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More and more of L.A.’s institutional foundations have gotten behind the idea of trusting nonprofits to use increasing amounts of money as they see fit.

In natural objects like apples and planets, the core comes first. The MSU Broad Art Museum, an unnatural object if ever there was one, has a CORE — Center for Object Research and Engagement — that defies the laws of time and space.

Despite the positive outlook held by its top executives as they reported third-quarter earnings, shares in KB Home dropped in September. 

Charles E. Young, the fiery, fiercely outspoken chancellor of UCLA, was credited with turning the campus into an academic powerhouse. He died of natural causes at his Sonoma home.

Joanna Jackson was appointed to the role of interim president and chief executive of the Weingart Foundation on Oct. 1. The role was previously held by Miguel Santana, who became the California Community Foundation’s president and chief executive.

After leading the Hammer Museum at UCLA for some 25 years, director Ann Philbin will retire in 2024.

Hammer Museum director Ann Philbin will step down from the post in fall 2024, wrapping up a quarter-century at the helm of an institution that she drastically transformed.

Rowan, known internally as ‘the professor’ is overseeing a massive strategy shift. Since he took charge in March 2021, the stock has jumped 89%.

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