Monday, April 30, 2007

Local News | Haas Foundation | Using small gifts to make big difference for students | Seattle Times Newspaper

Local News | Haas Foundation | Using small gifts to make big difference for students | Seattle Times Newspaper: "A second pair of shoes for two brothers who took turns wearing their one pair to school. A root canal for an A-student in such pain that she got her first D. A stipend for students who were failing woodshop because they didn't have $3.80 to buy the required piece of wood.

The trend in philanthropy these days is to make 'strategic' gifts aimed at changing 'systems.'

For the last 44 years, the low-profile Saul & Dayee G. Haas Foundation has followed a more old-fashioned strategy of giving directly to individuals."

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