Grants Roundup: Mellon Gives $10 Million for Humanities; Walmart Sends $5 Million to Puerto Rico
Plus, the Yawkee Foundations will help a South Carolina hospital build a new surgery pavilion, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative gives $5.5 million to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Ford Foundation and Rhodes Trust Get New Senior Leaders
Plus, Harvard’s longtime top fundraiser will step down at the conclusion of the university’s multibillion-dollar capital campaign, and the Baltimore Community Foundation has a new CEO.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: $25 Million for Pancreatic Cancer Research; $10 Million for Bush Library
Plus, the MetLife Foundation works to combat poverty with a $5 million grant to a debt-repayment charity, and other grant news.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Houston Symphony and Mormon Church Get New Leaders
In other news about people in philanthropy, the longtime CEO of the Hoblitzelle Foundation has retired and named his daughter as his successor.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: Boeing Gives $10 Million for Veterans; U. of Idaho Gets New Arena
Also, Children’s Mercy Kansas City gets $150 million for pediatric research, the Gates Foundation gives $4 million to address health problems in India, and other grant news.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
World Vision President to Retire After 20 Years; Alexandria Community Foundation Names New Leader
Plus, the National Audubon Society installs new leaders at three state affiliates, and Mark Israel, a pediatric oncologist, has been named national executive director of the Israel Cancer Research Fund.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: $400 Million for Emory U.; $18 Million for Job Training
Plus, the Lilly Endowment creates a $10 million endowment for the Children’s Bureau of Indianapolis; and other grant news.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
New Leaders at Unicef and Walter & Elise Haas Fund
Plus, the Carnegie Institution for Science elevates two scientists as interim co-presidents, the Mormon Church’s leader dies, and other news about people in the nonprofit world.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grants Roundup: MacArthur Gives $100 Million for Syrian Refugee Education Program
Also, the Caris Foundation gave $98 million to create a collaborative health program in Haiti, Google.org gave $10 million to Goodwill for digital-skills training, and more.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
New CEOs Rise at Heritage and William Davidson Foundations
Plus, William Getty will retire next year as president of the Benedum Foundation, and the prominent Dallas philanthropist Ruth Altshuler has died.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions