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Bloomberg Philanthropies Will Give $204 Million for Ocean and Marine-Habitat Protections

Also, Rotary International, the LEGO Foundation, the Gates Foundation, and others committed to large grants during the Global Citizen Festival and the U.N. General Assembly.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Human Rights Campaign Names a New President; Wells Fargo Foundation Installs Its First Black Leader

Also, the Leon Levy Foundation has promoted its next president from within.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Gates Commits $150 Million to Strengthen Education Equity; Nature Conservancy Gets $30 Million for Rivers Project

Also, the Schuler Education Foundation issued $95 million in challenge grants for financial aid at liberal-arts colleges, and the World Food Program USA has received $32 million to address the global food crisis.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Independent Sector Appoints New CEO

Also, the MacArthur and Rockefeller foundations both name new chief operating officers.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Mastercard Foundation Grants $276 Million to Carnegie Mellon for Africa Programs

Also, the Citi Foundation gave $50 million to 12 nonprofits through its Community Finance Innovation Fund, and the Merck Foundation pledged $20 million to improve equity in cancer care.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Akonadi Foundation Taps Next President; White House Aide to Lead Share Our Strength

Also, GiveDirectly names Rory Stewart as CEO to succeed its co-founder, and Talia Rivera has been tapped as first full-time executive director of the Fund for a Safer Future.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Scriven Fund Gives $82 Million to Improve Patient Care; the Norwegian Refugee Council Has Won the Hilton Humanitarian Prize

Also, St. David’s Foundation has awarded $28 million to organizations throughout central Texas, and Google has committed $20 million to expand computer-science education for students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in technology.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Donors of Color Network Promotes Next Executive Director From Within

Also, Americares has named two directors of emergency response in the United States and worldwide, and the hedge-fund billionaire and philanthropist Julian Robertson has died.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Lilly Endowment Awards $85 Million for Early Literacy; Gates and Clinton Support Medical Aid in 9 Countries

Also, the Clinton Health Access Initiative received $25 million to deliver affordable medical-oxygen equipment in nine countries, and the Pokémon Company International committed $25 million to organizations that work to improve the lives of children and social equity.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Laurene Powell Jobs’s Waverley Street Foundation Taps First President to Oversee $3.5 Billion in Climate-Change Grants

Also, the Ballmer Group has hired a new director of Black family economic mobility, and World Central Kitchen named two co-executives to replace Nate Mook, who has resigned.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions