What we fund
Projects
PFC works with communities around the world, empowering individuals to achieve their full potential as well as building and strengthening community alliances.
01 /Four areas
Where the work happens.
01
Education
Innovative, equitable education in STEM, mental health, environment, diversity and the arts for underserved youth.
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02
Health
From functional precision cancer care with SageMedic to women's health centers in India, Nepal and Liberia.
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03
Climate
Laudate Deum and The Ten Green Commandments, UN engagement, clean water in Kenya and the Great Green Wall.
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04
Spiritual Entrepreneurship
Identifying spiritual leaders and building their capacity for social impact through education and environmental programs.
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02 /Current projects
Where your gift goes to work.
The projects PFC is funding right now. Every page explains the need, the partner and what a gift does.
- FlagshipHealth
Partnership for Advanced Cancer Treatment (PACT)
A collaboration with SageMedic bringing functional precision profiling to patients who need it most. Financial assistance for the SAGE OncoTest plus clinical evidence.
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Lama Tenzin Choegyal and the Himalayan Kids
Since 2001 PFC has sponsored the Humanitarian Hall of Fame monk and his rescue treks over 18,000 feet to bring children of Upper Dolpo to a safe home and school.
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BookClimateLaudate Deum and The Ten Green Commandments
A call to ecological conversion with Fr. Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam, SDB, connecting the Vatican, Oxford and Yale. Available in over 40 languages.
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San Francisco Bay Area Initiative
Five high-impact programs for Bay Area youth: STEM equity, mental health and self-esteem, climate action labs, multilingual education and inclusive arts.
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Fiscal projectClimateDecarbonized.org
Catalyzing global communities in environmental action and sustainable investments to scale. A fiscal project of Partnerships For Change.
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03 /Health
Health projects.
HealthNepal – Upper Dolpo
Partnering with C.E.D. Society and affiliating with Johns Hopkins Hospital to develop the first ever Women-focused health clinic for maternal and fetal health and the prevention of disease. Land for
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HealthIndia – Dehradun
Partnering with the C.E.D. Society to build and staff the Girls Institute for Technology (G.I.F.T) to serve disabled girls in northern India and Nepal
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HealthLiberia
Why Here, Why Now?Time is of the essence to liberate health in a piece of Liberia. After 16 years of war, the Ebola crisis and 14 years of recovery, Liberia is still just rising from these shocks. The
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HealthJaipur Foot
The Jaipur Foot is the largest organization of prosthetic devices, which dramatically changes the lives of many amputees. One of the most technologically advanced enterprises in the world, it serves
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HealthTrustCircle
Partnerships For Change® (PFC) and TrustCircle have joined forces to promote mental health and well-being in India and Africa. TrustCircle has also been selected as a flagship project under PFC which
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HealthFarming4Compassion
Partnerships For Change®(PFC) – new projects in the Bay Area and in India have a mission to address hunger and malnutrition for those living at the bottom of the pyramid.Our goals are to sustainably
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04 /Climate
Climate projects.
ClimateCIAMO – Kids Against Malaria
Can a song help stop the spread of a deadly disease? The Kids Against Malaria hope so. The message of their song is simple: sleep under an insecticide treated mosquito net and get to a doctor as soon
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ClimateVerdant World
Verdant World is a vision of a planet where forests thrive in harmony with humans; it is a solution level conversation to inspire a clear foundation for action. Their team produces events and support
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ClimateLet Science Speak
Partnerships for Change is a fiscal sponsor for Let Science Speak, a campaign and video series designed to protect environmental and climate scientists from efforts to ignore their findings and
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ClimateThe Living Chapel
Inspired by Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’ Encyclical and the garden of Saint Francis of Assisi, The Living Chapel seeks to bring us on a journey of hope and to encourage people around the world to
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05 /Spiritual Entrepreneurship
Spiritual Entrepreneurship projects.
Spiritual EntrepreneurshipThe Venerable Phagyab Rinpoche
PFC financially supports Tibetan Geshe monk, The Venerable Phagyab Rinpoche, a survivor of Chinese imprisonment and torture.Read more
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Spiritual EntrepreneurshipThe Medium of the Oracle of Tibet
The Medium of Oracle of Tibet is a spiritual advisor to the Dalai Lama. In 2007, PFC was invited to partner with Kuten La (The Medium of the Oracle of Tibet) to manifest the vision of a monastery. PFC
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07 /Past projects
Work that is complete.
Shorter records of earlier projects, kept so the history stays visible.
South Africa – Alexandra Township
Partnering with the Samarpan Movement which has acquired the rights to land to build a fully equipped hospice and rehabilitation facility clinic with an innovative building practice that uses
India – Sundurban Island of Bali
Partnering with the SamarpanMovement which has built and equipped with some medical personnel a clinic with an innovative building practice that uses locally-sourced recycled materials. PFC is working
Dr. Jordt and the Bhutan National Heritage Foundation
Partnerships For Change® celebrates our Bhutan National Heritage Foundation launch.In collaboration with Dr. Ingrid Jordt, acclaimed Burma scholar and Harvard trained anthropologist, PFC is honored to
Humanitarian support to recover from Cyclone, and Concert Feasibility Study to Raise Awareness for Burma
Following the 2008 devastation of Cyclone Nardis in Burma, PFC was on the ground providing aid and rescue assistance to monks and refugees in Rangoon as well as in the Thai border town of Maesot.
Building School with the St. Thomas Basilica
Partnerships For Change® board member, Dr. Mary Thomas Weiss, joins fellow board members in Chennai at the St. Thomas Basilica and travels to the Himalayas and the C.E.D. Society orphanage in
Father Raj Lawrence and the December 2004 Tsunami
See photos of the December 2004 Tsunami devastation as Father Raj Lawrence, a well known visionary, conveyed the Miracle of St. Thomas at the completion of the St. Thomas Primary Free School in
Swami Ji and the Universal Yoga Center
PFC supports the Universal Yoga Center in the San Francisco, California and the Dig Darshan School in Patna in the state of Bihar India, both founded by Sri Swami Satya Brahamananda.
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