Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) awarded more than $560 million in philanthropic contributions to more than 4,000 nonprofit organizations and 6,000 students across the epidemic period, from 2020 to 2021, according to its most recent annual report.
It will aim to address the needs and disparities that under-resourced, rural and disadvantaged communities are experiencing as a result of recent years' worsening economic conditions.
OCF awarded more than 3,000 students a total of $11.6 million in scholarships last year, an increase from the previous year.
Children's Summer Learning — In mid-March, the State of Oregon granted millions of dollars to assist children's summer learning and enrichment activities.
The Oregon Community Foundation collaborated with the state and effectively distributed $41.2 million in state-funded summer education and early childhood learning awards throughout all 36 Oregon county jurisdictions. Read the Entire Article
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Ganesh Natarajan is the Founder and Chairman of 5FWorld, a new platform for funding and developing start-ups, social enterprises and the skills eco-system in India. In the past two decades, he has built two of India’s high-growth software services companies – Aptech and Zensar – almost from scratch to global success.