Corporate Giving
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Philanthropy Journal of North Carolina
A liberal tilt?
In 1992, corporate donors gave
$3.42 to liberal organizations for
every $1 they gave to groups on the
Right, according to a new report by
the Capital Research Center in
Washington.
January 1995
Giving back
New Bern dairy forms children’s foundation
Maola Milk Co. has been giving to
its community for years. Now,
company leaders have formal
ized their charity and formed a
foundation to help children.
By Kate Foster
New Bern
I n 1989, New Bern-based Maola
I Milk Company was charged by
I the federal government with
antitrust law violations for fixing
prices on milk sold to schools.
After four years of contesting the
charges, the company was found not
guilty, and Mildred Green was ready
to do something positive for her com
munity.
Green, who is vice president of
Maola Milk, decided that helping chil
dren would be an appropriate sub
ject of corporate philanthropy.
“We want to touch the lives of
children who are in need of a smile,”
she says. “That’s something that’s
CHILDREN
very dear to all of us.”
In November, she helped set up
the Maola Foundation for Children,
which will focus on programs
throughout North Carolina for chil
dren with special needs,
“For years now, Maola has con
tributed to many worthy causes,”
Green says. “However, we’ve done
so in the past without a focus. In cre
ating the Maola Foundation for
Children, we now have a means of
focusing on the needs of what we see
as our greatest resource - our chil
dren.”
The foundation, which has been
incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprof
it, will contribute $50,000 annuaUy to
children’s charities, support visits to
hospitals and burn centers, pro
grams for disabled children and com
munity events benefiting children.
Rather than fund nonprofits that
work with children, the foundation
through its own volunteers will work
directly with children. Green says.
“We are trying to reach the child
by going directly to the child,” she
says.
The foundation’s first activity
was to take 60 elementary school
students from the Eastern North
Carolina School for the Deaf in
Wilson to the Land of Fantasy, a
visual light show in Garner’s
Greenfield Industrial Park.
Future projects include offering
weekly programs aimed at helping
disabled children at the Sarah
Parker School in Durham, the
Craven Cherry Point Child
Development Center in Havelock and
the Exceptional School in
Wilmington. Volunteers for the foun
dation will use a puppet named
Buttercup to talk and sing with the
children.
For information, call the founda
tion at (919) 638-1131.
Mooella is the
official
"spokescow" lor
the Maola
Foundation for
Children,
founded recent
ly by Maola
Milk & Ice
Cream Co. of
New Bern.
Perfect match
Doggett heads Food Bank
campaigQ
The Food Bank is moving forward
with its $1.7 million capital cam
paign - and Ron Doggett is lead
ing the way. The chairman and
chief executive officer of
GoodMark Foods Inc. was the
Food Bank’s first choice to head
its capital campaign. The
Philanthropy Journal has been
follovring the campaign.
By Sidney Cruze
T
Raleigh
he Food Bank of North
Carolina wanted the chair of
its first capital campaign to
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
be an effective leader with a history
of generosity and a track record of
involvement with nonprofits.
Food Bank officials also wanted
someone who understood their non
profit’s mission.
After considering a number of
Ron E.
Doggett
Born; December 2,1934, Aestin, fcrtesofa
Business: Chairman, diief executive officer,
GoodMork foods, Inc.
Family: Monied to Jeanette Doggei; two sons,'
two daughters
Education: Monkato State University, Mankoto,
; Minn. Bl, Business odministration
Horvord Busitress Scheol Advanced Management
Ptogtom
First business venture: leasing and operating d
cosh crop form, southern Minnesoto.
Formula for success: "People say the gross is
always greener on the other side of the fence
go for the other side of the fence."
Biggest success: Creoting a successful company
ond morrying the right person.
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, gardening, ploying
golf and tennis.
other community leaders, Food Bank
board members unanimously decid
ed that Ron Doggett was the right
person to fill the position.
Doggett’s success as the leader of
GoodMark Foods is no secret. He
directed the buyout of GoodMark
Foods from General Mills in 1982
and, under his direction, the compa
ny has become the leading producer
and marketer of meat snacks in the
U.S.
GoodMark Foods also is one of
the most profitable companies in the
Triangle. Twelve years ago, its sales
were roughly $60 million. Today,
they exceed $160 million.
Doggett not only is a successful
businessman; he is a well-respected
leader who is known for his ability to
select a strong work team and give
each member responsibility.
He also has done his share of
supporting community nonprofits. In
addition to giving time and money to
his church, St. Francis of the Assissi,
Doggett serves on the boards of
Peace College and the Wake Medical
Center Foundation. He also chairs
Look for DOGGETT, page 13
Top minds
Business experts join
UNO speakers bureau
A new resource for
/ \ business and profes-
/ Vsional groups is up
and running at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
HiU.
Carolina Speakers is a
group of 70 distinguished
UNC-GH professors who will
speak free of charge to non
profits across the state on
business-oriented topics and
other subjects.
The speakers bureau was
formed last fall during the
university’s Bicentennial
Observance. During the cele
brations, 70 speakers made
175 speeches to Tar Heel
business groups, churches,
high schools and retirement
homes.
This year, 14 new speak
ers have joined the bureau,
with expertise in areas rang
ing from global finance to jazz
to genetics.
Among them are Richard
Blackburn, associate profes
sor of management and orga
nizational behavior at the
Kenan Flagler Business
School; Rollie Tillman, Jr,,
professor of marketing and
chairman of the board of
directors of the Kenan
institute of Private
Enterprise; and William
Darity Jr., a professor of eco
nomics at the business school.
“We believe these distin
guished speakers offer a won
derful opportunity for cham
bers of commerce and other
business or professional
groups to offer their members
access to some of the state’s
top minds in business and
economics,” says Anne Repp,
director of Carolina Speakers.
A speakers brochure will
be available soon to interest
ed groups. For information,
caU Repp at, (919) 962-1993.
BRIEFLY
Philip Morris gives
gift to help hungry
Philip Morris Companies Inc.
donated $ 100,000 to food
banks in Raleigh, Winston-
Salem, Charlotte and
Asheville. The money will
help fund projects at each
location. For details, call the
Food Bank of North
Carolina (919) 833-9027.
Nominations sought
for awards
The Greater Raleigh
Chamber of Commerce and
the United Arts Council of
Raleigh and Wake County
are accepting nominations
for the 1995 Business
Support of the Arts Awards..
For a nomination form, call
(919) 839-1498.
First Union forms
partnership with churches
First Union Corp. in Charlotte
has joined forces with the
Congress of National Block
Churches in a six-year effort to
generate more loans for minor
ity neighborhoods. Eight pilot
sites in Raleigh and Durham for
the program have been select
ed but no goals have been set.
Fast food chain helps
Red Cross for holidays
Hardee's teamed up with the
American Red Cross during
the holiday season to help
the needy. Hardee's agreed
to donate a portion of its $ 1
and $5 gift certificate sales
to the Red Cross to provide
disaster assistance and other
human services.
Banker choosen
for philanthropy award
Mellon banking heir Paul
Mellon has received an
award from Town & Country
magazine for his philan
thropy. Mellon, 87, has given
away more than $670 million
to charity, the magazine says.
Among the recipients of his
giving are the Yale Center for
British Art, the Notional
Gallery of Art and Carneige
Mellon University.
Businesses offer
online services
A group of U.S. and
European firms have
announced an agreement to
provide an interactive data
base for nonprofits. The ser
vice - offered by Inter Europe
B.V. and (IE) Haarlem, The
Netherlands and Saturn
Corp. of Cheverly, MD, - will
give eight American and nine
European nonprofits access
to international databases.