Race to Top Funding Awarded to Tennessee
Foundation: Gates Foundation
Tennessee always had an inside track on winning a share of federal Race to the Top funding. The $500 million application from the state and a similar application from Delaware were chosen in the...more

Dinosaur National Monument Received Funds
The National Park Foundation has awarded a grant in the amount of $7,000 as part of their Impact Grant funding the Dinosaur National Monument. The objective of the grant is to accomplish the...more

Capitalism vs. Climate Change: The Strategic Investor's Perspective
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, founder of IOI Capital, speaks to a strategic investor at Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, the venture capital arm of Occidental Petroleum. He writes that the strategic investor...more

New Study Finds Low-Income Neighborhood Parks More Prone to Rack and Ruin
Foundation: Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, founder of IOI Capital, speaks to a strategic investor at Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, the venture capital arm of Occidental Petroleum. He writes that the strategic investor...more

“Let’s Get Healthy California” to Develop a 10-year Plan
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, founder of IOI Capital, speaks to a strategic investor at Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, the venture capital arm of Occidental Petroleum. He writes that the strategic investor...more

Bank Of America Presents Over $1.1 Million To Connecticut Nonprofits
Foundation: Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Bank of America Charitable Foundation has furnished 379,000 in grants to Connecticut nonprofits that focus on hunger and shelter, and promote long-term financial wellbeing. An additional $728,000...more

Building a Healthier Town By Improving Sidewalks
Foundation: Kansas Health Foundation, Western Kansas Community Foundation
The Western Kansas Community Foundation created Livewell Finney County, thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Kansas Health Foundation. Working in partnership with Garden City and the Finney County...more

Shaping Social Good in Mongolia
Mongolia is set to to meet its Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 through a Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, which is a community-based project funded through an Alumni TIES small grant from the...more

Ford Foundation Awards $500,00 to The Washington Post
Foundation: Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation has recently awarded a $500,000 to The Washington Post to assist its expansion of government-accountability reporting at the national and local levels. The terms of the grant...more

+Acumen - World-Classes to Drive Social Change
+Acumen, an initiative of Acumen, aims to provide anyone, anywhere the skills and community to drive social change. +Acumen is a global team composed of educators, innovators, entrepreneurs,...more