* Chantel L. Walker, who led community economic development, housing, civic engagement, family self-sufficiency and leadership program, Marin Community Foundation, named director of programs, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Seattle.
* Hildy Simmons, former managing director, global foundations group, JP Morgan, named first senior fellow, New York Regional Association of Grantmakers, to share her expertise with people in nonprofits.
* Steven A. Schroeder, professor of health and health care, division of general internal medicine, University of California at San Francisco, and former president and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, N.J., named to board, James Irvine Foundation, San Francisco.
* Greater Kansas City Community Foundation named five to board:
- William S. Berkley, president and CEO, Tension Envelope Corporation.
- E. Frank Ellis, CEO and board chair, Swope Community Enterprises.
- Mark A. Ernst, president, CEO and board chair, H&R Block.
- G. David Gale, president, Gale Communities.
- Donald J. Hall, president and CEO, Hallmark Cards
- Council on Foundations will give three 2004 awards:
- Distinguished grantmakers: Charles Benton, board chair, Benton Foundation and Marjorie Craig Benton, trustee.
- Robert W. Scrivner award for creative grantmaking: Chet Tchozewski, founder and executive director, Global Greengrants Fund, for his foundation strategies for international re-granting to support growth of civil society groups in developing countries.
- Paul Ylvisaker award for public policy engagement: Rockefeller Brothers Fund, for Brownfields program that encouraged enforcement of cleanup of polluted and abandoned land in urban centers and led to New York State brownfields law in 2003.
* Council for Advancement and Support of Education awarded its Commonfund institutionally related foundation awards:
- Oversight of foundation with under $100 million in assets – James Lanier, president, East Carolina University Foundation
- Service award – Russell M. Robinson II, chairman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Guidance of foundation assets over $100 million in assets -- Brad Choate, president and CEO, Minnesota Medical Foundation, University of Minnesota
* Church World Service is launching Africa initiative, multi-year program focused on peace building, hunger and poverty alleviation, access to water, services for displaced people and HIV/AIDS in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Angola, Sudan and Tanzania.
* Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas, launched $150 million Centennial campaign, largest development campaign in school’s history.
*Kintera Inc., software provider to nonprofits, acquired Prospect Information Newtwork, provider of prospect screening programs.
* Carter Center, Atlanta nonprofit founded by former president Jimmy Carter, raised $823,946 at 12th annual Winter Weekend auction to help center advance peace and health worldwide.
* Council on Foundations released two publications: “Serving Many Masters: The Challenges of Corporate Philanthropy” and “Top Ten Ways Corporate Foundation Get Into Trouble”.
* American University of Kinshasa Foundation, Cambridge, Mass., aims to promote education in the Congo and U.S.-Africa academic exchanges, and plans to reopen university that has been closed for two years because of war.
* Mauricio Vivero, former vice president and director of government relations and public affairs, Legal Services Corporation, named director of government relations, Independent Sector, and will help represent the group on Capitol Hill and work with advocacy coalitions.
* Maria “Pilar” Gonzales, former national development director, Pacifica Radio Foundation, named president, Changemakers, San Francisco.
* Roxana Cruz, former director, Los Barrios Unidos Community Clinic, Dallas, named chief medical officer and vice president, The Floating Hospital, New York City.
* Salem Communications Corp., Camarillo, Calif.-based broadcaster of Christian radio programming, will offer web-based technology from software company Kintera to help each ministry generate awareness and funds.
* United Nations 2004 Equator Prizes awarded to seven groups that work to reduce human poverty while conserving biodiversity:
- -- Proyecto Nasa, Colombia
- -- Comunidad Indigena de Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro, Mexico
- -- Green Foundation, India
- -- Bunaken National Park Management Advisory Board and Bunaken Concerned Citizen’s Forum, Indonesia
- -- Rufiji Environment Management Project, Tanzania
- -- Torra Conservancy, Namibia
- -- Sociadade Civil Mamiraua, Brazil
* Alcan Inc. will create $1 million annual prize to groups that work to integrate economic, environmental and social sustainability. International Business Leaders Forum will manage Alcan Prize for Sustainability.
* Latin American Association, Clayton, Ga., is relocating to 526 Forest Parkway, Suite H, Forest Park, Ga. Group helps Latino families and individuals successfully transition into local community.
* United States Navel Academy Foundation, Annapolis, Md., is increasing its campaign goal by $50 million to $225 million and will run through its original deadline of December 31, 2005.
* Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors published “Unlocking the Power of the Proxy: How active foundation proxy voting can protect endowments and boost philanthropic missions”, to help foundations understand how to exercise their fiduciary responsibilities with proxy voting.
* Ford Foundation released report that examines U.S. groups that use traditional human rights tools such as litigation, advocacy and fact-finding to address poverty, workers’ rights, environmental justice, discrimination and death penalty in U.S.
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