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"While more people are volunteering, there is a great
untapped resource of additional potential volunteers....
Our research shows that the best way to get people
involved is simply to ask them. Nearly 90 percent of
people volunteer when they are asked."

-- Sara E. Meléndez, president and CEO of Independent
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::::::::::::::: IN THE NEWS ::::::::::::::::

-- Nonprofit Coalition Formed to Support Charitable
Contributions Deduction
-- Peninsula Open Space Trust Receives $100 Million
for Coast Initiative
-- Goldman Environmental Foundation Announces 2001 Awards
for Grassroots Activism
-- Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds Launch Initiative to
Support State Arts Agencies
-- CRDF Announces Expansion of Program to Support
Scientific Research and Higher Education in Russia
-- Intel Teach to the Future Program Launced in Five New
England States
-- Merck Foundation Endows Organic Chemistry Chair at
Princeton
-- Tobacco Fees to Go to Charity
-- Independent Sector Reports Hourly Value of Volunteering
Continues to Rise

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Nonprofit Coalition Formed to Support Charitable
Contributions Deduction

Leaders of some of the nation's largest nonprofits and
religious organizations have announced the formation of
the Coalition to Help America Give
(http://www.helpamericagive.org/) and will urge Congress
to extend the deduction for charitable contributions to
all taxpayers.

The coalition comprises more than 550 nonprofit organiza-
tions representing millions of donors and volunteers in
virtually every community in the U.S.

"The charitable contributions deduction recognizes a group
of taxpayers whose donations are the lifeblood of
charities," said John Seffrin, Ph.D., CEO of the American
Cancer Society and co-chair of the coalition. "Our tax
system should acknowledge and reward the generosity of all
taxpayers, including those whose hearts may be larger than
their wallets."

Eighty-five million households, or 70 percent of all tax-
payers, do not itemize their tax returns and therefore are
not eligible to deduct their charitable contributions.
Under current law, only the 30 percent of taxpayers who
itemize receive a deduction for their charitable gifts. The
charitable contributions deduction proposed by President
Bush would give every taxpayer a dollar-for-dollar deduc-
tion for their charitable gifts.

"Nonprofit Leaders Form 'Coalition to Help America Give' to
Support a Tax Deduction for the Charitable Contributions of
All Taxpayers." Independent Sector Press Release 04/24/01.
http://www.independentsector.org/media/help_amerPR.html

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004109.html

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Peninsula Open Space Trust Receives $100 Million for
Coast Initiative

The Peninsula Open Space Trust, a private, nonprofit land
trust based in Menlo Park, California, has received
separate $50 million leadership gifts from the David and
Lucile Packard Foundation and the Gordon E. and Betty L.
Moore Foundation toward its $200 million "Saving the
Endangered Coast" campaign.

The three-year campaign -- the largest land conservation
effort ever undertaken by a local land trust in the U.S.
-- aims to preserve more than 20,000 acres of open coastal
land in California's San Mateo County.

"The San Mateo Coast is a national treasure that must be
preserved," said POST president Audrey Rust. "This land is
the only remaining undeveloped coast next to a major
metropolitan area left in the world. It's beautiful, it's
spectacular, and it has incredible value in terms of
recreation, agriculture, and natural resources.... It is
also very fragile...."

The San Mateo Coast has been designated by scientists at
Conservation International and Princeton University as one
of the most critical environmental "hot spots" in the world.
Hot spots are defined as ecosystems rich in biodiversity
that are threatened by development.

"Peninsula Open Space Trust is an exceptional organization
that has become a national leader in protecting open lands,"
said Jeanne Sedgwick, director of the Los Altos-based
Packard Foundation's conservation program. "This $50 million
grant is one of the largest grants ever made by the Packard
Foundation. It demonstrates our confidence in POST, our
commitment to helping to preserve the San Mateo Coast, and
our understanding of the magnitude of the challenge facing
us."

"POST Launches $200 Million Campaign To Save 'The
Endangered Coast'; Organization Receives $100 Million in
Grants From Packard, Moore Foundations." Peninsula Open
Space Trust Press Release 4/18/01.
http://www.openspacetrust.org/Press/campaign_release.htm.

