Corporations that support Planned Parenthood.
The following are a few corporations which support Planned
Parenthood. Please write to then and express your thanks for
their concern, and their money.
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> The Kresge Foundation <
Chairman Alfred H. Taylor, Jr., of the Kresge Foundation,
wrote "... The Foundation did authorize a grant of $250,000 on
Feb. 16, 1987, to Planned Parenthood of Cincinnati." In the
letter, Mr. Taylor stated that the primary focus of Planned
Parenthood is health and that after a fire-bombing of Planned
Parenthood, the funding was approved for replacing the Planned
Parenthood facility. To thank the Kresge Foundation, write:
Alfred H. Taylor, Jr., Chairman
The Kresge Foundation
P.O. Box 3151
Troy, Mi 48007-9630
(313) 643-9630
> H.J. Heinz Company Foundation <
Mr. S. Donald Wiley, trustee of the H.J. Heinz Company
Foundation.
"...We endorse the health care and educational activities of
Planned Parenthood, which we believe are supportive in
strengthening the loving relationship of parents and their
children."
S. Donald Wiley, Trustee
H.J. Heinz Company Foundation
P.O. Box 57
Pittsburgh, PA
(412) 456-5772
> Scott Paper <
Janet M. Jones, consumer relations, Scott Paper Company.
"...We had supported an education program sponsored by Planned
Parenthood designed to bring parents and teens together to talk
about the prevention of unplanned pregnancy.... The Scott
Foundation will focus...in 1988 [on]: School based clinics and
basic sex education programs." The programs which Planned
Parenthood wish to start: [a] Clinics in the schools for birth
control and services, and [b] sex education.
Janet M. Jones, Operation Manager
Customer Relations
Scott Paper Company
Scott Plaza
Philadelphia, PA 19113
(215) 522-5000
> Pillsbury <
Carol B. Truesdell, vise president, Community relations, the
Pillsbury Company.
"The Pillsbury Company Foundation made a contribution of
$8,500 to Planned Parenthood of Minnesota in 1987 in support of
its medical and health education services for low-income women."
Carol B. Truesdell, Vice President
Community Relations
The Pillsbury Company
Pillsbury Center
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 330-4629
> Levi Strauss and Co. <
Peter E. Haas, chairman of the board, Levi Strauss. "During
the past five years the [Levi Strauss] Foundation has given
approximately $25 million in grants throughout its programs.
About $75,000 of these funds were directed to Planned Parenthood
agencies to provide education about drug abuse, communicable
disease, parenting, and family planning."
Peter E. Haas, Chairman of the Board
Levi Strauss and Company
Levi's Plaza
San Francisco, California 94120
(415) 544-6000
> General Mills <
The General Mills Corporate Citizenship Report, 1987,lists
on page 25, a grant of $16,000 to Planned Parenthood of Minnesota
under the heading: "Health." Gifts were given by the General
Mills Foundation.
James P. Shannon, Vice President
General Mills Foundation
P.O. Box 1113
Minneapolis, MN 55440