Islamic Relief USA and JPMorgan Chase Foundation Promote From Within for Top Posts
Also, Congress confirms a new chairman for the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Hershey Trust’s CEO steps down.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: Citi Foundation Gives $20 Million for Urban Economic Renewal
Also, a diabetes-research network gets a $15 million boost, and Heifer International receives $3 million from Walmart to help Mexican farmers get top dollar for sustainably sourced food.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Executive Resigns; Metropolitan Museum Gets New Leader
In other April personnel news, Nina Stack will be the next executive director of the $369 million Champlin Foundation and the Gates Foundation names new leaders for grant programs in family health and postsecondary education.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Raikes Has New Racial-Equity Leader; Disney Foundation Names Executive Director
Also, the University of Michigan’s top fundraiser is retiring as its capital campaign surpasses $4.3 billion, and the Gates Foundation has a new child-health leader.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Drums Up $10 Million
Also, the Gates Foundation pledges an additional $71 million for malaria research, and the MacArthur Foundation is offering more than $24 million in grants to Chicago arts institutions.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Champlin Foundation Selects New Leader; Murdock Trust Gets CFO
Also, Michelle Miller Burns will become head of the Minnesota Orchestra.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: Akamai Commits $50 Million to Boost Math Programs
Also, Audubon nets $10 million for grass-roots climate-change activism, and the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries is offering $1 million in grants for school libraries damaged in last year’s natural disasters.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
People on the Move: Metropolitan Museum of Art Names Its New Director
Also, Oxfam America hires a new vice president for global programs, and a former Green Beret will lead the Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: Houston Zoo Nets $50 Million for New Habitats
Also, the Los Angeles Clippers Foundation has given $10 million to renovate hundreds of public basketball courts, and a Cincinnati hospital gets $5 million to grow human tissue and organs from stem cells.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Smithsonian’s Air & Space Museum Chooses First Woman Director
Also, a Kellogg Foundation alumnus will lead a national network of churches and faith-based groups, and the Pittsburgh philanthropist Drue Heinz has died at age 103.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions