M. J. Prest
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Stacey Stewart Will Lead Mothers Against Drunk Driving; Ronald McDonald House Charities Taps New CEO
Also, the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health announces its first executive director, and the Fund for Global Human Rights will install its new CEO in May. → Read More
Heising-Simons Foundation Selects New CEO
Also, ActBlue has named its next leader, and John King Jr., president of the Education Trust, has left to become chancellor of the State University of New York system. → Read More
Heinz Endowments Will Install Next President in April
Also, the GroundTruth Project has tapped a new leader, and Ronn Richard plans to retire as president and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation later this year. → Read More
Rasmuson Foundation Picks New CEO
Also, Draper Richards Kaplan has hired a former Delaware state official as managing director and a Providence, R.I., city official as chief of staff and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has named a new vice president of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. → Read More
Commonwealth Fund Names Its Next President and First Latino Leader
Also, YoungArts has a new president, and Judy Belk plans to step down as president and CEO of the California Wellness Foundation a year from now. → Read More
Lutheran Services in America Names New CEO
Also, the Phillips Collection and the American Museum of Natural History have appointed new leaders, and Dave Scullin plans to retire as CEO of the Communities Foundation of Texas in March. → Read More
Bezos Day 1 Families Fund Awards $123.5 Million for Homelessness Prevention
Also, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $75 million to boost enrollment in higher education among students in Washington state, and the ClimateWorks Foundation will give $21.5 million to address fertilizer’s effect on climate change, food security, and energy. → Read More
Ben Jealous Will Next Lead Sierra Club; People for the American Way Promotes Svante Myrick to CEO
Also, the AARP Foundation has tapped a new president, Miriam Nelson has stepped down from the Newman’s Own Foundation, and the author Martin Morse Wooster was killed in a hit-and-run accident. → Read More
PNC Bank and Walton Family Foundation Contribute $100 Million for Public Charter Schools
Also, Eli Lilly and Company pledged $92.5 million for research programs and aid for pharmaceutical-manufacturing students at Purdue University, and the National Fund for Sacred Places awarded $2.2 million to 16 historic churches in the United States. → Read More
Girl Scouts of the USA Names New Chief Development and Operating Officers
Also, the Weingart Foundation hired its next COO, and the longtime leader of the Apollo Theater will depart next summer. → Read More
Salvation Army and American Red Cross Share $80 Million for Climate-Driven Disaster Planning
Also, Breakthrough Energy has awarded $50 million to develop jet fuel with lower emissions, and four Pittsburgh foundations gave $4 million to rebuild the synagogue where an antisemitic mass shooting killed 11 people in 2018. → Read More
Alzheimer’s Association Elevates Next CEO From Within
Also, the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust has chosen its next leader, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation tapped a new chief program officer, and Melissa Berman is stepping aside as CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers. → Read More
Ballmer Group Commits $149 Million Through Its New Climate-Change Effort
Also, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $1.2 billion to end polio worldwide by 2026, and Bank of America gave $24 million for economic development in communities of color. → Read More
Mertz Gilmore Foundation Selects New President
Also, GoFundMe appointed the next president of its Classy platform, and the philanthropist Lorry Lokey has died at age 95. → Read More
Native American Agriculture Fund Commits $100 Million for Health and Nutrition in Tribal Communities
Also, the Mayo Clinic received $100 million to expand access to its proton-beam facility for cancer patients, and more grant makers have donated for hurricane relief in Florida. → Read More
Sandra Breka Tapped as COO at Open Society Foundations
Also, Enterprise Community Partners named two interim co-CEOs to replace Priscilla Almodovar, and the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles has appointed a new CEO to succeed its longtime leader in January. → Read More
Foundations and Companies Pledge Millions for Hurricane Ian Recovery Efforts
Also, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave $127.5 million to Pfizer to develop maternal vaccines for two common deadly viruses, and the Open Society Foundations donated $25 million for the Center for Indigenous Studies at Bard College. → Read More
Lumina Foundation Names First Vice President of Equity, Culture, and Talent
Also, the Wege Foundation has hired a new CEO, and Year Up promoted its next president from within. → Read More
Bloomberg Philanthropies Will Give $204 Million for Ocean and Marine-Habitat Protections
Also, Rotary International, the LEGO Foundation, the Gates Foundation, and others committed to large grants during the Global Citizen Festival and the U.N. General Assembly. → Read More
Human Rights Campaign Names a New President; Wells Fargo Foundation Installs Its First Black Leader
Also, the Leon Levy Foundation has promoted its next president from within, and Lourdes Rodríguez will be next CEO of the David Rockefeller Fund. She previously served as senior program officer at St. David’s Foundation. → Read More