UMW Philanthropy Class Awards $10K to Area Agencies
The class was sponsored by the Learning by Giving Foundation.
University of Mary Washington (UMW) philanthropy class students awarded more than $10,000 in grants to three Fredericksburg-area nonprofit organizations Dec. 3. The presentation ceremony was the culmination of the semester-long Economics of Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector course taught by Professor of Economics Robert Rycroft, according to a UMW press release. The class of 26 students received 53 applications for the grants, funded by philanthropist Doris Buffett’s Learning by Giving Foundation and $500 raised by students. “We chose the recipients based on how well the programs they wanted to fund fit in with our mission statement,” said Taylor Knight, a junior in the class. The Lloyd F. Moss Free Clinic, operated by the …
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