Rockefeller Foundation Pledges $80 Million to Continue Its Food Is Medicine Programs
Also, two real-estate development companies donated $20 million worth of land in Utah to the Huntsman Cancer Institute, and the Ballmer Group has given $15 million to reduce greenhouse gas emissions owing to food waste.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
National Public Radio Picks Katherine Maher as Next CEO
Also, the Wallace Global Fund has a new executive director, and the Newman’s Own Foundation hired three new senior leaders.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
St. George Corporation Gives $51 Million to Northwestern Medicine for a New Cancer Institute
Also, the Kansas Health Foundation will award $30 million to 30 grassroots organizations that advance racial health equity throughout the state, and Citi Foundation will give $25 million to develop and promote solutions to address homelessness.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
South Korea’s Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Will Lead Asia Society
Also, the gun-safety group Giffords has named a new executive director, and the Orange County Community Foundation has promoted its next president from within.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Duke Endowment Awards $75 Million to 3 Universities in North and South Carolina
Also, the Helmsley Charitable Trust gave $17.6 million to back programs for homeless New Yorkers with serious health needs, and the new Adobe Film & TV Fund will award $6 million to help filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds find careers in entertainment.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies Selects New Managing Director of Programs
Also, the National Museum of Mexican Art has named its next CEO, and the longtime head of the National Council of Nonprofits will retire this summer.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Also, Bloomberg Philanthropies has committed $250 million to train high schoolers to enter high-demand jobs in health care without a college degree, and the Lilly Endowment awarded $100 million each to the Purdue Research Foundation and the United Negro College Fund.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Nonprofit Leadership Lab Names Its First CEO
Also, Google.org has promoted its next global head from within, and the Clooney Foundation for Justice has appointed two lawyers to serve as co-CEOs.
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Senior Editor, Solutions
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Gives $165 Million for Ukraine Aid
Also, Pivotal Ventures gave $14 million to offer health-care services in schools, and the Golden Globe Foundation awarded $5 million in grants for film schools and journalism programs.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Art Bridges Foundation Chooses New CEO
Plus, two community foundations have named new leaders, and the California philanthropist Betty Moore has died at age 95.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions