Melanie Lundquist is a philanthropist and vice chair of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, a nonprofit supporting LA public schools of which she and her husband, Richard, are founding donors. Their gifts also expanded the work of the News Literacy Project, where Lundquist is a board member. Additionally, she helped The Chronicle of Philanthropy launch The Commons, a digital space exploring how nonprofits and foundations are working to heal America’s divides. Lundquist is a board member at Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and a University of Southern California President’s Leadership Council member. The Los Angeles Business Journal named her 2019 Philanthropist of the Year. Signatories of the Giving Pledge, the Lundquists have appeared on the Philanthropy 50 list five times.
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As members of the Giving Pledge, Melanie and Richard Lundquist have given more than $400 million over the past decade to critical causes ranging from educational opportunity t...