SABRE FOUNDATION, INC. ANNUAL REPORT 1992 [PHOTO: Main Library, University of Economics, Bratislava, Slovakia] SABRE FOUNDATION, INC., founded in 1969, is a public charity devoted to the philosophy and practice of free institutions. Its projects in recent years have focused on book donation, education, private sector development, and higher learning. Most of its activities have been conducted in Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union. Sabre is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, and is registered as a Private Voluntary Organization with the U.S. Agency for International Development. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ANNE D. NEAL * President and Director General Counsel, National Endowment for the Humanities Washington, D. C. KENNETH G. BARTELS * Vice President Treasurer and Director Vice President Citibank N. A. New York, New York JOSIAH LEE AUSPITZ Secretary Somerville, Massachusetts MARTIN S. OPPENHEIMER Assistant Treasurer Vice President, Koonce Securities, Inc. Rockville, Maryland ROBERT H. M. FERGUSON Assistant Secretary Partner, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler New York, New York MICHAEL F. BREWER Director Vice President Dun and Bradstreet Washington, D.C. T. J. COOLIDGE Director President Coolidge Investment Corp. Boston, Massachusetts ARTHUR M. DUBOW Director Wainscott New York LEE W. HUEBNER Director Publisher, International Herald-Tribune Paris J. EUGENE MARANS Director Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton Hong Kong STANLEY W. STILLMAN Director Access Publishing Co. Carmel, California PETER J. WALLISON * Director Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Washington, D. C. J. JACKSON WALTER Director Consultant Waterford, Virginia (* Member of the Executive Committee) Forger Presidents: Thomas E. Petri (1969-78), Michael F. Brewer(1978-82) Burton C. Gray+ (1982-89), J. Eugene Marans (1990) Former Directors: Bruce K. Chapman, Michael C. Christian+, Anne Marie Marans, Robert A.G. Monks SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANCE PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE MICHAEL HORN BLOW Deputy Chief of Mission U.S. Embassy, Warsaw JAY K. LUCKER Director of Libraries Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts DANIEL MATUSZEWSKI President, International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) of the American Council of Learned Societies, Washington, D.C. ELAINE SLOAN Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian Columbia University New York, New York ROBERT G. STERN Partner Arthur Andersen & Co. New York, New York President's Message ". . . knowledge belongs to everybody, irrespective of race, color or creed. Plato does not address himself to one ethnic group alone, nor does Shakespeare appeal to one religion only. The teachings of Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., do not apply just to Indians or African Americans. Like cognitive science, theoretical physics or algebra, the creations and philosophical ideas of the ages are part of our collective heritage and human memory. We all learn from the same masters." Elie Wiesel It is such sentiments that reaffirm the mission of the Sabre Foundation. Since its founding in 1969, Sabre has devoted itself to the philosophy and practice of free institutions-working through book donations, education and philosophy programs to support the dissemination of a broad range of knowledge in the natural sciences, technology, the professions and the humanities. For these efforts, in December 1992, Sabre received one of the annual Peace Corps Partners for Peace awards. In a letter dated December 11, President George Bush commended Sabre for enabling the United States to "foster peace and economic development around the world by contributing to the success of vital initiatives in such areas as education, health care, urban development and agriculture. By participating in this innovative program," President Bush wrote, "you are helping to make ours a better world, and I salute you for your caring and dedication." In this year-end report, I too salute Sabre's staff and its many friends for a landmark year. As the Scientific Assistance Project marked its seventh year, it could take pride in book donation programs in eleven countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, as well as cooperative arrangements with American charitable organizations in Albania, and Eritrea, Kenya and Uganda. Sabre could in turn celebrate the shipment of its one millionth book as it ushered in a new phase in its book program: book subjects and donor groups are now more diversified materials requested and shipped are often more specialized; and the proportion of monographs and journals has increased substantially. In 1992, Sabre received a collection of some 84,000 new technical and scientific books-the most valuable single acquisition in the history of the Project-enabling it to support academic and research institutes in Eastern Europe at a time when many have curtailed or suspended acquisitions. Because of this acquisition, Sabre could look forward to pioneering a regional distribution system based in Hungary to serve institutions in six countries. Sabre's overseas Partners experienced similar expansion. In Croatia, for example, Sabre expanded its distribution to Slovenia, donating some 7,500 books to area schools, including a refugee camp for Bosnian children. As one can imagine, this far-ranging program depends upon the innumerable contributions of Sabre's Partner organizations as well as individuals, agencies and foundations in the United States and abroad. Sabre is particularly grateful to The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for library support activities and a mid-year grant to assist in the processing of the valuable scientific collection mentioned above. We are also indebted to the Whitehead Foundation-which has provided seed funding and general support to the Scientific Assistance Project for the fourth consecutive year-as well as to the U.S. Information Agency, the National Endowment for Democracy, the Agency for International Development, and numerous individuals and private associations. The level of U.S. government awards doubled from 1991 to 1992 and Sabre received in-kind book donations valued at $13.9 million. We at Sabre express our heartfelt thanks. Sabre is also indebted to John R. McCooey, who has devoted countless hours to the Science Park Project described elsewhere in this report. We give him our thanks and wish him good luck in his new responsibilities with the Urban Development Corporation in New York. Thanks are also in order to Sabre's Board members, who have provided exceptional advice and counsel throughout the year. At the Board's urging, Sabre formed a steering committee to advise the Scientific Assistance Project in several areas requiring outside expertise. The Board also began a three-year planning process aimed at closer integration of the Foundation's book donations and intellectual programs. The pages that follow testify to Sabre's continuing efforts to give practical effect to-as Elie Wiesel put it-the philosophical ideas that are part of our collective heritage. ANNE D. NEAL, President [PHOTO: Refugee children from Bosnia and Hercegovina benefited from Sabre book donations to Velenje, Slovenia] THE SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANCE PROJECT The main instrument of Sabre's programs in Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union is its Scientific Assistance Project. (In that part of the world, "sciences is thought of as encompassing any disciplined branch of knowledge.) Since 1986, the Project has been providing educational support for a broad range of subjects in the natural sciences, technology, the professions and the humanities. The Project designs programs to respond specifically to the expressed needs of constituent groups abroad. It has three principal branches: the Book Donation Program; the Matching Fund and Low-Cost Purchase Program; and the Translation and Publication Program. The Book Donation Program By the end of 1992, Sabre had established book donation programs in eleven countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union: Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine. During the year Sabre also cooperated with American charitable organizations to send books to Albania and three East African countries: Eritrea, Kenya and Uganda. All programs are managed in-country by a Partner Organization‹a non-governmental organization, typically under the aegis of academic, library, charitable or professional sponsors. The Partners are responsible for the selection and nationwide distribution of books. (See end of this document for list of Partner Organizations in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.) Sabre's staff works with the Partners to define areas of need in each country. This information is used in soliciting the donation of new books and journals from U.S. and European publishers, and academic and professional societies, as well as the donation of special collections from universities and scholars. Donations from more than 90 publishers have covered such areas as: business and economics; language and literature; law and government medicine, nursing and health; political and social sciences science and technology; the humanities; and the environment. The bulk of the books are new, unremaindered college- and