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Bellaire Endowment Fund gains corporate sponsor
TEN OF the 11 seniors from Bellaire High School participating in this school year's "Local History Presentation," sponsored by the Bellaire Endowment Fund, picked their topics Wednesday as they vie for money for college.
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:36:04 GMT - (The Times Leader)

CR $2 million endowment fund agreement approved
The College of the Redwoods has signed an agreement with the Coastal Commission and the state Department of Transportation to secure an endowment of $2 million for CR's college farm.
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:47:20 GMT - (Eureka Times-Standard)

Endowment to support all arts
CALUMET - For Ed Gray, preserving and remembering art, history and culture are three parts of a single goal, and after thinking about it for five years, he's taken a step that he thinks will support that goal. Gray, who is a clay and copper artist with a studio and gallery in Calumet, has established the Ed Gray/Miskwabik Fund to provide financial assistance for all types of art. The fund will be
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:35:13 GMT - (The Daily Mining Gazette)

Kellers fund MIneral 4-H endowment
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - West Virginia University alumna Doris Jean Keller started her 4-H experience as a 10-year-old growing up in Burlington, but her dedication to the program as a member, leader, volunteer and supporter has lasted a lifetime.
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:15:36 GMT - (Mineral Daily News-Tribune)

Free endowment database planned
An investment research company is planning to construct a database that will include performance and operational information on foundations, endowments and pension funds.
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:52:15 GMT - (Philanthropy Journal)

5 tips for talking with teenagers about money
Parents can help teens learn about handling money by going over some simple ideas. These five tips come from the National Endowment for Financial Education, an Englewood, Colo.-based group with a program geared toward teenagers.
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:48:28 GMT - (AP via Yahoo! News)

LA art museum accepts billionaire's $30M bailout
Trustees of the financially troubled Museum of Contemporary Art have accepted a bailout from billionaire Eli Broad worth as much as $30 million, securing the collection's place in an emerging downtown cultural district that the philanthropist has aggressively backed. The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation promised to match donations to the museum's endowment up to $15 million and to give $15 ...
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:01:47 GMT - (The State)

Eli Broad Pledges $30M To Save Troubled MOCA
The financially troubled Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles has accepted a bailout from billionaire Eli Broad worth as much as $30 million. In a deal to be announced Tuesday, Broad has promised to match donations to the museum's endowment up to $15 million, and to give $15 million over five years toward exhibitions, Broad and museum board members said.
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:17:25 GMT - (CBS 2 Los Angeles)

Morgans donated generously to local causes
Executors for the estate of longtime Fallon residents Freeman and Norma Morgan recently announced the donation of approximately $230,000 to each of the following: the Churchill County Library for informational and reading materials for the public; the Churchill County Museum for capital improvements; the Churchill Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, Lodge #26 for the Endowment Care Fund and ...
Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:33:59 GMT - (Reno Gazette-Journal)

Governor Budget Cuts
Governor Charlie Crist Tuesday recommended dipping into the state?s trust funds, including the Lawton Chiles Endowment, funded by the Tobacco settlement, to balance the state budget. Current year projections show Florida will take in 2.3 Billion dollars less than it was planning on spending.
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:55:19 GMT - (WJHG Panama City)

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Singapore think tanks in Asian top 10
Singapore has two of the top 10 Asian think tanks, according to the Think Tank Index (see previous post). The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ranks seventh and the Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies tenth. The Think Tank Index, the first comprehensive rankings of think tanks worldwide,
Posted on 2009-01-09 07:31:54 GMT

blog: Blowin' In The WindOperation Disrupt Democracy in El Salvador
Jan 2 2009 Erica Thompson International observers have denounced recent activities of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) as designed to overthrow democratically elected presidents Evo Morales of Bolivia and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. A similar strategy is underway
Posted on 2009-01-09 07:02:32 GMT

blog: Mensajer@s del PuebloSingapore think tanks in top 10 Asian
Singapore has two of the top 10 Asian think tanks, according to the Think Tank Index (see previous post). The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ranks seventh and the Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies tenth. The Think Tank Index, the first comprehensive rankings of think tanks worldwide,
Posted on 2009-01-09 06:37:16 GMT

blog: Looking for WordsComedy '˜Horror In The Wind' Screens At PFLAG Benefit
January 8, 2009, Alamogordo, NM '“ Hit Sci fi comedy 'œHorror In The Wind'œ will be shown at a benefit for the Las Cruces chapter of Parents, ... Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays ('œPFLAG'�) on January 24th at 10pm.  All proceeds from the screening will benefit the Emily Cohen Endowment for the Las Cruces ...
Posted on 2009-01-09 06:19:06 GMT

blog: Grassroots PressPlan for DC-Cam
Youk Chhang at the Documentation Center of Cambodia - DC-Cam to you and me - has just sent me a copy of their planned strategic focus over the next two years to promote memory, justice and reconciliation for the victims and survivors, and their descendants, of the Khmer Rouge regime and its aftermath here in Cambodia
Posted on 2009-01-09 03:46:52 GMT

blog: Andy's Cambodia: www.andybrouwer.co.ukTo: President-Elect Barack Obama
Illustration by Ron English for The Re-Birth of American Democracy on ADBUSTERS . To:  President-Elect Barack Obama Congratulations and thank you for all you do. Your good friend Quincy Jones said: 'œ'¦next conversation I have with President Obama is to beg for a Secretary of Arts.'� [
Posted on 2009-01-09 03:25:31 GMT

blog: ARTLURKER › A Miami based contemporary art newsletter / blogMilitaristic Israel's Dimona Nuclear Bomb Factory
During the 2008 election campaign both Democratic President-Elect Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of State-Designate Hillary Clinton expressed their concern that the U.S. imperialist version of 'œPeace in the Middle East'� would be threatened if the Iranian government acquired nuclear weapons
Posted on 2009-01-09 02:37:00 GMT

blog: Bob Feldman 68Tim Tingle Storytelling at University of Illinois, Saturday, Feb 7
Posting today, an announcement from the Spurlock Museum, located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ... . Winter Tales concerts are sponsored by an endowment from Reginald and Gladys Laubin and funded in part
Posted on 2009-01-09 01:37:00 GMT

blog: American Indians in Children's LiteratureBernie Madoff: Scammer and Ponzi Schemer!
Gawd! After reading more about this Bernie Madoff creep low class ass human and his stupid little classless act Ponzi scheme. I might just wanna roll over and die. Pity those who make the decision to invest with him. GREED it seems has a huge fucking influence on everyday little people. It makes you go wild flushes with adrenaline
Posted on 2009-01-09 00:38:00 GMT

blog: The KrazyBananaz DiaryAn Artistic Inauguration
[ Judy L. Larson and Tony Askew. © Brad Elliott] Judy L. Larson and Tony Askew. © Brad Elliott Judy L ... is credited with completing a $25 million endowment
Posted on 2009-01-09 00:01:47 GMT

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