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Omidyar NetworkThe Omidyar Network was founded in June 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam in Redwood City, California. The Omidyar Network is intended to expand the investment scope of the Omidyar Foundation by funding other just non-profit projects, but also for-profit ventures and public initiatives claimed to promote positive social change. The president and chief operating officer of the Omidyar Network is Iqbal Paroo. The Omidyar Network includes ACCESS (reporting on non-profits for philanthropic investors), Creative Commons, EFF, Grameen Foundation USA, Kids Voting USA, Microfinance Securities, New Voters Project, OneWorld International, Project Vote, Socialtext and Sourceforge.net as partners. On July 14, 2004 SourceForge.net announced that it had received $400,000 grant from The Omidyar Network. The Omidyar Network website operates a community discussion board for any number of issues ranging from social justice to education to cooperatives. Members are encouraged to give positive or negative feedback to contributions, similar to eBay's feedback forum. Working documents are editable by anyone, similar to Wikipedia. The stated aim of building a community with the Network is to collectively empower people who want to make positive change in the world. External links
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