| From the issue dated Thursday, February 24, 2000 |
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Grant recipient |
Amount |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle) |
United Negro College Fund |
$1,000,000,000 |
| W.M. Keck Foundation (Los Angeles) |
U. of Southern California |
$110,000,000 |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.) |
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids |
$50,000,000 |
| Lilly Endowment (Indianapolis) |
Hispanic Scholarship Fund |
$50,000,000 |
| Weingart Foundation (Los Angeles)1 |
San Diego Foundation (Weingart-Price Fund) |
$35,000,000 |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.) |
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
$31,353,087 |
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago) |
The Energy Foundation |
$29,500,000 |
| Ford Foundation (New York)2 |
Self-Help Ventures |
$24,000,000 |
| Donald W. Reynolds Foundation (Las Vegas)1 |
U. of Texas Southwest Medical Center at Dallas |
$24,000,000 |
| McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis) |
Family Housing Fund |
$23,000,000 |
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Grant recipient |
Amount |
| Turner Foundation (Atlanta) |
League of Conservation Voters |
$15,200,000 |
| Wayne & Gladys Valley Foundation (Oakland, Calif.)2 |
U. of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine |
$10,687,000 |
| California Endowment (Woodland Hills)3 |
Tides Foundation |
$10,500,000 |
| Danforth Foundation (St. Louis)4 |
Plant Science Institute (U.S. Department of Agriculture) |
$10,065,344 |
| Annenberg Foundation (St. Davids, Pa.)1 |
U. of Pennsylvania |
$10,000,000 |
| Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation (Ardmore, Okla.)5 |
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation |
$10,000,000 |
| Whitaker Foundation (Rosslyn, Va.) |
Washington U. |
$10,000,000 |
| Amon G. Carter Foundation (Fort Worth) |
Amon Carter Museum |
$9,772,297 |
| Note: Unless otherwise noted, figures cover fiscal years ending December 31. Grants listed are the single biggest awards made by these foundations in 1999. |
1 Fiscal year ends June 30.
2 Fiscal year ends September 30.
3 Fiscal year ends last day of February in the subsequent calendar year.
4 Fiscal year ends May 31.
5 Fiscal year ends October 31. |
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