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  2. Nadar (caste) - Wikipedia

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    Nadar (caste) Nadar (also referred to as Nadan, Shanar and Shanan) is a Tamil caste of India. Nadars are predominant in the districts of Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Virudhunagar. The Nadar community was not a single caste, but developed from an assortment of related subcastes, which in course of time came under the single banner ...

  3. Google - Wikipedia

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    Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University in California. Together, they own about 14% of its publicly listed shares and control 56% of its stockholder voting power through super-voting stock.

  4. Malala Fund - Wikipedia

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    Malala Fund is an international, non-profit organization that advocates for girls' education. It was co-founded by Malala Yousafzai , the Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, and her father, Ziauddin .

  5. Hedge fund - Wikipedia

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    Hedge fund. A hedge fund is a pooled investment fund that holds liquid assets and that makes use of complex trading and risk management techniques to improve investment performance and insulate returns from market risk. Among these portfolio techniques are short selling and the use of leverage and derivative instruments. [1]

  6. Tikvah Fund - Wikipedia

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    The fund had supported the Shalem Center for the previous decade as well. The Tikvah Fund has funded several publications, including Commentary, Mosaic and its predecessor Jewish Ideas Daily, the Jewish Review of Books, and Mida. The Fund also organizes the Jewish Leadership Conference, a politically conservative Jewish conference.

  7. Qatar Fund for Development - Wikipedia

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    The Qatar Fund for Development (acronym: QFFD, Arabic: صندوق قطر للتنمية) is a government entity in the State of Qatar, which is responsible for Qatar's international development and foreign aid; it was established by Law 19 of 2002. [1] The QFFD also coordinates with the country's charitable and development institutions ...

  8. Green Climate Fund - Wikipedia

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    The Green Climate Fund ( GCF) is a fund for climate finance that was established within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Its objective is to assist developing countries with climate change adaptation and mitigation activities. The GFC is an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the ...

  9. New Venture Fund - Wikipedia

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    The New Venture Fund is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization managed by Arabella Advisors, a for-profit consulting company that advises left-leaning donors and nonprofits about where to give money and serves as the hub of a politically liberal "dark money" network in the United States. [1] The New Venture Fund serves as the fiscal sponsor for ...