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M.J. Prest

Senior Editor, Solutions

M.J. Prest is senior editor for solutions at the Chronicle of Philanthropy, where she highlights how nonprofit leaders navigate and overcome major challenges. She has covered stories on big gifts, grant making, and executive moves for the Chronicle since 2004. Her work has also appeared in the Washington Post, Slate.com, and the Huffington Post, and she wrote the young-adult novel Immersion. M.J. graduated from Williams College and after living in many different places, she settled in New England with her husband, two kids, and two rescue dogs.

United Way Worldwide Picks Easterseals CEO as Next Leader
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United Way Worldwide Picks Easterseals CEO as Next Leader

Also, Greenpeace USA is promoting its chief operating officer to co-executive director, and the Nathan Cummings Foundation has selected its next president and CEO.

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Facebook Awards $38 Million for Affordable Housing and Homelessness in Silicon Valley
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Facebook Awards $38 Million for Affordable Housing and Homelessness in Silicon Valley

Also, Apple adds $30 million to expand its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, and Home Depot and the Arthur M. Blank Foundation have together pledged $2 million for Hurricane Ida relief.

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Ann Mei Chang Will Lead Candid; Robertson Foundation Taps Education Trailblazer as President
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Ann Mei Chang Will Lead Candid; Robertson Foundation Taps Education Trailblazer as President

Also, the Colorado Trust has named a new vice president of grants, and the nonprofit researcher Lester Salamon has died.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Additional $31 Million to Partnership for Healthy Cities
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits Additional $31 Million to Partnership for Healthy Cities

Also, four foundations partnered to create a $5.7 million fund that will back grassroots organizations in Detroit, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has given $2.3 million to expand news coverage of health, race, equity, and poverty in the South.

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Give Blck, a Database That Connects Donors With Black-Led Charities, Names First CEO
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Give Blck, a Database That Connects Donors With Black-Led Charities, Names First CEO

Also, the Walton Family Foundation has hired a new director of its Home Region Program for northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta.

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Salesforce Foundation Gets $54 Million in Slack Buyout; Open Society Creates $10 Million Fund to Rescue Afghan Civilians
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Salesforce Foundation Gets $54 Million in Slack Buyout; Open Society Creates $10 Million Fund to Rescue Afghan Civilians

Also, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation gives almost $18 million to fight wildfires in Greece.

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YMCA of the USA Appoints First Woman Leader in Its 170-Year History
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YMCA of the USA Appoints First Woman Leader in Its 170-Year History

Also, the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund has named its first president, and the International Center for Research on Women has appointed Peggy Clark as its next CEO.

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Gilead Sciences Adds $200 Million to Its Foundation’s Endowment, Pledges Support for People of Color and LGBTQ Youths
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Gilead Sciences Adds $200 Million to Its Foundation’s Endowment, Pledges Support for People of Color and LGBTQ Youths

Also, two foundations gave $20 million to expand internet access for households in the Cleveland area, and the Knight Foundation awarded $1.5 million to back Black and women entrepreneurs in Macon, Ga.

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Knight Foundation Hires 2 Vice Presidents, for Journalism and DEI
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Knight Foundation Hires 2 Vice Presidents, for Journalism and DEI

Also, the Jewish Communal Fund has appointed a new president to oversee its $2 billion in donor-advised funds, and the founding CEO of StoryCorps will now lead ProPublica.

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$30 Million Storytelling Fund Seeded by Ford, Skoll, and Compton Foundations
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$30 Million Storytelling Fund Seeded by Ford, Skoll, and Compton Foundations

Also, three banks have made $30 million in grants to bolster inclusive real-estate development in Memphis, and the New Breath Foundation and the East Bay Community Foundation have jointly pledged $10 million to support Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in Northern California.

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