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-- Merck Slashes Price of AIDS Drugs in Brazil
-- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Donates $10 Million for
Tuberculosis Research
-- Ford Motor Company Donates $10 Million to Fund New
Facility for Women-Only Engineering Program at
Smith College
-- New York University Receives $20 Million for Creation
of Arts Scholarship Program
-- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commits $100 Million to
Faith in Action Initiative
-- California Endowment Pledges $50 Million to Improve
Health of California's Agricultural Workers
-- McKnight Foundation Announces $14 Million for Minnesota
Initiative Funds
-- Ford Foundation Grants $5 Million to Forest Stewardship
Council
-- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Funds University of
Washington Digital Tribal Outreach Project
-- Two Swiss Architects Will Share 2001 Pritzker Prize
-- Social Change Funds Face Challenges
-- Ericsson Launches ERICA 2001 Awards Competition
-- On the Rebound, Laid-Off Dot-Commers Look to Nonprofits

Merck Slashes Price of AIDS Drugs in Brazil

Pharmaceutical giant Merck has decided to cut the prices
of two AIDS drugs in Brazil, after the Brazilian
government threatened to manufacture their own generic
version of one of the medicines, the New York Times
reports.

The announcement by the Brazilian government last week
also was intended to put pressure on Hoffman-La Roche, the
prescription drug unit of the Switzerland-based Roche Group,
which sells the anti-HIV protease inhibitor nelfinavir
under the brand name Viracept. So far the Brazilian
government's talks with the company have been
unsuccessful.

Using the United Nations Human Development Index, a
ranking of countries' life expectancies, Merck compiled a
list of nations that would qualify for its lowest price on
the AIDS drug efavirenz, which is sold in the U.S. under
the brand name Sustiva and elsewhere as Stocrin. The drug
will be offered at the same price, approximately $920 per
patient per year - versus $4,700 a year in the U.S. -- in
a number of other countries, including Nicaragua, El
Salvador, and Costa Rica.

Merck's decision came hours before President Bush was to
meet with Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
In an interview with the Times earlier this month, Cardoso
noted that Brazil "had raised this banner because it is a
cause that has to do with the very survival of some
countries, especially the poor ones of Africa. This is a
political and moral issue, a truly dramatic situation,
that has to be viewed realistically and can't be solved
just by the market."

Petersen, Melody and Larry Rohter. "Maker Agrees to Cut
Price of Two AIDS Drugs in Brazil." New York Times 3/31/2001.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/31/health/31AIDS.html?searchpv=site03

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004050.html

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Donates $10 Million for
Tuberculosis Research

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
(http://www.gatesfoundation.org) has awarded $10 million to
the Geneva-based United Nations Development
Programme/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research
and Development in Tropical Diseases
(http://www.who.int/tdr) to facilitate the development of
new tests for the diagnosis of tuberculosis, which is
responsible for some two million deaths a year, half a
million of which occur in persons with HIV infection.

The five-year grant in support of the Tuberculosis
Diagnostic Initiative (TBDI) will speed efforts to design
new approaches to detecting TB among patients with sym-
ptoms of the disease. Work also is under way to develop
simple and accurate methods to quickly detect bacterial
resistance to treatment and to uncover latent infection
or incipient disease in persons without symptoms.

"We are a hundred years behind in TB diagnostics," said
Dr. Mark Perkins, the initiative's manager of diagnostics
research and development. "At a time when increased
funding is urgently needed for both research and control
of TB, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has stepped
forward with a focused investment that will allow
tuberculosis diagnostics activities to shift into high
gear. There is now the real expectation of bringing
improved techniques to the field where they are needed
within the coming five years."

"Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Awards $10 Million to
Develop New Diagnostics for Tuberculosis." Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation Press Release 03/23/01.
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/pressroom/release.asp?PRindex=360

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004055.html

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Ford Motor Company Donates $10 Million to Fund New
Facility for Women-Only Engineering Program
at Smith College

In keeping with its commitment to advancing opportunities
for women in engineering, the Ford Motor Company
(http://www.ford.com) has pledged $10 million to Smith
College (http://www.smith.edu), in Northampton,
Massachusetts, to underwrite the cost of a new state-of-
the-art engineering research and teaching facility.

The gift, the largest single gift to the college from a
corporation, brings Ford's financial commitment to Smith's
program to $12.5 million. A previous gift of $2.5 million,
awarded last summer, continues to support academic program
development, outreach, recruitment, and scholarships for
engineering students at Smith, the first and only women's
college in the country to offer an engineering degree.

