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Dance artists visit Jefferson High
Recent visitors to Jefferson H igh
School were Brenda B u fa lin o and
H oni Coles. Coles is considered to
be one o f the finest exponents o f
jazz and tap dance today, he was
creator o f the centipede steps, steps
that continue w ith o u t ever repeat­
ing.
Coles was manager o f the A pollo
U n iv e rs ity o f New Y o rk at New
Paltz. She has perform ed concerts
throughout the east and is currently
creating w ith Ed Summerlin an o r­
chestral piece for tap dance solo.
Theatre fro m 1960 through 1976.
His first performance on Broadway
was in “ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”
and he was featured in “ B u b b lin ’
Brown Sugar.”
Brenda B u fa lin o is considered a
pioneer in the resurgence o f jazz and
tap dance. She is on the faculty o f
the Theater Department o f the State
Coles and M s. B u fa lin o were
guest a rtists w ith the Jefferson
Dance Program.
Shopping mall plans revealed
Plans for development o f “ Union
Square,” an approxim ate ly h a lf-
m illion-dollar mini-shopping mall in
the form er K ienow ’ s b u ild in g at
U n io n Avenue and N .E . M o rris ,
were revealed today by the U nion
Square Development Group.
“ The center is designed to create
opportunities for small businesses to
operate in a prime location, to pro­
vide much-needed employment op­
p o rtu n itie s and generally to con­
trib u te to the econom ic develop­
ment o f the inner northeast area,”
according to Howard Glazer, princi­
pal o f The Architects Forum, which
is planning the development.
P relim inary plans provide space
fo r six to eight sm all businesses
within the 12,000-square foot build­
ing.
The proposed center is easily ac­
cessible from Union Avenue, along
which more than 20,000 vehicles tra ­
vel da ily. A d d itio n a l advantages
which are related to the geographic
location include easy freeway access
and proxim ity to Emanuel Hospital
and the Emanuel development area.
Prime leasing targets include a
convenience grocery, fast-food ven­
dors and service industries, all need­
ed to serve area residents.
Glazer, who has previously in ­
spired neighborhood renovation
and rehabilitation programs by in i­
tia tin g renovation o f single b u ild ­
ings, anticiptaes sim ilar im pact on
lower U nion Avenue as a result o f
the development. The Union Square
group is working with local business
and city and neighborhood organiz­
ations which are spearheading the
economic redevelopment program
in the northeast Portland area.
Plans call fo r an attractive land­
scaped shopping arcade w ith a
broad covered walkway and parking
for 40 cars. Additional parking area
is available for development.
Leasing inquiries are currently be­
ing directed to The Architects F or­
um.
We went to the streets w ith, “ Do
you think M ayor Frank Ivancie has
been good fo r P ortland and P o rt­
landers?”
Raymon H. Edwards, Bus D river
— “ H e ’ s a ll rig h t. He is doing as
w ell as any o f the rest o f them . I
think the M ayor is O .K .”
Charities slight poor minorities
A new ly released study o f the
funding patterns o f Oregon c h a ri­
table fo u n d a tio n s shows that the
m ajority o f their grants go to a rela­
tively few institutions and that little
money goes to program s serving
m inorities, the poor, the elderly or
the handicapped citizens o f Oregon.
Federal and state support for so­
cial programs, education, the envir­
onm ent, and com m unity develop­
ment are ra p id ly decreasing. This
reality brings the role o f charitable
c o n trib u tio n s o f p riv a te fo u n d a ­
tions added significance.
C haritable in stitu tio n s make up
an enorm ous in d u s try . Last year
Americans gave more than $47 b il­
lio n to private n o n -p ro fit in s titu ­
tions. Although foundations supply
only about 5 per cent o f the funds
given to charity, they are o f particu­
lar importance because o f their as­
so cia tio n w ith other p rivate and
public funding sources and the deci­
sions they make to fund or not to
fund have great influence on the dis­
tr ib u tio n o f other p h ila n th ro p ic
funds.
Oregon has more than 130 foun­
dations, with $190 m illion in assets,
that gave $16 m illio n in grants in
1980. The basis o f any foundation is
a pool o f donated funds and inter­
est from investments.
The P o rtla n d C om m ittee fo r
Responsive Philanthropy examined
the 1978 and 1979 grants o f 35 o f the
state’ s largest foundations and the
policies o f twenty o f those.
Among their findings are that:
•O ver h a lf o f the funds go to 30
institutions.
•Barely one per cent o f Oregon’ s
fo u n d a tio n funds go to program s
run by or for racial minorities (8 per
cent o f the state’ s po p u la tio n are
minorities).
•Barely one per cent goes to hous­
ing and community development.
Funding allocations were: Educa­
tion, 34 per cent; art and culture, 16
per cent; social services, 13 per cent;
health and handicapped, 12 per
cent; recreation, 7 per cent; religion,
5.5. per cent; science, 2.5 per cent.
Foundation grants, when exam­
ined according to the populations
they served, included: youth, 17 per
cent; handicapped, 4 per cent; the
p oor, 2 per cent; the e ld e rly, 1.8
per cent; w om en, 1.4 per cent;
Blacks, 0.5 per cent; Hispanics, 0.03
per cent; Asian-Am ericans, 0.2 per
cent; N ative A m ericans, 0.2 per
cent; veterans, 0.03 per cent; gays,
0.01 per cent; consumers, 0.1 per
cent.
Recipients o f the largest grants
were: Willamette University, United
W’asy, Oregon Museum o f Science
and In d u s try (O M S I), A rts and
C ra fts Society o f O regon, and
YM C A (statewide).
O f the 25 in s titu tio n s receiving
the largest amounts o f money, most
are large, impersonal in stitutions.
