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Grant makers reward charities that have cutting-edge missions -- and punish groups whose issues are old news

By Jennifer C. Berkshire

When welfare benefits expired for tens of thousands of California residents on January 1, the Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness was more than prepared. For months, the group's Welfare Reform Advocacy Project had been conducting seminars...

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