The members of the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation's Youth Service Award Committee granted GraceWorks, a small nonprofit afterschool program, a $10,000 grant.
The committee, made up of local high school seniors, spends months learning about philanthropy, conducting site visits and evaluating grant proposals. They then select a nonprofit to receive a grant awarded by the foundation annually.
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William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan of Dowser write about the social entrepreneurs slowly and steadily dirsupting the world of philanthropy. According to Forbes, philanthropy disruptors are those that believe “no one company is so vital that it can’t be replaced and no single business model too perfect to upend.”