Gates Commits Up to $100 Million to Battle Coronavirus (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collects $50 million for its capital campaign, and the Koret Foundation gives $10 million to design a new global educational program on the Holocaust.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Indiana U. Appoints Next Leader of Women’s Philanthropy Institute (Transitions)
Also, Grantmakers in Health chooses a seasoned federal health leader as CEO, McKnight Foundation selects an interim leader, and Paul Grogan is departing the Boston Foundation after 18 years.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Blue Cross Blue Shield Grants $55 Million to Lower Cost of Generic Drugs (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Kendeda Fund gives $10 million to raise awareness of the trauma experienced by native children adopted outside of their tribal communities, and the Nike Foundation donates $5 million to build an athletic facility at the Barack Obama Presidential Center.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Unicef USA Picks Michael Nyenhuis as Its Next CEO (Transitions)
Also, Christine Squires has been promoted to succeed Nyenhuis at Americares, and the Open Society Foundations names its next leader of the Open Society Institute-Baltimore.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Microsoft Pledges Additional $250 Million to Address Seattle Homelessness (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Lilly Endowment has given $55 million to bolster the financial health of 13 youth charities in Indianapolis, and the LEGO Foundation committed $24 million to bring play-based learning to five countries.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Arcus Foundation, National Geographic Society Pick New Leaders (Transitions)
Also, John Bernstein, the Ford Foundation’s COO, will join Vulcan, the company that the late Paul Allen founded to handle his finances and philanthropy, and the Bainum Family Foundation names its second CEO in a year.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Syracuse U. Gets $75 Million From the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation
Also, the Center at Sierra Health Foundation is accepting applications for $20 million in grants to help young people battling addiction in California.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Hillel International Announces New CEO (Transitions)
Also, the Rockefeller Foundation has named the next managing director for its Africa office, and Joan Irvine Smith, an heiress who helped establish the U. of California at Irvine and Children’s Hospital of Orange County, has died at age 86.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
City Year Receives $13 Million for 8th-Grade Graduation Program (Grants Roundup)
Also, Habitat for Humanity will use $11 million to deliver occupational-therapy services at home, and $10 million from the Ford Foundation will provide free museum admission to Detroit middle-schoolers visiting the Henry Ford.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Leadership Shift Underway at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
In other news about people in philanthropy, James Balfanz, who has been president of City Year for nine years, has been promoted to CEO, and the Smithsonian names ex-CIA official Meroe Park as deputy secretary and chief operating officer.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions