanitarian organizations that are working in Ukraine.

Jewish Federations of North America

$8 million to the Jewish Agency for Israel, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, World ORT, United Hatzalah, and Hillel International to support the Jewish community in Ukraine.

The federations are aiming to raise a total of $20 million to provide humanitarian relief to displaced Jewish Ukrainians.

JPMorgan Chase

$5 million to International Medical Corps, United States Fund for Unicef, and World Central Kitchen for their efforts to address the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

The bank’s commitment includes $3 million in grants and $2 million to match employee donations.

PepsiCo

$4 million to the Red Cross in Poland, World Vision in Romania, the United Nations World Food Programme, World Central Kitchen, and Save the Children for their humanitarian responses in Ukraine and surrounding countries.

Ford Foundation

$2 million to the International Rescue Committee’s Ukraine Emergency Response Fund and the Open Society Foundations’ Ukraine Democracy Fund. Each fund is receiving $1 million.

Mars

$1.5 million to Save the Children to cover the basic needs of Ukrainian children and their families who are seeking refuge in bordering countries.

The food company also committed $10 million in cash and product donations and $500,000 to Humane Society International to assist the pets of displaced people in Ukraine.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

$1 million to the International Rescue Committee’s Ukraine Emergency Response Fund for its efforts to help refugees from Ukraine.

Caterpillar Foundation

$1 million to the American Red Cross, Project Hope, and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy to support relief efforts in Ukraine and surrounding countries and distribute water, food, clothing, hygiene sets, blankets, fuel for heating, medical supplies, and housing support.

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

$250,000 to Unicef for its relief efforts for children in Ukraine.

OutRight International

$250,000 across 18 grantees through its Ukraine Fund to protect the LGBTQI community in Ukraine.

New Grant Opportunities

Lowe’s is accepting nominations for its Hometowns Grant Program, which will make $10 million in grants to up to 100 charitable projects that improve shared community spaces across the United States. Recipients of the grants must be nonprofit groups located in the United States and grants should be used for projects in community resources and spaces, safe and affordable housing, cultural preservation, area revitalization, or skilled trade education. Nominations are due March 28.

Patchwork Collective, Iconiq Impact, and Lever for Change are accepting nominations for the Maternal and Infant Health Award. The grant competition will award one $10 million grant to a team that is working to improve maternal and infant health outcomes around the world, particularly in marginalized communities. Applicants must register before June 2; applications are due June 30.

Send grant announcements to grants.editor@philanthropy.com.

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