Washington U. Gets $50 Million Boost for Neurosurgery
Plus, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center received two major gifts in recent weeks, and Stillman College landed an endowment gift from its namesake’s great-grandson.
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Jimmy Carter’s Legacy as a Champion of Peace, Public Health, and Affordable Housing
In his post-presidency, the Georgia native helped build the Carter Center and Habitat for Humanity into nonprofit powerhouses.
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Ellen Finkelstein Will Serve as Hadassah’s Next CEO
Also, a new CEO will take the helm of the Princeton Area Community Foundation in February, and the impact-investing expert Antony Bugg-Levine is joining Homium.
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Lilly Endowment Awards Big Grants for Bioscience Research and Youth Development
Also, the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation gave $73.5 million to use A.I. to address pressing global issues, and three foundations committed major grants to enhance local journalism.
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Catawba Nation Foundation Selects First Executive Director
Also, the Middle East Institute has hired a retired U.S. ambassador to Jordan and Iraq as its next CEO, and the Purdue Research Foundation’s next leader will start in February.
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O’Donnell Foundation Awards $60 Million to Dallas County Promise
Also, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation gave $9 million for research in organelle communication and membrane biophysics, and the LibertyMutual Foundation named the first recipients of its Impact Driven Collaboration grants.
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Carnegie Science Taps Astrophysicist as Its Next President
Also, Shannon Green will become CEO of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement in February, and the Archstone Foundation has named a new leader.
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Walmart Commits $34.5 Million to Protect U.S. Wildlife Habitats
Also, the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation awarded $80 million to Georgia State U., and the Hormel Foundation gave nearly $26 million to community groups that serve residents of Austin, Minn.
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Conservation Grant Maker Nia Tero Names First Indigenous CEO
Also, Feed the Children has tapped its next president and CEO, and the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History appointed an Israeli museum CEO as its new leader.
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J.B. Hunt Foundation Pledges $100 Million to U. of Arkansas for Scholarships
Plus, the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund gave $110.5 million to 40 organizations to address homelessness, and the Hellman Foundation pledged $2.5 million to support women’s Olympic cycling programs.
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