professional-level and are donated under a provision of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (sec. 170(e)(3)) which allows an enhanced deduction to donors of current inventory to charitable organizations which serve the needy, the ill, and minor children. Virtually all of the books are in English, which is emerging as the second language of choice in the region. In addition to the donation of books and journals, Sabre also accepts special collections for placement with institutions in the countries it serves. Carefully culled and placed collections are beneficial to libraries creating or enhancing their holdings in a specific area. Special collections have been donated in such fields as art, botany, forestry, international relations, social work, and women's studies. Sabre relies on donors and Partners to assist with placement of materials before shipment. Once donations offers are received, Sabre sends lists of available materials to its Partners for selection. Partners consult with specialists and potential recipients, and place their orders. Books are then packed at Sabre's Clinton, Massachusetts, warehouse in 20- or 40-foot sea containers for shipment. Each country program receives between one and three containers a year, depending on need and available funding. In 1992, U.S. government support from each of three agencies-the U.S. Information Agency, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the National Endowment for Democracy-for shipping and logistics doubled over the previous year. In addition, Sabre received the assistance of Croatia Lines, the Estonian-American Fund for Economic Education, the Mid-Hudson Latvian Association, Lithuanian Catholic Religious Aid, the Polish American Congress Charitable Fund, the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, and the Ukrainian National Association for shipment preparation and overseas transportation. Book shipments are sent directly to the Partners' warehouses, where the books are processed, entered on database, offered for selection and distributed to schools, universities, libraries, academic and research associations, professional societies, hospitals and individuals. Sabre's Partners have invested substantial time, effort and funding into the establishment of far-reaching distribution networks in their respective countries. The Foundation is indebted to the hard work of the Partners, who ensure the distribution of materials to more than 4,000 institutions and countless individuals throughout Eastern Europe, the Baltics and Ukraine. Some of the most important individuals are mentioned in the section on Foreign Partner and Affiliate News. Sabre received 370,000 volumes in 1992-of which 90 per cent were new-for distribution to the country programs. The books represent continued provision of basic textbooks in most fields, as well as a growing diversification of offerings: current and back issues of journals, more specialized subject matter, and a broader range of publishers. The fair market value of books and journals donated to Sabre's Book Donation Program during 1992 was $13.9 million. While this is a gratifying figure, Sabre's planning does not target monetary or other quantitative goals; its aim is simply to identify needed books and distribute them to the right users in the field. The value reflects an increase in more specialized and technical materials. A smaller but very important component of the book donation program has been the provision of books to U.S. organizations, which expand the geographic scope of Sabre's programs and provide all shipping and distribution through their networks. In 1992 these donations included books to: Columbia University's Department of Gifts and Exchanges for inclusion in its exchange program with libraries in all of the countries of the former Communist bloc; the U.S. Peace Corps for the communities where its volunteers are serving throughout Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Africa; the American Czech and Slovak Education Fund for inclusion in its library support program; and the New England Albanian Relief Organization, as part of its humanitarian relief shipments to Albanian institutions. 