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Plus, an alum left $35 million to Allegheny College to build an innovation lab, and Vanderbilt Law School will use $6.8 million to exonerate wrongfully convicted people in Tennessee.

Also, Open Philanthropy promised $120 million through its Abundance and Growth Fund to advance economic development, and the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation gave $10 million to develop precision therapies for Alzheimer’s disease.

Three nonprofit leaders share the new ways they’re approaching major-gift fundraising in a post-Covid world — from Zoom-forward fundraising to outside-the-box events.

Also, the Lilly Endowment gave $22.4 million to the Aspen Institute to support grassroots community leaders, and the Airbnb Community Fund disbursed $8.5 million to 160 community-based nonprofits.

Much of the money went to social-services groups that support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Also, Erin Harkey will be the next CEO of Americans for the Arts, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation has named a career foreign-service officer as its new vice president of environment and science.

Corporate-giving strategists share what works in closing the deal on grants and other valuable types of support from companies.

Plus, the College of William & Mary received $50 million to back scholarships for students at its Batten School of Coastal and Marine Sciences, and Arnold Ventures awarded $35.6 million to the North Carolina Community College System.

Also, new executives have joined Comic Relief U.S., Consumer Reports, the JCC Association of North America, the Marshall Project, and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Plus, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy received $20 million for the Truist Cares for Western North Carolina program, and ExxonMobil gave $10 million to improve cancer prevention and education in east Texas.