And a growing number of foundations, such as the Kauffman Foundation, are doing their best to spread the gospel of reform and renewal.

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Achmat Dangor, who heads the Nelson Mandela Foundation, said the partnership would help spread the anti-apartheid fighter's message to young people worldwide through the football club, Sunderland's own charitable foundation and work in Africa.

BBC: Sunderland in Nelson Mandela Foundation deal

Ms Lane Fox also founded the Go On UK charity to spread digital skills and has her own grant-giving foundation, Antigone, funding charities that target neglected causes.

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Among four-year undergraduate institutions, there is wide-spread adherence to tenure, basic research, residential experiences, and a liberal arts foundation.

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As we'd figured out last night, Symbian's big reveal for today was the completion of its move to a fully open, royalty-free platform -- meaning you no longer need to be a paid-in-full member of the Foundation to see all the code -- and they're ready to talk about it and spread the word far and wide.

ENGADGET: Symbian Foundation talks about its move to open source

Am announces in the video (above) that he is going to use his celebrity to help spread enthusiasm among youth about science, technology and math (STEM) education through his i.am.angel foundation, and through his new concept of STEM, which includes the arts, called S.Y.

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