100&Change competition
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The 100&Change competition is a philanthropic initiative that awards a single $100 million grant to fund a bold, evidence-based solution to a critical social problem.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 100&Change competition canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1009248 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 100&Change competition Context triple: [John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, hasProgram, 100&Change competition]
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A.
The Giving Pledge
The Giving Pledge is a philanthropic campaign that encourages the world’s wealthiest individuals and families to commit the majority of their wealth to charitable causes during their lifetimes or in their wills.
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B.
Be Best initiative
The Be Best initiative is a public awareness campaign launched by former U.S. First Lady Melania Trump focused on children’s well-being, online safety, and combating opioid abuse.
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C.
Serendip Foundation
Serendip Foundation is the organization responsible for administering and overseeing the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction literature.
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D.
The Start-up of You
The Start-up of You is a career strategy book that applies entrepreneurial principles to personal and professional development, co-written by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.
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E.
Move the World
"Move the World" is a song featured on the album *Darkness and Light*, likely reflecting the record’s blend of soulful, socially conscious themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 100&Change competition Target entity description: The 100&Change competition is a philanthropic initiative that awards a single $100 million grant to fund a bold, evidence-based solution to a critical social problem.
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A.
The Giving Pledge
The Giving Pledge is a philanthropic campaign that encourages the world’s wealthiest individuals and families to commit the majority of their wealth to charitable causes during their lifetimes or in their wills.
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B.
Be Best initiative
The Be Best initiative is a public awareness campaign launched by former U.S. First Lady Melania Trump focused on children’s well-being, online safety, and combating opioid abuse.
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C.
Serendip Foundation
Serendip Foundation is the organization responsible for administering and overseeing the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction literature.
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D.
The Start-up of You
The Start-up of You is a career strategy book that applies entrepreneurial principles to personal and professional development, co-written by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.
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E.
Move the World
"Move the World" is a song featured on the album *Darkness and Light*, likely reflecting the record’s blend of soulful, socially conscious themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
grantmaking initiative
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philanthropic competition ⓘ social innovation competition ⓘ |
| applicationMethod | online application ⓘ |
| awardCountPerCycle | 1 ⓘ |
| awardFrequency | periodic ⓘ |
| awardType | single large grant ⓘ |
| beneficiaryType |
collaborative partnerships
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nonprofit organizations ⓘ |
| communicationChannel |
media outreach
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online platforms ⓘ public announcements ⓘ |
| currency | US dollar ⓘ |
| evaluationProcess |
independent expert review
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multi-stage selection ⓘ public announcement of finalists ⓘ |
| focus |
critical social problems
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global social challenges ⓘ |
| geographicScope | global ⓘ |
| goal |
to encourage large-scale philanthropy
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to solve a critical social problem ⓘ to support evidence-based social change ⓘ |
| grantPurpose |
addressing root causes of social problems
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implementation of a solution ⓘ scaling proven interventions ⓘ |
| hasMonetaryValue | 100 million US dollars ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
issue-agnostic competition
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open application process ⓘ unrestricted single $100 million grant ⓘ |
| organizer |
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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surface form:
MacArthur Foundation
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| selectionCriterion |
bold solutions
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durability of impact ⓘ evidence-based solutions ⓘ feasibility ⓘ measurable impact ⓘ |
| sponsorCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| sponsoredBy |
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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surface form:
MacArthur Foundation
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| sponsorType | private foundation ⓘ |
| supports |
evidence-based interventions
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innovative approaches to social problems ⓘ |
| targetOutcome |
lasting social impact
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system-level change ⓘ |
| website | https://www.100andchange.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 100&Change competition Description of subject: The 100&Change competition is a philanthropic initiative that awards a single $100 million grant to fund a bold, evidence-based solution to a critical social problem.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.