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"The newly wealthy in communities of color have sometimes
been overlooked by mainstream philanthropic institutions.
There is much more these institutions can do to meaning-
fully engage communities of color."

-- Albert Ruesga, director of New Ventures in Philanthropy,
a national initiative of the Forum of Regional Associations
of Grantmakers.

::::::::::::::: IN THE NEWS ::::::::::::::::

-- Association of Grantmakers Releases New Report on
Minority Donors
-- Children's Hospital Los Angeles Receives $38 Million Gift
-- Study Finds High-Tech Donors Committed to Philanthropy
-- Bush Administration Considers $200 Million Contribution
to AIDS Fund
-- Smithsonian Receives $35 Million Gift for "Hall of
Achievement"
-- Ford Foundation Report Says Community Investment By
Corporations Leads to Better Bottom Lines
-- Bangladesh NGO to Receive Gates Award for Global Health
-- PG&E Halts Philanthropic Program
-- MacArthur Foundation Web Site Attacked By Hackers

::::::::: DAILY UPDATES (May 2 - May 7) :::::::::::

-- Stanford Receives $400 Million From Hewlett Foundation
-- Keck Foundation Gives $2 Million to UC San Diego for
Brain Imaging Center
-- Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds Transfer Control of $1.7
Billion to Thirteen Charities
-- Independent Sector Announces New Education Partnership
-- Wealthy Could Give More, Group Finds
-- California Endowment Gives $2.99 Million to Fund
Comprehensive Health Survey

Association of Grantmakers Releases New Report on Minority
Donors

A new report issued by the Forum of Regional Associations
of Grantmakers (http://www.rag.org/) finds that even
though people of color are increasingly becoming a vital
force in American philanthropy, most mainstream
foundations continue to ignore minority donors.

The report, "Engaging Diverse Communities for and Through
Philanthropy," finds that despite a widely held
misperception that minorities are not actively
philanthropic, people of color are regular donors and have
a long history of giving to charitable causes.

"The newly wealthy in communities of color have sometimes
been overlooked by mainstream philanthropic institutions,"
said Albert Ruesga, director of New Ventures in
Philanthropy, a national initiative to increase charitable
giving launched by the Forum in 1998. "There is much more
these institutions can do to meaningfully engage
communities of color."

Based on findings from the Council on Foundations' 1999
study, "Cultures of Caring: Philanthropy in Diverse
American Communities," the report sets forth general
principles for diversity and inclusiveness work, describes
specific outreach activities, and spotlights organizations
that have successfully addressed diversity issues.

For more information about the report, or to order copies,
contact the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers,
1828 L Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20036-5168;
(202) 835-2983 (fax); [email protected] (e-mail).

Carr, Rebecca. "Philanthropy Failing to Tap Minority
Wealth." Atlanta Journal-Constitution 4/28/2001.

"Association of Grantmakers Report Provides Practical
Advice on Engaging Diverse Communities." Forum of Regional
Association of Grantmakers Press Release 05/01/2001.
http://www.rag.org/press/engaging1.html.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004128.html

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Children's Hospital Los Angeles Receives $38 Million Gift

Children's Hospital Los Angeles, a national leader in
pediatric and adolescent medicine, has received a record
$38.3 million gift from the estate of Fern and Harold
McAlister -- believed to be the largest estate gift ever
made to a children's hospital in the U.S.

When Mrs. McAlister died in February at the age of 93, the
corpus of charitable trusts she and her husband
established in the early 1970s to benefit CHLA reverted to
the hospital. The final distribution from the trusts
concludes a commitment made by the McAlisters that has
provided more than $100 million in gifts and interest to
the hospital.

"Childrens Hospital has become an international leader in
pediatric health care due in no small measure to Mr. and
Mrs. McAlister's thoughtful vision three decades ago,"
said Children's Hospital president and CEO Walter Noce, Jr.
"[Their] extraordinary vision continues to support our
commitment not only to provide the best possible care to
children today, but also to find the best means to
diagnose, treat and prevent pediatric diseases and to
promote child health tomorrow."

The final gift from the McAlister trusts will establish
the McAlister Clinical Research Program, the goal of which
will be to expand current programs for cancer, gene
transfers, organ transplants, and diabetes. Funds from the
gift will also be used to recruit visiting scholars for
clinical research.

