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When invoked too zealously, it can deflect attention from what grantee leaders often find most difficult about philanthropy: a lack of urgency, a failure to deliver resources expeditiously, and the imposition of burdensome restrictions.

The grassroots grants came from Co-Impact, a group supported by Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott, among others, while the Mellon Foundation donated $11 million for a cultural center to memorialize the history of slavery in Richmond, Va.

Also, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $75 million to boost enrollment in higher education among students in Washington State, and the ClimateWorks Foundation will give $21.5 million to address fertilizer’s effect on climate change, food security, and energy.

The Bezos Family Foundation announced a $710 million gift to the Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the largest gift the center has ever received and one of the largest to go to any single cancer research organization in recent years.

The Amazon founder whose “real-time” worth Forbes magazine estimates at roughly $124.1 billion, didn’t specify how — or to whom — he will give away the money but said he and his girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez, were building the “capacity” to do it.

Also, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has named its first chief of staff, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation promoted Aileen Lee to chief of programs for its consolidated grant making.

Also, the James Irvine Foundation gave $15 million to the Tides Center to strengthen workers’ rights across California.

The grants will go to nonprofits that work on climate justice here in the United States and organizations around the world that support forest conservation by local and Indigenous communities.

Former President Barack Obama’s foundation has received a $100 million donation from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. which it says is the largest individual contribution it has received to date. Also New York University’s medical center said Monday it has received a $166 million gift from Bezos and his family.

Plus the Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies announced several staffing changes.