I'd strongly suggest you back up that statement, Ms. Heller, with facts, figures, history, etc. I know of a good deal of direct involvement of the Hill family with many Minneapolis organizations and institutions...not the least of which have been both the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
These proclamations you make without a shred of substantiation are irresponsible and needlessly mean. An aside: foundations like the Northwest Area Foundation are not really family foundations, although many families remain as trustees. The Hill family endowed this foundation, but the mission has shifted and specific targets for its largesse have moved with the times as well. Foundations are formed, generally, as both a help to the community and a place where taxable income may receive more favorable tax treatment. Keeping both in mind, the personal feelings of family members will play little in the foundation's funding decisions. Andy Driscoll Saint Paul -------- What does it matter to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? � Mahatma Ghandi > From: Victoria Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 07:02:44 -0600 > To: Mpls Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Mpls] $10 million gift from North Oaks Hill Family Foundation > > I wonder if the Hill family knows about the Mpls Forum? > > They might think twice about this act of benevolence if they knew how much > Minneapolis residents hate them. > > Shawn Lewis referenced: > > In an unusual act of philanthropy, 13 north Minneapolis neighborhoods will > receive up to $10 million during the next decade for strategies they have > set themselves -- health, wealth, housing, education and community-building. > > The money -- $3 million to be announced today and up to $7 million later -- > will come from the St. Paul-based Northwest Area Foundation, the descendant > of the Hill family railroad and timber fortune. > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/1405/3670949.html > > At a glance: North Minneapolis neighborhoods > > > Vicky Heller > Cedar-Riverside and North Oaks > > > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. > 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. > > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
