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State Street Global Philanthropy Program Makes Grants Totaling $3.2 million in 4th-Quarter 2002.


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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2003

State Street Corporation (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
: STT), the world's leading specialist in meeting the needs of sophisticated global investors, announced today that its Global Philanthropy Program made 269 grants totaling over $3.2 million during the fourth quarter of 2002. The fourth quarter results bring State Street's total philanthropic giving for 2002 to $10.4 million (including forward commitments).

State Street's Global Philanthropy Program contributes to nonprofit organizations that provide community service initiatives in four primary areas of focus: education and job skills training; health and human needs; youth programs; and neighborhood revitalization. Each year, the company directs at least 1.5% of its pre-tax profits to the State Street Foundation in order to help address its communities' needs. Global Philanthropy is one of the programs that the Foundation funds. Since the Foundation's launch in 1977, some 4900 grants have been awarded worldwide totaling over $72.7 million.

Included in the fourth quarter allocation was a $99,605 contribution from the program's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund to aid victims of last August's flooding in Germany. Also included was a Special Grant last December of $720,000 to 22 agencies in Boston that aid the homeless.

State Street's Global Philanthropy Program has established 28 individual contribution committees in 13 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cayman Islands, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, People's Republic of China (Hong Kong SAR), Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. In 2003, committees in South Korea and Taiwan will begin operations.

Some of the programs awarded funding by the various contributions committees in the fourth quarter were:

In Australia:

Mission Australia - to aid its Women In Supported Housing program in the Sydney area, which provides lodging for women in risk of becoming homeless

In Belgium:

Child Focus - to fund a web site aimed at fighting Internet based child pornography

In Canada:

Fondation Marie-Victorin - to support the Jardin Jeunes Project, which enables hundreds of city youngsters the opportunity to experience nature through a gardening program

In Cayman Islands:

Cayman Maritime Heritage Foundation - to launch a program that trains unskilled people in boat building, navigation and entrepreneurship

In Germany:

Muenchner Tafel e.V. - to help provide food to needy people in Munich at 16 "bus stops" in the metropolitan area

In Hong Kong:

Sowers Action - to sponsor the fifth Teacher Training Program to help school administrators in poor regions of China to better manage their schools and resources

In Japan:

Special Olympics Nippon - a State Street grant helped sponsor the games for individuals with intellectual disabilities

In Luxembourg:

Fondation Kannerschlass - to fund a new program that manages and provides social support and crisis intervention counseling for needy people of all ages

In Singapore:

Asian Women Welfare Association - to provide 18 special chairs for children with multiple disabilities who attend the AWWA Special School

In South Africa:

The People's Family Law Centre - to allow more than 150 low-income clients access to skilled legal services in the area of family law

In Switzerland:

Silviva Foundation - to provide high school students with a "back-to-nature" experience through a new Workshop Alpine Forest project

In the United Kingdom:

Basingstoke College of Technology The Basingstoke College of Technology is a college in Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK. The college's campus is located either side of Worting Road. The college has many courses and vending machines.  - to sponsor a Family Fun Day and the college's annual community outreach prospectus

In the United States (office location in parentheses):

Tides Center (Alameda, Calif.) - to support the free bus pass program for qualified secondary school students

Metro Atlanta Community Foundation (Atlanta, Ga.) - to support the Teacher's Grant Program

Women of Means (Boston, Mass.) - to improve and enhance case management and clinical and administrative support for its volunteer doctors

Southwest Community Congress (Chicago, Ill.) - in support of its youth project, the Positive Peer Mentor Program

The Learning Corridor Corporation (Hartford, Conn.) - in support of educational opportunities for children in Hartford and surrounding communities

Alphapointe Association for the Blind (Kansas City, Mo.) - to fund the construction of a new Life Skills Campus that will help support future growth of the program

Inner City Education Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.) - to support its Intervention Program, which provides academic assistance to students who are at risk of academic failure

UpReach Therapeutic Riding Centre (Manchester, NH) - for supplies and upkeep for a program that provides the proven benefits of therapeutic equestrian riding to people with physical and emotional needs

