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France
Engineers Without Borders
Bernard Amadei was the first in his family to go to college.
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Scotland
TIAA and United States Steel
Ranked 412 and 186 in the 2023 Fortune 500
Andrew Carnegie’s steel company produced more metal than all of Great Britain in 1900.
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Ami Dar appeared on The NonProfit Times‘ list of the 50 Most Influential People in the Nonprofit Sector five times.
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Canada
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
Fox was named one of the Time100 Most Influential People of 2024.
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Arianna Huffington’s website, the Huffington Post, was the first digital media company to win a Pulitzer Prize.
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An industrial accident led John Muir to dedicate his life to the natural beauty of the environment.
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Poland
The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc.
Diane Portnoy’s concern for immigrants and refugees grew out of her own immigrant experience as the daughter of Polish Holocaust survivors.
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England
Environmental Defense Fund
Puleston was a daredevil and nature-lover who helped design the famous “Duck” boat.
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Iraq
Women for Women International
An arranged marriage to a stranger brought Zainab Salbi to the U.S. just weeks before Iraq invaded Kuwait.
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Scripps’ wise investments allowed her to support important social and scientific developments in California.
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Australia
Counterpart International
Silverstein was an actress-turned-humanitarian whose Hollywood networks helped to fund her foundation.