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HYATT FOUNDATION

The Hyatt Foundation is the funder of the $100,000 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize which will be awarded to Swiss architect, Peter Zumthor. He was educated at Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, New York City, during the 1960s, has won many other international awards, and wrote the book, "Thinking Architecture." His website can be found at http://eng.archinform.net/arch/426.htm.

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2 total votes | Comments (0) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2009-04-14 - Login to vote or comment!

PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART

A memorial fund for art acquisitions was established to honor the Museum's former CEO, Anne d'Harnoncourt, who died of cardiac arrest on June 1, 2008. This week the "Chronicle of Philanthropy" - (www.philanthropy.com) announced that the Museum has acquired several significant pieces of art through this memorial but they won't declare the value of the gifts at this time. D'Harnoncourt also served as a director on the Board of the Henry Luce Foundation.

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2 total votes | Comments (0) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2009-03-04 - Login to vote or comment!

Second Book in the Eye Can Too! Read series by Lesley Barker now available

The Eye Can Too! Read series by Lesley Barker provides academic activities designed to improve a student's learning-related visual skills. The second book, nicknamed "The Yellow Book" deals with the visual-spatial skills of laterality and directionality. This series is written with home school families in mind but the activities can be adapted for K-8th grade classroom use as well. If your students have difficulty crossing the midline, or make reversals when reading or writing, the Yellow Book will provide suggestions and tools to help. Check it out at http://www.home-school-inc.com/store/p-15-item-000014.aspx

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2 total votes | Comments (0) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2009-02-26 - Login to vote or comment!

GOOGLE INC. (GOOG)

Google's philanthropic commitment to fund nonprofit organizations since 2004 has involved donating one percent of its equity and profits each year. The program has been managed by executive director, Larry Brilliant. He announced on the February 23, 2009 posting at the google.org blog that he will step down from this position. The management role will go to Vice President, Megan Smith. She will be named General Manager of Google.org. (See the story at February 25, 2009 "Philanthropy News Digest" at http://fconline.fdncenter.org)

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2 total votes | Comments (1) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2009-02-26 - Login to vote or comment!

Nonprofit Companies

64% of the museums that participated in the Listening Post Project conducted by Lester Salamon et al at John Hopkins University Center for Civil Society Studies have "shovel-ready infrastructure projects" which cannot go forward as planned because of the economic down-turn. The study surveyed more than 1800 nonprofit organizations: museums, community and economic development agencies, elderly housing agencies, theaters, children and family service agencies, clinics, educational organizations, and orchestras. Almost half of these nonprofit projects are planned to occur in urban areas. The study concludes that there is significant potential for jobs right now if some of the economic stimulus would be directed towards the nonprofit sector to pay for new construction and renovations that are already planned.

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2 total votes | Comments (0) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2009-02-18 - Login to vote or comment!

ONE ECONOMY CORPORATION

Partnering with the WalMart Foundation and United Way, the One Economy Corporation will provide free tax help for individuals who earned under $56,000 during 2008. The service will happen in Mobile Tax Centers at local WalMart stores between now and April 11. According to the Philanthropy News Digest, one of the program's goals is to educate the 20% of eligible individuals who are unaware that they qualify to receive the earned income tax credit. Check out the program at http://www.one-economy.com

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2 total votes | Comments (0) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2009-02-17 - Login to vote or comment!

FRIENDS OF KWMU INC

In its recent on-air fundraiser, this NPR station run out of the University of Missouri-Saint Louis raised $231,000 in pledges. They pitched Valentine's chocolates and other romantic incentives in exchange for pledges in their campaign called "For the Love of KWMU". The Valentine's Day pledge drive is an annual event but this year, in spite of the recession, the station reduced the number of days that they interrupted programming for fund-raising and still netted 13% more than they did last year.

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2 total votes | Comments (0) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2009-02-14 - Login to vote or comment!

HIGGINS EDWARD (SAINT LOUIS, MO, 63131) - Political Donations

Edward Higgins was elected to the Board of the Missouri Foundation for Health according to the ST. Louis Business Journal (1/5/09. The journal reports that Higgins is also on the grants committee of the Dana Brown Charitable Trust, the Board of the Mercantile Bank/US Bank Foundation, and the Board of Cardinal Glennan Children's Foundation.

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2 total votes | Comments (0) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2009-01-06 - Login to vote or comment!

