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, Wells Fargo has hired its head of housing-affordability philanthropy, and New York Public Radio appoints a new executive -
Grants RoundupAlso, the Gates Foundation gave $13 million to develop a once-a-month birth-control pill, and the U. of California at Davis will use $1.2 million to help detained immigrants and asylum seekers through its Immigration Law Clinic.
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TransitionsAlso, Vic Fuentes, the frontman of the rock group Pierce the Veil, has become CEO of a charity for seriously ill children, and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has a new leader.
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Grants RoundupAlso, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative will award $5 million through its new Whole Child Grant Program, and the College of William & Mary receives $1 million for programs about slavery and racism.
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TransitionsIn other news about people in philanthropy, Marcus Walton, director of racial-equity efforts at Borealis Philanthropy, has been tapped as CEO of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
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TransitionsAlso, Step Up hires its next CEO, and a Teach for America executive will now lead the Making Waves Foundation.
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Grants RoundupAlso, St. Baldrick’s gave $17.5 million to study pediatric cancer, and Arnold Ventures is granting nearly $10 million for gun-violence research.
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Gifts RoundupAlso, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Chicago have each received anonymous gifts of $25 million.
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TransitionsAlso, Adam Meyerson is retiring from Philanthropy Roundtable, and Sonal Shah, who oversaw social innovation work in the Obama White House and is now a Georgetown U. scholar, is taking a leave of absence to work on the presidential campaign of Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind.
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Grants RoundupAlso, four grant makers give a combined $45 million to bring a charter-school network to Midland and Odessa, Tex.
