Hewlett Foundation Promotes Program Officer to Chief of Equity and Culture
Also, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has picked an artists’ advocate to be a program officer for arts and culture, and Unicef USA has announced three new senior leaders.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
$10 Billion Bezos Earth Fund’s New CEO Expected to Provide Strategy and Transparency
Andrew Steer, who leads the environmental think tank World Resources Institute, says the Bezos fund plans to give all its money away in a decade.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Zoom Hires Head of Social Impact for Its New Philanthropic Arm
Also, Amnesty International USA has named its new executive director.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Ballmer Group Names First National Director of Housing
Also, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has named its first woman president and CEO, and the CEO of the George Gund Foundation will retire at the end of the year.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
United Way Worldwide Names Board Member Neeraj Mehta as Interim CEO
He replaces Brian Gallagher, who recently announced he would resign following an investigation that found the organization should improve its workplace culture, morale, and procedures regarding discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.
By dan.parks
Contributor
Kaboom Promotes From Within to Pick Its New CEO
Also, the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties has a new president and CEO, and Beth deHamel, who was recently interim CEO at Mercy Corps, has joined the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Nonprofit Job Growth Was Flat in January
Nonprofit job growth was sluggish in January, adding only 5,158 jobs since December, according to a new analysis from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
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
Senior Editor, Solutions
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
Senior Editor, Solutions
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
Senior Editor, Solutions
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.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
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.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
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.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
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.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
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.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
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.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions