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Foundation Giving

How Much Foundations Spent on Program-Related Investments

February 24, 2000 | Read Time: 2 minutes

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From the issue dated Thursday, February 24, 2000

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1999 1998
Abell Foundation (Baltimore) $676,823 $1,620,000
The Paul G. Allen Charitable Foundations (Bellevue, Wash.) $1,100,000 $0
Annenberg Foundation (St. Davids, Pa.)1 $500,000 $500,000
H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation (Palm Desert, Calif.) $8,500,000 $4,100,000
Boettcher Foundation (Denver) $96,000 $47,659
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (Milwaukee) $0 $20,000,000
Otto Bremer Foundation (St. Paul) $3,538,500 $2,280,000
Brown Foundation (Houston)1 $14,281 $9,302
Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation (Washington)2 $0 $659,536
Connelly Foundation (West Conshohocken, Pa.) $0 $350,000
1999 1998
Nathan Cummings Foundation (New York) $500,000 $0
Danforth Foundation (St. Louis)3 $1,000,000 n/a
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (Morristown, N.J.) $1,000,000 n/a
Jessie Ball duPont Fund (Jacksonville, Fla.)4 $100,400 $60,000
Dyson Foundation (Millbrook, N.Y.) $500,000 $65,000
El Pomar Foundation (Colorado Springs) $3,000,000 $2,340,000
Ford Foundation (New York)5 $15,000,000 $13,000,000
George Gund Foundation (Cleveland) $750,000 $2,500,000
Heinz Endowments (Pittsburgh) n/a $1,200,000
F.B. Heron Foundation (New York) $3,250,000 $2,750,000
1999 1998
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (Reno, Nev.)6 $2,000,000 $5,000,000
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.)1 $500,000 $0
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami) $325,000 $0
Lannan Foundation (Santa Fe, N.M.) $650,000 $3,820,000
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago) $10,500,000 $10,500,000
Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation (Chicago) $500,000 $0
McCune Foundation (Pittsburgh)5 $500,000 $850,000
McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis) $0 $5,000,000
Meadows Foundation (Dallas) $5,732,258 $1,393,821
Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation (New York) $100,000 $75,000
1999 1998
David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.) $49,616,000 $21,885,000
Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia) $42,500,000 $0
Polk Brothers Foundation (Chicago)7 n/a $250,000
Turner Foundation (Atlanta) $5,000,007 $0
Wayne & Gladys Valley Foundation (Oakland, Calif.)5 $0 $550,000
Whitaker Foundation (Rosslyn, Va.) $0 $200,000
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 April 30.
3. Fiscal year ends May 31.
4. Fiscal year ends October 31.
5. Fiscal year ends September 30.
6. Fiscal year ends on the last day of February in the subsequent year.
7. Fiscal year ends August 31.


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