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Supporting Organization Case Studies

Dr. Robert C. & Veronica Atkins Foundation
Our most prominent Supporting Organization is the Dr. Robert C. & Veronica Atkins Foundation, that was funded with an initial gift of $40 million in 2004.  The Foundation funds independent scientific research examining the role of metabolism and nutrition in obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s Disease and other serious health concerns confronting our society today. One of the few grant-making organizations dedicated to research in this arena, it also supports educational programs and endowed professorships at major universities.  

Atkins Foundation's Needs

• Develop mission and grantmaking focus.
• Create grantmaking policies and procedures.
• Investment guidance.
• Staff and secure technical and administrative support.
• Build website and public relations.

NPT’s Solution

• Type 1 Supporting Organization.
• Conducted interviews with medical and philanthropic professionals to help donor develop mission statement and operating plan.
• Hired medical professional specializing in nutrition to work with researchers and to oversee grant agreements.
• With donor and advisors, developed investment strategy and identified appropriate investment professionals.
• NPT's professional staff manages the foundation's daily operations, finance, and administration.
• Secured professionals to create build and maintain website, and provide public relations counsel.

Foundational Questions Institute
NPT in partnership with the John Templeton Foundation formed Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi), a supporting organization whose mission is to research questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology.  To date, nearly $2.2 million in grants has been distributed, with topics ranging from “The Future History of the Universe including Time Variations in the Constants of Nature” to “Godelian Incompleteness and a Theory of Everything,” a study which will attempt to formulate mathematically the limitations of physics. 

For more information about the Foundational Questions Institute, please visit www.fxqi.org.

Find Out More About Our Supporting Organization Services
The minimum for creating a Supporting Organization is $10 million. For more information about working with NPT to form a Supporting Organization either download our Supporting Organization brochure or contact Andrew W. Hastings, Vice President, toll-free at 1-888-878-7900.