The Dolphin Trust has awarded $200,000 in grant funding to nine nonprofits in the Boston area.
Grants support programs that engage youth, primarily middle school children ages 11-14, in quality, hands-on activities that foster learning and academic achievement. The grants range from $10,000 to $25,000.
VIEWPOINT
By Phil Hall
Is Geography a Blind Spot in Philanthropy?
Local geography is one of the great drivers of philanthropic mission. There is a paradox here in that 1) most foundations are oriented in some way around a local geography, but 2) express themselves in terms of program. Continue Reading »
The stronger a neighborhood’s social identity, the worse for boys.- Lawrence Harmon, “Deadly Streets,” Boston Globe, May 10, 2010
On August 2, GMA Foundations hosted a funders briefing with sociologist David Harding focused on his recent book, Living the Drama: Community, Conflict and Culture Among Inner-City Boys. The meeting was facilitated by Boston Globe columnist Lawrence Harmon.
Harding’s book is drawn from interviews with 60 black and Latino boys living in separate neighborhoods in Roxbury, Dorchester and Dorchester Lower Mills. The first two neighborhoods are classified as areas of concentrated poverty, with 40 percent or more of residents living at or below the federal poverty level. Dorchester Lower Mills is primarily working and middle class and served as a control group for the study. Continue Reading »
