The Needham Education Foundation has recently awarded more than $46,000 in small grant money for the spring 2012 cycle to assist educational enrichment programs.
School Committee member Kim Marie Nicols said that the grants have a lot to give to students. Programs to be funded include a variety of events from visiting artists and authors to a Revolutionary War encampment at Hillside Elementary School.
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William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan of Dowser write about the social entrepreneurs slowly and steadily dirsupting the world of philanthropy. According to Forbes, philanthropy disruptors are those that believe “no one company is so vital that it can’t be replaced and no single business model too perfect to upend.”