When Sam and Jared Newell opened Fruit Fair Supermarket in Chicopee, Mass., five years ago, they didn't have much.
"We only had a dream of helping our community with homegrown, healthy food,"...more
... Grinspoon has built an impressive network of philanthropic endeavors by asking a key question: ... “Philanthropy has, in many respects, set me...more
I recently attended a party in Northampton given by the Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation in honor of local farmers. As I was chatting with...more
Besides the Grinspoon Charitable Foundation and Big Y, funders include Baystate Health, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Farm Credit East, HP Hood, MGM Springfield, and Sheraton...more
The grant program aims "to strengthen local farmers' ability to compete in the marketplace so that our region benefits from the environmental,...more
Teach for America is a social venture that hires graduating seniors from some of the most selective colleges and offers them with five-week training courses before unleashing them for a minimum of two years in some of the country’s worst classrooms.