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Embrace Pet Insurance | October 13, 2020

In its first year, the EmbraceCLE Community Challenge, a month-long fundraiser competition sponsored by Embrace Pet Insurance, brought together the Cleveland community in support of 14 local nonprofits navigating challenging times and a landscape of uncertainty. The Challenge enabled a fun, competitive opportunity for nonprofits to raise money to help further their community-based missions for the top prize of $20,000. In addition to keeping any donations raised for their mission, the top-perfor...

Amazon | February 17, 2020

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on Monday announced the launch of a new Earth Fund that the e-commerce chief plans to use to combat the effects of climate change. He said in an Instagram post that he’s pledging $10 billion to start the fund, which will be called the Bezos Earth Fund, and will issue grants to scientists, activists and other organizations in their efforts to “preserve and protect the natural world.” “We can save Earth,” Bezos wrote in his post. &ldq...

Fundraising, Social Movements and Community

First Horizon | October 10, 2022

First Horizon Foundation announced today its pledge of $500,000 to help communities impacted by Hurricane Ian. These funds will be distributed to nonprofit organizations which will address the needs of affected areas. Applications for funding to 501c-3 organizations can be submitted online at https://firsthorizonfoundation.com/IanRelief Immediately following the storm, First Horizon Corporation provided manpower and distributed essential supplies, including water, ice, food,...

GSK | January 27, 2020

GlaxoSmithKline has licensed a tuberculosis vaccine to the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute (MRI). The deal sets the stage for a push to build on recent phase 2b data and make the vaccine available in low-income countries where TB is prevalent. The vaccine, M72/AS01E, is made up of an immunogenic fusion protein based on two TB antigens. GSK combined that protein with the adjuvant found in its shingles prophylactic Shingrix to create a subunit vaccine. Last year, a phase 2b tri...