The Chronicle of Philanthropy

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GRANTS HIGHLIGHTS

Following are grants of $20,000 and more made by foundations, companies, and other private sources. Announcements of grants can be sent to Grants Editor, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 1255 23rd Street, N. W., Suite 775, Washington, D.C. 20037, or sent via e-mail to grants.editor@ philanthropy.com.

FOUNDATION
GRANTS
PAUL G. ALLEN FAMILY
FOUNDATION

rica and South Asia: $41,000,000 over five years to the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines ( Edinburgh, Scotland).

—To develop improved varieties of legumes that can withstand drought, disease, and insects to reduce crop failure for small farmers in India, Bangladesh, and 13 African countries: $21,000,000 over three years to the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Andhra Pradesh, India).

—To develop drought-tolerant maize varieties that reduce the risk of crop failure and improve the lives of up to 7 million farm families in sub-Saharan Africa: $33,000,000 over four years to the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Mexico City, Mexico).

—To control aflatoxin, a deadly fungus, among crops in eight African countries by developing an Africa-based and Africa-led multi-country partnership: $20,000,000 over five years to Meridian Institute, Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa ( Washington, D.C.).

n Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: $196- million to seven organizations around the world for agricultural-development projects that help small farmers get out of poverty

n Diabetes Research Institute Foundation: $100-million to the U. of Miami for its capital campaign

n ExxonMobil Foundation: $1-million to Malaria No More, to use television, radio, and text messages to provide nightly reminders to people in Chad and Cameroon to sleep under mosquito netting

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n Charles Stewart Mott Foundation: $150,000 over two years to the U. of KwaZulu-Natal, to promote scholarship on nonprofits in South Africa and the rest of the African continent

n Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation: $60,000 to help Big Brothers Big Sisters devise ways to ensure that youths with disabilities have mentor opportunities and professional role models

n Natan Fund: $25,000 to IKAR, to strengthen bonds among Jews and encourage Jewish young adults to pursue social justice

HALL FAMILY FOUNDATION
Kansas City, Mo.
http://www.hallfamilyfoundation.org

Cancer. To refurbish cancer facilities and for its membership in the Midwest Cancer Alliance: $3,500,000 to Truman Medical Centers (Kansas City, Mo.).

Health. For new faculty and research-
ers: $7,000,000 to the U. of Kansas
Cancer Center (Kansas City, Kan.).

$370,484,470 worth of grants are listed in this issue.
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—To increase the effectiveness of grant makers: $125,000 to the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers (Trenton, N.J.).

CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW
YORK
New York, N. Y.
http://www.carnegie.org

International. To minimize the risks of nuclear energy expansion: $500,000 over three years to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ( Cambridge, Mass.).

—To improve academic communication and the visibility of scholars, experts, and research: $400,000 over two years to American University in Cairo (New York, N. Y.).

—For a think tank consortium and partnerships in policy research: $500,000 over three years to American University of Beirut (New York, N.Y.).

—To bring young Pakistani leaders to the United States to expose them to a wide range of American people and institutions: $249,000 over two years to the Atlantic Council of the United States (Washington, D. C.).

—To inform public policy about nuclear and other major dangers to global security: $500,000 over three years to Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (Chicago, Ill.).

ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON
FOUNDATION
Princeton, N.J.
http://www.rwjf.org

Health. To examine the nutritional content and youth-focused marketing of fortified drinks to strengthen public policies: $75,000 to the California Center for Public Health Advocacy (Davis, Calif.).

SIDNEY KIMMEL FOUNDATION
Philadelphia, Pa.

http://www.kimmel.org

Higher education. To study alternative forms of energy: $5,500,000 over five years to the U. of Missouri at Columbia (Columbia, Mo.).

JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T.
MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
Chicago, Ill.
http://www.macfound.org

International. For recognition of their efforts to solve the world's most pressing problems, recipients of the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions: $2,500,000 to the Carnegie Moscow Center (Moscow, Russia), $2,000,000 each to the Center for Responsible Lending (Durham,

N.C.), and the Community Investment Corporation (Chicago, Ill.), $1,000,000 each to the Center for Investigative Reporting (Berkeley, Calif.), the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (Washington, D.C.), and New York U., Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy (New York, N. Y.), $750,000 each to Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (Chicago, Ill.), the Conservation Strategy Fund (Sebastopol, Calif.), Crisis

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New York, N. Y.

Higher education. For its annual spring runway show: $1,000,000 to the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.).

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Seattle, Wash.
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Agriculture. To increase the availability and accessibility of more resilient and higher-yielding seed varieties of important food crops in sub-Saharan Africa: $56,000,000 to Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Nairobi, Kenya).

—To increase the productivity and empowerment of women farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: $15,000,000 to CARE (Atlanta, Ga.).

—To provide new, integrated, scientific information that helps African policy makers, organizations, scientists, and farmers improve their decision making regarding agricultural practices and policies to foster sustainable agricultural growth while protecting natural resources and reducing poverty: $10,000,000 over three years to Conservation International ( Arlington, Va.).