L.A. Dodgers Foundation, Walter Family Foundation Commit $100 Million for Wildfire Recovery

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation and the Walter Family Foundation

$100 million commitment for L.A. Rises, a new public-private partnership to support wildfire recovery and rebuilding efforts in Southern California.

Some of the pledge will come from Mark Walter, CEO of the financial firm Guggenheim Partners, who is also the chairman and part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team.

Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Supporting Foundation

$90 million to the Jewish Federation of Cleveland to match gifts to its Jewish Day School Transformation campaign, which is raising $180 million to augment the endowments and capital-improvement funds at five Jewish day schools in Cleveland.

The beneficiaries are the Fuchs Mizrachi School, the Gross Schechter Day School, the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland, the Joseph and Florence Mandel Jewish Day School, and Yeshiva Derech Hatorah.

Osteopathic Heritage Foundation

$70 million commitment to the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The pledge comprises $45 million for research and a matching grant of up to $25 million to back scholarships for medical students training to become osteopaths.

Lilly Endowment

$25 million to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to strengthen data management, research, operations, and programs, both internally and throughout its network of historically Black colleges and universities.

The Lilly Endowment is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.

Coca-Cola Foundation

$15 million over three years to the United Nations Development Programme to expand efforts to manage plastic waste in Asia.

Mellon Foundation

$14 million to 30 colleges and universities across the United States to bolster humanities research and curricular projects in the cultures of U.S. democracy, environmental-justice studies, and social justice and disciplinary knowledge.

Eagles Autism Foundation

$8.1 million to 53 projects on autism research and care.

The grant maker is an affiliate of the Philadelphia Eagles football team, which will compete in this weekend’s Super Bowl.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

$6 million to independent newsrooms and journalism organizations to deepen the coverage of environmental and climate issues in the United States.

The MacArthur Foundation is a financial supporter of the Chronicle.

Adobe

$5 million commitment to its Adobe Film and TV Fund, which will help creators and filmmakers from historically marginalized backgrounds find career opportunities in the entertainment industry.

The Adobe Foundation is also awarding $1 million to artists and creative communities in Los Angeles who have been affected by the recent wildfires.

CVS Health Foundation

$4 million over five years through its new Healthy Aging program to improve access to health care and resources for older people with brain, heart, and behavioral concerns, and to support their caregivers.

The Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement, the Center for Better Aging, the EngageWell Independent Provider Association, and the Palm Health Foundation will each receive $1 million.

Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation

$4 million to Northwood University to renovate its NADA Hotel and Conference Center, which will host events for the university and surrounding community in Michigan.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$3.6 million to the California Academy of Sciences to continue a database project to digitize an additional 1.1 million plant specimens in its botany collections.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

$3 million to six coalitions through its Collective Impact program to close economic-mobility gaps in the Kansas City region.

Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco

$2 million toward response and relief efforts in Southern California communities that are recovering from wildfire.

Adam R. Scripps Foundation

$1.3 million to Ashlie’s Embrace to upgrade technology and expand its programs for families that have experienced stillbirth or infant loss.

Jay Pritzker Foundation

$1 million to the California Community Colleges Wildfire and Disaster Relief Fund, which is supporting community college students, faculty, and staff who have been displaced during the wildfires in Los Angeles.

Morningstar

$1 million to the University of Illinois at Chicago to establish the Morningstar Design Scholarship Fund and Morningstar Design Faculty Scholar Fund, which will award undergraduate scholarships for undergraduate students in its College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts’ School of Design, and hire a new faculty member in design education and business.

Joe Mansueto, chair of the investment-research company, and his wife, Rika, also contributed to the donation.

New Grant Opportunities

The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation is seeking proposals for grants through its 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 marginalized communities, including Black and Indigenous people and people of color, economically disadvantaged people, immigrants and refugees, people who identify as LGBTQ, those experiencing homelessness, and rural populations. Letters of intent for both grant programs are due February 18.

AARP is accepting applications for grants through its Community Challenge program to make communities more accessible for older people through improvements to transportation, housing, and social connections for people over age 50. In this round, nonprofit organizations can apply for up to $25,000 in flagship or demonstration grants, or $2,500 micro grants for capacity building. Applications are due March 5.

Chronicle of Philanthropy subscribers also have full access to GrantStation’s searchable database of grant opportunities. For more information, visit our grants page.