FOUNDATION/GRANTS, August 2000; Internet Prospector

August 2000
Internet Prospector

FOUNDATION/GRANTS

CONTENTS:
Irwin Andrew Porter Foundation
David Bohnett Foundation
Tiger Woods Foundation

IRWIN ANDREW PORTER FOUNDATION

This Michigan-based foundation provides funding for a variety of interest areas including the arts, education, environment and social programs. They are particularly looking for projects that have some level of synergy or partnerships between two or more groups, as well as those that enable beneficiaries to give and receive. Grants range from $2,000 to $75,000. The foundation gives some preference to projects within Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan.

http://www.iapfoundation.org/index.html

DAVID BOHNETT FOUNDATION

The David Bohnett Foundation’s mission is to improve society through social activism.

Entrepreneur David Bohnett formed this foundation in 1999. By the way, Mr. Bohnett is the founder of GeoCities, which he started in 1994. GeoCities soon grew to become the largest community on the Internet.

With a current endowment of approximately $40 million dollars, the foundation expects to make grants totaling nearly $2 million dollars this year. This grant-making organization supports non-profits in six key target areas including gun control, voter registration activities and lesbian and gay social services. The Foundation encourages grant proposals from accredited non-profit organizations with mission and programs that are closely aligned with the Foundation's goals.

http://www.bohnettfoundation.org/index.html

TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION

In 1996, Tiger Woods and his father Earl Woods established The Tiger Woods Foundation.

The foundation envisions a world where people of varying backgrounds, histories, races, languages and ethnicity can all reach their highest potential and participate fully in the economic and social mainstream of society. The following is taken from the foundation’s website:

The purpose of the Tiger Woods Foundation, Inc. is to create or positively influence environments; thereby, enabling children and youth to develop to their maximum potential. To achieve this result, the Foundation will endeavor to:

Improve the well-being of economically and socially- disadvantaged urban families;
Actively encourage and promote parental responsibility and involvement in the lives of children;
Celebrate and promote the spirit of inclusion in all aspects of human endeavors;
Function as a catalyst for positive change by identifying and responding to community needs through Foundation-initiated grant programs.

Special attention will be given to community programs designed to strengthen the relationship between parents and children.

While the Tiger Woods Foundation's charity extends to families at large, it particularly embraces the conditions that contribute to the welfare of children and families residing in urban American cities.

The foundation’s web site is attached to the sportsline.com official Tiger Woods Page. You can visit the web site at:

http://ww1.sportsline.com/u/fans/celebrity/tiger/course/foundation.html

Maryrose Larkin

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