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When the 2010 Vancouver Olympics closed, organizers promised that the games would leave a “lasting social legacy,” and they’ve lived up to that promise, according to a new study.
The authors of the study, published in the Journal of Social Policy, say that the games “have been a catalyst for community development and social welfare,” and that they’ve used the games’ legacy to fund everything from arts and cultural events to snowboarding programs for inner-city kids.
The study’s lead author, a professor of social policy at the University of British Columbia, says that the games’ legacy “has been a catalyst for community development and social welfare,” and that using money from the games to fund projects that have a “lasting social impact” is a great way to use the games’ legacy “to generate enduring social legacies.” But not everyone is thrilled with the idea of using money from the games to fund projects that have a “lasting social impact.” The chief executive of the Canadian Olympic Committee, for example, says that using money from the games to fund projects that have a “lasting social impact” is a “great way to use the power of the Games,” but he’s not sure that using money from the games to fund projects that have a “lasting
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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.”
