Beliefs

1. It is our belief that the arts are the embodiment of the soul of a culture, that the promotion of writers through a funding of their work is essential if our current culture, with its emphasis on television and provocative outcomes, is to have a chance to develop that inner voice and ear that expresses and listens to beauty. It is our belief that this type of support is critical for the health of our culture.


2. It is our belief that while the arts are the soul of a culture, the planet itself is its body, and, at the current rate of destruction, that body will not survive the century.  We feel strongly that every possible effort must be made immediately to control over-population and the poisoning of our food, our air and our water.  To that end, we are interested in funding, more than ever before, those projects which will do the most in the smallest amount of time to mitigate and increase public awareness of the crisis.


3. It is our belief that certain health research ventures should be supported in order for them to be able to develop cures, in our lifetime, for diseases that have an impact on our family.


4. It is our belief that ventures that we don't yet know about will come to our attention and will require our support.