1992 Highlights * At Sabre's warehouse in May, a gala event celebrated the shipment of Sabre's millionth book (which had actually occurred at the end of 1991). Displays showed the range of books donated and the countries served, and Sabre officers, staff members, contributors and volunteers spoke about the Project. Guests who addressed the gathering included John C. Whitehead, chairman of the board of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and former Deputy Secretary of State, who complimented Sabre on its exceptional cost-effectiveness, and Leonard J. Baldyga, Director of the Office of European Affairs of the U.S. Information Agency, who described book donation as an especially good investment for the Agency in Eastern Europe. Josiah Lee Auspitz, who founded the Project in 1986, noted that donors and donees share a philosophy of self-help and love of learning. A buffet lunch was followed by the annual board meeting. [PHOTO: Scenes at Sabre's Millionth Book Party in May. Above: Project directors Tania Vitvitsky and Suzanne Deehy answering questions about the Scientific Assistance Project.] [PHOTO: John Whitehead, chairman of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, chatting with David Dunn of Dunn & Co.] [PHOTO: Leonard J. Baldyga, Director of the Office of European Affairs of the U.S. Information Agency, with Charles Getchell, Sabre publications counsel.] * As part of a library support program sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Sabre acquired an exceptional collection of more than 84,000 new scientific and technical books-the most valuable single acquisition in the history of the book donation program. These books will support academic libraries and research institutes in more than 400 theoretical and applied fields at a time when institutions in the former Soviet sphere have had to curtail and even suspend acquisitions. The collection was acquired with the pro bono assistance of the law firm of Latham & Watkins. * Sabre laid plans in 1992 to use the above collection to pioneer a regional distribution system based in Budapest, Hungary. Sabre's Partner, Sabre Alapitvany-with a $35,000 grant from the Soros Foundation-Hungary, a subgrant from Sabre's Mellon Foundation award, and in-kind office and warehouse support from the National Szechenyi Library in Budapest-will sort, offer, pack and distribute the collection to Sabre programs throughout the region. * With a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Sabre began the preparation of its first book shipment to Russia, signing a partnership agreement with the Alexander Men Foundation, associated with the Library for Foreign Literature in Moscow. The NED grant supports development of a book and journal donation program for university and academic libraries, emerging business centers, and parliamentary and medical libraries. It also funds improvement of book delivery systems for southern and eastern Ukraine, as well as development of the American Information Center in L'viv sponsored by SabreSvitlo, Sabre's Ukrainian Partner. * Sabre's Partner in Croatia, Sabre-Zagreb, expanded its area of distribution to include Slovenia. During the year 7,500 books-some were primary school readers-were donated to universities and schools in Slovenia, including a school - for Bosnian refugee children. * Sabre was commissioned by Books for Africa to prepare a 20-foot container of college-level books each for Kenya and Uganda. These shipments were assembled with the help of volunteers and sent in early 1992 to the Kenya Book Foundation in Nairobi and the Project Implementation Unit in Kampala, Uganda. Later in the year, Grassroots International sponsored a 20-foot container shipment of more than 9,000 books for Eritrea. These books were packed by the Eritrean Relief Committee and awaited shipment at year's end to Asmara University, which was being reestablished after 30 years of civil war. [PHOTO: Volunteers packing books for Eritrea at Sabre's warehouse.] * A Steering Committee was formed to advise the Project in several areas requiring outside expertise. The names of its members and their occupations are shown on the inside front cover of this report. Sabre was pleased to welcome them and to acknowledge the assistance received from their institutions over the years. Matching Fund and Low-Cost Purchase Program To encourage private-sector purchases of educational materials not usually received through donations, Sabre established a Matching Fund, to which The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation made a $100,000 contribution to benefit Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. During the grant period-which has been extended through 1994-Sabre has matched funds of U.S. organizations and, in many cases, stretched funds by negotiating substantial discounts for the purchase of requested materials under its Low-Cost Purchase Program. A total of $52,561 in grants from the Matching Fund went to buy more than $192,000 worth of books, journals, audio cassettes and ancillary materials. The following matching grants were made in 1991-92: Czech Republic and Slovakia * The Charter 77 Foundation: $2,059.46 for English as a Second Language materials for the Masaryk Fellowship Program, Prague and Bratislava * Ray Johns, Fulbright Professor: $1,121.38 for farm management and environmental economics books for the University of Nitra, Nitra Hungary * Robert Bieder, Fulbright Professor: $747.50 for specialized library materials for Department of North American Studies at Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen * Joseph Arpad, Fulbright Professor: $1,007.50 for American art and architecture slides for Department of American Studies at Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest * Boston College Law Library: $23.87 for legal reference materials for the Hungarian Parliamentary Library, Budapest Poland * Solidarity Project at St. Lawrence University: $31,922 for English as a Second Language Materials for Foreign Language Teacher Training Colleges and high schools through the Peace Corps English Teaching Program * Institute on East Central Europe at Columbia University: $1,500 for economics books and journals for the Economics Honors Program at Warsaw University, Warsaw * Learned Society of Praxiology: $1,376.72 for philosophy books for the Learned Society of Praxiology, Warsaw * Solidarity Project at St. Lawrence University: $9,438 for three-year subscriptions to 15 scientific journals from Elsevier/Pergamon for the Jagiellonian University Library, Krakow Regional * Partners for Democratic Change: $2,000 for materials on conflict resolution for the Centers of Conflict Resolution in Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and Warsaw * Columbia University Library: $410.74 for reference materials for university libraries in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia The Low-Cost Purchase Program has been made available to all of the countries served by Sabre Foundation, provided funding is covered by Western sponsors. Sabre has negotiated discounts with Elsevier/Pergamon, Houghton Mifflin, McGraw-Hill, Merriam-Webster, National Textbook Company, Prentice Hall and the University of Michigan Press. A total of $44,282 was spent on more than $81,000 worth of books, audio tapes, and ancillary materials on behalf of U.S. and Canadian organizations for use in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Estonia, Lithuania and Ukraine. These purchases were made in 1991 and 1992 with funding provided by the indicated organizations: * Dictionaries and reference materials for Czech and Slovak universities, funded by the American Czech and Slovak Education Fund * English as a Second Language books and tapes for Tartu University, Estonia, funded by the Estonian American Fund for Economic Education * Preparation materials for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for Lithuanian universities, funded by the American Professional Partnership for Lithuanian Education (APPLE) * English as a Second Language books and tapes for the Ukrainian National Association's Teaching English in Ukraine program, funded by the Ukrainian National Association * English as a Second Language books and tapes, and textbooks on political science and Western Civilization for the University of Kiev Mohyla Academy, Ukraine, funded by Kiev Mohyla support groups in the U.S. and Canada * English as a Second Language books and tapes, and GRE preparation books for Ukrainian universities, funded by Friends of Rukh * Scholarly, technical and reference materials distributed by Sabre-Svitlo to targeted institutions in Ukraine, funded by Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine, the Ukrainian National Association, and the Mykola Bulba Memorial Fund The Translation and Publication Program Sabre has been instrumental in bringing a series of basic business books to the growing class of entrepreneurs and small business people in Poland. Year-end saw the publication by Znak of Krakow of a Polish translation of Henry Hazlitt's classic _Economics in One Lesson_-the fifth in the series. The four previous titles were. _Your Small Business Made Simple_, by Richard Gallagher; _The Greatest Sales and Marketing Book_ and _The Greatest Little Business Book_, both by Peter Hingston; and _Do Your Own Market Research_, by Paul Hague and Peter Jackson. Translation and publication of these five books in popularly-priced paperback editions was made possible by a two-year grant from the William H. Donner Foundation of New York to the Dzielski Institute of Industry and Commerce, a foundation of the Krakow Industrial Society. Sabre participated under a sub-grant to negotiate Polish rights with U.S. and U.K. publishers and acted as liaison with the Polish publisher Znak. With the success of this first series, Znak and Dzielski are planning a second series of five books, and have asked Sabre to play the same role again. Editorial revisions and updates neared completion on a collection of Polish field studies funded by