Michael M. Weinstein is Chief Program Officer at the Robin Hood Foundation.
[This post is part of the Successes of Philanthropy series, a sponsored project of the Washington Monthly. Learn more here.] I didn’t plan to become a financial counselor for the poor. The role grew out of a deep friendship with members of a Methodist church in a densely poor, black “ghetto” in West Philadelphia. I […]
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