"Children's Hospital Gets Record $38-Million Estate Gift."
Los Angeles Times 05/03/01.
http://www.latimes.com/news/state/20010503/t000037299.html

"McAlister Family Legacies Provide More Than $100 Million
for Pediatric Patient Care and Research." Children's
Hospital Los Angeles Press Release 05/03/01.
http://www.chla.org/getpressdetail.cfm?ref=2225

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004129.html

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Study Finds High-Tech Donors Committed to Philanthropy

The Social Welfare Research Institute at Boston College
(http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/gsas/swri/), in conjunction
with the Association of Fundraising Professionals
(http://www.afpnet.org/), has released a study of the
charitable giving habits of wealthy high-tech executives
that suggests that high-tech donors' initial dedication to
philanthropy is "an indication of an emerging fuller
commitment" to the field.

The study, "Agent-Animated Wealth and Philanthropy: The
Dynamics of Accumulation and Allocation Among High-Tech
Donors," is the first qualitative, interview-intensive
report to provide in-depth analysis of how high-tech
philanthropists view their giving and the long-range
implications of their involvement in the nonprofit sector.

Among its findings, the study, which was conducted by Paul
Schervish, Mary O'Herlihy, and John Havens, reported that
respondents embraced a giving strategy that goes beyond
what has become known as "venture philanthropy." Termed
"agent-animated" philanthropy by the study's authors, the
approach has three main principles: charities must be
attentive to the marketplace, focusing on comprehensive
processes that address an entire issue and use technology
to meet needs; ideas and knowledge -- human capital -- not
funding, are the most important assets a charity can have;
and charities must focus on growth of scale either through
developing innovative ideas or cloning successful programs
and expanding their impact.

"For many charities, putting ideas and knowledge ahead of
funding, or looking to aggressively expand operations are
foreign concepts," said AFP president and CEO Paulette
Maehara. "But many respondents in the study want to
provide managerial expertise and long-term funding so
charities are able to work free of traditional
constraints. These donors are saying 'show me you have an
idea, show me you have the potential to grow, show me
results on a smaller scale, and I will make sure you get
funded properly so you can grow and have a greater
impact.'"

To download an executive summary of the report, visit the
AFP Web site:
http://www.afpnet.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=868&content_item_id=2065.

"New Study by The Association of Fundraising Professionals
Finds High Tech Donors Still Committed to Giving."
Association of Fundraising Professionals Press Release
05/03/01.
http://www.afpnet.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=887&content_item_id=2064

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004130.html

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Bush Administration Considers $200 Million Contribution to
AIDS Fund

The Bush administration is considering making a $200
million contribution to a new global AIDS fund and hopes
to attract additional support for the effort from U.S.
corporations, the Wall Street Journal reports.

With United Nations officials led by Secretary-General
Kofi Annan hoping to create a fund with the resources to
spend $7 billion to $10 billion annually, the rumored U.S.
contribution is likely to be viewed as disappointing.

"If it's confirmed, I would consider it a good beginning,
but only a beginning," commented Annan, who introduced the
idea of a global AIDS fund at the Council on Foundations'
annual conference in Philadelphia last week. "I would hope
that there would be other contributions to the fund, from
both governments and the private sector."

So far, no government has publicly pledged a contribution.
Annan himself is expected to make the first donation to
the fund when he hands over the $100,000 Philadelphia
Liberty Medal prize he recently won for his peace
promoting activities.

While a White House budget spokesman refused to comment on
the administration's plans, the Journal quoted one U.S.
official as saying, "People would like more [money for the
fund], and they're trying hard to get it. But in the
current budget you have to figure out where you're going
to take it from. There isn't any new money out there."

Phillips, Michael M. "Bush Administration Weighs Donation
of $200 Million to U.N. AIDS Fund." Wall Street Journal
05/04/01.

"Annan to Donate Prize Money to Global AIDS Fund." Reuters
05/04/01

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004131.html

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Smithsonian Receives $35 Million Gift for "Hall of
Achievement"

The Smithsonian Institution (http://www.si.edu/) has
received a $35 million pledge to establish a new "hall of
achievement" highlighting outstanding Americans, the
Washington Post reports.

