Attendees at the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network conference in Hong Kong this week can find out how to attract the big bucks to their innovative ways of addressing social challenges.

As Korberg will be doing at the AVPN conference, she runs workshops in different global locations to see what people come up with.

She says that attendees at the workshops differ but that’s good for the foundation: “The idea is to really hear from people who may not be connected to the foundation in other ways to really make sure that we are listening and getting the pulse of so many different communities whether that’s social entrepreneurs in India or street organisers in Thailand for example.”

This is part of what the RF calls ‘horizon scanning’: looking for the ideas that they might eventually invest in. Korberg says that typically the whole process will take seven years “from when you get that first kernel of an idea to when you exit a space.”

Foundations have risk capital and can often takes risks that other organisations cannot take

The Rockefeller Foundation does not typically install someone on the board to ensure the money is spent wisely and Korberg suggests that this is because the organisations are usually very capable. For example, it has worked with Starbucks on youth unemployment and agricultural companies on food waste.

The foundation has an in-house monitoring and evaluation (M&E) team to assess impact of investments and has also invested in other M&E organisations in Asia and Africa to make better use of knowledge on the ground: “There’s a model in the past of someone flying in with a suitcase to assess a programme and in reality that’s not the best way to measure impact.”

When asked to name a favourite investment Korberg cites the intervention the foundation was able to make during the Ebola outbreak a couple of years ago. “Our goal in that case was what we called a resilience dividend, not just surviving an emergency, not just building back up the structures that caused some of the vulnerabilities from the start but using that situation to imagine and create a more long term structure.”

For more information about the AVPN conference, click here.

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hosting family MUD FUN

Hands On!-A Child’s Gallery, the children’s museum on Main Street, is planning a family MUD FUN event from 6-8 p.m. June 3 at Berkeley Park.

You may have heard of the upcoming mud run to benefit Hands On!, a challenging three-mile obstacle race in the mud, but this smaller family-oriented event will focus more on those families who enjoy the creativity and programs offered at Hands On!

Family MUD FUN will include muddy games for kids and adults of all ages. Even the parents can participate in activities like mud volleyball and mud tug-of-war.

Tickets for the event are $20 per child ages 2 and up, and this includes a Chick-Fil-A nugget meal, live music throughout the event and muddy games. hosting family MUD FUN

Hands On!-A Child’s Gallery, the children’s museum on Main Street, is planning a family MUD FUN event from 6-8 p.m. June 3 at Berkeley Park.

You may have heard of the upcoming mud run to benefit Hands On!, a challenging three-mile obstacle race in the mud, but this smaller family-oriented event will focus more on those families who enjoy the creativity and programs offered at Hands On!

Family MUD FUN will include muddy games for kids and adults of all ages. Even the parents can participate in activities like mud volleyball and mud tug-of-war.

Tickets for the event are $20 per child ages 2 and up, and this includes a Chick-Fil-A nugget meal, live music throughout the event and muddy games.

Impact investing fund for students launched in Nigeria

Venture Kinetics, led by Jobberman founder Opeyemi Awoyemi, and Passion Incubator have partnered the launch the FastForward Student Innovation Fund, an impact investing fund focused on innovations of students or recent graduates of Nigerian universities.

FastForward will invest cash and business support of between NGN250,000 (US$1,250) and NGN2 million (US$10,000) in exchange for equity stakes of between five per cent and 25 per cent in the startups.

The fund will be focused on websites and apps, but will also invest in technology-enabled innovation across consumer technology, enterprise, agriculture, health, environment and education.

“There are bright minds in Nigerian tertiary institutions, and they are doing fantastic things. FastForward will provide funding and remote supervision to accelerate these innovations to market prototype stage,” said Awoyemi.

Olufunbi Falayi of Passion Incubator said there were a number of high profile businesses that had started life in universities, notably Jobberman.

“With the right adult supervision, funding, connections and technical support, we intend to find US$100 million opportunities and help them get started towards that direction,” he said.

The FastForward Student Innovation Fund is raising money from alumni of specific universities, high net-worth Individuals, corporates and the Federal Government of Nigeria.

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A Blacon group has been awarded a 500 grant to help combat a spate of bad health across the area.

The Blacon Health and Social Care Group group was set up to improve the health and wellbeing of adults in Blacon, after a report by Cheshire West and Chester Council revealed Blacon had the worst health statistics in the whole region.

The group is now the first to receive a grant since Equilibrium’s Chester Community Support Scheme launched in Chester for 2016.

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The scheme enables local charities and organisations to apply for grants to further support the work they are doing in the Chester area.

The group will use the grant to fund a 12-month health and wellbeing initiative, which will include open days – where adults will be made aware of any health issues they may have – and classes run by health professionals to tackle 10 health problems.

Vice chairman of the group Gordon Cairns said: “We were shocked to discover that the health of people in Blacon was so poor following the Cheshire West and Chester Council survey.

”After a number of committee meetings to overcome the challenge, the idea for the health initiative was sparked by one volunteer.

”Given this critical need, we are thrilled to have been awarded the grant from Equilibrium’s Chester Community Support Scheme.

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JONESBORO a Clayton County Public Schools has been selected as one of the 2016 Innovation in K-8 Mathematics or K-12 Computer Science/Coding Professional Learning Grant award winners for the second round of implementation by The Governoras Office of Student Achievement.

