Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications
May 3, 2007 | Read Time: 6 minutes
INDEPENDENT, FAMILY, AND OPERATING FOUNDATIONS
Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: Skoll Foundation (Palo Alto, Calif.)
Silver: Meadows Foundation (Dallas)
Bronze: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (Morristown, N.J.)
Assets of $101- to $250-Million
Gold: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington)
Silver: Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (Little Rock, Ark.)
Bronze: Paso del Norte Health Foundation (El Paso)
Assets of $21- to $100-Million
Gold: Visiting Nurse Association Foundation (Chicago)
Silver: Woods Charitable Fund (Lincoln, Neb.)
Bronze: Arcus Foundation (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Assets of $5- to $20-Million
Bronze: Atkinson Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.)
COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC FOUNDATIONS
Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: Community Foundation Serving Richmond & Central Virginia (Richmond)
Silver: Rose Community Foundation (Denver)
Bronze: Winnipeg Foundation (Manitoba, Canada)
Assets of $101- to $250-Million
Gold: Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice (Fla.)
Silver: Central New York Community Foundation (Syracuse)
Bronze: Akron Community Foundation (Ohio)
Assets of $21- to $100-Million
Gold: Global Fund for Women (San Francisco)
Silver: Community Foundation Serving Riverside & San Bernardino Counties (Riverside, Calif.)
Bronze: International Youth Foundation (Baltimore)
Assets of $5- to $20-Million
Gold: Charlevoix County Community Foundation (East Jordan, Mich.)
Silver: Community Foundation of Westmoreland County (Greensburg, Pa.)
Bronze: Greater Lowell Community Foundation (Mass.)
Assets Less Than $5-Million
Gold: Global Fund for Children (Washington)
Silver: Global Greengrants Fund (Boulder, Colo.)
Bronze: Spirit Mountain Community Fund (Grand Ronde, Ore.)
CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS AND GIVING PROGRAMS
Annual Grants More Than $2.5-Million
Gold: Medtronic Foundation (Minneapolis)
Silver: Prudential Foundation (Newark, N.J.)
Annual Grants Less Than $2.5-Million
Gold: Ayala Foundation (Makati City, Philippines)
Silver: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit)
INDEPENDENT, FAMILY, AND OPERATING FOUNDATIONS
Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: The California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills), “Portfolio”
Silver: Skoll Foundation (Palo Alto, Calif.), “eNews”
Bronze: Lumina Foundation for Education (Indianapolis), “Student Access & Success News”
Assets of $101- to $250-Million
Bronze: Foellinger Foundation (Fort Wayne, Ind.), “Foellinger Focus”
Assets of $5- to $20-Million
Bronze: Foundations of East Chicago (Ind.), “We Believe in East Chicago”
COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC FOUNDATIONS
Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: Columbus Foundation (Ohio), “A Call to Action”
Silver: Dayton Foundation (Ohio), “Good News”
Bronze: Dayton Foundation (Ohio), “Futures”
Assets of $101- to $250-Million
Gold: Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (Asheville), “Good Works”
Silver: Rapides Foundation (Alexandria, La.)
Bronze: Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice (Fla.), “Impact”
Assets of $21- to $100-Million
Gold: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin (Wausau), “Quarterly Newsletter”
Silver: Spartanburg County Foundation (Spartanburg, S.C.), “Connections”
Bronze: Permian Basin Area Foundation (Midland, Tex.), “Foundation News”
Assets of $5- to $20-Million
Gold: Greater Lowell Community Foundation (Mass.), “Foundation Forum”
Silver: Hancock County Community Foundation (Greenfield, Ind.), “Dialogue”
Assets Less than $5-Million
Gold: Middlesex County Community Foundation (Middletown, Conn.), “Good People, Great Things”
Silver: Global Fund for Children (Washington)
Bronze: Community Fund of East Mississippi (Meridian), “Community Investments”
CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS AND GIVING PROGRAMS
Annual Grants Less Than $2.5-Million
Silver: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit), “BCBSM Foundation Highlights”
INDEPENDENT, FAMILY, AND OPERATING FOUNDATIONS
Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, “Mental-Health Parity”
Silver: Open Society Institute (New York), “Broadening the Agenda: the Status of Romani Women in Romania”
COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC FOUNDATIONS
Assets Less than $5-Million
Gold: Headwaters Foundation for Justice (Minneapolis), “Walk for Justice”
Silver: Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (Nelsonville), “I’m a Child of Appalachia”
CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS AND GIVING PROGRAMS
Annual Grants More Than $2.5-Million
Gold: Medtronic Foundation (Minneapolis), “I Will”
Silver: MetLife Foundation (Long Island City, N.Y.)