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Goldman Environmental Foundation Announces 2001 Awards for
Grassroots Activists

Two American journalists who risked their careers to expose
the dangers of rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone), a
Rwandan who fought to save mountain gorillas amidst his
country's genocidal wars, and a Bolivian worker who
spearheaded a major victory in the struggle over the
privatization of public water supplies are among the eight
winners of this year's Goldman Environmental Prizes
(http://www.goldmanprize.org/), the world's largest award
program honoring grassroots environmentalists.

Funded by the San Francisco-based Goldman Environmental
Foundation, Goldman Prizes are awarded annually to
environmental activists from six continental regions:
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South/Central America,
and Island Nations. Established in 1990 by Richard N.
Goldman, chairman of Goldman Insurance Services, and his
wife Rhoda, the program initially awarded each recipient a
stipend of $60,000; since then, the stipend has been
raised three times and currently stands at $125,000. In
addition to the cash award, recipients travel to San
Francisco and Washington, D.C. for an awards ceremony and
presentation, press conferences, media briefings, and
meetings with political, public policy, financial, and
environmental leaders.

"The world is getting smaller, and the need is growing for
everyone to take responsibility for keeping our planet
healthy," said Richard Goldman in announcing this year's
winners. "The winners this year illustrate how the
environment is affected by wars, international business,
economic policies, and the tendency to put short-term gains
ahead of long-term solutions. They also illustrate how the
courage and commitment of a single visionary individual can
make a difference for generations to come."

For the complete list of 2001 Goldman Prize recipients,
visit the Goldman Environmental Prize Web site:
http://www.goldmanprize.org/press/press.html.

"Eight Global Environmental Champions Awarded 2001 Goldman
Prize." Goldman Environmental Foundation Press Release
04/23/01.
http://www.goldmanprize.org/press/press.html

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004107.html

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Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds Launch Initiative to Support
State Arts Agencies, Encourage Public Participation
in the Arts

The New York City-based Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds
(http://www.wallacefunds.org/) have announced the creation
of the State Arts Partnerships for Cultural Participation
(START), a new initiative designed to help state arts
agencies (SAAs) adopt more effective guidelines, programs,
and funding practices aimed at encouraging broader public
participation in the arts. Initially, thirteen exemplary
state arts agencies will receive multi-year grants totaling
$9.6 million to support their programs, research, and
outreach efforts.

The agencies receiving grants include the Arizona
Commission on the Arts, the California Arts Council, the
Connecticut Commission on the Arts, the Kentucky Arts
Council, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Minnesota
State Arts Board, the Mississippi Arts Commission, the New
Jersey State Council on the Arts, the North Carolina Arts
Council, the Ohio Arts Council, the South Carolina Arts
Commission, and the Washington State Arts Commission.

"State arts agencies are the unheralded supporters of the
arts," said Wallace Funds president M. Christine DeVita.
"Our START initiative will not only shed light on how
important SAAs are to the cultural life of our country, but
will showcase thirteen exemplary agencies, which have shown
dedicated leadership in connecting people to the arts. SAAs
have the access and, now with our support, the means to
work more effectively as innovative advocates, catalysts
and sponsors of the arts within their states, from their
urban centers to their most sparsely populated rural
corners."

Along with the direct grants to the thirteen state
agencies, START will commission extensive research that
builds on the work of SAAs and local arts groups and, in
cooperation with the National Assembly of State Arts
Agencies and the six regional arts organizations under the
leadership of Arts Midwest, support dissemination efforts
aimed at making innovative approaches for expanding arts
participation available to other states and local arts
organizations.

