Teen girls to hold purse strings in Grantmakers

Teen girls to hold purse strings in Grantmakers: "Teen girls to hold purse strings in Grantmakers
They'll evaluate peer proposals

Saturday, July 02, 2005
By Steve Levin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The premise involves gathering a group of about two dozen girls, ages 13 to 15, giving them $10,000 and permission to give it all away.

It's not a new reality TV show. It's an innovative grant-making program to empower teenage girls in Allegheny County.

Known as the Allegheny Girls as Grantmakers Project, the two-year program will allow girls to discuss and explore ways to make a difference in the county by reviewing grant proposals designed by peers and funding the best ones."