Large Grants of 2000: a Sampling
From the issue dated Thursday, February 22, 2001 ALSO SEE: The 2001 Foundation Giving Survey: Search the survey database and browse additional data. Big Funds See a Dip in Assets How The Chronicle Conducted Its Survey on Foundations Grant recipient Amount Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle)…
How Much Foundations Plan to Give in 2001
From the issue dated Thursday, February 22, 2001 ALSO SEE: The 2001 Foundation Giving Survey: Search the survey database and browse additional data. Big Funds See a Dip in Assets How The Chronicle Conducted Its Survey on Foundations 2001 budget Percentage change from 2000 Arnold and Mabel Beckman…
Swimming-Instructor Brothers 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…
Washington Arts Groups Receive $58-Million From Financier; Other Gifts
Three Washington arts groups and two Pennsylvania higher-education institutions have received large gifts: Alberto W. Vilar, a New York investor, has pledged $58-million to two Washington performing-arts organizations. Mr. Vilar will give $50-million to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing…
How ‘The Chronicle’ Conducted Its Survey on Foundations
The Chronicle’s annual survey is based on financial information provided by ALSO SEE:The 2001 Foundation Giving Survey: Search the survey database and browse additional data.Big Funds See a Dip in Assets 142 of the largest private grant-making foundations in the country. The foundations in the…
Midwestern fund forsakes making project-by-project grants in favor of direct, long-term ties to entire communitiesMiner County, S.D., has been languishing for decades, as a declining ALSO SEE: At a Glance: The Northwest Area Foundation farm economy has prompted hundreds of families to seek brighter…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Photograph by Harvey FinkleCarol Finkle’s family did not have many opportunities to attend cultural events together while her children were growing up in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Ms. Finkle’s two children are deaf, and few arts institutions in Philadelphia, their hometown, offered performances with…
Charities could face future cuts in grants if economy faltersDragged down by a declining stock market and faltering economy, ALSO SEE:Foundation Giving and RecessionsThe 2001 Foundation Giving Survey: Search the survey database and browse additional data.How The Chronicle Conducted Its Survey on…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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The Nation’s 10 Wealthiest Foundations
From the issue dated Thursday, February 22, 2001 ALSO SEE: The 2001 Foundation Giving Survey: Search the survey database and browse additional data. Big Funds See a Dip in Assets How The Chronicle Conducted Its Survey on Foundations 2000 assets Percentage change from 1999 1. Bill & Melinda Gates…
How Much Foundations Spent on Program-Related Investments
From the issue dated Thursday, February 22, 2001 ALSO SEE: The 2001 Foundation Giving Survey: Search the survey database and browse additional data. Big Funds See a Dip in Assets How The Chronicle Conducted Its Survey on Foundations 2000 1999 Abell Foundation (Baltimore) $927,950 $676,823 The Paul…
Size Of Median Grants at Big Foundations
From the issue dated Thursday, February 22, 2001 ALSO SEE: The 2001 Foundation Giving Survey: Search the survey database and browse additional data. Big Funds See a Dip in Assets How The Chronicle Conducted Its Survey on Foundations 2000 1999 Abell Foundation (Baltimore) $250,000 $250,000 Ahmanson…
A ‘Teen Court’ Is Among New ‘Points of Light’ Winners
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…
Johns Hopkins U. Receives $58.5-Million for Cell Research; Other Large Gifts
Two universities have received big gifts: The Johns Hopkins University’s medical school has received $58.5-million from an anonymous donor to establish an Institute for Cell Engineering. The center will conduct basic stem-cell research and will study the ways in which re-engineered cells can be…
Share of Foundations That Report on Their Grants Is Dropping, Study Finds
By ZIYA SERDAR TUMGORENOver the past decade a declining proportion of foundations has issued ALSO SEE: Foundations: How They Report to the Public annual reports or other publications that detail their giving, according to a new study by the Foundation Center. The study, which is based on surveys of…
By Serdar Tumgoren
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