The Massachusetts Nonprofit Network recently announced its 2010 Nonprofit Excellence Award Winners. Sociedad Latina, a grantee of numerous foundations at GMA Foundations, received the Nonprofit Advocacy Award.  The Jericho Road Project, which received seed-funding from the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation, won the Nonprofit Capacity-Building Award. East End House, a grantee of the Clipper Ship Foundation, won the Nonprofit Management Award.

A full list of nominees and award winners can be found at www.massnonprofitnet.org.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source:  The Boston Globe

How do you identify the best nonprofits preparing children for school success?  The Boston Globe took a close look at a rating system devised by Root Cause, a nonprofit research firm in Cambridge, to help donors “better invest’’ their money in those charities that perform well.

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Featuring Root Cause, a grantee of the Stearns Foundation.

SUCCESS STORIES

The Royal Government of Cambodia has awarded British conservationist Dr. Jenny Daltry the title of Officer of the Order of Sahametrei, given to foreigners for their “distinguished services to the King and to the Nation.”

Dr. Daltry was honored with the award for her wildlife conservation work within the Kingdom of Cambodia.

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GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Katya Fels Smyth, Founder and Principal of the Full Frame Initiative, offers a critique of the federal government’s Social Innovation Fund that plans to award $50 million in its first year of grants. She writes, “After-school programs are not pills. And experimental design studies alone cannot tell us whether something works absolutely all the time, as the Government Accountability Office and other experts have noted.”

Featuring the Full Frame Initiative, a grantee of the Edwin S. Webster Foundation.

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The Boston Business Journal and El Planeta named Celina Miranda, Assistant Vice President and Charitable Giving Manager of Bank of New York Mellon, as one of its 20 Boston Latinos On the Move in 2009.

The award honors business executives making a difference in Boston. Celina is a trustee of  GMA Foundation clients the Mabel Louise Riley Foundation and the Rutland Corner Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: The Lowell Sun

The Lowell Sun announced that Sonith Peou, program director for Lowell’s Metta Health Center, will receive a Community Health Leaders Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, together with $125,000. Of the monies, $105,000 will go to Lowell Community Health Center to be used for expanding Metta’s services and facility.

Featuring Lowell Community Health Center, a grantee of the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation.

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