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FRONTIERS IN PHILANTHROPY
NEW WAYS OF GIVING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
JULY 8, 1999
June 7, 1999
Ms. Shirley Sagawa
The White House
Washington, DC 20502
Dear Ms. Sagawa,
During this past year, awareness of philanthropy and its role in Silicon Valley, the Bay area and the entire country has
increased. Local and national media are turning their attention to foundation philanthropy as the newest generation
of successful entrepreneurs begin to shift their focus away from reinventing business to reinventing giving.
This leads to some questions: Is venture capitalism a good model for foundations to emulate? How will philanthropy
interact with government and business to address community needs in the future? Will new models of collaboration
emerge? What trends or forces will most affect foundation philanthropy over the next ten years?
The Council on Foundations, in cooperation with the Community Foundation Silicon Valley, the Peninsula Community
Foundation, American Leadership Forum-Silicon Valley, and Northern California Grantmakers, invites you to attend
Frontiers in Philanthropy: New Ways of Giving in a Time of Change on Thursday, July 8, 1999 at the San Jose
Repertory Theater to discuss these issues in detail.
Leon Panetta, former White House chief of staff and founder of the Panetta Institute is scheduled to moderate this
roundtable discussion that will bring together Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, local government officials and members of
Congress, representatives of the media, and leaders of foundations and nonprofits.
The two and one half-hour discussion will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will be followed by lunch. Sharon Davis,
First Lady of California has been invited as the keynote speaker.
We hope that you will be among the guests in San Jose on July 8 as we address the fundamental and changing role of
philanthropy in American life today and tomorrow.
Please register by June 25 via phone [408-975-3170], fax [202-973-5858] or the Web at
www.cof.org/frontiers.
Sincerely,
Dut Reary
Peter Hero
Sty-Sper
Dorothy S. Ridings
Peter Hero
Sterling Speirn
President and CEO
President
President
Council on Foundations
Community Foundation Silicon Valley
Peninsula Community
Foundation
ann N.DeBrosk
Caroline Tower
Ann DeBusk
Caroline Tower
President
President
American Leadership Forum-
Northern California Grantmakers
Silicon Valley
AMERICAN
PENINSUIA
northern
california
LEADERSHIP
FORUM
COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS
COMMUNITY
granimakers
FOUNDATION
INVESTING IN PROPLE
SILICON VALLEY
SILICON VALLEY
IDEAS AND COMMUNITIES
American Leadership Forum
Community Foundation
Council on Foundations
Peninsula Community Foundation
Northern California Grantmakers
12345 El Monte Road
of Silicon Valley
1828 L Street. NW
1700 South El Camino Real
116 New Montgomery Street
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
III W. St. Johns Street
Suite 300
# 300
Suite 742
650-949-0688
Suite 230 San Jose, CA 95113
Washington, DC 20036
San Mateo, CA 94402
San Francisco, CA 94015
408-278-0270
202-466-6512
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415-777-5761
FRONTIERS IN PHILANTHROPY
NEW WAYS OF GIVING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
JULY 8, 1999
OVERVIEW
On July 8, 1999, the Council on Foundations, the Community Foundation Silicon Valley, the
Peninsula Community Foundation, Northern California Grantmakers and the American
Leadership Forum - Silicon Valley will host Frontiers in Philanthropy-the first forum of its
kind to bring together leaders from business, foundations, government, media and nonprofits
to address the changing dimensions of philanthropy in a time of rapidly created wealth and
growing community need.
A dynamic array of panelists will share their views on philanthropy-from their personal
points of view as well as the vantage points of their respective fields. They will explore ways
that the sectors-business, foundations, government, media and nonprofits-can learn from
each other and develop new and effective ways of giving to improve life in our communities.
Frontiers in Philanthropy will open lines of dialogue in a timely discussion on the evolving
role of philanthropy in Silicon Valley. Planned as the first in a series of regional forums, this
meeting represents a significant step in expanding a national conversation on new ways of
giving.
AGENDA
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Coffee and arrivals
9:00 - 11:30 a.m. Panel discussion
11:45- 1:00 p.m. Lunch - Sharon Davis, First Lady of California, invited as keynote speaker.
CONFIRMED PANELISTS
Jan Masaoka, Executive Director
Susan Ford, Vice President
Sand Hill Foundation
Support Center for Non-Profit Management
John Gardner
Sally Osberg, Executive Director
Independent Sector
Children's Discovery Museum
Steve Nissen
Jay Harris, Publisher
San Jose Mercury News
Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of
California
Peter Hero, President
Community Foundation Silicon Valley
Harry Saal, CEO and President
Smart Valley, Inc.
David Ignatius, Associate Editor
Bruce Sievers
Washington Post
Walter and Elise Haas Fund
Steve Kirsch, Founder
Infoseek
Sterling Speirn, President
Peninsula Community Foundation
Kathy Levinson, President & COO
E*Trade
Wendy Tokuda, Anchor
KRON-TV (San Francisco)
FRONTIERS IN PHILANTHROPY
NEW WAYS OF GIVING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
JULY 8, 1999
REGISTER NOW!
We look forward to welcoming you and having you be a part of a program
that will be significant to the future of philanthropy. To confirm your
attendance, please take a moment to fill out the form below and fax to
202-973-5858. You may also register via the Web at www.cof.org/frontiers
or by phone 408-975-3170.
Yes, I will attend Frontiers in Philanthropy and the lunch that follows.
Yes, I will attend Frontiers in Philanthropy, but am unable to attend lunch.
Name
Address
Phone number
E-mail address
Please RSVP no later than June 24.
CC: Malcolm
Sherley
ANNE BARTLEY
3580 CLAY STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94118
TELEPHONE (415) 931-0684
FAX (415) 931-2347
June 1, 1999
Ellen Lovell
The White House Millennium Council
708 Jackson Place
Washington, District of Columbia 20503
Dear Ellen,
It was good to see you a few weeks ago. I think you are wise to have
the focus groups as well as to postpone the conference until October.
July is definitely not a good time.
One of the ideas that seems to be emerging from the groups is interest
in new donors. I have been gathering names of people who are
working with new donors to send to you.
When I was in New York, I talked with David Rockefeller, Jr., who is
very thoughtful about his varied experiences in philanthropy. He
mentioned his speech on "Adventure Philanthropy" given at the annual
meeting of the Seattle Foundation.
As you can see, he was addressing new donors. He outlines different
ways for them to be philanthropists and encourages them to find their
own way. Exactly the message I have been hearing from others
working with new donors.
As you plan the conference, I wanted to make sure you read this as I
think it is the right message and an excellent messenger. David is also
an excellent speaker. Perhaps you have heard him when you were
director of the President's Commission on Arts and Humanities. David
has a long history with the arts and arts education. He has also been
an ally of the First Lady's office on different projects since 1993.
If there is anything I can do, don't hesitate to contact me.
I hope things are going well.
Best Wishes,
Anne
DAVID ROCKEFELLER, JR.
SEATTLE FOUNDATION ANNUAL MEETING
MAY 12, 1999
"ADVENTURE PHILANTHROPY"
THANK YOU, ANNE FARRELL, FOR THAT LOVELY INTRODUCTION I AM so
HONORED THAT YOU WOULD TRANSPORT ME HERE TO SPEAK AT THE 53RD
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION. AND I CONFESS TO HAVING A
WARM SPOT IN MY HEART FOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS, SINCE I HAVE
SERVED ON THE BOARDS OF TWO OF THEM, ONE IN BOSTON AND ONE IN
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. YOUR FOUNDATION IS, IN MANY WAYS, THE
COMMUNITY CONSCIENCE AND THE SOCIAL VENTURE CAPITAL FUND FOR
SEATTLE.
I AM ALSO A GREAT FAN OF SEATTLE AND WOULD BE STAYING LONGER
THIS TRIP, BUT MY WIFE AND I ARE GIVING A DINNER TOMORROW NIGHT IN
BOSTON FOR A NEWLY CREATED ARTS FUND WITHIN THE BOSTON FOUNDATION,
YOUR COUNTERPART THERE. MY FLIGHT LEAVES AT 6 A.M. TOMORROW, so
YOU CAN REST ASSURED MY REMARKS WILL BE COMPLETE BEFORE THEN!
I HAVEN'T SPOKEN PUBLICLY HERE IN SEATTLE SINCE NOVEMBER 14,
1989, WHEN "WASHINGTON GIVES" HELD A LUNCHEON AT A NEARBY HOTEL.
THE EVENT WAS CHAIRED BY A VERY ENGAGING AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY
LEADER WHO, WHEN THANKING ME PRIVATELY AFTER THE AUDIENCE HAD
DISPERSED, CONFIDED, "I JUST WISH YOU COULD PERSUADE MY SON, BILL,
ABOUT THE VALUE OF PHILANTHROPIC ENGAGEMENT!" WELL, I NEVER DID
AND, ALAS, BILL'S MOTHER PASSED FROM US. BUT MANY OTHER WILLING
COUNSELORS SEEM TO HAVE DONE THE JOB. IN FACT, I UNDERSTAND BILL
GATES III SPOKE AT THIS ANNUAL LUNCHEON NOT LONG AGO. AND HIS GIFT,
ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK, TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SUGGESTS YOU HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL PERSUADERS.
WELL, ON THE PREMISE THAT THERE ARE SOME OTHER BILLS (OR SYBILS)
HERE TODAY WHO DON'T YET HAVE PHILANTHROPY ON THE "ACTIVE" LIST, BUT
WHO ARE WILLING TO LISTEN, LET ME TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO SHARE WITH
YOU THE SATISFACTION THAT "ACTIVE PHILANTHROPY" HAS BROUGHT TO MY
OWN LIFE.
THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT STYLES OF PHILANTHROPY TO WHICH I
WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION, EACH OF WHICH I HAVE PRACTICED TO
SOME DEGREE MYSELF.
FIRST, THERE IS "CHECKBOOK PHILANTHROPY," IN WHICH THE DONOR'S
LEVEL OF TRUST IS HIGH (LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE SEATTLE
FOUNDATION'S JUDGMENT), PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT IS LOW, AND THE DONOR'S
LEVEL OF SATISFACTOIN VARIES GREATLY--FROM ENJOYING THE GENERAL
GLOW OF GOODNESS TO FEELING SOMEWHAT DETACHED FROM THE WHOLE
PROCESS.
SECONDLY, THERE IS WHAT I CALL "ACTIVE PHILANTHROPY" IN WHICH
THE CHECKBOOK IS ENGAGED, BUT so IS THE DONOR'S TIME AND ENERGY AS A
VOLUNTEER, BOARD MEMBER, OR ADVISOR IN SUPPORT OF THE GRANTEE
INSTITUTION. "ACTIVE PHILANTHROPY" CONNECTS A DONOR TO THE REAL LIFE
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WORKINGS OF THE GRANTEE AND EXPOSES HER TO THE HUMAN, FINANCIAL,
AND PROGRAMMATIC VARIABLES INHERENT IN HUMAN ORGANISMS.
FINALLY, THERE IS WHAT I CALL "ADVENTURE PHILANTHROPY" IN WHICH
THE DONOR ENGAGES HIS CHECKBOOK, HIS ACTIVE VOLUNTEER ENERGY, AND
ALSO A SPIRIT OF CREATIVITY, RISK-TAKING, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. IT IS
THIS LAST TYPE OF PHILANTHROPY I WANT TO FOCUS UPON TODAY.
IN A MOMENT, I WILL DRAW A FEW SKETCHES FROM PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE, BUT LET ME START BY REFERRING TO AN UNRELATED FAMILY
PATRIARCH WHO MADE HIS FORTUNE IN THE 19ᵀᴴ CENTURY AND WHO HAD A
HUGE IMPACT ON HOW AMERICANS VIEWED AND GAINED ACCESS TO THE
AMERICAN NORTHWEST AND THE "TERRITORY" OF ALASKA.
I SPEAK OF EDWARD HARRIMAN, THE RAILROAD MAGNATE, WHO, ON THE
ADVICE OF HIS PHYSICIAN, TOOK A "REST CURE" IN THE SUMMER OF 1899--ONE
HUNDRED YEARS AGO THIS MONTH. A REST HE MAY HAVE TAKEN FROM HIS
OFFICE BUT, INSTEAD OF OPTING FOR A HAMMOCK BY THE LAKE, MR.
HARRIMAN ORGANIZED IN ONLY THREE MONTHS A ROUND TRIP EXPEDITION BY
STEAMSHIP FROM SEATTLE TO SIBERIA! YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT THE
YUKON GOLD RUSH HAD ALREADY BEGUN, THAT THE SPANISH- AMERICAN WAR
HAD JUST BEEN FOUGHT AND WON, AND THAT MT. RAINIER NATIONAL PARK
WAS CREATED THAT YEAR.
BUT LET US IMAGINE THE CLAMOUR AT THE SEATTLE WHARVES ON THE
MORNING OF MAY 31, 1899, WHEN THE NEARLY 200-FOOT-LONG STEAMSHIP,
GEORGE W. ELDER, WAS FILLING ITSELF WITH HARRIMANS AND NANNIES,
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PIANOS AND COWS, AND ALL THE OTHER NECESSITIES OF A TWO-MONTH
JOURNEY BEYOND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.
IN ADDITION, MR. HARRIMAN HAD INVITED SEVERAL DOZEN OF THE
MOST DISTINGUISHED SCIENTISTS, ARTISTS, AND WRITERS OF HIS DAY. THEY
INCLUDED EDWARD CURTIS, THEN A SEATTLE-BASED SOCIETY PHOTOGRAPHER,
SOON TO BECOME THE NATION'S BEST KNOWN PORTRAIT MAKER OF NATIVE
AMERICANS; JOHN MUIR, THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST AND FATHER OF WESTERN
ENVIRONMENTALISM; LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES, THE SECOND-MOST FAMOUS
BIRD ILLUSTRATOR OF HIS TIME; AND TREAVOR KINKAID, A ZOOLOGY
PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE.
MR. HARRIMAN HAD SEVERAL OBJECTIVES IN MIND FOR HIS "REST CURE,"
NOT ALL OF THEM PHILANTHROPIC OR EVEN PARTICULARLY HEALTHY! HE
HOPED TO KILL A KODIAK BROWN BEAR; HE WAS TESTING THE FEASIBILITY OF
A ROUND-THE-WORLD RAILWAY CONNECTION VIA THE BERING STRAITS; AND
HE CERTAINLY HAD A PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENDA FOR HIS FLAGSHIP
COMPANY, THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. BUT, MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR US,
HE CARRIED A MISSION TO EXPLORE THE GULF OF ALASKA AND THE BERING
SEA AND TO CREATE GREATER SCIENTIFIC AND POPULAR AWARENESS OF THAT
REMOTE, BEAUTIFUL, AND RUGGED LANDSCAPE. PERHAPS HE WAS THE FIRST
REAL "PHILANTHROPIC ADVENTURER!"
WELL, I CAN REPORT THAT MR. HARRIMAN GOT HIS KODIAK BROWN
BEAR. HE DIDN'T LAY TRACK ACROSS THE ARCTIC, BUT HE DID FINANCE AND
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GENERATE A 13-VOLUME SCIENTIFIC REPORT ON THE 1899 EXPEDITION BEFORE
HE DIED IN 1909, I SUSPECT AS A RESULT OF TAKING INEFFECTIVE "REST CURES."
MY POINT HERE IS THAT PHILANTHROPY CAN BE AN EXTRAORDINARY
ADVENTURE (AND I ASSURE YOU, IT NEED NOT BE LETHAL!), FOR
PHILANTHROPY IS NOT JUST ABOUT DOING YOUR CIVIC DUTY OR FOREGOING A
SECOND VACATION HOME. WHEN PHILANTHROPY BECOMES YOUR ADVENTURE,
YOU TAKE RISKS, YOU ENGAGE WITH TALENTED AND OFTEN CHALLENGING
ENTREPRENEURS AND EVEN PRIMA DONNAS! ADVENTURE PHILANTHROPY
REQUIRES PLANNING. IT TAKES TEAM-BUILDING, PERSISTENCE, AND
IMAGINATION BUT, AT THE END OF THE PROCESS, YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE
DONE SOMETHING VERY SIGNIFICANT TO IMPROVE THE HUMAN CONDITION FOR
YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR NATION, OR, PERHAPS, THE WORLD. ADVENTURE
PHILANTHROPY CAN BE A VERY SATISFYING WAY OF LIFE.
NOW, LET ME GIVE YOU TWO EXAMPLES FROM MY OWN RECENT
EXPERIENCE--ONE WITH A NATIONAL FOCUS (WITH IMPACT HERE IN
WASHINGTON STATE) AND ONE WITH A REGIONAL FOCUS, BUT NOT FAR FROM
YOU.
THE FIRST EXAMPLE IS THE NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION, THE
CONGRESSIONALLY-CREATED PRIVATE SUPPORT ARM OF THE NATIONAL PARK
SYSTEM. FOR 25 OF ITS FIRST 30 YEARS, THE PARK FOUNDATION WAS A RATHER
SLEEPY ORGANIZATION--NOT A VERY PROMISING "START-UP." BUT, LESS THAN
FIVE YEARS AGO, WITH AN INFUSION OF NEW EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND
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SOME CREATIVE BOARD TALENT (CEOs FROM POTLATCH AND PEROT SYSTEMS,
FOR EXAMPLE), NPF BEGAN TO COME ALIVE.
I'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO SERVE ON THE PARK FOUNDATION BOARD FOR
THE LAST THREE YEARS AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO HELP IT GROW--THROUGH
A CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP CAMPAIGN, A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EFFORT
AIMED AT BUILDING FRIENDS' GROUPS FOR LOCAL PARK UNITS [RIGHT HERE, OF
COURSE, YOU HAVE "WASHINGTON'S NATIONAL PARK FUND" WHICH SUPPORTS
MOUNT RAINIER, NORTH CASCADES, AND OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARKS]. NPF HAS
ALSO UNDERTAKEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL MESSAGE CAMPAIGN
TO EXPLAIN OUR 378 PARKS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND TO ALERT THEM
TO THE DISASTROUS SHORTFALLS IN FEDERAL FUNDING AND THE WAYS IN
WHICH PRIVATE CITIZENS CAN HELP. I'VE JUST RETURNED FROM A TWO-DAY
NPF MEETING IN GREAT SMOKIES NATIONAL PARK, AND OUR NEXT MEETING
WILL BE RIGHT HERE IN PUGET SOUND. TOUGH DUTY, YOU'RE SAYING!
MY SECOND EXAMPLE OF ADVENTURE PHILANTHROPY IS AS A TRUSTEE
OF THE ALASKA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION, AN ANCHORAGE-BASED
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION-LIKE YOURS IN MANY WAYS--WHOSE MISSION IS TO
PROTECT "WILD ALASKA." I HAVE SERVED ON THE BOARD SINCE 1992
(FOLLOWING A 10-WEEK SAILING EXPEDITION I ORGANIZED IN THE GULF OF
ALASKA) AND HAVE SEEN "ACF," AS WE CALL IT, TRANSFORM ITSELF FROM A
FUNDER OF GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS 20 YEARS AGO TO A
CREATOR AND FUNDER OF STRATEGIC ECOSYSTEM-BASED CONSERVATION
EFFORTS AND THEN INTO AN AGENCY WHICH STRIVES TO BUILD AND EDUCATE
A CONSERVATION-MINDED MAJORITY FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA. I RECENTLY
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SERVED ON ACF'S SEARCH COMMITTEE WHICH INTERVIEWED HERE IN SEATTLE
THE WINNING CANDIDATE IN ITS NATIONAL SEARCH FOR A NEW EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR. WE'RE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING AN UPSTREAM
MERGER OF A LOWER-48 NONPROFIT WITH SIMILAR OBJECTIVES, AS WELL AS
EMBARKING ON A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO CREATE AN ENDOWMENT FOR
"WILD ALASKA."
I TYPICALLY SPEND TWO WEEKENDS A YEAR MEETING WITH THE ACF
BOARD IN ALASKA, AND 1 TRY TO TAKE INFORMATIVE SIDETRIPS BEFORE OR
AFTER EACH MEETING. TEN DAYS FROM NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M SCHEDULED
TO MEET THE BOARD NEAR GLACIER BAY (ANOTHER NATIONAL PARK, OF
COURSE!) AND THEN TO JOIN A COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL OFF KODIAK
ISLAND TO OBSERVE THE CHALLENGES OF HALIBUT HUNTING. "ADVENTURE
PHILANTHROPY," YOU SEE, IS NOT JUST ABOUT WRITING CHECKS OR
RESPONDING TO PLEAS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE!
ADVENTURE CAN BE FOUND AS WELL, OF COURSE, IN MEDICINE,
EDUCATION, THE ARTS, OR SOCIAL SERVICES. BUT THE ADVENTURE ASPECT
SHOULD START, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND, FROM YOUR OWN PASSION OR FIELD
OF EXPERTISE. IF YOU ARE WONDERING HOW TO BECOME A PHILANTHROPIST
OR, IF YOU ALREADY ARE A SIGNIFICANT DONOR BUT AREN'T ENJOYING IT, I
SUGGEST THERE IS NO BETTER AVENUE THAN FOLLOWING YOUR HEART AS TO
SUBJECT MATTER AND BECOMING DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH A RELATED
PROJECT OR INSTITUTION "IN WHAT WAY?" YOU ASK. WELL, DO YOU PREFER
TO WORK WITH PEERS AT THE BOARD LEVEL OR MORE ACTIVELY IN SUPPORT
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OF PROFESSIONALS? OR PERHAPS AS A VOLUNTEER GIVING DIRECT SERVICE TO
THE CLIENT?
SOME OF US ARE NATURALLY BETTER WITH STRATEGY AND FINANCE.
OTHERS HAVE GOOD INTERPERSONAL SKILLS. AND STILL OTHERS ARE JUST
GOOD, PRACTICAL PROBLEM-SOLVERS. I SUGGEST YOU DISCOVER WHICH ROLE
BRINGS YOU THE MOST SATISFACTION AND THEN FIND A GOOD MATCH.
I AM VERY LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN RAISED IN A FAMILY WELL-VERSED IN
PHILANTHROPIC ACTIVITY. MY MOTHER HELPED START A MINORITY
RECRUITMENT PROGRAM FOR THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC. SHE ALSO
HELPED TO FOUND AN EASEMENT-BASED ISLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM FOR
THE COAST OF MAINE. SHE WAS VERY HANDS-ON, A GREAT FUND-RAISER, AND
HAD A GOOD INSTINCT FOR EXECUTIVE TALENT.
MY FATHER, WHO IS STILL VERY ACTIVE AS A PHILANTHROPIST, PREFERS
TO PLAY A MORE STRATEGIC ROLE AND TO HIRE STAFF WHO ASSIST HIM IN HIS
NON-PROFIT WORK. CURIOUSLY ENOUGH, TWO OF HIS PROUDEST
PHILANTHROPIC ADVENTURES HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN TO LIFT THE BURDEN OF
SUPPORT FROM HIS OWN FAMILY'S SHOULDERS AND SHIFT IT TO A MUCH
BROADER PHILANTHROPIC BASE. I'M REFERRING TO THE ROCKEFELLER
UNIVERSITY FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.
IN EACH CASE, A FAMILY FOREBEAR HAD FOUNDED THE ORGANIZATION AND--
AS EACH ENTITY GREW LARGER AND MORE SUCCESSFUL--IT BECAME
IMPERATIVE FOR OUR FAMILY TO ENGAGE OTHER FUNDERS, SOME PUBLIC AND
SOME PRIVATE, IN PROVIDING MAJOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. so YOU SEE,
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SOMETIMES ADVENTURE PHILANTHROPY CAN MEAN HELPING TO REDUCE AN
ENTITY'S DEPENDENCE ON A NARROW DONOR BASE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON YOU!
THE PARTICULAR CHALLENGE I SEE FOR YOU AS SEATTLE
PHILANTHROPISTS IS, DESPITE THE GIDDY GROWTH OF THE MOMENT, FOR YOU
TO BECOME EXPERTS IN TAKING THE LONG VIEW AND ASKING YOURSELVES
WHAT SORT OF A WORLD DO YOU WANT TO LEAVE FOR YOUR CHILDREN'S
CHILDREN? WHAT PLANNING MEASURES WILL IT TAKE FOR SEATTLE NOT TO
GROW LIKE TOKYO OR MEXICO CITY OR LOS ANGELES? WHAT ARE THE
CULTURAL, MORAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND EDUCATIONAL VALUES THAT YOU
HOLD EVEN MORE DEAR THAN MATERIAL THINGS? WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR
YOU COLLECTIVELY TO PROTECT THEM AGAINST THE SEDUCTIVE LURE OF
"VIRTUAL LIVES?" INDEED, WHAT CAN BE THE ROLE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN
ENHANCING OUR COMMITMENT TO THE CORE VALUES OF THE PAST? IN
UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE OF THE OCEANS OR THE ROLE MUSIC PLAYS IN
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT?
WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY TIME IT IS--HERE IN SEATTLE, ESPECIALLY--
AS YOU BUMP AGAINST A NEW MILLENNIUM, AWASH IN NEW IDEAS AND THE
GREAT FINANCIAL WEALTH THY HAVE BROUGHT WITH THEM!
BUT WHERE WILL YOU BE TAKING YOUR "REST CURES" AND YOUR
ADVENTURES? AND A HUNDRED YEARS FROM TODAY, WHAT WILL YOU HAVE
LEFT BEHIND AS A LEGACY FOR YOUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN? THAT'S THE
PHILANTHROPISTS QUESTION, ISNT IT? A CENTURY FROM NOW, HOW WILL IT
BE HERE?
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MY OWN NEXT ADVENTURE, I HAVE DECIDED, WILL BE IN THE REALM OF
OCEANS AND FISHERIES. I JUST STARTED SIX MONTHS AGO. I DO NOT KNOW
WHERE IT WILL TAKE ME. PERHAPS TO THE BERING SEA OR THE GULF OF MAINE
(WHERE I FIRST LEARNED TO FISH). PERHAPS INTO REALMS OF INTERNATIONAL
LAW. PERHAPS INTO SCIENCE OF THE OCEAN DEEPS. BUT PART OF MY
ADVENTURE IS NOT KNOWING YET. AND MY CHALLENGE IS TO ORGANIZE MY
PERSONAL EFFORT AND FUNDS IN SUCH A WAY THAT I CAN ACHIEVE BOTH
TANGIBLE RESULTS AND PERSONAL SATISFACTION BUT I GUARANTEE YOU
THIS ADVENTURE WON'T BE JUST ABOUT WRITING CHECKS OR ATTENDING
MEETINGS, ALTHOUGH I EXPECT TO DO BOTH OF THEM AS WELL!
I HAVE SUGGESTED TODAY THREE STYLES OF PHILANTHROPY-
CHECKBOOK, ACTIVE, AND ADVENTURE. ALL THREE ARE NEEDED. EACH CAN BE
SATISFYING. YOU MUST CHOOSE WHAT SUITS YOU BEST.
BUT I HAVE TRIED TO MAKE A SPECIAL BRIEF FOR "ADVENTURE
PHILANTHROPY," BECAUSE I KNOW IT SUITS THE SPIRIT OF SEATTLE AND
BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT HOLDS THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY FOR PERSONAL
FULFILLMENT. AND WHICHEVER STYLE YOU CHOOSE, I KNOW THE SEATTLE
FOUNDATION STANDS READY TO HELP.
SO, I INVITE YOU TO BOOK PASSAGE NOW ON A SHIP CALLED ADVENTURE
PHILANTHROPY LEAVING SOON FROM THE SEATTLE WHARVES. DON'T MISS THE
BOAT. WHO KNOWS WHERE IT MAY TAKE YOU!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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Contact
Phone #
Address
Website
Info
625 Fourth Avenue
Lutheran Brotherhood
Louise K. Thoreson
612-340-5890
Minneapolis, MN 55415
annual grants to
Ford Foundation "Faith
(212)573-4618
320 East 43rd Street New
programs
Based Development"
Fred Davie
(212)351-3677 (f)
York, NY 10017
www.fordfound.org/home.html
encouraging or
Father Fred Kammer,
1731 King Street, Suite
President of Catholic
(703) 549-1390
200, Alexandria, VA
Catholic Charities USA
Charities
(703) 549-1656 (f)
22314
http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org
1852 Century Place,
Presbyterian Christian
404-320-3303
Suite 180
Atlanta,
Association
Randel Stair President
404-679-5490 (f)
GA 30345
Tzedekah Fund
Naomi Eisenberg
Danny Siegel
Assistant
[email protected]
301-468-0060
973-763-9396
Dana Tennie
4321 North Ballard Road
Corporate & External
920-734-5721
Appleton, WI
54919-
Aid Association for
Relations
800-225-5225
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Lutherans
American Bapist
Barbra Jarrett
POB 851
Valley
Churches USA
Richard Schramn
610-768-2077
Forge, PA 19482-0851
www.abc-usa.org
815 2nd Avenue
New
Epistocal Church
Joyce Hogg
212-922-5129
York, NY 10017
Unitarian Universalist
617-742-2100
Association
Marci Bailey Adams
ext.511
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Institute for
Civil Society
One Bridge St.
Sulte 101
Newton, MA
02158-1101
Attn mary Ellen
Phone
617.928.3408
Facsimile
617.969.9585
From Andrea Camp
Venture
Capital for
Stronger
202/456-6244
Communities
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May 14, 1999
Mary Ellen—
Below is the list of names that Gail Pressberg forwarded to me in response to your
request for names for your philanthropy discussions. You may have some of these
already
Andrea Camp
Andrea--
The best person from Interfaith Funders is Randy Keesler. He is on the
Board of Director; he is also a staff person for the Campaign for Human
Development in Washington, DC, His work phone number is 202 541 3369.
The Campaign for Human Development is part of the US Catholic
Conference. They do excellent work in the area of community economic
development and poverty.
Another person in the religious community is Jeffrey Dekro, the
President of the Shefa Fund. He is based in Philadelphia (they are our
partners in the $3 million dollar community loan fund we're working on in
Philadelphia). His leadership on behalf of Shefa has helped the
organized American Jewish community focus on justice issues and how they
expend charitable dollars creatively in the United States. Last week a
single $7 million gift was given to Shefa by a wealthy Jewish individual
because of the justice questions, steeped in modern Jewish tradition,
that Shefa has raised. Jeffrey's address is: The Shefa Fund, 805 East
Willow Grove Avenue, Suite 2D, Wyndmoor, PA 19038. Phone is 215 247
9704 and 215 247 1115, fax.
Another person is Daniel Solomon, a Jewish funder who is an heir to the
Giant Food Supermarket. He is a Clinton/Gore supporter (worked as a
political appointee in the Department of Labor). He is a very creative
and very wealthy donor who does a lot of work in the American Jewish
community. His phone number is 202 483 8017. His foundation's name is
the Nehemiah Cohen Foundation.
If I think of others I'll let you know.
Regards, Gail
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WHITE HOUSE
MILLENNIUM COUNCIL
Honor the Past-Imagine the Future
June 23. 1999
MEMORANDUM TO:
SHIRLEY SAGAWA
ELLEN LOVELL
FROM:
MALCOLM RICHARDSON
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RE:
Philanthropy Conference Partners
We have a number of potential conference partners who could provide support or receive 3rd
party donations for the "Gifts to the Future" conference. First, the Forum of Regional
Associations of Grantmakers (based here in Washington) is a 501(c)3 organization and, while a
member of the Council on Foundations, is an independent organization.
Among the groups we have met with, the ones with the most direct interest in promoting
philanthropy are the Forum, the Council on Foundations, and the AAFRC (Nancy Raybin's
group), which publishes Giving USA.
Independent Sector, of course, has a natural interest in the subject and might be the most
overarching national organization. Another possibility is the Urban Institute which has a
relatively new initiative on philanthropy led by Elizabeth Boris.
I spoke with Alison Wiley, the Executive Director of the Forum, and she expressed a willingness
to serve as a fiscal agent for any conference partnership. The Forum already receives grants
from several national foundations for its "promotion of philanthropy" initiative and would be
able to receive foundation grants for a national conference. But, I would also be happy to pursue
the question with any of the other organizations mentioned above.
I am attaching some background information on the Forum and my notes from earlier
conversations with Wiley, Albert Ruesga, and two of the regional project directors, Mary
Pembroke Perlin and Nancy Roberts.
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The Forum of RAGs mission is to promote philanthropy by inspiring and
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promoting the public good.
The Forum of RAGs goals are to:
1. Increase the impact of individual RAGs and their members through
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2. Serve as a catalyst and resource to RAGs in their efforts to increase
and strengthen the public's understanding of and participation in
philanthropy;
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philanthropy;
4. Broaden, diversify and expand leadership opportunities within
organized philanthropy and the nonprofit sector; and
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As of 1998, the Forum's work in this area has taken on an important new
perspective. The Forum has launched a new national initiative: The Giving
Project: New Ventures in Philanthropy, a five-year project to support
regional efforts to increase organized philanthropy. The first round of
grants, from a pool of 45 applicant coalitions, was made in December
1998.
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philanthropy in its various forms. Dorothy Johnson, President of the
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Foundation, chairs the National Advisory Committee overseeing this
initiative. Cole Wilbur, Executive Director of the David and Lucile
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Vice President of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation, chairs the Communications Subcommittee;
and Humphrey Doermann, President Emeritus of the Bush Foundation,
chairs the Evaluation Subcommittee.
The project is a five-year, multimillion dollar effort with the following
components:
A grantmaking pool to provide seed funding to organized initiatives
at the regional level to promote the development of new
grantmaking capital. Over the course of the five years, local efforts
will be supported directly, with countless other communities
benefiting indirectly from the widely disseminated products and
experiences of these "learning lab" grantees.
Approaches to promoting philanthropy that vary by region and focus
on specific demographic groups, financial advisors to the wealthy,
underserved geographic areas, etc.
Technical assistance and other national support services to
strengthen local efforts, such as trainings, access to lists of
resources, ongoing vehicles for sharing learnings, and common
product development of tools to use with donors and potential
donors, financial advisors, and others.
Evaluation and documentation of efforts so that key learnings and
effective models can be shared with other communities interested in
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Who is eligible? Candidates for funding from The Giving Project: New
Ventures in Philanthropy are regional coalitions of organizations prepared
to launch or implement comprehensive, broad-based promotion of
philanthropy initiatives in their areas. Primary outcomes must be to
increase the number and strengthen the capacity of foundations and
corporate grantmaking programs. Applicants are expected to
demonstrate a meaningful level of financial support from their own
regions, and to have a variety of community partners involved, such as
regional associations of grantmakers; community, family, private, and
corporate grantmakers; planned giving councils; individual donors;
chambers of commerce; bar associations; financial advisors; etc.
How does one apply for next year's grants? The first round of grants has
been announced, from a pool of 45 local coalitions. The coalitions selected
represent a diverse range of community leadership organizations, and a
diverse set of strategies for growing new philanthropy. All of the learnings
from grantees will be available to anyone interested, via this web site and
other methods. A Request for Proposals for the second round will be
released in June of 1999. For the planning purposes of coalitions interested
in applying next time, click here to review the previous year's RFP. If you
need more information in the meantime, feel free to contact the Forum of
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2. Catalyst Project - The Triangle region of North Carolina
Lead organization: Triangle Community Foundation
The Catalyst Project's goal is to increase the community's base of permanent
philanthropic capital from $1 billion to $3 billion over the next two decades.
Directed by a coalition of private, corporate, and community foundation
representatives and other individuals with philanthropic expertise, the Catalyst
project will create specific outreach and peer-to-peer activities for professional
advisors, financial institutions, entrepreneurs, and corporations.
3. Coalition for the Promotion and Expansion of Philanthropy in the Greater
Baltimore Area - Baltimore, MD
Lead organization: Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
The Coalition for the Promotion and Expansion of Philanthropy in the Greater
Baltimore Area will develop a strategy for encouraging philanthropy amongst
wealthy African Americans, newly wealthy young entrepreneurs who own small
to mid-size companies, and baby boomers who stand to inherit wealth in the next
40 years. The Coalition consists of foundation, United Way, and corporate
representatives; financial and legal professionals; and representatives of key
nonprofit organizations.
4. Connecticut Initiative to Promote and Expand Philanthropy - Connecticut
Lead organization: Connecticut Council for Philanthropy
The Connecticut Initiative to Promote and Expand Philanthropy will increase
grantmaking capital in Connecticut by focusing its promotion of philanthropy
activities on five target markets: professional advisors, wealthy people,
businesses, entrepreneurs, people of color, and the general public. The
Connecticut Initiative is directed by a coalition of organizations that includes the
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, the Connecticut Business and Industry
Association, the United Way of Connecticut, the Greater Hartford Chamber of
Commerce, and community foundations from across the state.
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5. Northern California Coalition to Promote Community Philanthropy - Northern
California
Lead organization: East Bay Community Foundation
The aim of the Northern California Coalition to Promote Community
Philanthropy is to radically increase the number of individual donors throughout
the Bay Area, and to create more varied kinds of philanthropic organizations,
funds, and corporate giving programs. First-year planning activities will further
build the Coalition and culminate in the development of a strategic and tactical
plan for promoting philanthropy in the Bay Area. Current Coalition members
include private, corporate, and community foundations; the Asian Pacific Fund;
the Bay Area Black United Fund; and Northern California Grantmakers.
6. Northwest Giving Project - Pacific Northwest
Lead organization: Pacific Northwest Grantmakers Forum
Representatives from Social Venture Partners, Microsoft AlumNet, the Portland
Estate Planning Council, two regional associations of grantmakers, and several
foundations will work together to tap the vast pool of resources available for
organized philanthropy in the Pacific Northwest. Target audiences will include
entrepreneurs, small to mid-size businesses, and individuals with newly earned
wealth from high tech industries.
7. GivingNewEngland - New England
Lead organization: Associated Grantmakers of Massachusetts
The Promotion and Expansion of Philanthropy (PEP) Initiative is a three-year
effort to promote, encourage, and expand effective philanthropic giving in Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Directed by a
coalition composed of private and community foundations, philanthropic
advisors, individual donors, interested colleagues, and a regional association of
grantmakers, the Initiative will create and maintain a new website on New
England philanthropy; create a series of peer-to-peer and group activities that will
help individual and corporate donors discover and explore their philanthropic
interests; and support public policy initiatives that promote philanthropy.
8. Promotion of Philanthropy Initiative - Philadelphia, PA
Lead organization: Delaware Valley Grantmakers
The Promotion of Philanthropy Committee will lay the groundwork for a
long-term initiative that will engage the region's entrepreneurs and growth
businesses in philanthropy. The Committee includes representatives from
foundations, banks, the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, the Greater
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, and other stakeholders.
9. Promotion of Philanthropy Initiative - Ohio
Lead Organization: Donors Forum of Ohio
The Donors Forum launched its Promotion of Philanthropy Initiative in 1997.
This three-year effort aims to increase the commitment of funds to grantmaking
institutions and programs. In particular, it seeks to enhance the attractiveness of
Ohio's community foundations as donor vehicles, increase the number and size of
the state's private foundations, and increase philanthropic activity within Ohio's
business community. Target audiences engaged by the project to date include
advisors, new and emerging foundations, the media, and public policymakers.
10. South Florida Promotion of Philanthropy Initiative - South Florida
Lead organization: The Donors Forum
The South Florida Promotion of Philanthropy Initiative will take advantage of
South Florida's unique demographics by promoting philanthropy amongst
Hispanic-owned businesses, the Jewish elderly, African Americans, the gay and
lesbian communities, and other constituencies. Initiative partners include the
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Planned Giving Council of Miami-Dade County, the Jewish Funders Network, the
Hispanic Business Group of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, the
United Way of Miami-Dade, The Donors Forum, and other stakeholders.
11. The Southern Philanthropy Consortium - Southeastern United States
Lead Organization: Southeastern Council of Foundations
The Southeastern Council on Foundations will partner with the Foundation for the
Mid South and the Southern Rural Development Initiative to engage an even
larger cadre of partners in a collective campaign to strengthen the South's
communities through the creation of new philanthropic resources. This one-year
project will develop a five-year plan for a program to increase philanthropic
resources in under-served (primarily, but not exclusively, rural) areas of the
southeastern United States.
12. Task Force on the Promotion and Expansion of Philanthropy in Minnesota -
Minnesota
Lead organization: Minnesota Council on Foundations
A coalition that includes foundation and corporate representatives and other
interested professionals will develop a Philanthropy Tool Kit that describes and
promotes the wide range of vehicles through which individuals, companies, and
communities can fulfill their philanthropic intentions. Target audiences for
promotion of philanthropy efforts include holders of large estates who will pass
significant wealth to the next generation, entrepreneurs, mid-sized businesses
experiencing significant growth, and the upcoming generation of wealthy
individuals.
13. Wisconsin Entrepreneurs in Philanthropy - Wisconsin
Lead organization: Milwaukee Foundation
Wisconsin Entrepreneurs in Philanthropy will plan a promotional campaign that
positions charitable endowments as sound business and tax strategies for closely
held companies throughout Wisconsin. Initial coalition members include the
Milwaukee Foundation, the Donors Forum of Wisconsin, the Planned Giving
Council of Southeast Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Association of Certified Public
Accountants, and the Community Foundation of South Wood County.
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Forum on Regional Association of Grantmakers
F-RAG is an independent organization, a service org. for the regional associations of
foundations, but is not part of the Council on Foundations, though obviously their memberships
overlap. Regional associations and councils have been eager to capture the new wealth and the
impending inter-generational transfer; members have wanted materials to give to donors and
their advisers, and there have been numerous efforts to target new donors. The Forum's National
Initiative to Promote the Growth of Philanthropy is the result and is backed by national
grantmakers who are enabling the Forum to run a grants program for these efforts.
Essentially, the National Initiative to Promote the Growth of Philanthropy is a donor education
program that solicits ideas from the regions. Donors need to be educated about their options,
which include direct gifts to institutions such as universities and hospitals; community
foundations, or the creation of family or independent funds. Strong efforts, Wiley says, were
already underway in the Seattle area, the Silicon Valley area (thanks to Peter Hero and the CF-
SV), Michigan, Ohio and Connecticut. The Connecticut RAG -- the Connecticut Council on
Philanthropy - has actually signed a formal legal agreement with the state bar association to
create educational materials for attorneys and other financial advisers. The state bar will make
philanthropy education a formal part of its continuing education program for attorneys.
She also mentioned a forum grantee in south Florida with a program aimed at different ethnic
communities: Hispanic, Jewish retirees, etc.
Nancy Roberts, the head of the Connecticut Council on Philanthropy, would be an excellent
spokesperson for the field and for this project, Wiley says.
Notes on conversation with Albert Ruesga [pronounced rez-gah]
(6/21/99)
Director, Giving Project (formerly the National Initiative to Promote Philanthropy).
202/467-0298
Albert Ruesga offered me an update on the status of the Forum of Regional Association of
Grantmakers' national initiative to promote philanthropy, now given the more user-friendly
name, The Giving Project. This national project began approximately two years with a report
from TPI, The Philanthropy Initiative, a Boston firm specializing in working with new donors.
TPI's report underlined the opportunities for a coordinated national effort, noting that the U.S.
stood poised on edge of a massive generational transfer of wealth ,was experiencing longterm
economic growth while, at the same time, philanthropic giving was merely holding steady at
approximately 2% of GNP. A collaborative effort by several national funders provided the
money to launch the initiative, which promotes giving without favoring any one mechanism or
vehicle and which the Forum administers on a competitive basis for coalitions of local groups
working to increase resources.
The Giving Project is currently conceived as a 5 year effort and was formally launched last
September. To date it has made one round of grants to 13 regional coalitions with plans for
increasing philanthropy in their areas. Ruesga conceives of these grant-aided regional projects as
a kind of R&D for the philanthropic service organizations which can experiment with the best
ways to work in their communities to increase giving. The grants encourage new strategies for
working with professional associations such as the bar associations and estate planners. In
Connecticut, for example, the local coalition led by the Connecticut Council on Philanthropy, has
established a formal partnership with the state bar association to get the latter to include
philanthropic giving in its estate planning training and activities. Ruesga believes that this is,
surprisingly, the first such formal agreement in the country.
Of the 13 current grantees, 9 are led by RAGS and 4 by community foundations. The projects
also attempt to work with the Leave a Legacy efforts carried out by the local chapters of the
National Council of Planned Giving. The Giving Project will do a second round of grants this
year, a third in the year 2000 and will continue its activities until 2003.
Ruesga thinks that our conference could be helpful not only in encouraging giving - answering
the question, "why give?" -- but also by making clear the distinction between charitable giving
generally and giving through an organized vehicle such as a community foundation or
independent foundation. The main point is to educate potential donors about the variety of ways
in which they may give and widen their perspectives.
He also mentioned that the Giving Project hopes to piggyback on the communications campaign
being conducted by the Council on Foundations. At the same time, the Giving Project will try to
have its own press placements of stories and ads.
Although a supporting member of the COF, the Forum is an independent organization.
Nancy Roberts
Connecticut Council on Philanthropy
860/525-5585
The Connecticut Initiative to Promote and Expand Philanthropy won one of the first round grants
from the Giving Project of the (national) Forum of the Regional Association of Grant Makers.
The Connecticut Council project identifies five target "markets":
(1) professional advisers;
(2)
wealthy individuals;
(3) businesses;
(4)
people of color;
(5) general public.
Roberts notes that Connecticut is an ideal test case and a prime market for any effort to promote
philanthropy. While the state ranks first in per capita income, it places only 36th among states
when ranked by average giving, and more shocking still, when the statistics are limited only to
giving among the wealthiest citizens, Connecticut donors rank 45th in the nation. The state also
contains three of the nation's poorest citizens and the disparity between the wealthiest and the
poorest is among the starkest in the country.
The Connecticut Council plans to use targetted mailings to potential donors and will place
articles in legal journals and professional magazines after it conducts focus groups to determine
key issues and themes.
Among the initiative's main partners at the state level are the:
Connecticut Society of CPAs: is giving the project its enthusiastic support. The CPAs see the
initiative as very much in their own self-interest.
State bar association: -- for attorneys there are some privacy issue for their clients.
But attorneys love the campaign's emphasis on asking everyone to write a will.
The Council also has agreements with state chapter of NSFRE and Council of Planned Giving
which is pushing the Leave a Legacy campaign.
Notes on conversation with Mary Pembroke (Perlin)
6/16/99
NW Giving Project and Social Venture Partners co-founder
Telephone: 206/634-3270.
Mary Pembroke has been a leading figure in Seattle area philanthropy through her work with
Microsoft employees and other new donors. Pembroke directed the Microsoft employee giving
program and served as an adviser to Bill Gates before leaving the company two years ago. She
mentioned four different initiatives with which she is involved:
(1) Along with venture capitalist Paul Brainerd, she was one of the original co-founders of the
"venture philanthropy" partnership, Social Venture Partners or SVP. Social Venture Partners
has been a "tremendous success" she says with 165 donors joining, each pledging a minimum of
$5,000 to the common effort.
In addition to SVP, Pembroke cites three other area initiatives of note:
(2) The Northwest Giving Project organized by the regional association of grantmakers, the
Pacific Northwest Grantmakers Forum (and part of the national initiative to promote
philanthropy organized by the Forum of Regional Grantmakers.) Mary Pembroke is actively
involved and helped form the local effort because she saw the need for a more systematic effort
to educate potential donors, especially as fellow Microsoft employees or other Seattle area
entrepreneurs called her for advice.
(3) Microsoft Alum-Net. An association of 2,000 former Microsoft employees (from all
categories) whose mission is to support "entrepreneurial and philanthropic activities" of the
former "Microsofties." Although primarily a social organization, a recent meeting devoted to
how to set up foundations (or giving programs at community foundations) attracted 180
attendees.
(4) Puget Sound Philanthropy Awards, given in conjunction with National Philanthropy Day.
The day we spoke, Pembroke was leaving for a 6 hour meeting with the local organizers - who
include the Puget Sound Business Journal and local philanthropic leaders - to talk about
selection criteria and 1999 recipients.
In addition, she mentioned several other "donors' circles" in the Seattle area and cited this as a
model that is catching on. In particular, she cited the work of ATR, A Territory Resource, a
progressive and grass-roots oriented group that also pools money for philanthropic giving, and
the Washington Women's Foundation, directed by Colleen Willoughby. [See the recent article
on her in People magazine, she said.] Finally, she told me a bit about Microsoft's own
employee-driven philanthropic giving and suggested I talk to her successor, Emily Heine. In
addition to Bill Gates' now substantial giving, the company has long matched employee gifts up
to $12,000. (That's not a misprint!) Employees can give to any 501 (C)3 in the country and
have their gift matched dollar for dollar.
We also spoke about the nature of giving by these new types of donors. Essentially, Pembroke
believes that the Northwest lacks a historical tradition of giving and sees itself as a new or young
region. She agrees with much of the writing on the new entrepreneurs: they are somewhat
alienated from or suspicious of formal philanthropy and mainline foundations, but she qualifies
this observation by noting that many of the new donors are just now thinking about how to give -
and may well settle into familiar institutional patterns - and she attributes any distrust of
foundations and other institutions to a generational attitude rather than business or
entrepreneurial backgrounds. The Microsoft alumni are part of the Watergate generation, too,
and they grew up distrusting authority and establishments.
I asked about giving preferences and she responded that the priorities are education and children,
with all else falling far behind. Despite Paul Brainerd's own focus on environmental causes, the
SVP donors and most of the "Microsoft millionaires" do not place the environment (or the arts,
for example) very high on their list of priorities. Human services or social welfare issues
likewise don't rise very high, although among the SVP group attention to the homeless comes in
a distant third behind schools and children.
She characterizes SVP as a sort of United Way for new donors, but it is essentially a pooled fund.
