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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.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Commits $60 Million to Diversify Science Education

Also, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation grants $50 million for credentialing and career training in Kansas City, and Wells Fargo Foundation awards $22.5 million to close racial gaps in homeownership in three U.S. cities.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies Will Install New CEO in April

Also, the former president of the Headwaters Foundation for Justice has joined the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, and two co-CEOs will now lead If, a Foundation for Radical Possibility.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

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.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

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.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Google.org Awards $10 Million to Feeding America to Bolster Food Banks

Also, the Perot Foundation and the Sarah and Ross Perot Jr. Foundation gave $50 million to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to endow a dual-degree program for physician-scientists, and the Rockefeller Foundation has awarded $11 million to promote Indigenous farming practices to safeguard the global food system from the effects of climate change.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Sean Connery Foundation Picks Its First Executive Director

Also, the Hershey Trust Company has hired a new CEO and chief investment officer to oversee its $20 billion endowment, and Georgia Levenson Keohane will serve as CEO of the Soros Economic Development Fund, the impact-investment arm of the Open Society Foundations.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Clarios Foundation Pledges $20 Million to Unicef to Improve Environmental Health for Children

Also, the Kislak Family Foundation gave $10 million to the Library of Congress for a new gallery about Indigenous societies, and several major grants have been announced at the U.N. Climate Change Conference, taking place this week in Egypt.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

Grameen Foundation Names First Woman Leader; GlobalGiving Taps New CEO From Gates Foundation

Also, the Chicago Community Trust and the Education Trust have both promoted their next leaders from within.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions

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.

By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions