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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Between 2016 and 2019 , nearly half of global giving by US foundations went to health, while environment and human rights accounted for roughly 11 percent each, followed by agriculture and education. In the social enterprise and impact investment space, reliance on the “individual as consumer” frame can perhaps be traced back to C.K.

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Putting Health at the Center of Climate Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Meanwhile, Better Life Farming , a program developed by life sciences company, Bayer, supports smallholder farmers in low-and-middle-income countries by providing high-quality agricultural products like seeds and crop protection; educational training in farm management, market access, and entrepreneurship; and environmental consulting.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

The foundation focuses its grant making on community education programs, arts-in-education programs, and agricultural and environmental programs. First Book is a nonprofit social enterprise that provides new books and educational resources—for free and at low cost—to schools and programs serving children in need. First Book.