Crankstart Foundation
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Crankstart Foundation is a charitable organization, founded by venture capitalist Michael Moritz and novelist Harriet Heyman, that funds education, social justice, and community initiatives in the UK and US.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crankstart foundation | 2 |
| Crankstart Foundation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4946319 — 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: Crankstart Foundation Context triple: [Crankstart, alternativeName, Crankstart Foundation]
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A.
Uweza Foundation
Uweza Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on empowering children and youth in Kenya’s informal settlements through education, arts, and community-based programs.
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B.
NoVo Foundation
The NoVo Foundation is a philanthropic organization focused on advancing social justice, gender equality, and the rights and well-being of marginalized communities worldwide.
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C.
Skoll Foundation
The Skoll Foundation is a philanthropic organization that supports social entrepreneurs and innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.
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D.
Turn 2 Foundation
Turn 2 Foundation is a charitable organization focused on promoting healthy lifestyles, academic achievement, and leadership among young people, established by former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.
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E.
Motiv8 Foundation
Motiv8 Foundation is a charitable organization focused on supporting and empowering youth, founded by NFL quarterback Marcus Mariota.
- 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: Crankstart Foundation Target entity description: Crankstart Foundation is a charitable organization, founded by venture capitalist Michael Moritz and novelist Harriet Heyman, that funds education, social justice, and community initiatives in the UK and US.
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A.
Uweza Foundation
Uweza Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on empowering children and youth in Kenya’s informal settlements through education, arts, and community-based programs.
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B.
NoVo Foundation
The NoVo Foundation is a philanthropic organization focused on advancing social justice, gender equality, and the rights and well-being of marginalized communities worldwide.
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C.
Skoll Foundation
The Skoll Foundation is a philanthropic organization that supports social entrepreneurs and innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.
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D.
Turn 2 Foundation
Turn 2 Foundation is a charitable organization focused on promoting healthy lifestyles, academic achievement, and leadership among young people, established by former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.
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E.
Motiv8 Foundation
Motiv8 Foundation is a charitable organization focused on supporting and empowering youth, founded by NFL quarterback Marcus Mariota.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
charitable foundation
ⓘ
philanthropic organization ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
community development
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education philanthropy ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| focusRegion |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Harriet Heyman
ⓘ
Michael Moritz ⓘ |
| hasBeneficiary |
low-income communities
ⓘ
social justice organizations ⓘ students ⓘ |
| hasFounderOccupation |
novelist
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venture capitalist ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson |
Harriet Heyman
ⓘ
Michael Moritz ⓘ |
| legalForm | charitable organization ⓘ |
| mission |
to fund education initiatives in the UK and US
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to support community initiatives in the UK and US ⓘ to support social justice initiatives in the UK and US ⓘ |
| operatesInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| sector | nonprofit sector ⓘ |
| typeOfSupport |
grants
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philanthropic funding ⓘ |
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: Crankstart Foundation Description of subject: Crankstart Foundation is a charitable organization, founded by venture capitalist Michael Moritz and novelist Harriet Heyman, that funds education, social justice, and community initiatives in the UK and US.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Crankstart Foundation
linked to: Crankstart Foundation