10 Foundations Pool $200 Million for Efforts to Govern Artificial Intelligence
Plus, the Jewish Federations of North America distributed $148 million from its Israel Emergency Fund to 116 aid organizations, and Signet Jewelers has committed $100 million to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
A Global-Health Expert Will Become CEO of the Wellcome Trust in January
Also, the Foellinger Foundation has tapped a new leader, and Ellen Alberding, the longtime president and CEO of the Joyce Foundation, will depart next year.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
John Deere Foundation Awards $19 Million to Reduce World Hunger
Also, Cincinnati Children’s received $15 million from a local family foundation; and Google gave $2 million to two historically Black institutions.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Helen Keller Intl Picks New President and CEO
Also, a Harvard professor will become president of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation in January, and Share Our Strength has hired its next chief operating officer.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $250 Million for Cell-Health Research Hub in New York
Also, the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation has given $20.6 million to house its Clark Scholars Program Network at the University of Maryland after the foundation sunsets in 2025, and Prologis awarded $3 million to prepare Black students at Morehouse College for careers in commercial and residential real estate.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
TheDream.US Taps Formerly Undocumented Immigrant as CEO
Plus, Year Up has promoted Ellen McClain to succeed its founder as CEO, and the MAP Fund has a new executive director.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Foundations and Companies Pour Millions Into Aid for Victims of Israel-Hamas Conflict
In other grant-making news, the Hodson Trust gave almost $110 million to add to scholarship endowments at Washington and Hood Colleges, and $40 million from the Art Bridges Foundation will help offer free admission to 64 museums across the United States.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Also, the California Association of Nonprofits has named a new CEO, and March for Our Lives promoted its next executive director from within.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Citi Foundation Pledges $50 Million in Unrestricted Grants to Community Groups
Also, four big foundations pooled $30 million to organizations that serve the populations most vulnerable to climate disruption, and the UJA-Federation of New York is giving $10 million from its endowment to help victims of Hamas’s attack on Israel.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Jumpstart for Young Children Will Install New CEO in January
Also, the grant maker Artadia has hired a new executive director, and Candy Marshall, president of TheDream.US since its founding 10 years ago, will step down from her post in November.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions