Annual Report 2004 - Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

CIVIL SOCIETY: OVERVIEW
During training sessions
around the U.S.,
participants share how
zero-tolerance
disciplinary policies in
public schools exclude
youth from educational
opportunities.
SOUTH AFRICA
While the bulk of the Shuttleworth
Foundation’s work supports innovative
projects that improve education for the
nation’s youth, it also promotes ways to make
the nonprofit sector more financially stable
long term.
A one-year, $75,000 grant to the Cape
Town-based foundation assisted in opening
the doors for NGOs to explore and develop
new ways to fund and oversee their
operations, including providing short classes
on how to track performance using standard
reporting practices. Also, Shuttleworth has
planned an international seminar to discuss
creative ways donors can give resources to
strengthen South Africa’s nonprofit sector.
A two-year, $100,000 general purposes
grant to the Nelson Mandela Children’s
Fund in Saxonwold strengthened the fund’s
internal capacity by building the skills of its
growing staff, and developing the
organization’s information management
system. As a result, the fund will be better
equipped to deepen its work with children
and youth, especially those impacted by the
HIV/AIDS pandemic.
A $20,000 increase to a three-year,
$225,000 grant to the Charities Aid
Foundation-South Africa supported efforts
to strengthen the philanthropic sector in the
country. The original grant provided funds
to the Johannesburg-based organization to
increase and improve employee-giving
programs, especially those that include
volunteer components. The grant increase
enabled CAF-South Africa to hire a
volunteer coordinator to assist employers in
need of advice and hands-on help in
running volunteer programs.
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