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ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL OF PHILANTHROPY:
2005 ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEDAL RECIPIENTS’ NAMES
The 23 worldwide foundations established by Andrew Carnegie during
his lifetime have announced the names of the recipients of The Andrew
Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy 2005.
The
recipients of the awards, which are regarded as the Nobel prize
for philanthropy, will be:
His
Highness, the Aga Khan
Anna Southall, Chair of the Barrow Cadbury Trust, on behalf of the
Cadbury family
Eleanor Hewlett Gimon, on behalf of the Hewlett family;
Susan Packard Orr on behalf of the Packard family;
Sir Tom Farmer, Scots founder of Kwik-Fit
Agnes Gund, chair of the New York Museum of Modern Art.
Named
after Scots-American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who left the
equivalent of $15 billion to philanthropy, the Medal is awarded
to inspiring philanthropists. The Award Ceremony will take place
at the new home of Scotland’s Parliament in Edinburgh on 4
October, preceded by an international philanthropy symposium.
The
events are being organized by the UK-based Carnegie trusts.
For
more details, see www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk
The
announcement comes on the anniversary of Carnegie’s death
on August 11, 1919. The Scots American gave away the equivalent
of nearly $15 billion dollars, establishing a family of foundations
worldwide.
These
foundations have been responsible for providing incalculable benefits
such as 2,500 free libraries across the world, the Carnegie Hall
in New York and the International Peace Palace in The Hague. Carnegie’s
philanthropy funded JK Galbraith’s The Affluent Society and
the discovery of insulin. Even the children’s favourite, Sesame
Street, was supported by Carnegie.
Today
the Carnegie foundations support cutting edge scientific research
into global ecology; millions of dollars of educational and social
development projects in Africa; conflict resolution and democracy-building
in the former USSR, China and the Middle East; and civil society
and community development initiatives in Europe and North America.
For
the first time, the medal ceremony will take place in Scotland,
where Andrew Carnegie was born. The Debating Chamber of Scotland’s
Parliament at Holyrood, Edinburgh, will be the setting of the presentation
on October 4 to six philanthropists and their families, deemed to
have contributed their philanthropy to improve the conditions of
mankind. They will be presented in front of an invited audience
of over 400 from the worlds of philanthropy, politics, the media
and non-governmental organisations, who will have taken part in
an international philanthropy symposium organised by Carnegie earlier
in the day.
Presented
every two years to inspirational philanthropists and their families
who have dedicated their private wealth to public good, previous
recipients of the awards include the Gates, Rockefeller and Sainsbury
families, media tycoon Ted Turner and financier George Soros.
William
Thomson, a great grandson of Andrew Carnegie, is Chair of the Carnegie
Medal of Philanthropy 2005 Organising Committee and the International
Selection Committee 2005. He said:
“The Medals of Philanthropy commemorate Carnegie’s philanthropic
legacy and belief that private wealth should be used to benefit
mankind. Recipients of the medal share Andrew Carnegie’s vision
that distributing one’s accumulated wealth for the common
good is just as important a task as building up that wealth.
“Philanthropic
work must also reflect a range and depth of endeavours and a sustained
record of accomplishment. Additionally the impact of the philanthropy
on a field, a nation or on the international community needs to
be strong and continuous.
“I
need hardly say that the 2005 Medals will be presented to people
whose philanthropic works more than fit these criteria and the Selection
Committee, in announcing their names today, looks forward to an
event which honours philanthropy throughout the world, past and
present.”
The
event is being supported by the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish
Executive, EventScotland, Visit Scotland, the Royal Bank of Scotland,
the City of Edinburgh Council and Fife Council and has been organised
by the four UK-based Carnegie Trusts.
Note
to Editors:
Below please find:
• Biographies of each of the recipients and their foundations,
along with details of some of their philanthropic work. Media contact
details are at the end of each biography
Pictures
of the recipients are available from Frances Donald. See contact
details below.
For
further information, please contact:
Alex Barr +44 (0) 141 333 9585
Frances Donald +44 (0) 1592 643 200
For
further information on the Scottish Parliament or Holyrood, please
contact:
Sally Coyne +44 (0) 131 348 6265
BIOGRAPHIES
OF MEDAL RECIPIENTS
1.
Medal Recipient: Anna Southall, on behalf of the Cadbury Family
Anna
Southall is Chair of the Barrow Cadbury Trust and Fund, a charitable
foundation which promotes civil rights, racial justice, peace and
democracy.
She
was previously Chief Executive at Resource: the Council for Museums,
Archives and Libraries, and before that Director of the National
Museums and Galleries of Wales (1998-2002). She was a member of
the Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice System, and is
currently a member of a similar commission looking at young people's
experiences of the system. She also serves on the Department of
Culture, Media and Sport's Spoliation Advisory Panel.
