Minority foundations show power of middle class giving
Washington report notes minorities create foundations with modest sums, turning personal wealth into lasting endowments. Examples include Joe Shoong, Mary Carmen Saucedo, Lonnie Porter, and Le Ly Hay, with assets ranging from 25,000 to 6.5 million. The Council on Foundations cites 30,000+ foundations nationwide.
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Washington
Ford
Rockefeller
Joe Shoong
Mary Carmen Saucedo
Lonnie Porter
United Theological Seminary
Dayton
Ohio
Council On Foundations
America
Karen Lynn
Lynn
United Way of Chicago
Dagmar Thorpe
Seventh Generation Fund
Longhouse
Ford Foundation
IRS
Bill Cosby
Oprah Winfrey
Lee
Milton Shoong
Texas
Mary Carmen
Alfredo Saucedo
el Paso
el Paso Community Foundation
Norplant birth control gets FDA approval in 1970s era report
The FDA approves Norplant, a six capsule implant offering five years of 99 plus percent pregnancy protection. Planned Parenthood and Population Council offices report strong interest, cost and access debates arise, with price uncertainty and insurance coverage questions. Norplant, developed in the 1970s and manufactured by Léiras, raises ethical concerns about possible mandates but remains reversible.
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United States
Kathy Herrmann
Planned Parenthood Association of Southwest Florida Inc
Food and Drug Administration
Planned Parenthood
Tampa Clinic
Herrmann
Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories
Philadelphia
Norplant
Population Council
New York
Sandra Waldman
Waldman
Ronald Chez
University of South Florida
Wyeth-Ayerst
Susan Tew
Alan Guttmacher Institute
Wyeth
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Florida
Marjorie Phillips
Chez
USF
The
Léiras Pharmaceuticals Inc
Finland
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