The Hearst Foundations will be doling out $1.175 million in grants to be awarded among five Bay Area initiatives. The Hearst Foundations focuses on culture, education, health and social services.
The largest grant awarded was a $250,000 donation to Best Buddies International to expand its jobs program for disabled youth and adults in Northern California during the next three years.
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Ganesh Natarajan is the Founder and Chairman of 5FWorld, a new platform for funding and developing start-ups, social enterprises and the skills eco-system in India. In the past two decades, he has built two of India’s high-growth software services companies – Aptech and Zensar – almost from scratch to global success.