Stavros Niarchos Foundation Gives $23 Million to Promote Greek Opera: Grants Roundup
Also, the Starr Foundation awarded $10 million for a secret-operations museum, and Boeing granted $2 million to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 space mission to the moon.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Names New Leader
Also, NPR’s CEO is stepping down to take a newly created job leading the network’s upcoming fundraising drive in honor of its 50th anniversary in 2020. Plus, other personnel news.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Former Amazon VP Will Lead Jeff Bezos’s Day One Academies Fund (Transitions)
Also, the Smithsonian Institution’s chief is leaving in June, and Louise Herrington Ornelas, who gave millions to nursing education and health care in Texas, has died.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Northeastern U. Nets $50 Million for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: Gifts Roundup
Also, Houston Baptist University receives $20 million for classroom and laboratory space, and Harvard Medical School will use $1.5 million to improve the health care given to transgender patients and other sexual minorities.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Richard King Mellon Foundation Selects New Director (Transitions)
Also, the Archstone Foundation appoints its next chief executive officer, the head of WNYC announces her departure, and more new CEOs and notable appointments.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $52 Million to Study Neurodegenerative Disease: Grants Roundup
Also, Arizona State University received $15 million to help people cope with natural and manmade disasters, and the MacArthur Foundation awarded $2 million to assist legal-aid organizations that help immigrants.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
National Gallery of Art Appoints First Woman Director (Transitions)
Also, a top official of Omidyar Network’s Tech and Society Solutions Lab leaves for a job as ethics officer at Salesforce, and Grantmakers for Effective Organization has a new interim president.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Lego Foundation Awards $100 Million to Sesame Workshop: Grants Roundup
Also, the Bezos Day One Fund disburses $97.5 million to 24 homelessness charities, and Virginia Tech receives $50 million for biomedical research.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
NPR’s CEO Will Move Into Fundraising Role (Transitions)
Also, Women for Afghan Women appoints a new executive director, and the CEO of Grantmakers in Health will depart next year.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Opioid-Abuse and Pediatric-Patient Care Programs Each Receive $50 Million: Grants Roundup
Also, the Knight Foundation gives $37 million to bolster arts organizations in Miami, and Patagonia pledges its $10 million tax windfall to environmental groups.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions