New Grant Programs

Grant maker: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle), Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation (New York), and 14 other foundations, corporations, and federal-government groups
Program: Living Cities
Purpose: To provide grants to more urban-development programs that seek to improve neighborhoods where low-income people live
Amount available: $110-million over three years
Web site: http://livingcities.org

Grant maker: Chicago Community Trust
Program: Education Initiative
Purpose: To continue a program that helps improve education in Chicago schools
Amount available: $50-million over five years
Web site: http://www.cct.org

Grant maker: Health Trust (Campbell, Calif.)
Purpose: For health programs that serve residents of California’s Silicon Valley
Amount available: $30-million
Web site: http://www.healthtrust.org

Grant maker: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.)
Program: Nurse Faculty Scholars Program
Purpose: To provide professional-development services for academic nurses and support junior faculty members at nursing schools nationwide
Amount available: $28-million over five years
Web site: http://www.rwjfnursefacultyscholars.org

Grant maker: Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (Princeton, N.J.)
Purpose: For efforts to improve teacher education and steer qualified teachers toward poor and struggling schools
Amount available: $17-million
Web site: http://www.woodrow.org

Grant maker: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (New York)
Program: Leading for the Future: Innovative Support for Artistic Excellence
Purpose: To support up to 10 arts groups as they identify and respond to issues that face the arts
Amount available: $15.1-million over five years
Web site: http://www.ddcf.org/page.asp?pageId=10