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The 2024 annual impact report, “One Vision, Many Pathways,” highlights a shared commitment to addressing food insecurity, enhancing outdoor spaces, and supporting the health of the Chesapeake Bay

Realize Capital Partners announces its second set of investments for Realize Fund I: 7 investments, totalling a commitment of capital of $32.5M.

Seven Piper Fellows selected for their leadership and impact in Maricopa County—all receive Fellowships for study, reflection, and growth.

GUESS launches GUESS Again, a customer recycling program in partnership with SuperCircle, the textile recycling platform powering consumer trade-in for leading brands and retailers investing in a circular future.This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241011822308/en/(Photo: Business Wire)This initiative complements the brand’s in-store customer recycling program in partnership with Homeboy Threads, a certified social enterpris

U.S. Public Middle and High Schools to Vie for a Share of $2 Million in Prizes

Team Schein Equips Children in Need with Backpacks Full of Essential Supplies for a Confident Start to the Academic Year

ComEd’s CONSTRUCT Youth Academy expands in second year to prepare more area youth for roles in the growing clean energy field

U.S. Rep. Scanlon helped announced $1.5 million in funding from the FHLBank Affordable Housing Program and voluntary housing grant initiative.

Mark Sanchez, Ed.D., to join organization’s Board of Managers

Supported by the Urban Investment Group at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Access by Calvert Impact focuses on increasing access to credit for small businesses

Through impact investing, the Elevance Health Foundation will work toward advancing whole health by extending beyond its current grant-making commitments to provide loans to small businesses owned or led by historically marginalized populations.

ComEd’s CONSTRUCT Youth Academy returns for the second year with expanded programming at Chicagoland YMCA of Metro Chicago and Goodwill sites

The Pershing Square Foundation today announced $2M in grants to a group of twelve Newark organizations. The Pershing Square Foundation selected organizations that provide critical services to the community.The Pershing Square Foundation selected the following organizations for grants:Community Health Law Project provides legal and advocacy services, training, education, and related activities to persons with disabilities and chronic health conditions, with an emphasis on those most vulnerable an

The American Water Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization established by American Water (NYSE: AWK), the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., announced today it awarded a combined total of $3.5 million to organizations across the U.S., supporting communities served by American Water in 2023.Through the American Water Charitable Foundation’s Keep Communities Grant Program, $3 million was awarded to 236 non-profit organizations across the country. Additional

Plastic Collective, a leading social enterprise focused on solving the plastic waste epidemic, is pleased to announce it will receive funding through an innovative and transformational sustainable development outcome bond, issued by The World Bank, for two plastic waste collection and recycling projects in Ghana and Indonesia. World Bank press release.This innovative bond provides investors a financial return linked to Plastic Waste Collection Credits, Plastic Waste Recycling Credits (collective

Recipients include 30 nonprofit organizations across American Water’s national footprint

The Racial Equity Portfolio provides funding to select Black enterprises focused on economic empowerment and social impact in Brazil

Levi Strauss Foundation, VF Corporation, Warby Parker and Deckers Brands work with social enterprise VisionSpring and USAID.188,000 apparel and footwear factory workers have vision corrected with eyeglasses.Clear Vision Workplace alliance sets target to screen additional 500,000 workers in the next two years.

More than five million shoes will be produced annually with a revolutionary design that combines performance function, environmental sustainability, and disease protection.

Twilio Flex Powers Digital Helpdesks, Providing Personalized Aid and Enhanced Communication for Refugees and Migrants in Hungary and The Netherlands

Banofi Leather develops plant-based leather products, including materials used for handbags and apparel

Semifinalists for the third annual Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge have been announced as 38 teams will now vie for a part of $1M.

