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Sep 16, 2021
Sometimes, even the nonprofit organizations need a little help
A Tennessee news outlet uplifts the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis's Mid-South COVID-19 Regional Response Fund, which is supporting local nonprofit organizations so that they can continue to serve Memphians in need.
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Sep 14, 2021
Forbes 50 Over 50: Investment
Forbes names Blue Meridian CEO and Edna McConnell Clark Foundation president Nancy Roob as one of fifty women over the age of fifty who are forging a more innovative and inclusive financial future.
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Sep 13, 2021
When good news abounds – and is free
ConvergenceRI highlights ONE Neighborhood Builders' efforts to develop a free Wi-FI wire mesh system to serve the residents of Olneyville, RI – a system which recently won a Wi-Fi at Work national award from WifiForward.
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Sep 9, 2021
Eyeglasses for school kids boost academic performance, study finds
Johns Hopkins University shares conclusions from a 3-year clinical study focused on a Baltimore partnership with Vision To Learn, which found that access to eyeglasses is linked to improved test scores.
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Aug 23, 2021
Expungement Crisis: The Long Wait to Restore ‘Ruined Lives’
The Crime Report highlights the devastating collateral consequences of justice system involvement and uplifts solutions like Clean Slate policies.
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Aug 16, 2021
Library partners with nonprofit to help provide children with free eye exams and glasses
A Baltimore-based news outlet highlights Vision To Learn's collaboration with local library branches to provide children with free eye exams and glasses.
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Aug 15, 2021
Filling in the skills gap: A new way of training workers to match the jobs
Matter of Fact spotlights Social Finance's Career Impact Bond and its partnership with American Diesel Training Center as an example of initiatives aimed at providing workers with the skills they need for in-demand careers.
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Aug 13, 2021
Barron’s Live: Justice and Economic Mobility
Managing Director Mindy Tarlow and Tanya Coke, a program director at the Ford Foundation, join the Barron's Live podcast to discuss the Justice and Mobility Fund with Penta senior writer Abby Schultz.
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Aug 6, 2021
A New Pathway for Working Adults?: The Key Podcast
In an episode of Inside Higher Ed's The Key podcast, Merit America Co-CEOs Rebecca Taber Staehelin and Connor Diemand-Yauman share how their organization is helping pave new ways for adults to enter or advance in the workforce.
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Aug 4, 2021
WATCH: Zearn CEO Shalinee Sharma Talks About How Her Math App Revealed the Pandemic’s Widening Learning Gaps in Real Time
Zearn Co-Founder and CEO Shalinee Sharma shares how data from their math app, used by 1 in 4 elementary-age children nationwide, showed a widening learning gap as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.