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Reading & Math, Inc. is a national nonprofit that replicates evidence-based AmeriCorps programs: Reading Corps, Minnesota Math Corps, and Minnesota Opportunity Corps. These programs combine the power of national service with instructional science to help struggling students transform into confident learners and help adults achieve economic stability. Reading & Math, Inc., administers the expansion and replication of Reading Corps in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Florida, and provides technical assistance to other states interested in scaling these programs to help more children achieve grade-level reading and math proficiency. Opportunity Corps members support economically-disadvantaged adults in accessing resources and building the skills needed to navigate employment and/or education to achieve economic stability.
The Greater Des Moines Partnership is the economic and community development organization that serves Greater Des Moines (DSM), Iowa. Together with 24 Affiliate Chambers of Commerce, more than 6,400 Regional Business Members and 340+ Investors, The Partnership drives economic growth with one voice, one mission and as one region. Through innovation, strategic planning and global collaboration, The Partnership grows opportunity, helps create jobs and promotes Des Moines as the best place to build a business, a career and a future.
National Equity Fund, Inc., based in Chicago, is a leading nonprofit investor in affordable housing and one of the nation`s largest syndicators of federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits. Since 1987, NEF has invested nearly $17 billion in 2,800 developments, supporting more than 187,000 affordable homes and fueling more than 228,400 jobs nationwide. NEF is an affiliate of the nonprofit Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and has made more than $180 million in grants to support LISC`s broad-based community investment efforts throughout the country.
Arapahoe House is a Denver, CO-based company in the Non-profit sector.
The Oberkotter Foundation is helping families ensure their children who are deaf or hard of hearing have opportunities to reach their full potential through listening and spoken language. Vision: Early learning is critical to a child`s language development and lifetime success, and children who are deaf or hard of hearing will have the same opportunities as their hearing peers to capitalize on the critical early period for brain development. Quality pediatric audiology and listening and spoken language (LSL) intervention will be available and affordable for all families as close as possible to their baby`s birth or acquired hearing loss, and families will be empowered and equipped to effectively support their baby`s learning, language and literacy development.