Ellen Finkelstein Will Serve as Hadassah’s Next CEO
Also, a new CEO will take the helm of the Princeton Area Community Foundation in February, and the impact-investing expert Antony Bugg-Levine is joining Homium.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Lilly Endowment Awards Big Grants for Bioscience Research and Youth Development
Also, the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation gave $73.5 million to use A.I. to address pressing global issues, and three foundations committed major grants to enhance local journalism.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Catawba Nation Foundation Selects First Executive Director
Also, the Middle East Institute has hired a retired U.S. ambassador to Jordan and Iraq as its next CEO, and the Purdue Research Foundation’s next leader will start in February.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
O’Donnell Foundation Awards $60 Million to Dallas County Promise
Also, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation gave $9 million for research in organelle communication and membrane biophysics, and the LibertyMutual Foundation named the first recipients of its Impact Driven Collaboration grants.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Carnegie Science Taps Astrophysicist as Its Next President
Also, Shannon Green will become CEO of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement in February, and the Archstone Foundation has named a new leader.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Walmart Commits $34.5 Million to Protect U.S. Wildlife Habitats
Also, the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation awarded $80 million to Georgia State U., and the Hormel Foundation gave nearly $26 million to community groups that serve residents of Austin, Minn.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Conservation Grant Maker Nia Tero Names First Indigenous CEO
Also, Feed the Children has tapped its next president and CEO, and the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History appointed an Israeli museum CEO as its new leader.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
J.B. Hunt Foundation Pledges $100 Million to U. of Arkansas for Scholarships
Plus, the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund gave $110.5 million to 40 organizations to address homelessness, and the Hellman Foundation pledged $2.5 million to support women’s Olympic cycling programs.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
AARP Hires Myechia Minter-Jordan as Next CEO
Also, the Hearst Foundations tapped a new co-executive director, and the Women Donors Network has appointed a managing director of politics and advocacy.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Veterans Groups Receive Grants for Housing, Oral Health, and Arts Programs
Also, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas has awarded $79 million for affordable housing in five southern states, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave $12.5 million to expand access to family planning and reproductive health care worldwide.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions