Candid

DECEMBER 23, 2021

I was hired to work for Ford Foundation in 1991 as a program officer in Brazil, when Frank was still President. On that same trip Frank and Susan took to Brazil, we had organized a series of events and workshops so that they could meet grantees and understand the challenging transition Brazil was undergoing from dictatorship to democracy.

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

Fittingly, the university hosted the session “A Report on Philanthropic Funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” Panelists from Brazil, Kenya, and Jamaica discussed the importance of empowering communities in the African diaspora. Panelist Dr. Steven E.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

Most Vietnamese people (80 percent) report having no religion. " The ASEAN Vision 2020 also intends to "use the ASEAN Foundation as one of the instruments to address issues of unequal economic development, poverty and socio-economic disparities." The Viet people are the most numerous ethnic group. They have a 1.7-percent

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Indonesia Vietnam Papua New Guinea Asia 54

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

People want to be on the right side of history. PR: I was in Brazil a few months ago, and in this village in Brazil there are about eighty or ninety families that are all very small coffee growers. It's about three hundred dollars a year to send a kid to high school in this region of Brazil. Everyone goes to the store.

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Nicaragua Interview Companies Brazil 40

Candid

APRIL 21, 2021

Colonial history, long periods of authoritarianism, endemic corruption, poor training, and lack of resources had eroded any sense that there was a constructive role for law enforcement to play in democratic societies. This history of police-related grantmaking shows that foundations have another tool to promote police reform: relationships.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

When the BerkShares currency launched in 2006, it involved something of a gamble: that a moribund tradition of local currency issue could still work to bolster local economic activity in the 21 st century. Today, about 60 percent of Americans report using mobile payment platforms such as Venmo for at least some transactions.

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