FOUNDATIONS

CONTENTS:

• The JEHT Foundation
• Ludwick Family Foundation
• The Orton Family Foundation

THE JEHT FOUNDATION

Located in New York City, the JEHT Foundation was established in April 2000. Its name stands for the core values that underlie the Foundation's mission: justice, equality, human dignity and tolerance. JEHT's programs work to transform U.S. criminal justice policies and practices, expand the role of international justice and the rule of law -- both at home and abroad -- and democratize the electoral process in the U.S.

The Foundation's staff reviews grant requests on an ongoing basis and makes recommendations to the board of trustees. Funding decisions are made three times a year.

http://www.jehtfoundation.org

LUDWICK FAMILY FOUNDATION

Founded in 1990, the Ludwick Family Foundation (LFF) is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation established for charitable, scientific, literary and educational purposes. The current directors are the immediate family members who work to make a positive difference in the world. LFF tends to provide grants for tangible items that assist a program or project, rather than funding the program itself. The Ludwick family awards grants twice a year, in February and October. There is a two-step application process and full proposals are by invitation only. Recently, close to 1,000 requests were received in one grant cycle.

Arsalyn, a non-partisan program of LFF, promotes youth civic and political engagement. The Arsalyn program views the civic and political engagement of young people as beneficial to country, community and character. The Arsalyn program is committed to a nonpartisan, non-issue based and inclusive approach to ensure that voting becomes a lifetime commitment on the part of young adults in the U.S.

http://www.ludwick.org

http://www.arsalyn.org

THE ORTON FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Orton Family Foundation was created as a private operating foundation in 1995 by Lyman Orton to help small U.S. cities and towns cope with economic, social and environmental changes. Located in Rutland, Vermont, the foundation receives the bulk of its funds from the profits of the Orton family business, the Vermont Country Store. Its mission is to develop tools and programs to help local officials make decisions about land-use planning and to encourage members of the public to participate in the planning process.

The Vermont Country Store does not reveal financial data, but Catalog Age magazine put its worth at $65 million in 2000. The Orton Family Foundation's endowment stands at $6 million and its annual budget is approximately $3 million. The Orton family has given the foundation $15 million since its inception.

http://www.orton.org

http://www.vermontcountrystore.com

Cathy Hampton

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