Education Funders Meeting: The Accio Fund
December 15, 2009
In the summer of 2009, Arizona Community Foundation and Helios Education Foundation announced the joint award of $900,000 to two nonprofit organizations to expand education reform efforts in Arizona over the next three years. The recipients were Phoenix-based Beat the Odds Institute, an initiative of the Center for the Future of Arizona, and Portland, Ore.-based Stand for Children, which is expanding to Arizona thanks to the grant funding. Attendees of this program learned about the new Accio Education Fund, a "venture capital" type of charitable fund created by ACF and Helios and heard the perspectives of grantors and grantees on the collaborative process.
Panel Members:
Jim Pitofsky, Arizona Community Foundation
Paul Luna, Helios Education Foundation
Dr. Lattie Coor, Center for the Future of Arizona
Jonah Edelman, Stand for Children
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for sponsoring this program.
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