Wes Moore to Leave Robin Hood; New America Hires Chief Transformation Officer
Plus, Ilyse Hogue to step down as president of Naral Pro-Choice America, and Nick Donohue will depart the Nellie Mae Education Foundation at the end of the year after 14 years as its CEO.
By M.J. Prest
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Pinterest Selects Head of Social Impact and Philanthropy
Also, Genesys Works chooses Jeffrey Artis as its next chief executive, and Isaacson, Miller has promoted its next CEO from within.
By M.J. Prest
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LISC’s CEO Will Lead OneTen, a New Charity to Create Career Pathways for Black Americans
Also, the National Audubon Society has named its first woman president and chief conservation officer, and the president of Demos is leaving to work for the Biden-Harris administration.
By M.J. Prest
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Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Picks New President
Also, the Strada Education Network has named the new president of Strada Impact, and the CEO of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation is departing for a role at USDA under the Biden-Harris administration.
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Dana Foundation Will Install New President in March
Also, the Doe Fund has named the founder’s wife as its next CEO, and NPR has hired a new chief development officer.
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Gates Foundation Commits Additional $250 Million for Covid-19 Tests, Vaccines, and Treatments
Also, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation gave $228 million in emergency financial support to groups working in the arts and culture, humanities, and higher education, and Johnson & Johnson has pledged $100 million to address health equity for people of color.
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McKnight Foundation Selects Leader of Skillman Foundation as Next President
Also, the president of the Natural Resources Defense Council is leaving for a post in the Biden administration, and the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art has named its new director.
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Mark Malloch-Brown Tapped as President of Open Society Foundations
Also, the Obama Foundation’s leader is departing to work in President-elect Joe Biden’s administration, and the newly established WHO Foundation announces its first CEO.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Appoints First Black CEO in Its 116 Years
Also, the Boston Foundation has chosen the president of Emerson College to succeed Paul Grogan as CEO, and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has named its next president.
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Harvard Chemistry Professor Will Be Next President of Kavli Foundation
Also, the Daniels Fund picks a new CEO, and the Commonfund Institute has a new executive director.
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Muscular Dystrophy Association Names Medical Researcher as Next CEO
Also, an executive from the Boys & Girls Clubs of America will now lead the Wellstar Foundation, and the Wallace Foundation has chosen a new chief investment officer to guide its $1.6 billion in assets.
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Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees Chooses New President
Also, the Joyce Foundation has hired three new program officers, and the Surgo Foundation names its first director of development.
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Nonprofit Jobs Recovery Slows to a Crawl
Nonprofit employment is still struggling to rebound from the economic disruptions of the pandemic, with nonprofit job recovery slowing dramatically in recent months, according to a new analysis from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies.
By Michael Theis
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Melvin Galloway Tapped as COO of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Also, the Visa Foundation has named its new head of investments, and the Sesame Workshop has promoted its next CEO from within.
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Tides Network Selects Janiece Evans-Page as Next CEO
Also, the Christensen Fund’s next executive director will be the first Native American to lead the $300 million foundation, and the former prime minister of Australia has been named president and CEO of the Asia Society.
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Kataly Foundation Hires First CEO; New Senior Official at Rockefeller Brothers (Transitions)
Rockefeller Brothers leader will expand Central America grantmaking made possible by an estate gift from David Rockefeller, and the Russell Family Foundation’s interim CEO will stay on permanently.
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