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The HAND Foundation (HAND) is a private foundation established by former Oracle Corporation executive (Noosheen Hashemi ) and former Yahoo! chief technology officer Farzad Nazem.〔http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/CLASS-ACTS-A-new-breed-of-young-Bay-Area-2624096.php#ixzz2LHm7tvC5〕 The foundation makes grants in seven areas: Advancement of Philanthropy and Volunteerism, Education, Entrepreneurship, Debate and Advocacy, Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse, Advancement of Women and Girls, and Crisis Management and Rebuilding. ==Advancement of Philanthropy and Volunteerism== The HAND Foundation is committed to the advancement of diaspora and minority communities in the United States. The foundation’s work with diasporas has centered largely on encouraging civic participation and inspiring these groups to partake in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. HAND is a founding partner of the International diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA),〔http://diasporaalliance.org/about-us/#partners〕 which was launched by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the inaugural Global Diaspora Forum 〔http://www.diasporaalliance.org/2011-global-diaspora-forum/〕 in May 2011. IdEA〔http://diasporaalliance.org/〕 promotes diaspora-centered initiatives in entrepreneurship, volunteerism, philanthropy, diplomacy, and social innovation in countries of diaspora origin. HAND places emphasis on knowledge sharing and networking to boost the philanthropic sector and to this end has supported Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2), the Global Philanthropy Forum 〔http://philanthropyforum.org/steering-advisory/〕 and the Independent Sector.〔http://www.independentsector.org/ac2012_sponsors〕 HAND has also supported a number of diaspora organizations including Developments in Literacy, a Pakistani American organization that supports education in Pakistan; the American India Foundation (AIF), the largest U.S.-based diaspora philanthropy organization focused on India; and the India Community Center (ICC).〔http://www.indiacc.org/aboutus#BOT〕 National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations Foundation is another diaspora civic engagement organization that HAND has supported. The HAND Foundation incubated PARSA Community Foundation (PARSA), the first and only Persian community foundation in the United States.〔http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/CLASS-ACTS-A-new-breed-of-young-Bay-Area-2624096.php#ixzz2LHm7tvC5〕 A secular, meritocratic collaboration amongst community leaders with an independent grant advisory committee made up of community experts,〔http://parsacf.org/Page/16〕 PARSA Community Foundation led semi-annual, competitive international grant cycles between 2006 and 2010.〔http://www.parsacf.org/Page/9〕 PARSA had three areas of focus: preservation and advancement of Persian arts and culture, leadership development; and civic participation and volunteerism.〔http://parsacf.org/Page/14〕 PARSA played a key role establishing and fortifying Iranian studies programs〔http://www.parsacf.org/Page/274〕 at various universities, supporting local Iranian community centers, and supporting Iranian collections and programming at local museums.〔http://www.parsacf.org/Page/272〕 PARSA's Philanthropist of the Year and Volunteerism and Action awards〔http://parsacf.org/Page/19〕 celebrated community leaders of all ages for their service to others. In its six years of operation, the foundation awarded nearly 250 grants〔http://parsacf.org/Page/31〕 totaling $7.75 million; over $4 million was invested in Persian arts and culture initiatives;〔http://www.parsacf.org/Page/272〕 $1.2 million in civic engagement;〔http://parsacf.org/Page/269〕 $800k in leadership development; and almost a million dollars in humanitarian causes.〔http://www.parsacf.org/Page/271〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The HAND Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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