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SAC Foundation Receives $2.21 Million Transformational Gift from the Samueli Foundation to Expand Career Pathways for Students
Investment will fund paid internships, new automotive equipment, and program coordination, carrying out SAC's promise to bring students from the classroom directly into living-wage careers.
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The Outsider Advantage - Fighting the world’s oldest hate with Jewish philanthropy’s newest players
In 1998, public health officials in Florida found themselves rapidly losing ground in their battle against a resurgent foe: teenage smoking. Standard approaches — namely, preaching health facts and finger-wagging — were failing terribly, with teenage cigarette use spiking during the decade. The cost of that failure was clear and painful: preventable sickness and death.
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Samueli Foundation’s newest charitable cause: Collaboration
The theme this time is collaboration.
On Wednesday, Aug. 26, the Samueli Foundation notified 44 nonprofit leaders involved in 10 different projects that their groups will be getting grants through the foundation’s newest charitable giving program: OC+ Fund.