Grants Roundup: $65 Million for Mental-Health Services for Veterans
Also, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation commits $35 million for a new charter school in Flint, Mich., and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation awards $10 million to the Special Olympics.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Rockefeller Names Director of Democracy Building; Ford Hires Program Officer for Creativity
Also, the Kaufman Music Center, Maya Angelou Schools, and Miami City Ballet appoint new leaders.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: Gates Seeds $25 Million for Farming; Pepsi Gives $4 Million to WaterAid
Also, the foundation of fashion brand Kate Spade New York pledges $1 million to suicide-prevention organizations in honor of its late founder.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
New Executives Join World Resources Institute and JustLeadershipUSA
Also, the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles appointed a new president, and Douglas Bennet, the former president of National Public Radio and later Wesleyan University, has died.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: Florida Hospital Gets $13 Million; Walmart Gives $5 Million to Goodwill Jobs Program
Also, the William Penn Foundation gives $6.6 million to develop hundreds of miles of park trails, and Lava Mae will expand its program to provide mobile showers to homeless communities in Berkeley and Oakland, Calif.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Gifts Roundup: Vail Resorts CEO Adds $31 Million to Charity Fund
Also, a couple gives $20 million to DePauw University 50 years after graduating, and a special-education teacher from New Jersey leaves a surprise $1 million bequest to her school district.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Leadership Changes at Commonfund and FSG; Make-a-Wish America CEO Departing
Also, actor and comedian Seth Rogen’s nonprofit, Hilarity for Charity, has named its first executive director.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: Bitcoin Research Gets $50 Million Boost From Ripple
Also, the Wounded Warrior Project awards $45 million to support mental-health services for veterans and their families, and the Episcopal Health Foundation spends $1 million to provide reproductive-health care to poor women in Texas.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Gifts Roundup: Cincinnati Zoo Secures $50 Million for Elephant Habitat
Also, Denny Sanford donates $100 million to help kids form strong social bonds, and a retired high-school teacher left $7.4 million to the University of Kansas.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
New CEOs Named at Taproot and de Beaumont Foundations
Also, the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund names a new president, and the Kinder Foundation reshuffles its parks-program leadership.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions