Government Grants For Women

Government Grants For Women #7

The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation

11 Golden Shore, Ste. 450
Long Beach, CA 90802-4274
Telephone: (562) 435-8444
Contact: Ronald R. Barnes, Exec. Dir.
Fax: (562) 436-0584
E-mail: grants@ktn.org
URL: www.norrisfoundation.org

Background

Trust established in 1963 in CA.

Mr. Norris was the founder of Norris Stamping and Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of steel products. The company was known as Norris Industries, Inc. and was sold in 1980. The Norrises established the Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation in 1963.


Limitations

Giving primarily in southern CA.

No support for political organizations or campaigns.

No grants to individuals, or for film or video projects; no loans.


Purpose and Activities

Foundation funding categories include: medical, education and science, youth, cultural and community.


Selected Grants

The following grants were reported in 2006:

$2,130,000 to University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. For Harlyne J. Norris Research Tower.

$400,000 to Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA. For Huntington Art Gallery Renovation.

$150,000 to University of Redlands, Redlands, CA. For Phase Two Science Campaign: Construction of Appleton Hall.

$100,000 to Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, Claremont, CA. For Completion of Keck Graduate Institute Multipurpose Room Project.

$60,000 to YMCA, San Pedro and Peninsula, San Pedro, CA. For annual support campaign.

$50,000 to Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, CA. For Miller Children's Hospital Building for Children Expansion Project.

$45,000 to University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. For Generation of New Neurons in Alzheimer's Disease Brain by Neurosteroid Allopregnanolone.

$15,000 to Toberman Settlement House, San Pedro, CA. For Building Community for Another Century Capital Development Program.

$13,500 to Siskiyou County Library Vestal Foundation, Yreka, CA. For PacHug - Public Computers.

$10,000 to Reprise Broadways Best in Concert, Santa Monica, CA. For Matinee Series for Students.