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August i996 Philanthropy Journal of North Carolina 19 Professional Services Lewis & Dark Research 6040-A Six Forks Rd, Suite 112 Raleigh, NC 27609 (919) 676-2036, FAX (919) 84&4021 Spedalizing in Mail Surveys Since 1982. TRUST SlRinCK Peter J. Adcroft 6501 Six Forb Road, Suite 350 Raleigh, NC27615 (919)870-4820 FAX (919) 846-0439 1-800-648-5571 Smith Barney Specialist in total estate planning including design and implementation of charitable trusts. DeBerry Assoc,/Renaissance Adv. P.O. Box 4020 Chapel Hill, NC27515 (919)489-6500 Charitable Taist Administration. New Context Video Productions 924 Chapel Hill Road Pittsboro, NC27312 PHONF/FAX (919) 929-3058 Also radio spots and photos. Ariadne Solutions Peter Tavernise, VP 2412 Englewood Durham, NC 27708 1-800-566-4154 webmaster@AriadneSol. com http ://www. AriadneSol. com/ Professional web page design and implementation for nonprofits and foundations. Calendar Continued from page 16 Making the Case/ Danville, VA August 8. 10am-3pm. Howard Johnson Hotel. Presentation by Michael Lowder and Priscilla Bratcher of Capital Consortium, Inc. of Raleigh at VA/NC Regional NSFRE Conference. Contact Andy Spencer, 804-4- 4250. Annual Symposium Indianapolis, Indiana August 16-17. 10am-9pm on 16th. 8am- 6:15pm on 17th. University Place Conference Center and Hotel, Indiana University-Purdue University. "Fund Raising: Professionalizing the Profession." Sponsored by The Indiana University Center on Philonthropy. Registration fees: Early Bird (by July 8), $195; General (July 9 and after), $225; One-day only, $ 115. Registration deadline is 5pm, August 8, 1996. Call (317) 274-4200. coMiiit m Bull Durham Blues Festival Durham September 13&14. Old Durham Athletic Park. Presented by The St. Joseph's Historic Foundation, Inc. Tickets available through all TicketMaster outlets in NC, SC, VA and GA. $ 15 for each night and $ 18 at gate. Call (919) 683-1709. Arc Convention Winston-Salem September 13-14. The Radisson Marque Hotel. The Arc of North Carolina's 44th convention. Chris Burke of television series "Life Goes On" is featured headliner. Tickets for Burke's performance is $5 for general public and can be purchased by calling (910) 759-9619. Registration costs for con vention are: $29 for students and self advo cates; $58 for individual Arc member; $73 for individual non-Arc member; $85 for fami ly Arc member; $ 100 for family non-Arc member. Registration due by August 16. Call (800) 662-8706. Trends In Foundation Giving NSFRE Meeting Wilmington September 19. noon-1:30pm. Presentation by John Bennett of Capitol Consortium, Inc. of Raleigh at Cape Fear NSFRE Chapter Meeting. Contact Hall Powell, (910) 815- 5002. Fund Rolsing Day Charlotte September 20. 8:30am-4pm,. The Pork Hotel. "Donor Focused Fund Raising: Are You on the Right Track?" Lectures and semi nars sponsored by Charlotte chapter of National Society of Fund Raising Executives. Call (704) 333-8099. RiSillTS In excess of $28,000 for direct services programs of The Urban Ministries of Raleigh. Tee-Up for Hope golf benefit, April 26. Grants Continued from page 16 women's shelter, all located in Chopel Hill; Durham Community Shelter for Hope, homeless shel ter and substance abuse and mental health program; Genesis Home, Phoenix House Durham Rescue Mission, Interfaith Hospitality Network and Agape Corner, all of which provide tem porary housing for children, low- income families and individuals and located in Durham; Salvation Army in Raleigh, and Raleigh Rescue Mission. University of North Carolina Center for Public Television, $24,765 from The Burroughs Wellcome Fund to provide fund ing for Project Breakthrough, out reach program designed to encourage North Carolina's minority students to pursue careers in science and technolo gy- mviRaNiiiiiT Conservation Trust for North Carolina, based in Raleigh, $20,000 from Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund of Greensboro to support its efforts to promote community conserva tion and education projects in western North Carolina. fmiimmiis The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has awarded $1.4 million to twelve North Carolina schools, universities, museums and com munity organizations to provide creative science enrichment activities for students in sixth through twelfth grades: American Heart Association, $60,000 for High School Student Research Program; Appalachian State University, $ 152,000 for Student Science Training Program; Cumberland County Schools, $90,000 for Cape Fear High School Science