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Source #13870

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TitleVentureBeat and Yahoo News reporting
Original URLhttps://www.vcsheet.com/fund/emerson-collective
PublicationDirected Inquiry — Web Search
Source typeweb_search
Date2023
EntityOpen Philanthropy
Captured2026-04-23T07:35:26.619Z UTC
Hash computed at2026-04-23T07:35:26.619Z UTC
SHA-2564676b14d807ae8d93ab1f6f9fb3174a2a7eb81dc1e50a4ca0284ab961e6566d0
Content length72 bytes
Content preview (first 800 chars) 
Open Philanthropy gave more than $15 million to RAND Corporation in 2023

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