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Lovingkindness Vietnam aids communities in Nha Trang, focusing on orphanages and charity schools, offering customized programs for donor-directed support. They raise awareness among tourists to engage in charitable activities during their visits, collaborating with privately run organizations to maximize impact.

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The Luggage Store, also known as The 509 Cultural Center, is a nonprofit arts organization whose mission is to foster community through multidisciplinary arts programming that promotes diversity, inclusion and dialogue among the diverse cultural communities of downtown San Francisco. They aim to reduce inter-group tensions and stereotypes through exhibitions, performances, education and public art initiatives.

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Tells the story of a family’s emigration from Manila to San Francisco in 1970. The play explores this dynamic period of conflict, social change and artistic flourishing in San Francisco while reclaiming the Filipino story as central to the city’s history.

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Based in Oakland, California, Mandela MarketPlace is a non-profit Community Development Corporation, incorporated in 2004, that works in partnership with local residents, family farmers and community-based businesses to improve health, create wealth and build assets through cooperative food enterprises in low income communities.

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Will consist of assembling shards, vignettes and full ensemble choreography from 45 of the 80 works choreographed for the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company since 1973 along with the creation of a new work informed by that history.

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Presents a view of Wilson, a towering figure in American theater, as a young man of color making his way in the world. The work will be presented in partnership with Bay Area organizations whose missions are to serve diverse communities.

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A multi-disciplinary theatre piece that combines the editorials, plays, and rare poems of groundbreaking Cuban-American writer Dolores Prida with original playwriting, music, and choreography to address issues of immigration, feminism, and racism relevant to Bay Area audiences today.

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MISSSEY is dedicated to preventing girls and gender-expansive youth from falling into sexual exploitation and violence while also aiding those currently experiencing exploitation to exit such circumstances. Additionally, they provide ongoing support and partnerships to help these individuals avoid re-entering exploitative situations and live liberated from harmful relationships.

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Support for operations of Mujeres Unidas Y Activas’ Oakland office.

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Invests early in diverse emerging filmmaker teams to serve as a catalyst for the filmmakers’ future films and long-term career development.

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The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating neuromuscular diseases through funding research, providing support services and advocating for improved treatments and policies. MDA’s efforts aim to enhance the lives of individuals and families affected by muscular dystrophy and related conditions, ultimately striving for a future free of these debilitating diseases.

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Zade is a film fund that aims to support narrative and documentary feature films that portray Muslims in a non-stereotypical, non-radical light as well as fund projects that are made by or primarily cast people from underrepresented groups.

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A multidisciplinary performance focused on the case of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa Teachers’ College who were violently disappeared in Guerrero, Mexico in 2014.

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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is less common in parts of the world with parasitic worm infections than in the developed world. Understanding why may lead to new types of therapy. We recently found that infection by parasitic worms increases the number of beneficial anti-inflammatory Clostridiales bacteria in the intestine, and that these bacteria can outcompete harmful disease-causing bacteria. Therefore, one reason why people living in the developed world are more likely to develop IBD may be because their intestines are no longer colonized by these beneficial bacteria. To restore a healthy “gut microbiome”, we may need to recolonize patients with these beneficial bacteria as a way to treat IBD. We propose to isolate beneficial Clostridiales bacteria from indigenous people of Malaysia who are infected by parasitic worms. These bacteria are potentially more beneficial when administered to IBD patients. We will test this by examining their ability to kill harmful disease-causing bacteria and restore a healthy gut microbiome. We will also use an animal model of IBD to determine whether this approach can reverse disease. If successful, we believe that Clostridiales from indigenous Malaysians, or products that these bacteria produce, can be used to treat IBD.

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The Oakland Leaf Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing youth development programs and educational opportunities in Oakland, California. Through a range of after-school and summer programs, they aim to empower young people with academic support, leadership skills and creative expression, fostering a stronger sense of community and resilience.