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Design that Matters 2016 Programs ReportDesign that Matters recently released their 2016 program report for the year that highlights the impact their products have had on saving hundreds of lives, as well…Apr 2017 -
Melinda Gates Interviews Barbara Bush on Her No. 1 Priority...HealthcareRecently, Melinda Gates sat down with DRK Entrepreneur, Barbara Bush, to discuss what inspired her to launch Global Health Corps, the women who have contributed to…Apr 2017 -
2017 Skoll Awardee: Build ChangeThe Skoll Foundation has announced the four recipients of the 2017 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and two of the recipients are DRK grantees: Build Change and Last…Mar 2017 -
2017 Skoll Awardee: Last Mile HealthThe Skoll Foundation has announced the four recipients of the 2017 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and two of the recipients are DRK grantees: Last Mile Health…Mar 2017 -
Louise Dubé Named 2017 DvF People's Voice Award WinnerLouise Dubé, Executive Director of iCivics, has won the 2017 DVF People’s Voice Award and $50,000 to continue to reach iCivics’ goal of energizing children to get…Mar 2017 -
Nonprofit Open Up Resources Partners with EL Education To Offer Free ELA CurriculumEducation nonprofit Open Up Resources and curriculum author EL Education have a similar mission at heart: make engaging, accessible resources for teachers. The two organizations…Mar 2017 -
This Nonprofit Helps Put Families on a Path Out of PovertyCompass Working Capital is committed to the role that their work can play in bringing about a more inclusive, equitable world by ensuring that all people have…Mar 2017 -
Bill Draper and Other Valley VCs Up for Top Industry AwardsDraper Richards Kaplan Foundation co-founder and Silicon Valley venture pioneer, Bill Draper, will receive a lifetime achievement award from the National Venture Capital Association next month. Bill…Feb 2017 -
Building Trust Cuts Violence. Cash Also Helps.DeVone Boggan could teach a class on the art of making a statement. In 2010, he invited a group of the most dangerous gun offenders…Feb 2017
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Grantee @Sanergy receives a $2.5M investment from @jica_direct_en to address the rising sanitation needs in Nairobi… https://t.co/okR9bjM3Cf
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.@ReachoutToPhool brings in @aliaa08 as an investor! "I admire the founder's vision of making incense and bio-leath… https://t.co/DXYds3bPn2
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For their work providing flexible & digitally-driven retirement products for informal workers in Ghana + promoting… https://t.co/uTALcXc6l2
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Thrilled to see so many DRK entrepreneurs as finalists for @ElevatePrize! Powered by @SolveMIT, The Elevate Prize i… https://t.co/2vZyJDqdb4
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Grantee @weareMORTAR receives funding from @Jumpman23 to "empower their work of building equitable entrepreneurship… https://t.co/Nuy4JqNVds
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.@PropelAmerica founder and CEO @Rouhanifard shares how "jobs-first" higher education can shift the paradigm to put… https://t.co/zzqKb7m7Fd
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.@LandedHomes announces their latest round of venture capital financing: $31M in equity, bringing them to nearly $1… https://t.co/wk10fu1dKi
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"Violent crime, specifically gun violence, plagues many urban neighborhoods, and we have seemed to have but one ans… https://t.co/cRJnIrScYg
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Exciting news from @wattTime, in collaboration with @OceanMindGlobal. The impacts from @ClimateTRACE are big - we c… https://t.co/41OvqMG0vR
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Last year, @icivics inspired millions of kids to try to win the White House. For her dedication to inspire the next… https://t.co/F7NT0OFNTG
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"If prisons made people safer, America would be the safest nation on the planet. And we’re not. Our methods don’t w… https://t.co/H93fNWiEeV
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"Corporations wield tremendous influence over the political system. But on climate, most corporations have decided… https://t.co/54q3YB69ni
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Watch the debut of @patagonia Provisions’ film "The Ocean Solution" on 9/9 at 5pm PT. Feat. @GreenWaveOrg & co-fo… https://t.co/xsXOspp4Yi
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"There is a huge human and environmental cost to the food that we are producing, and if we are wasting it, it’s cri… https://t.co/fDM6wPkz4S
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In Haiti, one of the world's poorest countries, many people build their own homes using cheap materials that are no… https://t.co/jBNMpduYX1
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"What will it take for us to transform our society such that we would be able to delight in watching each other gro… https://t.co/lrNskSKrG7
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Applications for three of the @Halcyoninspires Incubator’s Fellowship Programs are open! All global social entrepre… https://t.co/qjUmX95z6K
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Grantee @public_rights has launched a publication on @medium dedicated to exploring #workersrights in America and c… https://t.co/1krNBIApjM
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.@ZarlashtH, founder of @RefugeeTraumaUK, shares her family's raw and emotional story of seeking asylum as refugees… https://t.co/I50KU6rxwB
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Millions of households across the US lack climate-safe and affordable housing. On 7/21, @ElizabetHausler, founder &… https://t.co/lK4jFvFLYY