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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Unfortunately, there are not many health clinics nearby where Elisa can get easy access to primary care with her Medicaid insurance. Life expectancy can differ up to 30 years in the US between different zip codes in the same state, indicating the significance of socioeconomic, environmental, and social factors in driving health outcomes.

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Building Power in Rural and Tribal Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Multiple generations of residents in Del Norte County have now suffered from widespread childhood obesity, low educational achievement, high teen drinking rates, poor health outcomes, and other social problems linked to high rates of trauma, unemployment, and poverty.

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Taking Steps Toward Disability Inclusion in China

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The UN Disability and Development Report 2018 reveals that individuals with disabilities face fundamental challenges in nearly all aspects of life, including employment, health care, and education. Entrepreneurship and self-employment are also emerging as promising avenues for individuals with disabilities.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

The Cornell Douglas Foundation honors nonprofit organizations that “recognize critical needs of communities, seek to minimize risks to the natural world, and believe that each generation should feel a sense of pride in how they hand the baton of environmental health and well-being to future generations.” . Costco Wholesale. Areas served: US.

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Embrace Paradox: How To Navigate Tensions For Better Solutions in Life & Work

Fundraising Leadership

And their collaboration was a perfect fit. “ For @Profwendysmith and @MarianneWLewis, authors of their latest book, “Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems,” their collaboration was a perfect fit. Both of them knew about each other’s work. BothAndThinking ” It’s both. “We

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Billion Dollar CEO, Founder: Liz Elting on Dreaming, Mentoring, Giving and Winning

Fundraising Leadership

Graduating with her MBA in Finance and International Business from NYU’s Stern School of Business in 1992, Elting has won several prestigious awards for her entrepreneurship and philanthropy, including the Distinguished Alumnae Award from NYU Stern's Women in Business, as well as the 2019 Charles Waldo Haskins Award for business and public service.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

The Agents of Change Summit aims to unify and expand the community of professionals using marketing and technology to change people’s health and lifestyle behaviors for social good. 2016 Grantmakers In Health Annual Conference. 2016 Grantmakers In Health Annual Conference. Grantmakers In Health (GIH) / San Diego, CA / $1,400.