The 400 at a Glance
November 5, 1998 | Read Time: 2 minutes
THE PHILANTHROPY 400
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| Who They Are | |||
| 136 | colleges and universities | 14 | Jewish federations |
| 35 | United Ways | 12 | environmental and animal-related groups |
| 32 | international groups | 9 | youth groups |
| 26 | religious organizations * | 9 | public-broadcasting groups |
| 24 | community foundations | 6 | arts groups |
| 23 | health charities | 4 | miscellaneous educational organizations |
| 22 | hospitals and medical centers | 4 | public-affairs groups |
| 20 | human-services groups | 9 | other non-profit groups |
| 15 | museums and libraries | * Other religious organizations are counted in their primary categories, such as human services or international. | |
| Where They Are | |||||||
| Cities with 5 or more organizations on the list | |||||||
| New York | 44 | Los Angeles | 8 | Baltimore | 5 | ||
| Washington | 21 | Alexandria, Va. | 7 | Cleveland | 5 | ||
| Chicago | 15 | Colorado Springs | 7 | Houston | 5 | ||
| Atlanta | 11 | Philadelphia | 7 | St. Louis | 5 | ||
| San Francisco | 11 | Dallas | 6 | ||||
| Boston | 9 | Kansas City, Mo. | 6 | ||||
| New to the list | Off the list |
| Baton Rouge Area Foundation Boston Foundation Bradley University Centenary College of Louisiana Children’s Hospital Oakland Cleveland Foundation Colby College Dallas Foundation Denver Foundation DePauw University Epilepsy Foundation of America Foundation for the Carolinas Hamilton College KQED Louisville Community Foundation Lutheran Services in America Marquette University Miami University MIlwaukee Art Museum National Academy of Sciences National Gallery of Art National Heritage Foundation New York Botanical Garden North Dakota Community Foundation Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Polytechnic University Promise Keepers Rochester Institute of Technology Rush-Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center San Francisco Symphony University of St. Thomas Trinity University University of Maine at Orono University of Maryland at Baltimore University of New Mexico University of San Francisco Virginia Commonwealth University West Virginia University WETA Note: Organizations may have made this list in previous years, although not in 1997. |
American Health Assistance Foundation American University Bryn Mawr College CBInternational Children’s Hospital Foundation Clark College Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Creigton University Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Howard University Milwaukee Jewish Federation Jewish Federation of St. Louis The Jewish Theological Seminary of America Los Angeles County Museum of Art Lutheran World Relief Minneapolis Foundation Mount Holyoke College University of Nevada at Las Vegas University of Nevada at Reno University of Richmond St. Labre Indian School Saint Olaf College Saint Patrick’s Seminary Salk Institute for Biological Studies San Antonio Area Foundation Seattle Symphony Texas Christian University United Jewish Appeal Federation of Greater Washington United Way of Metropolitan Tarrant County United Way of Orange County United Way of the Columbia-Willamette United Way of Southeastern New England United Way of San Diego County University of Arkansas University of California at Riverside Vassar College Washington and Lee University The Washington Opera Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center |
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