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Nancy Lublin Wins 2019 Skoll Award for Social EntrepreneurshipWith suicide claiming nearly 50,000 lives in the U.S. alone every year — more than twice the toll of homicide — Crisis Text Line saw…Apr 2019 -
Meet The Social Entrepreneur Who Discovered A Problem Hiding In Plain SightThere are lots of people who want to change the world—people who wish to use their time and talent to “do good.” But there’s no…Mar 2019 -
How to Revive Struggling Local News RoomsCNN talks with Report for America co-founders Charles Sennott and Steven Waldman about their mission to strengthen local community newsrooms. Watch the full video here.Mar 2019 -
The Hunt for the Fish Pirates Who Exploit the SeaBBC Future covers the efforts of OceanMind and others to track and capture the notorious illegal fishing vessel STS-50. Read the full article here.Feb 2019 -
Lessons for Charity Leaders From EducationSuperHighwayEvan Marwell, founder and CEO of EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit formed to bring broadband internet to every public school in America by 2020, has some advice…Feb 2019 -
TEDx: Mariana Costa Checa of LaboratoriaCo-founder and CEO of grantee Laboratoria, Mariana Costa Checa is changing the face of tech in Latin America. She has taught coding to hundreds of women…Jan 2019 -
Becca Heller Receives MacArthur 'Genius' FellowshipWe are thrilled to share that Becca Heller, Executive Director and Co-founder of the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), was named a recipient of this year’s prestigious MacArthur…Oct 2018 -
MaTontine's innovative digital solution will help to make small-scale savings workA new project that aims to reach 50,000 Senegalese women with financial services, powered by grantee MaTontine, was just launched. The project aims to conduct all the…Sep 2018 -
The nexus between illegal fishing and fisheries subsidiesIf you read the most recent update to FAO’s Status of World Fisheries & Aquaculture (and if you’re reading this, you probably did), you know…Sep 2018
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.@IndusAction is on a mission to help disadvantaged families gain sustainable access to legislated rights. Hear fr… https://t.co/Ui5gTmANqw
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RT @PhilanthropyUni: Transforming Lives Award Winner @Laboratoriala gives Latin American women from underprivileged backgrounds careers in…
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Grantee @Solar_Sister is partnering w @PalmettoSolar to foster local entrepreneurship & energy access across Africa… https://t.co/pYUKWWoVp1
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Congratulations @Laboratoriala, HelpUsGreen + all the recipients of @PhilanthropyUni's 2019 Transforming Lives Awar… https://t.co/yEFrD9nQew
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"The Last Generation" is an interactive film about children growing up in the Marshall Islands, a low-lying nation… https://t.co/ey3ND1FNAe
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Great read! ED of @icivics, @louise_dube's op-ed in @fulcrum_us explores the need for state-by-state efforts to pas… https://t.co/lREIsrQtm2
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Congratulations to grantee @KheytiFarmers Co-Founder + CEO @knrkaushik on being named a candidate for the 2019 Prit… https://t.co/BkI0F9mNSZ
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The latest report from grantee @EdBuild highlights present day inequities of the '74 SCOTUS case Milliken v. Bradle… https://t.co/GuQMLAzniR
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"If we can figure out how to make economic opportunity more equitable, we’ve got a chance of getting thru this,"… https://t.co/7PUXa3E9Yc
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Grantee @empowermentplan is giving second chances to those who want it and providing warmth to those who need it by… https://t.co/axJFvwIYW8
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RT @SSIReview: “As more #funders consider joining collaboratives that set ambitious goals for social change, they will benefit from engagin…
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PODCAST: Social entrepreneur @jacobotech shares his story & vision for founding @DigiNEST, an incubator for young t… https://t.co/0C7eWZYWZ1
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In 2018, six DRK entrepreneurs received major recognition for their work in areas spanning criminal justice, health… https://t.co/KLlOAroMzZ
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A fascinating experience touring @ZankerRecycling today in San Jose, a leader in waste management. The facility div… https://t.co/OUNngMddQQ
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DRK portfolio organizations have collectively impacted more than 120 million lives to date. We are proud to share… https://t.co/pK8o62xzWX
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To accelerate and scale its lending to refugees, grantee @Kiva announces that it will launch the "Kiva Refugee Inve… https://t.co/J9HNIpveUL
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Check out @icivics on a segment of @soledadobrien @matteroffacttv exploring what happens when students put the skil… https://t.co/b4UvMv1MGS
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A BIG thank you to @BeBraven's @EubanksDavis, @EdSuperHighway's @emarwell, @MusoHealth's Ari Johnson, &… https://t.co/j8dQfjNYsK
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Grantee @nataliebfields of @AccountCounsel shares where #China needs to go next on #accountability for #BeltandRoad… https://t.co/ToXZcEfXc1
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With more than 100M messages exchanged with texters in crisis, grantee @CrisisTextLine is using A.I. technology to… https://t.co/dY3M1j3Sm4