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Other options than prostitution found for African women November 2, 2009
Mestu, Ayale, and Azeb were three vulnerable women exploited in prostitution on the streets of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. Each had experienced the devastating loss of a parent, a life of severe poverty, and various forms of abuse. As a last resort, they turned to prostitution to supplement income for their families. One day, however, they found a better solution through an Ethiopian grassroots organization sponsored by Samaritan’s Purse Canada.
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Random acts of kindness day in Cambridge on November 13th October 5, 2009
Random Act of Kindness Day is a day to celebrate those little niceties and encourage others to pay those “acts of kindness” forward. An initiative of the Cambridge and North Dumfries Community Foundation.
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The importance of investing in overhead October 1, 2009
Ketchum Canada just released their quarterly issue of Philanthropic Trends Quarterly, which discusses the importance of having a nuanced and informed understanding of the value of administrative and fundraising costs for a charity.
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Announcement regarding granting in 2009 March 17, 2009
Bridgeway Foundation wishes to announce that its Board of Directors has made the difficult but necessary decision to suspend all grantmaking for the 2009 fiscal year. Our hope is that funds committed in previous years will be fulfilled in 2010. Additionally, a variety of measures will be taken to trim annual operational costs.
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Want to discuss an idea? Come to a Bridgeway open house in 2009 December 1, 2008
Bridgeway's Executive Director is making himself available for specific dates in 2009 where eligible organizations can meet him to discuss a potential partnership.
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Exploring the margins through social innovation November 29, 2008
Our roadshow emphasis on partnership with organizations on the edges of social innovation is echoed in the most recent edition of Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR). There, authors James A. Phills Jr., Kriss Deiglmeier, & Dale T. Miller write of the need of exploring this margin.
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Bridgeway's new partnership priorities October 1, 2008
Bridgeway's fallow year allowed us to more accurately articulate a place to operate most effectively. We believe that we offer our best to organizations that are learning and serving at the margins.
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Participate in our cross-Canada roadshow September 30, 2008
Bridgeway Foundation staff will travel to six Canadian cities in November 2008 and be available to meet in small groups with charity leaders regarding possible partnership opportunities. These meetings will have a two-fold agenda: 1) for you to tell us about the work of your charitable organization, and 2) for us to explain the current funding priorities of Bridgeway Foundation.
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Cambridge charities invited to apply for 2009 September 30, 2008
Charitable organizations that serve the Cambridge (Ontario) community are invited to submit a concept paper anytime following January 2, 2009. Your concept paper should describe your charity and the specific project for which you are seeking financial support.
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Grantmaking dates and deadlines for 2009 September 30, 2008
A summary of dates and deadlines for Bridgeway's 2009 grantmaking schedule.
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Culture Making by Andy Crouch: a book review June 27, 2008
Andy Crouch’s creative energies have been simmering and are ready to be brought to the patio table this summer in his latest book by Inter-Varsity Press called Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling. This thought-provoking, accessibly-written work confronts a simplistic understanding of how Christians make a difference in our world.
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Annual report for 2007 released May 21, 2008
Bridgeway activities and grants for 2007 are outlined in an annual report.
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FreeForm: A new program to build charity capacity May 12, 2008
FreeForm provides your organization with the strategies and tools necessary to manage your non-profit within a changing environment.
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Announcement regarding new granting in 2008 May 9, 2008 - January 1, 1900
Bridgeway's board met on December 12, 2007 and made decisions which impact new granting in 2008.
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Congratulations to Innovation Award winners May 3, 2008
Winners of the 2008 RL Petersen Award for Non-Profit Innovation were announced at a ceremony in Cambridge, Ontario on April 30th.
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Attend this year's RL Petersen Awards for Non-Profit Innovation February 29, 2008
The RL Petersen Awards for Non-Profit Innovation (2008) will be held on April 30, 2008. Register here to attend.
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Register for our April 30th capacity building workshop February 28, 2008
Bridgeway's annual Capacity Building Workshop will be held on April 30th in Cambridge, ON, featuring Janis Ryder as the workshop presenter.
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Finalists for the RL Petersen Awards for Non-Profit Innovation (2008) Announced January 21, 2008
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Just approved grants for Q4 2007 December 12, 2007
Bridgeway’s Grantmaking Committee met in Cambridge, Ontario on Monday, December 3, 2007 to determine grants for the Fourth Quarter. Of the 38 grant applications considered in detail, 33 were approved and five declined.
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Toronto the Good public forum on November 22nd November 16, 2007
Can civic life positively intersect with Toronto's faith communities? Work Research Foundation, with support from Bridgeway, has undertaken a research project to begin to address this question. Come to a public reporting of their findings on November 22nd, 11:00 am at the Sutton Place Hotel.
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Foundations talk strategy, but few follow clear plan October 12, 2007
Ian Wilhelm at the Chronicle of Philanthropy observes a discrepancy between foundation talk and action. He writes in the latest issue that while many foundations say they have a strategy for their giving, a new report suggests only a small number of grant makers actually do.
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Opportunity International logs its 1,000,000th client October 6, 2007
With 100 well-wishers looking on, Clementineda Uzabakiriho and her husband Andre were bestowed with a ceremonial “key to the bank” of Urwego Opportunity Microfinance Bank (UOMB) as the one millionth active client of Opportunity International, one of the world’s largest microfinance organizations.
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Bridgeway launches new website September 4, 2007
Bridgeway is pleased to introduce its new website, a product of months of coordination and creative efforts led by the team at Electricurrent, a web development firm from London, Ontario.
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Brent Fearon appointed as Senior Program Officer July 1, 2007
Bridgeway Foundation is very pleased to announce that Brent Fearon has joined our team as its new Senior Program Officer...
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35 < 35 Canadian Christian leaders named June 29, 2007
During the spring of 2007, over 200 nominations of young Christian leaders from Victoria, BC to St. John’s, NL were submitted for the 35 Under 35 National Recognition Project...
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Innovation named as grantmaking program emphasis May 1, 2007
Beginning this year, Bridgeway has decommissioned our Project and Program Funds, and has initiated a new fund...
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RL Petersen Awards for Non-Profit Innovation (2007) announced April 25, 2007
Bridgeway Foundation is pleased to announce that three awards totaling $35,000 have been granted at a ceremony held at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture in Cambridge, Ontario on April 25, 2007.
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