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Bar Foundation awards $2.89 million in grants

Apr 13, 2007 12:00 AM (546 days ago) by Greg Hellman, The Examiner
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WASHINGTON (Map, News) - The District of Columbia Bar Foundation announced Thursday it has awarded $2.89 million in grants to 15 different nonprofit organizations in support of legal services for the poor.

Funding for the grants was drawn from D.C. Council appropriations meant to increase access to legal services in handling housing issues.

The three largest grants, each for $500,000, will go to Bread for the City, Legal Aid Society and Neighborhood Legal Services to provide attorneys at the Landlord-Tenant Court.

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8:06 PM MST on Wed., Jun. 13, 2007 re: "Stiller urges common sense, better assessment on grantmakers"

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Running a small to medium size non profit organization is potentially more difficult than operating a small to medium profit business.To have the support, investment, and understanding of what it takes to walk in our shoes from major foundations helps sustain non profit execs and boards.It is not easy cobbling together multiple funding streams, finishing the year in the black, reporting out both financial results and program outcomes, supporting a staff and board, and delivering effective front line services to clients, students, etc. Assessment data and outcome measurements are critical to proving that a program or organization has the ability to operate at optimal levels. Adult literacy has received one of the highest rankings (effective) from the federal OMB because of a system of focused and measureable assessments & outcomes. Adult literacy state grantees have, because of proven results, been deemed as a good investment in education. Providers are efficient in delivering outcomes.

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