"'START' Initiative Supports State Arts Funders to Promote
Arts Participation; 13 State Arts Agencies to Receive
Grants." Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds Press Release
04/24/01.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004106.html

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CRDF Announces Expansion of Program to Support Scientific
Research and Higher Education in Russia

The U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation
(http://www.crdf.org/), a private, charitable organization
created in 1995 by the U.S. government in response to the
declining state of science and engineering in the former
states of the Soviet Union, has received grants totaling
$12.5 million for the continuation and expansion of its
Basic Research and Higher Education (BRHE) program.
The new funds will allow the organization to continue its
efforts to improve the research capabilities of Russian
universities.

The $12.5 million in new funding comes from the Chicago-
based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
(http://www.macfound.org/), which awarded the CRDF a
five-year continuation grant of $11.5 million, and the
Carnegie Corporation of New York (http://www.caregie.org/),
which renewed a two-year $1 million follow-on grant to
the program. The Russian Ministry of Education, which
jointly administers the BRHE program with the CRDF and
provides a portion of the funding cost as well, also
renewed its commitment to the program.

"The MacArthur Foundation has a long-term commitment to
strengthening and sustaining the type of vibrant,
independent, academic communities that are so essential to
a healthy democratic society," said MacArthur Foundation
president Jonathan F. Fanton. "By helping build the science
research capacity of Russian state universities, the Basic
Research and Higher Education program is providing the
current generation of scientists a place to continue their
work while at the same time providing the next generation
of scientists the motivation, training, and leadership they
need to build both their research and teaching careers."

The renewed support from MacArthur, Carnegie, and the
Russian Ministry of Education highlights the success of
the three-year old BRHE program, which to date has
established eight high-quality research centers in Russian
universities. With the new funding in hand, the CRDF will
build on its success and create eight additional RECs
in Russia over the next three years. The organization also
plans to administer a variety of activities designed to
integrate the RECs and provide the infrastructure that
will allow them to become self-sustaining centers of
excellence.

Further information on the Basic Research and Higher
Education program is available upon request or by visiting
the CRDF Web site:
http://www.crdf.org/Centers/brhe.html.

"CRDF Announces Continuation and Expansion of Program to
Support Scientific Research and Higher Education in
Russia." U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation
Press Release 04/18/01.
http://www.crdf.org/News/brhepressreleaseapr01.html

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004102.html

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Intel Teach to the Future Program Launched in Five New
England States

Semiconductor giant Intel (http://www.intel.com/) has
announced the launch of its Teach to the Future program in
Vermont and four other New England states. The program,
which is presented with support from Microsoft, will train
5,400 teachers to use the Internet for research, build Web
pages, and give multimedia presentations -- skills that can
be used in classrooms to stimulate student learning.

Intel will invest $100 million in cash, equipment, and
curriculum development materials over a three-year period.
Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/) will contribute $344
million in software (estimated retail value) and program
support -- the single largest software donation in the
company's history.

"Intel Teach to the Future relies on teachers training
fellow teachers, so all can relate the new technology to
their common classroom experience," said Ann S. Hurd,
Intel's East Coast public affairs manager. "The master
teachers, already familiar with computer technology,
receive forty hours of technology training, and twenty-four
more hours of leadership training provided by the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation."

Eventually, the program hopes to train more than 400,000
teachers and millions of students in 20 countries around
the world. Springfield, Massachusetts-based WGBY, a
division of the WGBH Educational Foundation, manages the
program in New England for Intel.

"Intel Teach to the Future Program Will Train 5,400 New
England Teachers to Use Classroom Computers to Improve
Student Learning." Intel Corporation Press Release
04/17/01.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004102.html

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Merck Foundation Endows Organic Chemistry Chair at
Princeton

The Merck Company Foundation
(http://www.merck.com/overview/philanthropy/2.htm),
the principal philanthropic vehicle of New Jersey-based
pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., has donated $3 million
to Princeton University (http://www.princeton.edu/) to
establish a new chair in organic chemistry.

Named in honor of Arthur A. Patchett (Princeton, '51), a
research chemist and former vice president of medicinal
chemistry at Merck, the Arthur Allan Patchett Professorship
in Organic Chemistry will further the university's efforts
to advance research at the interface of biology and chemis-
try and to train future chemists in synthetic approaches to
biologically interesting molecules.

