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Larsen Lam ICONIQ Impact Award Grants Over $24M to Five Non-Profit Organizations to Create Long-Term Transformational Change for Refugees
Resourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative Selected as $10M Award Recipient by Sponsors Chris Larsen and Lyna Lam.

New $12 Million Award Launched to Strengthen Democracy in the United States
The Stronger Democracy Award Seeks to Fund Bold Solutions to Improve Political Representation and Increase Citizen Participation

Finalists announced for Equality Can't Wait Challenge to Help Expand Women's Power and Influence in the United States by 2030
The Challenge Will Award $40 Million to Accelerate the Pace of Progress Toward Gender Equality in America.

Finalists Selected for $10 Million Climate Challenge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.
Award Will Identify Solutions to Decarbonize Transportation, Buildings, and Industry

Finalists Selected for the Lone Star Prize to Improve the Quality of Life of Texans
The $10 Million Award Will Focus on Building Healthier, Stronger Communities Throughout Texas

Per Scholas Announced as Awardee of $10 Million Economic Opportunity Challenge
Today, Lever for Change announced premier technology workforce development organization Per Scholas as the recipient of the $10 million Economic Opportunity Challenge. Per Scholas advances economic equity through rigorous, tuition-free training for careers in IT and connects skilled talent from underserved communities to leading businesses. The “Proven Pathways to Transformative Careers in Tech” project was selected from a pool of 160 applicants and five finalists.

Finalists Selected for Larsen Lam ICONIQ Impact Award to Create a Durable Future for Refugees
$12 Million Award Will Fund Bold Solutions for Long-Term Transformational Change in the Lives of Refugees.

New $90 Million Global Challenge to Fund Bold Solutions to Address Systemic Inequities
Racial Equity 2030 seeks to scale transformative ideas that will improve the lives of children, families and communities across the globe.
Pritzker Traubert Foundation announces recipient of the Chicago Prize
Always Growing, Auburn Gresham has been awarded the first ever Chicago Prize, a $10 million grant competition of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation that sought to invest in collaborative initiatives using physical development to spur economic activity, strengthen civic infrastructure, and improve the safety, well-being, and economic mobility of residents in the city's South and/or West sides.
FINALISTS NAMED IN MACARTHUR COMPETITION FOR $100 MILLION GRANT
Six bold solutions to critical social challenges were named finalists today in 100&Change, a global competition for a single $100 million grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The proposals address diverse and systemic problems, such as ocean health, homelessness, oxygen therapy, health disparities, news deserts, and mosquito-borne disease.