Change Empowerment Issue Literacy 
Candid
MARCH 26, 2024
Individual donors and foundations increasingly view data “ as the fuel for innovation and social change.” We also found nearly 20% of respondents aged 45-64 did not have checking accounts, revealing that our older clients needed more financial literacy programming to avoid slipping into poverty.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 3, 2013
Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts.
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NonProfit Hub
MARCH 2, 2021
Maryanne Dersch specializes in helping nonprofit leaders increase their influence and be the change agents they have always wanted to be without feeling rejected, ineffective, or pushy. She is leading a movement to change “nonprofit” to “human investment company” to accurately reflect the contributions of the sector.
Care2
OCTOBER 29, 2012
The prize honors social innovators under age 40 who “show creativity, commitment, and extraordinary accomplishment in advancing positive social change” and awards $100,000 to each prize winner split in half between the winner and the organization they are supporting. Winning Combinations.
Connection Cafe
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Youth unemployment was a critical issue for the city at that time – an issue that aligned with John Hancock’s business goals of providing meaningful job opportunities to young people in the community as well as helping them to be better prepared to enter the workforce. How did these groups come together?
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
I believe in the power of books to change the world. Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Consider the issues with printed books. First, they are place-based.
Bloomerang
APRIL 7, 2022
To that end, I’ve compiled a list of funders who spend their time and grantmaking resources on assisting women-led movements to advance meaningful change. Their funding priorities focus on the following areas of interest: financial literacy, workforce development, micro finance, entrepreneurship, leadership skills, and formal education.
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