"Ford's commitment to our new program has been decisive
and pivotal," noted Smith president Ruth J. Simmons. "We
are grateful for their interest and support which, from
the outset, has enabled us to envision engineering
education that will not only benefit our own students but
could serve as a model for bringing women into
engineering."

Established in February 1999, Smith's Picker Program in
Engineering and Technology is focused on developing
broadly educated, well-rounded engineers capable of
assuming leadership roles in corporations, non-profit
organizations, and technology-related fields. The
program's linkage of engineering education and the
liberal arts is designed to attract women not only strong
in scientific and technical aptitude but also capable of
exceptional creativity and humanistic understanding.

"$10 Million Gift From Ford to Fund State-of-the-Art
Facility for Smith College's Women-Only Engineering
Program." Smith College Press Release 03/27/01.
http://www.smith.edu/newsoffice/Releases/00-086.html

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004061.html

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New York University Receives $20 Million for Creation of
Arts Scholarship Program

Cuban-born investor and philanthropist Alberto W. Vilar
has donated $20 million to New York University for a
new arts scholarship program, the New York Times reports.

Over the past four months, Vilar, an arts and opera
enthusiast, has made substantial donations to a number of
institutions, including $50 million to the John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts, $250,000 to the New York
Philharmonic, and $5 million for the creation of a new
foundation that will administer a competitive training
program for young conductors.

The Alberto Vilar Global Fellows in the Performing Arts,
as the program will be called, will be headed by NYU pres-
ident L. Jay Oliva and will be modeled after the Rhodes
scholarship program. Approximately twenty fellowships
worth $40,000 each will be offered annually to students
studying voice, dance, film, composition, acting, and
music.

"This program is so uniquely, naturally brilliant," said
Vilar in an interview with the Times. "In a couple of
years, when you say 'I'm a Vilar scholar,' that means you
came to the best school and the cultural center of the
world. You've studied under a number of extraordinary
specialists. You interacted in this live laboratory."

Carjaval, Doreen. "N.Y.U. Arts Scholarship Program Caps
a Patron's Spending Spree." New York Times 3/27/2001.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004051.html

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commits $100 Million to
Faith in Action Initiative

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (http://www.rwjf.org),
the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to
health and health care, has announced a $100 million
commitment -- the biggest in the foundation's history --
to its national Faith in Action program. The commitment
will triple the size of the nineteen-year-old initiative.

Faith in Action makes grants to groups of local volunteers
who work together to care for their neighbors who are
chronically ill, frail, elderly, or disabled. With this
assistance, aging and chronically ill members of the
community can maintain and extend their independence
beyond what would be possible without it.

Nearly ten million Americans currently suffer from serious
chronic conditions that prevent them from carrying out
many daily activities for themselves. As the nation's
population ages, the number of people who develop chronic
conditions will increase.

In making the announcement, foundation president and CEO
Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., noted the release of a report
by Harris Interactive and Johns Hopkins University that
found that more than three out of four adults, if asked,
would be willing to become volunteer caregivers. In
addition, more than 93 percent of those people would be
equally or more willing to help if the request to
volunteer came from a local house of worship. The study
also showed that most of the general public and 45 percent
of those with chronic conditions and their family
caregivers are not aware that volunteer services are
available to them.

"These findings underscore the vibrancy of the great
American tradition of volunteerism and the enduring
strength of the common ethic of all faiths to care for
one's neighbors," said Schroeder. "Faith in Action is a
national movement that is inspired by the enormous
willingness of Americans of all faiths to join together
and help their neighbors in need through local
volunteerism."

"The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commits $100
Million..." Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Press Release
03/28/01.
http://www.rwjf.org/app/rw_news_and_events/rw_new_main_set.html

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004057.html

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California Endowment Pledges $50 Million to Improve Health
of California's Agricultural Workers

The California Endowment (http://www.calendow.org) has
pledged $50 million over the next five years to develop
programs aimed at improving the health status of
California's agricultural workers.

At a rally in Fresno, California governor Gray Davis and
Mexican president Vicente Fox hailed the move as an
important step in addressing a significant public policy
issue and pledged to work with the Endowment to support
the development of creative strategies to improve the
health conditions of California's estimated one million
agricultural workers.

