South Asians – men and women who trace their origins to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka – experience coronary artery disease at up to four times the rate of the general world’s population. South Asians also suffer heart attacks at an earlier age, often without prior symptoms or warning. Traditional risk factors fail […]
Green Empowerment was born in 1997 with the mission of partnering with rural communities in the developing world to implement renewable energy and water systems that alleviate poverty and preserve the environment. Green Empowerment projects arise from local priorities—bottom up—and are fueled by community participation and decision-making. Green Empowerment facilitates the projects with more than […]
Mathcounts strives to engage middle school students of all ability and interest levels in fun, challenging math programs, empower middle school students of all ability levels in order for them to reach their full potential in mathematics. The Mathcounts competition series brings together students from all 50 states in a series of in-person contests. We first sponsored the 2013 […]
Dressember exists to inspire and empower a global community of like-minded women who are locking arms to face one of the greatest injustices of our time. Dressember has aligned with International Justice Mission to rescue victims of slavery, sexual exploitation, and other forms of violent oppression. We take pride in being able to support the Dressember mission. […]
Stanford School of Medicine has an integrated vision of research, education and patient care that embraces the creation of new knowledge for knowledge’s sake while moving the most promising breakthroughs into real-world applications that advance human health. “You have cancer” – Next year, 1.6 million Americans will hear those words, and begin the fight of their lives. […]
Surya Ganga is a film about the mad, chaotic tension between conservation and exploitation of India’s land, water and people. At the heart of the film is the river Ganga being dammed extensively and dried up. The film introspects why for the first time in the 5000-year history of India’s civilisation, the nation is witnessing […]
Upon independence in 1947, India’s literacy rate was at a staggering low of 11%. Since then, the literacy rate has grown to 74%; however, this figure is still well below the world figure of 84%. The literacy rate is still lower in rural India; while the literacy rate in the urban areas is estimated to […]
Every few years a group of database researchers meets to discuss the state of database research, its impact on practice, and important new directions. The eighth such meeting, held October 14-15, 2013 at the Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, observed that Big Data has now become a defining challenge of our time, […]
La Cocina cultivates low income food entrepreneurs by providing them affordable industry-specific technical assistance and access to market opportunities. They focus primarily on women from communities of color and immigrant communities. They believe that entrepreneurs gain financial security by doing what they love to do, creating an innovative, vibrant and inclusive economic landscape. We are excited to be able […]
The Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) empowers low- and moderate-income households to build and preserve assets by advancing policies and programs that help them pursue higher education, start a business and save for the future. The 1:1 Fund of CFED supports the college dreams of low-income children by making it easy for donors to help kids […]
