Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications
April 14, 2005 | Read Time: 7 minutes
By Maria Di Mento
ANNUAL AND BIENNIAL REPORTS
Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: Kansas Health Foundation (Wichita)
Silver: Bush Foundation (St. Paul)
Bronze: Open Society Institute-U.S. Programs (New York)
Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets of $101- to $250-Million
Gold: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington)
Silver: Healthcare Georgia Foundation (Atlanta)
Bronze: Paso del Norte Health Foundation (El Paso)
Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets of $21- to $100-Million
Gold: International Youth Foundation (Baltimore)
Silver: Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation (Toronto)
Bronze: Tow Foundation (Wilton, Conn.)
Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets of $5- to $20-Million and Less Than $5-Million
Gold: Firelight Foundation (Santa Cruz, Calif.)
Silver: Atkinson Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.)
Bronze: Change a Life Foundation (Lake Forest, Calif.)
Community and Public Foundations, Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: Minneapolis Foundation
Silver: Columbus Foundation (Ohio)
Bronze: Missouri Foundation for Health (St. Louis)
Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $101- to $250-Million
Gold: Akron Community Foundation (Ohio)
Silver: Grand Rapids Community Foundation (Mich.)
Bronze: Winnipeg Foundation (Manitoba, Canada)
Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $21- to $100-Million
Gold: Community Foundation for Muskegon County (Mich.)
Silver: MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation (Framingham, Mass.)
Bronze: Columbus Medical Association Foundation (Ohio)
Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $5- to $20-Million
Gold: Community Foundation of Madison and Jefferson County (Madison, Ind.)
Silver: Women’s Foundation of California (San Francisco)
Bronze: Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation (San Jose, Calif.)
Community and Public Foundations, Assets Less Than $5-Million
Gold: Chicago Public Education Fund
Silver: Jewish Fund for Justice (New York)
Bronze: Outer Banks Community Foundation (Kill Devil Hills, N.C.)
Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants More Than $2.5-Million
Gold: Tenet Healthcare Foundation (Dallas)
Silver: Medtronic Foundation (Minneapolis)
Bronze: Prudential Foundation (Newark, N.J.)
Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants Less Than $2.5-Million
Gold: Millipore Foundation (Billerica, Mass.)
Silver: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit)
Silver: American Honda Foundation (Torrance, Calif.)
NEWSLETTERS
Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills)
Silver: Lumina Foundation for Education (Indianapolis)
Bronze: Skoll Foundation (Palo Alto, Calif.)
Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets of $21- to $100-Million
Gold: International Youth Foundation (Baltimore)
Silver: Consumer Health Foundation (Washington)
Bronze: Arcus Foundation (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Community and Public Foundations, Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: Columbus Foundation (Ohio)
Silver: Cleveland Foundation
Bronze: Boston Foundation
Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $101- to $250-Million
Gold: Dayton Foundation (Ohio)
Silver: Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (Asheville)
Bronze: Norfolk Foundation (Va.)
Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $21- to $100-Million
Gold: Northwest Minnesota Foundation (Bemidji)
Silver: York County Community Foundation (Pa.)
Bronze: Permian Basin Area Foundation (Midland, Tex.)
Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $5- to $20-Million
Gold: Global Fund for Women (San Francisco)
Silver: Henry County Community Foundation (New Castle, Ind.)
Bronze: Community Foundation of Wabash County (North Manchester, Ind.)
PUBLIC-POLICY CAMPAIGNS
Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills), “Keeping Youth Safe”
Silver: Open Society Institute (New York), “Iraq Revenue Watch”
Bronze: California HealthCare Foundation (Oakland), “HealthVote2004.org
Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets of $101- to $250-Million
Bronze: Healthcare Georgia Foundation (Atlanta), “Georgians Speak Out”
Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants More Than $2.5-Million
Gold: MetLife Foundation (New York), “The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer’s”
Silver: AXA Foundation (New York), “National Scholarship Month, May 2004″
Bronze: Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation (Fla.), “Straight Talk: Teens & Sex . . . The Real Truth 2004″
SPECIAL REPORTS
Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: Houston Endowment, “Embracing the Future”
Silver: J.W. McConnell Family Foundation (Montreal), “The ArtsSmart Story 2001″
Bronze: California HealthCare Foundation (Oakland), “Todos Contra la Diabetes”
Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets of $21- to $100-Million
Gold: Goldman Environmental Prize (San Francisco)
Silver: International Youth Foundation (Baltimore), “Youth in Action”
Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets of $5- to $20-Million
Gold: Harman Family Foundation/Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington
Silver: Butler Family Fund (Washington)
Bronze: National Video Resources (New York)
Community and Public Foundations, Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: Peninsula Community Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.), “Defining Virtue”
Silver: Columbus Foundation (Ohio), “A Family Tradition”
Bronze: Minneapolis Foundation, “Immigration in Minnesota: Discovering Common Ground”
Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $101- to $250-Million
Gold: Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice (Fla.), “Better Together Report”
Silver: Dayton Foundation (Ohio)
Bronze: Winnepeg Foundation (Manitoba, Canada), “Working Together: Philanthropy and Our Community”
Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $21- to $100-Million
Gold: CDC Foundation (Atlanta), “What Will It Take to Change All This?”