A chemistry major at Princeton, Patchett graduated Phi Beta
Kappa and went on to receive his Ph.D. in organic chemistry
from Harvard University in 1955, working in the
laboratories of Nobel Laureate R. B. Woodward. During his
career, Patchett conducted groundbreaking research that led
to the development of several major cardiovascular drugs,
including the ACE inhibitors enalapril and lisinopril and
the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors lovastatin and
simvastatin.

"Art Patchett played an absolutely pivotal role in the
invention of some of the most important and widely used
families of drugs available today. We conservatively
estimate that literally hundreds of thousands of people
throughout the world are alive today directly as a result
of the therapeutic agents that Art helped to pioneer," said
Thomas N. Salzmann, Ph.D., senior vice president for basic
research at Merck's research laboratories in Rahway, New
Jersey. "We are delighted to establish this chair at Art's
alma mater in recognition of a truly remarkable career in
science."

"Merck Establishes Professorship in Organic Chemistry at
Princeton." Princeton University Press Release 04/23/01.
http://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/01/q2/0419-merck.htm

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004105.html

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Tobacco Fees to Go to Charity

According to a recent story in the Boston Herald, the law
firm of Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer
(http://www.brownrudnick.com/html/home_w.htm) has
announced the creation of the Brown Rudnick Center for the
Public Interest to coordinate the firm's pro bono legal
service work, charitable contributions, and community
service.

Brown, Rudnick was one of the lead firms in the state of
Massachusett's suit against the tobacco industry. That
litigation resulted in an $8 billion settlement for
Massachusetts residents in 1998 to repay decades of state
funds used to care for residents afflicted with smoking-
related illnesses. Brown, Rudnick and four other firms
shared $775 million in fees, payable over twenty-five
years, for their services in the case.

Brown, Rudnick also will create a charitable foundation
under the aegis of the center that will direct $10 million
of the firm's tobacco fees into educational programs for
inner-city residents in Hartford, Providence, and Boston
-- the three cities where the firm has offices -- said
Brown, Rudnick partner Joel Reck.

The huge fees received by Brown, Rudnick and the other
firms generated a firestorm of criticism. Last month, the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce named Massachusetts one
of twenty-one "target states" in its continuing investigation
into the fee controversy. But Reck, who will serve as chair
of the foundation, said his firm was more interested in
moving on and using some of its windfall to help those
less fortunate.

"It's actually a quite untold and underappreciated story
about lawyers," said Reck. "People think about lawyers as
greedy, but if you look at other occupational groups,
lawyers give huge amounts of time and money in a way that
other professions don't."

Mulvihill, Maggie. "Tobacco fees to go into charity."
BostonHerald.com 04/24/01.
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business/bar04242001.htm

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004108.html

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Independent Sector Reports Hourly Value of Volunteering
Continues to Rise

To coincide with National Volunteer Week (April 22-28),
Independent Sector (http://www.independentsector.org/), a
D.C.-based coalition of nonprofits, foundations, and
corporations working to strengthen philanthropy and citizen
action, has released new information which shows the hourly
value of volunteer time increasing to $15.39 last year, up
from $12.45 in 1994.

Since its initial survey on volunteering six years ago, IS
has tracked a steady increase in the hourly value of
volunteer time. The number is based on the average hourly
wage for non-agricultural workers published in the
"Economic Report of the President" and then increased by 12
percent to account for benefits.

"Now that there are indicators that the nation may be
experiencing an economic down-turn, the nonprofit community
will rely on the volunteer workforce more than ever," said
IS president and CEO Sara E. Meléndez. "Volunteers are the
lifeblood of the hundreds of thousands of nonprofit
organizations in this country."

According to last year's survey, the activities for which
people volunteer are as varied as the people who donate
their time. The most popular areas include direct service
activities such as serving food (24 percent of
respondents), fundraising (16 percent), volunteering for
religious congregations (14 percent), giving advice or
counseling (11 percent), working with young people
(11 percent), organizing events (10 percent), and visiting
people or offering companionship (9 percent).

