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Foundations 8 Philanthropy Journal of North Carolina What's in a nanne? Johnson & Johnson will pay the Arthritis Foundation at least $i mil lion a year for the use of the Foundation’s name on the drug com pany’s new line of pain relievers. September 1994 Investing in the future Winston- Salem Foundation concentrates grantmaJdng / n honor of its 75th anniversary this year, the Winston-Salem Foundation has identified three areas in which to concentrate its grantmaking resources. Under the foundation’s new “Initiatives for Tomorrow” program, $1 million will be committed over the next five years to projects dealing with race relations, community eco nomic development and children at risk. “This is the first time we’ve gone through a retreat process with our board and set priorities like this,” says Donna Rader, the foundation’s vice president for grants and pro grams. The $63 miilion-asset foundation— the state’s oldest — started making grants under the new initiative last June, and will continue to do so through 1998. Here are more detailed descrip tions of the three areas of interest: • Race Relations: Priority will be given to proposals that seek to, “pro mote understanding of cultural differ ences; promote the value of cultural diversity; promote opportunities that will remove barriers for African- American citizens to achieve their goals; encourage interaction and cooperation among races; reduce racism and racial tension.” • Community Economic Develop ment: Priority will be given to propos als that seek to “enhance skills need ed for employment, improved housing and other economic opportunities; ease access to mainstream economic opportunities; broaden the local eco nomic base by creating job opportuni ties, particularly among African- Americans.” • Children at Risk: Priority will be given to proposals that seek to “strengthen the capacity of families to nurture children; support neighbor hood efforts to develop healthy activi ties and identify positive role models; encourage efforts to provide safe and supportive neighborhood environ ments; nurture youth in educational settings that provide readiness for learning and encouragement to stay in school.” For information about the initia tive, call the foundation at (910) 725- 2382. BRIEFLY Daniels Foundation offers free treatment The Lucy Daniels Foundation in Cary is pro viding grants to creative writers for psychoanalytic treatment. Recipients must live in the Triangle and be able to attend tour weekly sessions for three to five years. Results will be includ ed in a study on creative people. Call (919) 677- 9888. Family values Ralei^ family members Mow nonprofit path The women in the Guthrie family of Raleigh all have gravitated toward nonprofit careers, from running a new medical research foundation to setting up a computer network for nonprofits. Pickett Guthrie says she learned the value of community service from her mother. With help from her husband, Robert, she has passed on the philanthropic feeling to her own daughters, Polly and Kendall. By Barbara Solow Raleigh P ickett Guthrie sets a bou quet of fresh-picked roses down on a table in one of the booths at the Wellspring Grocery cafe in Raleigh. “I thought I’d surprise you,” she tells her daughter, Polly, sliding into the seat beside her. “I thought you could share them with the rest of your office.” Mother and daughter have shared much in the past year. The Guthrie Family, Robert, Pickett and Polly has a history of involve ment with nonprofits. Photo courtesy of the Guthries officer for the Triangle Community With both of them working for foundations - Pickett is executive director of the newly-established Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation and Polly is program Foundation - they often turn to one another for information and sup port. Pickett credits Polly with teach ing her about grantwriting. “You taught me there is nothing wrong with asking for money,” she says, nodding at her daughter. “I learned about the bottom line.” Polly traces her interest in non profits to her mother’s example as a volunteer for community organiza tions. “You don’t just wake up one morning and say, I think I’ll go work lor nonprofits,” Polly says. “The whole idea of values is something that comes through the family.” A commitment to nonprofits seems to be in the Guthrie genes. Pickett’s husband, Robert, has volunteered for Meals On Wheels and served on the board of Planned Parenthood, the national English Speaking Union and the YMCA. Their oldest daughter, Kendall, recently left a teaching job at the University of Southern California to work with HandsNet, a national computer network for nonprofits. She lives in San Francisco. Pickett looks back on the volun teer work her mother did in the 1940s for organizations