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“Forever Rowing Upstream”

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

imagecourtesycommunityrowingSource: The Wall Street Journal

Skip Rosen highlights Boston’s Community Rowing in an article about the current state of rowing in the United States.

 

Features Community Rowing, Inc., a grantee of the Clipper Ship Foundation, the Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation, the Hayden Foundation, and the Rutland Corner Foundation.

To read the article, click here.

Small Foundations With Big Impact: The Needmor Fund and the Discount Foundation

SUCCESS STORIES

discountTwo of GMA Foundations administrative clients were recently profiled as Success Stories on Smartlink:

“Needmor Fund: A Long-Term Commitment to Local Community Leadership”

“The Discount Foundation: A Small Foundation Focused on Big Impact”

The Discount Foundation and the Needmor Fund are well known for being small foundations that are nationally recognized for their leadership in the field and deep commitment to supporting community organizing in low-income communities.

Such success stories are designed to inspire other funders and connect them to Smartlink’s research, resources and tools that help donors make effective grants.

Smartlink is a project of the Community Giving Resource of the Neighborhood Funders group. The project’s mission is to attract, engage, and sustain philanthropic investment in low-income communities.

The Community Giving Resource provides educational resources, tools, and networking opportunities for individual donors and family foundations interested in learning about effective strategies for giving at the community level.

Asset Building Strategies for Low Income Families

CLIENT ADVISORY

Summary:  Families without wealth such as property, cash, and other investments, often get trapped on the bottom rungs of the economic ladder. Foundations can help develop asset building strategies that allow low-income Americans to save for home ownership, higher education, retirement, or a small business.

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