Monday, July 16, 2007

Appleton Post-Crescent: Your Fox Cities News Source - Editorial: What now for the arts?

Appleton Post-Crescent: Your Fox Cities News Source - Editorial: What now for the arts?: "Editorial: What now for the arts?

With loss of Thrivent funding, organizations

It's hard to criticize Thrivent Financial for Lutherans for deciding to devote its foundation community grant money to organizations that help those who need it most meet basic needs.

Thrivent has said that, starting in 2008, it would only give foundation grant money to nonprofits that are dedicated to homelessness, poverty, early childhood education or otherwise 'fall under the umbrella of economic self-sufficiency.'

Those organizations need the money — and will put it to good use to make lives better."

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