Grants Roundup: $7.5 Million From Dave Thomas Foundation Aids NYC Foster Kids

Funding from the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption will help New York City’s office of children’s services find forever families for older youth in foster care. Funding from the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption will help New York City’s office of children’s services find forever families for older youth in foster care.

August 23, 2017 | Read Time: 1 minute

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by The Chronicle:

Responses to Charlottesville violence

Several corporations made grant commitments in response to the violence perpetrated by hate groups in Charlottesville, Va.

Apple committed $1 million each to the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center. The company also announced it will match employee donations to human-rights groups through the end of September.

JPMorgan Chase announced a commitment of $1.05 million to those two antidiscrimination groups and the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation. The company plans to run a workplace-giving campaign in September and will match up to $500,000.

MGM Resorts International pledged to match employee donations to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the NAACP, the Anti-Defamation League, the Human Rights Campaign, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates, and the League of United Latin American Citizens.

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

$7.5 million to the New York City Administration for Children’s Services to expand a program that matches older foster children, and those with special needs, with permanent families.

Wegman Family Charitable Foundation

$5 million to Rochester Regional Health’s learning center in Irondequoit, N.Y., which provides training for staff members.

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Nearly $4 million over five years to 17 medical researchers through the Marilyn Hilton Award for Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis Research.

Johnny Mac Soldiers Fund

$1 million to the Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation for scholarships to children of military members who died while serving.

Braman Family Foundation

$1 million to Miami Dade College and Florida International University for scholarships designed to help seniors complete their degrees.

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