According to California Endowment president and CEO Robert
K. Ross, M.D., the multi-million-dollar commitment was
prompted by the recommendations of the Endowment's
Agricultural Workers Health Task Force, which was formed
in response to "Suffering In Silence: A Report on the
Health of California's Agricultural Workers."

While the task force focused on priorities in the areas of
access to care, health education and prevention,
occupational health and safety, housing, and cross-border
health-insurance coverage, it also recommended that the
Endowment take immediate action to address the pressing
heath needs of the state's agricultural workers.

"While immediate action is needed, we believe that a
holistic, comprehensive and integrated approach, involving
the agricultural workers and their families, must be taken
in order to develop long-term solutions," explained task
force chair Esteban Torres. "However, a bi-national
approach to health-care coverage is equally important."

To download a PDF version of "Suffering In Silence: A
Report on the Health of California's Agricultural Workers,
visit:
http://www.calendow.org/pub/publications/AgrWorkersSurveyver012301.pdf.

"The California Endowment Commits $50 Million to Improve
the Health of California's Agricultural Workers."
California Endowment Press Release 3/22/2001.
http://www.calendow.org/news/NewsReleases/2001/03/032201pressvicentefox2....

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004056.html

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McKnight Foundation Announces $14 Million for Minnesota
Initiative Funds

The Minneapolis-based McKnight Foundation
(http://www.mcknight.org) has announced that it will donate
up to $7 million to the Duluth-based Northland Foundation
(http://www.northlandfdn.org) and up to $7.1 million to
the West Central Initiative Fund
(http://www.ia-usa.org/a0024.htm) in Fergus Falls over the
next five years. The commitment by McKnight extends
through 2006 the joint efforts of the three organizations
to increase philanthropic resources, further economic
development, and address social needs in sixteen counties
in northeastern and west central Minnesota.

"Our decision to help start the initiative funds in 1986
was one of the best we've ever made," said McKnight
board chair Noa Starykr. "After fifteen years, they are
firmly established, integral parts of the Minnesota land-
scape. Our goals were to increase philanthropy and address
the needs of smaller rural communities. The six funds have
more than met those goals by leveraging almost half a
billion dollars through loans, developing assets of
$186 million, creating tens of thousands of jobs, and
making more than 8,000 grants to help children, families,
and communities. We're very proud of these two funds'
success and are happy to continue our support for another
five years."

The Northland Foundation and the West Central Initiative
Fund are regional nonprofit organizations created by
McKnight in partnership with local communities to address
more directly, systematically, and effectively the needs
of the people and economies outside of the Minneapolis-St.
Paul metro area. The other four funds are the Initiative
Foundation in Little Falls, the Owatonna-based Initiative
Fund of Southeast and South Central Minnesota, the
Northwest Minnesota Foundation in Bemidji, and the
Hutchinson-based Southwest Minnesota Foundation.

Each is an independent nonprofit corporation overseen by
a board of directors drawn from the communities they serve.
After identifying the social and economic needs of their
respective regions, the funds set priorities and develop
and administer grant and loan programs to meet those
needs, collaborating with other public and private
organizations as appropriate. Since their creation in
1986, McKnight has invested a total of $175 million in the
six funds.

Over the next five years, the Northland Foundation will
focus on five program areas: strengthening families, the
Kids Plus program, assisting senior citizens, increasing
self-reliance among those facing economic and social
barriers, and economic development. The West Central
Initiative Fund will focus on employment and business
development, workforce development, community leadership
development, and a family initiative.

"McKnight Announces $14 Million for Northeastern and West
Central Minnesota Initiative Funds." McKnight Foundation
Press Release 03/22/01.
http://www.mcknight.org/releases/mifs-301.htm.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004060.html

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Ford Foundation Grants $5 Million to Forest Stewardship
Council

The Ford Foundation (http://www.fordfound.org) has
announced a $5 million grant to the international
headquarters of the Forest Stewardship Council
(http://www.fscus.org), an independent, non-governmental
organization based in Oaxaca, Mexico. FSC will use the
grant to expand its worldwide forest certification program
over the next five years.

Comprised of representatives of the forest-products
industry, environmental groups, and community-based
organizations from around the world, FSC accredits
certifying organizations that evaluate forest-management
practices. Landowners approved as abiding by FSC standards
-- including protection of biological diversity,
conservation of a forest's economic resources, and respect
for the rights of indigenous peoples -- may advertise
their wood as certified.

