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M.J. Prest

Senior Editor, Solutions

M.J. Prest is senior editor for solutions at the Chronicle of Philanthropy, where she highlights how nonprofit leaders navigate and overcome major challenges. She has covered stories on big gifts, grant making, and executive moves for the Chronicle since 2004. Her work has also appeared in the Washington Post, Slate.com, and the Huffington Post, and she wrote the young-adult novel Immersion. M.J. graduated from Williams College and after living in many different places, she settled in New England with her husband, two kids, and two rescue dogs.

Corporations

Grants Roundup: $50 Million Offered for Artificial-Intelligence Solutions to Environment

Plus, the Windgate Fund Creates a $40 Million Art District at the University of Arkansas, and LinkedIn gives $10 million to address affordable housing in the San Francisco area.

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ALS Association and Central Park Conservancy Pick New Leaders

Plus, FocusMaine gets a new chief, WNET hires a new top fundraiser, and Solidaire has a changing of the guard.

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Corporations

Grants Roundup: 3M Gives $26 Million to the U. of Minnesota

Also, the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation has granted over $5 million to TechTown and the Michigan Nonprofit Association to build a new resource hub for charity leaders in Detroit.

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Ford’s $1 Billion Impact Investment Fund Gets New Manager; Gill Foundation Hires CEO From Within

Also, the Goldman Environmental Foundation and Sister Cities International announce new chiefs, and other comings and goings.

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Foundation Giving

Grants Roundup: Wells Fargo Offers $50 Million for Native American Groups

Other grants include $8 million to develop new treatments for leukemia and $5 million for the Baltimore Police Department for crime-fighting technology.

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Easter Seals and Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Get New Chiefs
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Easter Seals and Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Get New Chiefs

Plus, new presidents for the Aspen Institute and Heron Foundation, four new CEOs at community funds, and other personnel news.

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Foundation Giving

Grants Roundup: U. of St. Thomas Receives $50 Million for Business Scholarships

Plus, the Ford Foundation backs the new African-American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation acts to preserve the Alabama coastline, and other major grants.

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Ex-Kellogg Chief to Oversee Citizenship Conference; Surdna President to Step Down

Plus, new leaders at the Global Fund for Children, Dresner Foundation, and other personnel news.

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Grants Roundup: $150 Million for New Democracy Institute at Johns Hopkins
Foundation Giving

Grants Roundup: $150 Million for New Democracy Institute at Johns Hopkins

Plus, the Helmsley Charitable Trust gives $52 million for Type I diabetes treatment, and Bloomberg Philanthropies gives $50 million to reduce world demand for coal.

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New Hires at Kripalu Center and MacArthur Foundation
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New Hires at Kripalu Center and MacArthur Foundation

More personnel moves at Jupiter Medical Center and Children International. Also, the philanthropist Joan Tisch has died.

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