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		<title>Job Opportunity: Smashing Bias Director!</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2012/05/08/job-opportunity-smashing-bias-director/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m excited to share that the Foundation, along with the Level Playing Field Institute (our sister organization), are looking for an astute social entrepreneur to help us launch and move our Smashing Bias Program and Prize to the next level! ...]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Kapor Foundation Annual Report</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2012/03/27/kapor-2011report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to share highlights of the past year with you! Thanks for helping us make this work happen! Please note that of the $4.4 million distributed last year: $2.2 million provided core support for the Level Playing ...]]></description>
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		<title>Register Now for College Bound Conference!</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2011/03/05/register-now-for-college-bound-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mkf.org/2011/03/05/register-now-for-college-bound-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have an exciting lineup, with speakers from throughout the Bay Area, prizes, a world premier film short, and an appearance by poet and emcee Ise Lyfe! This is a DON&#8217;T MISS event! Click HERE to register!]]></description>
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		<title>Join Us at the Brotherhood Conference!</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2011/02/18/brohood-conf2011/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mkf.org/2011/02/18/brohood-conf2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please join us at the Black &#38; Proud to Be College Bound Conference, our first convening for helping build college prep skills and a college-bound community for African American young men. Short cut to registration link: CLICK HERE.]]></description>
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		<title>Watch our 2010 Annual Report Video!</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2011/02/12/watch-our-2010-annual-report-video/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mkf.org/2011/02/12/watch-our-2010-annual-report-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of being transparent, paperless, accessible, and plain ol&#8217; fun, the Kapor Foundation staff decided to do a video annual report that captures the highlights of 2010 (our fiscal and calendar year are the same). Many thanks to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Get Out There &amp; Vote!</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/10/26/got-out-there-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The time has come to get out there and vote! It&#8217;s been a crazy two years since the historic presidential election of President Obama.  Since then, we&#8217;ve seen the passage of national health care reform,  the rise of the tea ...]]></description>
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		<title>$250,000 for Aspiring Scientists of Color</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/10/08/250000-for-aspiring-scientists-of-color/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/10/08/250000-for-aspiring-scientists-of-color/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kapor Foundation is pleased to announce a five year renewable gift of $250,000 to U.C. Berkeley’s College of Letters and Science to support the launch of the Berkeley Science Network (BSN). BSN aims to strengthen the pipeline of students ...]]></description>
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		<title>Grant Opportunity for College Access &amp; Career Organizations</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/10/08/grant-opportunity-for-college-access-career-organizations/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/10/08/grant-opportunity-for-college-access-career-organizations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Profit, acting as an intermediary for the Social Innovation Fund, is seeking outstanding organizations to join its newly-created the Pathways Fund. The Pathways Fund is seeking innovative nonprofit organizations that address improvements in one or more of the following ...]]></description>
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		<title>$20,000 for Research on Hidden Biases</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/10/01/20000-for-research-on-hidden-biases/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/10/01/20000-for-research-on-hidden-biases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may have already heard that the Kapor Foundation is co-sponsoring an exciting new opportunity to gather research about how hidden biases impact our lives and behavior, particularly around perceptions of fairness and access. Along with our sibling ...]]></description>
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		<title>Grant Opportunities Still Exist</title>
		<link>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/02/25/grant-opportunities-still-exist/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mkf.org/2010/02/25/grant-opportunities-still-exist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve just completed a process to identify new key partner organizations. And while the bulk of our funding will support this cohort, I want to reiterate to the broader community that we are still able to consider quarterly grant requests ...]]></description>
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