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$40 million Lilly Endowment Grant to Support STEM Students and Jobs
Foundation: Lilly Endowment
Purdue University recently announced a $40 million Lilly Endowment grant to Purdue Research Foundation. The grant aims to help create Purdue's Engineering and Polytechnic Gateway Complex, a project...more
Foundation: Lilly Endowment
Purdue University recently announced a $40 million Lilly Endowment grant to Purdue Research Foundation. The grant aims to help create Purdue's Engineering and Polytechnic Gateway Complex, a project...more
Must Modern Philanthropy Be So Corrosive? 
In a NPQ (Nonprofit Quarterly) story, it quotes Komal Shah, a trustee of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, asking, "How evil is too evil when it comes to donors?" The question is in connection...more
In a NPQ (Nonprofit Quarterly) story, it quotes Komal Shah, a trustee of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, asking, "How evil is too evil when it comes to donors?" The question is in connection...more
Money Dedicated to Climate Action 
Andreea Rodinciuc, an analyst, discusses Future 500's Force for Good Forecast 2019, an annual handbook that lists the 10 most important rising trends in social and environmental advocacy. One of...more
Andreea Rodinciuc, an analyst, discusses Future 500's Force for Good Forecast 2019, an annual handbook that lists the 10 most important rising trends in social and environmental advocacy. One of...more
Ecosystem-based Approach - Future of Support for Social Enterprise? 
Laura Reed, Head of Social Impact Partnerships at Seventh Street Ventures, and Jay Boolkin, co-founder at Social Change Central, discusses the Social Enterprise Ecosystem. They explain that the...more
Laura Reed, Head of Social Impact Partnerships at Seventh Street Ventures, and Jay Boolkin, co-founder at Social Change Central, discusses the Social Enterprise Ecosystem. They explain that the...more
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USAID/Indonesia Improving Local Governance and Service Delivery
Indonesia USAID-Jakarta
The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to collect written information about an activity with the preliminary title of “Improving Local Governance and Service Delivery,” in...more
Posted On - 2019-09-15
BJA FY 19 Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for the Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with...more
Posted On - 2019-08-13
BJA FY 19 An Academic-based Training Initiative to Improve Police Responses for People with Mental Illness and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Bureau of Justice Assistance
This initiative focuses on developing academic-based, transdisciplinary crisis intervention training to educate, train, and prepare law enforcement officers so that they are equipped to appropriately...more
Posted On - 2019-08-05
Enhancing Students’ Understanding of their Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Criminal Justice System through Mock Trials
Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement
The goal of this project is to improve secondary school students’ understanding and trust in the judicial system of Bosnia and Herzegovina through an experiential learning process. This...more
Posted On - 2019-07-30
OVW 2019 Alaska Full Faith and Credit Training and Technical Assistance Request for Concept Papers
Office on Violence Against Women
This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(11). The VAWA full faith and credit provision (18 U.S.C. 2265) provides that states, tribes, and territories (the receiving jurisdiction) must enforce...more
Posted On - 2019-07-22
Strengthening Local Systems and Partnerships for More Effective and Sustainable Counter-Trafficking in Persons in the Philippines (STRENGTH CTIP-P)
Agency for International Development
The objective of the Strength CTIP-P is to more effectively combat trafficking in persons in the Philippines by strengthening local systems and partnerships. The activity will achieve this objective...more
Posted On - 2019-07-15
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Bill Drayton Urges Development of Empathy in Social Entrepreneurship
Bill Drayton, Ashoka founder, coined the phrase “social entrepreneur” instead of almost naming it as “public service entrepreneur”. He strongly encourages empathy especially through the education sector, and explains why having that trait is more important than ever now.
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