The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (7 acres; 2.8 hectares) are extensive botanical gardens dedicated to research and collections of epiphytes, especially orchids and bromeliads, and their canopy ecosystems.  (Naples, Fla.) - in support of student programs in the Sarasota public schools focused on environmental preservation

The Blind Children's Learning Center This articlearticle or section has multiple issues:
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 of Orange County (Newport Beach, Calif.) - in support of blind, visually impaired and deaf/blind youth to help them develop their full potential and lead independent lives

Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod (Osterville, Mass.) - in support of educational, cultural and recreational programs for the youth of Cape Cod

KPMG Foundation PhD Project (Princeton, NJ) - to support a program dedicated to increasing diversity in US business school faculties by increasing PhD opportunities for successful minority men and women

Central Institute for the Deaf Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) is a school for the deaf that teaches students using the oralism approach to education. Founded in 1914 by otolaryngologist Max Aaron Goldstein, the school is located in St. Louis, Missouri.  (Saint Louis, Mo.) - to support its Family Center, serving hearing impaired children - up to the age of three - and their families

Larkin Street Youth Services (San Francisco, Calif.) - to support and strengthen the program's continuum of housing and employment services for homeless youth

Shepherd's Center for Greater Winston-Salem (Winston-Salem, NC) - to support its Family Caregiver Training Project

The following is a complete list of organizations that received grants from State Street's Global Philanthropy Program in the fourth quarter of 2002, by location:

Australia: Barnardos Australia; Mission Australia; The Ted Noffs Foundation

Belgium: Association de Parents d'Eleve de l'Ecole; Child Focus; Institut Royal pour Sourds et Aveugles Centre de Services; United Fund for Belgium

Canada: Bond Street Nursery; Breakfast for Learning; Canadian Safe School Network; Carrefour des 6-12 ans de Pierrefonds-est; Children's Aid Foundation; Concordia University; Daily Bread Food Bank; Ecole Felix-Antoine; Fondation Marie-Victorin; Fred Victor Centre The Fred Victor Centre is a multi-service organization and a registered charity in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Centre's mandate is to provide assistance to men and women who live in extreme poverty and are marginally housed or homeless. ; Invest in Kids Foundation; Kids Help Foundation; North Shore Community Foundation; Pathways for Children, Youth and Families of York Region; St. Michael's Hospital St. Michael's Hospital may refer to:
  • St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
  • St. Michael's Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
  • St Michael's Hospital, Hayle, Cornwall, UK
 Foundation; Sun Youth Organization; Variety Village; YMCA of Greater Toronto

Cayman Islands: Cayman Maritime Heritage Foundation; National Gallery of the Cayman Islands

Germany: Elterninitiative Krebskranke; Foerderverein Antenne Bayern Hilft; Hospizgruppe Da-Sein; Kinderschutz und Mutterschutz; Kinderschutzzentrum des DSKB; Muenchner Tafel; Stiftung Hilfe fuer Familie, Mutter und Kind; Wohnhilfe

Hong Kong: Heep Hong Society; HOPE Worldwide; Oxfam Hong Kong A member of the international non-government organization Oxfam, Oxfam Hong Kong started in 1987 to support first projects in China (Guangdong). It began development work in Hong Kong in 1996 and starting from 2000, It has advocated fair wage for out-sourced workers in Hong Kong. ; Sowers Action

Japan: National Council of YMCAs of Japan; Saito Kinen Foundation; Special Olympics Nippon; Tokyo English Life Line

Luxembourg: Fondation Kannerschlass; International School of Luxembourg The International School of Luxembourg, ISL (formally American International School of Luxembourg or AISL), is a privately owned non-profit school in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. ; Stemm vun der Stroos

Singapore: Asian Women Welfare Association; National Kidney Foundation Singapore The National Kidney Foundation Singapore (NKFS) is a Singapore-based foundation running kidney dialysis and prevention programmes. It is fully supported by charity donations.  

