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Yale University

This grant will support the inaugural class of the Clean & Equitable Energy Development Certificate Program offered by the Yale Center for Environmental Justice and Yale Center for Business and the Environment. View Website

Amount

$15,000.00

Year

2024

Location

New Haven, Conn.

Program

Social Investment Practice

Focus Area

Vaal University of Technology

This grant will support first-time grantee Vaal University of Technology (VUT) to join the Siyaphumelela (“We Succeed”) initiative, which seeks to expand the national student success network from seven to 20 of South Africa’s 26 universities. View Website

Amount

$240,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Vanderbijlpark, South Africa

Program

Education

Focus Area

University of the Witwatersrand

This grant will support the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), to continue as part of the next phase of the Siyaphumelela (“We Succeed”) initiative, which seeks to expand the national student success network from seven to 20 of South Africa’s 26 universities. View Website

Amount

$240,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Johannesburg, South Africa

Program

Education

Focus Area

T P Ricks, LLC

This grant will support T P Ricks LLC’s work in collaboration with the current grantee, Communications Across Barriers, to continue to provide poverty informed training and community engagement efforts throughout Louisiana’s human services sector. View Website

Amount

$50,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Program

Human Services

Focus Area

Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University

This grant will support Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) to develop a plan for possible full inclusion in the next phase of the Siyaphumelela (“We Succeed”) initiative. View Website

Amount

$15,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Pretoria, South Africa

Program

Education

Focus Area

School of Arts and Culture at MHP

This general operating grant renews support to the School of Arts and Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza and its mission to catalyze creativity and empower the East San Jose, California community. View Website

Amount

$305,000.00

Year

2024

Location

San Jose, CA

Program

Arts & Culture

Focus Area

Historic Clayborn Temple

This cross-team grant supports Historic Clayborn Temple's operations and programs that use creativity and cultural strategies to cultivate a sense of belonging, safety, love, joy, and abundance in its South Memphis neighborhood, citywide and beyond. In addition, the grant will advance plans to develop a South Memphis Civil Rights Cultural District, comprised of 17 properties, in the neighborhood surrounding the Temple. View Website

Amount

$1,000,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Memphis, Tennessee

Program

Arts & Culture

Focus Area

Community Sustainability Partners

This grant will support the work of the Clean & Equitable Buildings Collaborative, to support the buildout and scaleup of the technical-assistance ecosystem to generate market demand for building decarbonization projects, and direct technical assistance to states in planning the local market-building activity needed to land Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) resources in communities of color and communities with low wealth. View Website

Amount

$200,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Brooklyn, NY

Program

Social Investment Practice

Focus Area

Collectrify

This grant will support Collectrify, a fund that awards grants to frontline organizations working to shift buildings and communities from fossil fuels to clean electricity. View Website

Amount

$500,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Washington, DC

Program

Environment

Focus Area

Walter Sisulu University

This grant will support Walter Sisulu University (WSU) to join the Siyaphumelela (“We Succeed”) initiative, which seeks to expand the national student success network from seven to 20 of South Africa’s 26 universities. Siyaphumelela 3.0 builds upon reform efforts pioneered in both the United States and South Africa and, by expanding to nearly 80% of the country’s universities, aims to nationalize evidence-based student success goals to increase South Africa’s overall postsecondary attainment rate and, ultimately, enhance individual social mobility and South Africa’s overall prosperity. View Website

Amount

$240,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Program

Education

Focus Area

Urban Institute

This grant will enable the Urban Institute to develop a research-practice collaborative designed to document and analyze the effectiveness of colleges’ changes to recruitment and admissions policies stemming from the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling ending race-conscious college admissions. View Website

Amount

$250,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

Education

Focus Area

University of the Western Cape

This grant will support University of the Western Cape (UWC) to continue as part of the next phase of the Siyaphumelela (“We Succeed”) initiative, which seeks to expand the national student success network from seven to 20 of South Africa’s 26 universities. Siyaphumelela 3.0 builds upon reform efforts pioneered in both the United States and South Africa and, by expanding to nearly 80% of the country’s universities, aims to nationalize evidence-based student success goals to increase South Africa’s overall postsecondary attainment rate and, ultimately, enhance individual social mobility and South Africa’s overall prosperity. View Website

