Grants That Make a Difference
Profiles in this archive may become incorrect over time.
"Grants that Make a Difference" highlights grants given to Southeastern organizations that have helped make a difference in people's lives. Getting the grant is only the beginning of the story. At least once a month, "Grants That Make a Difference" will profile these important grants and what their recipients are doing with them.
Rollins College, in Winter Park, Florida, has announced a $93.3
million bequest — the largest gift in its 119-year history — from the philanthropist George Cornell.
The bequest from Cornell, the son of a founder of IBM and the nephew of the founder of Cornell University, includes
$10 million to fund a scholarship in memory of Harriet Cornell and $10 million to endow the Rollins presidency, the first
endowment of its type in the United States. The remaining $73.3 million will be used to endow faculty chairs, scholarships,
and other academic initiatives.
Cornell, who died in 2003, graduated from Rollins in 1935 and was a trustee of the school for more than twenty years. He
and his late wife, Harriet Wilkes Cornell, made substantial gifts to Rollins throughout their lives.
"This extraordinary bequest provides the financial resources to assure in perpetuity the highest-quality education for
Rollins students," said Rollins president Rita Bornstein. "What an incredible legacy!"
For more information, please see the
Rollins College Web site.
Recipient Contact Information:
Recipient Name: Rollins College
Address: 1000 Holt Ave. Winter Park, FL 32789
Phone: 407-646-2000
Email: contact@rollins.edu
URL: www.rollins.edu/
The selection of organizations for the "Grants that Make a Difference" is based on criteria such as programmatic interests, geographic focus, and size of funding programs to ensure the broadest possible representation of the region's nonprofit sector.
If you'd like to see support for your organization featured in "Grants that Make a Difference," e-mail a detailed description of the grant, including the name and contact information of the funder and of your organization, the amount given, and how the grant made a difference. For your convenience, we have provided a template to follow. We welcome press releases in addition to, or as a substitute for, the information in the template.
Email the description or press release to atweb@fcncenter.org, with "Grants that Make a Difference" in the subject line.
Recipient Name:
Project Name:
Organization Mission and how it relates to the project:
Beneficiaries or Community Impact:
Funding Partner(s): (Grantmaker Names)
Grant Amount:
Recipient Contact: Name, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail, URL
Grantmaker Contact: Name, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail, URL
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