"The FSC is a leading example of a new movement to
encourage and reward higher standards of social and
environmental performance by woodland owners and managers
worldwide," said Ford Foundation senior program officer
Michael Conroy. "We hope that this funding will enable it
to continue its transformation of the global forest
products industry."

Since 1993, the Ford Foundation has made grants totaling
$987,000 to the Forest Stewardship Council. The new
funding is part of a $10 million commitment to the FSC by
the foundation over the next five years. Growing consumer
demand for wood products from certified forests has led
several major retailers to announce they will give a
preference in their purchasing to FSC-certified lumber.
Companies in the United States currently selling
FSC-certified wood include Atlanta-based Home Depot;
Lowe's Companies, a home improvement retailer based in
Wilkesboro, North Carolina; and Minnesota-based Andersen
Corporation, which makes windows and patio doors.

"This major grant will strengthen our ability to expand
holistic forest stewardship worldwide and to meet the
growing demand for FSC-certified products," said FSC
executive director Maharaj Muthoo. "It also assures that
this work will continue to contribute not only to
preserving the planet's living legacy but also to
improving the lives and incomes of millions of people in
forest-dependent communities."

"Ford Foundation Grants $5 Million to Leading Forest
Certification Organization." Ford Foundation Press Release
3/28/01.
http://www.fordfound.org/news/view_news_detail.cfm?news_index=46

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004058.html

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Funds University of
Washington Digital Tribal Outreach Project

The Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
(http://www.gatesfoundation.org) has announced a $393,435
grant to the Tribal Connections project co-sponsored by
the University of Washington Regional Medical Library and
the National Library of Medicine (http://www.nlm.nih.gov).
The collaboration will open access to electronic health
information resources for Southwest Native American
tribes.

Through the foundation's Native American Access to
Technology project, over 100 American Indian communities
in the Southwestern United States are being supplied with
computers, software, and technical support. The grant will
combine the health information outreach of Tribal
Connections (http://www.tribalconnections.org) with the
technology infrastructure provided by the foundation in an
effort to help bridge the digital divide in the
communities selected.

According to recent data from the Indian Health Service,
Native Americans experience higher rates of illness and
death than other races. Foundation officials also note
that digital divide issues hold tribal members back
economically and socially. The collaboration between the
foundation and the university's Regional Medical Library
is an attempt to build on the strengths of each and
directly address the digital divide in Indian country.

"The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Funds University of
Washington Digital Tribal Outreach Project." AScribe News
Press Release 03/26/01.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004059.html

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Two Swiss Architects Will Share 2001 Pritzker Prize

Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron have
been chosen to share the 2001 Pritzker Architecture Prize
(http://www.pritzkerprize.com/), considered by many to be
the most prestigious honor in the field. The two
architects will each receive a $100,000 prize at a
ceremony to be held on May 7 at Thomas Jefferson's
Virginia home, Monticello. Sponsored by the Los Angeles-
based Hyatt Foundation, the Pritzker Prize is often
referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture.

Herzog and de Meuron, both born in Basel in 1950, attended
the same schools, have had nearly parallel careers, and
joined to form Herzog & de Meuron in 1978. Last year, the
firm, which is known for it refined use of building
materials, completed the conversion of a giant power plant
on the Thames River into a new Gallery of Modern Art for
the Tate Museum.

"Only once before in the history of the prize has the jury
seen fit to select two architects in the same year to
share the award. That was in 1998," said Hyatt Foundation
president Thomas J. Pritzker. "The decision was made then
that since it was the tenth anniversary of the prize, we
would celebrate two laureates. In this case, the jury felt
that these two architects work so closely together that
each one complements the abilities and talents of the
other. Their work is the result of a long term true
collaboration making it impossible to honor one without
the other."

Founded in 1979 to honor a living architect whose work
demonstrates a combination of talent, vision, and
commitment and has produced consistent and significant
contributions to humanity, the Pritzker Architecture Prize
was named for Chicago's Pritzker family, long known for
their support of educational, religious, social welfare,
scientific, medical, and cultural activities. Previous
winners include Alvaro Siza, Rafael Moneo, Frank O. Gehry,
Tadeo Ando, Robert Venturi, and Renzo Piano.

