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The Edward W. Hazen Foundation is a private foundation established in 1925, which seeks to assist young people, particularly minorities and those disadvantaged by poverty, to achieve their full potential as individuals and as active participants in a democratic society.

THE HAZEN FOUNDATION NO LONGER ACCEPTS UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS OR LETTERS OF INQUIRY; INSTEAD THE FOUNDATION WILL BI-ANNUALLY ISSUE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS AND CALLS FOR LETTERS OF INQUIRY

The Hazen Foundation announces over $1.7 million in grants made to community organizations and youth organizing groups in 2007. Please visit our grantslist to view recent grants or our documents page to download 2000 thru 2005 Grants Lists.

Read and download case spotlights on Hazen grantees: CADRE, COHHIO, CCBG, Jovenes Unidos and New Settlement Apartments.

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New York’s Coveted Public Schools Face Pupil Jam

Friday May 09, 2008

A growing chorus of public officials and parents warns that [overcrowding] could crop up in other neighborhoods across the city where, they say, a rise in residential development is not being accompanied by a similar rise in new public schools.

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Budget boost in school aid helps ease Mayor Bloomberg's pain on congest flop

Thursday April 10, 2008

The fiscal blueprint increases state spending by 4.9%, avoids any broad-based tax hikes and increases school aid by a record $1.8 billion, including $643 million for city classrooms. Final approval came nine days late.

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California's Fiscal Crisis Hits Schools

Thousands of teachers may be laid off if the proposed budget cuts go through.

Friday March 21, 2008

Los Angeles - California, home to 1 in 9 American schoolchildren, is on the brink of what may be the biggest public education crisis in state history. Facing a $16 billion state budget shortfall, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed $4.8 billion in school-funding cuts, or 10 percent of education spending.