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Equal opportunity in education
Blueprint Schools Network
Blueprint Math Fellows: Closing the Math Achievement Gap
United States
Offender re-entry
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul of Des Moines
Breaking the Chain: The blight of the criminal justice system
United States
Solid waste management
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County
Building the bridge to a zero-waste world
United Kingdom, United States
Community improvement
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Catalyzing peaceful and stable communities through Community Action Hubs
United States
Homeless services
Catholic Charities USA
Connecting Health and Housing to Reduce Chronic Homelessness
United States
Health care access
The MAVEN Project
Connecting volunteer physicians with providers treating vulnerable patients through technology
United States
Ethnic and racial minority rights
University of Illinois at Chicago
Disrupting the Cycle of Housing Segregation in Urban America
United States
Reading promotion
Springboard Collaborative
Empowering Low-Income Parents to Raise a Generation of Readers
United States
Highly Ranked
Microfinance
Grameen America, Inc.
Ending the cycle of poverty: financing low-income women entrepreneurs
Puerto Rico, United States
Renewable energy
GRID Alternatives
Energy Equity for Underserved Communities
Nepal, Nicaragua, United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico
Medical education
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Enhancing Quality of Life and Life Expectancy Through Continuing Education
United States
Highly Ranked
Youth development
Friends of the Children - National Office
Friends of the Children. Defying the odds of generational poverty
United States, Ghana, Jamaica
Diversity and intergroup relations
Mankind Project USA and Gender Equity & Reconciliation International
Global Transformation from #MeToo to We Together
India, Kenya, South Africa, United States, Mexico
Mental health care
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
H.O.P.E: National Mental Wellness Tour and Black House Rock Toolkits
United States, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
Highly Ranked
Equal opportunity in education
Communities In Schools Inc
Improving Conditions for Learning: Student Success in Every Community
United States