On March 30, 2023, Take Stock in Children welcomed close to 100 mentors from two counties to a very special event. This was a “Mentor Celebration” to honor and show appreciation to the people who mentor the high school students […]
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced in July that it will be spending $20 billion dollars over the course of several years to tackle specific world problems. The issues that Gates has identified are the prevention of pandemics, eradicating […]
Robin Hood, New York City’s largest poverty-fighting organization, launched a $100 million Child Care Quality & Innovation Initiative for New York City this month. It was announced by the Robin Hood Foundation, New York City mayor Eric Adams, and venture […]
The past few years have shown an increase, not a decrease in homelessness in the United States. The current mainstream statistics show that about one in eight people in the United States are currently considered “in poverty.” Federal and state […]
The people in Cambodia are lifting themselves out of poverty! There has been a notable rise in the standard of living there for the past 15 years. According to the World Bank, between 1995-2017 Cambodia has sustained an average growth […]
The days after Christmas must be a good time for many people to do some deep cleaning at their homes. Maybe it’s because some people have off for consecutive days and have time to tackle some projects. Perhaps people are […]
By historical standards, work-related fatalities have fallen 95% in the 20th century. Steven Pinker, a Harvard University psychologist, documents data in his book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (2018) estimating that 61 workers per 100,000 […]
Incredible progress is being made with the near eradication of polio. For 30 years, global health funders—predominantly Rotary International, have been on a mission to eliminate the deadly disease. In many parts of the world, polio is not a disease […]
One of the best examples of a highly successful foundation that applies a data-centric/quantitative approach is the Robin Hood Foundation. Founded in 1988 by hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones, this foundation is now the largest poverty-fighting organization in New […]
Recently, Philanthropy Daily highlighted the work of Maria Dickin (1870-1951). The article described her as an “energetic Edwardian social reformer.” Her mission was to help the sick and abandoned animals she encountered in her home of London, England. Saddened and […]