Henry Luce III, chairman and CEO of the Henry Luce Foundation, announced $6.2 million worth of grants will go to 25 organizations, to support American art, Asian studies, higher education, public affairs and theology programs.

Among the highlights of the grants include:

• A three-year, $450,000 grant to Yale University in New Haven, Conn., to help publish its "Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell";
• A three-year, $300,000 grant to Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., to research, preserve and catalogue its Asian photography collection, which has 13,000 images of China, Japan and Korea;
• A three-year, $280,000 grant to the University of Chicago Divinity School, for its Chicago Forum on Scholarship in Theology and Religion, which aims to reshape the writing of a doctoral dissertation to better link students' research with academic, religious and civic issues;
• A two-year, $265,000 grant to the Teachers College Columbia University in New York for its Education Leadership Institute. The institute targets exceptional intermediate school supervisors and aspiring principals that work with low-performing schools in New York City;
• A three-year, $150,000 grant to the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Mont., for its research, publication and tour of the Poindexter Collection of Abstract Expression Art. The collection was gathered by George Poindexter, a member of one of Montana's founding families, and his wife, Elinor.

The late Henry R. Luce -- co-founder and editor-in-chief of Time Inc. -- was born in China to missionary parents. He established the foundation in 1936 to support higher education initiatives, Asian studies, women science and theology programs. It has assets of $1 billion.