"While more people are volunteering, there is a great
untapped resource of additional potential volunteers. There
are many factors that motivate people to volunteer," added
Dr. Meléndez. "Our research shows that the best way to get
people involved is simply to ask them. Nearly 90 percent of
people volunteer when they are asked."

"Independent Sector Update Reveals the Value of Volunteer
Time Continues to Rise." Independent Sector Press Release
04/18/01.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004103.html

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:::::::::::: DAILY UPDATES (April 18-23) ::::::::::::::

-- Motorola Foundation Gives $1 Million for Morehouse
College Leadership Center
-- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Awards $3.2 Million to
Fourteen Washington Schools
-- Nortel Networks Commits $2.75 Million to Photonics
Center at Duke
-- University of California, Davis Receives $2.6 Million
Grant for Lake Tahoe Center for Environmental Research
-- Sara Lee Corporation Gives $5 Million to Create Women's
Health Center in North Carolina
-- Michael J. Fox Foundation Announces $1.5 Million in
Research Grants
-- Advent/MicroEdge Acquires NPO Solutions

Motorola Foundation Gives $1 Million for Morehouse College
Leadership Center

The Motorola Foundation in Schaumburg, Illinois, has
announced a $1 million gift toward construction of a new
Leadership Center at Morehouse College
(http://www.morehouse.edu/). The gift is the largest ever
by the foundation to a historically black college or
university.

The 63,000-square-foot center will house the school's
leadership development and community service departments
and will feature state-of-the-art computer and information
technology systems. Although it's intended to serve the
Morehouse campus specifically, the center will be available
to students and faculty throughout the entire Atlanta
University Center area.

"Thanks to offerings such as the visionary 3-2 engineering
program with Georgia Tech and the fine liberal arts'
programs that prepare students for work in prestigious
graduate schools, Morehouse will continue to train men who
make significant contributions to the world," said Motorola
Foundation executive director Roberta Gutman. "We are
honored to contribute to their success."

Founded in 1867, Morehouse, in Augusta, Georgia, is the
nation's only historically black, private liberal arts
college for men.

"Motorola Foundation Provides $1 Million Gift for the
Leadership Center At Morehouse College." Motorola
Foundation Press Release 04/20/01.
http://www.motorola.com/ies/ESG/3pressrel2-3.html

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/20010417/004100.html

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Awards $3.2 Million to
Fourteen Washington Schools

The Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
(http://www.gatesfoundation.org/) has awarded a total of
more than $3.2 million in grants to fourteen Washington
schools in recognition of their excellence and commitment
to helping all students achieve. The grants will allow the
selected schools to accelerate their efforts to create
high-achievement, technology-enriched teaching and
learning models. Including these grants, the foundation
has invested more than $86 million in Washington's schools
and school districts.

The schools selected were Emerald Park Elementary, Emerson
Elementary, Grand Mound Elementary, Horizon Middle School,
Kenroy Elementary, Kettle Falls Elementary, Madison
Elementary, Monument Elementary, Mountlake Terrace High
School, Mullenix Ridge Elementary, Talbot Hill Elementary,
Vaughn Elementary, Whitstran Elementary, and West Valley
City Middle School.

"It was clear to me when I visited the principals of these
schools that all have adopted some successful strategies
for improving their students' education," said Kyle
Miller, program officer of school grants for the Gates
Foundation. "Also clear is that each school is on the
verge of tremendous growth. Our grants will enable the
schools to expand their good work and more evenly
distribute their success to benefit all students."

This is the second round of school grants given in the
state of Washington. To be eligible for the program,
schools must have fewer than 600 students, use research-
based practices, and have at least two teachers trained in
using technology for learning. Schools must also provide a
budget match of at least 20 percent of the grant. The
Gates Foundation intends to provide grants to more than
100 Washington state schools over the next three years.

