Cleveland Foundation Awards $40 Million in Scholarships for Public-School Graduates (Grants Roundup)
Also, Facebook has given $25 million to build housing for teachers in the Bay Area, and Lever for Change is accepting applications for its $10 million grant competition to expand economic opportunity.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Mercy Corps Appoints Interim CEO Following Abuse Scandal Involving Its Founder (Transitions)
Also, the Mozilla Foundation hired a new vice president for global programs, and the McKnight Foundation’s president will retire next month.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Wisc. Pediatric Cancer Groups Collect $25 Million for Research (Grants Roundup)
Also, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln has received $20 million for a new engineering facility, and Google.org pledges $10 million to help small businesses.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Ex-Obama Official Will Lead Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund (Transitions)
Also, the Baryshnikov Arts Center taps a longtime theater president as its next CEO, and Bill White, who led the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation for 50 years, has died at age 82.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Data for Health Receives $120 Million Expansion Grant From Bloomberg Philanthropies (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Gates Foundation commits $200 million to alleviate poverty in Pakistan, and the Western Union Foundation gives $15 million to provide education for displaced young people.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
92nd Street Y Selects Real-Estate Developer as Next CEO (Transitions)
Also, the interim director of the Andrus Family Fund will stay on permanently, and the Kansas Health Foundation and PwC Charitable Foundations have new leaders.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Gates Foundation Commits $310 Million to Help Farmers Prepare for Climate Change (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Lilly Endowment is giving $40 million to build an engineering complex at Purdue U., and four Alaskan grant makers are pooling $40 million to reduce homelessness in the state.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Walton Family Foundation Taps Unicef USA Official as Leader (Transitions)
In other news about people in philanthropy, Nicholas Tedesco will become president and CEO of the National Center for Family Philanthropy.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Global Philanthropy Groups Select New Leader (Transitions)
Also, the director of major gifts at the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health will now run the El Camino Health Foundation, and the billionaire Barron Hilton has died at age 91.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Starr Foundation Awards Rockefeller U. $50 Million (Grants Roundup)
Also, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta will use $20 million for clinical drug trials to treat pediatric cancer, and the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund has granted $5 million to Philadelphia newsrooms.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions