Rockefeller and Unreasonable Institute Give $1M to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty
Fix one city and you may change the world. After all, more people than ever are flocking to metro areas: more than 75% of the globe’s population is expected to be urban by 2050. Figure out how to help the underprivileged in just one of those zones, the theory goes, and you can transport it elsewhere. If everyone did that, there would be a lot of societal Band-Aids to go around.
The Future Cities Accelerator, a partnership between The Rockefeller Foundation and Unreasonable Institute, has awarded $1 million to a series of groups willing try. Ten winners will receive $100,000 each and the chance to participate in nine months of workshops and coaching designed to help them succeed and expand...