The gift, from the charitable foundation of former
financial-services executive Catherine B. Reynolds, will
be used to refurbish an approximately 12,000-square-foot
section of the museum that will house a permanent exhibit
dedicated to the lives of 75 to 100 Americans prominent
in the arts, science, sports, and public service.

"Americans by and large have been very committed to the
belief in the power of the individual to change or make a
difference," said Reynolds. "We want to educate young
people about who today's heroes are, so they can identify
with them."

The Post reports that the Smithsonian has received some
$300 million from private sources over the last three
years, including a $10 million gift from Nan Tucker McEvoy
to renovate the building housing the Smithsonian American
Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery and $100
million from California real-estate developer Kenneth
Behring.

The gifts have generated their share of controversy within
the Smithsonian, with some curators arguing that donors
have too much say in the institution's activities. But
Smithsonian secretary Lawrence M. Small, who solicits
donations from private donors, told the Post that the
Smithsonian's policy is that staff, curators, and
scientists -- not individual donors -- are in charge of
exhibitions.

Trescott, Jacqueline. "Local Woman Gives Smithsonian $35
Million." Washington Post 05/04/01.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46580-2001May4.html

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004132.html

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Ford Foundation Report Says Community Investment By
Corporations Leads to Better Bottom Lines

The Ford Foundation (http://www.fordfound.org/) has
announced the release of a report that documents a growing
business trend -- companies creating competitive advantage
through community investment.

The report, "Win-Win: Competitive Advantage Through
Community Investment," highlights the successful community
investment strategies of some of the top corporations in
the country, including Bank of America, Chevron, Dell,
DreamWorks SKG, Enron, IBM, MetLife, Pfizer, Salomon Smith
Barney, Sears, and Xerox.

"Distressed rural areas and hardscrabble inner cities are
transforming themselves into some of America's most
competitive places to do business," said Ford Foundation
president Susan V. Berresford. "Many companies are already
reaping the benefits of investing in low-income
communities and their residents in order to expand their
customer base, stabilize their workforce, locate top
suppliers, invest corporate assets, and build community
relations."

The report identifies a number of trends, including large
corporations across all industries beginning to make
investments in partnership with community-oriented venture
capital partners and breaking new ground by investing in
inner city and minority-owned businesses; manufacturers
diversifying their supplier networks and contracting with
more and more minority- and women-owned businesses for
services, equipment, and components; companies turning
increasingly to local and national economic development
organizations for help with workforce and procurement
needs; and banks and insurance companies beginning to
substantially increase their investments in inner city
and rural enterprises, providing a broad range of finan-
cial services in partnership with community-oriented
institutions that specialize in screening and counseling
borrowers.

"Households in America's inner cities possess more than
$85 billion in annual retail spending power. That amounts
to nearly 7 percent of total U.S. retail spending, far
more than Mexico's entire formal retail market," noted
Michael Porter, chairman and CEO of Initiative for a
Competitive Inner City. "Because of the density of demand,
many inner-city retailers outperform their suburban
counterparts, generating sales per square foot up to 40
percent higher than the regional average."

The report is a product of the Ford Foundation's Corporate
Involvement Initiative, a $30 million effort to leverage
private sector resources for low-income people in the U.S.

"Ford Foundation Report Highlights Trend: Low-Inclome
Communities a Resource for Corporate Growth." Ford
Foundation Press Release 05/08/01.
http://www.fordfound.org/news/view_news_detail.cfm?news_index=49

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004134.html

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Bangladesh NGO to Receive Gates Award for Global Health

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
(http://www.gatesfoundation.org/) will present the first
annual Gates Award for Global Health to the Centre for
Health and Population Research (http://www.icddrb.org/) in
Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Established four decades ago, the Centre focuses its
efforts on alleviating the ravages of poverty in
developing countries. It pioneered the discovery and
development of oral rehydration solution (ORS), which
today saves the lives of 2.5 million children annually
from what used to be the leading infectious killer in the
world, diarrhea, and it has also played a central role
in cholera vaccine research and applied research programs
on maternal and child health.

"We live in an age when the separation between national
and international health agendas no longer works. And
while poverty lies at the root of many ills, ill health in
its turn has a devastating effect on the economies of
developing nations," said UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
"To build a more equitable global society, there is no
more important investment than public health in the
developing world. This award brings long overdue
recognition to an organization which has demonstrated
visionary leadership in that field."

Brown, David. "Bangladesh Group Wins Gates Prize."
Washington Post 05/07/01.
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52425-2001May6.html

Centre for Health and Population Research to Receive First
Ever Gates Award for Global Health." Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation Press Release 05/07/01.

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/pressroom/release.asp?PRindex=376

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004135.html

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PG&E Halts Philanthropic Program

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that bankrupt utility
giant Pacific Gas and Electric (http://www.pge.com/) has
suspended its philanthropic program, raising concerns
among many San Francisco-based nonprofit organizations
that their funding may be discontinued.

As a result of the energy crisis in California, PG&E filed
for bankruptcy protection in early April. Shortly thereafter
the company, a longtime supporter and donor to education,
environmental, and gay rights groups, notified regular
recipients that it had suspended its philanthropic activities.

Organizations feeling the pinch include Alonzo King's
Lines Ballet (http://www.linesballet.org/), which runs the
San Francisco Dance Center. "It's surprising," said Derek
Gordon, president of the ballet's board. "PG&E has been
such a stable force for so long, it's a reliable presence
in the community. To have that go away is a shock to the
system."

With an annual philanthropic budget of $7 million, PG&E
supported hundreds of local organizations, including its
own gay and lesbian employee association. "We recognize
how important our support is for these groups," said PG&E
spokeswoman Staci Homrig. "We hope to support them as soon
as possible."

Ginsburg, Marsha. "PG&E Pulls Plug on Philanthropy,
Community Groups Suddenly Face 7 Million Donation
Deficit." San Francisco Chronicle 05/07/01.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/
archive/2001/05/07/MN228563.DTL

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004136.html

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MacArthur Foundation Web Site Attacked By Hackers

United Press International reports that the Web site of
the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
(http://www.macfdn.org/), best known for its annual "genius
grants," was hacked and defaced last week by Chinese
programmer-activists.

Visitors who logged on to the site on Friday were greeted
by a red-and-yellow Chinese flag with the words "HACKED
Fighting For Freedome!!!" splashed against a black
background.

More than 650 Web sites in the U.S. have been similarly
defaced over the past two weeks, including the official
White House home page (http://www.whitehouse.gov/) and a
Department of Labor site. The attacks coincide with the
recent May Day holiday and the second anniversary, on
May 8, of the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade,
Yugoslavia, by U.S. forces.

"I guess we should feel honored to be included among such
an elite group," said MacArthur Foundation spokesman Jim
Hoffman. "It hasn't happened to everyone over here, so I
have to think we are held in some esteem over there."

The Chicago-based foundation makes grants in the areas of
human and community development, global security, global
sustainability, and for projects that promote excellence
and diversity in the media.

"Hackers hit 'genius grants' Web site." United Press
International 05/07/01.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004133.html

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Stanford Receives $400 Million From Hewlett Foundation

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
(http://www.hewlett.org/) has announced a $400 million gift
to Stanford University to help build an endowment for the
humanities and sciences and for undergraduate education.
The gift is believed to be the largest ever made to a
university in the United States.

At a noontime press conference on the Stanford campus to
announce the gift, Hewlett Foundation chairman Walter
Hewlett explained that $300 million of the gift was
earmarked for the School of Humanities and Sciences; the
remaining $100 million will be reserved for the Campaign
for Undergraduate Education. "This gift honors my father,
who passed away in January and honors his lifetime of
philanthropy, his lifelong devotion to Stanford and his
passionate belief in the value of a liberal arts
education," Walter Hewlett said, referring to his late
father, the engineering pioneer William R. Hewlett, who
died in January at the age of 87.

Hewlett added that, as a member of the School of
Humanities and Sciences' advisory council, he had "noticed
increased budgetary pressures on the school. First there
were cost cutting measures, then more money saved around
the edges, then tapping of the reserve fund.... It became
clear to me that if something wasn't done to put the
school on a more firm financial footing there would be
major deterioration -- not just in a few departments, but
all across the school."