Academy; Duke University, $180,0(30 for Talent Identification Program; Durham Academy, $90,000 for Durham Public School Summer Institute; Grey Culbreth Middle School, $60,000 for Seeking Environmental Awareness Researching Chapel Hill project; N.C. Museum of Life and Science, $180,000 for Building the Science Ladder project; N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, $64,000 for Girls in Science Project; Science STARS Universe, $154,000 for A Universe of Possibilities project; SciWorks, $180,000 for Science in the City project; University of North Carolina Mathematics and Science Education Network, $180,000 for Pre-College Exploring Science Program; University of North Carolino- Wilmington, $28,000 for Oceanographic Field Support for Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics. The Duke Endowment of Charlotte has awarded over $1.9 million to 116 North Carolina Hospitals for charity care; $ 150,000 to School Health Initiative for administra tive costs associated with devel opment of school health pro grams in NC and SC; $810,664 to 24 North Carolina Child Care Institutions for general operating support; in excess of $1.3 mil lion to Duke University Divinity School, rural United Methodist Churches, retired Methodist min isters, and related programs of the United Methodist Church. The Hezekiah Alexander Foundation, Inc., three grants totaling over $100,000 from National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, and North Carolina Division of Archives and History for a more accelerated preserva tion program for Hezekiah Alexander Homesite, Charlotte's oldest historic house and for computerization of Charlotte Museum of History's collections. NIAIfN Blue Cross and Blue Shield recently became Corporate Champion sponsor for NC Senior Games State Finals, Senior Olympic program for adults age 55 and older. Healthsource Health Plans, Inc. was a supporter of this year's July 4th Freedom from Cancer Celebration at Wallace-Wade Stadium to benefit Duke and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Centers. Hospice of Winston- Salem/Forsyth County, Inc., $25,000 from Winston-Salem Foundation to support construc tion of Hospice Home, an inpa tient facility where Hospice will care for patients who cannot remain at home; $2,000 from Winston-Salem Foundation des ignated to Hospice's Grief Counseling Center. Funds for both grants were provided by Rufus T. Stedmon Fund. Senior PHARMAss/st of Durham, $25,000 challenge grant from Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund of Greensboro to help senior citizens with low incomes obtain medicines they need and avoid ones they do not need. PHARMAss/sf must raise an additional $25,000 in new pledges from non-govern mental sources by June 1, 1997. Also, $225,000 from Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust of Winston-Salem to be used to fur ther its mission of encouraging safe and effective use of medica tions with Durham County's senior citizens and helping seniors with low incomes pay for their medicines. Pitt County Memorial Hospital, $165,000 from Duke Endowment to develop a com munity-based pediatric asthma program by providing assistance in purchasing equipment and medication for children, sending asthmatic children to asthma camp and paying part of salary expense for pediatric asthma staff. SQCIM SillVICi$ Child Development Center, $6,120 from Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust of Winston- Salem to purchase assistive tech nology for classroom computers to be used specifically by chil dren with minimal motor skills, impaired vision, speech difficul ties, learning delays or limited communication abilities. Durham's Partnership for Children, nonprofit organization that oversees local Smart Start initiative, awarded 19 grants totaling more than $368,000 to area nonprofit organizations to improve well-being of young children and their families: St. Joseph's Historic Foundation, Inc., $15,000; Learning Assistance, Inc., $50,000; NC Central University Center for Child Protection, $32, 714; Durham County Library, $13,363.50; Museum of Life and Science, $25,820; National Black Child Development Institute (Durham affiliate), $13,926; NC Prevent Blindness, $13,835; Genesis Home, $8,118; St. Phillip's Episcopal Church, $52,640; Lincoln Community Health Center, $19,300; Edgemont Community Center, Inc., $18,300; Operation Breakthrough, Inc., $5,000; Durham County Literacy Council, $14,020; Cool Tools for Coping, $15,000; Operation Breakthrough, Inc., $12,000; Durham Department of Public Health, $11,400; Durham