Research Can Perpetuate Inequity: New Guide Shows How to Change That
Among the tips, involve community members you hope to help before launching a research project.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
Gates Foundation Will Try to Answer the Question, Is College Worth the Cost?
The grant maker created a 30-member commission to explore the value that a variety of educational options can provide, including a four-year college, community college, and certificate program.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Google.org Awards $25 Million Through Its AI Impact Challenge (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Pritzker Foundation dedicates $15 million for pediatric mental-health care in Illinois, and a charter school founded by the basketball star LeBron James receives $1 million for a new gym.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Wisc. Insurance Company Gives $20 Million for Data Science Institute (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Gates Foundation awards $14 million to make childbirth safer for the world’s poorest women, and Disney gives a children’s hospital charity $1 million in honor of its blockbuster movie Avengers: Endgame.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Tyler Cowen’s Free-Market Think Tank Takes Innovative Approach to Tech Grants
Emergent Ventures, a program at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, gives grantees wide latitude to pursue ideas with little oversight.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Lilly Endowment Awards $42 Million to Notre Dame for Technology Network (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Packard Foundation gives $20 million to make grants in David Packard’s hometown of Pueblo, Colo., and the Elton John AIDS Foundation promises $11 million to provide HIV-prevention services to the people most at risk.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
UCLA Gets $20 Million for a Renovation and More (Grants Roundup)
Also, Vail Health has pledged $60 million for Colorado behavioral-health services, and Prudential Financial has committed $35 million in grants to help young people worldwide.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Two Midwestern Universities Land $100 Million Grants: Grants Roundup
Also, Lyft pledges $50 million to improve urban-transportation infrastructure, and the John Templeton Foundation gave $7.2 million to Harvard’s Black Hole Initiative.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
TED Plans $280 Million More in Funding for ‘Audacious’ Projects
The announcement follows a $250 million commitment announced last year. Projects funded by the latest round focus on causes such as climate activism and using data to do good.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
PNC Bank Adds $150 Million to Preschool Program (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Starr Foundation gave $50 million for stem-cell research, and the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis received $9 million to dig for fossils in Wyoming.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Rockefeller COO Defends Decision to End Support for ‘100 Resilient Cities’ Program
Steven VanRoekel said the change marks the next phase of the grant maker’s work on climate change.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Education, Housing, and a Hawaiian Island Are Top Chan Zuckerberg Priorities
The Chronicle takes a closer look at the grant-making information disclosed earlier this week by the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative.
By MICHAEL THEIS
Contributor
Mount Sinai Will Develop Digital Health Institute: Grants Roundup
Also, Ohio State will use $7 million to expand its agricultural laboratory, and the Knight Foundation gives $6 million to three journalism groups to strengthen local newsrooms.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Justice Funders wants to weaken top-down decision-making at foundations and expand the scope of grantee influence. The group already has a big footprint in California and hopes its ideas catch fire nationwide.
By Alex Daniels and Ben Gose
Fundraising drives are proliferating and going on even longer than before. Here’s why that’s happening — and what’s next.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Launch New Database of Grant Making and Investments
The move by the Facebook co-founder and his wife is aimed at helping potential grantees get a better sense of what their philanthropy supports.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor