October 2, 2011
A Grant Maker Focuses on Helping to Build Nonprofits’ Operations
BRAC
BRAC, an antipoverty charity founded in Bangladesh, is among the Omidyar Network grantees that have benefited from the grant maker’s approach to helping groups improve their ability to carry out their missions.
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BRAC
BRAC, an antipoverty charity founded in Bangladesh, is among the Omidyar Network grantees that have benefited from the grant maker’s approach to helping groups improve their ability to carry out their missions.
Menlo Park, Calif.
Less than a week after the Omidyar Network gave a $1.5-million grant to the African Leadership Academy, a Johannesburg charity dedicated to cultivating the continent’s next generation of leaders, Fred Swaniker, the academy’s chief executive, attended the annual gathering the grant maker holds here for the nonprofit organizations and social-purpose businesses it supports.
He didn’t lose any time making contacts. A day and a half into the meeting, Mr. Swaniker had
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