The differences (which are substantial of course) are a "higher entry fee" for donors and more
demanding criteria for the non-profits that benefit from the pooled funds. She agrees that the
venture philanthropist model includes more personal involvement by the donors, an emphasis on
rigorous evaluation, and "exacting demands" on management by the nonprofits. In general,
however, she thinks this is the wave of the future for nonprofits regardless of the source of
donations. We didn't have time to explore this further.
I asked about the Puget Sound Business Journal and the philanthropy awards. Although she is a
willing participant - she was leaving for an 8 am meeting that would last for up to six hours -
she didn't sound especially enthused about this initiative. Philanthropy Day is especially popular
in the Puget Sound area and has strong backing from the local business press - where I picked it
up from their web pages - but the event is dominated and organized by the nonprofit recipients.
Although sponsored by the PSBJ, the organizing committee is composed largely of development
officers from area nonprofits. I would have like to have probed more about the effectiveness of
this approach, but time did not permit more questions.
One final note: despite her strong connections to Microsoft, she did not overemphasize its role in
the area. But she did tell me that Bill Gates had been strongly supportive of her program all
along and that Microsoft continues to be a leader in employee giving. It is also apparent that
many - if not most - of the new donors in the Puget Sound area owe their fortunes to their
connection to Microsoft.
SUNDAY
San Jose
JUNE 20, 1999
Mercury News
Charity grows,
evolves in valley
enture style: Area's tightfisted image
as tech millionaires reinvent philanthropy.
causes. The proportion of United
Way donors who earmark gifts for
ROGERS, CONNIE SKIPITARES
Stanford University's Graduate
specific programs is 38 percent -
RY SLONAKER
School of Business and philanthropy
more than twice the national average
Staff Writer
expert. "But it is definitely an adoles-
of 17 percent.
tional stereotype has stuck for
cent in the art of philanthropy.
Most of United Way's individual
decade. Silicon Valley is a place
There's a search for better models of
donors contribute through payroll de-
ople make vast fortunes but give
giving. I think we're poised for a great
ductions. But among wealthier resi-
charity.
growth period in the next five years."
dents in Silicon Valley, there also is a
S that reputation was made worse
clear pattern: Donors know who they
h by financial calamity at United
Potential problem
want to help. They don't like red tape.
nta Clara County, a new trend was
And they want to see results.
that had nothing to do with BMWs
Some say new approach
"There's going to be a whole new
Pilots: Giving is becoming cool in
may not work for all
accountability for the philanthropic
iley.
dollar," said Laura Arrillaga, 28, direc-
e past two years, a growing num-
Still, some who have toiled for
tor of her family foundation and co-
th millionaires have started quietly
years in charitable endeavors are ner-
chairwoman of SV2.
tew programs, writing more checks
vous about the new directions. They
The topic of giving gained sudden
olishing foundations. New leaders
worry that the complex problems of
urgency in the valley last month,
ng forward. Their methods are cre-
the needy will be largely ignored in
when United Way announced it was
erts say, and could reshape charity
the rush to find new ways of giving
near financial collapse and would not
ly in Northern California, but per-
that reflect the results-oriented cul-
be able to deliver $11 million prom-
onwide as well.
ture of high tech.
ised to member charities starting July
er: Young millionaires in the South
"United Way provides basic human
1. Although a handful of wealthy do-
month began a new club. called
services that others often are not do-
nors - including Microsoft's Bill
encourage giving. A study
ing," said Hugh Burroughs, director
Gates - eventually bailed out the
1 in November by a San Jo-
of external affairs at the Packard
charity, it became clear there was
ition shows Silicon Valley
Foundation "What the young Silicon
strong sentiment that United Way's
is with annual incomes of
Valley multimillionaire is doing in
traditional methods needed to be re-
n $100,000 now are giving
many cases is picking off the sexy
evaluated.
a twice as much to charity
pieces. I would hope that we'll take
For years, Silicon Valley's reputa-
tional average - $7,198 a
care of the basic human services in
tion as a community of cyber-Scroog-
ared with $3,379.
any mix of forward-looking funding."
es has been in some ways justified.
is pouring into community
Many new
Certainly, donations to many Sili-
Although San Jose is the nation's
ns in San Jose and San Ma-
con Valley charities are swelling this
11th-largest city, for example, with
orations such as eBay Inc.
donors
year with the boom in the economy.
the third-highest median household
ped up giving. The power-
The American Heart Association is
income, its United Way ranks 30th.
2 billion David and Lucile
reject the
up 11 percent from the previous year.
In the survey by Community Foun-
Foundation in Los Altos be-
The YMCA has exceeded its capital
dation Silicon Valley, researchers
largest foundation in the
United
campaign goal of $8.5 million. On
found that about 45 percent of valley
ates three weeks ago. And
Thursday, the Peninsula Open Space
households with incomes exceeding
organizations in Menlo Park
Way model
Trust in Menlo Park announced it has
$100,000 give less than $2,000 a year
Mateo are fine-tuning ven-
raised $32.9 million to buy open
to charity; 7 percent give nothing. It's
inthropy, an attempt to ap-
of charity.
space, six months ahead of its goal.
the really big donors who boost the
accountability of start-up
As the United Way debacle
region's average to more than double
S to non-profit groups.
showed, however, many donors are
the nation's.
t think Silicon Valley de-
uncomfortable now with organiza-
Such shortcomings often have
e stingy label any more,"
tions that distribute funds to myriad
been ascribed to the area's unique cir-
n. Hanson. a professor at
co Va ey `rm S crea e
solid foundations for giving
Billions set aside for education, environment, science, other causes
Silicon Valley's new philanthropy
Two leading community foun-
is expected to grow out of these or-
dations - which take donations
ganizations:
from the public - also are explod-
The Packard Foundation is the
ing in size: Community Foundation
titan of giving in Northern Califor-
Silicon Valley has assets of $260 mil-
nia After computer pioneer David
lion, compared with just $9 million
Packard donated the bulk of his for-
in 1989. Similarly, the Peninsula
tune upon his death in 1996, and fol-
Community Foundation has assets
lowing a steady rise in the value of
of $250 million. In 1989, it controlled
Hewlett-Packard Co. stock, the
$42 million.
Packard Foundation became the
The Center for Venture Philan-
largest charitable foundation in the
thropy was started in April as a pro-
United States on June 1. Its asset
gram of the Peninsula Community
base is $12.2 billion, and by IRS
Foundation in San Mateo. The cen-
rules it must give away at least 5
ter hopes to raise $3 million over the
percent a year, or $600 million next
next 18 months and intends to apply
year if HP stock remains at current
the accountability and hands-on
levels.
work of venture capitalists to chari-
The Packard foundation focuses
ty.
its gifts on the environment, sci-
The Entrepreneurs' Foundation
ence, arts, population and educa-
also is redefining ways to give. Gib
tion, among other areas.
Myers, a Menlo Park venture capi-
The William and Flora Hewlett
talist, started it in January 1998,
Foundation, based in Menlo Park,
seeking donations of stock shares
also is expected to top national lists
and options from start-up compa-
in the coming years. Computer pio-
nies. So far, 33 companies have giv-
neer William Hewlett, now 86, has
en stock valued at $3.3 million.
said he plans to donate the bulk of
The San Jose-based online auc-
his assets on or before his death to
tion company eBay Inc. followed a
the foundation, which gives to popu-
similar path a year ago when it do-
lation, education and other causes.
nated 107,000 shares of its stock to
The foundation now has assets of
create a company foundation. Then
about $2 billion. If Hewlett leaves all
it was worth $1.9 million. Today, af-
of his shares in the Hewlett-Packard
ter stock splits, the endowment is
Co. - currently worth about $5.5
worth $32.9 million. The company
billion - that would bring its en-
has recently donated to Friends of
dowment to $7.5 billion, leapfrog-
Farm Drive in San Jose, which pro-
ging it to the fourth or fifth largest in
vides volunteers to help low-income
the nation, bigger than such venera-
teens with homework, teach English
ble foundations as Mellon, Rockefel-
as a Second Language, arrange
ler and MacArthur.
monthly food donations and admin-
ister tuberculosis testing and
treatment.
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Young Internet millionaires begin to use wealth for social good
Paul Van Slambrouck
Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
LOS ALTOS HILLS, CALIF
For all its power and reach. Silicon Valley is a disarmingly informal and youthful place.
When some of its elite huddled on the back patio of a private residence in this leafy suburb this week,
the ambience was a blend of afternoon barbecue and a college reunion.
But as an afternoon breeze fluttered napkins on the circulating trays of asparagus and prosciutto, the
talk turned, as it often does here, to ideas that are innovative, out of the box, or as the valley's movers
and shakers like to say, part of a "new paradigm."
Put simply, the men and women who are wiring the world are struggling to build a new ethos. Just as
the Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Fords of the Industrial Age eventually used their wealth for broader
social good, the inventors of the Digital Age are now recognizing it's their turn to carry the torch.
It comes at a time of great irony. The United Way of Santa Clara County, the heart of Silicon Valley,
went bust last month and told homeless shelters, domestic violence clinics, and other social agencies
to go elsewhere. This in a region that prides itself in being one of the greatest engines of wealth and
ideas the world has ever known.
Standing on the lawn and speaking to his peers, Internet millionaire Steve Kirsch drew laughs as he
recounted his reaction to the crisis. "I wondered who would step up," said Mr. Kirsch, pausing, then
casting his eyes down at himself, "and thought, how about you?" Kirsch, founder and chairman of
Infoseek, wrote a check for $1 million, soon followed by a check from eBay, another Internet success
story. Within weeks, the United Way's $11 million shortfall was made up by donations from the
technology sector.
But while the immediate need was met, there is no peace in the valley.
This week's meeting was the launch of a new effort to spark the kind of social
consciousness that has been so slow developing within this exploding class of
new American wealth.
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Organized by the Community Foundation of Silicon Valley, the backyard
gathering was a candid acknowledgment that the valley should do better, and a
hope that this kind of informal networking is the key to more charitableness.
"Silicon Valley has been at the forefront of so many things, and we'd like to
extend that to involvement in charitable giving," community foundation
president Peter Hero told the gathering.
GIVING FREELY:
Infoseek founder
It was little surprise to many in the valley that the first person to step forward in
Steve Kirsch recently
the United Way crisis was Kirsch. He's come to personify the kind of budding
donated $1 million to
philanthropic interest Mr. Hero and others would like to see more of in Silicon
a bankrupt United
Valley, and also the kind of individualistic, personal-interest driven style of
Way.
giving that is emerging from today's technology leaders.
INFOSEEK CORP.
A onetime pinball machine repairman, Kirsch retains the exuberant fascination with the world around
him that led him to be an inventer and, ultimately, founder of the Infoseek portal site. Partly gobbled
up by Disney, Infoseek has showered Kirsch with unexpected fortune.
But unlike many other Internet multimillionaires, Kirsch has begun giving early and often. He's
established a philanthropic fund that is now worth about $30 million.
50
In addition to helping the United Way get back on its feet, Kirsch has funded a new computer science
center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, various medical research projects,
and even sent $100,000 to a University of Arizona project tracking asteroids that might collide with
earth.
"He's unusual and represents the next generation of philanthropic leaders," says Hero of Kirsch, who
also sits on the community foundation board.
Kirsch exhorted his peers to get involved at an early age, so "you can actually make a difference
while you can see it."
While some of technology's most famous, like Microsoft's Bill Gates, have become major charitable
donors, the level of giving compared to the level of wealth leaves much room for improvement, says
Hero.
Silicon Valley's response to the United Way crisis has served as something of a wake up call. After
writing his check, Kirsch sent e-mail to 65 of the valley's leaders, asking them to follow his example.
He got two responses.
While the United Way funds were ultimately replenished, the episode seems to have shone a light on
the need of the less fortunate in the valley, as well as the relative detachment of the technology
wealthy from that segment of society.
There are many explanations for why Silicon Valley and the technology sector in general are not
more philanthropic. The pace at which the industry is evolving, as well as its relative youth, are
commonly cited reasons. Who, the reasoning goes, has time to think about worthy causes when
you're working 60 hours a week and raising a family?
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Another feature of Silicon Valley that conspires against the kind of connection industrialists often
forged with their communities, is the transience of technology workers. A large percentage of the
valley's newly wealthy are from other parts of the country and world.
And even within the valley, worker tenure with any particular employer is, on average, far shorter
than the national average.
Whatever its causes, there are a growing number of exceptions and many of them were at the
backyard gathering this week. Their hope is to become one of the technology world's most important
start-ups of 1999.
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
BUSINESS
more valley philanthropy
"People don't have any role mod-
els," said Fong, a partner at the May-
field Fund, a group of venture capi-
talists getting a real reputation for
good works. Fong, who calls himself
a second-generation valley resident
CHRIS
- his father worked at Hewlett-
NOLAN
Packard when it had only 100 em-
TALK IS CHEAP
ployees - said he wants to help peo-
ple in the valley learn about philan-
BECAUSE YOU CAN: Charity be-
thropy from the people with whom
gan at the home of venture capitalist
they spend the most time: the ones
Kevin Fong on Tuesday.
they meet at work.
And it was a pretty fun little Sili-
"Everybody here's from some-
con Valley event complete with in-
place else," said Fong, noting that
vites to another schmooze, a little
most people have moved to this area
too much talking and a gentle nudge
for work. So, SV2 aims to provide
to do a bit more for the area's philan-
connection with the community,
thropies.
showing people how to give, how to
The invites came from Wired mag-
evaluate the charities in the area and
azine, which is hosting a book party
pay a role in giving away real money.
for author Po Bronson later in the
"What do we do best in the valley
month. The talk - really a spirited
but network?" said Fong who lent
little stand-up routine about the joys
his back yard and his nicely de-
and reasons to give - was provided
signed home - but not, darn it, the
by Infoseek co-founder Steve Kirsch.
pool or the tennis court - to the
And the nudge came from staff at the
event.
Community Foundation Silicon Val-
SV2's meetings provide time for
ley, which urged the 100 or so peo-
socializing and a presentation from a
ple invited to the party to join the
community non-profit. Then there's
foundation's newly created social
some work, making decisions on
charity, the Silicon Valley Social
grants and programs. The next event
Venture Fund.
is scheduled for mid-September.
SV2 - you get it, S-V-S-V, right? -
So among all this plenty, how
aims to be a collection of younger,
much money would the Community
affluent high-tech types who encour-
Foundation like to raise?
age others like them to give and give
"I think it's less important how
generously. So far, it counts Kirsch,
much it is," said foundation execu-
eBay founder Jeff Skoll and Herring
tive director Peter Hero. The CFSV
Communications President Chris Al-
will administer the fund and provide
den as members, with Fong and Lau-
most of the staff support. "We know
ra Arrillaga, daughter of one of the
there are a couple (of donations)
valley's wealthiest real estate fami-
coming in at the highest level."
lies, serving as co-chairs.
And yes, they'll take stock.
San Jose
JUNE
20,
Mercury News
It takes more than money,
SO let's put the Web to work for charity
It takes more than money to help the needy,
SO let's put the Web to work for worthy causes
Community connection
W
HAT would happen if we added
The ultimate Web site
THIRD: Connect wired charities
some technology to charity? Plenty
to the rest of the community.
This site should have at least the
- and Silicon Valley should set the
The Silicon Valley Web site
pace.
following characteristics:
should become an ultimate "non-
Here's a challenge for the valley's techno-
It should provide no-cost Web
profit e-commerce" operation. Each
rich and powerful:
hosting and
charity should be able to accept do-
Put some of your brains and time, and just
technical assis-
nations by credit card.
a little of your immense wealth, into the es-
tance in creat-
The site should also create on-
sential task of bringing the non-profit sector
ing a Web pres-
line connections to major valley
into the Information Age. Help the valley's -
ence for any
companies so that employees can
and ultimately the nation's - charities get
qualifying non-
make contributions through payroll
wired. Create the ultimate Web site for doing
profit desiring
deductions if they wish.
good. Then connect it all to the rest of us:
help.
people who want to assist worthy causes.
It should
FOURTH: Screen the charities
The results could make us all proud.
be a place
DAN
Technology and charity will be a great
where non-
before providing assistance. Sadly
GILLMOR
but predictably, sleazy people have
match for the same reasons that technology
profits can pool
taken advantage of the laws govern-
has improved other endeavors. We're already
their buying
ing non-profit organizations, and
seeing some promising work along these
power to get the best prices (if they
have created shell charities de-
lines - including a wonderful organization
can't get outright donations) from
signed to benefit the people running
called ImpactOnline, which I'll describe more
their own suppliers.
them, not worthy causes.
fully later.
To get that help, the non-profit
The strong bias in any screening
But this situation calls for a coordinated.
would be required, among other
process should be toward inclusion,
targeted effort. It's the kind of campaign tech-
things, to post on the Web site its In-
not exclusion. But some standards
ternal Revenue Service Form 990
nology leaders have shown again
are essential, or abuse is guaran-
for the prior three years or the life of
and again they know how to wage in
teed. Any suggestions?
their businesses.
the organization, whichever is short-
If Silicon Valley collectively
er. This form details the non-profit's
Here is what's needed:
pulled this system together, it would
income and spending, and is an ab-
go a long way toward solving a di-
FIRST: Help charities get wired.
solutely essential first stop for any-
lemma people have posed to me in
Here in Silicon Valley, we have more
one contemplating a donation.
the wake of the financial implosion
Each non-profit on the site
than enough resources to get every
at the United Way of Santa Clara
should also be required to answer a
worthy non-profit organization
County. Specifically, they want to
series of questions about its mission
wired internally and to the Internet.
pick the charities they'll support
and how it's accomplishing that mis-
Let's do it here, now, as a demon-
sion. Community Foundation Sili-
personally - but they have no prac
stration of what's possible.
tical way to learn more about indi-
con Valley is working on something
vidual charities and other non-profi!
like this for its own Web site, ac-
SECOND: Silicon Valley should
agencies, particularly smaller ones
cording to Peter Hero, the founda-
be the home of the ultimate good-
that may serve valuable roles but
works Web site - or, rather, collec-
tion's president.
which have little visibility.
Beyond answering questions
tion of Web sites - to open up the
One of United Way's chief values,
non-profit world from both direc-
put forth by experts, the non-profits
from my perspective, has been its
tions: from the donor's view and the
should answer questions from the
due diligence in asking and, to some
non-profit sector's view. Let's call it
general public. The site should in-
clude online forums where volun-
degree, answering those questions
Silicon Valley Cares; I've reserved
about the agencies it ultimately
teers, organizations and others -
an appropriate Internet domain
chooses to support each year. An-
(www.svcares.org) and will gladly
especially including the people who
other has been the organization's
donate it to the cause.
seek help from non-profit agencies
fundamental method: pooling thou-
- can discuss problems and solu-
sands of small donations, deducted
tions.
from paychecks, from people who
want to help but don't feel they have
the time to do the research.
a Silicon Valley campaign could
Silicon Valley should
work with to create what's needed.
My favorite melding of charity
be the home of the
and technology is ImpactOnline
(www.impactonline.org), which
ultimate good-works
has been building its site for several
vears. This Palo Alto-based group is
doing wonderful work nonnecting
Web site.
volunteers with jobs that need to be
done.
I still think there's a place for the
ImpactOnline's VolunteerMatch is
an online service that matches vol-
United Way. But the kind of system
I've proposed above would be a ma-
unteers with non-profit organiza-
tions in their geographical areas in
jor positive step for those who want
more than a dozen major metropoli-
to help but want more control over
tan areas around the United States.
their donations.
Plug in your ZIP code and the num-
ber of miles you're willing to travel
Some have started
to a volunteer job, and you'll see
Several Web-based charity help-
what's available. If you're with a
ers are already in the works. Two -
non-profit group, post your opportu-
nities on the site.
AllCharities.com (www.allchari-
ties.com) and Charitableway.com
The site's VirtualVolunteering,
(www.charitableway.com)-are
meanwhile, finds projects that can
be accomplished over the Internet
brand new, for-profit operations,
itself - helping a non-profit create
and have little on their sites but de-
promotional materials, for example.
scriptions of what they'd like to do. 1
If Silicon Valley pulls together the
strongly believe the system I've de-
resources to bring charities into the
scribed should be run by a non-prof-
Digital Age, it should not try to du-
it organization, SO I'm extremely
plicate the fine work at ImpactOn-
skeptical about commercial sites of
line. Partnerships are a hallmark of
this kind.
the technology industry. I'd hope
A third. GuideStar (www.guides-
that Silicon Valley Cares would link
tar.org), is a non-profit organiza-
up with ImpactOnline in whatever
tion that has a comprehensive,
way made the most sense.
searchable list of charities. It
Does Silicon Valley care? Let's
doesn't provide the level of detail or
find out.
screening that I consider essential.
But it might well be the kind of thing
San Jose Mercury News
THURSDAY. JUNE 10. 1999
VALLEY HOUSING
EDUCATION
CITY HALL
JAMES HORMEL
A first key
to housing
Public-private collaboration
becomes a true partnership
TIM FOLEY
T
HROUGH the Silicon Valley Manu-
Community Foundation Silicon Valley,
grownups are less likely to succeed in the
facturing Group, high-tech industry
which will administer the fund. The James
schoolwork they need for their own high
has been saying for years that the
L Knight Foundation and the David and Lu-
tech future.
high cost of housing here is a serious prob-
cile Packard Foundation put up some oper-
A $20 million fund is no panacea. San
lem. Yet when the Housing
ating money for administrative and fund-
Jose puts that much redevelopment money
Trust Fund was started as
Editorial
raising costs.
into its affordable housing program in a
a public-private collabora-
The supervisors put up the first $2 million
year, and by selling bonds will have hun-
tive, the early contribu-
The opinion
- $1 million outright, and the rest as a chal-
dreds of millions of dollars to spend on
tions came only from the
of the
lenge grant, which now has been matched.
housing over the next five years.
public sector.
Mercury
This spring, San Jose Mayor Ron Gonza-
But like San Jose, the trust will leverage
Today the trust fund be-
News
les pledged $1 million from the city. San
its money, adding it to private financing and
comes a true partnership.
Jose has its own affordable housing pro-
tax credits to get low-income projects off
Four leading technology companies and
gram, but Gonzales thought it was impor-
the ground. It should stimulate some $200
one major developer together have put up
tant to support this countywide approach.
million in housing aid overall, helping some
the first million private dollars toward the
We hope other cities follow the example -
5.000 families, the Manufacturing Group's
fund's goal of $20 million, which will be
particularly those which, unlike San Jose,
Carl Guardino estimates.
used to provide first-time home buyers with
do little to provide affordable housing with-
We see it as a beginning to a solution.
low interest loans, build apartments for
in their borders. All cities need teachers,
Much of the money will be loaned out and
low-income families, and shelter the home-
service workers, and other low-paid em-
repaid, SO it will be a revolving fund. New
less.
ployees.
donations can replenish it as well.
The gifts are worth more than their sur-
Now the private contribution gives the
There are not a lot of alternatives. Polls
face value. Adobe Systems, Cisco Systems,
fund drive the credibility it needs as it offi-
show that people see housing costs as a
Applied Materials and Solectron Corp. are
cially kicks off next month, seeking gifts
problem but don't want to pay higher taxes
prominent technology companies, and
from other companies, government agen-
to help. At the same time, businesses don't
Kaufman and Broad is a leading home-
cies, foundations and individuals.
want to raise minimum wages to a point at
builder. They've set a pace that others can
Housing costs are industry's problem and
which janitors and clerks can afford homes
be expected to follow.
everyone's problem. They make it hard to
at our inflated prices.
The trust fund started as the brainchild of
recruit educated workers from other areas,
The Housing Trust Fund is a certifiable
the Santa Clara County Collaborative for
but they also affect the quality of life and
Silicon Valley solution: a public-private ef-
Housing and Homelessness working with
work for people here. Productivity suffers
fort to patch resources together in creative
the county supervisors and the Manufactur-
when people are forced to live in substan-
ways. Now it's off to a good start. Beginning
ing Group. The Group's Housing Action
dard conditions or commute long, stressful,
today, anyone can donate through the Com-
Coalition and the Housing Leadership
tiring distances. Children who live in over-
munity Foundation's Web site (www.
Council also are partners, along with the
crowded apartments with stressed-out
cfsv.org).
THURSDAY
JUNE 10, 1999
San Jose Mercury News
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
BAY AREA
WEATHER
OBITUARIES
EDITORIALS
Companies pledging
$1 million to housing
BY JOHN STAMPER
The affordable housing
any time.
Mereury News Staff Writer
But Gregg, whose shelter houses
Five Silicon Valley companies to-
trust fund has already
36 families for three months at a
day will pledge a total of $1 million
time. said the trust fund is a good be-
to a trust fund dedicated to helping
raised $4 million.
ginning, one she fully supports.
people find affordable housing,
Executives from the five compa-
bringing the fund to $4 million be-
nies said they gave their support for
fore its $20 million fundraising cam-
The effort is aimed at three areas:
a variety of reasons - a major one
paign even kicks off.
helping the homeless find shelter,
being a fear that the area's high cost
The five companies are matching
helping first-time home buyers with
of living could put the brakes on
a previous $1 million pledge to the
down payments and closing costs,
their businesses.