Department of Public Health, $12,000; Lincoln Community Health Center, $17,000; Little Beaver Child Care Center, $19,045.61. Legal Services of North Carolina raised $201,773 in its fifth annual Access to Justice ■ Campaign from over 1,800 indi viduals, law firms and corpora tions; 23 percent increase over last year; received $50,000 from Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in Winston-Salem to develop diverse resource base to assure continued delivery of quality legal services to low-income North Carolinians. Methodist Home for Children Child & Family Services in Raleigh, $50,000 from Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust of Winston-Salem to purchase computerized information system so client information will be accessible throughout the agen cy- PLAYSPACE, $20,000 from Carolina Power and Light Company to be applied towards relocation of organization to an expanded facility on Glenwood Avenue this fall. SAFEchild in Wake County, $3,000 from PCS Phosphate to support agency's dedication to eliminating child abuse in Wake County; $5,000 each from A.J. Fletcher Foundation and Quintiles Give Back Fund, Hanley-McCall Fund and Carl G. Ward Fund of Triangle Community Foundation to sup port implementation of six, ten-week par ent information and support groups for 72 fragile families residing in Wake County. 451-8065. August 23, 1996. The Arts & Science Council- Charlotte/Mecklenbury, Inc. is accepting applications for two grants programs designed to support arts education for youth in grades pre-K through 12 in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools system, the Arts in Education Program and Education Through the Arts Program. To request an application, coll 704-372-9667. September 3, 1996. Applications for Hitchings- Elion Fellowships (1997 trav el program) sponsored by Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Applications forWellcome Research Travel Grants sponsored by Burroughs Wellcome Fund may be submit ted all year, but must be received by Fund at least 12 weeb prior to proposed departure date. Contact Roily Simpson, 919- 991-5100; email address: mail- back @bv/fund.org; World Wide Web address: http://www.bwfund.org/bwfund. September 1 1, 1996. Call for proposals. Local Initiative Funding Partners Program, funding partners/matching grants pro gram established by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help support innovative service projects consistent with Foundation goals. Direct all inquiries, initial project descrip tions, and proposals to: Pauline M. Seitz or Orrin T. Hardgrove, Local Initiative Funding Partners Program, Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey, 760 Alexander Rd., CN-l, Princeton, NJ 0843-0001. Tel: 609-275-4128. Fax:609-275- 4135. September 27, 1996. Applications for Bright Ideas Grant Program sponsored by North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation. Materials have been distributed to all principals at all North Carolina Public Schools. Grants totaling $518,000 for 687 pro jects to improve instruction in Tar Heel classrooms. October 1, 1996. Applications for 1 997 Career Awards in the Biomedical Sciences award ed by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. For information, contact Roily Simpson, Programs Associate, 919-991 -5110; send email to; mailback(®bvdund.org. Home page address is http://www.bwfund.org/bwfund. October 1, 1 996. Applications for Fall consider ation for grants awarded by The Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation. Call Leesa H. Campbell, 919-489- 5405. October 15, 1 996. Applications for 1 997 Student Science Enrichment Program Awards Supporting Creative Science Activities for Middle School and High School Students in ' North Carolina awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund. For information, contact Carr Agyaponng, Senior Program and Communications Officer, 919- 991-5103; send email to: mail- back(3bwfund.org. Home page address is http://www.bvdund.org/bwfund. Aug. 14, 1996. Nominations for NC Equity (Raleigh) 1 996 Carpathian Awards. Info and/ or nominations, call 919-833-4055, ext. 22 or 26; 1-800- Douglas J. Lewis, CFP Certified Financial Planner National Alliance of RENAISSANCE Associates Specializing in Charitable Tax Planning ' NIMCRUTS SCRUTS ■ LEAD TRUSTS ■QPERTS “Fee-Based Financial Planning for 13 Years” WPTF-AM 680 Radio “MONEY MATTERS WITH DOUG AND LINDA LEWIS’ 4904 Professional Court, #101 Raleigh, NC 27609 919-872-7000 FAX: 919-872-7004
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