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  Center Endowment Provides Future for Today's Commitments

 
 
Support for the Center's daily operations would not be possible without the loyal contributions of caring individuals across the nation. Because of their consistent generosity, the Center has enjoyed great success in funding Teaching Tolerance, the Intelligence Project and its legal work.

But the Center has long been convinced that the day will come when nonprofit groups will no longer be able to support themselves solely through traditional direct mail programs.

That's why, in 1974, the Center began setting aside a certain amount each year to build an endowment. Today the endowment stands at $128.4 million.

The Center was one of the first social action organizations to recognize the importance of saving for the future. While colleges have long understood the wisdom behind building endowments, most organizations like the Center — groups that often touch many more lives than the typical college — have not. As a result, some groups have not been able to sustain themselves and continue their valuable work.

Today, many nonprofit organizations — including the ACLU, the Anti-Defamation League and the Sierra Club — have come to recognize the critical nature of their respective missions. They now understand that the programming commitments they make today will create future financial obligations.

In this new century, America remains a nation of great promise. In communities across the country, thousands of people are seeking to tear down social, economic and racial barriers that still sometimes separate us.

But there are others who try to use those divisions to sow seeds of hatred. And there are many more whose apathy in the face of intolerance allows this hatred to grow.

As the nation's diversity increases in the coming years, so will the challenges to promote tolerance and acceptance. To help ensure that the Center is ready to meet those challenges, its board of directors has restricted the principal and income from the Center's endowment to cover the costs of future programs.

The caring individuals who help the Center continue its crucial daily work are also helping to establish the Center as an organization poised to carry on the struggle for tolerance and justice — for as long as it is needed.

The Center's educational and legal efforts have positively affected the lives of millions of people. With the help of the Center's endowment, millions more will benefit in the future.

 
 
 
  June 2004
Volume 34, Number 2
 
   
 
New Alliance Targets Jews
Tolerance Work Wins Honors
Lawyers' Work Earns Awards
Extremist Sierra Candidates Rejected
Longtime Activist Honored
Intelligence Briefs
Grant Highlights Students' Similarities
Court Access for Youth
Play Highlights Brown Case
Rural, Urban Teens Interact
Center Joins Harvard Study
Helping Communities Fight Hate
Endowment Ensures Future Work
Marathon Raises Center Awareness
Teacher Addresses Violence
In Memoriam