Mari Kuraishi, co-founder and president of GlobalGiving, was named president of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
Kuraishi succeeds Sherry Magill, who retired in June after leading the Jacksonville-based charitable foundation for 25 years. Kuraishi will start work in January.
“Mari’s energy, vision and experience in innovative philanthropy were the essential attributes we desired in the Fund’s next president,” Jessie Ball duPont Fund trustee Leroy Davis, chair of the search committee, said in a news release. “We are confident that she is the right person to lead the Fund in its next chapter.”
“I am honored to have been selected by the board to take over the helm of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund,” Kuraishi said. “The fund’s accomplishments over the last 40-plus years, its catalytic role in collaborative place-based philanthropy, and its fidelity to Mrs. duPont’s vision form an exciting foundation for the next chapter.”
GlobalGiving is a global crowdfunding platform. Founded in 2002, the Washington, D.C.-based company has supported more than $340 million in giving by more than 814,000 donors to more than 20,000 projects worldwide.
Before co-founding GlobalGiving, Kuraishi led the Corporate Strategy Group at the World Bank.
Kuraishi also is chair of the board of directors for GuideStar, USA; DataKind and APOPO U.S.
She is a member of the board of advisers for the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.
Kuraishi is a graduate of Harvard University.
