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.
GRANTEES IN THE NEWS
Source: The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe reports on efforts such as the inaugural poetry reading titled U35 (under 35) which take aim at ageism in the literary world. The story references the new publication “Small Things Can Grow Tall: Words from the Underestimated” of 826 Boston, a writing and tutoring center. The book is a series of essays by English High School inspired by Sherman Alexie’s short story “Indian Education”.
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Featuring 826 Boston, a grantee of the A.C. Ratshesky Foundation, the Clipper Ship Foundation, and the Ludcke Foundation.
GRANTEES IN THE NEWS
Source: The New York Times
If the magic ingredient for good schools is high quality teachers, what makes a great teacher? This article profiles Doug Lemov and his interesting response. Lemov was a co-founder of the Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School in Boston, and now works for Uncommon Schools, a nonprofit that starts, manages and networks outstanding charter schools in the Northeast.
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Featuring Uncommon Schools, whose associate member schools Boston Collegiate Charter School and Roxbury Preparatory Charter School are grantees of the Clipper Ship Foundation, Charles Hayden Foundation, Mabel Louise Riley Foundation and the Schrafft Charitable Trust.
