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April 2013
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation - Connecting the Worlds of For-profit and Nonprofit For Greater Good
Robert Kaplan has spent his career bridging the gap between the two worlds, and showing that both kinds of companies can learn from each other to maximize how they serve society.
November 2012
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation- A Grant Maker Builds a Record of Helping Nonprofits Innovate
October 2012
Living Goods- The ‘Avon Ladies’ of Africa
Living Goods is building a business with the potential to sustain itself — it has already hit some important milestones. That’s the key to a long life and wide growth — to helping vast numbers of people.
August 2012
Students for Education Reform – Op-Ed: College Students Can Give Great Schools 'Glass Hallways'
At 22 years old, Catharine Bellinger and Alexis Morin have ignited a passion for education-policy change in college students across America.
June 2012
Global Citizen Year – Creating A Path For Budding Social Entrepreneurs
After high school, Abby Falik was frustrated at her limited options for service. Now her organization sends young, engaged leaders to work on projects around the world before they head off to college.
June 2012
Roger Thurow - The Last Hunger Season
Award-winning journalist Roger Thurow recently published The Last Hunger Season, a book that tells the story of one year in the lives of four One Acre Fund farmers in Kenya. Roger shares a behind-the-scenes story from one of his reporting trips to Kenya.
June 2012
FoodCorps – One of several efforts to give children healthy foods
Walton Family Foundation grant will advance the immediate and long-term impact of new talent in the sector
June 2012
World Reader - An E-Reader Revolution for Africa?
Schools in developing countries are experimenting with digital books; endless titles, spotty electricity
June 2012
Vision Spring- Prescriptions and Pride: VisionSpring's Journey to One Million
Vision Spring sells its millionth pair of glasses!
April 2012
The Mission Continues – A pathway back into society
It's not a Charity. It's a Challenge.
April 2012
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation- Venture philanthropy risky but rewarding
Venture capital takes financial capital and expertise and provides it to high-potential, high-risk, startup businesses.
April 2012
Education Pioneers – Education Pioneers Receives $2 Million to Attract and Develop 300 New Leaders
Walton Family Foundation grant will advance the immediate and long-term impact of new talent in the sector
April 2012
One Acre Fund - Business fund puts African farmers on road to market
One Acre Fund brings struggling farmers together to establish a market community and offers them a unique investment package of seeds, fertilizer, training and market access.
March 2012
Build Change- Colo. Nonprofit Helps Quake Victims Rebuild With Better Techniques
When a major earthquake strikes, workers with the American non-profit Build Change arrive in the damaged area when the emergency relief phase is over to investigate damaged and destroyed buildings
March 2012
United to End Genocide – George Clooney Arrested at Sudanese Embassy
Clooney led a protest today outside of Sudan's embassy calling on Omar Al-Bashir, an alleged war-criminal, to stop the violence and allow humanitarian aid into the country.
March 2012
Kiva – Creating a Cycle of Sustainable Change
Reid Hoffman and his recent $1M loan on Kiva to support free trail lenders in the hopes of making Kiva “go viral”
March 2012
Kiva – CEO says entrepreneurial community should include high-growth and traditional firms
Flannery's speech comes six months after Kiva expanded its microlending program to include borrowers in New Orleans' entrepreneurial community.
March 2012
Kiva – Visit kiva.org/free To Microlend $1 Million Of Reid Hoffman’s Money
TechCrunch is proud to work with Kiva to officially announce the Free Trials, and we’re challenging you our readers to see how fast we can loan out $250,000. So visit kiva.org/free and share it with friends. Let’s use entrepreneurship to makes the world a better place.
January 2012
33 Entrepreneurs Who Make This World A Better Place
Here are 33 people we have interviewed who are changing the world for the better.
January 2012
FoodCorps Recruitment Begins Today
FoodCorps Opens Applications for its Next Class of School Food Changemakers.
January 2012
The Immigration Challenge - Welcoming America
Welcoming America is part of bold changes in today's immigration challenges.
December 2011
Little Kids Rock on Dr. Phil Show
"Larger Than Life" by Nick Carter, Little Kids Rock, on The Dr. Phil Show
December 2011
Billionaires Go Back to School
Philanthropists are funneling big money into public education. A conversation with Urban Teacher Center.
December 2011
Education Pioneers Brings Talent to Urban Schools
What Teach for America does for the classroom, Education Pioneers does for the school, the school district, and the country.
November 2011
Forbes' List of the Top 30 Social Entrepreneurs
Andrew Youn, Jordan Kassalow, and John Wood make the cut