The Allamakee County Community Foundation announced the recipients of its 2012 grant awards. Twenty applicants are being awarded grants in six goal areas: arts and culture, health and human services, education, neighborhoods and community development, children, youth and families and environment.
The recipients include Harpers Ferry Booster Club for concept design of museum and education center with the highest grant of $8,000.
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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.”