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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.

FedEx Awards $100 Million to Create an Institute at Yale to Reduce Carbon in the Atmosphere
Corporations

FedEx Awards $100 Million to Create an Institute at Yale to Reduce Carbon in the Atmosphere

Also, Bloomberg Philanthropies has given $25 million to endow a fellowship program at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, and the Citi Foundation will make $25 million in grants to charities that work directly with small businesses owned by people of color.

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Zoom Hires Head of Social Impact for Its New Philanthropic Arm
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Zoom Hires Head of Social Impact for Its New Philanthropic Arm

Also, Amnesty International USA has named its new executive director.

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Netflix Commits $100 Million to Support Artists of Color in TV and Film
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Netflix Commits $100 Million to Support Artists of Color in TV and Film

Also, Bloomberg Philanthropies gave $150 million to establish the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, and Bank of America has awarded $10 million to create the Center for Black Entrepreneurship.

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Businessman Gives $150 Million to Wofford College’s Endowment
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Businessman Gives $150 Million to Wofford College’s Endowment

Also, the University of Chicago will use a $25 million gift to create a Center for Global Health and Social Development, and Morgan State University received $20 million from an alumnus.

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Ballmer Group Names First National Director of Housing
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Ballmer Group Names First National Director of Housing

Also, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has named its first woman president and CEO, and the CEO of the George Gund Foundation will retire at the end of the year.

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Dallas Mavericks Basketball Team Awards Emergency Grants for Winter Storm Relief in Tex.
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Dallas Mavericks Basketball Team Awards Emergency Grants for Winter Storm Relief in Tex.

Also, the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation gave $115 million to 400 charities across New York State, and Goldman Sachs awarded $25 million to teach job skills in finance to students at eight historically Black colleges and universities.

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Venture Capital Executive Gives $80 Million to Expand Maternal Health Care in Bay Area
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Venture Capital Executive Gives $80 Million to Expand Maternal Health Care in Bay Area

Plus, the Home Depot co-founders jointly gave the Gary Sinise Foundation $40 million, and Marymount Manhattan College received $25 million.

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Kaboom Promotes From Within to Pick Its New CEO
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Kaboom Promotes From Within to Pick Its New CEO

Also, the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties has a new president and CEO, and Beth deHamel, who was recently interim CEO at Mercy Corps, has joined the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

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Blackstone Promises $40 Million to Entrepreneurship Program for Students of Color
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Blackstone Promises $40 Million to Entrepreneurship Program for Students of Color

Also, the MacArthur Foundation has awarded $18 million to reduce over-incarceration in 15 U.S. cities and counties, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation is giving $11 million in matching grants to re-open Jewish summer camps.

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Wes Moore to Leave Robin Hood; New America Hires Chief Transformation Officer
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Wes Moore to Leave Robin Hood; New America Hires Chief Transformation Officer

Plus, Ilyse Hogue to step down as president of Naral Pro-Choice America, and Nick Donohue will depart the Nellie Mae Education Foundation at the end of the year after 14 years as its CEO.

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