Senate Bill sb2734

    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                      SR 2734

    By Senator Margolis





    35-1880-05

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing and commending the

  3         philanthropic leadership of Mr. Hodding Carter,

  4         III.

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  6         WHEREAS, Hodding Carter, III, has demonstrated a

  7  lifelong commitment to the highest principles of philanthropy,

  8  a distinguished American tradition, and

  9         WHEREAS, Hodding Carter, III, has displayed

10  high-profile leadership in his efforts to communicate the

11  values of philanthropy, marked by his eminent board service

12  with Florida Philanthropic Network, the Independent Sector,

13  the Japan Society, the Center for Policy Alternatives, the

14  George C. Marshall Foundation, the Population Resource Center,

15  the Pew Center for Civic Journalism, the Southern Regional

16  Council, the International Center for Journalists, and the

17  American Council of Young Political Leaders, and

18         WHEREAS, Hodding Carter, III, provided key leadership

19  in co-founding and funding Florida Philanthropic Network, a

20  coalition of Florida foundations dedicated to promoting and

21  developing Florida philanthropy, creating cooperation and

22  collaboration among business, government, and nonprofit

23  organizations, and promoting effective public policy in the

24  State of Florida, and

25         WHEREAS, Hodding Carter, III, played a pivotal role in

26  reorganizing the National Community Development Initiative

27  into Living Cities, an urban development consortium of

28  foundations, private financial institutions, and the

29  Department of Housing and Urban Development working in 26

30  cities in the United States, and

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    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                      SR 2734
    35-1880-05




 1         WHEREAS, Hodding Carter, III, was a founding board

 2  member and served for 10 years with the Mississippi Action for

 3  Progress, a state-wide Head Start agency serving 10,000

 4  children, and

 5         WHEREAS, Hodding Carter, III, was instrumental in

 6  significantly increasing the resources of the John S. and

 7  James L. Knight Foundation which are available for grantmaking

 8  and more than doubling the amount annually granted to worthy

 9  causes during his tenure, and

10         WHEREAS, Hodding Carter, III, has been included three

11  times in the Nonprofit Times' Power and Influence Top 50 list,

12  NOW, THEREFORE,

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14  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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16         That Hodding Carter, III, is recognized and commended

17  for his leadership, inspiration, and philanthropic work.

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