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Abt Associates
Australia
n 1965 Clark Abt expressed a single noble goalto create a world free of war and poverty. The visionary set to work establishing Abt Associates. Over the next half century the company became known as a bold innovative and effective agent of social change committed to improving the quality of life and economic well being of people worldwide. Today Abt Associates continues to be a mission driven global leader in research and program implementation in the fields of health social and environmental policy climate change and international development. Known for its rigorous approach to solving complex challenges Abt Associates is regularly ranked as one of the top 20 global research firms and one of the top 40 international development innovators. The impact of our ongoing work in nearly 50 countries is significant and wide ranging. Our global staff of more than 2300 people conducts innovative studies and implements remarkable projects.
| Human health & social work |
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Adhikar
India
Adhikar works in quest of exploitation free and balanced society based on human value of love peace freedom equality where social and economic justice are ensured and each human being regardless of cast creed religion can exercise his/her basic and fundamental rights with a dignified manner and feels himself / herself to be instrumental for his/her socio economic development in an atmosphere of social harmony.
| Human health & social work |
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Battery Booster
India
We aim to significantly reduce the number of lead acid batteries by extending and creating a second life for them.Battery Booster Lab was set up with strong vision to develop innovative and cost effective processes which can help extend life of lead acid batteries. We have a proven track record of extending the life of weak batteries and also reclaiming dead batteries. Battery Booster has specialized technology that is able to enhance the performance and increase the life span of lead acid batteries. Using Advanced Intelligent Refurbishing System we are able to turn used batteries into working batteries once again directly reducing lead acid waste.Battery Booster considers itself as a pioneer in the field of battery life extension and battery refurbishment for various types of batteries. Battery Booster has developed an end to end innovative and unique solution utilizing state of the art technology. Our solution is designed to significantly reduce the costs of battery maintenance. The entire process is supported by a green environmental approach.
| Professional & technical services |
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Beijing Tiantan Biological
China
Beijing Tiantan Biological Products Co. Ltd. engages in the research production and sale of bacterial and viral vaccines blood products diagnostic supplies and other biological products in China. Its products include hepatitis B vaccine polio vaccine MMR vaccine Japanese encephalitis vaccine influenza vaccine varicella vaccine human serum albumin intravenous human immunoglobulin and other species. The company is based in Beijing China.
| Human health & social work |
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Benefunder
Benefunder is a marketplace for research that allows donors to connect directly with the people that are solving the problems they care about. We distribute through wealth management channels by integrating with national DAF providers and acting as a philanthropic specialist. We assist financial advisors with incorporating philanthropy into their practice while improving client relationships and increasing AUM.
| Financial & Insurance activites |
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Caltech
United States of America
As a private research university that was founded on the premise of learning through discovery Caltech challenges students intellectually builds analytical skills develops character and cultivates the knowledge needed to inspire and execute powerful ideas.
| Education |
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Chordoma Foundation
United States of America
Josh Sommer is executive director of the Chordoma Foundation a nonprofit organization which proactively initiates facilitates and funds research to develop effective treatments and ultimately a cure for chordoma a bone cancer of the skull and spine. Josh co founded the Foundation in 2007 to speed the pace of chordoma research after he was diagnosed with a skull base chordoma. The Foundation catalyzes new discoveries by facilitating the flow of information between a network of over 170 affiliated researchers brokering collaborations and breaking down barriers that impede progress. Prior to starting the Chordoma Foundation Josh studied engineering at Duke University and shortly after his diagnosis joined the lab of Duke Oncologist Dr. Michael Kelley the only federally funded chordoma researcher. In addition to his work at the Chordoma Foundation Josh serves as a Fellow in Strategic Philanthropy and Health in Duke's Program on Global Health and Technology Access.
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CivicWhitaker
CivicWhitaker is a civic technology consulting firm based out of Chicago Illinois specializing in project management research and writing digital storytelling and community organizing. Specifically they help civic organizations understand software development research their needs and work with the organizations to procure technology solutions centered around the needs of their front line users.
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College Money Search
College Money Search was founded with the simple mission to help families find colleges that will be more affordable for their financial situations. We work with families to create an initial list of colleges that are more likely to be generous with their need and merit based aid. Most families believe applying for private scholarships will help them pay for college. The reality is that the largest scholarship dollar amount will come from colleges themselves. The hard part is researching finding and applying to those colleges that will be more generous with their aid.
| Other services |
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College Startup
United States of America
College Startup is a growing independent start up news site dedicated to covering entrepreneurial people companies and events emerging from colleges universities and cities across the US.
