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  2. List of wealthiest charitable foundations - Wikipedia

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    Children's Investment Fund Foundation United Kingdom: London: $5.9 billion £5.2 billion 2002 [37] 36 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation United States: Westlake Village, California: $5.9 billion 1944 [38] 37 Nemours Foundation United States: Jacksonville: $4.6 billion 1936 [39] 38 Bloomberg Philanthropies United States: New York City: $4.2 billion ...

  3. Acumen (organization) - Wikipedia

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    Acumen (formerly known as Acumen Fund, legally Acumen Fund, Inc.) [1] is a nonprofit impact investment fund based in the U.S. that focuses on investing in social enterprises that serve low-income individuals. [2] [3] Acumen was founded in April 2001 by Jacqueline Novogratz.

  4. Social venture capital - Wikipedia

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    Grassroots Business Fund - Grassroots Business Fund is an investment company that use private investment funds to support non-profit organization in the low income communities. [37] Obvious Ventures - Obvious Ventures was founded in 2014 by Medium CEO and Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, as well as James Joaquin and Vishal Vasishth. [citation ...

  5. List of charitable foundations - Wikipedia

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    Children's Defense Fund; Children's Development Trust; The Children's Investment Fund Foundation; Children's Liver Disease Foundation; Children's Miracle Network Hospitals; Children's National Medical Center; Christian Care Foundation for Children with Disabilities; Christian Children's Fund of Canada; Church World Service; The Citizens ...

  6. Impact investing - Wikipedia

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    Examples of MRIs include loans to mission-aligned non-profit organizations (e.g., charter schools, hospitals or research centers) that are expected to pay back loans with interest, as well as investments in for-profit social impact companies, social impact funds, socially responsible fixed income (bond) funds, impact-oriented private equity ...

  7. List of impact investing firms - Wikipedia

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    Industries and Investment Type Assets under management; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Strategic Investment Fund Seattle, Washington: 2009 Andrew Farnum Private Equity: health, development and education $2,000M [1] Boston Common Asset Management Bolton, Massachusetts: 2003 Allyson McDonald Private Equity: climate, sustainability, social $5 ...

  8. Robin Hood Foundation - Wikipedia

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    The Robin Hood Foundation works with more than 240 nonprofit organizations in New York and surrounding areas. [22] They categorize their programs into "Core fund recipients" and "Relief fund recipients". [22] Core fund recipients consist of four portfolios: early childhood, education, jobs and economic security, and survival. [22]

  9. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Wikipedia

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    The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) [a] is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates.Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the third largest charitable foundation in the world, [7] [8] holding $69 billion in assets as of 2020. [4]