The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will give $37M
to build small public high schools in California. The hope
is that small schools with better-trained teachers will make
better use of technology. The foundation is donating almost
$16M to the Bay Area Coalition of Essential Schools,
$5M to the New Technology Foundation, and $6M to the High Tech
High Foundation (for 10 schools each), plus $3M to Aspire
Public Schools and $7M to the National Council of La Raza.
[LA Times, 16Nov00. Edupage.]
Bill Gates has been changing his philanthropy
from computers for the poor to health care for the poor.
He says that third-world mothers don't want to browse eBay;
they want to keep their children from dying.
[NY Times, 03Nov00. NewsScan.]
Almost 40% of all foundation giving comes from
family foundations, of which there are at least 18,276
in the US (according to a new report from the National Center
for Family Philanthropy). They give out some $7.2B per year.
Often the only way to locate these charities is through
tax records such as those at .
The biggest endowments are the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
($5.4B); Annenberg Foundation ($3.3B); Goizueta Foundation
($780M); Walton Family Foundation ($548M); Vira Heinz Endowment
($501M); Jeffry and Barbara Picower Foundation ($357M);
Albert and Bessie Kronkosky Charitable Foundation ($341M);
Charles and Helen Schwab Family Foundation ($330M);
Turner Foundation ($328M); and Milken Family Foundation ($286M).
By law, at least 5% of this money must be given each year.
[Grantseeker Tips, 18Nov00.]
A good proposal should describe how your project
will continue after the grant runs out. Build a wide base
of participants and ownership to carry the project onwards.
"Sponsors like to pour money into a cup, not a funnel."
[Grantseeker Tips, 22Oct00.]
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"Because they did not see merit where they should have
seen it, people, to express their regret, will go and leave
a lot of money to the very people who will be the first
to throw stones at the next person who has anything to say
and finds a difficulty in getting a hearing."
-- Samuel Butler.
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