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Social Innovation Forum, Inc.

To support a planning grant to explore a regional Full Cost Framework Initiative cohort

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Behavioral Ideas Lab, Inc.

To conduct research to identify key behavioral barriers nonprofits and their leaders face in capacity-building programs, and design and test solutions to address these challenges.

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Berkshire Environmental Action Team

To support clean energy, mobility, and climate resilience in the Berkshires

Charitable Independence Initiative

To provide core support for the Charitable Independence Initiative

National Council of Nonprofits

To provide general support

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Council on Foundations, Inc.

To provide general support

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Merrimack Valley Planning Commission

To support professional development for municipal transportation professionals in Massachusetts and demonstration projects in Lawrence

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Center for Effective Philanthropy, Inc.

To provide general support

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Hacking the Archive

To sponsor its Hacking the Archive program’s May 2025 Hacking the Racial Wealth Gap hack-a-thon

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United States Energy Foundation

To accelerate the transition to clean energy in the Northeast

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Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University

To study district-level change efforts with a focus on leaders’ will and skill for leading transformational systems change in mainstream secondary educational settings.

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