a grant to Sabre from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The studies deal with decentralization, privatization, and regulatory reform; politics and the environment; education; telecommunications and rural development; and small business. The field studies-edited by Jesse Norman and supplemented by an epilogue by Lawrence Weschler of _The New Yorker_-are being published in paperback under the title _Breaking the Habits of a Lifetime: Poland's First Steps Toward the Market_ by The Ipswich Press of Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938. PHILOSOPHY OF INSTITUTIONS PROJECT The activities of the Scientific Assistance Project arose in 1986 from Sabre's ongoing program of philosophically-oriented conferences and publications. As Sabre's book programs have spread throughout Eastern Europe, they have, in their turn, reemphasized the centrality of ideas. In the former Soviet sphere, institutional and conceptual change is no less important than economic and managerial development. Intelligent people are rethinking the commitments of a lifetime. And not in the East alone. Rapid institutional change is making philosophers of us all. At the historic moment when people around the world look to the American example, this country, having outgrown Cold War dualisms, is also searching for greater clarity and coherence. In the realm of fundamental ideas, then, "foreign aid" involving the former Eastern bloc is very much a two-way street. In conferences held in Warsaw (1988, 1990), Budapest (1989), L'viv (1991) and at James Madison's Montpelier (1990, 1991), Sabre has found that the greatest beneficiaries of the exchanges are often the American and Western European participants, who are reminded of their own deepest principles, and are reinspired. For the Eastern participants, Sabre's conferences have combined philosophical content with practical effect. In developing plans for the next three-year period, Sabre's board has accordingly placed strong emphasis on philosophical programs, which occupied only three per cent of the Foundation's budget in 1992. Book Publication Through the sponsorship of grants to Sabre by The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and the Historical Research Foundation, Gerald Duckworth & Company of London published _The Achievement of Michael Oakeshott_, edited by Jesse Norman. This book, scheduled for release in February 1993, brings together nine obituary essays on a political philosopher who was compared at his death in 1990 with Burke, Hume, Montaigne and Mill. The authors are Josiah Lee Auspitz, John Casey, Timothy Fuller, Jeffrey Hart, Elie Kedourie, Kenneth Minogue, Noel O'Sullivan and Russell Price. An extensive bibliography by John Liddington makes the book invaluable for scholars as well as the general reader, to whom the essays are addressed. (Cover at right) OTHER PROJECTS Sabre has historically had a project-oriented structure. All projects have reflected Sabre's dedication to "the philosophy and practice of free institutions" and have been funded as self-standing entities. Their success has depended in large part on contingent funds being raised. Two interrelated projects are illustrative: Enterprise zones/Free zones During the period 1976-85, Sabre sponsored what became the leading research unit devoted to free zones and enterprise zones, linked to other neighborhood-base revitalization efforts. The project included model legislation for state and federal implementation, as well as sample regulatory regimes for foreign governments sponsoring free zones. These activities, directed by Richard H. Cowden and Mark C. Frazier, were spun off into two successor organizations: the U.S. Association of Enterprise Zones and The Services Group, a consulting firm that has become an international innovator in free zone design, teleports and distance learning. In the U.S., hundreds of local enterprise zones have been established, some incorporating Sabre-drafted provisions. The enterprise zone concept has been adopted by both political parties, and federal legislation now seems likely. Science Park An adaptation of the free zone/enterprise zone experience to Eastern European needs was explored in Sabre's Science Park Project (1990-92), initially at the request of the Krakow Industrial Society, which had independently developed a similar concept towards the end of the Communist period in Poland. An appropriate model for a science/technology park was developed and found to be adaptable to Krakow, Prague, Budapest, Warsaw and Bratislava. In partnership with Rouse & Associates, a real estate developer with special expertise in research-oriented business parks, Sabre submitted a proposal seeking a U.S. government match to commitments