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 | Academy for Educational Development (AED) - Following in African “Footprints” – “If you’re looking for people who’ve shown courage and hard work – who’ve shown a sense of fairness, a sense of justice – then Africa is replete with those role models," says Zachie Achmat, a 2001 Desmond Tutu Footprints of Legends Award recipient. He founded Treatment Action Campaign, a nonprofit that helps South Africans with HIV to receive treatment.| Status: Closed | Start Date: 2000 | | Commitment Amount (USD): $2,780,000 | End Date: 2004 |
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 | Academy for Educational Development (AED)-Middle Start Initiative - “You do the tried and true until you find something different,” says Evelyn Turner, 8th grade choral teacher at Forrest City Junior High School in Arkansas. Through a Middle Start partnership, teachers like Turner are discovering classroom techniques that reach and inspire middle school students. “I’m not the same teacher I was 10 years ago,” she says.| Status: Closed | Start Date: 1994 | | Commitment Amount (USD): $10,347,497 | End Date: 2006 |
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 | Academy for Educational Development, Inc. (Youth Innovation Fund) - Eight Communities Embrace Youth-led Action Campaigns – “The youth here know they have the power to create change, and they don’t just want to talk about it. They want to see action. That's what the Youth Innovation Fund does. We want to see something happen so we get out there and do it,” says student leader Robert Jackson.| Status: Closed | Start Date: 2002 | | Commitment Amount (USD): $5,000,000 | End Date: 2007 |
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 | Advocate Health Care - Parish Nurses Knit Health Care into Community – A model for nurses working in churches that originated in Chicago has spread worldwide. Nurses visit retirement centers, hospitals, shelters and homes to integrate faith and healing – and connect health systems to communities.| Status: Closed | Start Date: 1990 | | Commitment Amount (USD): $240,000 | End Date: 1994 |
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 | African KILP Fellows - African Leaders for Global Challenges – In the 1980s, Foundation study grants helped promising African students to pursue their dreams. In the 1990s, the Kellogg International Leadership Program (KILP) gave grassroots leaders skills and experience to share. Today these alumni are battling AIDS and rural poverty in southern Africa.| Status: | Start Date: | | Commitment Amount (USD): | End Date: |
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 | Agricultural Education Foundation - Breaking new ground for agricultural professionals – From India to the inner city of Los Angeles, mid-career professionals engaged in key agricultural positions gain a broader perspective on leadership and life through the California Agricultural Leadership Program.| Status: Closed | Start Date: 1992 | | Commitment Amount (USD): $90,000 | End Date: 1994 |
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 | American Association of Community Colleges - Community Colleges Add Civic Engagement To Their Mission – The Beacon Project created a climate of shared problem solving by helping colleges to build community through efforts that addressed cultural diversity, effective teaching, and community service.| Status: Closed | Start Date: 1989 | | Commitment Amount (USD): $1,769,000 | End Date: 1995 |
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 | Appalachian Center for Economic Networks, Inc. - Technology Challenged – “If you like space to breathe and walk, this is a really good place to be,” says Sandra Landis, of Perry County, Ohio. But the beauty and appeal of small communities only goes so far. Access to technology -- to create news jobs and opportunties -- is a critical component of growth that's being tackled by the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks.| Status: Closed | Start Date: 1996 | | Commitment Amount (USD): $775,000 | End Date: 1999 |
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 | Association of Small Foundations - Small Foundations of Every Size Access Tools of the Trade – “99 percent of all foundations have no fulltime staff,” says Charles Scott II, former CEO of Association of Small Foundations. In 1995, Scott helped form the organization that put small philanthropies in touch with their peers. Together, the Association’s 3,000 members have created new tools for stewardship.| Status: Closed | Start Date: 2000 | | Commitment Amount (USD): $365,154 | End Date: 2002 |
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