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| Company Name | Common Cents |
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| Founders | Teddy Gross and Nora Gross |
| Key People | Teddy Gross and Judith Shapiro |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Location | New York City |
| Type | Non-profit |
| Website | commoncents |
Common Cents is a United States educational, not-for-profit organization, which specializes in creating and managing service-learning programs for young people between the ages of four and 14.[1] Common Cent's most popular and best known program is The Penny Harvest, the largest child philanthropy program in the United States.[2] It has EIN 13-3613229 as a 501(c)(3) Public Charity.[3]
Other Common Cents programs include the Student Community Action Fund (a high school leadership council.)
History
[edit]Common Cents grew from the desire of a four-year-old Nora Gross (co-founder) to feed a homeless man in 1990. That need led her to ask her father (Teddy Gross Co-founder and executive director), how she could help.[4] In 1990, Teddy Gross and Nora Gross conducted the first Penny Harvest in an effort to collect money to feed and clothe New York City's homeless.
Awards
[edit]Common Cents is the winner of the 2007 NY1 New Yorker of the Year award.[5] Common Cents was also shortlisted for the 2007 Carl Bertelsmann's Award.
Leadership
[edit]The organization's co-founder and executive director is Teddy Gross.
Funding
[edit]Common Cents receives major funding from several major foundations and the government including: The Ford Foundation, Foundation for Jewish Community, JPMorgan Chase, The New York City Council, The New York City Department of Education.
Board of directors
[edit]- Judith Shapiro (chair), retired president of Barnard College, New York, New York
- Susan Andersen, professor of psychology, New York University New York, New York
- Margi Booth, president, M. Booth & Associates, Inc., New York, New York
- Elizabeth Campbell, Vice President for Programs, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York, New York
- Jonathan Dorfman, Citi Alternative Investments (CAI) - Global Fixed Income, New York, New York
- Gardner Dunnan, New York, New York
- Jon Goldman, Chairman & CEO, iContaqt, Venice, California
- Laird Grant, Retired Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager, US Trust Company, New York, New York
- Nora Gross, Co-founder Common Cents, New York, New York; Director, Writing & Media Center, North Lawndale College Prep Charter High School, Chicago, Illinois
- Teddy Gross, Co-founder & Executive Director, Common Cents, New York, New York
- Evelyn Lipper, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Weil Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York
- Jeanne Mininall, Retired Managing Director & Associate General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase, New York, New York
- Michael Pohly, Portfolio Manager- Fixed Income, Kingdom Capital, New York, New York
- Adam Rich, Senior Government Relations Associate, Law Offices of Claudia Wagner, New York, New York
- James Seuss, CEO, Cole Haan, New York, New York
- Molly Tschang, managing director, International Programs, Cisco Systems, New York, New York
References
[edit]- ↑ Lauffer, Armand (1997). Grants, Etc. SAGE. pp. 225–226. ISBN 0-8039-5469-7.
- ↑ "Inspiring Oprah's charity". The Daily Princetonian. 2007-09-19. Archived from the original on 2008-10-30. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ↑ "Common Cents New York Inc". candid.org. Candid. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
- ↑ Roberts, Sam (1990-12-24). "A Way to Help, with a Penny and a Thought". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ↑ "Tens Of Millions Of Pennies For Charity Gathered From Huge Pile". NY1. 2008-04-14. Archived from the original on 2008-04-12. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
External links
[edit]| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by | NY1's New Yorker of the Year 2007 |
Succeeded by |