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Foundation Giving

How Much Foundations Spent on Program-Related Investments

February 22, 2001 | Read Time: 2 minutes

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From the issue dated Thursday, February 22, 2001

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2000 1999
Abell Foundation (Baltimore) $927,950 $676,823
The Paul G. Allen Charitable Foundations (Bellevue, Wash.) $545,000 $1,100,000
Annenberg Foundation (St. Davids, Pa.)1 $500,000 $500,000
Helen Bader Foundation (Milwaukee)2 0 $250,000
H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation (Palm Desert, Calif.) $13,000,000 $8,500,000
Blandin Foundation (Grand Rapids, Minn.) $626,000 n/a
Otto Bremer Foundation (St. Paul) $4,769,445 $3,538,500
Nathan Cummings Foundation (New York) 0 $500,000
Danforth Foundation (St. Louis)3 0 $1,000,000
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (Morristown, N.J.) n/a $1,000,000
Jessie Ball duPont Fund (Jacksonville, Fla.)4 $206,400 $100,400
Dyson Foundation (Millbrook, N.Y.) $100,000 $500,000
El Pomar Foundation (Colorado Springs) $3,000,000 $3,000,000
Ford Foundation (New York)5 $14,275,000 $9,725,000
George Gund Foundation (Cleveland) 0 $750,000
Heinz Endowments (Pittsburgh) $3,000,000 0
F.B. Heron Foundation (New York) $2,600,000 $3,250,000
2000 1999
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (Reno, Nev.)6 $2,000,000 $5,000,000
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.) 0 $250,000
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.)1 $2,400,000 $500,000
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami) 0 $325,000
Lannan Foundation (Santa Fe, N.M.) $20,000 $650,000
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago) $6,500,000 $14,000,000
Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation (Chicago) 0 $500,000
McCune Foundation (Pittsburgh)5 0 $500,000
Meadows Foundation (Dallas) $3,782,660 $5,732,258
Meyer Memorial Trust (Portland, Ore.)7 $200,000 0
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation (Ardmore, Okla.)4 $413,867 0
David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.) $27,390,000 $49,616,000
Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia) 0 $42,500,000
Rockefeller Foundation (New York) 0 $50,000
T.L.L. Temple Foundation (Lufkin, Tex.)8 $260,000 0
n/a Not available.
Note: Foundations listed above provided specific figures on their program-related investments in response to a Chronicle survey. Program-related investments come in many forms, including low-interest loans and guarantees. Unless otherwise noted, figures cover fiscal year ending December 31.
1. Fiscal year ends June 30.
2. Fiscal year ends August 31.
3. Fiscal year ends May 31.
4. Fiscal year ends October 31.
5. Fiscal year ends September 30.
6. Figures are for the fiscal years ending February 29, 2000, and February 28, 2001.
7. Figures are for the fiscal years ending March 31, 2000, and March 31, 2001.
8. Fiscal year ends November 30.

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