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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Information and media literacy
The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
“See Also” - Providing Context and Perspective in a Clickbait Culture
United States
Internet
Global Cyber Alliance, Inc
Accelerating Sustainable Development by Enhancing Internet Health
Australia, Belgium, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, India, Japan, Nigeria, South Africa
Highly Ranked
Higher education
Bard College
Addressing the Crisis of Democracy Through Global Higher Education Networks
Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Palestinian Territory, United States, China, Germany, Jordan, Russia, Vietnam
Equal opportunity in education
John Jay College
Advancing Justice through Higher Education
United States
Nutrition
Tufts University
African Nutrition Revolution: Development without Obesity
Guinea-Bissau, Rwanda, United States, Sierra Leone
Equal opportunity in education
AIME Mentoring
AIME: Using Structured Mentoring and Imagination for a Fairer World
Australia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, United States, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand, Rwanda, Zimbabwe
STEM education
National Math and Science Initiative
Bringing Opportunity Closer for All Students Through STEM
United States
Air quality
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
Clean Air Toolbox for African Cities
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Rwanda, Uganda, United States, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania
Health care access
The MAVEN Project
Connecting volunteer physicians with providers treating vulnerable patients through technology
United States
Consumer protection
Consumer Reports, Inc.
Creating a Digital Watchdog in an Age of Corporate Concentration
United States
Public safety
Crisis Text Line, Inc.
CrisisTextLineX
Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Costa Rica, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa
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
Reading promotion
Springboard Collaborative
Empowering Low-Income Parents to Raise a Generation of Readers
United States
Environmental health
Arizona State University
Ending Deadly Global Exposures (EDGE)
China, India, Kenya, Mexico, United States, Bangladesh, Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Thailand