M.J. Prest
Contributing Editor
Chronicle of Philanthropy
M.J. Prest has been writing about major gifts, grant making, and executive moves for the Chronicle since 2004.
Her work has also appeared in the Washington Post, Slate.com, and the Huffington Post, and she wrote the young-adult novel Immersion.
M.J. graduated from Williams College and after living in many different places, she settled in New England with her husband, two kids, and two rescue dogs
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TransitionsAlso, the Bezos Earth Fund has named its vice president for strategy and programs, and a Google executive will now be senior vice president of programs at the Omidyar Network. -
Grants RoundupAlso, the California Endowment is giving $100 million to Asian American groups; the Rockefeller Foundation committed $20 million for its Equity-First Vaccination Initiative, and Intel is giving $20 million toward the global recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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TransitionsAlso, the Evelyn and Walter Hass Jr. Fund has named two new leaders for its democracy and immigrant-rights programs, and Lorie Slutsky, the longtime president of the New York Community Trust, will retire next year.
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Grants RoundupAlso, the John Deere Foundation has pledged $200 million in grants to nonprofit groups over the next 10 years, and the Lennar Foundation gave $50 million to establish a new cancer center at City of Hope Orange County.
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TransitionsAlso, the Kansas Health Foundation picks a Pennsylvania health official as its next CEO, and the Sesame Workshop has named its first chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer.
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Grants RoundupPlus, see below for more about the gift to address the wealth gap. Also, the Conrad Prebys Foundation awards $78 million in its first round of grant making.
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TransitionsAlso, the International African American Museum has named its new leader, and the president of the Heritage Foundation is stepping down.
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Grants RoundupAlso, the Hospital for Special Surgery is getting $35 million to expand, Howard University is receiving $10 million to prepare students for careers in finance, and the Ford Foundation awarded $4.5 million to amplify stories about communities that live along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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TransitionsAlso, a lawyer from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation is joining the Obama Foundation, and the leader of the Seattle Foundation is stepping down.
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Grants RoundupAlso, the J.P. Fletcher Foundation has given $25.5 million to Boston Children’s Hospital for a neuroscience center, and Google.org has pledged $25 million to its new Impact Challenge for Women and Girls.
