2001 Annual Report


Higher Education
 
$50,000
Bellarmine University
Seventh payment of a $500,000 grant for international study scholarships through the Foreign Language Department.
$81,440Fourth payment of a $426,300 grant for the Parker Palmer-inspired Teacher Formation and the Core of Student Learning.
 
$7,500
Kentucky Association of Student Financial Aid Administration, Inc.
For the 2001 Kentucky College Goal Sunday, a state-wide program providing volunteer assistance to students applying to college.
 
$85,000
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Second of two payments funding scholarships which permit foreign and domestic seminary students to study at the seminary and then pursue ministry elsewhere, where needed.
 
$1,000,000
Transylvania University
For the Clive M. Beck Recreation Center.
 
$18,100
University of Louisville Foundation, Inc.
For Torre de Palma Project fieldwork.
$550For Dean's Discretionary Fund.
$6,500For support of "Immigration in the Heartland: A Conference on Immigration Issues in Greater Louisville and Middle America," a report which examined recent trends in immigration since the Simpson-Mazzoli Act.
$1,000For the College of Business and Public Administration at the University of Louisville.
$1,000For the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Louisville.
$478,500Third payment of a multi-year grant to fund the Liberal Studies Program's Visiting Professor project.
$24,000For funding a study on attracting immigrant talent to Louisville. Written in three parts, the first evaluated the national and international experience of immigrants, the second provided a detailed analysis of immigrant flow into Greater Louisville, and the third provided recommendations to help local leaders attract more immigrants to Louisville, and increase their education and professional skills.
 
$1,000
Yale University
For the School of Management's annual fund, and for support of their internship program.
$57,535 For support of the Law School's Global Constitutionalism Symposium.
$75,000Second payment of a $300,000 grant for Yale Law School's China Institute - a new, university-based center to advance legal reform and the rule of law in China, and to increase American understanding of the legal system in China and its process of reform.
 
$10,000
Yale in Kentucky
For support of "Bulldogs in the Bluegrass."
 
$1,000
Xavier University Annual Fund
For general operating support.
$1,898,125Total for Education

Disaster Relief and Prevention
 
$10,000
American Red Cross
For relief to victims of the January 13 earthquake in El Salvador. The Red Cross distributed blankets, plastic sheeting, food, and water supplies to survivors of the 7.6 Richter quake.
$20,000For the victims of Tropical Storm Allison in Texas and Louisiana. Approximately 20 inches of rain that fell in a single 24-hour period resulted in devastating floods in several cities, including Houston. The Red Cross gave shelter to over 11,000 people in 45 Red Cross Shelters in addition to serving more than 628,000 meals.
 
$20,000
For victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania. The Red Cross tended to medical bills, funeral arrangements, meeting food needs, and finding shelter.
$1,000For general operating support.
 
$20,000
CARE, Inc.
For efforts to counteract the effects of severe drought that seriously affected large areas of Kenya, the Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. CARE distributed food to malnourished children and pregnant and nursing women through supplementary feeding centers, and distributed seeds for planting.
$71,000Total for Disaster Relief and Prevention

International Cooperation
 
$20,000
British American Arts Association
For support of the continued implementation of the British American Arts Association's mission of innovation and creativity in international policy and practice.
 
$3,500
English Speaking Union, Kentucky Branch
For a Kentucky teacher's summer fellowship to study literature, history, and drama in Britain.
 
$12,500
National Committee on US-China Relations
For a seminar on private education in Guizhou, a publication on private education and education policy in Chinese, including an honorarium to a specialist in education in China, and the distribution of both the Chinese and the English language article.
$1,000For general operating support.
 
$100,000
Yale-China Association
For the second payment of a $500,000 grant to fund the endowment of the Yale-China Association as part of the Yale-China's Centennial Campaign.
$137,000Total for International Cooperation

Foundation-Initiated Projects
 
$10,000
Actor's Theatre of Louisville
For establishment of an Artistic Director's Discretionary Fund for the purposes of employee recognition and artistic enrichment.
$5,000For support of the annual fund for artistic operations.
 
$3,000
Brandeis Elementary Enrichment Fund
For support of the Enrichment Fund.
 
$10,000
The David School
For general operating support.
 
$1,000
Eliahu Academy
For the 2001 annual fund.
 
$1,000
Filson Club Historical Society
For general operating support.
 
$1,000
Institute for Shipboard Education
For the annual fund.
 
$35,000
Kentucky Country Day School
For support of the "Building Friendships, Building Futures" campaign.
$2,500For the "Bearcats in the Bluegrass" program, designed to strengthen alumni relations.
$10,750For annual fund campaign for 2001.
 
$5,000
Louisville Collegiate School
For the annual giving campaign.
 
$10,000
The Management Center
For a book project about contemporary China by Scott Savitt.
 