South Africa: People's Family Law Centre; Salvation Army

Switzerland: Schweizer Berghilfe; Silviva Foundation

United Kingdom: Basingstoke College of Technology; Community Links Trust; Dawliffe Hall Educational Educational Foundation; Friends of the Edington Hospital, North Berwick; Scottish Community Foundation; SPLASH

United States:

Atlanta, Georgia: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; Metro Atlanta Community Foundation; West Gwinnett Youth Soccer

Boston, Massachusetts: ACCION USA; AIDS Housing Corporation; American Ireland Fund; American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross.  Food Program; Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence; Associated Grant Makers; Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist denomination (see Methodism). It was established in 1816 in Philadelphia with Richard Allen as its first bishop. In 1991 there were about 3.5 million members in the United States. ; Boston Bar Foundation; Boston Center for the Arts The Boston Center for the Arts (BCA), in the South End, Boston, Massachusetts, is a
"four acre complex that includes: The Cyclorama, built in 1884 to display a panorama painting, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
; Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center; The Boston Club; Boston Healthcare for the Homeless; Boston History Collaborative; Boston Learning Center; Boston Medical Center Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a non-profit 581-bed medical center in Boston, Massachusetts. It was created by the formal merger of Boston City Hospital (BCH) and Boston University Medical Center Hospital (BUMCH). ; Boston Rescue Mission; Boston Self Help Center; Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1881 by Henry Lee Higginson, who was its director and financial backer until 1918. The orchestra performed at the Old Boston Music Hall for nearly 20 years until Symphony Hall was built in 1900; its concerts continue to be held ; Boston Ten Point Coalition; Building Enterprises for Living and Learning Foundation; Casa Myrna Vasquez; Centro Presente; Child Care Capital Investment Fund; Children's Trust Fund; City of Boston Parks & Recreation; Community Servings; Dimock Community Health Center; Earthen Vessels; Ecumenical Social Action Committee; Family Service of Greater Boston; Fenway Community Development Corporation; Food Project; Friday Nigh Supper Program; Golden Tones; Greater Boston Food Bank; Greater Boston Legal Services; Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife.  Boston; Home for Little Wanderers; Homeless Empowerment Project; Horizons Initiative; Irish Immigration Center; Italian Home for Children; Julie's Family Learning Program; Laboure Center; Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts; Make-A-Wish Foundation; Mass Insight Education and Research Institute; Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation; Massachusetts Community Development Corporation; Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Health care The major teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School, widely regarded as one of the best health care centers in the world ; Massachusetts Law Reform Institute; Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is a nongovernmental charitable organization with offices in Boston and throughout Massachusetts which seeks to strengthen families and prevent child abuse through essential child welfare and mental health treatment ; MassInc; MATCH-UP Interfaith Volunteers; Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership; Milton Foundation for Education; Mother Caroline Academy and Education Center; Neighborhood Action; Neighborhood Housing Services of the South Shore; New England Minority Supplier Development Council; New England Women's Fund; North Bennet Street School; Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation; Organization for a New Equality; The Partnership; Patriots Trail Girl Scouts Council; Penikese Island School; Pine Street Inn; Project Bread; Project Hope; Quincy Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland
Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva.
 Housing Corporation; Quincy Interfaith Sheltering Coalition; Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic; Rogerson Communities; Rosie's Place; Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center; Roxbury Presbyterian Church Social Impact Center; Saint Francis House; Salvation Army; South End Community Health Center; South Shore ARC; South Shore Habitat for Humanity; Sportsmen's Tennis Club; Team Harmony Foundation; Third Sector New England Third Sector New England (or TSNE) is a 501(c)(3) organization based in Boston, Massachusetts that strives to strengthen nonprofit organizations and the communities they serve. ; Topf Center for Dance Education; Tufts-New England Medical Center Tufts-New England Medical Center (Tufts-NEMC) is a medical institution in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a center for research and is the principal teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine where all full-time Tufts-NEMC physicians hold faculty appointments. ; UMass Joiner Center; Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts; USMC Toys for Tots Toys For Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which donates toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947 by Major Bill Hendricks.  Foundation; Whittier Street Community Health Center; Women Educational and Industrial Union; Women of Means; Women's Lunch Place; World Affairs Council World Affairs Council may refer to:
  • World Affairs Councils of America, a non-profit, non-partisan umbrella organization for world affairs councils throughout the United States
; Year Up; YMCA of Greater Boston; YouthCare