For more information about the school grants program and
the schools selected in this round of funding, visit the
Gates Foundation Web site:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/pressroom/release.asp?PRindex=368

"The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Recognizes 14
Washington State Schools as High Achievement Models." Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation Press Release 04/18/01.
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/pressroom/release.asp?PRindex=368

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/20010417/004098.html

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Nortel Networks Commits $2.75 Million to Photonics Center
at Duke

Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering has received
a six-year, $2.75 million contribution from Nortel
Networks (http://www.nortelnetworks.com) to further the
school's efforts in photonics research and the training of
future generations of engineers. The gift from Brampton,
Ontario-based Nortel includes $1.5 million to create an
endowment fund to support a new professorship at the Pratt
School and $1.25 million to support research at the
Fitzpatrick Center for Advanced Photonics and
Communications Systems
(http://www.fitzpatrick.duke.edu/textSite/duke.html). In
recognition of its gift, Nortel, a global manufacturer of
telecommunications and networking equipment, has been
designated a "founding partner" of the center.

"Nortel Networks' $2.75 million commitment to join the
Fitzpatrick Center as a founding partner is a significant
statement by one of the world's leading technology
companies about the important role the Center will play in
advancing photonics research and training future
generations of photonics engineers," said Duke president
Nannerl O. Keohane. "One of the principal goals of the
Fitzpatrick Center is to partner with high-tech industry
leaders to ensure that North Carolina is at the forefront
of new technology research and development."

The center is named for high-tech entrepreneur Michael J.
Fitzpatrick and his wife Patricia, who last December
announced a donation of $50 million to Duke and Stanford
universities to make both schools international leaders in
advanced photonics.

Current plans call for the center, which will be home to
at least 21 research and visiting faculty, 33 postdoctoral
fellows, and up to 138 graduate and 40 undergraduate
students, to be completed in late 2003.

"Nortel Networks Named 'Founding Partner' in Fitzpatrick
Center for Photonics at Duke University." Duke University
Press Release 04/19/01.
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/Engin/nortel2.htm

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/20010417/004095.html

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University of California, Davis Receives $2.6 Million
Grant for Lake Tahoe Center for Environmental
Research

The University of California, Davis
(http://www.ucdavis.edu/) has received a $2.6 million
grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation
(http://www.packard.org/) for a new research and education
center dedicated to addressing environmental problems in
the Lake Tahoe basin.

The Lake Tahoe Center for Environmental Research will
support multidisciplinary research on the basin ecosystem,
enable greater collaboration among scientists, increase
educational opportunities, and provide information and
awareness programs for the public.

"If we are going to reverse the deterioration of this unique
natural resource, researchers must help policymakers and
resource managers make the best science- based decisions,"
said UC Davis scientist Charles Goldman, who has studied
the Tahoe basin ecosystem for four decades. "The new
research laboratory and its educational programs will give
us the facilities to strengthen the essential connection
between scientific knowledge and public policy."

Goldman, the director of the UC Davis-based Tahoe Research
Group, has monitored water quality and clarity and other
issues at the lake since 1959. Last month, the group
announced that Tahoe had lost another two feet of clarity
in 2000, bringing the average clarity depth measurement to
67.3 feet -- a 35-foot decline since 1968. Nutrients and
fine sediment particles entering the lake are responsible
for the growth of algae and the deteriorating water
quality.

"University of California, Davis Receives $2.6 Million
Grant for Lake Tahoe Center for Environmental Research."
University of California, Davis Press Release 04/17/01.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/20010417/004094.html

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Sara Lee Corporation Gives $5 Million to Create Women's
Health Center in North Carolina

The Chicago-based Sara Lee Corporation
(http://www.saralee.com/) has announced a $5 million gift
to the Forsyth Medical Center Foundation
(http://www.forsythmedicalcenter.org/), in Winston-Salem,
North Carolina, to create the Sara Lee Center for Women's
Health. The new center will expand health services, offer
new preventive and wellness programs, and increase the
availability of preventive screenings and mobile
diagnostic units for women in twenty northwest North
Carolina counties.

