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The 
Phelps-Stokes Center 
For Human Development

The Phelps-Stokes Fund

In 1911, a bequest from Caroline Phelps Stokes established the Phelps-Stokes Fund as a philanthropic organization with charter interests in the education of Black Americans, American Indians, and Africans.

Caroline spoke often of "practical charity," to help underprivileged groups improve their situation. Since the beginning, Phelps-Stokes programs have reflected that principle -- an active, practical philanthropy, to enable recipient individuals and organizations to stand on their own. Some notable examples of organizations that Phelps-Stokes has assisted over the years include:
-Booker T. Washington Institute, Liberia
-United Negro College Fund
-Lewis Leakey Memorial Institute, Kenya
-African Student Aid Fund
-The Boys Choir of Harlem
-Sinte Gleska College
-Jackie Robinson Foundation
-Caribbean Cultural Center

Today, the Phelps-Stokes Center for Human Development continues the Fund's work with organizations that meet human needs, particularly those groups included in the Phelps-Stokes charter.

To become an affiliate of the Phelps-Stokes Center, an organization should submit a letter describing its programs and objectives to:

Dr. Ronald A. Wells
Director
Phelps-Stokes Center for Human Development
10 East 87th Street
New York, New York 10128
 
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Unclear as to whether the address on the bottom should go in a separate column from the director - I just put it underneath.