Housing Trust Fund by the Santa
and helping developers build afford-
Officials predicted they'll be able
Clara County Board of Supervisors.
able rental housing. With $20 mil-
to raise the $20 million easily - es-
The companies giving $200,000 each
lion, Carl Guardino, president of the
pecially since they are a fifth of the
are Adobe Systems Inc., Applied Ma-
manufacturing group. said the trust
way there before officially starting.
terials Inc., Cisco Systems, Kaufman
fund could help 1,000 homeless peo-
They will be asking corporations. 111-
and Broad, and Solectron Corp.
ple find shelter, 800 families buy
cal governments, foundations and
"We think a healthy Silicon Valley
their first home in Santa Clara Coun-
individuals to contribute.
is a place where people can live and
ly and 3,000 families find affordable
Individuals will be able to donate
work in the same community," said
rental housing.
on the community foundation's Web
Nancy Hendel, vice president of Ap-
The homeless will be helped with
page, www.cfsv.org, beginning to-
plied Materials. "Our community
grants, while developers and home
day.
needs to be home to everybody."
buyers will be helped with low-inter-
"This project exemplifies the best
Along with the donations, the
est loans, which will be reinvested
of Silicon Valley problem-solving."
trust fund today will announce the
once repaid. Guardino said none of
said Peter Hero, president of the
official July kickoff of its t.wo-year
the money will be spent until all the
community foundation. "We're going
campaign to raise the $20 million.
money has been raised.
to raise this money and raise it
The goal is to help nearly 5,000 area
The trust fund's numbers are im-
quickly."
residents with housing costs.
pressive, but not when paired with
The city of San Jose previously
statistics showing a land of the rich
Contact John Stamperat
chipped in $1 million, and the county
unable to care for its poor, said Mar-
[email protected] or (403)
board of supervisors has contributed
garet Gregg, executive director of
271-3730.
$2 million, including the pledge grant
the San Jose Family Shelter on Las
and a $1 million grant given last year
Planos Avenue.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED
that did not require matching funds.
"The need is SO enormous," Gregg
More information on how corpora-
The trust fund was started two
said. "We could triple or quadruple
tions. foundations and individuals can
years ago by a coalition of local
the size of our shelter and people
invest in the Housing Trust Fund with
groups and business interests, in-
would still be coming in."
cash, stock or land is available at
cluding the Silicon Valley Manufac-
There are about 1,000 beds for the
www.cfsv.org or by calling Commu-
turing Group and Community Foun-
homeless in Santa Clara County,
nily Foundation Silicon Valley at (108)
dation Silicon Valley.
with an estimated 4,500 homeless at
278-0270.
www economist. com
The
Economist
MAY 29TH - JUNE 4TH 1999
well as their income. The model works on a
Deserving causes
sliding scale. assuming that poorer Ameri-
Recipients of donations, 1998, %
cans need to increase their net worth while
Religion
Education
42.4
13.7
the richest merely want to keep it stable, af-
ter allowing for inflation and their spending.
Gifts to
foundations
Altogether, it reckons that individuals could
9.4
afford to give away some $242 billion more a
Health
year than they do. Half of that amount
9.4
Philanthropy
International
Human services
comes from the 111.000 people whom New-
affairs
9.0
1.2
tithing reckons earn more than $im a year
Giving your all?
Public/Society
Environment/
Benefit Organisations
and whose total net worth is around $21m.
wildlife
6.1
Certainly, Silicon Valley, the temple of
2.9
Arts
Total allocated: $179. 31bn
5.9
much of this new money, offers mixed evi-
O
N THE face of it, 1998 was a tremen-
Source: AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy
dence of a philanthropic renaissance. A few
dous year for American philanthropy.
billionaires, notably Bill Gates, have begun
Figures released on May 25th by the Amer-
0.1% of the population but 8% of charitable
the arduous process of giving away their
ican Association of Fund Raising Counsel
giving).
loot. But most high-tech folk still seem slight-
show that charitable giving rose by 11% to a
However, many charities argue that the
ly more preoccupied with bits and bytes. Ac-
record $175 billion. Around three-quarters
real test should not be income but net
cording to a 1998 report by Community
of this came from individuals; the rest from
worth-and that the rich are not doing their
Foundation Silicon Valley (CFSV), around
bequests, companies and foundations. The
share. Last year, Standard & Poor's compos-
one third of households there earning more
only sector to see a fall in giving was the
ite index rose by 27%, more than twice the
than $100,000 give $1,000 or less to charity.
arts-though they still received some $10.5
rate of giving. The gains from the 1990S bull
The Santa Clara County branch of the Unit-
billion. The AAFRC detects a possible "gold-
market have gone disproportionately to the
ed Way recently collapsed after donations
en age" for charitable giving.
rich, with as much as much as 90% of the pa-
fell short of expectations.
Is that really the case? American giving,
per profits going to the top 10% of house-
In many cases the problem does not
at around 2% of GDP, is certainly generous
holds. Very little of these gains-running
seem to be miserliness so much as ignorance.
compared with other countries (though Eu-
into trillions of dollars-has been passed on.
As the CFSV report notes, one third of the
ropean ones tend to have higher taxes and
The most damning evidence comes from
"high net worth" individuals in the valley
more bigger welfare states). And America's
the Newtithing group, a San Francisco non-
were paid with shares; but only 7% gave
richest people do give more than their share
profit organisation, which has constructed
away shares, even though there are tax ad-
by income (one analysis of 1995 tax returns
an economic model showing how much
vantages in doing so. Whatever the reason,
by the AAFRC showed that people who
Americans could "afford" to give away, tak-
the golden age still looks some way off.
earned $1m a year accounted for just under
ing into account their assets and spending as
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Although the proposition died,
strict lobbying by bon-profit engs-
Mr. Corry, thelawyer for non-prof-
misstions. "But what 1 see is this
M groups, said the topic is likely is
legislation to more of the govern-
reserfer mother day-and not
creating a partnership with
just here of Mr. Buffett's per-
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nam-profit community and in-
and interests.
years.
to work together to sarry
"Whb the rising stock market,
the manage of a dvil society."
the value of these investments
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be noted that the changes
not lead to someone getting as im-
them were to restrict chari-
proper benefit. The question will
foundations, because Con-
come up again."
thought they were misusing
1 tax privilages.
Walving Penalties
subscriber's tax legislation
The other proposal
8 vast difference in the
private foundations
passed
approach and attitude of law-
the House and
it into the
mahers, Mr. Steinbach said "Ons
Government
na) bill
bught by any coult
and my this in the high-water
tion
but would affect theme
mark for the charitable communi-
Lawyer Milton Cerny says the tax bill that Congress passed is a sign of "the government
became law. The provision
4 in the last 30 years," he mid.
creating a partnership with the non-profit community and individuals to work together." would allow the Secretary of the
V you are looking for the tax
Treasury to effectively grant ROE:
againds for the not-for-profit com-
better - of their retirement-in
atively affect charitable giving,
thes, Congress did not focus entire-
emplism from penalty Lane to
munity. the items that are in the
terms needs and how much retire-
but there are others who have
by - fund-raising issues. Among
vale foundations-und people with
area these that were sig-
ment money they could really at.
looked and have resched either a
other things, lawmakers decided to
close time to them-that
allicantly autailed or deleted from
ford to give away.
neutral or apposite conclusion," ha
relax restrictions on the amount of
pale in self-deeting transactions
it-will be the focus in coming
Still another version of the bill
said. "So we just don't know for
lobbying that charities can do.
The law currently does not allow
years," be added. "Even if there is
that was eventually dropped
sure what to expect."
A provision in the final bill
the Treasury Secretary to water
no tas bill snacted this year, get-
would have allowed people to
would remove limits on the
the prohibition on self-desling for
ting this far will serve as a plat.
make Lax-free contributions from
Deductions for GMs
amount that organizations could
organizations or people who inad-
form from which to work in the
retirement accounts through such
Denors in all income brackets
spend on "grasereots lobbying"-
vertently violate the rules. Nor can
future. The preparals are out
planned gifts as charitable re-
came tantalizingly close to seeing
efforts to rally popular opinion in
the government assempt those who
there, the revenue antimates have
mainder trusis. Congress eventu-
Congress adopt smother provision
support of or in apposition is a
engage in-or who plan to de met
been made, Congress has thought
ally duckled that only. gifts made
long sought by charities
MIL Chariling now allowed to
even if such transactions are arga-
about it We'll be back."
directly to charity would be at
spend no more than 15 per come of
ably beneficial for the foundation
After Congress returns to work
lowed under the measure.
their Inderal income returns is
thair total labbying expenditures
Par instance, if an official of a
after Labor Day. lawmshers are
Some charity leaders privately
claim a charitable deduction for
on gramreots adveracy. Mr. Hase-
foundation offered to rent space w
expected to try. to negotiate with
questioned whether the narrowing
donations.
a said charities welcomed the
his fund at a below-market prior,"
President Clinton to ageste a tax
of the provision-the higher age
The Senate last month voted to
change. "IL would give non-profts
be would be self-dealing by using.
package that be would be willing
limits and rejection of planned
allow people who don't itemine is
the Signibility they may need toin.
his pusition to secure a financial
) over but years.
to sign. Such a deal could include
gifts-had so watered down the
claim deductions for donations of
relve themselves in the public-pal-
benefit. But the foundation would
many of the provisions in the bill
Incusure that non-profit organism-
up to a total of $50 for individuals
ky process," said Mr. Hamill.
probably have to pay more for
the House and Senate passed, but
tions would not see much benefit
and $100 for married couples, of an
space owned by another landlord.
But most officials were anthusi-
colimated cout of 1.3-billien over
Foundation Provisions
is is possible that the negotiations
Under the provision, the govern-
will fail and that no tax bill will be
astic Janne G. Gellagher, deputy
three years. But the House did net
Members of Congress also
ment would have to publish a no-
passed this year.
general counsel of the Council on
vote on the matter, and a confer-
delived into foundation matters. In
tice saying that it was considering.
Foundations, said ber arganization
sace commities that irened out
Eact, a pair of controversial provi-
an exemption and was soliciting
Retirement Accounts
hoped that the provision would an-
differences between the Senate
tiere-ene passed by the Senate
comments.
la perhaps the most far-reaching
courage people to use their I.B.A.
and Homes bills abandoned the
and one by the House-look pri-
Some observers speculated that
years.
provision in the House-Senate
ansets to establish funds at com-
provision.
vale foundations by surprise and
the provision was drafted to help a
bill, lawmshers voted to allow pag-
munity foundations
People who don't itemise were
left observers scratabling to figure
specific foundation that Congred
pla age 701/2 and older to make tax-
"We'd prefer that people be able
allowed to claim charitable deduc-
out the effects.
did not identify in the bill. Even SO,
free withdrawals from individual
to use planned-giving techniques,"
Gone until 1986. But they load that
One draw national attention be-
they mid it was a
retirement accounts for denations
said Ma. Gallagher, "but the fact
option after the tax code was over-
fore it was deleted from the com-
idea that should be effective and
made directly to charities, effective
that this is in the bill at all is a
hauled that year, and non-profit
promise bill. The proposal would
helpful to funds
for distributions made on or after
huge step forward."
organizations have tried to got it
have allowed private foundations
January 1, 2003.
Others said that they thought
back over since.
to increase their holdings of public-
Too "Subjectiv
Under federal law, Americans
the 1.B.A. provision got a needed lift
Even with the defeat, "organita-
ly traded voting stock of a corpora-
But others were net so
may withdraw funds without pen-
as 11 moved through the Republi-
Lions should feel good that the of
tion that it receives by bequest
Conred Rosenberg, a former LES
-
alty from LRA.'s when they reach
can-ted Congress when George W.
fort to talk about giving non-tiem
from the maximum of 20 per
official, wrote in the EO Tax Jun-
years.
age 59½. Bat people are subject to
Bush, the GOP Governer of Texas,
izera a charitable deduction is be
cent-a limit in place since Con-
nal that he expected that most pul.
income Lax on the amount taken
listed its adoption as one of his Lop
ginning to bear Gruit," said Mr.
gream made major tax-law changes
vale foundations would be return
out, even if they give funds immo-
priorities if be is elected President
Hamill of Independent Sector,
in 1969-to 40 per cept in 2007,
tast to ask the government for
distaly to charity.
pointing out that that topic, tos,
and to 49 per cant in 2008.
examption for self-dealing acts bei
The legislation would sllow peo-
Estate Taxes
has popped up on the Presidential
The idea was drafted by Sen.
cause they would not want in
ple age 701/2 to roll over I.B.A. as-
The House-Senate provision to
campaign trail. "You are starting
Bob Kerrey, a Nebreska Damo-
tract the LES's attention and
wels directly to charities without
phase out the estate tax over the
to see an idea that's been discussed
wal, to help foundations increase
come presible Largets for audits
having the funds count as taxable
next decade worries fund raisers
and promoted by profits begin
their assets. But, according to Con-
Mr. Hosenberg said be for
income.
who say that wealthy donors have
to take hold."
gressional Quarterly, Senator Ker-
any Unkering with the long sti
An cartier version of the Ingista-
often been motivated to give as a
Charity officials also have hopes
my had another goal: helping War-
ing self-dealing rules, which
tion would have given the option
Way to reduce the amount of their
for the eventual passage of another
- Buffett, the Omaha investor
enected in the 1968 tax laws
to more people-permitting those
estate Lanen.
provision that cloured the Senate
and philanthropist, use a private
new provision, be said, not
ages 59% and older to roll over
But Matthew Hamil), vice-presi-
only is be eliminated from the 6.
foundation to shelter his stock in a
sentially ask the government
their I.R.A. a Congress appar-
dent for public policy at Independ-
gal bill: a gradual Increase in the
helding company-thet is, la keep
make too many subjective
ently settled on the higher age
ant Sector, a national cealition of
percentage of income that Individ-
the stock nh from estate taxes
ments in which it either
threshold because of concern that
charities and grant makers. point-
uals and corporations may claim
and other ancroachmants by the
by the organization that by
younger people might withdraw
ad out that connomists do not agree
each year in charitable deductions,
Internal Revenue Service after his
session of all the facts, or
too much retirement money for
on what would happen if the estate
a step that could encourage docors
douth Mr. Buffett, who owne
balky and tion up proposed
charity and find themselves years
tas were eliminated.
to increase their donations over
60 per a of the holding
actions that may indead be, If
later with insufficient income. Old-
There are come who argus that
time.
overpacy Barkshire Hathaway, did
the facts be known, a to harm
would
neg-
On matters concerning chart-
not return a all seeking comment
foul kind of deal."
WHITE HOUSE PHILANTHROPY CONFERENCE WORKPLAN-08/06/99
OCTOBER 22, 1999-EAST ROOM, APPROX. 150 PARTICIPANTS
DELIVERABLE
MANAGER(S)
DEADLINE
STATUS
Determine Conference Program
Shirley/
July 30
Date/location
Confirm location and date
Ellen
confirmed with
Select title (suggested-Gifts to the Future: New
POTUS and
Philanthropy For the New Millennium)
FLOTUS
Create format-number of sessions, speakers/town
Program structure
hall/panels, agenda, etc.
still TBD
Draft Budget/Secure Fiscal Agent
Malcolm/
August 6
Calls made/
Draft budget
Leela
decisions pending
Identify, contact and confirm fiscal agent(s)
Recruit in-kind support
Sun Microsystems
Call Jill Iscoll
Shirley/
contacted
Melanne
Determine Satellite Downlink Partners/Process
Malcolm/
July 16, budget
Michael
Draft budget
Leela
and partners
Grantham to be
Secure partners
hired as downlink
Create and maintain website
End of August,
coordinator,
registration
Aug 16-Oct. 29
Create registration process and manage cybercast
process
ARC and United
Way taking lead in
organizing quality
forums with local
constituencies;
joint letter sent
8/06
Research/Create Invitation List
Malcolm/ Leela
July 14
Invitee categories
Identify individuals/entities to invite across four
identified
invitee categories
For each invitee provide: contact name,
MaryEllen/
July 23
Draft of WHMC
organization name, address, phone, fax and email;
Kim
list received by
and briefly describe why person should be invited
FLOTUS office,
COB 7/14
New master list to
be reviewed 8/05
Mail Invitations
Kim/Social
Sept. 14
mtg.
Office
Research/Select Speakers
Malcolm/
First draft of
Fist draft
Based on agenda items, research possible speakers
Leela/Kelly
list to EL and
complete/to be
For each identified speaker, gather contact
SS for review,
reviewed by team
information and bio
COB 7/30
Locate prior speaking engagements/articles written
as a means to preview
Research/Select Philanthropic Heroes
Malcolm/
First draft of
Fist draft
Identify 20-25 individual philanthropic heroes,
Kelly
list to EL and
complete/to be
with diversity in age, race, ethnicity, sex and type
SS for review,
reviewed by team
of giving (e.g., human services, education,
COB 7/30
arts, etc.)
For each candidate include:
-contact name, organization, address, phone, fax
and email; and short vignette of their heroic giving
-supporting materials (e.g., article, videos, etc)
Generate List of Research Needs/
Malcolm/
First draft of
Research
Polling Needs
Kelly/Leela/
one-pagers to
conducted/
Identify necessary information (e.g., visuals,
Rupa/Jessica/
SS for review,
need to select
handouts, etc.):
Rachel
COB 8/06
relevant info.
-Polls on people's views of giving
-Data on individual giving
First draft of
-Surprising facts
research
-Patterns by different ethnic groups/other groups
summaries to SS,
-Role of religion
8/10
-Innovative
Assign topics and create one-pagers on each
Contact video producer
Leela
July 30
Sunburst Creative
Determine video concept and list of
WHMC/SS
September 10
to produce video
interviewees
Complete filming
Sunburst
September 24
Edit and deliver rough-cut for first review
Sunburst
October 1
Outline Promotion Plan
Shirley/Ellen
August/
To begin
Develop press releases
September
Determine timing
Create magazine insert
Create Conference Materials
Leela
Draft by end of
To begin
Generate list of what to include in conference
August
packets/press materials (e.g., research data,
resource lists, graphs, contact names, follow up
information, etc.)
Generate List of Research Needs/
Malcolm/
First draft of
Research
Polling Needs
Kelly/Leela/
one-pagers to
conducted/
Identify necessary information (e.g., visuals,
Rupa/Jessica/
SS for review,
need to select
handouts, etc.):
Rachel
COB 8/06
relevant info.
-Polls on people's views of giving
-Data on individual giving
First draft of
-Surprising facts
research
-Patterns by different ethnic groups/other groups
summaries to SS,
-Role of religion
8/10
-Innovative
Assign topics and create one-pagers on each
Contact video producer
Leela
July 30
Sunburst Creative
Determine video concept and list of
WHMC/SS
September 10
to produce video
interviewees
Complete filming
Sunburst
September 24
Edit and deliver rough-cut for first review
Sunburst
October 1
Outline Promotion Plan
Shirley/Ellen
August/
To begin
Develop press releases
September
Determine timing
Create magazine insert
Create Conference Materials
Leela
Draft by end of
To begin
Generate list of what to include in conference
August
packets/press materials (e.g., research data,
resource lists, graphs, contact names, follow up
information, etc.)
Develop Follow Up Plan/Deliverables
August/
To begin
Respond to Treasury
Ellen
September
Contact CNS
Shirley
Call Foundations for deliverables
Ellen/Melanne
Determine conference "challenge" to be issued
Assist Speechwriters
Malcolm
October 7
To begin late Sept.
Research key issues
Provide acknowledgments/talking points
Manage Overall Logistics
August 31
Production team
Follow up with POTUS request [Done]
MaryEllen
contacted
Determine Social Office contact [Done: Kim W.]
[Sunburst
Select production team, reserve satellite time
WHMC-
Creative], formal
Determine audio and visual needs
Leela/Anne
paperwork to be
drafted confirmed
Develop Comprehensive Timeline
Leela /
July 9
Workplan drafted
Create overall workplan-with deliverables and
MaryEllen
deadlines
Finalize workplan and assign manager to monitor
Shirley/Ellen
July 16
Completed-7/14, to
overall progress [Done: Leela, until August 27]
be updated weekly
IN BRIEF: MANAGING E.C.
Questions arose after a dia-
White House Plans
mond-mining company owned by
Jossey-Bass Tod
Giving Conference
Mr. Robertson, the African Devel-
opment Company, used the planes
First Lady Hillary Rodham
in its work. Despite Mr. Robert-
Clinton is organizing a first-ever
son's stipulation that all company
White House conference on philan-
travel be carefully accounted for
The
thropy, scheduled for late Octo-
and that the charity be fully reim-
ber.
bursed, investigators said his in-
Fundi
The meeting, tentatively titled
structions had not been followed.
Plann
"Gifts to the Future," will focus on
Still, the investigators said they
A Working Mo
individual donors and will empha-
found no evidence of an intentional
the Dollars
size "the importance of innovative
attempt to misuse charitable as-
ways of passing on the tradition to
sets. They also said that donations
future generations," a spokeswo-
from Mr. Robertson and the Afri-
man for the First Lady said.
can Development Company to Op-
The White House Millennium
eration Blessing more than offset
Council is working with the First
the amount the charity should
Lady's office to plan the event. Part
have been paid to cover the use of
A perfect bluepri
of the meeting will be devoted to
the planes. What's more, investi-
nonprofit organiza
honoring "heroes of all ages and
gators approved the steps the char-
use in building a
backgrounds who have made ex-
ity outlined to improve its record-
ing campaign,
traordinary gifts," according to the
keeping in the future and prevent
Carole Schaad,
spokeswoman. The history of phi-
conflicts of interests.
Rhinebech Chan
lanthropy and the ways it has
The Office of the Attorney Gen-
Music Society
changed in recent years are also
eral concluded in its report that
expected to be highlighted.
"the breakdown in bookkeeping
The spokeswoman explained the
and accounting practices" amount-
conference by saying that it "really
ed to "an unfortunate blemish on a
fits into the First Lady and Presi-
charitable organization with an
dent's strong commitment to the
extensive record of humanitarian
non-profit sector and to promoting
activities throughout the world."
active citizenship."
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Governance and Regulation
Tax Bill
Shows Appeal
of Charities
Many provisions to foster giving
made final version-or came close
By GRANT WILLIAMS
WASHINGTON
RESIDENT CLINTON hates the tax bill Con-
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gress passed this month because he thinks
its tax cuts are too charitable to the rich.
But the bill is a big hit with many of the
nation's non-profit organizations-which received
numerous benefits in the legialation. Among the
most popular: a provision to allow donors to make
tax-free withdrawals from individual retirement ac-
counts to benefit charity. (Details of the legislation
are provided in a table on Page 32.)
Even with the prospect of a Presidential veto of
the bill, charity officials are already declaring a
measure of victory. They say it is a good sign for
future tax debates that a number of charity benefits
made it into the final bill-or came very close to
being included in the compromise measure that
passed the House and the Senate.
Two provisions that the Senate approved, but that
were deleted in last-minute negotiations, had the
potential to attract significant donations to charity:
Senators would have offered a new tax break to
people who don't itemize on their tax returns and
would have gradually increased the percentage of
income that individuals and corporations are al-
lowed to write off each year in charitable deductions.
Not 80 pleasing to many fund raisers is a provision
in the House-Senate measure that would eventually
eliminate estate taxes-a move that might put a
damper on charitable gifts from estates of wealthy
donors.
A Mood Swing
With the bill, Congress demonstrated that it
wants to help non-profit groups raise more and more
money-in part 80 that charities can relieve some of
the burdens on government. Politics was another
reason charities did 80 well: In recent months sever-
al of the candidates for the 2000 Presidential nomi-
nation have called for increases in support for non-
profit organizations (The Chronicle, August 12).
The mood of the country is changing," said Milton
Cerny, a Washington lawyer who represents non-
profit organizations. "In recent years there has been
an aggressive mood in Congress against charities—
attacks on them," he said, including efforts to re-
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COMMENT & ANALYSIS
The new philanthropy
J
ohn D. Rockefeller, in the
Gates Foundation. "It's hard to
words of Winston Chur-
The generosity of Bill Gates recalls an earlier era of
prove a negative, but it really
chill, felt no need to pay
isn't so."
"hush money to Heaven".
charitable giving, says Richard Waters
Perhaps not. But it is notewor-
Many others saw it differently.
thy that Mr Buffett, who has also
The dour Baptist who created
promised to give away most of
Standard Oil was the most vili-
his personal fortune, has not
fied businessman of his genera-
opened his pocket book yet.
tion, the archetype of the robber
Unlike Mr Gates, the cherubic 68-
baron set on enriching himself at
year-old does not have a public
the expense of society at large.
image in urgent need of repair.