"We're proud to put the Sara Lee name on the door and
provide support for a much-needed center dedicated to
better women's health," commented Paul Lustig, executive
vice president of Sara Lee and president and CEO of Sara
Lee Branded Apparel. "The Sara Lee Center for Women's
Health will expand service capacity to address the health
needs of all women in our community throughout each stage
of life."

About 73 percent of Sara Lee Branded Apparel's domestic
workforce is comprised of women and more than 80 percent
of consumers purchasing the company's products are women.

In addition to educational and counseling programs and
pre-natal classes on pregnancy and birth, current services
specifically designed for women that will become
associated with the new center include a Level III neo-
natal unit, an infant nutrition center, a breast clinic,
and the Today's Woman Health and Wellness Center.

"Sara Lee Announces $5 Million Gift to Forsyth Medical
Center Foundation, Creating the Sara Lee Center for
Women's Health." Novant Health Triad Region Press Release
04/17/01.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/20010417/004099.html

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Michael J. Fox Foundation Announces $1.5 Million in
Research Grants

The New York City-based Michael J. Fox Foundation for
Parkinson's Research (http://www.michaeljfox.org/) has
announced its inaugural round of funding for researchers
pursuing a cure for Parkinson's disease. The recipients
(in alphabetical order) of the fifteen grants totaling
$1.5 million are:

Marine E. Emborg, M.D., Ph.D. (Rush University); Matthew
Goldberg, Ph.D. (Brigham and Women's Hospital) and Jie
Shen, Ph.D. (Harvard Medical School); Stephen Kish, Ph.D.
(University of Toronto); Rudiger Klein, Ph.D. (European
Molecular Biology Laboratory); Ronald J. Mandel, Ph.D.
(University of Florida College of Medicine); Graeme Mardon,
Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine); Eliezer Masliah, M.D.
(University of California); Jose A. Obeso, M.D. (Clinica
Universitaria de Navarra); Amy Rubinstein, Ph.D. (Zygogen
LLc); Michael Schwarzschild, M.D., Ph.D. (Massachusetts
General Hospital); Lorenz Studer, M.D. (Memorial Sloan-
Kettering Cancer Center); Catherine M. Verfaillie, M.D.
(Regents of the University of Minnesota); Gail D. Zeevalk,
Ph.D. (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey);
Renping Zhou, Ph.D., (Rutgers); and Michael Zigmond and
Ruth Perez (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine).

"This initial round of research grant funding represents an
exciting first-step in our foundation's active involvement
in the search for a cure," said Michael J. Fox, the popular
actor who was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's
disease in 1991. "The overwhelming number of proposals that
were submitted affirm our belief that promising research
opportunities exist, merely awaiting much-deserved funding."

"1.5 Million in Research Grants Announced." Michael J. Fox
Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
http://www.michaeljfox.org/flash/grant_main.html

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Advent/MicroEdge Acquires NPO Solutions

Advent Software has announced the acquisition of Loudon,
New Hampshire-based NPO Solutions, a provider of
information software management to community foundations,
through its wholly owned subsidiary MicroEdge, Inc.
New York City-based MicroEdge offers software and services
for grants management, matching gifts, and volunteer track-
ing. Together, MicroEdge and NPO Solutions have an
installed base of 1,900-plus organizations and more than
11,000 users.

"Community foundations are experiencing tremendous growth,
and there are significant opportunities for us to help them
to better serve their donors and communities by providing
leading technology solutions and forging closer
relationships with the financial community," said John
Sestak, a partner at NPO Solutions. "Joining forces with
MicroEdge and Advent will give us the important
infrastructure we need to address the changing needs of
this market...."

According to a Q&A document on the Advent Web site, NPO
Solutions clients will continue to use the company's
grants management software in the short term. Going forward,
however, the two companies plan to combine the best aspects
of their existing grants systems into a comprehensive suite
of Web-enabled modules.

For more information on the acquisition, visit the Investor
Relations area of the Advent Web site:
http://www.advent.com/about/financials/npo_qa.pdf

"Advent Software Acquires NPO Solutions." Advent Software
Press Release 04/17/01.
http://www.advent.com/news/PR_Detail.asp?id=350

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