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Since our launch in October 2007, the following foundations have provided support for Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity:

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Ford Foundation
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Public Welfare Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rosenberg Foundation
Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina
Stoneman Family Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
Women’s Funding Network

The Kaiser Family Foundation provides in-kind television and web cast facilities

To learn more about what U.S. foundations are doing to fight poverty and promote opportunity, visit the poverty section of Glasspockets.org, a new initiative launched by the Foundation Center to encourage greater transparency among private foundations.

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