GRANTEES  IN THE NEWS

Source: WBUR

La Vida Scholars is a new college preparation program in Lynn, Massachusetts that requires parents to deposit $50 a month for three years. These college savings accounts are then matched dollar-for-dollar and can be used to cover college costs. A radio segment on WBUR, the Boston affiliate of National Public Radio, takes an indepth look at how such incentives for greater family involvement can improve the educational attainment of low-income youth.

To hear the radio segment, click here.

Featuring La Vida, Inc, a grantee of the Ludcke Foundation, the Ratshesky Foundation, the Ludcke Foundation and the Clipper Ship Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Nature Conservancy Magazine

The Nature Conservancy released the summer issue of their national magazine, with a feature article on the Penobscot River Restoration Project.  The article has a special emphasis on the Penobscot Indian Nation’s history on the river and contributions to the project.

To read the article, click here.

Featuring the Penobscot River Trust, a grantee of the Jessie B. Cox Charitable Lead Trust

RESEARCH IN ACTION

The Right to the City–New York City Alliance released a report documenting the thousands of vacant condos across New York City.

“People Without Housing and Housing Without People: A Count of Vacant Condos in Select NYC Neighborhoods” presents findings from a citywide, participatory research project when for three months hundreds of members of the Alliance walked the streets of 245 census tracts in nine community districts. Continue Reading »