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Updates, articles, and videos from and about Blue Meridian Partners, our investees, and the field.

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Feb 21, 2024

Nonprofit Partners With Colleges to Offer Computer Science Internship Program

BestColleges details CodePath's new partnerships with Georgia State University and Miami Dade College to accelerate computer science students' success in the tech industry after graduation.

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Feb 21, 2024

A Conversation With Jim Shelton of Blue Meridian Partners

Inside Philanthropy spotlights Jim Shelton, Blue Meridian's President and Chief Investment & Impact Officer.

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Feb 20, 2024

These Philly orgs are getting serious about making sure they integrate AI responsibly

Technical.ly spotlights Benefits Data Trust as one of two Philadelphia-based organizations that are using AI to help their communities.

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Feb 18, 2024

SJRC and Wendy’s Wonderful Kids collaboration helping more foster children find their Forever Home

A San Antonio-based news outlet reports on a partnership between SJRC Texas and Wendy's Wonderful Kids to increase the number of adoptions of children in foster care.

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Feb 15, 2024

‘That Ship Has Sailed’

In an article about the difficulty of returning to college after dropping out, the Chronicle of Higher Education details how programs like Merit America can serve as an alternative pathway to a well-paying career.

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Feb 15, 2024

States Can Unlock Opportunities for Millions in 2024

Writing for StateTech, Code for America's associate director of the Clear My Record initiative details how states can and should leverage technology to remove barriers to opportunity for Americans with a criminal record.

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Feb 14, 2024

In Texas’s Maternity Care Deserts, Nurses Offer Vital Help

Texas Monthly highlights how Nurse-Family Partnership is addressing maternity care gaps in the state.

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Jan 17, 2024

A.I. Is the Future of Work. That Doesn’t Have to Be Bad.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy details how, despite the potential downsides of AI, some AI solutions—such as Wyatt, an AI-powered college advisor created by Benefit Data Trust—can be used for good.

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Jan 17, 2024

The Visionary Leaders Backing the Builders of AI for Humanity

In an interview with Forbes, Suzanne DiBianca, EVP and Chief Impact Officer at Salesforce, cites Beyond 12 and CodePath as two organizations, both supported by Salesforce philanthropic grants, that use AI for good.

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Jan 11, 2024

Philanthropic group gifts United Negro College Fund $100 million grant to help boost HBCU endowments

CNN reports on the Lilly Endowment's historic $100 million investment in United Negro College Fund, one of three organizations that spearhead the HBCU Transformation Project.