Bringing financial counseling to small businesses and entrepreneurs through the Small Business Boost pilot
Small businesses employ more than 60 million Americans and are responsible for nearly 44% of the country’s economic activity. They are an economic force that shapes the social and cultural fabric of communities where they operate. To finance their ventures, small business owners often use internal financing, such as friends, family or personal savings, or external financing, such as bank loans.
Promoting healthy coping skills with puppetry
Concerns about mental health grew significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, more than half of adults with children in the United States expressed concern about the mental state of their children and more than a quarter of parents sought professional mental health help for their children because of the pandemic.
Fighting nutrition insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic
Hunger has been a pressing global issue for years due to factors including economic shocks, poverty, war, conflict and more. The United Nations estimates that between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020.
In 2010, Chef José Andrés founded World Central Kitchen with a mission to be the first to the frontlines and provide meals in response to humanitarian, climate and community crises. Now, over a decade after it was established, the organization continues to provide hunger relief in communities around the world.