Yet by the 1920s he had given
Whatever the questions over
away enough money to cement
the timing of Mr Gates' move, it
his reputation as the greatest
should not be allowed to hide the
philanthropist of the century.
bigger issue. As in Rockefeller's
It is no wonder critics claimed
Rockefeller's charity was driven
day, philanthropy, often on a
massive scale, is alive and well in
by guilt, or by an attempt to
a country where private wealth
boost his lamentable public
image.
has always brought with it oner-
ous public obligations.
The parallels with William
Other countries have their
H. Gates are, on some levels,
charitable traditions, but none
uncanny. Microsoft's chairman
seems to rival the US in scale or
has given away $15bn since the
significance. From Europe, US
start of this year, making his
philanthropy is often seen as a
$17bn family foundation the big-
reaction to a déficient welfare
gest in the US and the second
system. Critics argue that charity
biggest in the world. (Only the
in the US has grown to fill the
Wellcome Trust in the UK is big.
void left by a weak social safety
ger, at $19bn.)
net, leaving private individuals
Mr Gates has none of the fierce
to take on tasks that would, in a
moral stringency or religious
better-organised society, be the
vehemence of Rockefeller. Yet his
province of government.
battle with the US Department of
That is a view roundly rejected
Justice vies with Standard Oil's
in the US. "Bill and Melinda are
for the title of Anti-Trust Trial of
the Century.
very aware of what the proper
sphere of government is." says
Like Rockefeller, Mr Gates sees
Mr Faris. He adds that their gifts
himself as a visionary business-
are made either to tackle issues
man whose company has bene-
that market forces alone cannot
fited millions of people only to
solve for instance, the develop-
find his success the subject of
ment of vaccines to tackle ill-
ealousy and his business prac-
nesses that are rife in the devel-
tices the target of bureaucrats.
oping world - or to jump-start
Like the oil monopolist before
programmes that should eventu-
him, Mr Gates' public travails
ally be taken on by
have been accompanied by a
government.
lowering of generosity.
The Microsoft co-founder is not
Pinn
There is a striking similarity,
again, with the ideas of Rocke-
lone. America's irrepressible
feller, who believed that charity
conomic boom in the 1990s has
had its biggest impact in the
ushered in a new philanthropic
areas of health and education,
era, with an outpouring of chari-
since this would give people a
able works to rival the days of
better shot at tackling their own
Rockefeller, Henry Ford and
economic disadvantages. A
Andrew Carnegie.
Rockefeller gift led to the first
While those earlier charitable
successful vaccine for yellow
lynasties sprang from fortunes
fever; a Gates donation is sup-
nade in oil, automobiles and
porting the quest for a vaccine
steel, the new ones reflect the
profits are up," says Timothy
CNN challenged the likes of Mr
a social responsibility and a
against malaria. Carnegie built
ources of industrial wealth of
McClimon, head of the AT&T
Gates and Warren Buffett, the
necessity. "The man who dies
public libraries across the coun-
he late 20th century: computers
Foundation, whose grants topped
investor who ranks as the
thus rich dies disgraced," the
try; Mr Gates is wiring them for
the second biggest family foun-
those of other corporate institu-
world's second richest man, to
steel magnate argued.
the internet age.
lation, the $9.5bn Packard Foun-
tions last year. "The more money
use more of their money for
With Mr Turner himself now
With $17bn and more, appar-
lation, sprang from the wealth
companies make, the more they
social good.
two years into his pledge to give
ently, to come - the Gates Foun-
created by the Hewlett Packard
give away."
"What good is wealth sitting in
$1bn to the United Natic is ever a
dation is about to catapult pri-
empire), hedge funds (George
Not surprisingly. the wave of
the bank? It's a pretty pathetic
decade, Mr Gates has delivered
vate charity into a new
Soros) and duty-free liquor
cash has produced its problems.
thing to do with your money,"
his resounding response.
dimension. The amount is, for
Charles Feeney, the founder of
Charity frauds have become
the man nicknamed the
"The pressure was on him,"
instance, enough to buy every
OFS, who has now given away
more common - most notably
says Dorothy Ridings, president
American an upgrade to Win-
nore than $4bn).
with New Era Philanthropy, a
of the Council on Foundations,
dows 98, Microsoft's personal
While these are the names that
foundation that tricked some of
'What good is wealth
which represents the interests of
computer operating system.
atch the headlines, the surge in
the biggest grant-making bodies
many of the biggest private US
Most of that money will be
private wealth created by the
in the country with its promise to
sitting in the bank?
foundations. "And I would not
tucked away for the future: like
ong bull market has produced a
match their gifts with those of its
downplay the fact that he had his
Rockefeller before him, Mr Gates
nuch more widespread outpour-
own.
It's a pretty pathetic
problems with the Justice
wants a legacy that will stretch
of giving. The number of pri-
Some also fret that the not-for-
Department." The timing of the
for generations into the future.
ate foundations in the US has
profit world lacks the profes-
thing to do with
donations, in the midst of the
But, with a requirement on all
loubled since the stock market
sional management and account-
Microsoft anti-trust trial, "was
foundations to give away at least
egan its rise in the early 1980s.
ability to handle its new-found
your money'
perfect for him," she says.
5 per cent of their assets each
According to the Foundation
riches effectively.
Unsurprisingly, people close to
year to qualify for tax relief, the
Center in New York, the amount
The similarities with the phil-
Mr Gates deny that his generos-
annual donations of the Gates
Americans donate to charities
anthropic largesse of the 1920s is
Mouth from the South declared.
ity is self-serving. Patti Stonesi-
Foundation will still be more
ach year has doubled during the
not surprising. The private for-
Mr Turner's comments carry
fer, the former Microsoft
than double those of the Ford
990s, reaching nearly $20bn last
tunes that have sprung from the
an echo of Andrew Carnegie,
employee who now runs the fam-
Foundation.
ear,
information revolution are every
whose views were said to have
ily foundation along with Mr
Their early gifts apart, there
Big companies have also been
bit as striking as those that
inspired Rockefeller. According
Gates' father, says the billionaire
are few clues about where Mr
ushing to give away more,
emerged from the great wave of
to Ron Chernow, author of Titan,
had always planned to give away
Gates and his wife hope to make
hough few go to the lengths of
nation-building in the early years
a recent biography of the oilman,
most of his Microsoft fortune,
their mark for posterity. At the
Chicago retailer Dayton Hudson,
of the century. And with those
Carnegie feared that the chasm
now worth around $100bn.
moment, the new money is
which donates 5 per cent of its
fortunes comes responsibility.
between the new industrial for-
But what about the timing of
"essentially uncommitted", says
innual profits.
It was Ted Turner who first
tunes of the age and the wages of
the gifts, in the midst of the trial?
Mr Faris. The requests for dona-
"The economy has been doing
turned up the heat on Bill Gates.
workers would trigger a social
"There is not a manipulative
tions are doubtless already flow-
ery. very well. and corporate
Three years ago, the founder of
backlash. Philanthropy was both
agenda," says Jack Faris at the
ing in.
MEMORANDUM
SEPTEMBER 15, 1999
TO:
Shirley Sagawa
Ellen McCulloch-Lovell
Sharon Kennedy-Gill
FROM:
Malcolm Richardson
SUBJECT:
VIDEO PROFILES
Here follows a list of some outstanding individuals and groups who should be considered for the
introductory video. I have listed more than 5 on the assumption that we will need a slightly
broader pool in case someone turns down our request to film or our telephone conversations with
them raise problems we haven't previously foreseen. I will find more detailed contact
information as soon as possible and update this memo with that information.
1. Matel "Mat" Dawson.
Detroit, Michigan
Ford Motor Company forklift driver who has given over $1 million in the course of his life to
provide scholarships and educational opportunities that he himself never enjoyed. Dawson
continues to work in his 70s, lives in a modest house and invests his salary and savings solely to
give to such causes as the United Negro College Fund, Wayne State University, and Louisiana
State University.
2. Regina Jennings
West Virginia
Custodian who earned only $10,000 when employed by the state university. Jennings too saved
and invested her modest savings and donated the latter -- $93,000 - to the university law school
where she worked. Ann Castle found this information for us.
3. Jean Fairfax
Phoenix, AZ
A champion of community foundations and reaching into minority communities, Jean Fairfax is
one of the leading African-American philanthropists. Approximately 70 years old, Fairfax is still
an active figure in national efforts to promote philanthropy. Recommended by the Joint Affinity
Groups as a possible speaker as well. Eloquent and articulate.
4. Myrian Arguello Bodner
Louisville, KY.
Mrs. Bodner typifies much of the country's "hidden" giving. When hurricanes and tropical
storms devastated Nicaragua last year, she quickly organized a fund-raising and supplies drive
among her neighbors and in the Central American immigrant community. She raised thousands
of dollars from donors who probably will never claim these gifts on tax forms. Suggested by
WHMC intern Olga Arguello, her niece.
5. Matthew Nonnemacher
Hazelton, PA.
When eleven years old, Nonnemacher was inspired by the local United Way drive to challenge
his family and friends and townsfolk to raise a million pennies. ($10,000). Sending letters,
posting notices and collection jars in local stores and restaurants, he succeeded in raising nearly
twice his goal. Recommended by United Way of America.
6. Katie Kurtz
Chicago, IL.
This ten-year old girl began collecting household goods and toys and other items for distribution
to the poor. The Kosovo crisis prompted her to raise both funds and goods for refugee relief, and
soon she transformed her family's home into a collection point for thousands of dollars worth of
aid. Hailed by Oprah Winfrey, she was recognized last year as one of "Oprah's Angels" where
our interns found her story.
7. Gil Castellanos
Elmhurst, IL
Another enterprising youth, Castellanos was also moved by stories of refugee suffering and
organized his fund-raising drive around Balkan relief. Castellanos, with help from his family,
challenged the residents of Elmhurst to raise $1 per inhabitant or $40,000 for relief efforts.
Recommended by the American Red Cross national headquarters.
8. Shamika Darisaw
Flint, Michigan
Now in college (at the University of Michigan) Shamika Darisaw could represent the Michigan
community foundation program, funded by the Kellogg Foundation and administered by the
Michigan Council on Foundations, which pairs youth advisory committees with community
funds in a wide variety of localities. Recommended by the Michigan Council on Foundations as
an articulate champion of youth involvement, she could describe this educational program and
the importance of teaching philanthropy.
9. Youth advisory committee/Community Foundation-Silicon Valley.
A group portrait. Filming this committee in San Jose might help give us more geographic and
ethnic diversity - most of the members are young Asian Americans and Hispanics - and would
allow us to paint a portrait of giving in Silicon Valley that is definitely not the one that comes to
mind when this region is mentioned as a center of philanthropy. Peter Hero has suggested we
profile this project, though he has not pushed it hard.
10. Harrison Steans and the Steans Family Foundation
Chicago, IL
Harrison Steans fits the conventional image of a philanthropist. A Chicago banker, he made a
fortune when his small banking firm was bought by a regional bank chain. Steans created a
family fund and devoted himself to philanthropic activities. But the stereotype ends here: he
moved the foundation's office from State Street in the Loop to an inner city neighborhood, near
the housing project and communities where he and his family - 3 daughters and wife - decided
to concentrate their attention. The entire family is involved in decision-making and has
apparently leveraged tremendous resources for their projects. Strongly recommended by the
MacArthur Foundation and by Elan Garonzik of the Mott Foundation as an example of what one
dedicated funder can do to show larger organizations the way.
MEMO FOR SHIRLEY SAGAWA
MARYELLEN McGUIRE
MALCOLM RICHARDSON
LEELA DESOUZA
FROM :
ELLEN McCULLOCH-LOVELL
DATE:
8/30/99
RE:
Philanthropy proposal
Mickey Ibarra would like us to include a state and local government component to the
philanthropy conference. Please see the attached memo and let's discuss at our next
meeting.
ADMIN
THE WHITE HOUSE
CC! Malcol.
Assistant to the President and
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
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prepare this memo.
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thrapic partnerships with government to raise public
to provide policymakers with needed information and
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access to, and the effectiveness of, public programs; to
city development; among many, many other projects.
and local officials
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on to state and local governments continues in many
nections to state and local officials will only increase.
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consider conference. Pluse
cities on expanding employment opportunities for low-
vice systems reform, and with neighborhood groups and
gies. Casey is currently launching a major project to
ities to work together in an unprecedented manner that
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solated low-income neighborhoods.
in, and numerous other foundations have worked with
years to enhance public awareness about the importance
rvices to young children. Successful efforts flowing from
K referendum led by Rob Reiner to increase county
funding for early childhood programs, Governor Hunt's Smart Start expansion of Head Start and other
quality early childhood programs statewide, Governor Dean's expansion of comprehensive health and
social services to all preschool children, and Ohio's dramatic expansion of Head Start with state dollars.
0 The Rockefeller Foundation is working with city governments and public housing authorities across the
country to provide comprehensive employment services and other supports to residents of public housing,
focusing on one building or project at & time,
o The Robert Wood Johnson Foundarion is funding a number of health programs that include state and
local government partnerships, c.g., its "Covering Kids" campaign is establishing public-private conditions
in every state to enroll children who are cligible for Medicaid or CHIP but have not been enrolled, and its
support of Hillsborough County (Tampa Bay). Florida, and other local governments that are exploring
innovative ways to patch together health care plans for their uninsured.
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ADMIN
10-1999 01:31
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CC: Malcol
NOTE TO MICKEY IBARRA
FROM: John Monahan
DATE: July 27, 1999
RE: White House Philanthropy Conference
Thanks so much for calling last week. It was great to hear from you, and I wish you well in your
recruitment efforts.
As you requested, I have taken the Liberty of sharing information regarding the Philanthropy Conference
with some of my colleagues at Casey, and I will forward any detailed information or specific names to you
directly.
As we discussed, I strongly agree with your basic argument that state and local governments would
have a great deal to offer in any public discussion concerning the changing role of philanthropy. As
you know, there are numerous examples of philanthropic partnerships with government to raise public
consciousness regarding important policy issues; to provide policymakers with needed information and
analysis on a wide variety of subjects; to improve access to, and the effectiveness of, public programs; to
leverage public and private resources for community development; among many, many other projects.
While philanthropy cannot replace, and should not be considered a substitute for, government at any level,
foundations can fill crucial gaps in public resources, complement public strategies in important ways, and
catalyze public initiatives. Moreover, as devolution to state and local governments continues in many
policy domains, the importance philanthropic connections to state and local officials will only increase.
Examples of philanthropic efforts that partner with states and localities include:
o The Annie Casey Foundation has worked with cities on expanding employment opportunities for low-
income families, with states on public human service systems reform, and with neighborhood groups and
local governments on community building strategies. Casey is currently launching a major project to
encourage public and private players in various cities to work together in an unprecedented manner that
will strengthen families and improve services to isolated low-income neighborhoods.
0 Carnegie Corporation, Kaiser Family Foundation, and numerous other foundations have worked with
governors and state officials over the last several years to enhance public awareness about the importance
of early childhood development and to expand services to young children. Successful efforts flowing from
these initiatives include the California tobacco tax referendum led by Rob Reiner to increase county
funding for early childhood programs, Governor Hunt's Smart Start expansion of Head Start and other
quality early childhood programs statewide, Governor Dean's expansion of comprehensive health and
social services to all preschool children, and Ohio's dramatic expansion of Head Start with state dollars.
0 The Rockefeller Foundation is working with city governments and public housing authorities across the
country to provide comprthensive employment services and other supports to residents of public housing,
focusing on one building or project at a time,
o The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is funding a number of health programs that include state and
local government partnerships, E.g., its "Covering Kids" campaign is cstablishing public-private conditions
in every state to enroll children who are cligible for Medicaid or CHIP but have not been enrolled, and its
support of Hillsborough County (Tampa Bay). Florida, and other local governments that are exploring
innovative ways to patch together health care plans for their uninsured.
TUE 13:40 FAX 202 456 6472
ADMIN
1999 01:52
ITMM
o Over the past three years, the Joyce Foundation has funded an ongoing series of presentations and
discussions for Midwestern human service officials struggling to implement welfare reform.
o The Kellogg Foundation is funding a number of health reform programs centered around local public
health departments and public hospitals,
o A number of smaller foundations are devoting a substantial portion, if not virtually all, their resources to
supporting a wide range of public sector parmerships and direct aid programs targeted to particular
communities. For example, the Steans Family Foundation is devoting virtually its entire capital to assisting
people in the North Lawndale neighborhood in Chicago.
o In a number of cities, such as Cleveland, Chicago, and San Francisco, there are long-standing ties
between city and county governments and local community foundations that have led to housing
development. commercial business expansion. and other types of civic reform efforts.
a The national public interest groups have countless relationships with various foundations. For instance,
the Annie Casey Foundation supports the National League of Cities in maintaining a resource center for
local officials interested in improving services to youth and families.
I hope this information is helpful to you in considering the potential role of state and local officials at the
upcoming Philanthropy Conference. If you need further information on these projects or contact names,
please call me. As I noted above, 1 will forward additional information as I come across it
Please take care of yourself. I can be reached at 202-687-0880 or 410-547-6600. Thanks.
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MEMO FOR SHIRLEY SAGAWA
MARYELLEN McGUIRE
MALCOLM RICHARDSON
LEELA DESOUZA
FROM :
ELLEN McCULLOCH-LOVELL
DATE:
8/30/99
RE:
Philanthropy proposal
Mickey Ibarra would like us to include a state and local government component to the
philanthropy conference. Please see the attached memo and let's discuss at our next
meeting.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
August 12, 1999
James B. Argue, Jr.
The United Methodist Foundation
of Arkansas
5300 Evergreen Drive
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
Dear Jim:
Thank you for your letter regarding legislation to allow
transfer of IRA assets to charitable organizations. I value your
thoughts on the matter and am passing this information on to a
member of my staff to follow up. I appreciate your concern
about the considerations before the Senate Finance Committee
and, as always, your able leadership of The United Methodist
Foundation of Arkansas.
With best regards and gratitude for your friendship and
continuing support, I remain
Sincerely yours,
Hillary Hillary Rodham Clinton
The United Methodist Foundation of Arkansas
5300 Evergreen Drive
Little Rock, AR 72205
501/664-8632
Fax: 501/664-6792
July 16, 1999
Mrs. Hillary R. Clinton
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Hillary:
My colleagues in the charitable sector and I strongly support a legislative proposal that would allow
transfers of IRA assets, both direct and deferred, to charitable organizations that are eligible to
receive deductible charitable gifts. IRA assets that are not needed for retirement purposes represent
a very large, untapped source of financial support for the services that the charitable sector provides
to the public, services that in many cases, the government would otherwise be called upon to
provide.
It has just come to my attention that Senator Bill Roth, the Chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee, supports this legislation and may include all or part of it in the "mark" that he has put
before the Committee. Anything that you could do to help ensure that the full proposal and not just
direct gifts becomes part of the Senate tax bill would be greatly appreciated. FYI, I understand that
the Treasury Department has expressed serious concerns about the proposal. These concerns are
misplaced and I am quite sure that upon full examination of the facts that you would agree.
By the way, this is the issue that Father Ryan, President of LeMoyne College mentioned to you last
week. It would be equally important to our United Methodist Church's Board of Global Ministries
in New York, as well.
The press reports indicate that the Listening Tour is a masterstroke. As you know, I would be
delighted to do whatever I can to help. Many thanks.
Sincerely,
Jim
James B. Argue, Jr.
Executive Director
JBA/kyt
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
7/15/99
IN BRIEF: MANAGING
White House Plans
Giving Conference
First Lady Hillary Rodham
Clinton is organizing a first-ever
White House conference on philan-
thropy, scheduled for late Octo-
ber.
The meeting, tentatively titled
"Gifts to the Future," will focus on
individual donors and will empha-
size "the importance of innovative
ways of passing on the tradition to
future generations," a spokeswo-
man for the First Lady said.
The White House Millennium
Council is working with the First
Lady's office to plan the event. Part
of the meeting will be devoted to
honoring "heroes of all ages and
backgrounds who have made ex-
traordinary gifts," according to the
spokeswoman. The history of phi-
lanthropy and the ways it has
changed in recent years are also
expected to be highlighted.
The spokeswoman explained the
conference by saying that it "really
fits into the First Lady and Presi-
dent's strong commitment to the
non-profit sector and to promoting
active citizenship."
More details are expected to be
announced in the next month or SO.
Newtithing
Group
Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3700
San Francisco, CA 94111-4107
Tim D. Stone
T: 415-274-2754
Executive Vice President
F: 415-274-2756
[email protected]
web site: www.newtithing.org
"Advancing A Breakthrough In Charitable Giving"
Newtithing Group
T: 415-274-2761
Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3700
[email protected]
F: 415-274-2756
San Francisco, CA 94111-4107
www.newtithing.org
July 23, 1999
Dear Ms. McGuire,
I am writing to convey how the role that Claude Rosenberg might play at the "Gifts to the
Future" conference could add considerable substance and broad national appeal to such a
promising event.
Mr. Rosenberg is a retired money manager, seasoned philanthropist, and founder of an
innovative not-for-profit philanthropic research organization, Newtithing Group. The
Group stands at the forefront of educating the public on how wealth has changed in
America and how tax filers can increase their giving on a sustained basis to productive
non-profit organizations. To further this mission, Newtithing Group offers original
research gratis on its web site (www.newtithing.org) and written guides available at cost.
How Newtithing Group Can Enhance the Conference
- Unique On-line Calculator. A masterful and seasoned public speaker, Mr. Rosenberg
would be willing to introduce (for the very first time) a philanthropic innovation: an on-
line charitable giving calculator to help citizens of all wealth levels better understand
their financial wherewithal and determine how much they can comfortably afford to give.
Many members of the philanthropic and financial community are eagerly awaiting this
tool, to be offered gratis.
- Intergenerational Approach. Mr. Rosenberg's guide to wealth and giving potential,
Wealthy and Wise: How You and America Can Get the Most You of Your Giving,
was presented in synopsis form (at author's expense) to the Presidential Summit for
America's Promise. The full-length book was also Amazon.com's #1 best seller for
philanthropy and charity last year. It outlines the advantages and techniques of passing
philanthropy to future generations (pp 39-44). One passage describes philanthropy's great
intergenerational potential as:
"A great teacher of sound values; a cohesive element - a fine common interest - for a
ladder of generations within a family; a practical tool that helps young people learn about
business; and a psychological boost for people of all ages and of all income levels,
including those of inherited wealth."
- Sound Research on Wealth and Giving. Newtithing Group's in-depth financial
research estimates that prudent charitable giving by individual tax filers could triple. Mr.
Rosenberg's original findings have been lauded by The New York Times (April 4, 1999),
Giving USA (May 25, 1999), The Economist (May 29, 1999) and The Chronicle of
Philanthropy (July 15, 1999). Comprised of sound financial budgeting, a "newtithing"
"Advancing A Breakthrough In Charitable Giving"
Newtithing Group
T: 415-274-2761
Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3700
[email protected]
F: 415-274-2756
San Francisco, CA 94111-4107
www.newtithing.org
mentality could dramatically increase charitable donations and so help solve societal ills
in our increasingly interdependent world.
Potential of the Newtithing Approach
For generations to come, increased giving from "newtithing" could help our nation's non-
profit sector establish sound safeguards against a variety of interrelated problems that
currently threaten the very core of our nation and planet -- from illiteracy, disease, and
infant mortality to poverty, crime, terrorism, and pollution.
Risks of Inaction
Citizens who can comfortably afford to give more to productive non-profits should do so
as soon as possible. Inaction risks, not only the loss of an entire generation, but a further
deterioration of societal ills, triggering far higher financial and societal costs than ever -
to ourselves and to future generations.
Endorsements of Newtithing
Newtithing's methods have been strongly endorsed by financial and philanthropic experts
from across the political spectrum, including Andrew Tobias (NDC treasurer), Peter
Lynch (Fidelity), former President Jimmy Carter, John W. Gardner (former Health,
Education and Welfare Secretary), Drew Matthieson (the Mellon Foundation), and Ann
Kaplan (Editor, Giving USA, of the American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel).
Claude Rosenberg's Biography
Founder and former chairman of San Francisco-based RCM Capital Management (now
Dresdner RCM Global Investors), Mr. Rosenberg has been involved in personal, family,
and intergenerational philanthropy for over forty years. Founder of Newtithing Group,
he also co-chairs with Mayor Willy Brown the San Francisco delegation to America's
Promise. His honors include the National Association of Fund Raising Executive's
"Philanthropist of the Year Award," the Forrestal Award from the Association for
Investment Management and Research (AIMR), the Tocqueville Award from United
Way, and the Lilly White Award of the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
Public Speaking and Media Experience
Mr. Rosenberg has appeared on numerous media outlets, including Tom Brokaw's NBC
Nightly News, NPR's Morning Edition, and KQED public radio. A gifted and witty
public speaker, he has addressed a wide array of organizations and audiences across the
nation -- from sophisticated non-profits and their donors, to financial advisors or lay
people. His extensive public speaking credits include countless universities and
community foundations as well as The New York Harvard Club, The National
Association of Fund Raising Executives, the American Cancer Society, the Arthritis
Foundation, Junior Achievement and the Anti-Defamation League.
