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Common Cents is a national educational, not-for-profit organization, which specializes in creating and managing service-learning programs for young people between the ages of four and 14.[1] philanthropy program in the United States.[2]
Other Common Cents programs include the Student Community Action Fund (a high school leadership council.)
History [ edit ]
Common Cents grew from the desire of a four-year-old Nora Gross (co-founder) to feed a homeless man in 1990. That need led her to ask her father (Teddy Gross Co-founder and executive director), how she could help.[3]
Common Cents is the winner of the 2007 NY1 New Yorker of the Year award.[4]
Leadership [ edit ]
The organization's co-founder and executive director is Teddy Gross .
Funding [ edit ]
Common Cents receives major funding from several major foundations and the government including:
The Ford Foundation , Foundation for Jewish Community , JPMorgan Chase , The New York City Council , The New York City Department of Education .
Board of directors [ edit ]
Judith Shapiro (chair), retired president of Barnard College , New York, NY
Susan Andersen, professor of psychology, New York University New York, NY
Margi Booth, president, M. Booth & Associates, Inc., New York, NY
Elizabeth Campbell, Vice President for Programs, Rockefeller Brothers Fund , New York, NY
Jonathan Dorfman, Citi Alternative Investments (CAI) - Global Fixed Income, New York, NY
Gardner Dunnan, New York, NY
Jon Goldman, Chairman & CEO, iContaqt, Venice, CA
Laird Grant, Retired Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager, US Trust Company, New York, NY
Nora Gross, Co-founder Common Cents, New York, NY; Director, Writing & Media Center, North Lawndale College Prep Charter High School, Chicago, IL
Teddy Gross , Co-founder & Executive Director, Common Cents, New York, NY
Evelyn Lipper, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Weil Medical College of Cornell University , New York, NY
Jeanne Mininall, Retired Managing Director & Associate General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase , New York, NY
Michael Pohly, Portfolio Manager- Fixed Income, Kingdom Capital, New York, NY
Adam Rich, Senior Government Relations Associate, Law Offices of Claudia Wagner, New York, NY
James Seuss, CEO, Cole Haan , New York, NY
Molly Tschang, managing director, International Programs, Cisco Systems , New York, NY
External links [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Roberts, Sam (1990-12-24). "A Way to Help, with a Penny and a Thought" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2008-04-16 .
^ "Tens Of Millions Of Pennies For Charity Gathered From Huge Pile" . NY1 the original on 2008-04-12. Retrieved 2008-04-16 .
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● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 9 J u n e 2 0 2 4 , a t 1 1 : 3 4 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