from the private sector to bring a flagship park to the stage of for-profit financing in one of the target cities. At the same time, in-country advocates of science/technology parks sought European Community support for parallel plans. When an adequate U.S. match could not be found, Sabre and Rouse put their efforts in abeyance. STAFF NOTES * Project Director Tania Vitvitsky addressed the plenary session of the First Ukrainian Congress of Librarians in Kiev in June, where she described the programs of Sabre and Sabre-Svitlo. She also spoke at the opening of the American Library of the Lesia Ukrainka Kiev Central Library. * Representatives from Sabre and its affiliates in Croatia, Hungary and Ukraine participated in an international conference of book donors and recipients in Baltimore in September. This "Dialogue of Partners" was convened by International Book Bank, UNESCO, and the Canadian Organization for Development Through Education. Sabre Project Director Suzanne Deehy presented a paper and chaired a workshop on "Identifying Sources of Appropriate Materials," and Katalin Kovacs of Sabre Alapitvany in Budapest presented a case study of the Hungarian book distribution process. * Marta Baziuk was hired as Program Officer for the Russian and Ukrainian book programs, under a grant from the National Endowment for Democracy. * Rafael Morales, Jr., joined the staff to take charge of the preparation of book shipments at Sabre's warehouse in the Dunn & Co. complex in Clinton, MA. This was the second year of Sabre's association with Dunn & Co., and Sabre is indebted to Dave Dunn and his staff for their generous assistance and flexibility in accommodating the fast-growing needs of the book donation program. * John R. McCooey, who directed the Science Park Project, has taken an appointment with the Urban Development Corporation to manage land planning and privatization of surplus institutional property for the State of New York. FOREIGN PARTNER AND AFFILIATE NEWS * Sabre would like to thank the following individuals for their dedicated service in 1992: in Bulgaria, Ognian Shentov and Mois Fayon; in Croatia, Helena Pavic and Davor Sovagovic; in the Czech Republic, Ladislav Venys and Hugo Schreiber; in Estonia, Marika Karo and Ivi Tingre; in Hungary, Katalin Kovacs, Miklos Fogarassy, Gabor Valyi and Judit Skalitzky; in Latvia, Antra Purina; in Lithuania, Albina Pajarskaite; in Poland, Jan Gawlik, Marian Lewandowski, Jean Zukowsky-Faust, Ted Kontek and Jacek Hobowka; in Slovakia, Pavol Demes, David Daniel, Katarina Kost'alova and Hildegard Buncakova; in Slovenia, Stanko Blatnik; and in Ukraine, Olia Isaievych, Jaroslav Isaievych and Alexander Saban. [PHOTO: Sabre-Svitlo's executive director Olia Isaievych welcomes the arrival of a new shipment of books in L'viv, Ukraine] * Sabre Europe Association Internationale, a non-profit foundation under Belgian law, was chartered with the assistance of Hubertus van der Vaart of the Brussels office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Initial organizations comprising its General Assembly are Sabre Foundation and its non-profit partners in Bratislava, Budapest, London, L'viv, Prague, Sofia, Warsaw and Zagreb. The new foundation may be useful in coordinating transnational aid efforts, in sharing experience across borders, and in seeking funding for Sabre projects from European sources. * Alison Stewart, an Eastern European specialist at St. Antony's College, Oxford, has succeeded Matt Ridley, a founding trustee of The Sabre Trust (UK), who has retired from the board to devote himself to writing on scientific and public policy topics, as well as to charitable works in his new location in the north of England. Mr. Ridley's book _The Red Queen_, on the evolution of human nature, is scheduled for American release by Macmillan in February 1994. * An electronic mail link was established by Sabre-Svitlo (svitlo%gluk @glas.apc.org), under a grant from the National Endowment for Democracy, enabling direct computer communication with Sabre Foundation. FINANCIAL SUPPORT Sabre Foundation has never had its own endowment, so it depends for annual program support on grant-making private foundations, associations, corporations, individual gifts and government awards. In addition to financial donations, it benefits greatly from services contributed in-kind and at reduced rates, both in the U.S. and overseas. During 1992, Sabre's Scientific Assistance Project continued to benefit from a two year 1991-92 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for library support activities in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Mellon Foundation also provided a supplemental midyear grant to assist in the processing of an exceptionally large collection