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PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES FOUNDATION GRANTS $144,150 TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.


MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- June June: see month.  4, 1996 --The Piper Jaffray Piper Jaffray & Co. (NYSE: PJC), often shortened to just Piper Jaffray or PiperJaffray, is a U.S. middle-market investment banking firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is a focused on delivering financial advice, investment products and transaction execution  Companies Foundation directors approved 53 Foundation Grants totaling $144,150 at their regular quarterly meeting on May 22, 1996, in Minneapolis Minneapolis (mĭn'ēăp`əlĭs), city (1990 pop. 368,383), seat of Hennepin co., E Minn., at the head of navigation on the Mississippi River, at St. Anthony Falls; inc. 1856. . The commitments include 48 operating grants totaling $67,650, four capital grants of $67,500 and one project grant of $9,000. The total of $144,150 was granted to nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization

An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well.

Notes:
Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools.
 in arts, humanities humanities

Branches of knowledge that investigate human beings, their culture, and their self-expression. Distinguished from the physical and biological sciences and, sometimes, from the social sciences, the humanities include the study of languages and literatures, the
, human service, education, health and economic development. A complete list of grants is attached.

"We are pleased to support so many outstanding nonprofit organizations," said Karen Karen

Any member of a variety of tribal peoples of southern Myanmar (Burma). Constituting the second largest minority in Myanmar, the Karen are not a unitary group in any ethnic sense, as they differ among themselves linguistically, religiously, and economically.
 M. Bohn Bohn is a German surname.

People with the surname Bohn:
  • Frank P. Bohn (1866-1944), U.S. Representative from Michigan
  • Henry George Bohn (1796–1884), British publisher
  • Carsten Bohn (b.
, president of the Piper Jaffray Companies Foundation. "It's it's  

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2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its.


it's it is or it has
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 important to our employees that we support a range of organizations, from the arts and humanities to health and human services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
Department of Health and Human Services, HHS
, that work to enhance our communities and improve the quality of life for everyone."

The Piper Jaffray Companies Foundation operates charitable giving programs on behalf of Piper Jaffray Companies Inc. and its subsidiaries. To date in calendar 1996, the Foundation has contributed more than $279,400 to nonprofit organizations nationwide. During its 1995 fiscal year, the Foundation contributed more than $2.1 million to nonprofit organizations through its regular grantmaking and a one-year adj. 1. completing its life cycle within a year.

Adj. 1. one-year - completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants"
annual

phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants
 initiative marking the Company's centennial.

Piper Jaffray Companies Inc. was founded in 1895 and has built a reputation as one of the nation's premier full-service full-ser·vice
adj.
Associated with or offering complete service: full-service gasoline pumps; full-service banks. 
 investment companies. Piper Jaffray Companies is the parent company of Piper Jaffray Inc., an investment firm with 78 retail sales offices in 17 Midwest Midwest or Middle West, region of the United States centered on the western Great Lakes and the upper-middle Mississippi valley. It is a somewhat imprecise term that has been applied to the northern section of the land between the Appalachians , Mountain, Southwest Southwest or south west is the ordinal direction halfway between south and west, the opposite of northeast.

Southwest or south west may also refer to:
  • The Southwestern United States
  • Southwest China
 and Pacific Coast states and capital markets offices in 15 cities.

Other subsidiaries include Piper Capital Management Incorporated, a money management company with approximately ap·prox·i·mate  
adj.
1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident.

2.
 $9 billion under management; and Piper Trust Company, a provider of trust services to individuals and institutions. Piper Jaffray Inc. is a member of SIPC (Simply Interactive PC) An earlier umbrella term from Microsoft and Intel for a PC that works like a home appliance. For example, it has a sealed case, uses external connectors for expansion and boots in just a couple of seconds. , the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City.
 and other major stock exchanges. For more information about Piper Jaffray Companies, visit our home page on the Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
 at http://www.piperjaffray.com/. -0-

               Piper Jaffray Companies Foundation
                  Grants Approved May 22, 1996
           53 Grants Approved in the Amount of $144,150
      (Includes 9 Grants which were Ratified in the amount of $3,750)




