Danforth Foundation
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| Formation | 1927 |
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| Founder | William H. Danforth |
| Founded at | St. Louis |
| Dissolved | 2011 |
| Type | Private nonprofit foundation |
| Legal status | Defunct |
| Purpose | Grants funds exclusively to the St. Louis region |
| Headquarters | St. Louis |
The Danforth Foundation was one of the largest private nonprofit foundations in the St. Louis Metropolitan region. It closed its doors in 2011 after 84 years of operation and more than a billion dollars in grants distributed.[1]
Background
[edit | edit source]Established in 1927 by Ralston Purina founder William H. Danforth and his wife,[2] the Danforth Foundation grants funded exclusively to the St. Louis region. In the 1950s and 1960s, it funded many projects involving religion and higher education. The Danforth Fellows Program, which supported graduate study in religion for scholars in other fields, was folded into the Society for Values in Higher Education. In 1973, Methodist minister and theologian Merrimon Cuninggim resigned as executive director because of a perceived conflict of interest from a $60 million grant to Washington University in St. Louis authorized by William Henry Danforth Jr., who was then both chairman of the foundation and chancellor of the university.[3]
See also
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External links
[edit | edit source]- FoundationCenter.org: Danforth Foundation Shifts Focus, Cuts Staff
- MuOhio.edu: About the Danforth Foundation
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- Educational foundations based in the United States
- Defunct organizations based in Missouri
- Non-profit organizations based in Missouri
- Organizations based in St. Louis
- Ralston Purina
- Organizations established in 1927
- Organizations disestablished in 2011
- 1927 establishments in Missouri
- 2011 disestablishments in Missouri