President Obama today announced a list of 10 charities that will share his $1.4-million Nobel Peace Prize award.
“These organizations do extraordinary work in the United States and abroad helping students, veterans, and countless others in need,” he said in a statement.
The organizations are:
• Fisher House, which provides housing for families of patients at major military and Veterans Administration medical centers — $250,000
• Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, which raises money to help Haiti recover from the recent earthquake — $200,000
• American Indian College Fund, which offers scholarships and helps tribal colleges — $125,000
• Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation, which helps young people in Appalachia pursue higher education — $125,000
• College Summit, which works with elementary and middle schools and school districts to increase college enrollment rates — $125,000
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund, which provides college scholarships — $125,000
• The Posse Foundation, which steers college scholarships to promising public shool students who may be overlooked by traditional college-selection processes — $125,000
• United Negro College Fund, which offers scholarship and internship programs — $125,000
• Africare, which operates health, food, and water programs, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa — $100,000
• Central Asia Institute, which promotes education and literacy, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan — $100,000. (The co-founder, Greg Mortenson, is author of the book Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace, One School at a Time.)
0 Responses to Obama Names Charities to Share His $1.4-Million Nobel Award
bill__huddleston - March 11, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Thank you Mr. President for your generosity and example.Regards.This in my opinion is the only appropriate response. Plenty of other sites have a snarky response.
lindsayn - March 11, 2010 at 8:57 pm
His money is going to organizations that are facing today’s problems: education, veteran’s health, international development. It’s clear that they are all well-calculated choices, but done with a great degree of care. Let’s hope these organizations realize the gift they have been handed (these are substantial grants…) and use it wisely.
smginyard1 - March 12, 2010 at 11:20 am
Donating the entire Nobel Prize of $1.4 million was selfless, and the charities chosen exemplify the President’s desire to promote education in all our communities.Continue to walk to the talk, Mr. President.
larry0928 - March 12, 2010 at 3:00 pm
The President is a man who puts his money were it is needed. Great pick
jmcarlin - March 12, 2010 at 4:49 pm
What about Special Olympics? That’s the least he could do after his bowling remark.
dwolf625 - March 13, 2010 at 11:28 am
Our President is a strategic philanthropist and it’s remarkable how interrelated these causes are.
kareneberdavis - March 15, 2010 at 11:18 am
It is interesting that the majority of the money went for education, especially for organizations that help people to enroll into colleges. A thoughtful list. If you were a recipient how would you use the $ to leverage other donations?
berlin07 - March 16, 2010 at 7:16 am
A most careful and strategic choice to meet varied groups which could bridge the gap if donations used properly.