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These organizations are currently offering grant and funding opportunities and/or accepting letters of inquiry or project ideas. . Global Fund For Children. Global Fund For Children. The Global Fund For Children believes that educating children and youth is the key to building a more peaceful and just society.
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Bill Kauth, founder of the Mankind Project , a “global brotherhood of nonprofit charitable organizations that conducts challenging and highly rewarding programs for men at every stage of life.” . – John Wood , Founder of Room to Read, a nonprofit promoting literacy in children. Tell us all the ways it could work.”.
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