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1. • • His philanthropy evolved over the years, beginning with a $500 check to the United Jewish Appeal in the earliest days of Russ Berrie & Company and growing to include an expansive roster of leaders and institutions working in areas he considered critical, including health care and culture.
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   How did Russ Berrie philanthropy evolve?

   • His philanthropy evolved over the years, beginning with a $500 check to the United Jewish Appeal in the earliest days of Russ Berrie & Company and growing to include an expansive roster of leaders and institutions working in areas he considered critical, including health care and culture.

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   Why did Russell Berrie begin philanthropy?

   • Russell Berrie approached philanthropy as a social investment, seeking out energetic leaders with a sense of urgency around their missions and infusing The Russell Berrie Foundation with an entrepreneurial spirit that continues to inspire our work. Why he began philanthropy is not explicitly stated in the passage, but it can be inferred that he saw it as an opportunity to make a significant impact.

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   How did Russ Berrie & company become successful?

   • For its first ten years in business, Russ Berrie & Company concentrated on creating and designing its own products, and then contracted with manufacturers in the United States and abroad to produce them. Key to the company's success was the maintenance of a steady flow of ever-changing merchandise.

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   How much money did the Russell Berrie Foundation give to Columbia University?

   • In 1997, the Russell Berrie Foundation made its largest gift to date: a $13.5 million grant to create the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University, a world-class diabetes facility with an ongoing relationship to our foundation.

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   What did Russ Berrie do?

   • Workers there oversaw the production of Russ Berrie goods in Taiwan and also took part in product development, helping to produce seasonal catalogues. Also in 1979, Russ Berrie and Company established a subsidiary in the United Kingdom to serve customers there, as well as in the wider European market.

   Russ Berrie And Company Inc | Encyclopedia.com

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   What is the Russ Berrie Prize for making a difference?

   • This year, the Russ Berrie Prize for Making a Difference will be awarded May 23 at Ramapo College of New Jersey -- three major ones for $50,000, $35,000 and $25,000, and 16 runners-up who will each receive $2,500. ''You meet real people who dedicate their lives to improving life or helping others,'' he said.

   IN PERSON; To Many, Russ Berrie Is Just a Teddy Bear

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3. www.russellberriefoundation.org › our-founderOur Founder — Russell Berrie Foundation

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   His philanthropy evolved over the years, beginning with a $500 check to the United Jewish Appeal in the earliest days of Russ Berrie & Company and growing to include an expansive roster of leaders and institutions working in areas he considered critical, including health care and culture.

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4. tpi.org › adaptable-funder-profile-the-russellHow The Russell Berrie Foundation Adapted to COVID-19

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   Jul 23, 2020 · As of July of this year, the Foundation has awarded $5 million in emergency grants to address medical and healthcare needs, as well as food and economic insecurity, in an impressive response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We sat down with Ruth Salzman to learn more.

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   Russell Berrie, founder, chairman and CEO of the celebrated gift company bearing his name, was one of the most innovative philanthropists of his generation. He approached philanthropy as a social investment, seeking out energetic leaders with a sense of urgency around their missions and infusing The Russell Berrie Foundation with an ...

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7. www.insidephilanthropy.com › home › 2020/7/7-how-aHow a Private Foundation Backed Trusted Partners When Crisis ...

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   Jul 14, 2020 · This has been especially true of the Russell Berrie Foundation, as many of its emergency grants went to trusted partners the foundation has been supporting for years, working in the hard-hit tri-state community. But how did these strong, long-lasting relationships take shape?

8. jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com › angelica-berrieAngelica Berrie's amazing journey - The Jewish Standard

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   Nov 29, 2013 · Angelica Berrie’s life was defined by that moment, but she was not finished with transformations. She became a successful exporter of papier mache angels; it was in that capacity that she met...

9. www.nytimes.com › 2001/05/13 › nyregionIN PERSON; To Many, Russ Berrie Is Just a Teddy Bear

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   May 13, 2001 · The 68-year-old Mr. Berrie, whom Fortune magazine in 1998 called one of the 40 most generous Americans, has given millions of dollars to charity through the Russell Berrie Foundation, which he...

10. www.nytimes.com › 1997/05/18 › nyregion$100,000 To Make A Difference - The New York Times

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    May 18, 1997 · May 18, 1997. Years ago, when his Fuzzy-Wuzzies and Bupkis Family toys were just taking off, Russell Berrie donated $500 to the United Jewish Appeal. But he thought hard before he handed it over,...