The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi was awarded with a Champions for Healthy Kids Grant ammounting to $50,000 last week by the General Mills Foundation.
In partnership with the First Regional Library System's Early Childhood Resource and Referral Center, the grant will be used to expand the foundation's anti-obesity efforts across DeSoto, Tate, Tunica and Panol counties.
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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.”