Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco Awards $61.8 Million for Affordable Housing
Also, the Open Society Foundations committed $400 million through its new Economic and Climate Prosperity program, and the George Gund Foundation gave $12.5 million to strengthen democracy through nonpartisan groups.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
University of Tulsa Scores $38 Million for Athletics
Plus, Eric and Wendy Schmidt pledged $5.5 million to NPR to bolster collaborative journalism nationwide, and a couple gave $4 million to expand the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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Senior Editor, Solutions
Sesame Workshop Appoints New CEO
Also, the Trevor Project has tapped its first Black and nonbinary CEO, and the League of Women Voters has promoted its next leader from within.
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Senior Editor, Solutions
Harold Alfond Foundation Commits $75.5 Million for Maine’s Community Colleges
Also, Bloomberg Philanthropies awarded $1 billion to eliminate tuition at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Home Depot Foundation gave $9 million to build and repair 500 housing units for more than 3,400 homeless military veterans.
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Senior Editor, Solutions
Denny Sanford Commits $35 Million for Sioux Falls Zoo and Aquarium
Also, Karen and William Davis gave $10 million to establish the Davis Family Center for Preventive Genomics at Endeavor Health, and Robert Kraft gave $1 million to Yeshiva U. to support students transferring to the Jewish university.
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Senior Editor, Solutions
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Awards $33.5 Million to Protect Longleaf Pine Forests
Also, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation granted $25 million for a global pediatric cancer program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Google.org gave $5 million to offer training to government workers worldwide in the responsible use of artificial intelligence.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Kresge Foundation Names Next Leader of Its Environment Program
Also, the Getty Foundation tapped a new associate director, and the Chicago philanthropist Ann Lurie has died.
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Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Gives $25 Million to Cleveland Museum of Art
Also, the Nomis Foundation committed $20 million to the Salk Institute for neuroimmunology research, and Coca-Cola Foundation gave $10 million to clean up plastic waste and reduce water pollution on seven African islands.
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Senior Editor, Solutions
Kauffman Foundation Taps Executive Director of Entrepreneurship Programs
Also, GivingTuesday has named two new executives, and the Fred L. Emerson Foundation has appointed its next president.
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Senior Editor, Solutions
A $150 Million Grant Will Strengthen Catholic Education in Northwest Indiana
Plus, the Shubert Foundation awarded $40 million in unrestricted grants to 653 nonprofit arts and culture organizations, and the Helmsley Charitable Trust gave $15 million to remove 15 million pounds of floating plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions