McCormick Tribune Foundation
{{#badges:stub}} The Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation is a nonprofit organization that, according to its web page, is "committed to strengthening our free, democratic society by investing in children, communities and country." It operates six grantmaking programs, a park with gardens and a golf course, two museums and a civic outreach program. The Foundation was established as a charitable trust in 1955, upon the death of Colonel Robert R. McCormick, the longtime editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune. The McCormick Foundation boasts more than $1 billion in assets.[1][2]
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Mission
The McCormick Foundation's mission is to "foster communities of educated, informed and engaged citizens."[3]
Grants
In 2005 they granted $104,867,265 of grants. [4]
2005 General Fund projects
Some of the groups that received aid include:
- Action for Children $200,000
- American Press Institute Inc. $300,000 (In 2006 they received $550,000) [1]
- American Society of Newspaper Editors Foundation, Inc. $281,900
- The Army War College Foundation, Inc. $25,000
- Asian American Journalists Association $40,000
- Associação Brasileira de Jornalismo Investigativo $40,000
- Chicago Council on Foreign Relations $150,000
- Committee for Economic Development $25,000
- Committee to Protect Journalists, Inc. $115,000
- Inter American Dialogue $122,000
- International Center for Journalists, Inc. $50,000
- The Media Institute $50,000
- National Association of Hispanic Journalists $354,000
- Society of Environmental Journalists $30,000
- World Press Freedom Committee $60,000
- World Press Institute $100,000
Board of Directors
Officers
- David L. Grange - President & CEO
- Louis J. Marsico - Senior Vice President of Operations
- Donald Cooke - Senior Vice President of Philanthropy
- Victoria Shire Dinges - Vice President of External Affairs
Senior Staff
- Catherine Brown - Senior Director Communities Program
- Ray DeBiase - Chief Information Officer
- Sara Slaughter - Director Education Program
- John Sirek - Director Citizenship Program
- Clark Bell - Director Journalism Program
Related SourceWatch Resources
Contact
Web page: http://www.mccormicktribune.org
References
- ↑ Robert R. McCormick Foundation About Us, organizational web page, accessed April 2, 2011
- ↑ Catigny Park About Catigny Park and golf course, organizational web page, accessed April 2, 2011
- ↑ McCormick Foundation Home page, organizational web page, accessed April 2, 2011
- ↑ McCormick Tribune Foundation 2005 grants, organization web page, unknown date of access, now unavailable
