St. Jude Children’s Hospital’s Fundraising Organization Selects New CEO
The group, which is in the midst of a global expansion, chose Ike Anand, the organization’s chief operating officer since 2020, who previously worked at travel-tech firm Expedia.
By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press
Kellogg Foundation CEO Shares Her Life Story to Foster Racial Healing
La June Montgomery Tabron believes many Americans have a desire for racial healing. They just don’t know how to start.
By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press
Early Childhood Development Nonprofit Brilliant Detroit Set to Expand Nationally
The early childhood education nonprofit, which supports children in underserved communities “from belly to 8,” plans to expand its unique neighborhood-based holistic model.
By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press
Airbnb Donates $10 Million to 120 Nonprofits on 6 Continents Through Its Unusual Community Fund
The groups receiving funds were not selected by Airbnb or its employees, but by hosts who rent out their properties on the platform.
By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press
Google Backs Creation of Cybersecurity Clinics With $20 Million Donation
The effort will introduce thousands of students to potential careers in cybersecurity, while also helping defend small government offices, rural hospitals, and nonprofits from hacking.
By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press
HBCUs Get 178 Times Less in Foundation Grants Than Ivy League Institutions
A recent study found that in a single year eight Ivy League universities received $5.5 billion from the 1,000 largest U.S. foundations compared with $45 million for the 99 historically black colleges and universities.
By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press
Airbnb’s Joe Gebbia Donates $25 Million to Ocean Cleanup Nonprofit
Entrepreneur Joe Gebbia donated $25 million to Ocean Cleanup to support the nonprofit’s efforts to remove plastic from the world’s oceans and rivers.
By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press
Global Fund Gets Powerful Help With $18 Billion Funding Goal
If the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria reaches its $18 billion goal, it hopes to use the donations to save 20 million lives and avert more than 450 million new infections of AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press
Bill Clinton: ‘The World’s on Fire,’ but Teamwork Can Help
Former President Bill Clinton is calling on governments, businesses, philanthropies, and other prominent institutions to draw together and help a world that is “on fire” as he reconvenes the Clinton Global Initiative, the meeting of international leaders, for the first time since 2016.
By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press
Clinton Initiative’s N.Y.C. Return Includes José Andrés and Queen Rania
This year’s meeting will focus on creating partnerships among political, business, and philanthropic leaders.
By Glenn Gamboa
Associated Press