High-Net-Worth Families Cutting Back on Giving, Study Finds
According to a recent survey of high-net-worth families, 73 percent of respondents said they had experienced significant adverse effects from the current economic downturn....

ExxonMobil Foundation Awards $1.6 Million for New Orleans Advanced Placement Program
The grant will enable Tulane University's Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives to launch a pilot program in New Orleans that provides performance-based monetary incentives to students and teachers in order to strengthen AP participation....

RWJF Commission Examines Impact of Social, Economic Conditions on Health
At a recent meeting in Philadelphia, the commission heard testimony from experts in the field concerning factors beyond the healthcare system that have a significant effect on public health....

Yawkey Foundation Awards $15 Million for Catholic Education in Boston Area
The grant will provide support for the Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy and the teen center at St. Peter's Church in Dorchester....