FOUNDATIONS

CONTENTS:

• Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America)
• Michael Bolton Charities, Inc.
• Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health

According to a study conducted by PCA America in 2001, it is estimated that child abuse and neglect cost the U.S. $258 million each day, which is equivalent to nearly $1,500 per American family. An additional survey has shown that 83% of Americans believe it is possible to prevent abuse and neglect before it starts. Yet for every dollar spent on the treatment of child abuse, the U.S. spends only one penny on prevention. The following organizations both raise money and give grants on behalf of the prevention of child abuse.

PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA (PCA America)

In 1972, Donna J. Stone founded PCA America. It is the leading organization working at the national, state and local levels to prevent the abuse and neglect of our nation's children. Worth Magazine has ranked it as one of "America's 100 Best Charities." Working with chapters in 39 states and the District of Columbia, PCA America provides leadership to promote and implement prevention efforts at both the national and local levels.

PCA America national headquarters are located in downtown Chicago. National honorary board members include Michael Bolton, who serves as honorary chairman, Bill Cosby, Senator Christopher Dodd, Chris Evert, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and Robert Keeshan or "Captain Kangaroo" to us boomers still beating around the halls of development research shops.

http://www.preventchildabuse.org

MICHAEL BOLTON CHARITIES, INC.

Established in Connecticut in 1993, The Michael Bolton Charities, Inc. (MBC) is a public charity that brings attention to issues that adversely affect children and women at-risk issues including domestic and street violence, poverty, abuse, neglect, AIDS and homelessness. MBC invests in services and organizations that provide programs which promote self-esteem, empowerment, leadership skills, education, prevention of crime and substance abuse, and youth-directed awareness of environmental, global, health and AIDS issues. MBC makes grants for program development and focuses its giving in New England. Skip the musical introduction to the MBC site if you are tuning in at your place of employment.

http://www.michaelboltoncharities.com

LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH

In California in 1996, a merger between Packard's Children's Hospital and Stanford Medical Center created the public charity known as the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health (LPFCH). The foundation seeks to improve and sustain the physical, mental, emotional and behavioral health of the children within San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. Although the foundation shares certain interests with The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, it is wholly independent of both organizations. As a public charity, LPFCH is structured as both a fund raising and a grant making organization with a clear outline of both the sources of its support and the organizations that receive support through the foundation.

http://www.lpfch.org

Cathy Hampton