| From the issue dated Thursday, February 22, 2001 |
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| |
2000 |
1999 |
| Abell Foundation (Baltimore) |
$250,000 |
$250,000 |
| Ahmanson Foundation (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1 |
$93,791 |
$97,671 |
| The Paul G. Allen Charitable Foundations (Bellevue, Wash.) |
$20,000 |
$122,000 |
| Altman Foundation (New York) |
$55,632 |
n/a |
| Annenberg Foundation (St. Davids, Pa.) 2 |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
| Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation (Irvine, Calif.) 3 |
n/a |
$200,000 |
| Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation (Pittsburgh) |
$50,000 |
n/a |
| H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation (Palm Desert, Calif.) |
$70,000 |
$60,000 |
| Blandin Foundation (Grand Rapids, Minn.) |
$31,500 |
n/a |
| Booth Ferris Foundation (New York) |
$100,000 |
$100,000 |
| Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (Milwaukee) |
$30,000 |
$30,000 |
| Otto Bremer Foundation (St. Paul) |
$20,486 |
n/a |
| James Graham Brown Foundation (Louisville, Ky.) |
n/a |
$430,000 |
| Buffett Foundation (Omaha) 2 |
n/a |
$200,000 |
| Burnett Foundation (Fort Worth) |
$30,000 |
$30,000 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Research Triangle Park, N.C.) 3 |
$19,275 |
$13,679 |
| |
2000 |
1999 |
| Bush Foundation (St. Paul) 4 |
$100,000 |
$75,000 |
| Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation (Washington) 5 |
$25,000 |
$25,000 |
| California Endowment (Woodland Hills, Calif.) 6 |
n/a |
$212,000 |
| California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills, Calif.) 2 |
$50,000 |
$35,000 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York 7 |
$250,000 |
$200,000 |
| Amon G. Carter Foundation (Fort Worth) |
$34,570 |
$34,298 |
| Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust (Muscatine, Iowa) 5 |
$40,000 |
$40,000 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore) |
n/a |
$80,000 |
| Champlin Foundations (Warwick, R.I.) |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
| Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (New York) 7 |
$115,000 |
$148,000 |
| Colorado Trust (Denver) |
n/a |
$100,000 |
| Commonwealth Fund (New York) 2 |
$25,000 |
$25,000 |
| Connelly Foundation (West Conshohocken, Pa.) |
$7,775 |
$10,000 |
| Cullen Foundation (Houston) |
$250,000 |
$250,000 |
| Nathan Cummings Foundation (New York) |
$60,000 |
n/a |
| Danforth Foundation (St. Louis) 8 |
$175,000 |
$270,000 |
| Arthur Vining Davis Foundations (Jacksonville, Fla.) |
$175,000 |
$175,000 |
| Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (Morristown, N.J.) |
$50,000 |
n/a |
| |
2000 |
1999 |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (New York) |
$750,000 |
$600,000 |
| Jessie Ball duPont Fund (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1 |
$140,000 |
$125,000 |
| Dyson Foundation (Millbrook, N.Y.) |
$24,000 |
n/a |
| Educational Foundation of America (Westport, Conn.) |
$80,000 |
$70,000 |
| Lettie Pate Evans Foundation (Atlanta) |
$500,000 |
n/a |
| Ford Family Foundation (Roseburg, Ore.) 9 |
$60,000 |
$75,000 |
| Ford Foundation (New York) 7 |
$120,000 |
$100,000 |
| France-Merrick Foundation (Baltimore) 8 |
$100,000 |
$100,000 |
| Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund (San Francisco), |
$10,000 |
$10,000 |
| Grable Foundation (Pittsburgh) |
$20,000 |
n/a |
| Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund (San Francisco) |
$25,000 |
$20,000 |
| Miriam and Peter Haas Fund (San Francisco) |
$48,383 |
$42,594 |
| Hall Family Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.) |
n/a |
$150,000 |
| John A. Hartford Foundation (New York) |
$546,446 |
$415,200 |
| William Randolph Hearst Foundation (New York) |
$100,000 |
$75,000 |
| Hearst Foundation (New York) |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
| Heinz Endowments (Pittsburgh) |
$75,000 |
$140,000 |
| F.B. Heron Foundation (New York) |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
| William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, Calif.) |
$266,623 |
$215,000 |
| |
2000 |
1999 |
| James Irvine Foundation (San Francisco) |
$200,000 |
$175,000 |
| J. Seward Johnson, Sr. Charitable Trust (Princeton, N.J.) |
n/a |
$25,000 |
| W. Alton Jones Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.) |
$50,000 |
$75,000 |
| Joyce Foundation (Chicago) |
$150,000 |
$150,965 |