MISSOURI FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH

Four new board members including Edward Higgins were elected to the Missouri Foundation for Health according to the St. Louis Business Journal (1/5/09). The others are Cynthia Dean from Poplar Bluff, MO; Marsha Mills from Bernie, MO; and Mike Peters from Springfield, MO.

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2 total votes | Comments (0) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2009-01-06 - Login to vote or comment!

SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

December 2008 was very good to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. The St. Louis Business Journal (1/5/09) reported that the symphony had revenues of $737,000 during December. This represents an increase of 12.5% over December 2007. The audience was higher by 3% even though there were actually fewer concerts.

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2 total votes | Comments (0) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2009-01-06 - Login to vote or comment!

Religion-Related, Spiritual Development , Saint Louis, MO: Nonprofit Search Results

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Saint Louis, MO was allocated $202,068 in Missouri State Tax Credits according to the January 2, 2009 edition of the St. Louis Business Journal. The tax credits are for the Neighborhood Assistance Program which is administered by the Missouri Department of Economic Development. Any Missouri-based nonprofit organization can apply for tax credits to help fund either building projects or service programs that benefit Missourians. Tax credits are allocated on a first-come first-serve basis until the funds are all used for the year. The tax credit application asks a series of detailed questions about the way the organization proposes to use the funds, their client demographics, and their budget. Additional information must describe the plans the organization has to market the tax credits. Finally, letters of support for the organization must be gathered, a local government representative must sign off on the application which must also be notorized. ... (Read More)

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2 total votes | Comments (0) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2009-01-02 - Login to vote or comment!

DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center will provide biotech resources to African subsistance farmers in Kenya, Uganda, and Burkina Faso. This will be funded by a $5.4 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, according to the St. Louis Business Journal on December 19, 2008. The program will be directed by Dr. Paul Anderson.

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2 total votes | Comments (0) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2008-12-19 - Login to vote or comment!

Saint Louis Art Museum: Search results

Tawna Agee-Haslick, formerly the director of HR at Savvis Inc., is the new Director of HR at the St.Louis Art Museum according to the St. Louis Business Journal.

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2 total votes | Comments (0) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2008-12-19 - Login to vote or comment!

National Society of the Colonial Dames in America: Search results

The National Society of the Colonial Dames in America in the State of Missouri owns, operates and makes available to the public the Bolduc House Museum in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. The executive director is Lorraine Stange. This museum is a fully restored French Colonial home from the late eighteenth century. It was the recipient of the 2005 President's Award for Historic Preservation and is a National Historic Landmark as well. For people who rue Gov. Blagojevich's recent decision to close the French Colonial historic sites on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, still offers an authentic opportunity to experience a bit of French Colonial America. The Bolduc House Museum is open from April through October every year. It is located just 60 miles south of St. Louis on Interstate 55.

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2 total votes | Comments (1) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2008-12-16 - Login to vote or comment!

FORD FOUNDATION

According to the Philanthropy News Digest (12/16), Luis A. Ubinas, President of Ford Foundation, announced that the foundation's assets are liquid enough to continue and increase their grant-funding commitments over the next two years.

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3 total votes | Comments (0) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2008-12-16 - Login to vote or comment!

Implu Nonprofit Custom Searches

Implu recently added to its customized search features in the nonprofit category. This is going to be a real help for everyone who is in the grant-seeking business. While the information is not as detailed as you get on a data base like the Foundation Center Online, for instance, the contact information is enough to create a lead list from. Then you can move forward. I'd love to see a list of the nonprofit board members- now you can get it by searching the IRS-990 forms on Guidestar or by going to the organization's website. I'd also love to see websites for these organizations as part of the contact information on Implu in general.

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3 total votes | Comments (0) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2008-12-16 - Login to vote or comment!

Bernard L. Madoff Scandal Hurts Jewish Philanthropic Organizations

According to the Philanthropy News Digest, December 16, 2008, three Jewish foundations, Robert A Lappin Foundation, Chais Family Foundation, and the JEHT Foundation announced that because their funds were invested with Bernard L. Madoff, they must close their doors. The president of JEHT Foundation, Robert Crane's statement about this is available online at www.jehtfoundation.org/news. In addition, The Gift of Life Foundation, Yeshiva University, and the Sy Syms School of Business all have lost millions of dollars because of their investments with Bernard Madoff.

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3 total votes | Comments (1) | Created by lesleyaileen on 2008-12-16 - Login to vote or comment!