The Skoll Foundation and three other organizations (PopTech, ideablob, and Civic Ventures) are pooling their data to create an open database that will “allow philanthropists, investors, press, and fellow entrepreneurs to find social entrepreneur’s based on keyword, location, cause area, population served, and a variety of other factors, ” according to the Social Actions website. [...]
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Posted in Policy, Politics, tagged Congress, Social Entrepreneurs, President Obama, Edward M. Kennedy, Serve America Act, Senate, U.S. House, Commission on Cross-Sector Solution, Social Innovation Funds Pilot Project, Corporation for National Service, grants, philanthropists, nonprofit, community organizations, private investment, public investment, Federal investments, effective solutions, national and local challenges, social initiatives on April 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, the U.S. House passed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. Following Senate passage of the same language last week, this means the bill will now be sent to President Obama so that he can sign it into law.
Unfortunately, the bill does not contain language creating a Commission on Cross-Sector Solution, as we mistakenly [...]
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Posted in Philanthropy, Policy, Politics, tagged Blog Launch, Global Philanthropy Forum, It's Your World, News, Philanthropy, Politics, Social Entrepreneurs, World Affairs Council on February 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today marks the official launch of the It’s Your World blog, co-hosted by the World Affairs Council of Northern California and the Global Philanthropy Forum. We look forward to taking you behind the scenes of these organizations as we explore international issues and encourage the involvement of philanthropists in opportunities that transcend borders.
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Roots of Peace, founded by Heidi Kuhn, is an organization that works to unearth dangerous landmines in war-torn countries, and then to build sustainable crops on the land once too dangerous to traverse. In so doing, they empower the local communities scarred by these inhumane weapons, and “transform the scars of conflict into the [...]
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