INDEPENDENT, FAMILY, AND OPERATING FOUNDATIONS
Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis), “Creating Common Ground”
Silver: Open Society Institute (New York), “Keeping America Open”
Bronze: Open Society Institute (New York), “Ethnic Profiling in the Moscow Metro”
Assets of $101- to $250-Million
Gold: Healthcare Georgia Foundation (Atlanta), “Why We Do What We Do: Georgians Speak About Health”
Silver: Ruth Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.), “Cultivating Community Vitality: Nurturing Hope & Pride”
Assets of $5- to $20-Million
Gold: Foundations of East Chicago (Ind.), “We Believe”
Silver: Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington, “Catalogue for Philanthropy”
COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC FOUNDATIONS
Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation (Concord), “From the Ground Up”
Silver: Minneapolis Foundation, “Why Minnesota Needs All-Day, Every Day Kindergarten”
Bronze: Columbus Foundation (Ohio), “Your Philanthropy Portfolio”
Assets of $101- to $250-Million
Gold: Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice (Fla.), “2007 Desk Calendar”
Silver: KnowledgeWorks Foundation (Cincinnati), “Learning by Degree” and “Small Moments, Big Dreams”
Bronze: Tides Foundation/Community Clinics Initiative (San Francisco), “Celebrating Technological Advances in California’s Community Clinics and Health Centers”
Assets of $21- to $100-Million
Gold: Global Fund for Women (San Francisco), “Caught in the Storm: the Impact of Natural Disasters on Women”
Silver: El Paso Community Foundation, “Spirit of Giving Catalog”
Bronze: Community Foundation for the Capital Region (Albany, N.Y.), “Gather, Grow, Grant”
Assets of $5- to $20-Million
Gold: Foundation for the Mid South (Jackson, Miss.), “The Bridge”
Silver: Blue River Community Foundation (Shelbyville, Ind.), “The Postcard Series”
Assets Less Than $5-Million
Gold: Global Fund for Children (Washington), “Books 2006-2007 Catalog”
Silver: Community Foundation of East Mississippi (Meridian), “Informed Choices”
CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS AND GIVING PROGRAMS
Annual Grants More Than $2.5-Million
Silver: Medtronic Foundation (Minneapolis), “Community Billboard”
Annual Grants Less Than $2.5-Million
Gold: Hitachi Foundation (Washington), “20 Years Strengthening Communities”
Silver: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit), “Improving Patient Safety: Preventing Hospital Errors”
Bronze: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit), “Identification and Treatment of Depression”
INDEPENDENT, FAMILY, AND OPERATING FOUNDATIONS
Assets More Than $250-Million
Gold: California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills), http://www.makeitinscrubs.com
Silver: Marguerite Casey Foundation (Seattle), http://www.caseygrants.org
Bronze: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Mich.), http://www.mott.org
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://pdnhf.org
Assets of $21- to $100-Million
Gold: Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation (Cleveland), http://www.fmscleveland.com/bruening
Silver: MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation (Framingham, Mass.), http://www.mchcf.org
Bronze: Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation (Dallas), http://www.kingfoundation.com
Assets of $5- to $20-Million
Gold: Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington (Washington), http://www.catalogueforphilanthropy.org/dc
Silver: Rio Grande Cancer Foundation (El Paso), http://www.rgcf.org
Assets Less Than $5-Million
Bronze: Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation (Studio City, Calif.), http://www.fcfox.org
COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC FOUNDATIONS
Assets More Than $250-Million
Silver: Rose Community Foundation (Denver), http://www.rcfdenver.org
Assets of $101- to $250-Million
Gold: Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice (Fla.), http://www.gulfcoastcf.org
Silver: Akron Community Foundation (Ohio), http://www.akroncommunityfdn.org
Assets of $21- to $100-Million
Gold: Global Fund for Women (San Francisco), http://www.globalfundforwomen.org
Silver: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin (Wausau), http://www.cfoncw.org
Bronze: Ontario Trillium Foundation/La Fondation Trillium de l´Ontario (Toronto), http://www.trilliumfoundation.org
Assets of $5- to $20-Million
Silver: Chicago Public Education Fund, http://www.cpef.org
Assets Less Than $5-Million
Gold: Global Fund for Children (Washington), http://www.globalfundforchildren.org
Silver: Global Greengrants Fund (Boulder), http://www.greengrants.org
Bronze: Middlesex County Community Foundation (Middletown, Conn.), http://www.middlesexcountycf.org
CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS AND GIVING PROGRAMS
Annual Grants More Than $2.5-Million
Silver: Verizon Foundation (Basking Ridge, N.J.), http://www.verizon.com/foundation
Annual Grants Less Than $2.5-Million
Bronze: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit), http://www.bcbsm.com/foundation
