Grants Roundup: Stanford Receives $15 Million for Women’s Leadership
Also, the Ikea Foundation invests $2.3 million in clean electricity for 1 million people in India and East Africa, and the Kentucky Derby Museum will use $1 million for an expansion project.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
New Foundation Jobs Focus on Diversity; Women’s Philanthropy Leader Departing
In other news about people in philanthropy, Deepak Bhargava, president of the Center for Community Change, plans to depart after the 2018 midterm elections.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
World Vision Names New CEO; Skalak Leaving Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group
Also, the Guggenheim gets a new deputy director; Philippe Vergne is leaving the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and both the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Weinberg Foundation have named new program directors.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: Google.org and Accenture Pledge Big Grants for Economic Development
Also, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation puts $27.5 million toward revitalizing agriculture in Greece, and the actor Ashton Kutcher funnels $4 million through his tech company to the Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Deepak Bhargava Exits Center for Community Change; New CEO at Sixty and Better
Also, the Council on Foundations creates a new role to advance racial equity in grant making, and the Fund for Animals Wildlife Center gets a new leader.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: $100 Million Given for Health Care and Housing in Puerto Rico
The money will be split between Habitat for Humanity and Direct Relief. Also, the National Air and Space Museum will use $1 million to build a design hangar, Virginia Tech gets $3 million to teach blockchain programming, and other noteworthy grants.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Mesch to Step Down From Women’s Philanthropy Institute; Other People News
Also, Holly Humphrey of the University of Chicago was named president of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, and the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust installs a new president.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: Communities in Schools Gets $17 Million, Plus $15 Million for Detroit
Also, the University of Kentucky will use $4.9 million to treat opioid addiction in pregnant women, and the MeToo Fund gets a $1 million boost.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
New Chiefs Promoted at Mary Black and Honolulu Biennial Foundations
Also, Friends of the Children adds fresh leadership in New York and Los Angeles, and the Dallas philanthropist Margaret McDermott has died at age 106.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: Barr Foundation Awards $30 Million for the Arts in Mass.
Also, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative gives $14 million for personalized-learning programs in Chicago public schools, and the University of California at San Diego gets $4.7 million to study a chemical found in marijuana as a potential treatment for autism.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions