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Major funding for The Takeaway with John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji is provided by:

Additional funding provided by:

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The Skoll Foundation
The Henry Luce Foundation
The Freeman Foundation