Chicago, Illinois: Beloit College; Father Flanagan's Boys Home; Investment Professionals for Children's Charities; Loyola University; Parkways Foundation; Proviso East High School Proviso East High School serves the educational needs of four villages within the Proviso Township, namely Maywood where it is located, Broadview, Forest Park and Melrose Park. Prior to being split into East and West, East was known as Proviso Township High School. ; The Rotary Foundation; Southwest Community Congress

Hartford, Connecticut: Archdiocese of Hartford; Community Renewal; Governor's Partnership to Protect Connecticut's Workforce; Learning Corridor Corporation; Raynbow Foundation; Waterbury Learning Center; YWCA of the Hartford Region

Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It encompasses parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest in Missouri, which includes counties in both Missouri and Kansas. : Alphapointe Association for the Blind; American Humanics; CASAS Project if Jackson County; Don Bosco Community Center; Harvesters Community Food Network; Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. ; Ozanam Home for Boys; Performing Arts Foundation of Kansas City; Salvation Army; Women's Employment Network

Los Angeles, California: Inner City Education Foundation; Los Angeles Free Clinic; Salvation Army; Victory Outreach Special Services

Manchester, New Hampshire This article is about the city in New Hampshire. For other uses, see Manchester (disambiguation).
Manchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the largest city of northern New England, an area composed of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
: Capitol and Region Food Program; Capitol Center for the Arts; Cross Roads House; Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Foundation; Greater Manchester Family YMCA; Makin' It Happen Coalition for Resilient Youth; Nashua Learning Center; New Horizons for New Hampshire; Opera League of New Hampshire; Plymouth Friends of the Arts; Portsmouth Area Salvation Army Soup Kitchen; The Salvation Army Kids' Cafe; UpReach Therapeutic Riding Center

Naples, Florida: Community Foundation of Collier County; Florida Gulf Coast University About FGCU
History
The newest university in the State University System of Florida, the school was established by then-governor Lawton Chiles in 1991, although the site of the university wasn't chosen until 1992, and construction pushed back even further still (until
 Foundation; Fun Time Nursery; Hospice of Naples; Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida; The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens; Mount Dora Festival of Music and Literature; Philharmonic Center for the Arts; Southwest Florida Community Foundation

Newport Beach, California Newport Harbor redirects here. For the MTV reality series, see .

Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, 10 miles south of downtown Santa Ana.
: Blind Children's Learning Center of Orange County; Orangewood orangewood,
n the wood of choice for the working tips of porte polishers, due to its resistance to splitting and its ability to carry polishing agents. See porte polisher.
 Children's Foundation; Santa Ana High School Santa Ana High School is the oldest and largest high school in Orange County. The school was established in 1889. Notable Alumni
  • Beverly Bivens, singer with the 1960s band We Five
  • Gerald P.
 

Osterville, Massachusetts: Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod; Bridges Association; Chatham Chorale; Hyannis Rotary Charitable and Educational Association; Massachusetts Special Olympics Association; Nauset Workshop; Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands

Princeton, New Jersey: KPMG Foundation PhD Project

Saint Louis, Missouri: Central Institute for the Deaf; Children's Health Foundation; Christmas in April; Metropolitan Association for Philanthropy; Saint Louis Public Schools Foundation; Salvation Army; Special Olympics Missouri; Women's Support and Community Service

San Francisco, California: ARC San Francisco; Chinatown Community Children's Center; Edgewood, the San Francisco Protestant Orphanage; Hamilton Family Center; La Casa de las Madres; Larkin Street Services; Network for Elders; Saint Joseph's Family Center; San Francisco Food Bank; San Francisco Suicide Prevention

Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Crisis Control Ministry; Forest Park Elementary School Forest Park Elementary School can refer to the following schools:
  • Forest Park Elementary School (Arkansas), in Little Rock
  • Forest Park Elementary School (California), in Fremont
; Mineral Springs A+ Academy; Shepherd's Center for Greater Winston-Salem

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