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"Google launched a new program called the Global Impact Awards, in which it will give out $23 million in grants to seven non-profit organizations on Tuesday.\nThe program supports groups that use technology to solve \"the world\u2019s toughest human challenges,\" according to an Official Google Blog post. Google explained that tech innovators are typically underfunded in the non-profit sector, so grants were awarded for non-profits' initiatives to change the status quo. \n\nGoogle awarded Global Impact Awards to the following projects:\n\nCharity: water- This group will use its $5 million grant to pilot the installation of real-time water monitoring technologies at 4,000 water points across Africa by 2015.  Around 800 million people worldwide lack access to clean water sources. \nDonorschoose.org- This group will use its $5 million grant to provide American public schools with startup materials to create around 500 new Advanced Placement (AP) courses in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM. \nWorld Wildlife Fund- This group will use its $5 million grant to use \u201Cspecialized sensors and wildlife tagging technology,\u201D along with ranger patrolling guided by analytic software, to better detect and deter poaching across Asia and Africa.\nConsortium for the Barcode of Life- This group will use its $3 million grant to create and use \u201CDNA barcoding\u201D to protect endangered wildlife. More than 35,000 of the world\u2019s 1.8 million identified species are considered endangered.\nGiveDirectly- This group will use its $2.4 million grant to scale up its model of \u201Cdirect mobile technology cash transfer\u201D to impoverished Kenyan families. It also plans to expand operations to a second country. \nEqual Opportunity Schools- This group will use its $1.8 million grant to identify 6,000 \u201Chigh-performing yet underrepresented students\u201D at 60 high schools to transfer them to advanced classes. Every year, more than 600,000 low-income students across the U.S. don\u2019t get the opportunity to attend advanced classes that could help them succeed in college.\nGeena Davis Institute on Gender in Media- This group will use its $1.2 million grant to support the development of software that analyzes gender portrayals in the media. Its specific aim is to promote a healthier and more positive representation of female characters to children.\n\nWhat do you think of Google's new project? Tell us in the comments below. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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