| Kansas Health Foundation (Wichita) |
n/a |
$15,000 |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.) 2 |
$20,000 |
$20,000 |
| W.M. Keck Foundation (Los Angeles) |
$784,000 |
$1,000,000 |
| William T. Kemper Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.) 1 |
$59,369 |
n/a |
| John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami) |
$100,000 |
$75,000 |
| Kronkosky Charitable Foundation (San Antonio) |
$150,000 |
$40,000 |
| Lannan Foundation (Santa Fe, N.M.) |
$10,000 |
$25,000 |
| Libra Foundation (Portland, Me.) |
$15,000 |
$12,000 |
| Longwood Foundation (Wilmington, Del.) 7 |
$338,752 |
$306,000 |
| Henry Luce Foundation (New York) |
$300,000 |
$250,000 |
| J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation (Tulsa, Okla.) 3 |
$444,000 |
$381,000 |
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago) |
$75,000 |
$50,000 |
| Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation (Chicago) |
$62,000 |
$60,000 |
| McCune Foundation (Pittsburgh) 7 |
$125,000 |
$100,000 |
| |
2000 |
1999 |
| James S. McDonnell Foundation (St. Louis) |
$149,908 |
$99,790 |
| McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis) |
$70,000 |
$60,000 |
| Meadows Foundation (Dallas) |
$81,000 |
$69,163 |
| Meyer Memorial Trust (Portland, Ore.) 9 |
$141,000 |
n/a |
| Moody Foundation (Galveston, Tex.) |
$25,000 |
$25,000 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.) |
$100,000 |
$100,000 |
| M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust (Vancouver, Wash.) |
$100,000 |
$100,000 |
| Nellie Mae Foundation (Braintree, Mass.) |
$39,000 |
$45,000 |
| Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation (Ardmore, Okla.) 1 |
$20,000 |
$40,000 |
| Northwest Area Foundation (St. Paul) 9 |
$35,000 |
$57,925 |
| John M. Olin Foundation (New York) |
$100,000 |
$100,000 |
| David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, Calif.) |
$80,000 |
$75,000 |
| Park Foundation (Ithaca, N.Y.) |
$15,000 |
$15,000 |
| Ralph M. Parsons Foundation (Los Angeles) |
$86,000 |
$88,000 |
| William Penn Foundation (Philadelphia) |
$82,500 |
$82,500 |
| Pew Charitable Trusts (Philadelphia) |
$200,000 |
$400,000 |
| Polk Brothers Foundation (Chicago) 3 |
$50,000 |
$35,000 |
| Public Welfare Foundation (Washington) 1 |
$30,000 |
$30,000 |
| |
2000 |
1999 |
| Publix Super Markets Charities (Lakeland, Fla.) |
$7,500 |
$7,500 |
| Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust (Indianapolis) |
$112,000 |
$124,000 |
| Donald W. Reynolds Foundation (Las Vegas)10 |
n/a |
$20,000 |
| Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 3 |
$64,390 |
$100,000 |
| Smith Richardson Foundation (Westport, Conn.) |
$75,000 |
$91,000 |
| Sid W. Richardson Foundation (Fort Worth) |
$150,000 |
$150,000 |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund (New York) |
n/a |
$100,000 |
| Skillman Foundation (Detroit) |
$100,000 |
$100,000 |
| Stuart Foundation (San Francisco) |
$84,761 |
$75,000 |
| Surdna Foundation (New York) 2 |
$82,000 |
$79,000 |
| John Templeton Foundation (Radnor, Pa.) |
$85,000 |
$100,000 |
| Turner Foundation (Atlanta) |
$45,000 |
$43,000 |
| Wayne & Gladys Valley Foundation (Oakland, Calif.) 7 |
$25,000 |
$25,000 |
| Robert A. Welch Foundation (Houston) 3 |
$45,000 |
$45,000 |
| Whitaker Foundation (Rosslyn, Va.) |
n/a |
$324,628 |
| Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation (Atlanta) |
$250,000 |
n/a |
| Robert W. Woodruff Foundation (Atlanta) |
$300,000 |
n/a |
| Note: Foundations listed in this table provided figures for median grants for the 2000 and 1999 fiscal years; the other 36 surveyed by The Chronicle did not provide such figures. The median figure shows the middle point in grant making, at which half the foundation’s awards were larger and half smaller. Unless otherwise noted, figures cover fiscal years ending December 31. |
n/a Not available.
1. Fiscal year ends October 31.
2. Fiscal year ends June 30.
3. Fiscal year ends August 31.
4. Fiscal year ends November 30.
5. Fiscal year ends April 30.
6. Figures are for the fiscal years ending February 29, 2000, and February 28, 2001.
7. Fiscal year ends September 30.
8. Fiscal year ends May 31.
9. Figures are for the fiscal years ending March 31, 2000, and March 31, 2001.
10. Changed end of fiscal year in 1999 from June 30 to December 31. Figures for 1999 are for the fiscal year July 1, 1998, to June 30, 1999. |
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