"Advancing A Breakthrough In Charitable Giving"
Newtithing Group
T: 415-274-2761
Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3700
[email protected]
F: 415-274-2756
San Francisco, CA 94111-4107
www.newtithing.org
We would like to help the White House conference become the starting gate for a new era
in philanthropy. Thank you for your consideration and your support of this timely matter.
Sincerely,
Time D. Stane
Tim D. Stone, executive vice president
Newtithing Group
4 Embarcadero Ctr. Ste. 3700
SF, CA 94111
T: 415-274-2754; Fx: 415-274-2756
"Advancing A Breakthrough In Charitable Giving"
FOR BACKGROUND
contact:
Tim Stone, executive vice president
Newtithing Group
T: 415-274-2754
[email protected]
www.newtithing.org
FACT SHEET
Newtithing Group Releases "AFFORDABLE DONATIONS 1999"
Estimates U.S. Tax Filers Can Comfortably Donate Extra $242 Billion Annually
Suggests Individual Giving Could Triple
SAN FRANCISCO - April, 1999 -- According to an annual study released by Newtithing TM Group, a San
Francisco-based philanthropic research organization, in 1999 alone, U.S. tax filers can comfortably afford
to give nearly a quarter of a trillion additional dollars to charity.
The Group's proprietary findings, constructed from 1996 IRS data, suggest that individuals could
donate an additional $242 billion in 1999 without impairing donors' net worth. This figure is up from
the $184 billion in additional affordable giving that the Group estimated for 1998 - and is almost 2 1/2
times the $100 billion sum estimated in 1994, in Wealthy and Wise: How You And America Can Get
The Most Out of Your Giving, by Claude Rosenberg, the Group's founder (retired chairman of RCM
Capital Management, a San Francisco money management firm).
The Group thus estimates that total affordable individual giving in 1999 could be almost triple current
donation levels. Actual individual giving in 1997 (the latest year for which data is available) was
estimated by Giving USA at $109 billion and by Newtithing Group at $115.5 billion.
According to Newtithing Group's estimates, 78% of the $242 billion in additional giving ($190 billion
of it) can come from the three wealthiest tax brackets.
"But you don't necessarily have to be a millionaire to affordably increase your donations," says
Newtithing Group founder Claude Rosenberg. "The more than 14 million filers who earn adjusted
gross incomes of $50,000-$74,999 while owning average investment assets of approximately $118,000
could on average increase their annual giving by 21%, from $1,322 to $1,600 per filer -- and under
normal circumstances still see their wealth rise."
In contrast, filers in the next lowest tax bracket, earning adjusted gross income of $25,000-$49,999,
with average investment assets of roughly $67,000, are already donating on average $675 to charity
per year, which the Group's calculations suggest is sufficiently generous.
The Group defines 'newtithing' as determining comfortably affordable donations based on surplus
income and investment assets (excluding personal housing). This-contrasts-with the ancient custom of
tithing, which Rosenberg says best suits people with income yet little or no investment assets. "The
key to more productive giving," he adds, "is employing a practical and modern budgeting approach
which reflects how investment asset wealth has changed in America over the past twenty years."
Newtithing Group is a California corporation that donates any annual surpluses to charity and whose
findings are distributed free or at cost to non-profit organizations, individuals, and interested parties.
Web site: www.newtithing.org. Philanthropy booklet: www.newtithing.org/frames/f_wealth01.ht
(more)
Contact: Tim Stone, executive vice president
Newtithing Group, T: 415-274-2754
Individual Affordable Donations 1999 - By Average Tax Filer
Adjusted Gross
Number of
Average
Average
Discretionary
Average
Possible
Cost of
Income Brackets'
Filers
Reported
Investment
Funds⁴
Actual
Affordable
Possible
Salary²
Assets³
(per filer)
Donations
Donations⁶
Affordable
(per filer)
(per filer)
(per filer)
(per filer)
Donations'
(per filer)
$
25,000-49,999
30,149,984
$
32,740
$
66,910
$
3,400
$
675
$
675
$
480
50,000-74,999
14,322,850
54,900
118,070
10,900
1,322
1,600
920
75,000-99,999
5,801,418
74,350
215,440
22,000
1,986
4,200
2,460
100,000-199,999
4,612,554
99,640
523,440
45,300
2,963
10,700
6,010
200,000-499,999
1,198,671
173,090
1,687,780
135,600
6,874
37,100
18,440
500,000-999,999
213,823
326,650
4,660,660
346,100
18,145
159,700
73,620
1,000,000 or more
110,912
801,230
21,168,740
1,398,900
119,830
1,233,600
763,600
Source: Newtithing Group, San Francisco, 1999
Total Affordable Donations 1999 - By Tax Filer Group
Adjusted Gross Income
Incremental Affordable
Cumulative Incremental
Brackets
Donations
Affordable Donations
(figures in thousands)
(figures in thousands)
$
25,000-49,999
$
0
$
0
50,000-74,999
3,975,732
3,975,732
75,000-99,999
12,846,846
16,822,578
100,000-199,999
35,688,741
52,511,319
200,000-499,999
36,230,904
88,742,223
500,000-999,999
30,267,615
119,009,838
1,000,000 or more
123,530,457
242,540,295
Source: Newtithing Group, San Francisco, 1999
1
IRS reported AGI includes income from investment assets, salary and wages, and reported capital gains.
Our table does not include the over 63 million tax filers with AGI below $25,000 because our estimates
suggest that they are already donating about as much as they can afford.
2
From year-end 1996; conservatively estimated since it excludes 11.8% income growth between start-of-
3 year 1997 and end-of-year 1998. (Table B-27, Economic Report of President, 1998).
Estimated year-end 1998 value of securities, real estate, and private investments based on 1996 IRS
income data, then adjusted for changes in asset values by year-end 1998. To ensure conservative estimates,
our research omitted values such as: personal housing and related possessions, IRAs, 401(k)s, life insurance
cash values, stock options, government savings bonds, etc...
4 Composed of: reported salary, investment and other income, minus living expenses and taxes; plus
assumed current-year capital gains or losses (for which we have assumed an historical annualized total
return of 9.29% for common stocks and 3% for other assets).
5 Weighted average of: itemized donations reported to the IRS and Independent Sector's estimate of
donations made by non-itemizing filers.
6 Newtithing affordability models, based on estimated Investment Assets and Discretionary Funds.
7
Assumes donations partially in appreciated securities.
MEDIA COVERAGE
on Newtithing Group and its founder
(updates: www.newtithing.org)
National Public Radio, Dec. 25, 1998, Morning Edition, "Newtithing" (interview).
Giving USA Update, Dec., 1998, Issue 4, (profile, Newtithing Group).
Fund Raising Management, Dec., 1998 (excerpt, Wealthy and Wise, 1998 synopsis edition).
CNNfn, Nov. 16, 1998, "Philanthropy," (interview of C. Rosenberg on newtithing).
The San Jose Mercury News, Nov. 6, 1998, editorial, "There's a New Option For Charity."
Worth Magazine, Nov./Dec., 1998, "Sweet Charity, what's your comfort level?"
The Atlanta Constitution, Oct. 14, 1998, "Give Like You're Ted Turner."
The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 2, 1998, by Eileen Daspin, "Giving It Up: A User's Manual."
The American Benefactor, Spring, 1998, by Claude Rosenberg, "Sharing The Wealth: Private Foundations have Flourished With The
Wall Street Boom. Now It's Time To Give Some of That Money Away."
Fortune Magazine, Feb. 2, 1998, by A. Faircloth and C. Bollinger, "Fortune's 40 Most Generous Americans." [quoting Rosenberg]
The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Dec. 11, 1997, by Claude Rosenberg, "Are Warren Buffett's Views on Giving the Best for
Philanthropy?"
The San Francisco Examiner. Nov. 2, 1997. by S. Salter. "A Charitable View of the Rich."
The American Benefactor, Spring, 1997, by E. Watters, "The Gospel of Giving According To Claude Rosenberg."
The Star Tribune [Minneapolis], Aug. 30, 1996, by Robert Franklin, "Go On, Give! Money Expert's Word To Wealthy: you can
afford to be more charitable."
The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Jan. 26, 1996 [review of Wealthy and Wise, by Claude Rosenberg].
The New York Times, April 30, 1995, by G. Fabrikant, "Noblesse Oblige With Strings: The Charity of the Rich Isn't All What it
Seems."
The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 6, 1995, by J. Grundfest, "Reasons For Giving All You've Got to Give." [review of Wealthy & Wise, by
Claude Rosenberg]
Smart Money, Dec. 1994, by J. Taylor, "Give It Up: How Much Can You Afford to Donate to Charity?"
The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Nov. 29, 1994, by Claude Rosenberg, "How Philanthropy Could Be $100 Billion Bigger."
contact: Tim Stone, Executive Vice President, Newtithing Group, 415-274-2754
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
1. What Does Newtithing Mean?
2. Are More People Actually Wealthier Than Ever? Since publication of your 1994 book, Wealthy and
Wise, the stock market has risen to historic levels, yet also experienced turmoil. How can financial pros-
perity or uncertainty affect giving patterns and relationships between donors and non-profits?
3. How Realistic Is Your Estimate That Filers Can Annually Afford To Donate Hundreds of Billions of
Additional Dollars to Charity?
4. How Can Individuals Determine What They Can Affordably Give To Charity?
5. Why Are The Wealthy Not Donating Nearly As Much As You Think They Can?
6. What Do The Wealthy Risk If they Do Not Increase Their Charitable Donations?
7. What First Sparked Your Interest in Philanthropy?
8. How Can Philanthropy Boost Non-Profit Productivity, As You Claim It Can?
9. Why Were You A Successful Money Manager? In 1996, RCM Capital Management, the money manage-
ment firm you founded, was sold to Dresdner Bank. What was the key to RCM's success?
10. Can Uniform Financial Reporting Standards Make Non-Profits More Accountable? You received the
Daniel L. Forrestal Leadership Award from AIMR (Association for Investment Management and Research)
for developing money manager performance standards - can a similar system measure non- profits
performance?
contact: Tim Stone, Executive Vice President, Newtithing Group, 415-274-2754
TESTIMONIALS
CLAUDE ROSENBERG'S WEALTHY AND WISE (Little, Brown & Co)
"Applying Claude Rosenberg's investment expertise to charitable giving is what's needed in this fertile field. In Wealthy and Wise,
he shows us what we can afford to do and how to do it far better than we are. He also shows us how the right approach can be the
perfect conduit to personal and family happiness and to our country's recovery."
- Peter Lynch, Vice Chairman, Fidelity Management and Research Co
"In Wealthy and Wise, Claude Rosenberg provides meaningful options for those searching for ways to invest in the future of their
communities. This is truly an important book."
-Jimmy Carter, former U.S. President
"Splendidly well-argued and clearly presented, Wealthy and Wise provides 'investment advice' [about how to] do more for ourselves
[how to] think smart about our portfolios and do more for others."
- The Wall Street Journal
"This is a unique book - a practical and thoughtful guide to personal philanthropy by one of the most admired and successful money
managers in the nation. Wealthy and Wise is important for you, important for all of us; everyone in fundraising should have multi-
ple copies on hand to pass out to prospective donors."
-- John W. Gardner, former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
"Wealthy and Wise is truly an important piece of work and a real contribution to the field. It is rare that someone with both the
insight into the benefactor world and such expertise in money management has been willing and able to make the case for higher
levels of giving."
-Bruce R. Sievers, Executive Director, Walter & Elise Hass Fund, San Francisco
"After reading Wealthy and Wise, an important Chicagoan plans on spending the next few years thinking about intelligently giving
away almost $10 million to the charities he is interested in."
-David S. Rosen, The Continuity Funds, Chicago, Illinois
"Wealthy and Wise was distributed to the attendees at a dinner for a local charity on December 3, 1996. Between then and June 1st,
total current and deferred grants rose from $69.8 million to $95.7 million, a whopping 37.1 percent increase. Needless to say, the
book made a dramatic impact."
-Lawrence S. Phillips, Former Chairman and CEO, Phillips-Van Heusen Corp
"George A. and Jane S. Miller have made a gift of $1 million to the University of California, Berkeley, partly the result of reading
Claude Rosenberg's book Wealthy and Wise.
-Bene Legere, U. Cal. Berkeley Library Publication
"All of us in not-for-profit organizations have found a grand ally in Claude Rosenberg. He offers our prospective donors a sensible
and creative approach to philanthropy which stretches the traditional mind set regarding giving. Quite simply, Claude Rosenberg
has provided a blueprint for strengthening America."
-Mary G.F. Bitterman, CEO, KQED Inc., San Francisco
"Claude Rosenberg's wisdom and words paid off handsomely and quickly after his book-signing to benefit Junior Achievement [a
non-profit organization designed to educate young people on business and economics]. Within days of the presentation, several
attendees initiated gifts to Junior Achievement for the first time. Without question, Mr. Rosenberg is a tremendous role model for
all charitable givers."
-Shawn E. O'Hara, President, Junior Achievement of the Bay Area, San Francisco
contact: Tim Stone, Executive Vice President. Newtithing Group. 415-274-2754
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The San Francisco Examiner: "Wealthy and Wise shows how you can give some of your money away and - if you
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The Orange County Register: "Philanthropy is quickly becoming the most practical source of long-term change in the
United States (and) Rosenberg tells how to assess where your money is going and how to plan bequests to your chil-
dren."
The Memphis Business Journal: "In clear, no-nonsense language, Rosenberg shows how to get the most out of donation
dollars, intelligently and efficiently. This meticulously researched book shows us how we can convert tax-deductible con-
tributions to great reward at little or no personal risk. This innovative guide
provides a model for better (personal)
living or for enhanced giving to society
(providing) a detailed plan for transforming our troubled communities and
improving our lives and the lives of all Americans."
Stanford Magazine: "In Wealthy and Wise, Claude Rosenberg suggests practical new concepts in personal financial
planning and offers guidelines for how to choose where you give and influence how your donations are spent. He also
demonstrates how $100 billion more each year could be easily raised in the private sector to address the problems facing
America."
contact: Tim Stone, Executive Vice President, Newtithing Group, 415-274-2754
Claude Rosenberg
Founder & Chairman
Newtithing Group
4 Embarcadero Ctr., Ste. 3700
San Francisco, CA 94111
T: 415-274-2761
Claude Rosenberg
Founder & Chairman
Newtithing Group
4 Embarcadero Ctr., Ste. 3700
San Francisco, CA 94111
T: 415-274-2761
FOUNDER'S BIOGRAPHY
About Claude Rosenberg, Founder of Newtithing Group
Financial Biography: In 1998, Mr. Rosenberg founded Newtithing Group, a philanthropic research organiza-
tion committed to increasing affordable charitable giving, personal fulfillment, and the productivity of the non-
profit sector. In 1970, he founded RCM Capital Management, which became one of the leading institutional
money management firms in the country. In 1996, he stepped down as chairman of RCM Capital
Management, which as Dresdner RCM Global Investors currently manages over $60 billion in fixed income
and equity assets. In 1958, he was named Research Director of J. Barth & Co, which under his leadership
developed the largest regional investment research department in America (later merging with Dean Witter &
Co). In 1975, he formed RREEF Corporation, now the fourth largest U.S. manager of real-estate for tax-
exempt clients. Previously, he received his BA and MBA from Stanford University and spent two years in the
Navy.
Books: Mr. Rosenberg has published five books on finance including Stock Market Primer, an investment clas-
sic selling over half-a-million copies. His latest book is Wealthy and Wise: How You And America Can Get The
Most Out of Your Giving (Little Brown, 1994) - both a comprehensive analysis of national wealth and a prac-
tical tool for charitable giving showing how greater donations can meet America's pressing societal needs.
Wealthy and Wise: has garnered praise from many authorities including Fidelity Vice Chairman Peter Lynch, for-
mer U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Vice Chairman of the Richard King Mellon Foundation Drew Mathieson. and
former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare John W. Gardner.
Current Activities: In addition to serving as Chairman of San Francisco-based Newtithing¹ Group, Mr.
Rosenberg also serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Philanthropic Research Incorporated
(Arlington, VA), as well as Co-Chairman of the San Francisco delegation to America's Promise, (Alexandria,
VA). He sits on the advisory bodies of: Harvard University's Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
(Cambridge, MA), the Peninsula Community Foundations' Center for Venture Philanthropy (Menlo Park,
CA), and the Entrepreneurs' Foundation (Menlo Park, CA).
Awards: Honors awarded Mr. Rosenberg include the Daniel J. Forrestal Leadership Award from the
Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR), for developing standardized guidelines of
money manager performance; the Arbuckle Award, the highest honor for management excellence awarded by
the Stanford Graduate School of Business; the Lillywhite Award of the Employee Benefit Research Institute for
extraordinary lifetime contributions to American economic security; and the Excellence in Business Lifetime
Achievement Award from the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce for leadership and contributions to the
San Francisco community. He and his wife, Louise have also received the Outstanding Philanthropist Award
from the National Society of Fund Raising Executives, Golden Gate Chapter; and the de Tocqueville Award
from United Way.
contact: Tim Stone. Executive Vice President, Newtthing Group, 415-274-2754
(over)
CLAUDE ROSENBERG SPEAKS ON NEWTITHING
"I'm concerned about numerous trouble spots that are negatively effecting our nation. Look at our public education system, drug
abuse, poverty, or the rising fear of violence. Even in an era of enormous prosperity, we're experiencing a dangerous deterioration of
our societal fabric that can not persist without severe repercussions for everyone. We should not and can not rely heavily on govern-
ment to solve such problems. If the wealthy don't share more of their good fortune to address our most pressing needs, we could rel-
egate another generation of Americans to hopelessness and dependence.
"And while the success stories of the prosperous have recently been held in awe, if wealthy people don't make a more recognizable
impact on our country's needs, national fascination may turn to national frustration, triggering higher taxation or other forms of
expropriation aimed at forcibly sharing the wealth.
"The good news is, we have the wherewithal to make both our citizens and our non-profit sector healthier and more self-sufficient
for generations to come. With increased giving from our higher taxpayer groups, we should be rewarding non-profits who demon-
strate effective results. and educating others to follow suit. Imagine the improvements America could make if significantly higher
funding accompanied greater non-profit effectiveness. This dual approach could become one of our nation's most productive invest-
ments - in ourselves, our families, our citizens, and our descendants."
UNITED STATES
well as their income. The model works on a
Deserving causes
Recipients of donations, 1998, %
sliding scale, assuming that poorer Ameri-
cans need to increase their net worth while
Religion
Education
42.4
13.7
the richest merely want to keep it stable, af-
ter allowing for inflation and their spending.
Gifts to
foundations
Altogether, it reckons that individuals could
9.4
afford to give away some $242 billion more a
Health
year than they do. Half of that amount
9.4
Philanthropy
International
Human services
comes from the 111,000 people whom New-
affairs
9.0
Giving your all?
1.2
tithing reckons earn more than $im a year
Public/Society
Environment/
Benefit Organisations
and whose total net worth is around $21m.
wildlife
6.1
Certainly, Silicon Valley, the temple of
2.9
Arts
Total allocated: $179.31bn
5.9
much of this new money, offers mixed evi-
O
N THE face of it, 1998 was a tremen-
Source: AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy
dence of a philanthropic renaissance. A few
dous year for American philanthropy.
billionaires, notably Bill Gates, have begun
Figures released on May 25th by the Amer-
0.1% of the population but 8% of charitable
the arduous process of giving away their
ican Association of Fund Raising Counsel
giving).
loot. But most high-tech folk still seem slight-
show that charitable giving rose by 11% to a
However, many charities argue that the
ly more preoccupied with bits and bytes. Ac-
record $175 billion. Around three-quarters
real test should not be income but net
cording to a 1998 report by Community
of this came from individuals; the rest from
worth-and that the rich are not doing their
Foundation Silicon Valley (CFSV), around
bequests, companies and foundations. The
share. Last year, Standard & Poor's compos-
one third of households there earning more
only sector to see a fall in giving was the
ite index rose by 27%, more than twice the
than $100,000 give $1,000 or less to charity.
arts-though they still received some $10.5
rate of giving. The gains from the 1990S bull
The Santa Clara County branch of the Unit-
billion. The AAFRC detects a possible "gold-
market have gone disproportionately to the
ed Way recently collapsed after donations
en age" for charitable giving.
rich, with as much as much as 90% of the pa-
fell short of expectations.
Is that really the case? American giving,
per profits going to the top 10% of house-
In many cases the problem does not
at around 2% of GDP, is certainly generous
holds. Very little of these gains-running
seem to be miserliness so much as ignorance.
compared with other countries (though Eu-
into trillions of dollars-has been passed on.
As the CFSV report notes, one third of the
ropean ones tend to have higher taxes and
The most damningevidence comes from
"high net worth" individuals in the valley
more bigger welfare states). And America's
the Newtithing group, a San Francisco non-
were paid with shares; but only 7% gave
richest people do give more than their share
profit organisation, which has constructed
away shares, even though there are tax ad-
by income (one analysis of 1995 tax returns
an economic model showing how much
vantages in doing so. Whatever the reason,
by the AAFRC showed that people who
Americans could "afford" to give away, tak-
the golden age still looks some way off.
earned $im a year accounted for just under
ing into account their assets and spending as
THE ECONOMIST MAY 29TH 1999
29
THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY
OPINION
July 15, 1999
DAVID CAY JOHNSTON
Donors' Assets-
Where the
Money Is
Donors' Assets: Where the Money Is for Charities
Continued from Page 51
ple document called a "stock pow-
and holding investment assets of
E ARE IN THE MIDST of a revolu-
to churches and charities-a ratio
W
er" instead of a check. And, a chari-
$118,000-the average for that
tion. No, not the changes
of $3 cash to $1 of personal proper-
ty needs to supplement its bank
group-could afford to increase
brought about by the Internet,
ty. But among the 111,000 house-
account with a brokerage account
their donations by 21 per cent, to
though that is a part of it. This revolu-
holds with incomes of $1-million or
SO it can immediately convert gifts
$1,600 a year on average-up from
tion is in the ownership of assets, and it
more, cash gifts totaled $5.8-bil-
of securities to cash.
the current $1,322 average shown
will have a profound effect on the ability
lion, while gifts of property were
in Internal Revenue Service data.
of charities to thrive in the decades
worth even more: $7.5-billion.
HE POTENTIAL WINDFALL for
Households that have earnings of
ahead.
That's because the rich under-
In short, asset ownership is rapidly
stand how gifts of assets are a
T
savvy charities, many ob-
$100,000 and $1-million of invest-
servers believe, is huge.
ed assets could give away $16,000
being democratized. With the explosion
much better financial deal than
Five years ago, Claude Rosenberg,
without changing their way of life,
of interest in the stock market over the
are gifts from income. Write a
a retired San Francisco invest-
he said-six times actual average
past two decades, business owners and
check and you get a deduction, but
ment manager who had grown
giving. And households with annu-
executives no longer are the only ones
give an asset that has soared in
frustrated at being turned down
al incomes of more than $1-million
who have the assets from which to make
value and you avoid the capital-
for gifts from people whom he
could increase their yearly giving
large gifts. Financial assets now are
gains tax and win an income-tax
knew had substantial assets, wrote
more than tenfold, Mr. Rosenberg
owned by literally tens of millions of
deduction. Give through payroll
a book titled Wealthy and Wise
said.
deduction and you pay every week
that focused on giving based on as-
Americans, most often in the form of
"I am trying to convince people,
in good times and bad, but give
sets instead of income. He showed
stocks and mutual funds.
especially wealthy people, that it is
from assets through a donor-ad-
how Americans could easily double
very much in their interest to give
What's more, growing numbers of em-
vised fund or similar vehicle and
their annual giving to churches
away much more and to create a
ployers, especially in the high-technol-
you can bunch your gifts to maxi-
and charities without lowering
society where they can live safer,
ogy industry, are paying workers in part
mize your income-tax break.
their standard of living, or their
happier, better lives," Mr. Rosen-
with stock options and other forms of
That many charity executives do
wealth, one iota. He was not the
berg adds. "They just need to
equity in their companies. As a result,
not understand the economics be-
first to spot this, but he has become
change how they think about how
secretaries can become millionaires
hind asset giving was brought
the leading popularizer of giving
much they can afford to give."
overnight, and in many towns the local
home to me in a conversation with
based on assets.
For those who have $650,000 or
Home Depot manager can afford to live
an official of a national charity
Now, because of the booming
more in assets-not an uncommon
in a mansion.
who has worked in the field for 25
stock market, Mr. Rosenberg cal-
level of wealth for white-collar
Just as democratizing the ownership
years and has taught fund-raising
culates that Americans overall
workers or even police officers
of automobiles changed personal mobil-
strategies. He did not understand
could nearly triple their annual
these days-the alternative to Mr.
ity, and democratizing homeownership
the tax significance of giving stock
giving without lowering the quali-
Rosenberg's idea of giving away
and college educations after World War
instead of cash. And he said he did
ty of their lives. His organization,
more now is either to pay estate
II changed social values and created
not even think his organization
the Newtithing Group, estimates
taxes at death or to give it away at
vast new wealth, democratizing the
would know what to do if a donor
that Americans will give about
death. Lifetime giving ought to be
ownership of assets will profoundly alter
offered it a stock certificate.
