Center on Community Philanthropy to Host Scholars

The Clinton School Center on Community Philanthropy has announced its Spring 2012 Scholars in Residence. The scholars will each spend a week at the school interacting with students and faculty and writing about a topic related to community philanthropy. This semester’s scholars are:

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Philanthropy Newsletter Published

The newsletter recaps the center’s first summit, titled “Pathways to Racial Healing and Equity in the South: A Community Philanthropy Strategy.” Hosted last spring, the summit brought together more than 120 stakeholders to discuss race and equity in society.

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Community Philanthropy: How the Delta Region Revives, Embraces and Promotes the Spirit of Giving

The study in the journal Foundation Review looks at giving, civic engagement and leadership development in small communities in Arkansas. “I’m pleased that these national academic journals have recognized the importance of our research on community philanthropy in the rural South,” said Dr. Charlotte L. Williams, director of the Center on Community Philanthropy. “We will continue to study…

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Williams Helps Land Diversity Grant

Clinton School faculty member Charlotte Williams, director of the Center on Community Philanthropy, authored a portion of a $250,000 grant that has been awarded to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Center for Diversity Affairs.

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Center on Philanthropy Concludes Dialogue on Race

The Center on Community Philanthropy concluded its two-day conference featuring a dialogue on race and equity in the South on Friday with a lecture from Dr. David Williams of Harvard University.

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Center on Community Philanthropy Lands Grant

The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (WRF) Board of Directors recently voted to award a $150,000 matching grant to the Clinton School Center on Community Philanthropy at the in support of their W.K. Kellogg America Healing Initiative grant.

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Center on Community Philanthropy Targets Pine Bluff

BY ERIN STOCK – Idonia Trotter and two of her classmates at the Clinton School worked for nearly a year in the southeastern Arkansas city of Pine Bluff, developing ways to reach children during critical after-school hours.

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