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.
Read MoreCommunity Philanthropy: Strategies for Impacting Vulnerable Populations
Read Publication In 2010, the Center published a compendium of essays by its scholars titled, “Community Philanthropy: Strategies for Impacting Vulnerable Populations.” This compendium, Community Philanthropy: Strategies for Impacting Vulnerable Populations, is a relevant resource for the field of philanthropy and for communities of all kinds. It also serves as a key tool for the…
Read MoreUALR Chancellor Serving as Visiting Scholar
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Chancellor Joel Anderson will serve as a visiting scholar next week at the Clinton School’s Center on Community Philanthropy.
Read MoreCenter on Community Philanthropy Awarded Grant
The Center on Community Philanthropy at the Clinton School has received a $750,000 grant to fund efforts to study and promote philanthropy that fosters healthy, equitable communities.
Read MoreFighting Poverty in the Delta
The effort, titled “Emerging Communities Initiative (ECI): Reducing levels of poverty in the Delta,” has targeted three Delta communities – Forrest City, Helena-West Helena and Blytheville – and is working to help find ways to reduce poverty among the most vulnerable residents of those areas.
Read MoreCenter on Community Philanthropy Awarded Grant
The Clinton School’s Center on Community Philanthropy has received a $225,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for a project to promote racial healing and equity in the American South.
Read MoreGiving Circles
The Center on Community Philanthropy will join the Arkansas Women’s Foundation today to host, “Giving Circles: Using Our Collective Power for Strategic Impact.”
Read MorePositive Press
Charlotte Lewellen Williams, director of the Clinton School’s Center on Community Philanthropy, is featured in an article in UAMS’ Housecall magazine about how her work at the center is fueled by her master’s and doctoral studies in public health at UAMS.
Read MorePhilanthropy Scholar Touts Collaboration
Ford Foundation Director of Philanthropy Suzanne Siskel spoke Thursday at the Clinton School about the role of philanthropy in transforming communities.
Read MoreCouncil on Foundations COO speaks
Kristin Lindsey, COO of the Council on Foundations, drew a large Clinton School crowd today for her talk on community philanthropy and nonprofit management. Lindsey is a visiting scholar this week at the Clinton School Center on Community Philanthropy. Video of her talk will be posted soon at www.clintonschoolspeakers.com
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