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Congratulations to K-State Proud from Kansas State University for winning the 2013 Sillerman Prize!

Additional congratulations goes to Pediatric AIDS Coalition from UCLA, Students of AMF Support Network from UPENN, and Sooners Helping Sooners from the University of Oklahoma for being named runners-up! 
 Learn more about these groups, and see our honorable mentions here.

Our support goes out to all the people affected by the Boston Marathon, the city, and much gratitude for all those who ran in to help others. Our city is pulling together to support each other.  For those wanting to help, please feel free to contribute to a fund that the City of Boston set up: http://www.onefundboston.org/

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Senior Scientist more

The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University Brandeis University and The Heller School for Social Policy and Management invite applications and nominations for the Senior Scientist position in the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy. More

Announcements

Sillerman Center's Associate Director Claudia Jacobs '70 was elected to a three-year term to the Associated Grantmakers Board.

Rebecca Riccio, adjunct faculty member and consultant to The Sillerman Center, has been named to the Academic Advisory Committee at the Learning by Giving Foundation. This committee works with the foundation team to support knowledge sharing among the instructors of the experiential philanthropy courses they fund.

Claudia Jacobs '70 has been selected to serve on the Massachusetts Susan Komen Grants Committee.

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In the News

Claudia Jacobs, The Huffington Post
Why Philanthropy Should Steam Ahead and Support the Creative Economy

Kansas State University named 'Generous U' by the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy

Claudia Jacobs, The Huffington Post
Is There a Role for Philanthropy in a Socialist State?

Lisa Jennings of ICYF, quoted in: Boston.com

For Ryan Dempster, a cause he takes to heart

Claudia Jacobs, The Huffington Post
Charity Begins at Home?

Andrew Hahn, mentioned in: The Huffington Post
Is Your Nonprofit Making an Impact? Prove It!: Part 1, Why Social Entrepreneurs Must Take Research Seriously, and How to Do So

Claudia Jacobs, The Huffington Post
Twas the Night After Christmas -- and Before the New Year

Giving Tuesday, Commentary by Claudia

Andrew Hahn, The Chronicle of Philanthropy
In Boston, a Fund Seeks Promising Nonprofits to Tackle Social Ills

In Letters to the Editor of the Boston Globe, Andrew Hahn and Claudia Jacobs, applaud local effort to teach philanthropy to teenagers
Brandeis Center applauds local effort to teach philanthropy to teenagers

The New York Times quotes Laurence Simon, Professor and Director, Sustainable International Development Programs 
Google Finds It Hard to Reinvent Philanthropy

Jerusalem Post interviews Claudia Jacobs
Whose Money is Kosher?

Andrew Hahn weighs in on corporate models for social good in his Youth Today Viewpoint
Can Companies Save the World?

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