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  • Boozers' Buddies, a foundation established at
    The Giving Back Fund by  Utah Jazz's Carlos
    Boozer and his wife Cece to support families
    affected by Sickle Cell Disease, is developing a
    state-of-the-art web site that will provide the latest
    information about Sickle Cell Disease and create
    a network for families to share their experiences



  • The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at The
    Giving Back Fund distributed more than $150,000
    in grants to Police K-9 units across the country
    during its first grant cycle. Please revisit the
    website for updates on this season's grant cycle

    Scholarship Applications

  • Shane and Heidi Battier provide scholarships
    for members of the Boys and Girls Club of South
    Oakland through; applications available from the
    Executive Director's office

  • La'Roi Glover Foundation at The Giving Back
    Fund provides scholarships for high school
    seniors at Point Loma High School in San Diego;
    applications available in the Guidance office

  • Jalen Rose Foundation at The Giving Back
    Fund is currently reviewing scholarship
    applications.  All applicants will be notified by mail
    of the results.

    The Giving Back Fund is a national nonprofit
    organization established in 1997 to help promote
    effective philanthropy in the sports and
    entertainment communities.
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Our Vision

A society in which becoming a
successful philanthropist is as valued
and desirable a goal as success in
athletics, business, entertainment, or
any other field.
Giving Back 30

Oprah Winfrey tops the inaugural Giving
Back 30, a list compiled by The Giving
Back Fund of the celebrities who have
made the largest personal public
donations to charity in 2006. Rounding
out the top five are the estates of the late
fashion designer Geoffrey Beene and the
late actor Jack Lord and his wife Marie,
singer/actress Barbra Streisand, and
golfer Tiger Woods.

The 2007 list will be announced soon.

Click here to see the complete list
and methodology.

Related Story: 2005 Calendar
Honorees

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Our Mission

The Giving Back Fund is a national
public charity with the following goals:

  • To help cultivate a new group of
    philanthropists within the
    entertainment and sports
    industries, with a particular
    emphasis on groups often
    underrepresented in traditional
    philanthropy such as people of
    color, women, and youth
  • To help establish new
    philanthropic role-models who
    will inspire others to give back
    to their communities and create
    a high-profile, mutually
    supportive charitable
    community that works together,
    when appropriate, in support of
    a diverse range of missions and
    goals
  • To honor philanthropy in all of
    its aspects, whether manifested
    by the giving of time, talent, or
    money to assist others
  • To encourage and support new
    philanthropy by offering
    professional, strategic, and cost-
    effective philanthropic
    consulting and management
    services
Sponsors and Corporate Supporters

We thank the following corporate sponsors  and
supporters for sharing our passion to give back:

Arden Realty
Blanchard Press
BurrellesLuce
Changing Our World
GivingTree
Google Inc.
Grassroots.org
LA84
Time Warner, Inc.

As a public charity we can only continue to encourage and honor charitable giving with your
support.
The Best Practices Fundraising
Summit 2008

convened by The Giving Back Fund
in collaboration with the University of
Southern California's
Sports Business Institute

Thank you to our Sponsors, Attendees and
Volunteers for making the Summit
such a success!

***
“I can't thank you both enough for inviting me
to your absolutely fabulous Philanthropic
Summit.  It was very informative… -!!” - Diana
Miller, Executive Director of Donald T. Sterling
Charitable Foundation

  • Click to read more about the Best
    Practices Fundraising Summit
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