California Endowment to fund children’s health programs.
* California Endowment issued call for proposals to local Children’s Health Initiatives to provide up to $7.5 million in grants to programs providing health coverage to needy California children.
* NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center dedicated Avon Foundation Breast Imaging Center and Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Research Laboratory in honor of Avon Foundation gifts totaling $16 million since 2000.
* Darren Walker, director, Working Communities program, Rockefeller Foundation, promoted to vice president.
* Arizona State University Center for Nonprofit Leadership and Management will launch Public Allies Arizona apprenticeship program in Phoenix community in fall through grant from Corporation for National Service.
* Trinity College announced increase in alumni donors by 3,000 in most recent fiscal year, with record 55 percent alumni participation, posting total amount raised of $7.13 million.
* MSN Games announced “Playing for a Cause” campaign to benefit YWCA USA by donating $1 to YWCA for every minute site visitors spend playing select games during July and August.
* Verna Griffin-Tabor, director, Center for Community Solutions, San Diego, received Lifetime Achievement Award from San Diego Domestic Violence Council.
* Peter Costiglio, former vice president, communications, Time Inc., named communications director, Rockefeller Foundation.
* Brian Magee, executive director, Montana Nonprofit Association, received 2006 Phyllis Campbell Newsome Leadership Award from National Council of Nonprofit Associations for dedicating career to service.
* GetActive Software unveiled local advocacy product to help constituents more easily identify and contact municipal officials in their areas. National Association of Realtors is first to implement product.
* Michael Farley, outgoing senior vice president of development, USO World Headquarters, named chief community and corporate relations officer, American Diabetes Association.
* Joanne Heyman, former vice president, Corporation of Yaddo, artist colony, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., named executive director, International Center, New York.
* Farm Sanctuary, farm animal protection organization, to host Hollywood Party for the Animals Aug. 26 to celebrate group’s 20th anniversary.
* Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Connecticut, recognized for compliance with National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations created by Council on Foundations.
* Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland, Calif., announced appointment of financial consultant Jill Knowland as director of finance and facilities.
* YMCA of Greater St. Louis announced implementation of Campus Management’s Donor2 fundraising software.
* Charles Hiteshew, former executive director, Public Education Partnership Fund, named chief operating officer of America’s Promise – the Alliance for Youth; will implement five-year plan to reach out to 15 million underserved school children.
* Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, announced completion of $120 million fundraising campaign begun in September 2000.
* John S. and James L. Knight Foundation partnered with One Economy and Intel Solution Services to kick off series of online forums on potential of municipal wireless systems to reach underserved areas, improve public services and spur economic development.
* Robert Marovich, former vice president, Ter Molen Watkins & Brandt, named executive director of LUNGevity Foundation, dedicated to funding lung cancer research.
* Jim Barnett, former reporter, The (Portland) Oregonian, named senior analyst with strategic analysis and intelligence group at American Association of Retired Persons.
* Holly Springs, N.C., home, built by John Wieland Homes with donated materials as part of “A High Five for New Orleans,” sold with proceeds benefiting victims of Hurricane Katrina; home is one of five built in five southern cities.
* Convio, software provider to nonprofits, and Easter Seals, which serves disabled children and adults, announced program to provide technology access, job training and employment to people with disabilities.
* GuideStar, organization providing online information on nonprofit organizations, launched enhanced version of Charity Check with instant access to IRS Publication 78, Cumulative List of Organizations, to verify charitable status.
* Audubon New York announced partnership with Heller Communication Design to develop specific corporate social responsibility programs to bridge gap between nonprofits and corporations in New York state.
* Mehaber.com, new nonprofit website, established to give the needy access to nonprofit services, provide recognition for nonprofits and their supporters, compel visitors to make contributions and get involved.
* Ron Swanson, founding trustee, Cadillac Area Community Foundation, Cadillac, Mich., retired from board of trustees after 18 years.