Grant Making Gets Personal for Employees of a Md. Foundation

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Courtesy of Parks and People

The Parks & People Foundation, which provides environmental-education programs, got a grant this year from a staff member at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.

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Courtesy of Parks and People

The Parks & People Foundation, which provides environmental-education programs, got a grant this year from a staff member at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.

At first blush, the luncheon held here this summer by the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation was pretty routine. A trustee gave a speech, the work of grantees was highlighted, and folks tucked into plates of baked chicken and steamed vegetables. Just another workaday philanthropic gathering in a rented conference room.

But then Christina Laumann, the foundation’s receptionist, stepped up to the microphone to discuss the $10,000 in Weinberg grant money that she had