 Headlines
Qwest Communications Founder Philip Anschutz to Donate Stock to Foundation
Fannie Mae Foundation Fellowship Program Honors Community-Development Leaders
Gates Foundation Announces $40 Million Commitment to Help Homeless
Leading National Theatres Program Announces Major Grants to American Theatres
Bay Area Nonprofits Debate the Importance of Socially
Responsible Investing
Nonprofit Sector Research Fund Announces New Grants
National Urban League Receives $1.5 Million Grant for
New Research Institute
Detroit Institute of Arts to Establish Center for
African American Art
Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds Help Museums Meet
Community Needs
American Investor Makes $2 Million Gift to La Scala
Save America's Treasures Announces $12 Million in Grants
for Preservation Projects
Joyce Foundation Funds Gun Policy Survey
California HealthCare Foundation Report Covers
Candidates Positions on Healthcare
New Study Finds Public Healthcare Benefits Not a Draw
for Immigrants
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The new institute will conduct research, policy analysis, and advocacy focused on issues of critical importance to the African-American community and the United States as a whole. Dedicated to the pursuit of economic self-reliance and equal opportunity for African Americans, the new institute will concentrate on key issues such as employment and workforce development, education, housing, criminal justice, economic and community development, and macroeconomic policy.
"In recent years, financial constraints forced us to scale back our research activities, leaving policymakers, opinion leaders, and our constituents wanting for information and policy prescriptions derived from our unique community-based perspective," commented National Urban League president Hugh B. Price. "Thanks to this visionary...grant...the National Urban League can revive its historic policy research role focused on African Americans and urban communities."
FCnote: The Nationwide Foundation (OH) had assets of $53,045,687 and made grants totaling $10,794,117 in the year ending 12/31/98.
"National Urban League Establishes the Institute for Opportunity & Equality Through a $1.5 Million Grant from Nationwide Insurance." PR Newswire 7/20/2000.
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