Hospice Volunteers Among Recent ‘Points of Light’ Recipients
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Bush’s Daily Points of Light Award. The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the…
Pomona College Gets $23-Million for Science Center; Other Recent Big Gifts
Two colleges have received big gifts: Pomona College, in Claremont, Calif., has received a $23.3-million gift from the estate of Frank R. Seaver, who graduated from the college in 1905 with a degree in biology. Mr. Seaver subsequently founded the Hydril Company, a manufacturing and marketing…
Annenberg Schools Program Yields Millions, but Gets Mixed Results
The $500-million that the philanthropist Walter Annenberg committed to helping public schools in 1993 produced more than $600-million in matching funds from foundations, businesses, governments, and other sources, says a report released by the Annenberg Foundation this month. The report, which was…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Letter from Vice President of Open Society Institute Explains Impact of Changes on U.S. Programs
Following is the text of a letter Gara LaMarche, vice president and director of U.S. ALSO SEE:Soros, in Major Shift, Will Focus Giving on Advocacy and GlobalizationLetter From Soros Lays Out New Plans for Open Society Organizations programs for the Open Society Institute sent to grant recipients…
Soros, in Major Shift, Will Focus Giving on Advocacy and Globalization
George Soros, the international financier and founder of the Open Society Network -- which ALSO SEE:Letter From Soros Lays Out New Plans for Open-Society OrganizationsLetter from Vice President of Open Society Institute Explains Impact of Changes on U.S. Programs runs programs and makes grants in…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Helping Prisoners Make the Transition Back to Society: Recent Grants
Jessie Ball duPont Fund (Jacksonville, Fla.): To provide child-rearing advice and counseling to help prisoners prepare to rejoin their families: $100,000 to the ALSO SEE:Seeking a Smooth ReentryOffbeat Program’s Success With Ex-Inmates Draws Notice Osborne Association (New York). Robert Wood…
Offbeat Program’s Success With Ex-Inmates Draws Notice
New Orleans Michael G. Veal’s life has been filled with excuses and hard time. When his younger ALSO SEE:Seeking a Smooth ReentryHelping Prisoners Make the Transition Back to Society: Recent Grants brother was killed in a robbery a few years ago in his nearby hometown of Avondale, La., Mr. Veal…
By Michael Anft
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Photograph by Harvey FinkleAt the Skagit Adult Day Center, in Burlington, Wash., people who are mentally or physically disabled spend their time engaged in discussions of current events, playing volleyball with balloons, or making crafts while their family members receive a break from caring for…
Aid to Artisans (Hartford, Conn.): Appointed Jill Hobson Kassis, executive director of the ALSO SEE:Head of Humanics Group Wants to Spread ‘Best Kept Secret’ U.S. headquarters of the King Hussein Foundation International (Washington), to be executive vice president. Alliance for Justice…