Courtesy Boston Family Boatbuilding

This fall, the A.C. Ratshesky Foundation made its first set of grant awards under its new guidelines. The new guidelines refined the existing interests of the foundation to help low income individuals and families.

The new program areas include family partnering in early education, employment and self-sufficiency, and active learning for preteens and teens. The trustees have also agreed to increase grant sizes and consider requests from communities outside of Boston within the I-495 region.

The following grants list includes new grants as well as several multi-year grants made under the foundation’s prior guidelines: Continue Reading »

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Forbes

A blue-ribbon panel of experts selected social entrepreneurs who are tackling the world’s most intractable problems.  The magazine named One Acre Fund founder, Andrew Youn as one of the world’s top 30 on its list.

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Featuring One Acre Fund, a grantee of the Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: New York Times

Writer Michael Winerip followed Nathaly Lopera, a high school senior enrolled in the Let’s Get Ready college access program in Boston.

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Featuring, Let’s Get Ready, a grantee of the Babson Foundation, AC Ratchesky Foundation, and the Ludcke Foundation