Gifts Roundup: Daytona Beach Park Raises $15 Million; U. of Houston Gets $3 Million
Also, an anonymous donor has given $15 million to the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and the Buck Institute receives $6 million to develop ways to preserve ovarian health and extend female fertility as women age.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Former Chicago Community Trust CEO Heads to Atlanta; College Success Foundation Gets New Leader
Also, the president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation intends to leave at the end of the year, and the billionaire North Carolina philanthropist C.D. Spangler has died at age 86.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: Tesla Promises $37.5 Million to STEM Programs in Nevada
Also, an arts fund created by the playwright and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda has made its first grants in Puerto Rico.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Gifts Roundup: Sale of NFL’s Carolina Panthers Spurs $30 Million Gift for Kids
Also, Luther Seminary receives $21.4 million for an accelerated divinity school program, and a couple in addiction recovery gave $2 million to fight the opioid crisis.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
U.N. Foundation Names Head of Girls and Women Strategy; New CFO at Gates
Also, the Environmental Defense Fund adds a new leader for its oceans program, and Jane Chu, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, joins PBS.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Also, the Wellcome Trust has committed $330 million for high-risk medical research, and the blockchain company Sunday Group is giving $5 million to UCLA for its new internet lab.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Center for Community Change Elevates New President; Education Leader Departs Chan Zuckerberg
In other personnel moves, the CEO of LIFT and the president of Girls Incorporated will step down next year, the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health appoints a new chief, and the Commonfund makes more staffing moves.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: Video Game Maker Gives $13 Million for Breast Cancer Research
Also, the University of Oregon gets $10 million to support a new science research facility, and the W.P. Carey Foundation gives a Baltimore private school $3 million for college counseling.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Commonfund Gets New CEO; Make-a-Wish America Leader Plans to Depart
Also, World Vision U.S., Earthjustice and Taproot hire new leaders.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Longtime CEO of Meadows Foundation Will Retire in 2019
Also, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace appoints a new director for its India program, and the newly created NorthLight Foundation names its first executive director.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions