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Uplifting Middle Tennessee: Nicole Olivia Rose’s Dedication to Nashville

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

As a teenager, her first role at the Youth Volunteer Corps exposed her to one of her first passions, working with children, but it also exposed her to the challenges nonprofits face, motivating her to seek a more comprehensive understanding of the sector.

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Harvard Lands $50 Million Gift to Launch Program Honoring Paul Farmer

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Courtesy of Ferdinand Dukundimana, Butaro Hospital via Partners in Health William and Joyce Cummings pledged $50 million through their Cummings Foundation to establish the Paul Farmer Collaborative of Harvard Medical School and the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda. Farmer was a Harvard professor who died last year.

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Industry Overviews: Online Grocery Sales & Cough & Cold Medicine Manufacturing OTC

Selfish Giving

All children deserve the resources necessary to enjoy their best lives. We’ve helped support 9 million breakfasts, reaching more than 50,000 school children in 450 schools in underserved communities throughout the United States. We launched our breakfast program in conjunction with Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign.

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12 Times When You Should NOT Look for Grants

Get Fully Funded

After all, there are thousands of foundations out there that exist to give money away. Most foundations want to see 3-5 years’ experience first before they’ll give you money for programs. Just because you received a grant from a foundation one year doesn’t mean you’ll receive it every year or ever again. Not apply for a grant.

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Black Women and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: Closing the Gap in HIV Prevention

NonProfit Quarterly

Reporting for NPR, Kaiser Family Foundation Health News reporter Sam Whitehead writes : Doctors, public health researchers, and those who provide HIV treatment and prevention services say long-standing, systemic factors, such as stigma and racism, are major barriers to PrEP uptake among cisgender Black women.

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A Partnership Industry for Impactful Ed-Tech

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Moreover, ed-tech’s customers are often vulnerable users, particularly in the case of children with special educational needs or those from disadvantaged backgrounds. It is therefore imperative to provide them with high-quality products that have documented evidence of positive impact. However, this model is not universally preferred.

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Interview: Dismantling Structural Racism in Health Around the World

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We witnessed a lot of riots and a lot of protests, and I think my empathy and passion to want to help just comes from being exposed to people who need medical help and just didn’t get it. I knew that I had to pass medical school, I had to nod and say yes and do what I needed to do. It’s like, “You were late.

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