The district will receive over $149,000 to provide professional learning with job-embedded follow-up support for third through fifth grade mathematics teachers at Tara and West Clayton elementary schools through a partnership with ArtsNow.

aIt is an honor to be selected as one of the recipients for the Innovation in K-8 Mathematics grant.

As part of the partnership, content experts and arts-integration coaches will work with the math teachers to learn innovative strategies, collaboratively develop arts-based math lessons, and vertically align their math lessons to scaffold student learning that will be implemented throughout the 2016-17 school year and beyond.

aThe Innovation Grant will provide a great opportunity to make mathematics relative for our students by integrating the arts,a said Tonya Clarke, coordinator of K-12 mathematics. aArt integration will not only create a stronger interest in learning mathematics by making it fun and relatable, but it will assist students with developing the strategic thinking and problem-solving skills necessary for achievement in mathematics.a

aWe believe learning is a continual process that is most productive when the needs of each child are met through supportive teachers,a added Superintendent Luvenia Jackson.

From The Start initiative to lay the groundwork for its program designed to help mothers get breast milk to their premature infants in the neonatal care unit of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

Sannie Snell, the program director, said repeated research shows breast milk helps lower infection rates and gives premature infants a better outcome. Those are among the most at-need counties in the most at-need region of the most at-need state when it comes to infant mortality rates and the number of premature births.

The good news is Mississippi’s infant mortality rate is falling faster than the nation Mississippi’s rate dropped 15 percent from 2005 to 2013, compared to 13 percent nationally but officials say there’s still work to be done. There’s the separate fight to lower premature birthrates since premature births go hand in hand with infant mortality.

“The (infant mortality) rate went down a few points,” Snell said, “but the premature birthrate is still a battle. The breast-feeding rate is low anyway in the African-American community, she said, so working with families to increase the rate, then making sure the milk gets to the babies in the hospital and continues once they’re home is all key to improving premature survival rates.

The program’s goal, according to Snell, is to provide support to ensure breast-feeding continues for a minimum of 6-12 months.

She said in addition to the Medical Center in Jackson, the Center for Population Studies at the University of Mississippi is partnering on the grant project. If the program works as well as hoped, Snell said she hopes it will be a model that can be presented to legislators for future funding support.

Scott Hollis, Community Foundation chairman, said the organization is happy it can use the grant to help with a problem that has reached “epidemic proportions” in Mississippi and particularly in the Delta.

“Our mission is to connect people who care with causes that matter,” Hollis said, “and with this grant, infant health is our cause.”

Tom Pittman, Community Foundation president, said the Kellogg grant is one of the largest the organization has received and will help the entire region.

“Healthier children will create a better quality of life for our region,” Pittman said.

Hansen Community Grant Fund in the CFCC..

Awarded a $5,000 grant to the Cloud County Historical Society Museum to assist with the costs of creating a “Youth Interactive Area” in the museum from the Dane G. Hansen Community Grant Fund in the CFCC.

Awarded a $10,000 grant to the Cloud County Community College to assist with the costs of the new student video production capabilities at the College from the Dane G. Hansen Community Grant Fund with another $50,000 anticipated donation to be received in September, 2016.

Steimel also mentioned that a new organization fund, the CLOUD COUNTY 4-H YOUTH FUND, had just been established in the Community Foundation for Cloud County by the local 4-H youth committee.

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The business behind the music is in session – Chronicle Journal: Music Scene The business behind the music is in session Music Ontario and Music and Film in Motion present Communities Connect: Thunder Bay.

Communities Connect promises to be an evening of education and music, focussing on Thunder Bay area artists, and how to generate income both on and off the stage. An experienced panel of music industry professionals will be answering questions and giving advice on how to further oneas music career. The guests include: Jeremy Giacomin from Paquin Entertainment Agency, manager Stu Anderson at Mighty Cypress Entertainment, Emily Haffenden in licensing at Aporia Records, Jen McKerral of Music and Film in Motion, Thunder Bayas own Dave Grant and Scott Burke of rock band Poor Young Things, and MusicOntarioas Rosalyn Dennett.

Poor Young Things guitarist/vocalist Dave Grant couldnat be happier about returning to his hometown of Thunder Bay, and sharing some of his acquired music knowledge gained from relocating to Toronto over six years ago.

And consider relocating to further your music career and be closer to the music industry mecca.a

As membership services co-ordinator, as well as an artist who grew up in Winnipeg herself, sheas familiar with the region and has some first-hand knowledge of the perks and potential problems of trying to start a music career in an area that is geographically quite isolated.

aCommunities Connect is our way to reach out to regions outside of the larger cities and create a dialogue between local music industry professionals, artists, venues, and the music industry at large.a

We chose professionals that are active and successful in the industry, who are able to understand some of the issues facing the music industry in Thunder Bay.a Topics discussed dance around management, touring, booking, marketing, publicity, and career strategies.

She is responsible for placing their catalog of music into TV shows, feature films, trailers, promotional videos, commercials, and any other kind of visual project requiring music. aI will let the attendees know that I share the same type of challenge in that I am constantly trying to capture the hearts of music supervisors by presenting Aporiaas music in creative and attention-grabbing ways just as they are trying to capture the attention of record labels by constantly pushing and sharing their material.a