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Download full textJenkins, Lynn – Grantmakers for Education, 2017
The Boston Foundation--one of the nation's oldest community foundations--had always been committed to equity and even played an important role during Boston's fractious school desegregation era. But the board knew it could do more and needed to do more; the future well-being of individuals, families, communities and the city as a whole demanded…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Grants, Grantsmanship, Philanthropic Foundations
Maeroff, Gene I. – Grantmakers for Education, 2014
What incentive could be stronger in a community than full-tuition college scholarships for all graduates of a public school system? Could this be an answer to the question of how the nation can support children growing up in poverty so that they may access middle-class opportunities? When George Weiss, a successful young money manager, pledged to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, Scholarships, Public Schools