$132-billion to churches and chari-
a lot more rewarding than giving
the economic, social, political, and chari-
That lack of knowledge about as-
ties this year but that Americans
after death. It should even teach
table landscape.
set-based giving is a serious fail-
have the capacity to give an addi-
donors how to better fashion the
For charities, that trend means that
ing-and is going to have an espe-
tional $242-billion, for a potential
gifts they do make when they die.
cially detrimental impact on chari-
total of $374-billion in gifts.
Those charities that can adapt
annual campaigns based on donor in-
ties run by and for the poor and the
Mr. Rosenberg's proposition:
quickest to this new way of think-
comes will become less important as a
working class. That is because the
Change how you look at your ca-
ing about giving-and, thus, about
revenue source, while major gifts based
boards and staff members at those
pacity to give, focusing on what
how they raise funds-stand to
on donor wealth will continue to grow in
charities are the least likely to
you have instead of what you
gain the most. But knowledge of
significance. Charities that grasp that
have personal, practical knowl-
make.
the new economy and the benefits
reality will develop the connections,
edge of owning assets, or strong
"Our main point," Mr. Rosen-
to donors of giving assets still
management, and fund-raising skills—
ties to those who do.
berg said, "is that generosity has
eludes the majority of charities.
and the budgeting practices-that will
Taking advantage of the bene-
been based too much on income.
Perhaps it is time for some smart
serve them well in the years ahead. Con-
fits of getting donors to give based
With capital for many people being
grant maker to sponsor a course
versely, charities that fight the trend
on their assets does not require a
80 much larger than income, there
called Asset Giving 101.
will wage a battle just to survive, a bat-
sophisticated planned-giving oper-
is enormous untapped capacity to
tle that will sap their energies and leave
ation. What it does require is get-
give."
David Cay Johnston, a reporter for
them wondering why they cannot devel-
ting people to give now instead of
He figures that a family in
The New York Times, has been
op the support they need, even if they
planning to give when they die,
the upper reaches of the middle
writing about charities for two dec-
provide services that are efficient and
and persuading them to sign a sim-
class, making $50,000 to $74,999
ades.
effective.
That is not to say that there is no
place for gifts based on donors' income.
The weekly payroll deduction, the crisp
new bill dropped in the Sunday collec-
tion plate, and the annual charity mem-
bership charged to a credit card will con-
tinue to play a major role in financing
non-profit groups as far into the future
as one can imagine. But the relative im-
portance of gifts made out of income is
diminishing as major gifts based on as-
sets are growing.
Charities looking to capitalize on gifts
of assets need to understand that the
rich give differently-and that the logic
behind their style of giving is reaching
down to many middle-class households
and all but the spendthrifts among the
burgeoning upper middle class.
In 1996, the latest tax-return data
show, Americans who itemized deduc-
tions on their income-tax returns gave
$66-billion in cash and $21-billion in
items such as stocks, art, and real estate
Continued on Page 52
THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 1999
Personal Business
Can Americans Give More, and Not Hurt?
A Philanthropist
Says Donations
Could Be Tripled
By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON
IVE years ago, Claude Rosen-
berg, a retired San Francisco
investment manager, began
touring the country, telling Ameri-
cans that they could easily double
their annual giving to churches and
charities without lowering their
standard of living, or their wealth,
one lota.
It was a controversial message,
embraced by people like Ted Turner,
who pledged a billion dollars to the
United Nations, and ridiculed by oth-
ers, who took comfort in the oft-
repeated observation by professional
fund-raisers that Americans are the
most generous people in the world.
After all, living Americans gave
away either $109 billion or $115 bil-
lion in 1997, depending on whose esti-
mate is used, or about $1 of every $40
of adjusted gross Income.
Now Mr. Rosenberg has updated
his figures. Because of the booming
stock market, he says, Americans
over all could nearly triple their an-
nual giving without reducing the
quality of their life styles.
Americans will give about $132 bil-
lion, churches and charities this
year, several studies indicate. But
Mr. Rosenberg said Americans have
the capacity to give an additional
$242 billion, for a potential total of
$374 billion in gifts, money that he
said would provide enormous soci-
etal gain with no individual pain.
Mr. Rosenberg's proposition:
Change how you look at your capaci-
ty to give, focusing on what you have
instead of what you make.
"Our main point," Mr. Rosenberg
said, "is that generosity has been
based too much on income. With cap-
ital for many people being so much
Peter da Silva for The New York Times
larger than income, there is enor-
Claude Rosenberg, a retired San Francisco investment manager who is now a philanthropist, believes that
mous untapped capacity to give."
wealthy Americans get bad financial advice that leads them to hold down their charitable giving.
advises people to first figure
out how much they need to maintain
their life styles, get them through
million could increase their yearly
book "Wealthy and Wise: How You
any imaginable turmoil and provide
giving more than tenfold, Mr. Rosen-
and America Can Get the Most Out
for their families.
berg said.
of Your Giving" (Little Brown,
But after that, he said, many
That group had average adjusted
1994); it is also explained in detail at
Americans - even at the $50,000
gross income of $2.8 million and fi-
www.newtithing.org, his organiza-
income level - have stashed away
nancial assets of $21.2 million, Mr.
tion's Web site, which soon will in-
more wealth than they need. He rec-
Rosenberg estimated. Based on
clude a calculator to help people de-
ommends that those people increase
those figures, he said, they could give
termine their giving capacity.
their giving now SO that they learn to
an average of $1.2 million a year,
Newtithing grew out of "my own
give in ways that accomplish clear
versus their actual average of
experience soliciting donations,"
goals, whether more opera in their
$119,830. (In his calculations for that
said Mr. Rosenberg, whose family
cities or more after-school recrea-
group, Mr. Rosenberg used I.R.S.
foundation has $32 million. "I was
tion for poor children. And as they
data for 1996 on dividend and interest
disappointed, even angry, that people
learn how to make a difference with
income to estimate average financial
1 knew were giving little compared to
their gifts, he said, they should step
assets.)
their estimated wealth." He came to
up their giving.
believe that some individuals he re-
"I am trying to convince people,
Y
ET financial advisers indirect-
garded as stingy were simply listen-
especially wealthy people, that it is
ly discourage people from giv-
ing to standard tax advice and then
very much in their interest to give
ing as much as they could, Mr.
measuring their capacity to give
away much more and to create a
Rosenberg said. They urge the
largely in terms of income.
society where they can live safer,
wealthy, in particular, to hold down
Paul G. Schervish, a Boston Col-
happier, better lives," Mr. Rosen-
taxable income. Then, because their
lege social work professor who has
berg said. "They just need to change
giving is based on their income, not
studied the wealthy for 15 years,
how they think about how much they
their assets, their contributions are
says assets are increasingly being
can afford to give."
diminished.
counted in calculations of the capaci-
Using income tax data for 1996, the
Many charitable endowments op-
ty to give, a dramatic change that
latest year for which information is
erate on the theory that they can give
Mr. Rosenberg is helping to spur.
available, Mr. Rosenberg calculated
away roughly 5 percent of assets
"He is attempting to mobilize the
that a couple with $50,000 to $74,999
each year, forever, and keep pace
consciousness and the consciences of
of Income, and investment assets of
with inflation. Mr. Rosenberg's esti-
wealth holders to appreciate how
$118,000 - the average for that
mates for individuals are slightly
much wealth they have and what
group - could afford to Increase
higher. But, of course, individuals
good they can do with their wealth,"
donations by 21 percent. That would
don't live forever.
Mr. Schervish said. "And he is right
raise their giving to $1,600, from the
He said that even the relatively
that advisers focus on income, not
$1,322 average shown in Internal
few people who tithe, following the
wealth."
Revenue Service data.
biblical injunction to give away 10
Peter Lynch, the famed money
Families with earnings of $100,000
percent of income, are out of step
manager, and former President Jim-
and $1 million of invested assets
with modern finance because they,
my Carter are among those who
could give away $16,000 without
too, ignore Investment assets.
endorse Mr. Rosenberg's approach.
changing their way of life, his eco-
Mr. Rosenberg's organization has
"A lot of people have been waiting
nomic model showed. That is about
trademarked the word "newtithing"
for some validation that it is all right
six times actual average giving.
for his concept of charitable giving
to give a lot more," Mr. Rosenberg
And the roughly 111,000 families
based on assets and surplus income.
said. "I am giving it to them based on
with annual incomes of more than $1
The idea was first outlined in his
research."
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ed Turner's generous gift to the
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MARK GILES / Staff
United Nations showed that the
wealthy can comfortably afford to
give more to charity by acknowl-
edging income and net worth in budgeting
ca's wealthy do not
each year.
decisions. As the final quarter of 1998
boost nonprofit initia-
If the wealthy were to make larger
begins, Georgians and all Americans of
tives with increased charita-
charitable donations contingent on
means should see Turner's actions as an
ble donations to solve (not simply
increased nonprofit effectiveness and
urgent "call to alms," especially on a local
ameliorate) chronic local problems -
focused on addressing a problem's sys-
level, by making larger charitable dona-
whether about education, unequal oppor-
temic causes, the nonprofit sector might
tions. Despite short-term stock-market
tunity, crime, poverty or whatever - such
be energized into greater productivity,
setbacks, the well-to-do have experienced
troubles will grow even more when the
helping more Americans, Georgians and
a decade-long investment boon while sig-
economy eventually slows.
Atlantans meet their full potential as pro-
nificant portions of the nation are deterio-
How much more can individuals afford
ductive citizens. This strategy of "contin-
rating.
to give? Turner can comfortably donate $1
gent generosity" could help conquer our
Georgia risks a worsening of its own
billion over 10 years. What about the rest
"chronic" societal ills and lay the ground-
problems, as all states do, in the next
of us?
work for enduring safeguards to the
recession. Even after the '90s' economic
Rough estimates suggest that most
nation's future.
good times, a crack epidemic among
Georgians earning $200,000 or more a
young women is ravaging unwed mothers
year could comfortably afford to double
Claude Rosenberg is founder and chairman of
and their children in Atlanta more than in
their annual contributions from about
San Francisco-based Newtithing TM Group, a
most any other large city, while crime
$18,000 to roughly $36,000. If increased
philanthropic research organization advocat-
runs rampant in dilapidated neighbor-
annual donations went only to efficient,
ing increased charitable giving and nonprofit
hoods.
productive local organizations, the best
productivity. The group's Web site is at
This symbolizes the diverse societal
Georgian and Atlantan nonprofit organiza-
http://www.newtithing.org He is author of
problems that have plagued our nation
tions could begin solving problems with an
"Wealthy and Wise, How You and America
even during prosperous times. If Ameri-
increase of more than half a billion dollars
Can Get the Most Out of Your Giving."
6B
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1998
San Jose Mercury News
Opinion
HURRICANE
CHARITY
ELECTION
MUSIC/POETRY
There's a new option for charity
T
HE stock option has become
poor. Dollars can be deceiving. In-
level of giving, leaving it up to indi-
giving patterns of companies and
the standard means to accu-
dividuals gave $109 billion to chari-
viduals to choose, based on their
individuals. Next week, it's holding
mulate riches in Silicon Val-
ty last year, 25 percent more than
own circumstances.
a conference for donors and non-
ley, an emblem of
the $87 billion they gave in 1992.
What he shows, with simple cal-
profits to translate the survey re-
deferred gratifica-
Editorial
But during this time, the bull-mar-
culations in his book "Wealthy and
sults into increased generosity.
tion.
ket years, a smaller percentage of
Wise," is that people can give sub-
The newtithing concept - to en-
It is appropri-
The opinion
households gave to charity, and
stantially more, after deducting ex-
courage people to think in terms of
ate then that
of the
those individuals who did give con-
penses and factoring in tax savings,
their net worth, not their pay stub
stock options fac-
Mercury
tributed relatively less: 1.6 percent
and have plenty left over to build
- is fundamental to any strategy.
tor prominently
News
of personal income last year, com-
on their assets. (An example he
So is explaining the benefits of giv-
in a new concept
pared with 2.1 percent 30 years ear-
used was a person earning
ing away stock. (If you give stock,
of giving back to
lier. Baby boomers have been rack-
$100,000, with market-value invest-
you can reap tax advantages that
the community. Called "new-
ing up riches and holding on to
ments of $500,000 yielding an addi-
you can't claim if you sell the stock
tithing," it's being promoted by a
more of them than their post-war
tional $30,000 in income, who gives
and then make a donation in cash.)
San Francisco-based non-profit of
parents.
$10,000 away. The organization's
The underlying assumption,
the same name.
Sure, some of that money is
Web page, www.newtithing.org,
however, is that people will feel it
Newtithing's premise is that you
socked away for retirement - few
will soon include a calculator en-
in their hearts to give to their com-
should factor in your investment
employers are offering straight
abling people to plug in their own
munity, and that once aware of
assets with your salary when con-
pensions these days - or for col-
numbers.)
their own potential, they will re-
sidering how much you can afford
lege tuition for the kids. Yet many
The stock market has rebounded
spond. It assumes, not incorrectly,
to give to charity. Otherwise, you're
potential donors perceive they
in the past few weeks after its
we hope, that the root is sensitivity,
unnecessarily limiting your gen-
can't afford to give, even as they
shakeout in September. But non-
not selfishness.
erosity.
plop down cash for third cars,
profits are nervous that the gyra-
That's apparently not as obvious
monster big-screen entertainment
tions may scare off possible
FOLLOW-UP: The Giving Back
as it might seem. Many people,
systems and homes that are on av-
donors. Rosenberg hopes that in-
the Silicon Valley Way Conference
even those with enviable portfo-
erage one-third bigger than the
vestors will take a long-term view
will be held Tuesday, Nov. 10, from
lios, look only at their paycheck.
ones they grew up in.
and factor in, but not be scared by,
8:30 to 11 a.m. at the Hyatt Sainte
And that's an archaic and an inac-
Rosenberg calculates that the
the cycles in high-tech stocks. And
Claire in San Jose and is open, at
curate perspective in the new econ-
well-off could comfortably donate
frankly, if the $500,000 portfolio
no charge, to the public. Panelists
omy, where fortunes many times
$150 billion more each year. And he
vanished down a hole, the $10,000
will include Susan Packard Orr,
salary are being accumulated in
stresses comfortably. Rosenberg's
gift to a local charity wouldn't have
chairperson of the Packard Foun-
stock, says Claude Rosenberg Jr.,
not calling for vows of poverty or
made much of a difference.
dation; Steve Kirsch, chairman of
an author and retired investment
hocking the Mercedes. Contrary to
Rosenberg's promotion of new-
InfoSeek; Glen Toney, executive
manager who created and is now
the old definition of the term, he's
tithing coincides with a surge in at-
vice president of Applied Materi-
promoting newtithing.
not urging people to give up 10 per-
tention to philanthropy in Silicon
als; and Lisa Sobrato Sonsini,
Rosenberg, like others involved
cent of their income. (The extra
Valley. Leading the effort is the
president of the Sobrato Family
in the field, is worried about the fu-
$150 billion would raise giving to
Community Foundation Silicon
Foundation. Call the Community
ture of charitable giving in a time of
about 4 percent of personal in-
Valley, which earlier this year con-
Foundation Silicon Valley (408-
a growing divide between rich and
come.) And he doesn't prescribe a
ducted a benchmark survey of the
278-0270) if you plan to attend.
HARVARD CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY
27 WEST 44" STREET
NEW YORK 10036-6643
March 29, 1999
Mr. Claude Rosenberg
Founder
Newtithing Group
4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 2620
San Francisco, CA 94111
Dear Mr. Rosenberg:
Thank you for speaking at the Harvard Club last week.
You engaged the audience and articulated very effectively
how people really can give more money and involve themselves
in their charitable causes more than they currently do. The
question session showed how stimulated the audience was.
Several days after your presentation, one of the members of
the Board of Managers, at the Club Board meeting, spontaneously
cited your talk as one of the recent noteworthy programs.
Your message spreads.
Thanks to Tim Stone for making the handouts available. They
are most appreciated.
Again, many thanks for sharing your wisdom here.
Sincerely,
Just
Janet L. Roen, M.D.
Chairperson, Program Committee
UNITED STATES
well as their income. The model works on a
Deserving causes
sliding scale, assuming that poorer Ameri-
Recipients of donations, 1998, %
cans need to increase their net worth while
Religion
Education
42.4
13.7
the richest merely want to keep it stable, af-
ter allowing for inflation and their spending.
Gifts to
foundations
Altogether, it reckons that individuals could
9.4
afford to give away some $242 billion more a
Health
year than they do. Half of that amount
9.4
Philanthropy
International
Human services
comes from the 111,000 people whom New-
affairs
9.0
tithing reckons earn more than $im a year
Giving your all?
1.2
Public/Society
and whose total net worth is around $21m.
Environment/
Benefit Organisations
wildlife
6.1
Certainly, Silicon Valley, the temple of
2.9
Arts
Total allocated: $179.31bn
5.9
much of this new money, offers mixed evi-
O
N THE face of it, 1998 was a tremen-
dence of a philanthropic renaissance. A few
Source: AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy
dous year for American philanthropy.
billionaires, notably Bill Gates, have begun
Figures released on May 25th by the Amer-
0.1% of the population but 8% of charitable
the arduous process of giving away their
ican Association of Fund Raising Counsel
giving).
loot. But most high-tech folk still seem slight-
show that charitable giving rose by 11% to a
However, many charities argue that the
ly more preoccupied with bits and bytes. Ac-
record $175 billion. Around three-quarters
real test should not be income but net
cording to a 1998 report by Community
of this came from individuals; the rest from
worth-and that the rich are not doing their
Foundation Silicon Valley (CFSV), around
bequests, companies and foundations. The
share. Last year, Standard & Poor's compos-
one third of households there earning more
only sector to see a fall in giving was the
ite index rose by 27%, more than twice the
than $100,000 give $1,000 or less to charity.
arts-though they still received some $10.5
rate of giving. The gains from the 1990S bull
The Santa Clara County branch of the Unit-
billion. The AAFRC detects a possible "gold-
market have gone disproportionately to the
ed Way recently collapsed after donations
en age" for charitable giving.
rich, with as much as much as 90% of the pa-
fell short of expectations.
Is that really the case? American giving,
per profits going to the top 10% of house-
In many cases the problem does not
at around 2% of GDP, is certainly generous
holds. Very little of these gains-running
seem to be miserliness so much as ignorance.
compared with other countries (though Eu-
into trillions of dollars-has been passed on.
As the CFSV report notes, one third of the
ropean ones tend to have higher taxes and
The mostdamningevidence comes from
"high net worth" individuals in the valley
more bigger welfare states). And America's
the Newtithing group, a San Trancisco non-
were paid with shares; but only 7% gave
richest people do give more than their share
profit organisation, which has constructed
away shares, even though there are tax ad-
by income (one analysis of 1995 tax returns
an economic model showing how much
vantages in doing so. Whatever the reason,
by the AAFRC showed that people who
Americans could "afford" to give away, tak-
the golden age still looks some way off.
earned $im a year accounted for just under
ing into account their assets and spending as
THE ECONOMIST MAY 29TH 1999
29
Downlink announcement letter from ARC/UW attached. If we can
approve through legal and Marsha asap, it would be most effective to send
out on WHMC letterhead with Ellen's, ARC's and UW's signatures.
7/26 draft
Draft letter from Steve Bullock, Interim President & CEO, American Red Cross, and
Betty Beene, President & CEO, United Way of America, to United Way CEOs and ARC
chapter executives in 147 communities served by the ARC-TV network.
Date
Name
Title
Organization name
Address
City, state zip
Dear (personalized):
We are presented with an extraordinary opportunity for our two institutions to work
together and to help advance the case for philanthropy in the next millennium. This letter
is to gauge your interest in working with your (Red Cross or United Way) counterpart to
convene and co-host a local forum on philanthropy, featuring a live satellite broadcast of
proceedings from The White House Conference on Philanthropy on October 22, 1999.
The segment broadcast will likely include participation by the President and First Lady.
The White House Conference on Philanthropy is a part of the White House Millennium
celebration. In the overall context of "Honor the Past; Imagine the Future," the
Conference will present the unique American tradition of giving and encourage "Gifts for
the Future." It will also discuss the changing faces of philanthropy and what we must do
to assure that this tradition will endure. The Conference will approach the subject from
the vantage point that everyone has a responsibility to the community, and that includes
giving.
The preliminary plan is to broadcast 1-2 hours of the 6-hour White House Conference
through American Red Cross satellite network. The local Red Cross and United Way
executives in communities where the Red Cross has satellite downlink capability are
asked to consult with one another to determine if they wish to host a local forum around
the White House Philanthropy Conference If so, you would be asked to engage a diverse
group of individuals and organizations to help develop a local event. That is, we would
ask that you ensure participants represent different aspects of philanthropy (e.g., the arts,
human services, community development) and donors of all description from a wide
range of ethnic and economic backgrounds. Your special attention to involving
minorities, young people, and others not typically viewed as philanthropists would be
particularly welcome.
You and your planning group could determine the form and content of the local forum,
with the exception of the satellite broadcast. You could simply host a viewing of the
broadcast or you could plan a local forum with speakers, panels, workshops or whatever
worked for your community. This would essentially be a turnkey operation: we would
arrange for the broadcast and you would take it from there.
Please talk with your (Red Cross, United Way) counterpart, and let us know at your
earliest convenience if the two of you are interested in pursuing this opportunity. One
response from the two of you would be appreciated. We will get back to you as-son as
possible with additional details. And be sure to save the date!
soon
Yours truly,
Steven Bullock
Betty Beene
President & CEO
President & CEO
American Red Cross
United Way of America
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NOTE TO MICKEY IBARRA
FROM: John Monahan
DATE: July 27, 1999
RE: White House Philanthropy Conference
Thanks so much for calling last week. It was great to hear from you, and 1 wish you well in your
recruitment efforts.
As you requested, I have taken the liberty of sharing information regarding the Philanthropy Conference
with some of my colleagues at Casey, and I will forward any detailed information OT specific names to you
directly.
As we discussed, I strongly agree with your basic argument that state and local governments would
have a great deal to offer in any public discussion concerning the changing role of philanthropy. As
you know, there are numerous examples of philanthropic partnerships with government to raise public
consciousness regarding important policy issues; to provide policymakers with needed information and
analysis on a wide variety of subjects; to improve access to, and the effectiveness of, public programs; to
leverage public and private resources for community development; among many, many other projects.
While philanthropy cannot replace, and should not be considered a substitute for, government at any level,
foundations can fill crucial gaps in public resources, complement public strategies in important ways, and
catalyze public initiatives. Moreover, as devolution to state and local governments continues in many
policy domains, the importance philanthropic connections to state and local officials will only increase.
Examples of philanthropic efforts that partner with states and localities include:
o The Annie Casey Foundation has worked with cities on expanding employment opportunities for low-
income families, with states on public human service systems reform, and with neighborhood groups and
local governments on community building strategies. Casey is currently launching a major project to
encourage public and private players in various cities to work together in an unprecedented manner that
will strengthen families and improve services to isolated low-income neighborhoods.
0 Carnegie Corporation, Kaiser Family Foundation, and numerous other foundations have worked with
governors and state officials over the last several years to enhance public awareness about the importance
of early childhood development and to expand services to young children. Successful efforts flowing from
these initiatives include the California tobacco tax referendum led by Rob Reiner to increase county
funding for early childhood programs, Governor Hunt's Smart Start expansion of Head Start and other
quality early childhood programs statewide, Governor Dean's expansion of comprehensive health and
social services to all preschool children, and Ohio's dramatic expansion of Head Start with state dollars.
0 The Rockefeller Foundation is working with city governments and public housing authorities across the
country to provide comprehensive employment services and other supports to residents of public housing,
focusing on one building or project at a time.
0 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is funding a number of health programs that include state and
local government partnerships, e.g., its "Covering Kids" campaign is establishing public-private coalitions
in every state to enroll children who are eligible for Medicaid or CHIP but have not been enrolled, and its
support of Hillsborough County (Tampa Bay), Florida, and other local governments that are exploring
innovative ways to patch together health care plans for their uninsured.
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o Over the past three years, the Joyce Foundation has funded an ongoing series of presentations and
discussions for Midwestern human service officials struggling to implement welfare reform.
o The Kellogg Foundation is funding a number of health reform programs centered around local public
health departments and public hospitals.
o A number of smaller foundations are devoting a substantial portion, if not virtually all, their resources to
supporting a wide range of public sector partnerships and direct aid programs targeted to particular
communities. For example, the Steans Family Foundation is devoting virtually its entire capital to assisting
people in the North Lawndale neighborhood in Chicago.
o In a number of cities, such as Cleveland, Chicago, and San Francisco, there are long-standing ties
between city and county governments and local community foundations that have led to housing
development, commercial business expansion, and other types of civic reform efforts.
o The national public interest groups have countless relationships with various foundations. For instance,
the Annie Casey Foundation supports the National League of Cities in maintaining a resource center for
local officials interested in improving services to youth and families.
