August 7, 2010
Hilton Foundation Gives Millions and Keeps Track of Region’s Needs
Shawn Escoffrey
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation committed $1.3-million to improve New Orleans child-care centers.
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Shawn Escoffrey
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation committed $1.3-million to improve New Orleans child-care centers.
Within days of when the hurricane struck the Gulf Coast, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced it would award $6-million to help the battered region.
Yet even more significant, say officials of the Reno, Nev., foundation, is the giving that followed: another $5-million to meet longer-term needs. Those subsequent grants have helped shape the foundation’s policies for how it responds to future disasters.
A year after Katrina, the foundation hired a consultant from the
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