We just launched the $50 million Gulf Futures Challenge! 🎉 🎉 We're looking for BOLD solutions that aim to create a safer, more resilient, and sustainable future for the U.S. Gulf Coast Region. This challenge, sponsored by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's NASEM Gulf Research Program, seeks to leverage the inherent talent and knowledge of the people of the Gulf by supporting ideas and solutions from those who understand the region best 💡 For more information & eligibility requirements, visit: https://lnkd.in/gQ28NgEi #GulfResearchProgram #GulfFuturesChallenge #SocialImpact
Lever for Change
Philanthropic Fundraising Services
Chicago, Illinois 13,118 followers
We connect donors with bold solutions that move the world.
About us
Lever for Change connects donors with bold solutions to the world’s biggest problems—including issues like racial inequity, gender inequality, lack of access to economic opportunity, and climate change. Using an inclusive, equitable model and due diligence process, Lever for Change creates customized challenges and other tailored funding opportunities. Top-ranked teams and challenge finalists become members of the Bold Solutions Network—a growing global network that helps secure additional funding, amplify members’ impact, and accelerate social change. Founded in 2019 as a nonprofit affiliate of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Lever for Change has influenced over $2.2 billion in grants to date and provided support to more than 175 organizations. To learn more, visit www.leverforchange.org.
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https://www.leverforchange.org/
External link for Lever for Change
- Industry
- Philanthropic Fundraising Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Chicago, Illinois
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2019
Locations
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Primary
140 S Dearborn St
Chicago, Illinois 60603, US
Employees at Lever for Change
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Marc Moorghen
Vice President, Marketing Communications at Lever for Change, an affiliate of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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Cecilia Conrad
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Anders Lundsgaard
Direktør for Børn, Unge og Arbejdsmarked hos Billund Kommune
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Rehmah Kasule
Thought Leader in Social Impact, Gender & DEI | Award Winner | TEDx Speaker | Providing strategic, fundraising, communication & storytelling…
Updates
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Since we launched 5 years ago, we've seen the philanthropic sector transform to be more nimble, courageous, and action-oriented 💪 ...ultimately leading to disbursing more grant dollars more quickly 🤩 Learn more in this piece our CEO Cecilia Conrad penned for Candid: https://lnkd.in/gkSYWbxz
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Lever for Change looks for bold, innovative approaches - even from ourselves! ✨ Our first Open Call Challenge with Yield Giving was a chance to try a new approach while staying faithful to our guiding principles, and we are happy to share the lessons we learned: 📣 1. Be Strategic in Spreading the Word 💡 2. Create Space for Applicants to Holistically Communicate their Work 💛 3. Hold True to Your Values https://lnkd.in/emSF-Sek
Learnings from Our First Open Call Challenge
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You: a donor looking for wonderful, vetted organizations to give to 👀 Us: an organization with a network of amazing nonprofits ready to receive funding 🤩 Explore hundreds of nonprofits and their bold solutions to the world's greatest problems: https://lnkd.in/dbEkyHBW
Explore Solutions
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🤸 The Olympics may be over, but Lever for Change is keeping the spirit alive! 🏊 Pictured here are staff members from our Communications, Knowledge, and Operations team celebrating after some friendly competition in shuffleboard, foosball, and skee-ball. The best part? Each team got first place in one of the events!🎖️
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⚠️ Registration for the Gulf Futures Challenge closes 8/20! Tune into this special message from Lauren Alexander Augustine, Executive Director of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Gulf Research Program! We can't wait to hear how you plan to address critical challenges in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region 💫 https://lnkd.in/eheU4VrJ
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⏱️ LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER ⏱️ Online registration closes 08/15 for round three of MacArthur Foundation's #100&Change competition! Register now for access to our application until 9/5. What would YOU do with a single $100 million grant to bring bold solutions to some of the world's biggest problems?🌍 https://lnkd.in/gT4Bwqsn
100&Change
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♿ "When philanthropy leaders speak out, we all listen." Read more about how incorporating disability justice into our application process not only provided positive inclusion for people with disabilities, it made our applicants better equipped to deliver bold solutions: https://lnkd.in/ekjp_aU6 Thank you to Mobility International USA for this wonderful article!
When Philanthropy Speaks
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Our team recently made it to the Philanthropy Australia conference! 🐨 Our Philanthropy Director Karen Minkel shared on a panel how we're connecting donors to problem-solvers to tackle some of the world’s thorniest problems 🌏 We were honored to participate in this discussion moderated by Melissa Smith with She Gives, and with fellow panelists, Clare Ainsworth Herschell with Groundswell Giving, and Georgie McClean with Creative Australia!
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