Recent grants

First Quarter 2012 Grants

Following is a list of priority area grants approved at the quarterly board meeting held on February 29, 2012.

Water

Foundation Center
$300,000 over three years
To enhance the functionality of WASHfunders.org, a web-based knowledge portal focused on the issue of access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).

Homelessness

Housing Works
$570,000 over three years
To support the Mobile Integrated Service Team (MIST) in providing outreach, engagement, housing placement, and services in permanent supportive housing to chronically homeless persons in Los Angeles County.

Children Affected By HIV/AIDS

United States Fund for UNICEF
$4.5 million over three years
To expand the evidence base and increase government support for early childhood development programming resulting in better outcomes for young children affected by HIV/AIDS in Tanzania, Kenya, and Zambia.

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
$2.1 million over three years
To expand access to comprehensive early childhood development services for young children affected by HIV/AIDS in Lusaka, Zambia.

Hesperian Foundation
$330,000 over three years
To support the development and widespread distribution of a book, supplemental materials, and related online resources, entitled Helping Children Live with HIV.

Catholic Sisters

North American Foundation for the University of Durham (UK)
$200,000 over two years
To support research on Sisters' religious institutes directed by the Center for Catholic Studies at Durham University (UK).