These proposals were submitted through competitions run by Lever for Change. Through this Solutions Bank, they are now openly available to the field at large to facilitate learning, research, collaboration, and funding.
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Climate change
University of California, San Diego
Bending the Curve: Climate Solutions Education for All
Mexico, United States
Civic participation
Center for Civic Education
Civitas: Engaging Youth around the World in Grassroots Democracy
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Morocco, South Africa, Thailand, United States, Colombia, Jordan, Philippines, Romania, Senegal
Elementary and secondary education
Facing History and Ourselves, Inc.
Confronting Hate and Catalyzing Democracy by Facing History
Canada, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Colombia
Health care access
The MAVEN Project
Connecting volunteer physicians with providers treating vulnerable patients through technology
United States
STEM education
Vanderbilt University
Creating STEM Communities for Underserved Middle Schoolers, Families, and Teachers
United States
Genetics
President and Fellows of Harvard College
CRISPR and beyond: Ensuring genetic technologies do not fuel inequity
United States
Antidiscrimination
Define American
Culture-Change: Reducing Forced Guatemalan Migrations and Creating Inclusive American Communities
United States, Guatemala
Cancers
Be The Match Foundation
Curing all blood cancer patients by eliminating racial disparities
Mexico, United States
Housing development
East LA Community Corporation
Ending housing insecurity in high-cost cities through community land control
United States
Animal welfare
Best Friends Animal Society
Ending Needless Killing in United States Animal Shelters by 2025
United States
Highly Ranked
Microfinance
Grameen America, Inc.
Ending the cycle of poverty: financing low-income women entrepreneurs
Puerto Rico, United States
Medical education
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Enhancing Quality of Life and Life Expectancy Through Continuing Education
United States
Urban development
Grounded Solutions Network
EquityFirst – Catalytic Urban Investment for Social Inclusion
United States
Disasters and emergency management
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Fighting fire with FIRE. Preventing Catastrophic California Wildfires
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