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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.

Leading

Local Initiatives Support Corporation Appoints New Head of Rural Programs

Also, the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation has named its next CEO, and the Children’s Defense Fund has chosen a new chief operating officer.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Foundation Giving

Seattle Children’s Receives $50 Million for Pediatric Cancer Research

Also, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation awarded $35 million for conservation projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and the Helmsley Charitable Trust gave $12.7 million to train health-care professionals in Israel.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Major-Gift Fundraising

Former Time Warner Cable CEO Leaves $150 Million to Dartmouth for Financial Aid

Also, the California Institute of Technology receives $100 million, and Kenneth Griffin gave $50 million to the Baptist Health Foundation.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Leading

Global Fund for Children Promotes Hayley Roffey to Co-CEO

Also, the Association of African American Museums has appointed a new CEO, and AARP’s longtime leader will depart at the end of the year.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Foundation Giving

Barr Foundation Awards $34.9 Million to New England Nonprofit Groups

Also, Price Philanthropies gave $10 million to accelerate training for mental-health professionals in California, and Girls Who Invest received $2 million to recruit more women and nonbinary people for careers in the investment-management industry.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Major-Gift Fundraising

LaGuardia Community College Scores $116.2 Million From the Owners of the New York Mets

Also, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez have given two unrestricted gifts of $50 million each through their Courage and Civility Award, and two former professors at the University of Maryland at College Park have donated $27.2 million to its math department.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Leading

Dallas Foundation Installs Julie Diaz as New CEO

Also, the Jewish Community Foundation San Diego has promoted its chief financial officer to CEO, and the effective-altruism charity The Life You Can Save has named two co-CEOs.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Foundation Giving

Bezos Earth Fund Pledges $60 Million to Develop Protein Alternatives to Meat

Also, the Doris Duke Foundation committed $33 million to help families protect children at high risk of abuse and neglect, and the Kataly Foundation awarded $20 million to reclaim Native land in the San Francisco Bay Area.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Leading

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Taps Three New Executives

Also, the Center for Nonprofit Management has installed a new CEO, and the Open Society Foundations promoted its new president from within.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Foundation Giving

Gates Foundation Commits $180 Million to Eliminate Cervical Cancer

Also, Cancer Grand Challenges has awarded $125 million to five international research teams, and the OneOhio Recovery Foundation will deliver $51 million to efforts to prevent and treat opioid addiction in Ohio.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

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