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  • Can Kenyan Entrepreneurs Redraw the Classroom of the Future?
    As the need for digital education across Africa skyrocketed in 2020, Kenyan tech companies found ways to collaborate with school systems and expand the number…
    Feb 2021
  • Bringing Peace to the American City
    From San Quentin inmate to neighborhood safety advocate, Kelly’s guest Sam Vaughn embodies the ideal of “be the change you want to see.” Working with…
    Jan 2021
  • Worldreader Launches the Keep Children Reading Program in the United States
    San Francisco-based educational nonprofit Worldreader is bringing its Keep Children Reading program to the United States for the first time. Drawing on 10 years of…
    Nov 2020
  • When Moving a Nonprofit Forward Means Altering the Founder’s Course
    Leaders who succeed founders sometimes need to work against expectations of them and chart a fundamentally new path toward change, even while keeping the original…
    Sep 2020
  • A native american woman fills buckets with clean water. The water is coming from a yellow DIGDEEP water truck.
    Without Water in the United States
    While health officials warned the nation to wash our hands frequently, in the Navajo Nation that basic protection is a luxury. In more than a…
    Jul 2020
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    This Al Gore-Supported Project Uses AI to Track the World’s Emissions in Near Real Time
    Portfolio organization WattTime announced its partnership with former United States Vice President Al Gore and a coalition of environmental groups (including OceanMind) to develop a…
    Jul 2020
  • One Acre Fund and SIRUM Win 2020 Audacious Project
    Housed at TED, The Audacious Project is a collaborative funding initiative that is unlocking social impact on a grand scale. Every year we select and…
    Jun 2020
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    Becca Heller Receives MacArthur 'Genius' Fellowship
    We 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
  • Podcast: How DRK Rewards Risk-Takers Tackling Big Issues
    DRK’s CEO, Jim Bildner, joins The Business of Giving to discuss our distinctive approach to funding social entrepreneurs’ projects, both nonprofit and for-profit. With the…
    Nov 2017
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