The
Cadbury family
The Cadbury family has a long established tradition of philanthropy.
Driven by a passion for social reform linked to the family’s
Quaker beliefs, John Cadbury, who founded the chocolate business
in 1831, was committed to public service and a significant supporter
of charitable causes, notably child labourers. John’s sons,
Richard and George, who took over the business in 1861, continued
their father’s work in support of voluntary and public work
that promoted a more just society.
George Cadbury was a modest yet extremely generous philanthropist
who notably established the UK’s first self-supporting garden
city, ‘Bourneville Village’ in 1878, designed to provide
affordable quality homes in a healthy environment for industrial
workers. In 1901, George gave the village to the Bourneville Village
Trust which today continues to provide social housing to some 25,000
people.
Richard’s
son Barrow continued the family’s charitable tradition by
establishing the Barrow Cadbury Trust (as the Barrow & Geraldine
S Cadbury Trust) in 1920. The Barrow Cadbury Trust’s endowment
is today worth around £65 million following a merger with
the Paul S Cadbury Trust in 1994. Although the funds originally
derived from the Cadbury family’s income, the Trust is a wholly
separate foundation whose financial, and political, independence
is crucial to its aims. Since its launch the original endowment
has been significantly added to by a number of the founder’s
descendants.
The
Barrow Cadbury Trust is unique in its long-standing status as a
family run foundation. The Board of Trustees has only ever included
direct descendants of its founders and has now reached its fifth
generation of members. Currently chaired by Anna Southall, the Board
includes Cadbury family members ranging in age from mid 20s to mid
50s and representing a broad spectrum of philanthropic experience
and interest.
The
Barrow Cadbury Trust is a charitable foundation that seeks to encourage
an equal, peaceful and democratic society. As an independent body,
the Barrow Cadbury Trust funds innovative, even risky community
projects, usually charities, that help provide solutions to local
problems and drive social change. Each year Barrow Cadbury spends
in the region of £4 million on grants spread across about
200 groups. Since its foundation, the Barrow Cadbury Trust has invested
over £150 million in some of the most deprived communities
in the UK and in conflict-torn regions across the globe.
Inspired
by the pioneering work of its ancestors dating back to the nineteenth
century, the Cadbury family as a whole continues to pursue a philanthropic
approach to promoting social reform in the present day.
For
more information:
Barrow Cadbury Trust: http://www.bctrust.org.uk/
Bourneville Village Trust: http://www.bvt.org.uk/
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Rosie Bain
Fishburn Hedges, 77 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6SR
Tel: 020 7839 4321, Fax: 020 7242 4202
http://www.fishburn-hedges.com
Medal Recipient: Susan Packard Orr, on behalf of the Packard
Family
2.
Susan Packard Orr
Susan founded Telosa Software, Inc. (formerly named TRAC, Inc.)
in 1986. Telosa provides fundraising and donor management software
for nonprofit organizations, and Susan has served as Telosa’s
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since the company’s
inception. Prior to starting Telosa, Susan worked as a programmer
at Health Computer Services at the University of Minnesota and as
an economist at the National Institutes of Health. Susan is currently
Chairman of the Board at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation,
and is a trustee of Stanford University, the Lucile Packard Children’s
Hospital, the Stanford University Hospital, the Monterey Bay Aquarium,
the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, and the
Packard Humanities Institute. She served for seven years on the
board of Hewlett-Packard Company. Susan holds a M.S. in computer
science from New Mexico Tech, and both an M.B.A. degree and a B.A.
in economics from Stanford University.
The
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation was created in 1964 by David
Packard (1912–1996) and Lucile Salter Packard (1914–1987).
David and Lucile Packard shared a deep and abiding interest in giving
back to the community and dedicated themselves to philanthropic
causes throughout their lives.
In
establishing the Foundation, David and Lucile chose issues for support
that were close to them and that they believed could improve the
quality of life for many individuals: ensuring opportunities for
all children to reach their potential, enhancing women’s reproductive
health and stabilizing world population, conserving and restoring
earth’s natural systems, and encouraging the creative pursuit
of science.
The
Foundation continues to be guided by the core values that David
and Lucile passed on—integrity, respect for all people, belief
in individual leadership, commitment to effectiveness, and the capacity
to think big—and to build on its history of family involvement
and past program successes. The Foundation is governed a Board of
Trustees that includes five members of the Packard Family and other
individuals with wide-ranging expertise.
The
Foundation provides national and international grants, and also
has a special focus on the Northern California Counties of San Mateo,
Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey. The Foundation’s assets
were approximately $5.2 billion as of December 31, 2004. General
program grant awards totalled approximately $217 million in 2004.
The Foundation has a grant-making budget of approximately $200 million
in 2005.
MEDIA
CONTACT:
John Walker
Communications Officer
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
300 Second Street · Los Altos · CA · 94022
T 650.917.7122 · Fax 650.941.0663
jwalker@packard.org·
www.packard.org
3.
