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- 20 Nov 2015
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Room to Grow
created a bold and provocative vision—‘50 by 60’—that says that [New England] can produce 50 percent of our food locally by 2060. This is the organizing principle in what is a systems-wide approach to solving a problem.” Since 2011, the Kendall Foundation has View Details
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Michael Gilbert (MBA ’67) (Hunter Press) Family Wars: Classic Conflicts in Family Business and How to Deal with Them by Grant Gordon (OPM 30, 01) and Nigel Nicholson (Kogan Page) The American Military after 9/11: Society, State, and...
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- 01 Jun 2011
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The Best-Laid Plans
side effects of the powerful drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS and TB. In February, DFA’s reach broadened when the Gates Foundation continued its support by awarding the group a $2.99 million grant to develop agricultural diagnostics for rural...
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- 09 Apr 2019
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Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
disease.” Early success in raising capital has allowed EAT to move from supporting existing research to a new model of proactive challenge grants. “We have so many areas of need that we are putting together large challenge grants to go...
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Jill Radsken
- 04 Sep 2019
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A Measured Approach
changing the field of global development itself. When evaluating programs, “We want to be as quick as possible; we want to encourage iterations,” Esther says. But a lot of nonprofits get, say, a five-year grant to deploy a certain amount...
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Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Mar 2019
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A Wider Net
Illustration by Neil Webb When the United States men’s National Soccer Team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup—for the first time in 32 years—the critiques were scathing. Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl deemed it “the most...
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- 01 Mar 2017
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Lego Stays on Script
approach, in essence, was true to the spirit of Lego’s brand. According to Moynihan, there’s a reason for all of those figures that Lin asked (and was granted permission) to play with in his movie, from Wonder Woman to C-3PO: “Given the...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
private investors, including Viana’s father-in-law, stepped forward with stakes of 100,000 and above. A regional grant available to Normandy businesses was good for 100,000. Finally, one bank did come around, loaning another 300,000. A...
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- 01 Apr 2002
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Back in Business
fifty, many with fewer than five) in dealing with landlords, grant applications, and city agencies(see sidebar on ReSTART volunteer, Nancy Taubenslag). These volunteer advocates also match businesses with donated goods and services, such...
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- 02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising
workers and laid out an expansion of the private sector that granted operating licenses for 201 jobs—everything from the highly specific “flower wreath arranger” and “Benny Moré Dance Team” to the more general “artisan” and...
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Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Sep 2012
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What’s the Big Idea?
that our most important asset is our brain, which makes it easy to take for granted the people, platforms, processes, products, and politics that create the context for our great performance. Only when we move do we realize the importance...
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- 09 Oct 2015
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Balancing Progress and Preservation
that triangle several times a day,” he observes. That frequency might be even higher for Zuckerberg, whose philanthropic interests include the New York Landmarks Conservancy. Founded in 1973, the Conservancy is one of the country’s largest preservation organizations,...
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- 01 Jun 2001
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"Unheard Voices" Brings to Light Three Centuries of American Women at Work
Business Age,” is a survey of the library’s manuscript collections that pertain to women’s history. Launched in 1999 with support from Rysia de Ravel (MBA ’83) and a grant from the Harvard University Women’s Matching Fund, the survey is...
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- 03 Apr 2019
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Finding Common Ground
Education, a nonprofit that provides grants to support innovative, evidence-based practices in K–12 education. Because problems such as homelessness and underperforming schools have multiple causes, Shumway stresses that solving them...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2024
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Ink: Framing the Full Picture
Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal that, at the sight of land,...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
Worcester, Brockton Interfaith Community, Elevated Thought in Lawrence, as well as statewide initiatives, such as Data for Black Lives, EdLaw Project, and Lawyers for Civil Rights. Grant decisions are made by representatives from the...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
tremendous value. He cites a number of innovators, executives, artists, academics, teachers, and role models who embody his vision of goodness. Jumping Ship: From the Heart of Corporate Australia to the World of Social Investment by Michael Traill (MBA 1987) (Hardie...
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- 01 Dec 2001
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Reaching Out
and given out grants — I wanted to add something new to my skill set," says the Texas native. As an intern at The Home for Little Wanderers (HLW), a New England agency that serves at-risk children, their families, and communities, Weenick...
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- 01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down
generally granted to those who do their homework, though luck still plays a major part." "Sometimes God will fool you," agrees James Hackett. "You'll think you have something, and the readings confirm it, but when you drill down it's...
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- 01 Oct 1998
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A Community Investment
extensive involvement with a San Diego-based organization that develops aid programs for the poor in Mexico, and the establishment of a family foundation that gives grants in the areas of poverty, education, and religion. "There came a...
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