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New York Life’s Impact Investment Initiative commits $50 million to Enterprise Community Loan Fund.

New York Life’s Impact Investment Initiative commits $50 million to Enterprise Community Loan Fund.
New York Life’s Impact Investment Initiative commits $50 million to Enterprise Community Loan Fund. November 10, 2021 New York Life, America’s largest1 and most admired2 mutual life insurer, today announced a $50 million investment in Enterprise Community Loan Fund (ECLF), Enterprise Community Partners’ U.S. Treasury-certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). ECLF provides flexibly designed loans to improve…
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Red Cloud Indian School receives $1 million Opus Prize

Red Cloud Indian School receives $1 million Opus Prize
Red Cloud Indian School receives $1 million Opus Prize November 14, 2021 The Opus Prize Foundation, in partnership with Loyola University Chicago, has announced Red Cloud Indian School as the winner of the 2021 Opus Prize. The annual prize recognizes faith-based organizations and entrepreneurial individuals working to reduce human suffering. Red Cloud Indian School was awarded the $1 million prize…
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Penn Libraries receives photographic plates valued at $4.2 million

Penn Libraries receives photographic plates valued at $4.2 million
Penn Libraries receives photographic plates valued at $4.2 million November 3, 2021 The University of Pennsylvania Libraries has announced a gift from collector William H. Miller III of rare photographic plates by photographer Edward S. Curtis appraised at $4.2 million. The gift includes 151 interpositive glass plates by Curtis (1868–1952), who photographed Native Americans from more than…
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Baylor, Harvard launch $43.4 million human flourishing initiative

Baylor, Harvard launch $43.4 million human flourishing initiative
Baylor, Harvard launch $43.4 million human flourishing initiative November 2, 2021 Baylor University has announced that researchers from its Institute for Studies of Religion are partnering with those from the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University's Institute for Quantitative Social Science on the launch of a five-year, $43.4 million initiative to investigate the factors that influence human flourishing. The Global Flourishing…
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