Team Schein Provides Underserved Children with Backpacks, School Supplies, and More Back-to-School Essentials

The First Black-Owned and Nationally Distributed Coffee Brand Is Recognized As One Of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Businesses

Twenty-one area high school students took part in CONSTRUCT Youth Academy to learn about fast-growing careers in clean energy

Viamericas has supported and sponsored Homeboy Industries’ mission of providing hope, job training and supportive services to the community for more than 10 years

New Brand Offers Same Top-quality Services and Commitment to Disability Inclusion

VisionSpring, Live Well (a CARE International social enterprise) and the Council of Churches Zambia will correct the vision of 12,600 Zambians with eyeglasses in 2023.3 out of 4 people needing eyeglasses will be acquiring their first-ever pair.The programme will improve income and well-being, unlocking $2.5 million (ZK 52.5 million) in new income earning potential in the first year.The innovative model will bring basic eyecare to rural and low-income communities and has been introduced from Uganda and Bangladesh

Today, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, in collaboration with Atlas Corps, announced the third cohort of the Hilton Humanitarian Prize Laureate Virtual Leadership Institute. Fifty-one Hilton Prize Scholars will participate in a six-month virtual leadership training opportunity that will provide valuable professional development to empower social change advocates exclusively within the Prize Laureate community. Representing 18 of the 27 Prize Laureate organizations, this cohort includes professio

Ten UCI teams will pitch their startup concepts in hopes of earning part of the $100,000 in prize money at the Stella Zhang New Venture Competition.

High-level multi-stakeholder event on unlocking the potential of women entrepreneurs to innovate in the digital economy as prelude to the announcement of the top three winners of the WEA Digital Innovation Challenge

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), a nonprofit scientific organization committed to advancing the science of food and its application across the global food system, and the Seeding The Future Foundation are proud to announce the return of the annual Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge. The Challenges invites scientists, engineers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and multidisciplinary teams from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), non-profits, social enterprises, universities, r

Dr. Karen P. West, ADEA President and CEO, was selected by Nonprofit HR as a 2023 Social Impact Women to Watch Finalist.

The grants will help fund solutions to advance economic equality and offer financial wellness education to provide communities with stronger financial health support

Ten women-owned or -led startups from around the world to receive capacity-building training and specialized mentorship to scale their digital solutions to help build an enabling eco-system for women entrepreneurs

Company shares commitment to long-term strategy and progress in 2022 on social impact and sustainability goals

Jeffrey Mittman, President of NAEPB and CEO of Bosma Enterprises, talks about hiring individuals with disabilities.

Entrepreneurs ready to build in service of low-to-moderate income Americans can now apply to join one of the largest and best pre-seed investment companies in the world

Climate impacts that challenge California and the world require a new solution: a culturally diversified network of FirstFoodResponders

SellWith for Salesforce helps customers transform social impact from a cost center into a revenue generator

Two building services businesses unite under one brand with unique commitment to workforce development and inclusion.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Appalachian Regional Commission are also part of the initial $19 million regional investment initiative.

Lack of access to affordable eyeglasses inhibits educational and life outcomes for nearly a billion people globally, and diagnosing poor vision is a major challenge in low-income countries.Most of the people in need of eyeglasses could see clearly with just a simple pair of reading glasses.By endorsing the training of health workers and nurses to identify blurry near vision and dispense reading glasses, the WHO’s new training program is helping solve this billion-person issue.

New grants increase investments to locally-led organizations

A joint initiative between Unilever, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and EY, TRANSFORM blends funding and bespoke business solutions to drive economic impact to improve the lives of low-income households.

VisionSpring is launching a $70 million initiative, Livelihoods in Focus, to correct the vision of more than 6 million people by 2030.The initiative will focus on low-income tea, coffee, cocoa and artisan workers in India, Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda.Correcting vision and providing eyeglasses in targeted communities will improve workers’ income and well-being, unlocking over $1 billion in new earning potential.

JPMorgan Chase committing $15 million to increase the supply of climate resilient affordable housing for Black, Hispanic and Latino households

Grants of up to $450,000 each designed to support families and businesses facing economic challenges and improve clean energy access

Funding includes $1 million each to YWCA Metropolitan Chicago and NAACP to increase capacity and support ongoing operations

Petcurean flagship brands announce social media giveaway and campaign to raise funds benefiting a local no-kill, animal-serving organization