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Airbnb.org Launches $25 Million Fund to Support Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Airbnb.org announces Refugee Fund, a fundraising initiative to expand Airbnb.org’s support of refugees and asylum seekers worldwide.
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- Investing
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- Global
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How the Gates Foundation and Seattle Nonprofit Path Are Helping Get Oxygen to India
This special series focuses on important community issues, innovative solutions to societal challenges, and people and non-profit groups making an impact through technology.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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- nonprofits, SDGs
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Analysis: Everyone Is Funding Oxygen. This Is a Problem.
Media attention on COVID-19 deaths due to a lack of oxygen in big cities has skewed donor priorities. This is impacting relief efforts on the ground.
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- Coronavirus
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- Global
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- nonprofits
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Press Release: Kiva Capital Management Announces Final Close of Kiva Refugee Investment Fund to Scale Lending to Fragile Communities Globally
Kiva Capital Management, the impact-first fund management subsidiary of non-profit Kiva.org, announced today the successful final close of the Kiva Refugee Investment Fund, LLC, a $32.5 million facility to scale lending to fragile communities globally.
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- Finance
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John Deere Foundation Pledges $200 Million in Philanthropic Initiatives
John Deere Foundation President Nate Clark said. "By increasing our annual investment to $20 million per year, we think we're in an opportunity to help folks that have pretty significant needs today. ... It represents our highest level of investment ever."
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus
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Developing a ‘Purpose Mindset’: How Microsoft’s Employee Giving Efforts Are Impacting the Company – and the World
Microsoft is mainly known for its tech innovations, but it has brought a similarly inventive approach to employee giving. Akhtar Badshah at Catalytic Innovators Group, who led Microsoft’s philanthropic efforts for 10 years, explores this model in his new book, "Purpose Mindset: How Microsoft Inspires Employees & Alumni to Change the World." He discusses the company's efforts to effect large-scale social change through small-scale staff donations and volunteerism, and shares lessons for other organizations that want to foster a culture of purpose and empathy.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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- COVID-19, nonprofits, philanthropy
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Press Release: New Report Shows Promising Improvements in off-Grid Appliance Energy Efficiency
The 2021 Appliance Data Trends report finds near-to-market products are significantly more energy efficient and affordable than they were five years ago. Televisions are 48% more efficient and 44% cheaper than 2016 models, despite increases in screen size. Similarly, fans are 49% more efficient than models assessed two years ago, with some models 2-3 times more efficient than conventional models sold in Europe.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Innovation for Adaptation: How a New Fund Is Helping Service Providers Navigate the Challenges of COVID-19
The impact of COVID-19 has been amplified at the local level in Kenya and Rwanda, where non-profit service providers working with vulnerable populations are finding it more difficult to support their beneficiaries. Michael Kiema and Linda Ndungu Wambua at Instiglio explore learnings from the COVID-19 Adaptation Fund, which is providing funding to nine qualifying service providers to help them implement innovations that will support their efforts to serve beneficiaries during the pandemic.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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