Movember CEO Takes Top Job at Starlight Children’s Foundation (Transitions)
Also, the New Century Trust hires its next leader, and the Brookings Institution’s head of development has joined Resources for the Future.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Google.org Awards $25 Million Through Its AI Impact Challenge (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Pritzker Foundation dedicates $15 million for pediatric mental-health care in Illinois, and a charter school founded by the basketball star LeBron James receives $1 million for a new gym.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
(Red) CEO Will Next Lead MusiCares (Transitions)
Also, the Glaucoma Foundation hires a new CEO, and Jean Vanier, who won the Templeton Prize in 2015 for his work helping disabled people, has died at age 90.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Wisc. Insurance Company Gives $20 Million for Data Science Institute (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Gates Foundation awards $14 million to make childbirth safer for the world’s poorest women, and Disney gives a children’s hospital charity $1 million in honor of its blockbuster movie Avengers: Endgame.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Washington Ballet Lands New Executive Director (Transitions)
Also, New Music USA appoints its next leader, and the CEO of the Tides Foundation will depart this year.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Lilly Endowment Awards $42 Million to Notre Dame for Technology Network (Grants Roundup)
Also, the Packard Foundation gives $20 million to make grants in David Packard’s hometown of Pueblo, Colo., and the Elton John AIDS Foundation promises $11 million to provide HIV-prevention services to the people most at risk.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Save the Children and Action Against Hunger USA Get New Leaders (Transitions)
In other news about people in philanthropy, Julie Morita, a medical doctor and commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, takes a top role at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
World Vision VP Will Now Lead Action Against Hunger USA (Transitions)
Also, two major family foundations appoint new presidents, and David Hamburg, who led the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1982 to 1997, has died.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
UCLA Gets $20 Million for a Renovation and More (Grants Roundup)
Also, Vail Health has pledged $60 million for Colorado behavioral-health services, and Prudential Financial has committed $35 million in grants to help young people worldwide.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
New $3.2 Billion Health Foundation Names Executive Team (Transitions)
Also, the Knight Foundation appoints a director for its Philadelphia programs, and the Urban Alliance opens an office in Detroit.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions