Philanthropy/Nonprofits
COVID-19 Response Fund Awards More Than $10M to Groups Providing Relief to Vulnerable Populations
The new fund is backed by dozens of philanthropic, business and government partners and also supported by 2,000 online donors to date
The new fund is backed by dozens of philanthropic, business and government partners and also supported by 2,000 online donors to date
A New Coronavirus Fund Set Up to Help Those Falling Between the Cracks in the Outbreak Has Raised $9.2M in Only a Few Days
The effort is backed by a coalition of Seattle-area philanthropy, government and business partners
The new COVID-19 Response Fund has now raised more than $9 million since its launch this past Monday, March 9, as part of an effort to provide grants to community-based organization assisting vulnerable populations in the Puget Sound region that are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus virus outbreak. The fund had raised some $2.5 million…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Is Undergoing a Top Leadership Change
The global nonprofits CEO is leaving the organization for personal reasons and will be replaced by another longtime foundation executive
The chief executive officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Sue Desmond-Hellmann, only the third CEO in the nonprofits history, is stepping down from the post after serving more than five years in the position. She is being replaced by Mark Suzman, the foundations current president of global policy and advocacy and chief strategy…
United Way of King County Will Enter the New Decade With a New Leader
After a national search, the nonprofit names a longtime social- and economic-equity advocate as its president and CEO
United Way of King County undertook a nationwide search to replace its longtime leader, Jon Fine, who retired earlier this year after 19 years at the helm of the nonprofit, and the nonprofit ended up finding his replacement in its own backyard. Gordon McHenry Jr., who currently leads Solid Ground, a nonprofit focused on reducing…
The Crusade Against Breast Cancer Is Everyone’s Fight
Here's why real men will wear pink this year
This story appears in the August 2019 issue. Click here for a free subscription. About 12% of women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer in their lifetimes. Thats according to the American Cancer Society, which also notes that about 268,600 women will be diagnosed with new cases of invasive breast cancer this…