Health-Conversion Funds Hold $16-Billion in Assets
Foundations formed when non-profit hospitals and other health-care providers converted to for-profit status now hold more than $15.6-billion in assets, according to a new report. The foundations focus the great majority of their grants on health issues. ALSO SEE: Growth of Health-Care “Conversion”…
By Harvy Lipman
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Cancer Institute in Utah Wins $125-Million; Other Big Gifts
Four organizations have received big gifts. * Jon M. Huntsman, chairman of the chemical company Huntsman Corporation, in Salt Lake City, has announced that he will give $125-million to enhance a cancer institute he established at the University of Utah with a $100-million donation in 1995. Mr.…
4 Foundations Announce $100-Million Plan for Africa
Hoping to catch the wave of reform now washing across Africa, four U.S. foundations have announced a joint plan to spend at least $100-million over the next five years to improve universities in six or more African countries. “Now is the right time,” said Gordon Conway, president of the Rockefeller…
By Constance Casey
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Photograph by Lisa Gamble For 43 years, Riverbrook Residence has provided a hearth and haven for women who are mentally retarded. Located in scenic Stockbridge, Mass., Riverbrook offers physical and emotional care to 20 women, ages 24 to 64. Some of them have lived at the home for three decades or…
Large Education Gifts and Grants: a Sampling
Compiled by Amanda Marshall ALSO SEE: What Did the Money Buy? Where Annenberg’s $500-Million Education Gift Is Going Changing Schools in the Bay Area Amount Donor Purpose Year announced $500-million (over five years) Annenberg Foundation To improve public schools nationwide 1993 $350-million (over…
Giving to College and Private Schools
Donations per Student at Colleges and Universities Sources and Purposes of Private Support for Colleges Top 20 Colleges and Universities in Total Donations Giving to Private Schools Average Support by Type of School SOURCE: Council for Aid to Education Top 10 Boarding Schools in Total Donations Top…
Changing Schools in the Bay Area
ALSO SEE: What Did the Money Buy? Where Annenberg’s $500-Million Education Gift Is Going Large Education Gifts and Grants: a Sampling Here is how the Bay Area School Reform Collaborative has spent $63-million it raised for a school-improvement effort. The Annenberg Foundation provided $25-million,…
Where Annenberg’s $500-Million Education Gift Is Going
ALSO SEE: What Did the Money Buy? Large Education Gifts and Grants: a Sampling Changing Schools in the Bay Area Grants to Large Urban School Districts Program Amount Los Angeles Annenberg Metropolitan Project $53,000,000 Children Achieving Challenge (Philadelphia) $50,000,000 Chicago Annenberg…
Foundations That Won Awards for Excellence in Communications
ALSO SEE:Honoring Grant Makers for Communicating About Their Work Annual and Biennial Reports Community and Public Foundations, Assets More Than $30-Million
Following are summaries of recent reports by the National Charities Information Bureau. That private organization reports on whether charities meet standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and public information. The organization does not approve or disapprove of charities, and…