$6,400
Memorial United Methodist Church
For general operating support.
$1,800For challenge grant.
 
$5,000
Nature Conservancy, Kentucky Chapter
For general operating support.
 
$20,000
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society
For general operating support.
 
$3,000
Pritchard Committee for Academic Excellence
For general operating support.
 
$1,000
Public Radio Partnership
For general operating support.
$2,500For the purchase of a piano for the station's new recording studio.
 
$5,000
Summerbridge Louisville
For general operating support.
$138,950Total for Foundation-Initiated Projects

Miscellaneous
 
$1,000
Alliance for American Quilts
For general operating support.
 
$1,000
American Cancer Society
For general operating support.
 
$15,000
Clothe-a-Child
For annual support.
 
$1,000
Congregation Adath Jeshurun
For general operating support.
 
$3,636
Council on Foundations
For annual dues.
 
$25,000
Dare to Care
For annual support.
 
$4,000
Down Syndrome of Louisville
For general operating support.
 
$3,500
ECOLOGIA
For transitional expenses incurred in ECOLOGIA's move to Middlebury.
 
$2,500
Highland Presbyterian Church
For Highland Preschool director's discretionary fund.
 
$2,500
Jewish Community Federation
For general operating support.
 
$1,500
Jewish Family and Vocational Services
For general operating support.
 
$1,000
Louisville Community Youth Choir, Inc.
For the European concert tour of the West Louisville Boy's Choir.
 
$1,500
Louisville Nature Center
For general operating support.
 
$2,500
Louisville Visual Art Association
For support of general operating expenses at Artopia.
 
$10,000
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
For general operating support.
 
$2,000
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation
For the College of Preachers, in Washington, D.C.
 
$15,000
Salvation Army
For Christmas Fund.
 
$8,600
Scranton Area Foundation
For various projects, including a renovation project in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, to benefit the abused women and children constituents of Victims Intervention Prevention.
 
$1,500
Special Olympics
For general operating support.
 
$5,000
Speed Museum
For support of the "Brush with History" exhibit.
 
$25,000
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving
For designated purposes.
 
$25,000
Wabash Valley Community Foundation, Inc.
For the Terre Haute Parks and Recreation Department Fund.
 
$1,500
The Woodstock Foundation
For board training and strategic planning research for The Woodstock North Spay-Neuter Project.
 
$1,000
Yale in Kentucky
For "Bulldogs in the Bluegrass" participation with Habitat for Humanity's Cross-Country bike ride.
$160,236Total for Miscellaneous

Urban Environment
 
$2,500
Americana Community Center
For replacement of the cancelled Toys for Tots program.
 
$20,000
The Asia Institute
Second payment of a $40,000 grant to install a major speakers series, to help raise the profile of the Crane House, and attract new members.
$5,000Third payment of $15,000 grant for the Crane House's annual speakers program, which seeks to increase understanding of Asian culture, history, and political trends.
$1,000For general operating support of Crane House.
 
$1,500
Boys and Girls Club of Kentuckiana
For general operating support.
$34,000Third payment of a $100,000 grant to benefit the Shawnee branch's capital campaign.
 
$1,000
Cabbage Patch Settlement House
For general operating support.
 
$27,000
Canaan Missionary Baptist Church
For support of their ministry in Louisville.
 
$69,500
Cathedral Heritage Foundation
For construction of a community dining hall for the homeless.
 
$10,000
Center for Women and Families
For staff and training expenses associated with the "Common Wealth IDA Program."
 
$20,000
Christ Church Cathedral
For capital campaign challenge grant.
 
$5,000
Community Foundation of Louisville
For management and board development work performed by the Center for Nonprofit Excellence with various NGOs in order that they may improve their systems for planning while maintaining a disciplined mission focus.
$10,000For LAC VIET, a program assisting Vietnamese parents and students in Louisville with educational assistance to improve their engagement in the school system.
$12,500Final payment of a $100,000 grant for Lac Viet's Vietnamese Parent/Children School Project.
 
$1,000
Leadership Louisville Foundation
For general operating support.
 
$1,000
Louisville Fund for the Arts
For general operating support.
 
$25,000
Louisville Urban League
For their Corporate Campaign.
$1,750For a matching grant to support the Young Professionals Organization workshop.
 
$200,000
Metro United Way
Second annual installment of a $898,995 challenge grant to benefit their New Business project.
$1,000For annual support.
 
$7,500
Peace Education Fund
For a program designed to improve the ability of staff members of local human service organizations to recognize and respond positively to conflict-fraught situations they confront in their neighborhood work.
 
$30,400
St. Stephen's Baptist Church
For a challenge grant.
 
$1,000
Wayside Christian Mission
For general operating support.
$487,650Total for Urban Environment
$2,892,961Grand Total, 2001 Grants