Grants

Our Grantmaking in 2017

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This total represents grant payment activity during the selected fiscal year. However, approximately 90% of the money awarded in our priority program areas is part of multi-year commitments, so a grant may appear in multiple years of activity. The list below provides additional information about specific projects approved and/or paid during the fiscal year selected, including the project start date and the length of our commitment.

  1. Aga Khan Foundation USA

    $1,500,000 through December 2019

    to build capacity of the early childhood development workforce in high HIV prevalence communities East and Southern Africa. http://www.akdn.org

    Young Children Affected by HIV and AIDS International Awarded: November 2016

  2. The Carter Center

    $5,100,000 through February 2020

    for the elimination of trachoma in Mali and Niger. www.cartercenter.org

    Avoidable Blindness International Awarded: November 2016

  3. Catholic Volunteer Network

    $1,700,000 through November 2019

    to expand the work of the Catholic Volunteer Network's "From Service to Sisterhood" initiative, a program that connects congregations of sisters with lay-women volunteers. www.catholicvolunteernetwork.org

    Catholic Sisters USA Awarded: November 2016

  4. Housing California

    $300,000 through November 2018

    to support the development of a coordinated, cross-sector policy effort aimed at increasing state funding for permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals in California. www.housingca.org

    Homelessness USA Awarded: November 2016

  5. New York Foundling Hospital

    $1,000,000 through December 2018

    for educational support for foster youth from 8th grade through college through the Road to Success Program. www.nyfoundling.org

    Foster Youth USA Awarded: November 2016

  6. IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre

    $1,000,000 through November 2017

    to create the foundation for an ambitious learning and collective action initiative that will catalyze development of Sustainable Development Goal 6 in Burkina Faso, Niger, and Uganda. www.irc.nl

    Safe Water International Awarded: November 2016

  7. Water.Org Inc.

    $200,000 through November 2017

    to build the foundation necessary to implement a WaterCredit model in Ghana. www.water.org

    Safe Water International Awarded: November 2016

  8. Water for People

    $3,000,000 through November 2019

    to implement the model of Everyone Forever for sustainable water services in Kamwenge District of Uganda. www.waterforpeople.org

    Safe Water International Awarded: November 2016

  9. Sightsavers Inc.

    $650,000 through February 2020

    for the elimination of trachoma in Mali. www.sightsaversusa.org

    Avoidable Blindness International Awarded: November 2016

  10. National Center for Youth Law

    $1,600,000 through December 2018

    to support the development of a collective impact campaign that will increase access to reproductive and sexual health care, and information to significantly reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies among foster youth in Los Angeles County. www.youthlaw.org

    Foster Youth USA Awarded: November 2016

  11. Catholic Relief Services

    $400,000 through July 2017

    for planning a phase two program to strengthen the ability of Catholic Sisters to meet the developmental needs of children affected by HIV and AIDS. www.crs.org

    Young Children Affected by HIV and AIDS International Awarded: November 2016

  12. Downtown Women's Center

    $450,000 through October 2018

    to build partnership and foster cross-sector programs between permanent supportive housing and domestic violence providers. http://www.dwcweb.org

    Homelessness USA Awarded: August 2016

  13. Annie E. Casey Foundation

    $300,000 through August 2018

    for learning and assessment of the Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential, Social Innovation Fund initiative. http://www.aecf.org/

    Foster Youth USA Awarded: August 2016

  14. Abt Associates

    $1,900,000 through August 2021

    to serve as Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning partner for Phase II of the Foundation's Chronic Homelessness Strategic Initiative. http://www.abtassociates.com

    Homelessness USA Awarded: August 2016

  15. Alverno College

    $2,750,000 through August 2019

    to expand and deepen National Catholic Sisters Project (formerly known as National Catholic Sisters Week) to include three additional Catholic colleges and universities located in California, Texas and Wisconsin. http://www.alverno.edu/

    Catholic Sisters USA Awarded: August 2016

  16. Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate

    $240,000 through June 2019

    to support research that advances our understanding of Catholic sisters. http://cara.georgetown.edu/

    Catholic Sisters USA Awarded: August 2016

  17. Boys Town Nevada, Inc.

    $500,000 through August 2017

    to support family services in a school-based initiative. http://www.boystown.org/locations/nevada

    USA Awarded: August 2016

  18. PATH

    $400,000 through February 2018

    to assess the impact of health facility-based early childhood development interventions and plan for replication in Kenya. www.path.org

    Young Children Affected by HIV and AIDS International Awarded: August 2016

  19. The Task Force for Global Health, Inc.

    $2,000,000 through August 2017

    2016 recipient of the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize. www.taskforce.org

    International Awarded: August 2016

  20. Harvard University

    $480,000 through August 2019

    to support continued development and scale-up of KoBo Toolbox, free and open-source suite of data collection and management software tools for better coordination and more responsive humanitarian service delivery in the field.  www.harvard.edu

    Disaster Relief & Recovery International Awarded: August 2016