Results List
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Too young to drive, she wins a car
Original Source By Karl Stampfl, Bonnie Miller Rubin and Kristen Kridel, Tribune reporters For her strong school attendance record, Ashley Martinez won a sparkling new Dodge Caliber-a sporty hatchback that starts at about $15,000. Unfortunately, she needs to wait four years to drive her prize.…
Author: Chicago Tribune
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Boomers Taking on Second Careers
Original Source By Ana Patricia Ferrey, Inc.com A growing number of baby boomers are shunning retirement by pursuing late-life second careers that combine social goals and extra income, a new study finds. According to a survey of 3,500 Americans aged 44 – 70 by Washington…
Author: The New York Times
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How to minimize summer learning loss for students
Original Source by Ledyard King Gannett News Service WASHINGTON – For kids pouring out of school this month, the hazards of summer go far beyond sunburns and bug bites. Many children – especially poor ones – will take a step back academically as the lessons…
Author: The Daily Advertiser
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Letters to the Editor: Philanthropy and Racism
Original Source To the Editor: Structural-racism training programs have helped hundreds of nonprofit organizations and community foundations, many of which are administered or operated by white people but primarily serve people of color, learn how to orient their theories of change from charity to empowerment…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Higher Achievement Receives $3 Million From Atlantic Philanthropies to Expand Into Baltimore
Original Source Higher Achievement, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that provides middle school children from underserved areas year-round academic enrichment programs, has announced a three-year, $3 million grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to help expand its out-of-school-time (OST) programs to Baltimore. The grant will enable the organization,…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Island of Ireland emerging as the leader in applications of prevention science to policy and practice
Original Source The island of Ireland is emerging as a point of focus for breakthroughs in applications of prevention science to policy and practice. Over 25 innovative projects from across the island were showcased at a conference convened by the Office for the Minister of…
Author: Prevention Action
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IOM's "Retooling For An Aging America" Seen As Turning Point In Efforts To Improve Healthcare For Older Adults
Original Source The recent release of “Retooling for an Aging America” — the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report warning that the nation’s healthcare workforce is too small and unprepared for care for the aging population and calling for sweeping changes to avert this looming healthcare…
Author: Medical News Today
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Wider Opportunities for Women Announces New State Partners in the Elder Economic Security Initiative
Elder Economic Security Initiative blog WASHINGTON, D.C. Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) announces the expansion of its Elder Economic Security Initiative™ program to Michigan, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Minnesota. The Initiative is a national campaign to ensure that all older Americans are able to age…
Author: Wider Opportunities for Women
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Growing Up Fast
Will Houston’s charter school expansion revolutionize urban education? Original Source by Jay Mathews It all began with the waiting lists. At Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, long waiting lists are seen as evidence of high standards and prestige. But long waiting lists were the cause of…
Author: Philanthropy Magazine
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Philanthropic Partnership: Improving the lives of our Fellow-citizens
Link to Video This year’s Council on Foundations conference, titled “Philanthropy’s Vision: A Leadership Summit,” took place May 4-7, 2008 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. At the Monday, May 5 luncheon plenary, “Philanthropic Partnership: Improving the…
Author: Council on Foundations
