Richard King Mellon Fund Chooses New Director; Military Veterans Use Skills to Protect Wildlife

[THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY] #subscribelink [SUBSCRIBE TODAY]( [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.]( Philanthropy Today Thursday, December 20, 2018 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter]( Top Stories From The Chronicle --------------------------------------------------------------- [Richard King Mellon Foundation Selects New Director (Transitions)]( Also, the Archstone Foundation appoints its next chief executive officer, the head of WNYC announces her departure, and more new CEOs and notable appointments. [Military Veterans Adapt Their Skills to Defend Wildlife]( A nonprofit organization uses volunteers with combat experience to teach park rangers in Africa how to find and stop poachers. The work helps veterans who miss the feeling of contributing to a large mission as part of a military team. Nonprofit News From Elsewhere --------------------------------------------------------------- Top News [Judge Approves Deal to Close Trump Foundation]( (Associated Press). Plus: [Trump Lashes Out at N.Y. Attorney General Who Sued His Foundation]( (Washington Post) [Steven Spielberg Expands Mission of Shoah Foundation, Using Stories to Fight Hate]( (New York Times) [Justice Dept. Sues Over Conservation Easements]( (Wall Street Journal — subscription) More News [Jack Dorsey Sought Publicity for Charitable Foundation]( (San Francisco Chronicle) [George Soros Named Financial Times Person of Year, Partly Because of Philanthropy]( (Financial Times) [Matt Damon’s Charity Takes Impact-Investing Plunge]( (Forbes) [Metal to the Pedal: Metallica Donates $1 Million to Community Colleges]( (Forbes) Ideas, Opinion, and Innovation [How Charity: Water Is Reinventing Philanthropy With Data and Compassion]( (Forbes). See the [organization founder’s recent interview]( in the Chronicle. [Sheryl Sandberg Was Supposed to Change the World With Nonprofits. What Went Wrong?]( (BuzzFeed News) [Museum Mega-Shows Are Casualties of Their Own Success]( (Bloomberg) Critique of Trump Philanthropy [Trump Could Still Face Liability After Charity Shutdown]( (Conversation) [How Philanthropy Became a Political Tool for the Wealthy]( (GQ) [Opinion: ‘How Can a Family That Can’t Run a Charity Run a Country?’]( (New York Times) [Trump Foundation Shows Just How Light Our Oversight of Charity Is]( (Vox) Don't Miss What People Are Reading --------------------------------------------------------------- These were the best-read stories on our site yesterday: [Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $52 Million to Study Neurodegenerative Disease: Grants Roundup]( Also, Arizona State University received $15 million to help people cope with natural and manmade disasters, and the MacArthur Foundation awarded $2 million to assist legal-aid organizations that help immigrants. [$125 Million From Paul Allen Announced; Spelman College Lands $30 Million: Gifts Roundup]( Plus University of Kentucky and North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a public high school, received large donations. [How Philanthropy Is Helping a Once-Dying Tenn. City Find New Life]( Two private foundations have helped fuel Chattanooga's 30-plus-year revitalization. Now they're trying to spread the benefits of the improving economy to low-income people who have yet to gain from it. [How the Principles of Playing in a Music Ensemble Can Inspire Collaboration at Nonprofits (Podcast)]( Musician and philanthropist Jeffrey Walker believes the principles of working together to create a sound can inspire others to listen and work together productively. 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