List of Nonprofit Organizations 
created by matthewr on August 3, 2006 7:14 PM
Here is a compiled list of nonprofit organizations.
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American Red Cross
The American Red Cross helps prepare communities for emergencies and keep people safe every day thanks to caring people who support our work. (http://www.redcross.org/)
by matthewr on August 3, 2006 7:16 PM
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF) is the largest transparently-operated charitable foundation in the world. Founded by Bill Gates, and named after Gates and his wife, Melinda, the aim of the foundation is to provide lifesaving health care products and technology for the poorest parts of the world. The foundation, based out of Seattle, Washington in the United States, is chaired by Gates' father William H. Gates, Sr. and Patty Stonesifer; as of June 2006, it has an endowment of approximately US$29.2 billion.
by matthewr on August 3, 2006 7:19 PM
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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is a United States non-profit medical research institute based in Chevy Chase, Maryland and originally founded by the aviator and engineer Howard Hughes in 1953.
As of 2005 it is one of the largest private funding organizations for biological and medical research in the United States. According to the institute's current president, Thomas R. Cech, the HHMI spends about $1 million per investigator per year, which amounts to annual investment in biomedical research of about $483 million. As of September 2005 the endowment of the Institute was valued at approximately $14.8 billion, making it the second-wealthiest philanthropic organization in the United States, behind the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the second best endowed medical research foundation in the world after the United Kingdom's Wellcome Trust.
Initially, the institute was formed with the stated goal of basic research including trying to understand, in Hughes' words, "genesis of life itself". Despite its lofty principles, in the early days it was generally viewed as largely a tax haven for Hughes' huge personal fortune. Hughes was the sole trustee of HHMI and transferred all his stock of Hughes Aircraft to the institute, in effect turning the large defense contractor into a tax-exempt charity. For many years the Institute grappled with maintaining its non-profit status; the Internal Revenue Service challenged its "charitable" status which made it tax exempt. Partly in response to such claims, starting in the late 1950s it began funding 47 investigators researching at eight different institutions; however, it remained a modest enterprise for several decades. In fact it was not until after Hughes' death in 1976 that the Institute's profile increased from an annual budget of $4 million in 1975 to $15 million by 1978. In this period it refocused its mission on genetics, immunology and the rapidly growing field of molecular biology.
Since Hughes died without a will as the sole trustee of the HHMI, the Institute was involved in lengthy court proceedings to determine whether it would benefit from Hughes fortune. In 1984, a court appointed new trustees for the institute's holdings. These trustees sold Hughes Aircraft to General Motors and the $5.2 billion proceeds caused the institute to grow dramatically.
Currently, HHMI is involved in building a new research campus in Virginia called Janelia Farm Research Campus. It is modeled after AT&T's Bell Labs and the Medical Research Council's Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
As of 2005 it is one of the largest private funding organizations for biological and medical research in the United States. According to the institute's current president, Thomas R. Cech, the HHMI spends about $1 million per investigator per year, which amounts to annual investment in biomedical research of about $483 million. As of September 2005 the endowment of the Institute was valued at approximately $14.8 billion, making it the second-wealthiest philanthropic organization in the United States, behind the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the second best endowed medical research foundation in the world after the United Kingdom's Wellcome Trust.
Initially, the institute was formed with the stated goal of basic research including trying to understand, in Hughes' words, "genesis of life itself". Despite its lofty principles, in the early days it was generally viewed as largely a tax haven for Hughes' huge personal fortune. Hughes was the sole trustee of HHMI and transferred all his stock of Hughes Aircraft to the institute, in effect turning the large defense contractor into a tax-exempt charity. For many years the Institute grappled with maintaining its non-profit status; the Internal Revenue Service challenged its "charitable" status which made it tax exempt. Partly in response to such claims, starting in the late 1950s it began funding 47 investigators researching at eight different institutions; however, it remained a modest enterprise for several decades. In fact it was not until after Hughes' death in 1976 that the Institute's profile increased from an annual budget of $4 million in 1975 to $15 million by 1978. In this period it refocused its mission on genetics, immunology and the rapidly growing field of molecular biology.
Since Hughes died without a will as the sole trustee of the HHMI, the Institute was involved in lengthy court proceedings to determine whether it would benefit from Hughes fortune. In 1984, a court appointed new trustees for the institute's holdings. These trustees sold Hughes Aircraft to General Motors and the $5.2 billion proceeds caused the institute to grow dramatically.
Currently, HHMI is involved in building a new research campus in Virginia called Janelia Farm Research Campus. It is modeled after AT&T's Bell Labs and the Medical Research Council's Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
by matthewr on August 3, 2006 7:20 PM