Foundation director James C. Gaither reminded those in
attendance of William Hewlett's life-long generosity to
Stanford and expressed his hope that the gift would "en-
courage others in the philanthropic world -- individuals
as well as foundations -- to think boldly about making
major commitments to the universities and other institutions
that are important to our future. It harkens back to an
earlier time when philanthropists -- such as Rockefeller,
Carnegie, the Stanfords, and more recently Packard and
Hewlett -- focused much of their generosity in support of
the infrastructure of our society. It's a model we hope
others will emulate."

"Hewlett Foundation Announces $400 Million Gift to
Stanford University." Stanford University Press Release
05/02/01.
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/report/news/may9/gift-59.html

Wilgoren, Jodi. "Hewlett Group Gives Stanford $400
Million." New York Times 05/03/01.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/20010501/004122.html

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Keck Foundation Gives $2 Million to UC San Diego for Brain
Imaging Center

The University of California, San Diego has received a
$2 million grant from the Los Angeles-based W. M. Keck
Foundation (http://www.wmkeck.org/) to help equip its new
UCSD Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

The regional state-of-the-art facility, developed in
collaboration with the Salk Institute
(http://www.salk.edu/) in La Jolla, will enable researchers
to conduct sophisticated studies of both the structure and
function of the brain. In recognition of the grant, the
facility housing the 6,500-square-foot center, now under
construction on the UCSD campus, will be named the W. M.
Keck Building.

The new center will provide neuroscience, medical, and
cognitive science researchers in the San Diego region with
the facilities needed to develop new imaging technologies,
uncover the neural basis of human cognition, and provide
new avenues for treating human brain disorders such as
stroke and epilepsy, and degenerative diseases such as
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. It will be the largest and
most comprehensive brain imaging facility dedicated to
research in the western United States.

"Despite the widespread use of functional magnetic
resonance imaging for brain research, the physiological
mechanisms underlying the fMRI signal are still poorly
understood," said Richard Buxton, Ph.D., the center's
director and a UCSD professor of radiology. "Because of
this, fMRI is currently limited to answering the question
of 'where is the brain active?' during particular tasks.
As we better understand how fMRI works, we hope to answer
the more important questions such as 'how does brain
activity change in disease?'"

"Keck Foundation Awards $2 Million Grant to UC San Diego
to Help Equip Brain Imaging Center." University of
California, San Diego Press Release 05/03/01.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/20010501/004123.html

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Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds Transfer Control of $1.7
Billion to Thirteen Charities

The Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds
(http://www.wallacefunds.org/), the sixth-largest charity
in New York state and one of the wealthiest private
foundations in the country, has relinquished control of
$1.7 billion in endowments to thirteen organizations,
including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York
Times reports.

The move settles a probe by the New York attorney
general's office into the funds' complex organizational
structure, which, since the early 1980s, had placed
control of the endowments, all of which were heavily in-
vested in Reader's Digest stock, in the hands of seven
Wallace supporting organizations. Restrictions placed on
the supporting organizations impeded the charities in
question from selling the stock, which experienced a
precipitous slide in value in the mid-1990s.

"There was a sense," said New York Attorney General Eliot
L. Spitzer, who inherited the investigation into the
funds' structure from his predecessor, Dennis C. Vacco,
"that there wasn't as much independence as the beneficiary
entities wanted. We've overcome that and given them the
opportunity to chart their own course."

In addition to the Met, which will gain control of $424
million, the charities benefitting from the agreement
include the Wildlife Conservation Society ($191 million);
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ($100 million);
Macalster College in St. Paul, Minnesota ($303 million);
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ($155 million);
Lincoln Center's ballet, music, theater, and two opera
companies ($312 million); and two conservation groups,
Scenic Hudson and the Open Space Institute ($115 million
each).

When the transfer is complete, the thirteen recipients
will control approximately 19 percent of Reader's Digest
non-voting stock, which recently closed at $27.51, down
more than 50 percent from its high of $55.62 in January
1993.

Blumenthal, Ralph. "13 Institutions Obtain Control of Vast
Bequest." New York Times 05/04/01.

