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Final Resting Places
Genealogy is the study of where we come from, but it ultimately leads to our acknowledgement that we all wind up in the same place. We must come to terms…
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Show Me The Money
Last month, we started talking about the process of establishing a foundation, and now we turn to one of the most important aspects of running a foundation: bookkeeping. In order…
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Pieces of Eight
Between 1818 and 1836, Congress passed a series of laws providing pensions to soldiers of the Revolutionary War, many of whom were in poor health and destitute. These veterans had…
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How To Start A Foundation
This month we celebrate our first anniversary as a non-profit, so we thought it would be instructive to document the steps we took to establish our private foundation for anyone…
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A Reluctant Hero
We are highlighting the two namesakes of the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center, with whom we have partnered to provide a scholarship. We already covered the life of Marion Oldham, and…