Funds for neighborhoods given nonprofits instead

A D.C. fund created to improve the city’s neglected neighborhoods is being divided among several agencies and funneled to big-budget nonprofits such as the Kennedy Center in Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s new proposed spending plan.

via Awarding of Neighborhood Funds to Large Nonprofits Draws Criticism – washingtonpost.com.

Also see: NIF Money Becomes Council Earmarks – D.C. Wire –

But where is Councilmember Thomas, advocating for Ward 5?


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