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Why Mature Activism May Save the Planet
Original Source AARP and Civic Ventures are Atlantic grantees. By: Rob Gurwitt It was not a promising start. Getting ready to head out for the Utah wilderness, Lee Verner had packed her clothes in a black bag, laid it down on a black chair and…
Author: AARP Bulletin Today
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Bear Market for Charities
A Harlem Education Project That Won Big Corporate Backing Now Faces Cutbacks as Donors Close Their Wallets Original Source By MIKE SPECTOR NEW YORK — Geoffrey Canada has spent decades building a strategy for saving poor children from crime-ridden streets and crumbling public schools. His…
Author: The Wall Street Journal
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Next-Gen Givers
Generous Gen-Xers are putting their own spin on charitable giving, combining their desire to achieve with their desire to do good. Original Source By SUZANNE MCGEE THE STORY IN PHILANTHROPY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON is becoming all too familiar. Individuals, foundations and corporations are all scaling…
Author: Barrons
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Charter school group gets $2.6 million grant Educators: College-ready rolls will increase
by CYNTHIA HOWELL The Knowledge Is Power Program of charter schools in the Delta has received a $2.6 million grant to help open 10 more schools in four Arkansas towns by 2019. The schools would be patterned after the program’s Delta College Preparatory middle and…
Author: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock)
