How Jeff Bezos Can Help Yakima Valley: Place Matters in Philanthropy

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''+ By Linda Moore, CEO/president of the Yakima Valley Community Foundation.

Bezos asked for philanthropic investment opportunities at the aintersection of urgent need and lasting impact.

The foundation believes philanthropy is only ambitious when it creates reciprocity, grounded in an unshakable belief that people have the inherent capacity to solve their own problems.

Join us in closing the opportunity gap, co-creating a lived experience rich with the opportunity to shape the future.

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