Orlando Bravo Gives Brown U. $25 Million for Data-Driven Economic Research (Gifts Roundup)
Plus five other universities land big gifts, including the Yale School of Public Health, which received $5 million to help LGBTQ people fight mental-health problems.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Emmett Carson Lands New Post After Silicon Valley Community Foundation Scandal
The former CEO, who led the organization through a period of meteoric growth but resigned after an inquiry describing a toxic workplace culture, will be COO of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
By MARC GUNTHER and Maria Di Mento
Plus one of the country’s oldest historically black colleges, an arts high school, and three universities land big gifts.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Rockefeller COO Defends Decision to End Support for ‘100 Resilient Cities’ Program
Steven VanRoekel said the change marks the next phase of the grant maker’s work on climate change.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Plus, Kenneth Griffin gave $25 million for a theater at the Shed at Hudson Yards, and William Bullard left $10 Million to the Maine Maritime Academy.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Billionaire Len Blavatnik Pours Money Into Education, Medical Research, and History
With an estimated net worth of $17.8 billion, the Russian American investor wants to tell the stories of ordinary people, especially Jews, who lived through the World Wars.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The Giving Impulse: One Family’s Story
One of them worked as a counselor. Another worked as a teacher in low-income communities. Here’s how heirs to the Procter & Gamble fortune nurtured a culture of philanthropy for more than a century.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Billionaire Yacht Maker Gives $50 Million for Dementia Research and Care (Gifts Roundup)
Plus, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis gets $15 million, and Children’s Hospital of Orange County gets $5 million.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Launch New Database of Grant Making and Investments
The move by the Facebook co-founder and his wife is aimed at helping potential grantees get a better sense of what their philanthropy supports.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Donor Who Sued Georgetown in 2013 Gives Its Law School $10.5 Million: Gifts Roundup
Plus, four universities and one college landed large donations.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor