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Gwyn Thomas | business development, education, non-profit, nonprofit, organization, partnership trip, social enterprise, spark ventures, zambia

Stunning Progress at the Hope Farm

At the beginning of 2018, The Hope Community School Vegetable Farm was just a dream in the making. A new project at our partner organization in Zambia, intended to create growth not only of beautiful vegetables, but growth within the community as well. This hope...

14 November

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Amanda Diiulis | #girleffect, #inspired, Business, business development, girls, news, non-profit, nonprofit, organization, social good, spark, spark ventures, travel, women's empowerment

A Wanderful Giveaway!

We've collaborated before with the intrepid ladies over at Wanderful where their goal is to empower women travelers to explore the world and to connect with each other. We're all about experiential travel and making powerful, personal connections. So, we were thrilled when they reached...

01 March

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Stephanie Denzer | chicago, non-profit, organization, spark ventures

Meet Our Newest Team Member

Spark Ventures Welcomes Tina Erickson The Spark Ventures team couldn’t be more excited to expand - bringing on fundraising expert, Tina Erickson, as our new Vice President of Development. Tina will marshal resources to keep our operations thriving, and expand our impact. We asked her a...

08 September

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Meet our Summer Interns!

We are happy to announce our newest summer team members, Katherine Heckel and Kaley Shannon! We asked them a few questions on their first day to help us introduce them to you. Where are you currently going to school and what are you studying? Katherine: I attend...

25 May

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Spark Ventures | #girleffect, Art, Business, business development, community programs, Design, education, events, girls, healthcare, investor spotlight, Music, news, nicaragua, non-profit, nonprofit, nutrition, organization, partnership trip, Photography, public health, report from the field, socent, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social good, spark, spark ventures, travel, Uncategorized, women's empowerment

Nicaragua Thrills – See for yourself!

When people ask us about Spark Ventures' business driven philanthropy model or the impact this model has on hundreds of children in Nicaragua and Zambia, we often find ourselves saying at some point in the conversation: "Come and see for yourself!" Last week we had...

17 February

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Welcome Arnold, Spark’s New Program Manager!

We are thrilled to announce the newest member of our team, Arnold Duijzer! To help you (and us!) get to know Arnold a little better, we had a little Q&A session with him. Where are you from and what did you study? I was born and raised in a...

12 January

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Round Two Travelers

What's better than traveling with Spark to engage with our partner organizations? Traveling with us twice! It seems that some Spark supporters have been bitten by a very specific travel bug...

01 December

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Visiting the Adolescent Center

Participants on our Nicaragua partnership trip do more than just see the sights--they interact with our partner organization, Las Tías, and the children the organization serves. In doing so they are able to gain an appreciation for the impact of programming for children of all...

01 December

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Visiting the USA: Investing in Our Partners

Exciting things are happening at Spark--both for our team and for our partner organization, Hope Ministries! Three of our friends from Zambia have come to visit us in the U.S. for a unique cultural exchange. We invest in our partners on multiple levels, not just...

23 October

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