Large Grants in 2002: a Sampling
Grant recipient Amount Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
How Much Foundations Plan to Give in 2003
2003 budget Percentage change from 2002 Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (Milwaukee) $30,000,000 (A) + 16.0% James Graham Brown Foundation (Louisville, Ky.) $17,000,000 (A) + 13.8% Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Research Triangle Park, N.C.) 1 $31,669,364 (P) + 0.6% Carnegie Corporation of New York 2…
ROTC Cadets Among New ‘Points of Light’
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…
Atlanta Art Museum Receives $12-Million; Other Recent Gifts
The High Museum of Art, in Atlanta, has received $12-million from John Wieland, chief executive officer and chairman of John Wieland Homes & Neighborhoods, in Atlanta, and his wife, Sue, for capital improvements. The gift will help construct three new buildings that will house museum collections…
How The Chronicle’s 2003 Survey of Big U.S. Foundations Was Compiled
The Chronicle’s 12th annual survey of the nation’s largest private foundations is based on financial ALSO SEE:Giving Trends at Big Foundations: A searchable databaseNo More Wiggle RoomNonprofit Popularity Contests information provided by 138 grant makers. Among the 133 foundations that provided…
By Marni D. Larose
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Grant makers reward charities that have cutting-edge missions -- and punish groups whose issues are old newsWhen welfare benefits expired for tens of thousands of California residents on January 1, the Los Angeles Coalition to ALSO SEE:Giving Trends at Big Foundations: A searchable databaseNo More…
By Jennifer C. Berkshire
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Big U.S. foundations see drop in assets for third straight yearThe declining stock market continued to erode the assets of the nation’s largest private foundations ALSO SEE:Giving Trends at Big Foundations: A searchable databaseNonprofit Popularity ContestsHow The Chronicle‘s 2003 Survey of Big…
By Brad Wolverton
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Photograph by Alain McLaughlinDespite significant changes in the way society treats people with disabilities, many still find themselves isolated in their communities, unable to pursue educational opportunities or find jobs. The Community Technology Foundation of California, in San Francisco, is…
The Nation’s 10 Wealthiest Foundations
2002 assets Percentage change from 2001 1. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $24,078,231,416 - 4.5% 2. Lilly Endowment* $10,000,000,000 - 22.0% 3. Ford Foundation $9,700,000,000 - 14.2% 4. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $7,820,677,480 - 11.6 5. W.K. Kellogg Foundation $5,656,000,000 + 3.1% 6. William…
How Much Foundations Spent on Program-Related Investments
2002 2001 David and Lucile Packard Foundation $36,800,000 $35,641,000 Ford Foundation 1 $14,300,000 $12,320,000 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $14,000,000 $10,000,000 Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation $10,000,000 0 Otto Bremer Foundation $4,530,000 $4,341,000 Kohlberg…
Size of Median Grants at Big Foundations
2002 2001 J. Bulow Campbell Foundation $1,000,000 $1,000,000 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation $750,000 $545,000 W.M. Keck Foundation $639,000 $791,000 John A. Hartford Foundation $467,132 $1,398,373 Colorado Trust $300,000 n/a Spencer Foundation 1 $300,000 $300,000 Henry Luce Foundation $250,000…
Volunteer Food-Collection Program Among ‘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…
$29-Million Bequeathed to Oregon Fund
Two organizations have recently received large gifts: The Oregon Community Foundation, in Portland, has received a $29-million bequest from Reed and Carolee Walker, of Ashland, Ore. Mr. Walker, who died last year, acquired much of his wealth through Anheuser-Busch stock, which he received when his…
Donors Honor Memory of Astronauts Lost in Crash of Space Shuttle
The loss this month of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts has prompted people across America and around the world to give money in hopes of commemorating the shuttle crew and helping to ease the financial burden on their families. The Space Shuttle Children’s Trust Fund, in…
By Stephen G. Greene
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