Cirque du Soleil Thinks Globally
Cirque du Soleil devotes 1 percent of ticket sale revenue -- or about $6.2 million -- to outreach programs for at-risk kids, many of whom struggle with poverty, drug addiction, or homelessness.
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Bank on It
Individual development accounts, special savings accounts for the poor that provide matching dollars, are helping people escape from poverty.
Let Them Make Fish
The Community Culinary Training Program prepares adults -- many of whom live on public assistance -- for foodservice jobs with stable salaries and benefits.
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Freelance workers, whose numbers are growing, are left without health insurance, a retirement plan, or a work community. The Freelancers Union meets these needs.
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Scaling the Walls
How a nonprofit spurred the Indian government to help seniors.