The Public Welfare Foundation distributes grants to organizations it believes it can contribute to reform. It has distributed more than $ 540 million in aid to 4,700 organizations. In 2013, it had total assets of $ 488.2 million and total giving of $ 20.2 million. Its average grant size is $ 148,324. These grants are awarded for both general and project support, but not for individuals, direct services, international projects, or endowment campaigns.
8-499: The foundation was overseen by Charles E. Marsh until 1953. His wife oversaw it from 1952 to 1974. It owned the Spartanburg Herald-Journal , The Tuscaloosa News , and The Gadsden Times . However, a 1969 federal tax law required non-profits to sell newspaper holdings, so the foundation had to sell these papers to The New York Times in 1985. In 2011, it added a special initiative to fund civil legal aid for
16-572: The Herald-Journal from the Public Welfare Foundation in 1985 (along with The Tuscaloosa News and The Gadsden Times ), at which time its daily circulation was 47,500, and Sunday 51,000. On January 6, 2012, Halifax Media Group completed its purchase of the Herald-Journal and 15 other newspapers from The New York Times . In 2015, Halifax was acquired by New Media Investment Group . This article about
24-527: The Journal followed suit in 1903. The Herald purchased the Journal in 1914. The Herald was a morning paper, while the Journal covered evenings, with joint editions published on the weekend. Though under common ownership, the Herald and Journal did not completely merge into one paper until October 1982. In 1929, owner The Herald-Journal Publishing Company sold the papers to its paper distributor,
32-493: The International Paper and Power Company, who sold them to A. G. Keeney in 1936, who in turn sold to S. S. "Blue" Wallace in 1939. Charles Edward Marsh brought the papers in 1946, and donated them to the non-profit Public Welfare Foundation he had created in 1947. A 1969 federal tax law requiring non-profits to sell newspaper holdings eventually required the sale of the paper. The New York Times acquired
40-483: The lives of low-wage working people. It seeks to advance reforms to prevent severe illness, injury, and death on the job, advance worker's rights in complex employment arrangements, and to hold employers accountable for wage theft . Grantees fitting under this scope include the Economic Policy Institute . Spartanburg Herald-Journal The Spartanburg Herald-Journal is a daily newspaper,
48-636: The poor. The Public Welfare Foundation gives grants to three main focus areas: criminal justice, juvenile justice, and worker's rights. Its criminal justice program supports groups to end over-incarceration of adult offenders while also reducing racial disparities among the offenders. Grantees fitting under this scope include the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and the Drug Policy Alliance . Its juvenile justice program supports groups to end
56-470: The primary newspaper for Spartanburg, South Carolina , United States. The origins of the paper lie with The Spartan , a weekly paper reportedly first printed in about 1842–43. In 1844, this was renamed The Carolina Spartan . In about 1900, the paper was reportedly bought by The Journal Publishing Company, which renamed it The Spartanburg Journal . In 1872 (or perhaps 1875), The Spartanburg Herald began publishing. It began daily publication in 1890;
64-554: The sentencing of youth in the adult criminal justice system, expand the use of community-based programs for youth, promote fair and equitable treatment of youth of color, and support advancing state policies that restrict the use of incarceration by the juvenile justice system. Grantees that fit under this scope include the Campaign for Youth Justice and the Coalition for Juvenile Justice . Its Workers' Rights program aims to improve
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