Friday, March 08, 2013

Community philanthropy - giving back in hard times : East Chicago Community News

Community philanthropy - giving back in hard times : East Chicago Community News: The severe recession of 2007-08 did not bring charitable giving to a screeching halt, but it did play havoc with the endowments of community foundations everywhere.

The stock market took a serious nose-dive in the past five years and these charitable endowments, the life-blood of community foundations, lost money that normally would be distributed to local nonprofit organizations.

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