Silver: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole (Wyo.), “Old Bill’s Fun Run for Charities”
Bronze: Pikes Peak Community Foundation (Colorado Springs), “Heather Campbell Chaney Environmental Fellowship”
Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $5- to $20-Million
Gold: Community Foundation of South Wood County (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.), “Plant the Seed Endow Your Community”
Silver: Global Fund for Women (San Francisco), “What Girls Need to Grow: Lessons for Social Change Philanthropy”
Bronze: Community Foundation of South Wood County (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.), “Community Progress Initiative”
Community and Public Foundations, Assets Less Than $5-Million
Gold: Washington Women’s Foundation (Seattle), “Something Ventured”
Silver: Liberty Hill Foundation (Santa Monica, Calif.), “Building a Regional Voice for Environmental Justice”
Bronze: International Community Foundation (San Diego), “Blurred Borders: Transboundary Issues and Solutions in the San Diego/Tijuana Border Region”
Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants More Than $2.5-Million
Silver: Public Service Electric and Gas Company (Newark, N.J.), “Giving Back”
Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants Less Than $2.5-Million
Gold: Hitachi Foundation (Washington), “Resource Use in Community Development”
Silver: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit)
Bronze: Hitachi Foundation (Washington), “The State of Corporate Citizenship in the U.S.”
WEB SITES
Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: Skoll Foundation (Palo Alto, Calif.), http://www.skollfoundation.org
Silver: Open Society Institute (New York), http://www.soros.org
Bronze: George Gund Foundation (Cleveland), http://www.gundfoundation.org
Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets of $101- to $250-Million
Gold: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington), http://www.meyerfoundation.org
Silver: Paso del Norte Health Foundation (El Paso), http://www.pdnhf.org
Bronze: Healthcare Georgia Foundation (Atlanta), http://www.healthcaregeorgia.org
Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets of $21- to $100-Million
Gold: Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health (Palo Alto, Calif.), http://www.lpfch.org
Silver: VNA Foundation (Chicago), http://www.vnafoundation.net
Bronze: Chambers Family Fund (Denver), http://www.chambersfund.org
Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets of $5- to $20-Million
Gold: Echoing Green (New York), http://www.echoinggreen.org
Silver: VisionMark (Tucson), http://www.visionmark.org
Bronze: Harman Family Foundation/Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington, http://www.catalogueforphilanthropy.org/dc
Community and Public Foundations, Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: Cleveland Foundation, http://www.clevelandfoundation.org
Silver: California Community Foundation (Los Angeles), http://www.calfund.org
Bronze: Missouri Foundation for Health (St. Louis), http://www.mffh.org
Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $101- to $250-Million
Gold: Akron Community Foundation (Ohio), http://www.akroncommunityfdn.org
Silver: Rapides Foundation (Alexandria, La.), http://www.rapidesfoundation.org
Bronze: Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice (Fla.), http://www.gulfcoast.org
Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $21- to $100-Million
Gold: Community Foundation of Ottawa, http://www.communityfoundationottawa.ca
Silver: Pikes Peak Community Foundation (Colorado Springs), http://www.ppcf.org
Bronze: El Paso Community Foundation, http://www.epcf.org
Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $5- to $20-Million
Gold: Global Fund for Women (San Francisco), http://www.globalfundforwomen.org
Silver: Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation (San Jose, Calif.), http://www.kirschfoundation.org
Bronze: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin (Wausau), http://www.cfoncw.org
Community and Public Foundations, Assets Less Than $5-Million
Gold: John Muir/Mt. Diablo Community Health Fund (Walnut Creek, Calif.), http://www.jmmdhs.com
Silver: Liberty Hill Foundation (Santa Monica, Calif.), http://www.libertyhill.org
Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants More Than $2.5-Million
Gold: Verizon Foundation (New York), http://www.verizon.com/foundation
Silver: Medtronic Foundation (Minneapolis), http://www.medtronic.com/community
Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants Less Than $2.5-Million
Gold: Millipore Foundation (Billerica, Mass.), http://www.millipore.com/foundation
Silver: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit), http://www.bcbsm.com/foundation