I hope this information is helpful to you in considering the potential role of state and local officials at the
upcoming Philanthropy Conference. If you need further information on these projects or contact names,
please call me. As I noted above, I will forward additional information as I come across it.
Please take care of yourself. I can be reached at 202-687-0880 or 410-547-6600. Thanks.
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CHARLES STEWART
MOTT FOUNDATION
WILLIAM S. WHITE
PRESIDENT
June 16, 1999
The Honorable Melanne Verveer
Assistant to the President and
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Melanne:
Let me begin by thanking you for the invitation to meet with the First Lady and members of
the administration regarding the humanitarian crisis in Kosovo and the neighboring countries.
You may have noticed that I was unusually quiet during the meeting; in fact, I did not say a
word which is surprising since, outside of the Soros foundations, Mott is one of the few
foundations that actually has an office in the region. Indeed, just prior to and since the
meeting, our Prague-based staff has been in Macedonia, Bosnia, Russia, Bulgaria, and of
course, the Visegrad countries. So, we are continuing to go into these areas and monitor
what is taking place. At its June 4, 1999 meeting, the Mott Foundation Board authorized an
additional $2 million to address issues directly stemming from the Yugoslav crisis. We will be
working closely with the Soros foundations as well as several Central and Eastern European
outfits.
One of the reasons I mentioned that we are in countries like Russia and the Ukraine on a
regular basis is that, as you well know, these countries are having their own crisis and, as a
funder of the not-for-profit sector, our grantees are feeling the effects of the various crises in
many different ways. Indeed, I debated writing to you back in January regarding the plight of
some of the Russian NGOs. For a variety of many good reasons, U.S. government funding
is being cut to some of those organizations which appear to us to be doing a very good job.
I believe some of the organizations that are receiving reduced funding are among those the
First Lady has visited.
Changing subjects entirely, Elan Garonzik, the Mott program officer in charge of the U.S. and
global not-for-profit grantmaking, enjoyed participating in one of The White House planning
meetings for the proposed conference on philanthropy. To me, one of the most important
philanthropic vehicles are community foundations. If you think about it, a community
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foundation enables the very rich person to join cause with the Biblical widow with only two
mites. It is an organization for bringing people together to discuss basic community issues.
We feel so strongly about the community foundation movement that we have, for about
20 years, helped the development of and have partnered with community foundations in this
country. Further, we have taken what we have learned here and helped grow the community
foundation movements in Canada, Central and Eastern Europe, the U.K., and now Germany,
Italy, South Africa, et cetera. Attached is a brochure we prepared for the community
foundation movement in the U.K.
I am making the mistake of having too many messages in one letter, but I must add that we
continue to enjoy the partnership with the federal government on the 21st Century Community
Learning Centers initiatives and the micro-enterprise development initiatives.
If we can be of help, please let us know.
Sincerely,
Bill
William S. White
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Izes TWO Capitol Police officers killed on duty a year ago Sat-
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New crop going
Family members. surround-
ed by sailors in dress whites.
to Baseball Hall
held 8 half-hour ceremony on
the fantall of the USS Briscoe.
George Brett, left. Nolan
Kennedy. 38, his wife. Caro-
Ryan and Robin Yount are
Ivn. 33; and Lauren Bessette,
among the marquee names
34, died a week ago when his
headed into the Baseball Hall
private plane crashed off Mar-
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tha's Vinevard
Sunday. All three were elected
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DOW faced with the decision of returning home; free govern-
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His Irish neighbors
say farewell, 5A
NORTH KOREA FAMINE: AS many as 250.000
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says Rep. Bill Archer. R-Texas
The Kennedy cousins were
represented by Maria Shriver.
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Matriarch: Funeral for Jacque-
Eternal Flame: Family members gather at the gravesite of President
Tragic loss: Funeral for Michael
to the families, who cited Ken-
line Kennedy Onesses in 1994
Kennedy and wife Jacqueline at Artington Cametery in 1995.
Kennedy after 1997 accident
nedy's destre to be buried at
Mystery scam
sea. He was an avid sauor
Precing together the puz-
The burial came after
zie created by Connecti-
cut man who disap-
Kennedy funerals: Sad familiarity
of a four-hour autopsy con-
firmed that the three died of
peared with millions of
"multiple trauma
dollars Monday
"Death was instantaneous."
By Rick Hampson
the Kennedy mystique started in 1963 with
ther Joseph in 1969; his cousin David in
Cape and Islands District At-
Vanishing America
USA TODAY
the death of a president and a solemn sa-
1984: his uncle-by-marriage Stephen Smith
torney Philip Rollins said.
A Virginia man keeps the
lute by son who turned 3 the day of the fu.
in 1989; his mother. Jacqueline. in 1994: his
Investigators were awaiting
sun from setting on his
The funeral of a Kennedy is a national
neral. That son's own memorial Mass takes
grandmother Rose in 1995; his cousin Mi-
results of toxicology tests from
drive-in theater. Tuesday
ritual part catharsis and part carnival, the
place today at his late mother's church, af-
chael in 1997.
Wednesday night's autopsy.
most personal of occasions transformed in-
ter his burial at sea Thursday in the waters
Their funerals produced unforgettable
looking for signs of carbon
to something ulterly public - even when
he loved.
sights. sounds and memories
monoxide poisoning, which
Written by John D. Buckley
It's closed to the public
His mother planned his
Al President Kennedy's funeral. there
could indicate that the
The Kennedys bury their
COVER
STORY
father's funeral, and he and
was the young widow in the black vell. the
had engine trouble Questions
dead with stoic resolve. soar-
his sister planned hers. and
rumble of muffled drums and the hum of
also have been raised about
ing oratory and potent sym-
now the sister planned his.
plaintive bagpipes
whether Kennedy was taking
Crossword
100
bolism. Sometimes by design. sometimes
For John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., death
Al Robert funeral five years later, there
pankillers for an ankle Injury.
Editonal/Opinion
17,19A
by accident. these ceremonies have helped
and its rituals were just part of being a Ken-
was the The Battle Hvmn of the Republic,
Before the burial. people
Lottenes
10D
make the Kennedys the American family
nedy; like politics and touch football
sung without musical accompaniment
lined the streets of Woods Hole
Marketplace Today 10-11D
of the American century
He lost his newborn brother. Patrick. in
as the families arrived in a mo-
State-by-state
10A
They had faced tragic death before. But
1963: his uncle Bobby in 1968; his grandia-
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$792 billion. but targets more
several planned. including an
preserved for Social Security.
averted an embarrassing de-
relief toward the middle class
Irish farewell Thursday at St.
WASHINGTON House Re-
Clinton called it a "risky
feat by drafting an 11th-hour
The Senate plan would cul
Patrick's Old Cathedral in Man-
look at statistics that shape the nation
publicans united to pass a
plan" that doesn't leave enough
compromise late Wednesday
only the bottom income tax
hattan; a Mass today at Man-
$792 billion tax cut Thursday
of the surplus for spending on
that would effectively bar the
rate. from 15% to 147. and
hattan's St. Thomas More
Refugees return to Kosovo
but the plan faces major
Medicare. defense, education
income tax rate cuts from tak
would maintain current rates
Church: and a memorial ser-
changes in the Senate and ve.
and debt reduction
ing effect unless the $3.6 trillion
on capital gains.
About 95,000 of the estimated 790,000
vice Saturday in the Bessettes'
to threat from the White House
But House Speaker Dennis
public debt declines each year.
One break for the affiuent
hometown of Greenwich, Conn
refugees who fied Kosovo to neighboring
The 10-year plan. the GOP's
Hastert of Illinois said. "It is not
The Senate version was ap-
expansion of tax-deferred indi-
regions remain there How many have returned:
Thousands have paid re-
domestic priority. was ap-
risky to give the American peo-
proved Wednesday by the Fl-
vidual retirement accounts.
spects by leaving flowers, flags
proved 223-208
ple their money back"
nance Committee and is sched-
and notes at spots associated
Four Republicans voted no:
Federal Reserve Chairman
uled for a vote late next week
Fall deal possible, 15A
with the Kennedy family.
six Democrats supported IL
Alan Greenspan also weighed
The lines continued to grow
Where
Returned to Kosovo
Given President Clinton's op-
in Thursday against the plan,
outside the Kennedys loft
they were
(in thousands)
position. the plan is more likely
telling a House committee "the
Hint of new rate hike
home in Manhattan's TriBeCa
Montenegro
50.1
to become campaign fodder
timing is not right" for tax cut.
neighborhood
than law. But a Senate bill with
The House measure would:
Macedonia
215.5
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
Also Thursday, divers
more bipartisan support could
Cut all income tax rates by
Greenspan told Congress Thursday that
421.8
brought up more wreckage
Albania
set the stage in the fall for a tax-
10%
the economy's performance has been
from Kennedy's Piper Sarato-
Bosnia-Herzegovina
6.8
cut deal between Congress and
Reduce the top capital
"exceptional" but hinted that potential
ga. which was found in 115 feet
Total
694.2
the White House.
gains tax rate to 15%
problems. including stock market bub-
of water Wednesday Key parts.
House Republican leaders
Eliminate estate taxes
ble, could cause the central bank to
Many refugees in USA want to return, 3A
including the plane's instru-
said their bill would return to
Ease the so-called mar-
raise rates again. Stock and bond prices
ments, propeller and engine,
South
Requires
taxpayers a chunk of the $3 tril-
riage penalty.
Greenspen
dropped in response. Story, 1B.
are being examined for evi.
TODAY
bon federal budget surplus ex
The plan almost died when 8
dence of mechanical problems
Mr. Gates Giveth
Seems that Bill Gates can't even
an overwhelming assumption of good-
give it away. For most of the 1990s, of
will enjoyed by neither of the counter-
course, Mr. Gates has been tied up
parts in government or business. In
with a Justice Department that be-
other words, managements of founda-
lieves it knows the computer market
tions are as likely to pursue their own
better than any of its players. Ralph
interests as they are anything else,
Nader accuses the Microsoft CEO of
and when they have lots of money to
thinking he is "immune to public
throw into a contest they might alter
scrutiny." Now comes a visiting pro-
the contest itself. This, of course, is
fessor at Johns Hopkins who suggests
precisely what the founders of the
that even the money Mr. Gates is do-
American system meant by a free soci-
nating to charity really doesn't fully
ety, and they would have seen in Mi-
belong to him.
crosoft's huge assets a powerful hedge
In his opinion piece in the latest is-
against the kind of arbitrary legal ac-
sue of the Chronicle of Higher Educa-
tion we have seen in, say, the numer-
tion, Daniel S. Greenberg, author of
ous antitrust actions filed against Mi-
"The Politics of Pure Science," puts it
crosoft itself.
this way: "Although Bill Gates and his
At the end of the day, the problem
fellow foundation builders merit grati-
of foundation management is philo-
tude for their generosity, the fact is
sophically no different from the gen-
that much of their donated wealth
eral problem of accountability in any
would end up in public treasuries if the
business organization. From the out-
tax laws didn't permit its diversion for
side, a free press and a citizenry free
privately controlled philanthropic pur-
to organize and publicize are powerful
poses. That makes a strong argument
counterweights to any abuse of power.
for transparency in foundations' oper-
From the inside, history demonstrates
ations: The public has a right to know
all too clearly that there is simply no
how, why, by whom, and with what ef-
substitute for a donor who insists on as
fect the money that might have be-
much control over his foundation as he
longed to it is being spent."
does over his company. Indeed, we re-
This is indeed a novel argument,
call Henry Ford II's resignation from
one that George III might have envied.
the Ford Foundation in 1977, on the
The complaint is not that Mr. Gates,
grounds that its trustees and staff had
Microsoft or the William H. Gates
insufficient respect for "the [capital-
Foundation has broken any law. It is
ist) system that makes the foundation
simply that the public (read: govern-
possible."
ment) has a stake in the foundation's
All this, however, is argument less
operations simply because had the tax
for public than private accountability.
laws been otherwise the money might
Now at more than $10 billion, the
have flowed into the Internal Revenue
William H. Gates foundation has be-
Service's coffers. Taken to its logical
come the fourth largest in the country,
conclusion, of course, this means that
testament to its founder's business
the government has a strong prior
acuity, a booming stock market and a
claim on all our money-and thus a
system that vests the power to deter-
stake in how we spend it. That doesn't
mine winners and losers in the hands
strike us as an argument bound to be
of consumers. Many of us, of course,
persuasive outside Richard Gep-
will be keenly interested in which
hardt's office.
charities and projects Mr. Gates fa-
It's a pity, because there is much to
vors with his billions, and we are free
Mr. Greenberg's larger point, to wit,
to attack, cheer or publicize as we see
that foundations often operate without
fit. But let's not give the government
much scrutiny, in ways that their
any more bad ideas about whose
founders never anticipated and with
money Mr. Gates is spending.
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WEB OF SUPPORT FOR U.S. CHILDREN™
Catherine Milton
Executive Director
July 20, 1999
Shirley Sagawa
Office of the First Lady
Old Executive Office Building
Room 101
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Shirley:
As we approach the beginning of our third year of Web of Support programs for
children in the United States, I want to take the opportunity to share some of our
progress and activities during the past year.
Save the Children's 1998 Annual Report summarizes our work in the United States, the
developing world, and in crisis situations. 1998 was an especially challenging year for
children globally. In response, Save the Children increased its efforts to deliver
focused, tangible, measurable benefits to children and the communities where they live.
I have also enclosed our Web of Support newsletter, Out-of School Times. This
publication describes a variety of ways in which helping communities provide quality
after school programs including safe places, caring adults, and constructive activities to
disadvantaged children in the United States. As we look to the future, we are
concentrating on using cost-efficient, effective ways of bringing the Web of Support to
more children across the United States.
I hope each of you who have played a part in supporting the work of Save the Children
will see the results of your commitment in these reports. Because of you, and many
other supporters like you, Save the Children reached more than eight million children
and families in 1998. We thank you deeply for making this possible.
Sincerely,
Cath
Great to See you as always -
Catherine Milton
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54 Wilton Road, Westport, Connecticut 06880
tel 203-221-3730 / fax 203-221-4082 / email cmilton@savechildren org
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WEB OF SUPPORT FOR U.S. CHILDREN TM
OUT-OF-SCHOOL TiMES
Youth and Seniors:
Message from the
Executive Director:
A Win-Win
Three years ago
Save the Children
launched its Web
The Foster Grandparents program is
Arkansas, and Arizona. Save the
of Support initia-
an imaginative and enduring program
Children is also promoting the involve-
tive to help low-
that has been in operation throughout
ment of seniors in all of its activities to
income children
the United States for over 30 years. The
better serve the needs of children in both
have caring adults,
program is administered by The National
rural and urban communities.
safe places, and
Senior Service Corps, a federal program
The Foster Grandparents program is
constructive activi-
Catherine Milton
that provides support through
unique. It offers low-income seniors,
ties during the
the Corporation for National Service.
age 60 and older, opportunities to serve
important out-of-school hours. We now
In fall of 1998, Save the Children was
as mentors and tutors for children and
work with 85 community partners in geo-
asked to develop Foster Grandparent
youth with special needs. Foster grand-
graphically and demographically diverse
programs with community partners in
parents provide 20 hours of weekly ser-
communities, ranging from inner city areas
Connecticut, South Carolina, Georgia,
vice to community organizations at
like Bedford-Stuyvesant to the Zuni nation
in New Mexico, and from small rural towns
Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi,
schools and youth centers. Each foster
deep in the Mississippi Delta to major cities
grandparent receives a modest tax-free
like Los Angeles.
stipend, reimbursement for transporta-
Thanks to support from the Packard
tion, meals during service, an annual
Foundation, we have been able to work with
physical examination, and accident
Aguirre International, an organization
liability insurance while on duty. Most
expert in outcome evaluations, to
importantly, the Foster Grandparent
determine specifically how children are
program gives participants the opportu-
benefiting from our assistance and to use
nity to share a lifetime of experience
this information to improve the quality of
with children and youth, and to join the
programs within the Web of Support. The
half million older Americans who are
results of the most recent Aguirre evalua-
strengthening communities across
tion are in, and they affirm our belief that
the country.
the Web of Support is making a significant
To date, Save the Children has recruit-
difference for young people. For example:
ed, hired, and trained more than 80
96% of the youth improved their
foster grandparents to work as tutors
reading comprehension level as demon-
and mentors with from one up to four
strated by the Accelerated Reading
children. Seniors who felt isolated in
Program's computer-assisted testing.
their lives now have a reason "to get up
National Council for Negro Women,
in the morning." Kids who felt alone
Duncan, Mississippi
now have "a nice lady who loves and
The percentage of youth served by our
helps me."
program at the Madison Youth Council
By the end of the year, Save the
in Madison, Arkansas, who completed
81-100% of their homework more than
Children will have 273 foster grand-
doubled. The number of these youth who
parents linked with over 1100 young
performed at or above norm in academic
people. In this program everyone wins!
Foster Grandparent Carmen Maldonado works with
subjects increased from 76% to 96%.
5 year-old Celina Vargas of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
continued on page 7
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
1100 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
THE CHAIRMAN
September 28, 2000
Ms. Shirley Sagawa
Deputy Assistant to the President and
Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The White House
Room 100EEOB
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Shirley:
I want to congratulate you on the stellar Ephilanthropy conference you organized earlier
this week in San Jose. It was an historic gathering, and our staff at the National Endowment for
the Humanities deeply appreciated the opportunity to participate in such a meaningful way.
The conference presented a wonderful opportunity for showcasing NEH's leadership role
in the use of technology and our ability to provide greater access to humanities resources. We
especially enjoyed learning from all the groups represented about the enormous potential the
internet offers to generate stronger support for the humanities.
Congratulations again on a terrific event. With warmest regards.
Sincerely,
Bill
William R. Ferris
VIDEO REQUEST PROPOSAL
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FROM:
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REQUEST:
Video message to welcome the 700 plus delegates to the
Independent Sector Annual Meeting, October 22 - 24, 2000.
PURPOSE:
To recognize Independent Sector (IS) on the occasion of their
twentieth anniversary and to welcome the 700 plus delegates.
DATE AND TIME:
The video is needed by Friday, October 20, 2000 to be shown at
the conference on Sunday, October 22, 2000.
SOURCE OF PAYMENT:
To be determined
BACKGROUND:
The video will be shown to over 700 people on October 22, 2000
in Washington, DC. Independent Sector is partnering with the
White House Millennium Council and several other national
foundations and non-profit organizations to sponsor an
ePhilanthropy Conference that will be held in San Jose, California
on September 25 and 26, 2000. Additionally, October 22 is the
one-year anniversary of the first ever White House Conference on
Philanthropy.
DURATION:
2-3 minutes
REMARKS:
Talking points attached.
STAFF CONTACT:
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456-2583
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VIA FACSIMILE- 202/456-6244
Philantbropy, Volunteering,
Ms. Shirley Sagawa
Not-for-Profit Initiative
Deputy Assistant to the President
and Citizen Action
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
1200 Eighteenth Street, NW
Suite 100
Dear Shirley,
Washington, DC 20036
202-467-6100
I am writing to request your assistance in arranging for a video message from
fax 202-467-6101
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton recognizing INDEPENDENT SECTOR (IS) on the
www.IndependentScctor.arg
occasion of our twentieth anniversary and welcoming the 700 plus delegates at
[email protected]
our Annual Meeting on October 22-24, 2000. As I am sure you know, October
22 is the one year anniversary of the first-ever "White House Conference on
PeterB. Goldberg
Philanthropy: Gifts to the Future," and it would be wonderful to have a message
Coairperson
from the First Lady in her capacity as the chair of that conference.
Patricia L. Willis
Vice Chairperson
Robert B. Rogers
The IS annual meeting is the premier meeting ground for leaders in the nonprofit
Treasurer
and philanthropic community. Our featured speakers this year include Vartan
Lucille A. Echohawk
Secretary
Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation; Dennis Archer, mayor of
Sara E. Melendez
Detroit; Jeffrey Swartz, president and CEO of Timberland; and Dorothy
President
Stoneman, founder and president of YouthBuild U.S.A., who will receive the
Board of Directors
John W. Gardner Leadership Award. I enclose the preliminary program with
Marilda Candara Alfonso
Judy Belk
information on the many more outstanding speakers who will be with us,
Seephen E.Brimigion
Michael R. Brown
including your good self.
Diana Campoamor
Kinshasha Holman Conwill
Jane A. Couch
I am enclosing a set of talking points that you may use in briefing the First Lady
Barbara D. Finberg
Barry D. Gaberman
about INDEPENDENT SECTOR and the conference. She may want to incorporate
Fred Crandy
Donald R. Greene
some of these points into her message.
Pred Krupp
Hanmin Liu
John E. Marshall, III
Thank you very much for your consideration of this request. I know that the First
Gabriella E. Morris
Rica Moys
Lady's interest in the philanthropic community is a very strong one and that our
Anne Firth Murray
members would greatly appreciate hearing from her as they gather in Washington
Roger H. Nozaki
William S. Recse
in the fall.
Steven A. Schroeder
John R. Seffrin
Benjamin R. Shute, Jr.
Chuck). Supple
Sincerely,
Erte Swanson
Linda Tarr-Whelan
Herman Art Taylor
Amuro Varges
Sara
William S. White
Kirke P. Wilson
Sara E. Meléndez
John W. Gardner
President and Chief Executive Officer
Founding Chairperson
and Chairperson Emeritus
Brian Conneil
cc:
Malcolm Richardson
Founding President
Barbara D. Finberg
Immediate Past Chairperson
enclosure
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Talking Points for Mrs. Clinton
(Video for IS Conference)
1. I'm pleased to welcome the members of INDEPENDENT SECTOR to Washington,
DC, for your Twentieth Anniversary annual conference. And, congratulations to
INDEPENDENT SECTOR for twenty years of leadership on major issues facing the
philanthropic community and as a major meeting ground in philanthropy and not-
for-profit initiative.
2. You are coming together at a time of another anniversary. One year ago, we held
the first White House Conference on Philanthropy, and I was pleased to chair that
event.
3. I'm sure you know, and we discovered, philanthropy and not-for-profit initiative
are alive and well in this country. Your research - so helpful to all of us - rings
true. Not only are the rich traditions of giving, volunteering and not-for-profit
initiative still with us, there are new, entrepreneurial and creative approaches and
programs, involving people of all ages.
4. Also from your research we know that the nonprofit sector is also a growing
economic force in our country, accounting for more than 8% of employment and
nearly 7% of the national income. There are today approximately 1.5 million
nonprofit organizations in the country.
5. Throughout my travels, both in the United States and abroad, I have seen first
hand what a tremendous difference you and your organizations are making in the
lives of millions of people. Whether it is in the relief of human suffering, in
education, the arts, the environment, as foundations, as corporate grantmakers or
in informing the government about policy issues, nonprofit organizations give
voice to the aspirations of people all of the world and help make their dreams into
reality.
6. The President and I wish you well, as you go about your work over the next few
days - work that is vital to the future of this country, and as to what kind of
society we will have, years from now.
7. Your theme, "We the People: Fulfilling the Promise" is so appropriate, for it is
truly we the people who must be involved in our communities, and who must
keep the spirit of giving and volunteering alive and ever growing. And, your work
is vital to the health of our democracy.
8. So work, learn, network, and plan together. For it is you who must play a major
role in keeping the spirit alive. Good luck and great success to you all.
August 29, 2000
Dear Colleague:
Last fall the President and the First Lady hosted the first White House Conference on
Philanthropy, and we are pleased to send you the enclosed report which captures the highlights
of the discussion and summarizes the conference's recommendations.
The President was determined that the conference should not be an end in itself but instead serve
as a catalyst for continued activity to promote giving and strengthen America's nonprofit
organizations. Toward this end, he created an interagency Task Force on Nonprofits and asked
this group to identify ways that federal agencies can contribute to the important work being done
by the nation's nonprofits and strengthen existing partnerships. The Task Force will issue its
report later this fall.
Several
A number of conference speakers emphasized the growing importance of the Internet and called
for follow-up meetings to explore this topic. Several national organizations and corporations, led
by Independent Sector, will co-sponsor a forum later this month in San Jose to examine how this
new technology can be used to increase giving. "Expanding Philanthropy through the Internet"
will be held at the Fairmount Hotel in San Jose on September 25-26, and further information,
with a full list of sponsors, can be found on the Independent Sector website at
www.independentsector.org by several
other
Since the conference, we have heard about/exciting new initiatives to stimulate philanthropy,
including plansito expand giving by youth. In addition, as a result of the conference, the
President unveiled a package on new charitable tax proposals, including a new deduction for
nonitemizers. Finally, The the general 7 the Mott Fonle, the
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To learn more about these initiatives, or the many innovative projects already underway, we
encourage you to read this report and visit our website at www.whitehouse.gov.
Newsan
Sincerely,
Shirley S. Sagawa
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