Fidelity Investments Taps New Head of Social Impact
Also, the Democratizing Philanthropy Project announces its first executive director, and Steve Waldman, the co-founder of Report for America, will now lead the Rebuild Local News Coalition.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
PetSmart Charities Commits $100 Million to Expand Access to Veterinary Care
Also, Fidelity Investments is awarding $250 million to efforts to enable students of color to enroll in college, and Wells Fargo pledged $20 million to its Invest Native program for economic development in Indigenous communities.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
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.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Open Philanthropy Gives $150 Million for Global Health, Climate, and Education
Also, the Lilly Endowment gave $80 million to improve public parks in Indiana, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded $4 million to 35 historic Black churches across the United States.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
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.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
James Irvine Foundation Awards $35 Million to Support Workers in California
Plus, the Semiconductor Research Corporation gave $250 million to a consortium of seven U.S. universities for microelectronics research, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation committed $5 million to support studies focused on gun violence.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Rasmuson Foundation Picks New CEO
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.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
The grassroots grants came from Co-Impact, a group supported by Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott, among others, while the Mellon Foundation donated $11 million for a cultural center to memorialize the history of slavery in Richmond, Va.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
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.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
4 Big Foundations Pool $90 Million for Global Workers-Rights Partnership
Also, Michigan Medicine received $50 million for its new hospital, and three companies made grants to support the Smithsonian Institution’s forthcoming American Women’s History Museum and National Museum of the American Latino.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions