Winners of the Wilmer Shields Rich Awards

ANNUAL and BIENNIAL REPORTS

Community and Public Foundations, Assets More Than $30-Million
GOLD:

Grand Rapids Community Foundation (Mich.), Rose Community Foundation (Denver)
SILVER: Boston Foundation
BRONZE: California Healthcare Foundation (Oakland)

Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $10- to $30-Million
GOLD: Community Foundation of Ottawa, Henry M. Jackson Foundation (Seattle)
SILVER: Charlottesville-Albemarle Community Foundation (Va.), Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County (Ind.)
BRONZE: Wausau Area Community Foundation (Wis.)

Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $5- to $10-Million
GOLD: Global Fund for Women (San Francisco)
SILVER: Charlevoix County Community
Foundation (East Jordan, Mich.)
BRONZE: Centre County Community Foundation (State College, Pa.), Community Foundation of Jackson Hole (Wyo.)

Community and Public Foundations, Assets Less Than $5-Million
GOLD: New Mexico Community Foundation (Santa Fe)
SILVER: National AIDS Fund (Washington)
BRONZE: Jewish Fund for Justice (New York), Middlesex County Community Foundation (Middletown, Conn.)

Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants of $2.5-Million or More
GOLD: Daimler Chrysler Corporation Fund (Auburn Hills, Mich.)
SILVER: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit), Medtronic Foundation (Minneapolis)

Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants of Less Than $2.5-Million
GOLD: American Honda Foundation (Torrance, Calif.)
SILVER: Hitachi Foundation (Washington)
BRONZE: Millipore Foundation (Bedford, Mass.)

Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets More Than $55-Million
GOLD: Rockefeller Foundation (New York)
SILVER: Houston Endowment
BRONZE: Duke Endowment (Charlotte, N.C.)

Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets of $15- to $55-Million
GOLD: Marie C. & Joseph C. Wilson Foundation (Rochester, N.Y.)
SILVER: Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry (Santa Fe, N.M.)

Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets Less Than $15-Million
GOLD: Stocker Foundation (Lorain, Ohio)
SILVER: McKay Foundation (San Francisco)
BRONZE: Mary Duke Biddle Foundation (Durham, N.C.)

NEWSLETTERS

Community and Public Foundations, Assets More Than $30-Million
GOLD: Boston Foundation
SILVER: Rapides Foundation (Alexandria, La.)
BRONZE: Arizona Community Foundation (Phoenix), Denver Foundation, Marin Community Foundation (Larkspur, Calif.)

Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $10- to $30-Million
GOLD: Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (Iowa)
SILVER: Wausau Area Community Foundation (Wis.)

Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $5- to $10-Million
GOLD: Global Fund for Women (San Francisco)
SILVER: Hancock County Community Foundation (Greenfield, Ind.)
BRONZE: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole (Wyo.)

Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets More Than $55-Million
GOLD: National Kidney Foundation Singapore
SILVER: Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh
BRONZE: Carnegie Corporation of New York

PUBLIC POLICY CAMPAIGNS

Community and Public Foundations, Assets More Than $30-Million
GOLD: California Healthcare Foundation (Oakland), “Practice and Progress for a Healthier California”
SILVER: Minneapolis Foundation, “Where There’s a Will There’s a Way”

Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants of $2.5-Million or More
GOLD: AT&T Foundation (New York), “The AT&T Learning Network Community Guide”

Independent, Family,and Operating Foundations, Assets More Than $55-Million
GOLD: Joyce Foundation (Chicago), “Breathe Easy”
SILVER: Houston Endowment, “Celebrating Achievement, Leadership and Service”
BRONZE: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.), “Connect”

SPECIAL REPORTS

Community and Public Foundations, Assets More Than $30-Million
GOLD: California Healthcare Foundation (Oakland), “To Buy or Not to Buy: A Profile of California’s Non-Poor Uninsured”; Minneapolis Foundation, “Measuring Up”; Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham (Ala.), “Portraits: Needs Assessment of Women and Girls in Birmingham”
SILVER: Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties (Utica, N.Y.), “What’s Your Legacy?”
BRONZE: Arizona Community Foundation (Phoenix), “Grant Guidelines”

Community and Public Foundations, Assets $5- to $10-Million
GOLD: Greater Broome Community Foundation (Binghamton, N.Y.), “Brighter Future”
SILVER: Foundation for the Mid South (Jackson, Miss.), “Foundation for the Mid South Celebrates Ten Years”
BRONZE: Parkersburg Area Community Foundation (W.Va.), “Is the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation for Me?”

Community and Public Foundations, Assets Less Than $5-Million
GOLD: Whatcom Community Foundation (Bellingham, Wash.), “The Whatcom Catalog for Philanthropy”
SILVER: First Nations Development Institute (Fredericksburg, Va.), “Timelines”

Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants of $2.5-Million or More
GOLD: AXA Foundation (New York), “Senior Solutions”
SILVER: Wells Fargo Foundation (San Francisco), “A Helping Hand: Wells Fargo in California’s Communities”
BRONZE: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit), “Depression Among Children & Teens,” “Domestic Abuse,” and “Reduce Accidental Injuries in Hospitals”

Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants of Less Than $2.5-Million
GOLD: American Savings Foundation (New Britain, Conn.), “Program Priorities & Grant Guidelines for 2000″
SILVER: Captain Planet Foundation (Atlanta)

Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets More Than $55-Million
GOLD: Casey Family Programs (Seattle), “Unfinished Stories”; Public Welfare Foundation (Washington), “Anonymous Giver” and “Seeking the Greatest Good”
SILVER: McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis), “Robert Bly”; Nathan Cummings Foundation (New York), “Action & Reflection”; National Kidney Foundation Singapore
BRONZE: Fannie Mae Foundation (Washington), “Housin’ 2000: Bring it on Home”

Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets of $15- to $55-Million
GOLD: Flintridge Foundation (Pasadena, Calif.), “Flintridge Foundation Awards for Visual Artists, 1999/2000″
SILVER: Irvine Health Foundation (Calif.),
BRONZE: Siragusa Foundation (Chicago), “A Memorial to the Life of Ross D. Siragusa”

WORLD WIDE WEB SITES

Community and Public Foundations, Assets More Than $30-Million
GOLD: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (Mo.), http://www.gkccf.org; Rhode Island Foundation, http://www.rifoundation.org
SILVER: Community Foundation Silicon Valley (Palo Alto, Calif.), http://www.cfsv.org
BRONZE: Denver Foundation, http://www.denverfoundation.org

Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $10- to $30-Million
GOLD: AARP Andrus Foundation (Washington), http://www.andrus.org; Albuquerque Community Foundation, http://www.albuquerquefoundation.org

Community and Public Foundations, Assets of $5- to $10-Million
GOLD: Greater Lowell Community Foundation (Mass.), http://www.glcfoundation.org
SILVER: Northern Virginia Community Foundation (McLean),
http://www.novacf.org

Community and Public Foundations, Assets Less Than $5-Million
GOLD: Whatcom Community Foundation (Bellingham, Wash.), http://www.philanthropycatalog.org
SILVER: Spirit Mountain Community Fund (Grand Ronde, Ore.), http://www.thecommunityfund.com

Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants of $2.5-Million or More
GOLD: Verizon Foundation (New York), http://www.verizon.com/foundation; Worldcom Foundation (Clinton, Miss.), http://marcopolo.worldcom.com
SILVER: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit), http://www.bcbsm.com/foundation.shtml

Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs, Annual Grants of Less Than $2.5-Million
GOLD: Captain Planet Foundation (Atlanta), http://captainplanetfdn.org
SILVER: Millipore Foundation (Bedford, Mass.), http://www.millipore.com/foundation

Independent, Family, and Operating Foundations, Assets More Than $55-Million
GOLD: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (Washington), http://www.meyerfoundation.org
SILVER: Gill Foundation (Denver), http://www.gillfoundation.org
BRONZE: Houston Endowment, http://www.houstonendowment.org

Independent, Family,and Operating Foundations, Assets of $15- to $55-Million
GOLD: Randall L. Tobias Foundation (Indianapolis), http://www.rltfound.org, Siragusa Foundation (Chicago), http://www.siragusa.org

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD

Casey Family Programs (Seattle), for “Unfinished Stories”