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 In the News
Announcements
AGM is pleased to announce a new initiative called the Professional Education Scholarships.
The Professional Education Scholarships will help defray the registration fee expenses to participate in workshops and trainings offered by Nonprofit Support Center’s.
The Grants Resource Network Launch
The opening of the first of the Grants Resource Centers was covered by the Boston Globe. The Lawrence Grants Resource Center will offer local nonprofits access to the types of databases, resources and services that would only normally be available to nonprofits who came into AGM’s offices in downtown Boston. AGM thanks the Stevens Foundation for their support of this first Center.
Read the article here.
If you’d like to register for one of the Lawrence trainings, please click here.
The Haverhill Gazette
February 12, 2009 - The Grant Resource Network
Oak Bluffs Library News
March 7, 2009 - Grant Resources for Island Nonprofits at the OBPL
AGM Media Coverage
Boston Business Journal
Non-profit leaders see "Darwinian" times
January 2, 2009 - Recession veterans offer tips
January 23, 2009 - New Nonprofit Reality - Rapid-fire changes stun nonprofits: Donations and investments dry up, need for services grows.
February 6, 2009 - BSX Foundation recalibrates its focus
The Boston Globe
February 16, 2009 - Downturn spurs some foundations to give more
Massnonprofit.org
Foundations and Nonprofits came together to strategize how to survive the economic crisis. Over 400 grant makers and nonprofit organizations listened to a panel discussion on January 8, 2009 at the Back Bay Events Center. The panel discussion provided the attendees with much to consider as they brainstormed strategies in smaller breakout groups on how to maneuver through these difficult economic times. Local reporters were on hand to cover the story.
Mass. Nonprofit Leaders Say Nonprofits Need to Act Boldly
Nonprofits Respond to a Soured Economy, But Ask, 'How Long?'
Some Foundations Giving More, But Overall Trends Are Unclear
Philanthropy in the Arts Blog
February 18, 2009 - New Philosophy: If you give, you will get
WBUR Radio
Recently AGM received great press coverage at our annual Nonprofit Partners Meeting that was included in a WBUR news story about the nonprofit sector’s wariness in the current economic climate. At the Meeting, we asked participants to discuss some key questions about funders and nonprofits in the months ahead.
Listen to the story here.
Member News
AGM Grant Making Members are Making a Difference
The Eos Foundation of Boston and Harwich, the Highland Street Foundation of Framingham, the Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation of Boston and an anonymous donor announced their combined giving of $1.1 million to food banks, fuels assistance programs, and other nonprofit organizations. "We just thought, wow, we've got to get money out on the streets so people don't starve or freeze," said Andrea Silbert, president of the Eos Foundation of Boston and Harwich Port, a family organization with the stated mission to "break the cycle of poverty by investing in children."
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*Brenda Lavasta has joined the Oral Health Foundation as the Grants Management Associate. Previously, she was a Diversity Fellow at the Rhode Island Foundation through the Associated Grant Makers’ Diversity Fellowship in Philanthropy. The fellowship program aims to inspire the next generation of philanthropic leaders among people of color by offering training and support to a select group of passionate, emerging professionals. Brenda began her career in the Executive Education Department at the Harvard Business School were she held various roles. She received a dual degree in Management and Finance from Simmons College and an MBA from Suffolk University.
* Babson College Receives $10.8 Million From Lewis Charitable Foundation
The grant will be used to establish the Lewis Institute, which will work to develop leaders, create knowledge in the field of social entrepreneurship, and grow new enterprises to solve global problems...Read more
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