"Two Swiss Architects Will Share the 2001 Pritzker
Architecture Prize." Pritker Prize Press Release.
http://www.pritzkerprize.com.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004052.html

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Social Change Funds Face Challenges

According to a new report funded by the Aspen Institute's
Nonprofit Sector Research Fund
(http://www.nonprofitresearch.org), progressive social
change funds must clarify their missions and communicate
their unique value to potential donors in order to survive
in today's competitive marketplace environment.

"Progressive Social Change Funds: Strategies for
Survival," by Felice Davidson Perlmutter and Vicki W.
Kramer, examined thirty-eight member funds of four
national social change groups: the Funding Exchange
network (http://www.fex.org/), the National Alliance for
Choice in Giving (http://www.choiceingiving.org/), the
National Black United Fund (http://www.nbuf.org/), and the
Women's Funding Network (http://www.wfnet.org/). The funds
examined by the study all seek to empower marginalized
populations, challenge social inequities, and support
self-help.

The results of Perlmutter and Kramer's analyses suggests
that to "survive and thrive" in the current environment,
fund leaders must recognize and retain what makes them
distinctive; decide what aspects of their structure and
mission can be changed; pass on their knowledge to new
board and staff members; and articulate those elements to
potential donors.

The report also urges the funds to maximize the role of
their national organizations and to collaborate with other
social change funds locally to make the public and the
funding community aware of their impact and value.

"Social Change Funds Face Survival Challenges."
Temple University Press Release 3/29/2001.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004054.html

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Ericsson Launches ERICA 2001 Awards Competition

Wireless communications giant Ericsson has announced that
it will award five nonprofit organizations $100,000 in Web
development services and equipment through its Ericsson
Internet Community Action (ERICA) 2001 program
(http://www.ericsson.com/erica).

Created in 1999, the ERICA program is designed to help
nonprofits -- which seldom have the resources, financial
or technical, to harness the Internet to their cause --
to become more effective social change agents.

"ERICA doesn't force nonprofits to adopt generic
solutions, or superimpose technology for technology's
sake," said Jennifer Hilborn, the company's corporate
citizenship manager. "The program is effective because it
works in a cooperative way -- nonprofits envision their own
Web solutions, while harnessing Ericsson's technical
expertise and resources to turn their dreams into
reality."

Applications to the program are evaluated according to four
main criteria: overall purpose, innovation, feasibility,
and community involvement. More than 2,500 entries were
submitted during the first two years of the program, and
the company expects another strong response this year.
Once the finalists are announced, visitors to the ERICA
Web site can help nominate the 2001 People's Choice Award
winner through an online voting process. The organization
with the most votes will win $20,000 in computer hardware
and software.

Entry forms for the 2001 ERICA Awards are available on the
Web at http://www.ericsson.com/erica and can be submitted
directly through the site, starting today, through
midnight, June 5, 2001.

"Ericsson Inspires e-Solutions to Address Social Issues."
Ericsson Press Release, 04/3/01.

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004049.html

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On the Rebound, Laid-Off Dot-Commers Look to Nonprofits

According to a recent article in Wired News, an increasing
number of laid-off dot-commers are rediscovering a sense
of purpose, not to mention job security, in the nonprofit
sector.

"I get unsolicited resumes [from] former dot-commers now,
which is great," said Rena Convissor, a vice president at
the D.C.-based Center for the Advancement of Health. "Of
course, it's hard to know if they really want to give back
to their communities or they're just desperate." But
Convissor's not about to look a gift horse in the mouth.
"Their creativity and computer skills are a true asset to
a nonprofit, and things like developing a better Web site
means that we can save money on mailings in the long run."

Other nonprofit and volunteer-run organizations are
appealing specifically to laid-off dot-commers. Recently,
the Peace Corps launched a newspaper ad campaign in San
Francisco that read, "Dot-Com, Dot Gone? Now it's time
to network with the real world: Peace Corps."

While many former dot-commers working in the nonprofit
sector are nonplussed by its lower salaries and often-
obsolete equipment, some find that working for a cause can
compensate for such shortcomings. "I decided to leave my
higher-paying Web master job at a software company for a
nonprofit before the big dot-com crash because I wanted my
job to have more purpose than making some middle-aged CEO
wealthier," said Danette St. Onge, a 25-year-old manager
of the Exploratorium, a nonprofit science museum in San
Francisco. "And I delighted in the fact that four out of
five of the dot-com companies I interviewed at while
considering the Exploratorium were bankrupt within a few
months."

Jana, Reena. "The New Dot-Altruism." Wired News 3/30/2001.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42697,00.html

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004053.html

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