GENERAL OPERATING GRANTS


48 General Operating Grants approved in the amount of $67,650


Art Organizations:
   Greater Twin Cities' Youth Symphonies                     $1,000
      Minneapolis, MN
   Guthrie Theater                                           $4,500
      Minneapolis, MN
   Loft (The)                                                $1,000
      Minneapolis, MN
   Minnesota Sinfonia                                        $1,000
      Minneapolis, MN
   Mixed Blood Theatre Company                               $1,000
      Minneapolis, MN
   Native Arts Circle                                          $250
      Minneapolis, MN
   North Star Opera                                            $500
      St. Paul, MN
   Science Museum of Minnesota                               $5,000
      St. Paul, MN
   Walker Art Center                                         $6,000
      Minneapolis, MN


Civic Organizations:
   Close Up Foundation                                       $1,000
      Alexandria, VA
   Urban Coalition                                           $2,000
      St. Paul, MN


Education Organizations:
   Business Economics Education Foundation (BEEF)            $3,500
      Minneapolis, MN
   Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth                      $500
      St. Paul, MN
   Page Education Foundation                                 $1,000
      Minneapolis, MN


Health Organizations:
   Minnesota AIDS Project                                    $1,000
      Minneapolis, MN


Human Service Organizations:
   ACTS of St. Paul                                            $500
      St. Paul, MN
   Bridging, Inc.                                              $250
      Bloomington, MN


   Cabrini House                                             $1,500
      Minneapolis, MN
   Carebreak Adult Day Program                                 $500
      New Hope, MN
   Chrysalis                                                 $1,000
      Minneapolis, MN
   City, Inc.                                                $1,500
      Minneapolis, MN
   CommonBond Communities                                    $2,500
      St. Paul, MN
   Cornerstone                                               $1,200
      Bloomington, MN
   Genesis II for Women Inc.                                   $500
      Minneapolis, MN
   Greater Minneapolis Day Care Association                    $500
      Minneapolis, MN
   Harriet Tubman Center                                     $1,500
      Minneapolis, MN
   Hmong American Partnership                                $1,000
      St. Paul, MN
   Institute for Education & Advocacy                        $2,000
      Minneapolis, MN
   Jewish Family & Children's Service of Minneapolis         $1,000
      Minneapolis, MN
   Kinship of Greater Minneapolis                              $500
      Minneapolis, MN
   Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly                  $2,000
      Minneapolis, MN
   Minneapolis Crisis Nursery                                $2,500
      Minneapolis, MN
   Neighborhood Involvement Program                          $1,250
      Minneapolis, MN
   Opportunity Workshop                                      $3,000
      Minnetonka, MN
   Parents Anonymous of Minnesota                            $1,500
      St. Paul, MN
   Park Avenue Foundation                                    $1,000
      Minneapolis, MN
   St. Joseph's HOPE Community                                 $500
      Minneapolis, MN
   St. Stephen's Human Services                              $2,000
      Minneapolis, MN
   Twin Cities Tree Trust                                      $500
      St. Louis Park, MN
   Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota                     $500
      St. Paul, MN
   Volunteers Enlisted to Assist People                      $1,000
      Bloomington, MN
   West Seventh Community Center                             $1,000
      St. Paul, MN
   YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis                          $2,000
      Minneapolis, MN
   Youth Express                                               $500
      St. Paul, MN


Other Organizations:
   Elliot Park Neighborhood                                    $750
      Minneapolis, MN
   Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library                   $250
      Minneapolis, MN
   Minnesota Landscape Arboretum                             $1,200
      Chanhassen, MN
   Minnesota Zoological Garden                               $1,000
      Apple Valley, MN




CAPITAL GRANTS


4 Capital Grant approved in the amount of $67,500


Art Organizations:
   Jungle Theater                                           $10,000
      Minneapolis, MN
         to build a theater
   Magic House (The)                                         $5,000
      St. Louis, MO
         to expand theater
   Seattle Symphony                                         $50,000
      Seattle, WA
         to build a new symphony hall
    Note: The $5,000 grant to The Magic House will be paid by Piper
Jaffray Inc.


Human Services Organizations:
   Overcoming Poverty Together                               $2,500
      Mankato, MN
         Single Parent Student Housing




PROJECT GRANTS


1 Project Grant approved in the amount of $9,000


Education Organizations:
   Business Economics Education Foundation (BEEF)            $9,000
      Minneapolis, MN
         for the Stock Market Game


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