The Letterman Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming
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| Formation | August 1993 |
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| Legal status | Not-for-profit foundation |
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| Leader | David Letterman |
Formerly called | The DL Foundation, American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming |
The Letterman Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming (LFCG) is an American private foundation whose president and primary contributor is David Letterman. Its treasurer is Fred Nigro, who has appeared on Late Show with David Letterman, where he has been identified as Letterman's accountant. The foundation operates out of Nigro's Los Angeles offices.
History
[edit]LFCG was founded in August 1993 as the DL Foundation. Since at least 2001, LFCG was known as the American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming, until it assumed its current name, in 2011.[1]
According to LFCG's tax returns (Form 990-PF), made available by the Foundation Center, for the years from 2001 through 2011, LFCG donated a total of over $9.2 million to various foundations and other organizations.[2]
Selected recipients
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The following is a partial list of organizations receiving grants from the foundation, based on tax forms from 2001 through 2004, available via the Foundation Center.[2]
Indianapolis
[edit]The largest LFCG beneficiary by far is Child Advocates of Indianapolis, Indiana, a CASA affiliate. From 2001 through 2004, the organization received donations each year of between $194,000 and $290,000, with a four-year total of nearly $950,000 (over a third of LFCG's total contributions during those years).[2] Other recipients in Indianapolis include:[2]
- Broad Ripple High School (Letterman's alma mater)
- Indianapolis Art Center
- Indiana Historical Society
- Indiana School for the Deaf
- Riley Children's Foundation
Montana
[edit]LFCG has donated to various organizations in Montana, including:[2]
Universities
[edit]LFCG has donated to several universities:[2]
- Ball State University (Letterman's alma mater)
- Butler University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Cornell University
- Rutgers University
Celebrity-affiliated organizations
[edit]LFCG has contributed to various foundations associated with celebrities, including:[2]
- Earnhardt Family Foundation
- Michael J. Fox Foundation
- The Larry King Cardiac Foundation
- Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
Other organizations
[edit]Other recipients include:[2]
- American Cancer Society
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- American Red Cross
- Congregation Beit Simchat Torah of New York City
- Doctors without Borders
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital
- Retinitis Pigmentosa International
- Salvation Army
- Shoes That Fit of Claremont, California
- World Vision
References
[edit]- ^ "Return of Private Foundation (Form 990-PF)" (PDF). Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation. pp. 25–26. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
...That the Certificate of Incorporation was filed by the Secretary of State of New York on the 26th day of August 1993 under the not-for-profit Corporation Law under the original name THE DL FOUNDATION....Paragraph FIRST of the Certificate of Incorporation, relating to the name of the corporation, is hereby amended to read as follows: FIRST: The name of the corporation shall be: THE LETTERMAN FOUNDATION FOR COURTESY AND GROOMING
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Entry for the LFCG" (PDF). Form 990-PF, Part V, Item 1(b) ("Adjusted Qualifying Distributions"). The Foundation Center. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
External links
[edit]- Treasurer Fred Nigro's appearance on the January 14, 2002, episode of The Late Show, archived from the original on 2006-06-27