The Sociological Initiatives Foundation has named Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI) of Chicago, Illinois the 2010 recipient of the Leo P. Chall Award. The Chall award recognizes exemplary research projects funded by the foundation. It honors organizations that successfully link research with social action, thereby strengthening community organizations and influencing public policy. Continue Reading »
GRANTEES IN THE NEWS
Source: Yes! Magazine
Thomas Linzey and Mary Margil of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund author an op-ed in Yes! Magazine that examines the Supreme Court’s decision to give corporations the ability to spend money directly to influence federal elections under the Constitution’s First Amendment.
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Featuring the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, a grantee of the Jessie B. Cox Trust
GRANTEES IN THE NEWS
Source: The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe describes efforts to ensure an accurate 2010 census count in Massachusetts, including work by the Massachusetts Census Equity Fund. The Fund recently awarded grants to local nonprofits for census outreach activities to encourage participation by historically hard-to-count populations. The data collected from the census will have a significant impact on the allocation of federal funds and congressional representation in Massachusetts.
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Featuring the Massachusetts Census Equity Fund, a donor collaborative supported by the Herman & Frieda L. Miller Foundation, Theodore Edson Parker Foundation and Mabel Louise Riley Foundation.