Medal Recipient: Eleanor Hewlett Gimon, on behalf of the Hewlett
Family
Eleanor Hewlett Gimon, the former Eleanor Louise Hewlett,
was raised in Palo Alto, California. After working for the American
Institutes of Research in Palo Alto, she moved to Europe with her
husband in 1970. While raising their four children, she served on
the board of directors of the American Section of the Lycée
International de St. Germain-en-Laye, in France. In 1977 she joined
the board of directors of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
and the Family Foundation of North America. Mrs. Gimon was also
a trustee of Brown University for six years. She is also involved
with the Flora Family Foundation, a foundation she created with
her siblings to encourage the next generation to become active in
philanthropy. Mrs. Gimon received her bachelor's degree from Stanford
University in 1964 and has a master's degree in education from Stanford's
department of education.
William
and Flora Hewlett and the Hewlett Foundation
Nearly forty years after Bill and Flora started the Hewlett Foundation
in the living room of their Palo Alto house, the William and Flora
Hewlett Foundation is one of the largest private foundations in
the US, with assets of more than $6 billion. The Foundation now
makes hundreds of grants per year totalling hundreds of millions
of dollars, but the principles that guide its grantmaking are the
same as those that inspired Bill and Flora to begin the institution
so many years ago – a sincere and heartfelt commitment to
help build strong institutions that make a difference in the community
and around the world.
Entrepreneur William R. Hewlett established the Hewlett Foundation
in 1966 with his wife, Flora, and their eldest son, Walter B. Hewlett.
For the first ten years, the Foundation, then known as the William
R. Hewlett Foundation, made approximately $15.3 million in grants
to organizations in education, population, the arts and Social Services.
In
1977, Mrs. Hewlett died and the Foundation was renamed The William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation and her oldest daughter, Eleanor Hewlett
Gimon, replaced her on the board. The bulk of Mrs Hewlett’s
fortune was transferred to the Foundation.
Highly
respected for its work in the fields of Conflict Resolution, Education,
Environment, Performing Arts, and Population, the Foundation was
a key source of funding to a host of institutions that provide vital
services to disadvantaged Bay Area communities.
The
Foundation’s assets increased to more than $2 billion, and
annual grantmaking rose from $35 million in 1993 to $84 million
in 1998. They focused at that time on environmental grantmaking
on the Western United States and Canada, education funding, neighborhood
improvement initiatives, and the U.S.-Latin American Relations Program.
Another
foundation, the Flora Family Foundation was set up in 1998 and it
made a total of 351 grants for $19.4 million in its first four years
of operation. Perhaps as important is the fact that the Flora Family
Foundation has given the next generation of Hewlett family members
an opportunity to learn about philanthropy and to make a positive
difference in the lives of others.
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Eric Brown
Communications Director
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
2121 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, Ca. 94025
ebrown@hewlett.org
650-234-4500 ext. 5743
4.
Medal Recipient: Agnes Gund
Agnes Gund was president of The Museum of Modern Art since 1991
and is currently President Emerita. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in
1938, her mother used to take her to Saturday morning art classes
at the Cleveland Museum. Her father collected western painting.
She was only 15 when her mother died, since she was the oldest she
had to help take care of the five younger children. Her father was
George Gund, Jr. He was president of Cleveland Trust Company for
twenty five years. He made a lot of money when he sold his rights
to Sanka Coffee. Agnes has always been interested in art. She once
had a twelve foot high steel and lead baseball mitt on her front
yard in Greenwich. She was elected a trustee of The Museum of Modern
Art in New York in 1976. In 1977, after New York City budget cuts
eliminated art classes in the public schools she founded the Studio
in a School Association. It brought artists to New York City public
schools to help children develop their own sense of art at an early
age. The program even helped raise the reading scores of the students.
Ms. Gund was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton
in 1997. Agnes Gund is married to Daniel Shapiro, the lawyer, has
four children and lives in New York City.
Ms
Gund is Chairman of the Mayor’s Cultural Affairs Advisory
Commission, New York and a member of numerous charitable trusts,
including the J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles and the World Trade
Center Memorial Foundation, NY.
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Jamie Bennett
Office of Agnes Gund
The Museum of Modern Art
Tel: (212) 708-9765
Fax: (212) 708-9415
http://www.MoMA.org/
5. Medal Recipient: Sir Tom Farmer CBE KCSG
Sir
Tom Farmer is acknowledged as one of Scotland's foremost entrepreneurs
and philanthropists. The youngest of seven children, he was born
and grew up in Leith, Edinburgh. Married for forty years to his
wife Anne, and with two adult children, he enjoys a life of both
personal and business success. Throughout his commercial and private
life, Sir Tom has applied a profound Christian and Philanthropic
ethic. This has driven an outstanding career in business. Sir Tom
set up his first business in the motor trade in 1964 selling it
just four years later. In 1971 he set up Kwik Fit selling tyres
and exhausts. Sir Tom built Kwik Fit into one of the most admired
retailing organisations in Europe with over 2000 centres, and a
recognised leader in the development and training of its people,
standards of customer service and corporate social responsibility.
