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The IMPACT initiative was first announced by the fifth prime minister of Malaysia during the closing ceremony of the 15th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) Archived 2013-01-10 at the Wayback Machine 2006, held in the Austin, Texas, United States.
The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is a US non-profit community development financial institution (CDFI) that supports community development initiatives across the country. It has offices in nearly 40 cities and works across 2,100 rural counties in 44 states. [ 2 ]
Capital Impact has created around 31,000 new jobs for low-income individuals. [ 11 ] [ 6 ] [ 12 ] In 2015, Capital Impact became a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta . [ 13 ] Capital Impact has been recognized for its social impact, financial ratings and policies by Aeris, a company that rates community development financial ...
IMPACT is an international initiative which focusses on preventive and social health and promote awareness and intervention to prevent avoidable disability. Founded in 1980s by Sir John Wilson, IMPACT was formed as a part of the UN's Decade of disabled people. The UK IMPACT Foundation (UKIF), which is the central organisation to its sister ...
The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) was set up in response to this report. 3ie seeks to improve the lives of poor people in low- and middle-income countries by providing, and summarizing, evidence of what works, when, why and for how much. 3ie operates a grant program, financing impact studies in low- and middle-income ...
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI, originally International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives) is an international non-governmental organization that promotes sustainable development. [2] ICLEI provides technical consulting to local governments to identify and meet sustainability objectives.
Global Impact is a non-profit organization offering advisory and infrastructure services that drive strategic philanthropy for nonprofit, public, and private sector clients. Global Impact has raised more than $2.5 billion for global charities since its inception in 1956. [ 3 ]
The initiative was launched by Janet Napolitano, then-Secretary of Homeland Security of Department of Homeland Security on February 21, 2013. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The primary objective of the initiative is to develop and train the next generation of American cyber professional [ 7 ] by involving academia and the private sector.