Ella Foundation has received a $100,000 grant from Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will help Ella Foundation pursue development of a highly "disabled" virus to address polio.
Grand Challenges Explorations funds scientists, researchers and entrepreneurs worldwide to explore ideas that solve persistent global health and development challenges.
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William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan of Dowser write about the social entrepreneurs slowly and steadily dirsupting the world of philanthropy. According to Forbes, philanthropy disruptors are those that believe “no one company is so vital that it can’t be replaced and no single business model too perfect to upend.”