Chaker, Ann Marie. "Reader's Digest Funds Revamp, Give
Control of Assets to Charities." Wall Street Journal
05/04/01.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/20010501/004124.html

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Independent Sector Announces New Education Partnership

Independent Sector (http://www.indepsec.org/), a coalition
of nonprofits, foundations, and corporate givers working
to strengthen philanthropy and citizen action, has
announced a new partnership with Learning to Give
(http://www.learningtogive.org/), a national initiative
designed to teach millions of elementary and high school
students about the historical role and value of America's
not-for-profit sector and the importance of philanthropy.

In response to survey results that have raised concerns
about Americans' personal engagement in the life of their
communities and in American youths' understanding of core
social values, the Learning to Give initiative was
launched four years ago by the Council of Michigan
Foundations to teach K-12 students about philanthropy.
Through the project, hundreds of public school teachers
have volunteered to write and then field test in their own
classrooms lessons that weave the concepts and historical
importance of philanthropy into elementary and high school
classes in history, geography, government, and economics.

"For Independent Sector, the Learning to Give Project
seemed a critical match with our own mission and
objectives," said IS President and CEO Sara E. Meléndez.
"It is vitally important to our democracy and our future
that youth gain an appreciation of the special role of
voluntary action and philanthropy in building the kind of
America and world we all desire. This important project
will help do just that."

Major funders for the effort include the Ford Foundation,
the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation, the Lilly Endowment, the Charles Stewart Mott
Foundation, and the Surdna Foundation.

Other national partners include the Association of
Fundraising Professionals, the Council on Foundations, the
National Center on Black Philanthropy, and the National
Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban
Institute.

To download any of the nearly 500 lesson plans created and
field tested by teachers for the initiative, visit the
Learning to Grow Web site: www.LearningtoGive.org.

"Independent Sector to Partner on Nationwide Philanthropy
Education Project." Independent Sector Press Release
05/04/01.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/20010501/004125.html

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Wealthy Could Give More, Group Finds

NewTithing Group (http://www.newtithing.org/), a San
Francisco-based philanthropic research organization, has
released estimates that show that U.S. tax filers could
have afforded to give at least double the estimated $150
billion they donated to charity in 2000.

Drawn from the latest available IRS data, the group's
findings suggest that almost $170 billion in affordable
additional giving could have come from the three
wealthiest tax brackets in 2000. Average filers with
adjusted gross incomes of $1 million or more only gave 12
percent of what NewTithing estimates they could have
afforded.

In contrast, filers in one of the lowest tax brackets --
earning an adjusted gross income of $25,000 to $49,000 --
were already donating an average of $661 to charity per
year, which NewTithing found to be sufficiently generous.

The group defines "new tithing" as determining a
comfortable level of donations to charity based on annual
surplus income and the market value, after debt, of
investment assets (excluding personal housing).

"The markets may be lackluster," said NewTithing chairman
Claude Rosenberg, "but many filers in the wealthiest three
tax brackets accumulated so much capital over the years
that they still could have comfortably given more than
what they gave."

"Top Three Tax Brackets Could Have Comfortably Donated Far
More in 2000 Despite Lackluster Markets." NewTithing Group
Press Release 05/2001.
http://www.newtithing.org/content/fact2000.html

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/20010501/.html

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California Endowment Gives $2.99 Million to Fund
Comprehensive Health Survey

The California Endowment (http://www.calendow.org/) has
announced a $2.99 million grant to complete the funding
for an unprecedented assessment of the health needs of
California's ethnically and geographically diverse
population.

The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), a
collaboration of the UCLA Center for Health Policy
Research (http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/), the
California Department of Health Services, and the Public
Health Institute, will survey 55,000 households about
their health, their needs for health care, and their
access to health services. Researchers expect to release
preliminary findings from the survey early next year.

The new funding will support enhanced data collection from
rural communities, small counties, and racial/ethnic
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system.

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with data collected every second year. The estimated cost
for the first cycle is approximately $11.6 million. The
California Department of Health Services, the National
Cancer Institute, the California Children and Families
Commission, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, and the Indian Health Service will provide the
balance of funding.

"$2.99 Million Grant From California Endowment Completes
Funding for Unprecedented California Health Interview
Survey." California Endowment Press Release 05/04/01.

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