Foundations That Won Awards for Excellence in Communications

May 4, 2000 | Read Time: 4 minutes

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Honoring Grant Makers for Communicating About Their Work

Annual and Biennial Reports

Community and Public Foundations, Assets More Than $30-Million

Gold:

California Community Foundation (Los Angeles)
Silver: New York Community Trust
Bronze: Seattle Foundation

Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $10- to $30-Million

Gold:

Hamilton Community Foundation (Ontario)
Silver: Foundation for the Mid South (Jackson, Miss.)
Bronze: Wausau Area Community Foundation (Wis.)

Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $5- to $10-Million

Gold:

CDC Foundation (Atlanta)
Silver: Charlevoix County Community Foundation (East Jordan, Mich.)
Bronze: Charlottesville-Albemarle Community Foundation (Va.)

Community and Public Foundations, Assets Less Than $5-Million

Gold:

Northern Virginia Community Foundation (McLean)
Silver: Jewish Fund for Justice (New York)
Bronze: Arlington Community Foundation (Va.)

Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants of $2.5-Million or More

Gold:

Sara Lee Foundation/Sara Lee Corporation (Chicago)
Silver: Scripps Howard Foundation (Cincinnati)
Bronze: Mattel Children’s Foundation (El Segundo, Calif.)

Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants of Less Than $2.5-Million

Gold:

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit)
Silver: Millipore Foundation (Bedford, Mass.)
Bronze: Nalco Foundation (Naperville, Ill.)

Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets More Than $55-Million

Gold:

Rockefeller Foundation (New York)
Silver: Duke Endowment (Charlotte, N.C.)
Bronze: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington)

Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets Less Than $15-Million

Gold:

VNA Foundation (Chicago)
Silver: Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation (Atlanta)
Bronze: Stewart W. and Willma C. Hoyt Foundation (Binghamton, N.Y.)

Guidelines for Grantseekers

Community and Public Foundations, Assets More Than $30-Million

Gold:

Rapides Foundation (Alexandria, La.)
Silver: Ontario Trillium Foundation (Toronto)
Bronze: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (Conn.)

Community and Public Foundations, Assets Less Than $30-Million

Gold:

Johnson County Community Foundation (Franklin, Ind.)
Silver: Santa Fe Community Foundation (N.M.)
Bronze: Luzerne Foundation (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)

Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs

Gold:

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit)
Silver: Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania/Maryland (Pittsburgh)
Bronze: Dayton Hudson Foundation (Minneapolis)

Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations

Gold:

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.)
Silver: Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati
Bronze: Joyce Foundation (Chicago)

Magazines/Periodicals

Community and Public Foundations, Assets More Than $30-Million

Gold:

Rapides Foundation (Alexandria, La.)
Silver: Dallas Foundation
Bronze: Hilton Head Island Foundation (S.C.)

Community and Public Foundations, Assets Less Than $30-Million

Gold:

Foundation for the Mid South (Jackson, Miss.)
Silver: Greater Lowell Community Foundation (Mass.)

Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations

Gold:

Edward Lowe Foundation (Chicago)
Silver: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.)
Bronze: Bernard van Leer Foundation (The Hague, Netherlands)

Public-Information Campaigns

Community and Public Foundations, Assets More Than $30-Million

Gold:

Minneapolis Foundation, “Immigration in Minnesota: Minnesota Nice or Not?”
Silver: United Methodist Health Ministry Fund (Hutchinson, Kan.), Healthy Teeth for Kansans
Bronze: Rapides Foundation (Alexandria, La.), “Wellness. Together.”

Community and Public Foundations, Assets Less Than $30-Million

Gold:

Lawrence County Community Foundation (Bedford, Ind.), Gift IV
Silver: Henry M. Jackson Foundation (Seattle), Investing in a New Russia

Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs

Gold:

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania/Maryland (Pittsburgh), FRONT ROW!
Silver: Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania/Maryland (Pittsburgh), Gettysburg Campaign
Bronze: Thomas L. Conlan Education Foundation (Cincinnati), Ohio Can

Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations

Gold:

Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore), Making Connections
Silver: Blandin Foundation (Grand Rapids, Minn.), Children First!
Bronze: California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills, Calif.), Get Real! About Teen Pregnancy

World Wide Web Sites

Community and Public Foundations, Assets More Than $30-Million

Gold:

Ontario Trillium Foundation (Toronto), http://www.trilliumfoundation.org
Silver: Rapides Foundation (Alexandria, La.), http://www.rapidesfoundation.org
Bronze: California Community Foundation (Los Angeles), http://www.calfund.org

Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $10- to $30-Million

Gold:

Northland Foundation (Duluth, Minn.), http://www.northlandfdn.org
Silver: Albuquerque Community Foundation (N.M.), http://www.albuquerquefoundation.org
Bronze: Wausau Area Community Foundation (Wis.), http://www.wacf.org

Community and Public Foundations, Assets Less Than $10-Million

Gold:

CDC Foundation (Atlanta), http://www.cdcfoundation.org
Silver: Henry County Community Foundation (New Castle, Ind.), http://www.newcastlein.com/hccf
Bronze: Oak Park & River Forest Community Foundation (Oak Park, Ill.), http://www.oprfcommfd.org

Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs

Gold:

Freddie Mac Foundation (Washington), http://www.freddiemacfoundation.org
Silver: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit), http://www.bcbsm.com/foundation.shtml
Bronze: Medtronic Inc./Medtronic Foundation (Minneapolis), http://www.medtronic.com/foundation

Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations

Gold:

Ford Foundation (New York), http://www.fordfound.org
Silver: California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills), http://www.tcwf.org
Bronze: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.), http://www.mott.org