such as the Look for FAMILY, page 9 Biyan Foundation names dirwtor Bill Massey, a public rtilations executive, succeeds Rob ! its grant makijjg cycle. That cycle j resumes with the Sept. 1 deadline ■ for submitting grant applications, j In addition to resuming its I grantmaking, which totaled $2.3 mitiion last year, the foundation wBl be re\1r;wing its procedures and operations, says Massty. He says the foundation’s focus will continue to be community* er this tear as din^ctor of the Kathleen Price and .fuseph M. Bryan Family Foundation. The foundation also is resum ing its grantmaking. -T-he Katliler-n Price and I Joseph M. Bryan Family / iMniiulation in Greenshoro lias a new executive direcior and is ready lo resume its graiu-mak- ing Effective Sept. 1. llu' executive director of the $43 4 million-asset foundation will he Bill Massey, who for three years has been senior \ ice president in the Raleigh office of Ruder Finn Inc. - a puhlic relatioms firm based in .Vew' ^ ork. .Massey succeeds Rob Hampton, who resigned as cxecu- tivi' direcior in Fi.'lu'uary for per sonal ri'asons and beeause ot dif- ferenees with the foundation's hoard. During the fouiidat ion's search for a new direcior. it suspeiidtid "One of the things that has: impressed me so much is tJwit the trustees of the foundation see philanthropy as a way of dehpiag and building community,” he says® “They see philanthropy as ’an: instrument to build eoutmunity wherever their philanthropic gen* erosify is extended.” A native ot Durham, Massey holds an under^aduate degree is: dramatic art from the University of North Carolna at Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in educa* tion administration from Duke Usiversity in Durham. Before joining Ruder Finn, he associate vice ehaneeilor for university relations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, whore he worked for eight years. Before that, he was assistant headmaster at Bolles School in Jacksonville, Fla., am independent day and boarding school. Todd Cohen Sowing seeds Foundations seek ways to support youth Programs serving children and youth are popular among North Carolina foundations. But finding out how best to use grantmaking resources to improve young lives can he difficult. By Barbara Solow A year ago, when the Triangle Community Foundation was reviewing its grantmaking, officials discovered that half of the grants made in the three previous years were for pro grams for young people. “Even without having an articulated focus in that area, we realized that’s where our grants were going,” says Executive Director Shannon St. John. “When you look at the kinds of initiatives the com munity foundation prefers to fund - things that are preventive, that look to the future and where we can see the greatest impact - it really shouldn’t be surprising that a lot of grants are in the area of children and youth.” A survey by Capital Consortium Inc. in Raleigh shows youth programs are popular among other North Carolina foundations. Youth programs received $10.9 mil lion - or 26 percent - of the $41.4 mil- Uon in foundation grants to social ser vices in 1991, according to the consor tium’s directory, “North Carolina Giving.” That represents the largest share of grants in the social services catego ry - the area that includes youth. The pattern of giving to youth in North Carolina mirrors a national trend tracked by The Foundation Center in New York. According to the center’s most recent yearbook,“Foundation Giving,” Look for SUPPORT, page 9 Va. bank hires Wachovia official Art Kiser, former senior vice president and group execu tive for corporate trust/char itable funds group for Wachovia Bank, has been named executive vice presi dent for trust and invest ments at Jefferson National Bank in Charlottesville, Va. Wake commissioners seek grant for library Wake County Commissioners have approached the Olivia Raney Library Trust for a grant to help pay for a $ 1.1 million historical library off of Poole Rood in Raleigh. The library would be named for Olivia Raney, whose husband built a library dedi cated to her memory. Johnson Foundation helps fight smoking The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in New Jersey has begun a $3 million ini tiative to help pregnant wo men stop smoking. Write to ff. Pennington Whiteside, Jr., Department ot Obste trics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35233-7333. Foundation focus The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation after months ot self-study, soon will map its future. Generally, it expects to focus on building com munities by empowering people to better themselves and their communities; bridging lines ot difference, especially race and class; and continuing to work for democracy, justice and equality.
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