Newsday.com: Report: 'Philanthropic Corridor' Emerging

Newsday.com: Report: 'Philanthropic Corridor' Emerging: "Report: 'Philanthropic Corridor' Emerging
By DAVID HAMMER
Associated Press Writer

April 14, 2005, 4:48 AM EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The growing presence of nonprofit groups in Arkansas and the drawing power of Bill Clinton's presidential library are signs that a 'philanthropic corridor' is emerging in a region that suffers from one of the nation's highest concentrations of poverty, according to a new report.

The Jackson, Miss.-based Foundation for the Mid South recently released a report by a 32-member commission that investigated how the three-state region of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi can combat poverty. "