CORPORATIONS/FOUNDATIONS

CONTENTS:

• BOOYAH, Jim! TheStreet.com
• The VAR Business 500
• CIRE Magazine - Commercial Investment Real Estate
• Dollar General
• The Wallace Foundation
• Grantmaker Web Sites - The Foundation Center

BOOYAH, JIM!

James C. Cramer, co-founder of TheStreet.com, is also the wild-man host of "Mad Money" on CNBC and the nationally syndicated talk radio show, "Real Money."

"BOOYAH!" is the standard greeting to and from fans, followed by rapid-fire advice on stocks as Cramer dashes about activating sound effects to make his point. It's great entertainment, but those not inclined to take him seriously should know that he's a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard (1977) with a JD from Harvard Law School (1984) who created and managed a highly successful hedge fund business for fourteen years. In addition to his advice columns, Cramer is the author of "Confessions of a Street Addict," "You Got Screwed" and "Jim Cramer's Real Money." Here's a short bio:

http://www.wor710.com/james_cramer.shtml

Call 1-800-743-CNBC during Jim's Mad Money show to play The Lightning Round. Name a stock and get some quick advice to buy, sell or hold. The following article will give you an idea of what to expect during his shows.

http://www.answers.com/topic/mad-money

Find recaps of his stock recommendations at TheStreet.com. Look in the left margin of the home page or just enter "Cramer" in the search box.

http://www.TheStreet.com

THE VAR BUSINESS 500

Here are the nation's top VAR solution providers -- value added resellers with products for solving computing and technical problems. Of the top 500, 57 companies had sales of over a billion dollars in 2004. Antivirus software topped the list of products. The article includes a bonus: mini-bios of the top 100 executives. For articles and other useful information, look for the Research button near the top right side of the page.

http://varbusiness.com/sections/main/2005vb500.jhtml

CIRE MAGAZINE - COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE

The CIRE magazine comes out every other month online. Issues feature different sectors of the commercial real estate market -- the biotech boom in the May-June 2005 issue, for example. The issue index allows access to back issues. Other nice features include Rising Stars and Deal Makers, each with a few sentences about agents who are currently making it big in CIRE. Use the Search or Find feature on your tool bar to look for successful agents in your area.

http://www.ciremagazine.com

DOLLAR GENERAL

Dollar General, with more than 7,600 locations in 30 states, may have a convenience store in your neighborhood. The company is committed to communities in its market areas. It sponsors several programs:

The Dollar General Community Grants program is for organizations committed to youth literacy initiatives. Deadlines are March 30, June 30, September 5 and December 30.

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation focuses its giving on organizations committed to adult or family literacy. Requests for proposals are issued in January.

Back-to-School grant applications, available during the summer, are closed for 2005. Grants will be announced September 15.

The following URL leads to the FAQ page, with links to application forms and more information on the grants programs.

http://www.dollargeneral.com/community/faqs.aspx

THE WALLACE FOUNDATION

The Wallace Foundation is currently active in three focus areas: Arts Participation, Education Leadership and Out-of-School Learning. It solicits proposals from organizations it identifies, and unsolicited proposals are rarely funded. However, organizations may send a one to two page letter of inquiry to learn if they might be considered.

http://www.wallacefoundation.org/WF/GrantsPrograms/GrantApproach/

The Web site provides access to free publications about what the Wallace Foundation has learned from the programs it sponsors. These are available in the Knowledge Center:

http://www.wallacefoundation.org/WF/KnowledgeCenter/

Among the many reports and stories available:

• Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate about the Benefits of the Arts
• How Are We Doing? One Foundation's Efforts to Gauge its Effectiveness
• The Buzz of Partnerships: The Potentials and Pitfalls of Partnering (partnering with other organizations to apply for grants)

http://www.wallacefoundation.org/WF/GrantsPrograms/

GRANTMAKER WEB SITES - THE FOUNDATION CENTER

School is now in session, so let's begin the semester with one of the basics, the Grantmaker Web Sites of the Foundation Center. This is the jumping-off place for finding information on private foundations, corporate grantmakers, grantmaking public charities and community foundations. Community foundations are organized by state:

http://fdncenter.org/funders/grantmaker/gws_comm/comm.html

After selecting the state, click on the name of a foundation to go directly to its Web site. My random check turned up a few bad links throughout the site.

http://fdncenter.org/funders/grantmaker/

Beverly Goodwin

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