1998 18th United Negro College Fund raises (rebroadcasted Jan 17th)
1997 3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund
1996 16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000
1995 Bernard Cornfeld, Romanian/US financier (Fund of Funds), dies at 67
1995 Ota Adler, Czech/British fur trader (Jewish Aid Fund), dies at 83
1995 15th United Negro College Fund raises $12,200,000
1994 14th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000
1992 13th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000
1992 Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports Fund), dies at 79
1992 Supreme Court rules fund soliciting can be banned at airports
1991 12th United Negro College Fund
1990 11th United Negro College Fund raises $10,000,000
1989 10th United Negro College Fund raises $12,000,000
1984 5th United Negro College Fund
1980 1st United Negro College Fund
1976 Arabic Monetary Fund established in Abu Dhabi
1969 Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund
1967 International Monetary Fund reforms world monetary system
1966 South Africa government bans Defense and Aid Fund
1952 Canadain Currency, Mint and Exchange Fund Act allows gold coins of $5, $10, and $20 to be minted
1949 Paul Nurse, dr/director-general elect, Imperial Cancer Research Fund
1947 International Monetary Fund begins operation
1946 U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965)
1945 International Monetary Fund established - World Bank founded
1944 United Negro College Fund incorporates
1944 United Negro College Fund incorporates
1942 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund
1940 Prince Bernhard Fund forms
1939 NAACP organized Legal Defense and Education Fund
1939 Marian Wright-Edelman, health care president, Childrens Defense Fund
1927 Bernard "Bernie" Cornfeld, Romanian/US financier, Fund of Funds
1926 Jerry Lewis, comedian and fund raiser, MDA, loved in France
1924 Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US
1908 Brinsley Ford, CEO, National Art Collections Fund
1904 Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund
1903 Ashley Clarke, president, Venice in Peril Fund
1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million
1901 Jewish National Fund starts
1896 Philip L Carret, Lynn Massachusetts, CEO, Pioneer Fund
1867 Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South
1816 1st savings bank in U.S. opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society)
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