| Information, communication & technology |
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Diagnostics For All
United States of America
DFA was founded in 2007 by a group of scientists and entrepreneurs with a shared commitment to saving lives and alleviating disease in developing countries and other resource poor settings through low cost innovative practical diagnostic devices. DFA is developing low cost easy to use diagnostics for the developing world. DFA's mission is to save lives and improve health in the developing world through pioneering technological innovation. Using our elegantly simple and low cost patterned paper technology to create diagnostic devices DFA strives to meet the needs of those living in resource poor regions.
| Human health & social work |
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Graviky Labs
India
Graviky Labs pioneered the science and logistics of capturing and up cycling air pollution into high quality inks since 2013. Graviky Labs developed KAALINK a filter less technology which captures post tailpipe carbon emissions before they enter the urban environment. The captured pollutants are then recycled into inks AIR INK.
| Waste Management & Recycling |
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HappiLabs
United States of America
HappiLabs LLC was established in Chicago in 2013. They are a purchasing organization that provides virtual lab manager services with a speciality of shopping for scientific lab supplies chemicals/reagents and equipment (think...personal shopper for scientists).
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Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
United States of America
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent global health research center at the University of Washington that provides rigorous and comparable measurement of the world's most important health problems and evaluates the strategies used to address them. IHME makes this information freely available so that policymakers have the evidence they need to make informed decisions about how to allocate resources to best improve population health.
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Laurel BioComposite, LLC
United States of America
Laurel BioComposite LLC is a Nebraska company that was formed in 2007. The Company's headquarters and first production facility is located in Laurel NE within the community's industrial park. rnrnLaurel BioComposite LLC manufactures Bio Res powder and pellets environmentally friendly products made from distillers grain that can be blended with thermoplastics and thermosets in a variety of manufacturing applications. The new and unique product replaces a portion of traditional petroleum based resins at inclusion rates up to 40% in final products thereby cost effectively raising the renewable or green content of plastic products and reducing crude oil consumption and dependency.rn
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LFA Group
United States of America
LFA Group supports learning for action to maximize impact and sustainability among social sector organizations. rnrnLFA Group s consulting services help social sector organizations effectively design implement and improve strategies to achieve their desired impact. LFA Group consultants have strong technical and consulting skills as well as a deep commitment to making a contribution to our communities.
| Education |
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Nassf Travel
Peru
NASSF Travel is a personalized travel agency focused on sustainable tourism. Aimed at specialized tourists and/or researchers who like environmentally and socially responsible travel. Contributing to indigenous communities by providing them with a fairer trade according to their abilities and talents while taking care of the environment and cultural appreciation. Also with your purchase you contribute with our program of eco volunteers that focuses on training teaching local people in vulnerable areas of Peru about prevention and collection of waste as well as the delivery of healthy kits. NASSF Travel is a personalized travel agency focused on sustainable tourism. Aimed at specialized tourists and/or researchers who enjoy environmentally and socially responsible travel. Contributing to the indigenous communities by giving them a fairer trade according to their abilities and talents while taking care of the environment and cultural valuation. Also with your purchase you contribute with our eco volunteers program that focuses on training teaching local people in vulnerable areas of Peru on prevention and collection of waste as well as delivery of healthy kits.
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ResearcHQ.org
United States of America
ResearcHQ.org provides the civic sector access to trustworthy academic partners to increase timely relevant and cost effective research that can readily improve society.
| Education |
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SciStarter
United States of America
SciStarter is the place to find join and contribute to science through recreational activities and citizen science research projects. Their database of citizen science projects enable discovery organization and greater participation in citizen science. Think Amazon meets Match.com for citizen science.
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Strike
Singapore
GetStrike a mobile app that helps Email power users quickly lookup contacts in their emails came up with the idea after his experience of using Rapportive. With Strike users can see what people look like where they work their social profiles and public updates right inside the email app on their mobiles.
| Information, communication & technology |
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Waste Watch
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irela
Waste Watch is now Keep Britain Tidy. Keep Britain Tidy is an independent environmental charity that fights for people s right to live and work in a place of which they can be proud. Keep Britain Tidy inspire people to be litter free to waste less and to live more and they believe that caring for the environment is the first step to a better society. Keep Britain Tidy work at the heart of the business government and the community to help people understand that what s good for the environment is also good for society and enable them to take action to improve that environment.
| Waste Management & Recycling |
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Well Told Story
Kenya
The Well Told Story group creates social & economic value in Africa harnessing the power of research media & Strategic communications to improve the lives of millions.
| Information, communication & technology |
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Young 1ove
Botswana
Young 1ove\'s mission is to connect young Africans to proven life-saving information. They do this by massively scaling sexual health information campaigns shown in randomized trials to have major impact. We don\'t invent new ideas. We figure out how to scale ones that have already worked. We want to reach 1 million youth in Southern Africa by 2017.
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