Amount

$240,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa

Program

Education

Focus Area

University of Stellenbosch

This grant will support Stellenbosch University to join the Siyaphumelela (“We Succeed”) initiative, which seeks to expand the national student success network from seven to 20 of South Africa’s 26 universities. Siyaphumelela 3.0 builds upon reform efforts pioneered in both the United States and South Africa and, by expanding to nearly 80% of the country’s universities, aims to nationalize evidence-based student success goals to increase South Africa’s overall postsecondary attainment rate and, ultimately, enhance individual social mobility and South Africa’s overall prosperity. View Website

Amount

$240,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Program

Education

Focus Area

University of Pretoria

This grant will support the University of Pretoria (UP) to rejoin the Siyaphumelela (“We Succeed”) initiative, which seeks to expand the national student success network from seven to 20 of South Africa’s 26 universities. By joining Siyaphumelela 3.0, UP will help build upon reform efforts pioneered in both the United States and South Africa and, by expanding to nearly 80% of the country’s universities, aims to nationalize evidence-based student success goals to increase South Africa’s overall postsecondary attainment rate and, ultimately, enhance individual social mobility and South Africa’s overall prosperity. View Website

Amount

$240,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Pretoria, South Africa

Program

Education

Focus Area

University of KwaZulu-Natal

This grant will support the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) to continue as part of the next phase of the Siyaphumelela (“We Succeed”) initiative, which seeks to expand the national student success network from seven to 20 of South Africa’s 26 universities. Siyaphumelela 3.0 builds upon reform efforts pioneered in both the United States and South Africa and, by expanding to nearly 80% of the country’s universities, aims to nationalize evidence-based student success goals to increase South Africa’s overall postsecondary attainment rate and, ultimately, enhance individual social mobility and South Africa’s overall prosperity. View Website

Amount

$240,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Durban, South Africa

Program

Focus Area

University of Cape Town

This grant will support the University of Cape Town (UCT) to continue as part of the next phase of the Siyaphumelela (“We Succeed”) initiative, which seeks to expand the national student success network from seven to 20 of South Africa’s 26 universities. Siyaphumelela 3.0 builds upon reform efforts pioneered in both the United States and South Africa and, by expanding to nearly 80% of the country’s universities, aims to nationalize evidence-based student success goals to increase South Africa’s overall postsecondary attainment rate and, ultimately, enhance individual social mobility and South Africa’s overall prosperity. View Website

Amount

$240,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Rondebosch, South Africa

Program

Education

Focus Area

Next Street Financial LLC

This grant will support a supply chain mapping analysis and ecosystem diagnostic to develop a comprehensive understanding of Michigan's automotive supply chain, identify transition risks, and examine opportunities for small and medium-sized internal combustion vehicle suppliers to benefit in the clean energy or other climate sectors. View Website

Amount

$250,000.00

Year

2024

Location

New York, NY

Program

Focus Area

National Council of Nonprofits

This grant will support the National Council of Nonprofits and its efforts to enhance the capacity and voice of nonprofit organizations through its network of 42 state associations of nonprofits and more than 30,000 individual nonprofit organizational members, the vast majority of which are community-based organizations with annual revenues of $5 million or less. During the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, their advocacy was critical in ensuring that nonprofits are included in various stimulus programs and benefits, yielding more than $50 billion in new money and savings for nonprofits. View Website

Amount

$210,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

Focus Area

National Community Reinvestment Coalition

The purpose of this grant to the National Community Reinvestment Coalition is to support the 2024 Just Economy Conference. The National Community Reinvestment Coalition is a network of organizations and individuals dedicated to increasing the flow of private capital into traditionally underserved communities and delivering opportunities for all Americans to build wealth and live well. View Website

Amount

$10,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

Social Investment Practice

Focus Area

National Association of County and City Health Officials

As the membership organization for city, county, and local health departments, NACCHO hosts an annual conference which draws thousands of local and federal health officials and other public health partners. This year’s conference will be held in Detroit. Rip will keynote the opening general session, and there will also be opportunities to highlight public health efforts across our four focus cities, including a panel session that will include Rip and Dr. Michelle Taylor, Public Health Director, Shelby County, Tennessee. View Website

Amount

$60,000.00

Year

2024

Location

Washington, D.C.

Program

Health

Focus Area

Community Health Ecosystems

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