Articles by Linda Shockley
ExpandED Schools was founded in 1998 as The After-School Corporation (TASC) with a challenge grant from the Open Society Foundations (then Open Society Institute). The organization created the nation’s first citywide system of K-12 after-school
Education is at the heart of ExpandED Schools, a New York City-based nonprofit. The organization supports partnerships between public schools and community organizations that add 2.5 hours to the school day, bring more role models into the classroom
In this GrantStation series, we’ll explore how Robin Hood inspired the founding of other poverty-fighting organizations, their impact and accountability in their cities, and how they’ve moved beyond the model.
Part one of this four-part series
Like most mothers of necessity, Operation Stand Down Tennessee (OSDTN) was founded in 1993 by a coalition of organizations and volunteers, many of them veterans themselves, to help Nashville’s chronically homeless veterans. Almost 25 years later, it