January 14, 2009. Boston - Crittenton Women's Union has been named one of eight finalists for The Collaboration Prize, a national cash award of $250,000 presented to an outstanding model of nonprofit collaboration.
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%newline%The Lodestar Foundation, in association with the Arizona-Indiana-Michigan (AIM)...
January 14, 2009. Boston - Crittenton Women's Union has been named one of eight finalists for The Collaboration Prize, a national cash award of $250,000 presented to an outstanding model of nonprofit collaboration.
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%newline%The Lodestar Foundation, in association with the Arizona-Indiana-Michigan (AIM) Alliance, created The Collaboration Prize in an effort to demonstrate how nonprofit resources can be used more effectively to create greater impact. Crittenton Women's Union was selected as a finalist from a competitive pool of over 644 U.S.-based nominations. The Collaboration Prize winner will be announced on March 5, 2009.
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%newline%\"We consider it an honor and a testament to the outstanding success of our merger to be a finalist for The Collaboration Prize,\" said Pamela A. Murray, chair of Crittenton Women's Union and principal, Bessemer Trust Company. \"When we embarked on the merger of two historic Boston nonprofits - Crittenton and The Women's Union - our goal was to build on their complementary strengths to create an innovative organization that effects real change in the lives of low-income families, and we have.\"
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%newline%Crittenton and The Women's Union merged operations in 2006 to form Crittenton Women's Union with the goal of furthering their shared commitment to helping low-income families attain economic self-sufficiency. Combining Crittenton's extensive programming with The Women's Union highly developed research and advocacy areas has positioned CWU to become a laboratory for social change. Today, CWU provides a continuum of services to foster a woman's journey from homelessness to a family-supporting job, conducts independent research into the obstacles the people it serves face, and advocates for policy changes to remove those obstacles.
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