Packard Pours $1.6-Billion Into Humanities Institute
Last year, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation vaulted into the top tier of the nation’s wealthiest foundations. Now it has provided nearly $1.6-billion to lift another Packard foundation into the ranks of the 25 wealthiest philanthropies in the country. This month, the foundation announced…
By MARINA DUNDJERSKI
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The John and Mary R. Markle Foundation
History: Established in 1927 in New York by John Markle, ALSO SEE:Taming the New FrontierNew Internet Focus Reaffirms Markle’s Commitment to Mass CommunicationsGrants Reflect Fund’s New Focus on Technology the head of George B. Markle and Company, a coal-mining company, and his wife, Mary Robinson…
Grants Reflect Fund’s New Focus on Technology
The John and Mary R. Markle Foundation this week unveiled four new grant-making program areas focusing on technology. ALSO SEE:Taming the New FrontierNew Internet Focus Reaffirms Markle’s Commitment to Mass CommunicationsThe John and Mary R. Markle Foundation at a Glance It also announced that it…
New Internet Focus Reaffirms Markle’s Commitment to Mass Communications
In 1969, when Lloyd Morrisett took the helm of the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, he decided it was time to steer it in a new direction: ALSO SEE:Taming the New FrontierGrants Reflect Fund’s New Focus on TechnologyThe John and Mary R. Markle Foundation at a Glance Television and other mass…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Markle to focus most of its resources on information-technology issues From Zoë Baird’s office 18 floors above the bustling international business and media capital that is Manhattan’s Rockefeller Plaza, ALSO SEE:New Internet Focus Reaffirms Markle’s Commitment to Mass CommunicationsGrants Reflect…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Photograph by Hal Garb Parents usually send their children off to camp in the summer. But at the Rowdy Ridge Gang Camp, in a mountainous region north of Los Angeles, mothers go along with their sons and daughters. The purpose of the camp is to repair broken bonds between women who have a drug…
Top 20 Corporations, Ranked by Percentage Increase in Giving, 1997-1998
Return to overview 1997 giving 1998 giving Percentage
Cash Gifts From Companies to Match Donations by Employees in 1998
Return to overview Employee-matching gifts Percentage of cash giving Dynegy $408,600 61.9% International Business Machines Corporation $21,900,000 59.0% Microsoft Corporation $9,400,000 53.8% Nationwide Insurance Enterprise $4,306,311 37.9% Bankers Trust Corporation $4,845,868 35.3% J. P. Morgan &…
Charitable Giving at 91 Major Corporations: an Overview
LISTS (arranged alphabetically): A-D E-H I-P R-X View complete list (this is a large file - 204K) ADDITIONAL CHARTS: Companies That Made 25% or More of Their Gifts in Products in 1998 Cash Gifts From Companies to Match Donations by Employees in 1998 Top 20 Corporations, Ranked by Percentage…
Companies That Made 25% or More of Their Gifts in Products in 1998
Return to overview Non-cash gifts What they donate Percentage of total giving Abbott Laboratories $60,000,000 pharmaceuticals, consumer products 84.4% Microsoft Corporation $89,600,000 computer software 83.7% Merck & Company $184,000,000 pharmaceuticals, vaccines 83.3% Hewlett-Packard Company…
Teen-Age Magician, Ecology Professor Among Recent ‘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…
Insurance Executive’s $55-Million to Princeton Heads List of Big Donations
Many institutions have tallied big gifts. * Princeton University has received $55-million from 1955 alumnus Peter B. Lewis of Cleveland, chairman of the automobile-insurance company Progressive Corporation. Mr. Lewis directed most of the gift, $35-million, to the Institute for Integrative Genomics,…
Most Americans Made a Gift to Charity in Past 2 Years
Nine in 10 Americans have made a donation to charity within the past two years, a new survey has found. ALSO SEE:Americans’ Views on Charitable Giving And 93 per cent of Americans believe that their giving makes a difference to the causes they support. The survey of 1,000 men and women was…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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Non-Profit Leaders Are Among 32 Fellows Named by MacArthur Fund
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced 32 new MacArthur Fellows. Recipients of the fellowships, often called “genius awards,” are free to use the money as they wish. The foundation does not require them to produce any products or reports. No one can apply for a MacArthur…
2 Philanthropies Merge to Trim Overhead Costs
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, one of the nation’s 100 wealthiest foundations, has merged with the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation -- a move that some say could lead other foundations to consider similar alliances. The merger took effect July 1. The new entity, worth about $670-million, is operating…
By MARINA DUNDJERSKI
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