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1.5%
The proportion of grants to Blacks by the largest 1,000 foundations in 2006.
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Are Foundations Serving Poor Communities?
The topic of the May 8, 2009 "Working for Change Forum," on Capitol Hill, sponsored by the Community Service Society of New York (CSS) (President & CEO David R. Jones pictured left) was Philanthropy: The Other Stimulus? Are the Poor and People of Color Getting a Fair Share? CSS Senior Policy Fellow Rick Cohen presented new research showing the degree to which philanthropy in the United States supports distressed populations and communities. Given the historic recession our nation is experiencing, should the Obama administration call upon private foundations to do more to directly support certain groups, such as Black men, youth and the formerly incarcerated, who are particularly disadvantaged in this downturn?
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