Billion-Dollar Growth at Big Funds
Huge cash infusions, market gains send assets soaring, survey finds The assets of 135 of the nation’s wealthiest private foundations grew by $24.9-billion last year, ALSO SEE:The 2000 Foundation Giving Survey: Search the survey database and browse additional data and related articles. to…
By MARINA DUNDJERSKI
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The Nation’s 10 Wealthiest Foundations
From the issue dated Thursday, February 24, 2000 ALSO SEE: The 2000 Foundation Giving Survey: Search the survey database and browse additional data and related articles. 1999 assets Percentage change
How Much Foundations Spent on Program-Related Investments
From the issue dated Thursday, February 24, 2000 ALSO SEE: The 2000 Foundation Giving Survey: Search the survey database and browse additional data and related articles. 1999 1998 Abell Foundation (Baltimore) $676,823 $1,620,000 The Paul G. Allen Charitable Foundations (Bellevue, Wash.) $1,100,000…
Size of Median Grants at Big Foundations
From the issue dated Thursday, February 24, 2000 ALSO SEE: The 2000 Foundation Giving Survey: Search the survey database and browse additional data and related articles. 1999 1998 Abell Foundation (Baltimore) $250,000 $250,000 Ahmanson Foundation (Beverly Hills, Calif.)1 $97,671 $103,407 The Paul…
Foundation Giving Trends, 1998
From the issue dated Thursday, February 10, 2000 Percentage Growth in Giving Causes Supported by Foundations What Projects Won Support Foundation Grants, by Region Grant Awards, by Size Distribution of Grants, by Foundation Type SOURCE: FOUNDATION CENTER AND GIVING USA ALSO SEE: Largest Foundations…
U. of Tampa Receives $28-Million; Other Gifts
Five universities, a college, and a museum have received big gifts. * John H. Sykes, chairman of Sykes Enterprises, and his wife, Susan, have given $28-million to the University of Tampa. The couple designated the gift for the construction of a student center scheduled to open in 2001. The size of…
‘Mitzvah-thon’ Creator Among ‘Points of Light’
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’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…
Founder of Dell Computer Creates Foundation
Michael Dell, founder of the Dell Computer Corporation, and his wife, Susan, have contributed $114-million worth of stock to establish a charitable foundation. The existence of the new philanthropy, the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, came to light when the foundation sold 2.7 million shares of…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Gates Fund’s Newest Title: World’s Richest
Bill and Melinda Gates have put another $5-billion into their foundation, ALSO SEE: America’s Wealthiest Foundations making it the wealthiest philanthropy in the world. With an endowment of $21.8-billion, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in Seattle, is now worth slightly more than London’s…
By MARINA DUNDJERSKI
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Largest Foundations Gave a Record $9.7-Billion in 1998, New Report Says
The booming stock market helped America’s wealthiest foundations give $9.7-billion in 1998 ALSO SEE:Foundation Giving Trends, 1998Where Private Donations Go -- more than was awarded in any previous year, according to a new report by the Foundation Center. Giving rose by 22 percent -- or…
By MARINA DUNDJERSKI
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New Solutions to an Age-Old Problem
Charities offer creative ways to help families of the elderly cope Since 1986, the Hebrew Home for the Aged, in Riverdale, N.Y., has operated a day-care program for elderly people with Alzheimer’s disease and other ailments, providing them with physical therapy, discussion groups, meals, and…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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Photograph by Jim West/Impact Visuals After several school-aged girls were raped in Detroit last fall, a local group called Alternatives for Girls joined forces with a Catholic parish to sponsor a self-defense class for young women. One recent Saturday morning, 103 girls participated in a…
U. of Miss. Gets 2 Big Gifts; Other Donations
Two universities and a foundation have received big gifts. * James L. Barksdale, former president of Netscape Communications, and his wife, Sally, have given the University of Mississippi $100-million to strengthen a statewide effort to wipe out illiteracy. The couple have established the Barksdale…
Denver Tycoon Vows to Support Scholarships
Bill Daniels, a Denver cable-television mogul, has promised to leave the bulk of his $1.1-billion estate to a foundation he began in 1997. The Daniels Fund will use 30 per cent of the windfall to finance a college-scholarship program for students from low-income families and the remainder to…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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