51.   Private foundations also have assumed a larger role in administering state projects.

52.   Private foundations often allocate money for research, but an accurate figure on how much they spend on specific illnesses would be almost impossible to determine.

53.   Private foundations, too, have been quick to offer help.

54.   People who give appreciated stock in publicly traded companies to private foundations may now deduct the full market value, not just the cost.

55.   Private foundations retain more control over how their funds are spent, but they pay for it because their tax benefit is lower.

56.   Private foundations, like Ford and Rockefeller, have added money and expertise to the mix.

57.   Private foundations are also getting into the act, putting up Web sites that enable grant seekers to learn about grant makers.

58.   Private foundations are redirecting money toward arts education.

59.   Ratliff and Junell objected to spending any of the settlement money on a private foundation.

60.   Reach Out and Read, which relies on money from private foundations, gave away more than half a million books around the country last year.