Eleven are colleges and universities,
3 are hospitals, 3 are art institutions.
Sm aller, more personal organiza­
tions are le ft o u t. Revealing are
com parisons: R ecreation (B oy
Scouts, $134,150; Boys’ C lubs,
$1 10,725; Y M C A fitness center,
$138,200) as compared to battered
women’ s programs (Bradley-Angle
House, $17,460, Raphael House,
$12,000). H igher education ( W il­
lamette U niversity $697,765; OSU
$316,450) compared w ith those fo r
m in o ritie s (M a rtin L u th e r K ing
Scholarship, $18,350; Colegio Cesar
Chavez, $12,290; Indochinese Ser­
vice Center $26,640; O rganization
for Forgotten Americans, $11,600).
The study suggests that the deci­
sion to continue funding large, es­
tablished organizations is the result
o f the make-up o f the foundations’
boards.
Decision-makers o f the founda­
tions are predominantly male, w ith
76 per cent. Women make up 24 per
cent o f the trustees. Only 4 per cent
o f the trustees are m in o ritie s and
only 10 per cent o f the foundations
have trustees who are minorities.
Trustees o f the foundations come
David Douglas School D istrict in
East M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty w ill ask
voters to pass a $18.7 m illio n tax
base in the May prim ary, according
to Jeanne M agm er, com m unica­
tions and inform atio/services coor­
dinator for the district.
Mrs. Magmer said the voters last
approved a tax base ($3.5 m illion) in
1964. Since 1968, she said, each year
the d is tric t has asked the voter to
approve a special levy.
The school’ s budget fo r 1982-83,
> she said, is $21 m illio n , o f which,
• basic school support from the state
? is a projected $6.9 m illio n w ith
' another $2 m illio n to be derived
fro m M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty Educa-
• tion Service D istrict, (ESD), tuition
> and the interest from investments.
;
In 1980, she said, the voters
• turned down a tax base and i f the
• one presented in the May primary is
' successful, " i t can support 60 per
cent o f our budget each year for the
next three years.”
On the other hand, she said, “ I f
the tax base is defeated, the district
[District 40) w ill be required to hold
a [another) special levy election for
a p p ro x im a te ly $3 m ilio n , the
amount over the 6 per cent lim ita ­
tion the district needs to balance the
budget for 1982-83.”
D avid D ouglas School D is tric t
as school districts through-out Ore­
gon and the nation is faced with the
very real possibility o f cutting " p ro ­
grams and s ta ff.’ ’ M rs. M agm er
said, “ i f you have to reduce the
budget you w ill reduce the quality o f
education the kids w ill get.”
E ig h ty -fiv e per cent o f the d is ­
t r ic t ’ s budget are people-related
costs, she said. The 1982-83 budget
projects a reduction o f three admin­
istrative positions, five and one-half
teachers and tw o classified p o si­
tions.
The d is tric t operated one high
m ainly fro m wealthy fam ilies, are
corporate executives, bankers or
prominent attorneys. Only six foun­
dations have c rite ria fo r choosing
board members— most come from
the fam ily or corporation involved.
None o f those interviewed had plans
to d iv e rs ify the m ake-up o f th e ir
boards.
It has been suggested that one o f
the im portant roles o f foundations
is to support in n o va tive , untested
program s since they are not ham ­
pered by government restrictions.
Oregon foundations have been un­
w illin g to take risks. One reason
m ight be that most fo u n d a tio n s
have not reached out to community
groups. Most founda tions do not
evaluate the results o f grants they
have made.
A lso , fo u n d a tio n s have given
little help to community-based self-
help program s. In P o rtla n d alone
there are 300 self-help groups.
Recommendations include:
•F o u n d a tio n s should give sub­
stantial support fo r self-help p ro ­
jects, especially those operated fo r
and by m inorities, the elderly, the
poor, the handicapped, and women.
Foundations should give substan­
tial help to innovative programs.
•Foundations should have written
affirm ative action programs to cov­
er the boards, staffs and advisory
boards.
•F o u n d a tio n s should in volve
large segments o f the community in
their operations.
•Each foundation should actively
involve the community.
•Each foundation should publish
its purpose, criteria, guidelines, etc.
•Each foundation should have an
annual open meeting fo r potential
grantees and the public.
•Foundations should adopt goals,
objectives and priorities fo r grants.
Grants should be directed at solving
specific problems or accomplishing
specific aims. They should make
long term commitments to new pro­
grams and projects.
M yrtle Goods— “ Yes, he did a lot
o f things to improve the city. From
what I ’ ve heard I think he’ s good.”
D uane Phipps, salesman— “ In
some respects I appreciate him. But
he doesn’ t seem to listen to the
people. He has alienated the C ity
Council. In our community he said
he made a commitment economical­
ly to both Black and white. 1 don’ t
see th a t com m itm ent happening.
I ’ m not impressed.”
K athrin Bruns, housewife— “ Be­
fore Reagan came in Ivancie was not
good fo r Portland. Now, the federal
governm ent has put pressure on
him. The quality o f life w ill decrease
a lot in this city. The way he handled
the police/opposum situation just
showed his ignorance. What he did
to Charles Jordan was very poor.”
M rs. Y.C.
— “ N o, I d o n ’ t
think he’ s the best man. There have
been other mayors who have done
more for the Blacks.”
Roy K noll, retired— “ He should
do more fo r handicapped people,
but a ll in a ll I th in k he’ s doing a
wonderful jo b .”
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school, two middle schools and nine
elementary schools.
Mrs. Magmer said the district has
been in a declining enrollment situa­
tion since 1968 and this does affect
hirin g and the number o f teachers
the district can employ.
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