In 1999, Ford purchased Kwik Fit for over £1 billion. Sir
Tom now oversees an extensive portfolio of retailing, commercial
property and other business investments.
The
leadership that Sir Tom provided at Kwik Fit led to a number of
public service appointments, including founding board member of
Scottish Enterprise, Chairman of Scottish Business in the communicty
and board member of Investors in People. Sir Tom is currently Chairman
of the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Sir Tom received a CBE in 1990 and
a Knighthood in 199. International recognition of his work includes
Officier in de Orde van Orange-Nassau of the Netherlands and the
Knight Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
A devout
Roman Catholic, Sir Tom devotes much of his time to the work of
the church. He was appointed a papal knight of St Gregory the Great
in 1997. He is a strong supporter of inter faith activities and
believes that all faiths and churches can play a valuable role in
the development of good citizenship and improvements in society.
In
both his business and personal life, Sir Tom has committed himself
to using the resources available to him to help others. Amongst
his many activities, he opened up his Kwik Fit centres to receive
aid from the public for victims of the war in Kosovo, chaired the
Scotland Against Drugs campaign and supports the opening up of public
access to the arts. Sir Tom has established the Farmer Foundation
to provide support to local communities, both at home and abroad,
to develop self sufficient means of community and personal development.
Says
Sir Tom: "It was a pleasant surprise to be nominated to receive
the Andrew Carnegie Medal. Throughout my life I have tried to encourage
people to support each other in their family, work and community
so that we can all develop together. The Carnegie Foundations provide
so much throughout the world to people in terms of opportunities
for education and self development. It is a great honour to be recognised
by them".
MEDIA
CONTACTS:
Robin Dunseath 07770 831 728
Sir Tom Farmer 0131 315 2830
6.
Medal Recipient: His Highness, the Aga Khan
His Highness the Aga Khan became Imam (spiritual leader) of the
Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims on July 11, 1957 at the age of 20, succeeding
his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan. He is the 49th
hereditary Imam of the Ismaili Community and a direct descendant
of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) through his cousin and
son-in-law, Ali, the first Imam, and his wife Fatima, the Prophet’s
daughter.
In
the late-nineteenth century, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah created a number
of agencies to meet the social and economic needs of the Community
in South Asia and East Africa. Over the last four and a half decades,
the present Aga Khan has expanded the scope and geographical reach
of these agencies and brought them together as the Aga Khan Development
Network (AKDN). The AKDN works for the common good of all citizens
regardless of their origin, gender or religious affiliation. It
has become one of the largest private development organisations
in the world.
The
AKDN’s mission is to improve living conditions and opportunities
in poor regions of the developing world, specifically in sub-Saharan
Africa, South and Central Asia and the Middle East. Its approach
is multi-faceted, encompassing economic, social and cultural initiatives,
and includes the mobilisation and participation of volunteers. Its
efforts may include education and skills training, health and public
services, conservation and revitalisation of cultural heritage,
infrastructure development, urban planning and rehabilitation, rural
development, water and energy management and environmental control.
AKDN’s approach also features a long-term engagement with
programmes in ways that allow local organisations to gain the experience
and confidence they need to become self-reliant.
Many
of these efforts attempt to address the feelings of subordination
and vulnerability among people in the developing world – a
sense that they are victims of an economic and cultural globalisation
in which they cannot be full partners but from which they cannot
remain apart. Development efforts as varied as microfinance and
the restoration of cultural landmarks therefore work to restore
hope and dignity in communities where decline was once considered
inevitable.
The
promotion of pluralism and the strengthening of civil society are
two other critical aspects of the Aga Khan’s work. He has
often spoken of the need for pluralism as both a precondition for
successful development and a way of building trust between communities
that are ignorant of each other. A new initiative to establish a
Global Centre for Pluralism is an attempt to ameliorate this dangerous
“clash of ignorance”. He has also expressed his hope
that in the near future, new or expanded civil society organisations
ranging from universities to village organisations will assist the
developing world build confident, self-reliant societies. Philanthropy
can play an important part in assisting these nations, and the Muslim
ummah in particular, establish a new era of flourishing
economies, progressive legal and political systems and institutions
of higher education that are on the frontiers of research and knowledge.
PRESS
CONTACT:
Semin Abdulla
Information Officer
Secrétariat de Son Altesse l'Aga Khan
Aiglemont
60270 Gouvieux, France
Tel: +33 3 44 58 40 00
Fax: +33 3 44 58 42 79
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