of scientific and technical materials. For the fourth consecutive year, the Whitehead Foundation provided the general support to enable the Project to open new programs. An anonymous donor provided additional general support. Also for the fourth consecutive year the U.S. Information Agency awarded Sabre one of its competitive Book Program grants, this time for Eastern Europe and the Baltic countries. A second award from the National Endowment for Democracy enabled Sabre to expand its programs to Ukraine and Russia. The U.S. Agency for International Development doubled its support of the previous year from the Ocean Freight Reimbursement Program. Individual donors and private associations continued to provide a crucial component of Sabre's funding, particularly in areas not currently covered by foundation and government guidelines. In memoriam contributions proved especially satisfying to donors and donees alike. And Sabre was encouraged when a year-end appeal drew support from individuals best informed about its programs, including vendors and former staff. Some of these, came in 1993 and will be listed in next year's report. Five year funding perspective During the period 1988-92, cumulative financial support was received from the following sources: $100,000 and over The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation United States Information Agency Whitehead Foundation S25,000 and over Anonymous (1) William H. Donner Foundation Burton C. Gray Charles Stewart Mott Foundation National Endowment for Democracy The Florence and John Schumann Foundation Ukrainian National Association United States Agency for International Development $5,000 and over Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Roman Chornobil Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) Citibank N.A. Columbia University Libraries Community Foundation (Madeleine Albright Fund) Rosalie Davidson (in memory of Gerald E. Davidson) Dubow Foundation Earhart Foundation Fund for the Development of Polish Agriculture The German Marshall Fund of the United States Grassroots Intemational The Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund J. Eugene and Anne Marie Marans John R. McCooey Arkadi Mulak-Yatzkivsky Munger Foundation Thomas E. Petri and Anne Neal Rockefeller Brothers Fund David Rockefeller Slovak League of America The Soros Foundations Rinke and Pamela Tyhe U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Peter J. Wallison $1,000 and over Anonymous (2) AMA Croatica Archer Daniels Midland Foundation Kenneth G. Bartels Lida and Orest Bilous Books for Africa Michael F. Brewer Canadian Friends of Rukh Citicorp Columbia University School of Law T. J. Coolidge Czechoslovak National Council of Women B. and J. Derania Historical Research Foundation Lee W. Huebner Petro Jacyk Foundation G. Sim JoMnston Lithuanian Catholic Religious Aid London Acadernic Resources Kresimir Luckars Vicko Matulovic National Taxpayers' Union A. Jesse Norman Rukh Fund, Los Angeles Society for Humanitarian Help to Ukraine Ukrainian National Women's League of America Ukrainian Studies Fund Zeljko and Zdenka Urban J. Jackson Walter World Federation of Ukrainian Medical Associations Under $1,OOO Ameican Physical Society Anonymous (1) Jozo Baiurin Susan Baldwin Michael Barry Volodymyr and Lydia Bazarko Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Bodrozic Mykola Bulba Memorial Fund (28 donors) Center for Democracy C.F.U. Lodge 1989 Croatian Fraternal Union Darko and Jagoda Degoricija Franklin and Jean Dickson Ruth Fay Felix Fiks Laurence Flood Forge Village Transportation Connie and Jean Noel Galmes Mr. and Mrs. Marko Gera Robert Goldman Miljenko Grgich Boris Gudziak Areta Halibey David Hendler Rhoda Honigberg Irena Hrebeniak Hrvatski Radio Martin Isaks Tony Kristovic Branko Leskovar Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod J. Eugene and Anne Marie Marans (in memory of Arthur Karasc) Ivan Mestrovic Paul Micevych Andy Mihaljevic Mirtala Bohdan and Tamara Mryc Nestor Institute Miro Odic Drago Novak Irene Nowicky Victor and Natalia Onufrey Martin S. Oppenheimer S.S. Peter and Paul Catholic Church PLAST PLAST-Spartanky Zvonko Pribanic Tohn R. Price, Jr. Nick Prsa Damir Rados Redpath and corporate match Mr. and Mrs. J. Rubel George Rusyn Nicholas Segina Ulana and John Sos Myron Stachiw Eugene and Nila Steckiw Sierra Veterinary Clinic Stanley W. Stillman Mr. and Mrs. Janko Susac Kristina Susac Jozo and Neda Tomasevich United Ukrainian Organizations of Greatff Cleveland Ukraine 2000 Committee Ukrainian American Association Ukrainian American Professional and Business Persons Association Ukrainian National Association -Branch 233 Ukrainian National Home, Inc. Ukrainian National Women's League of America-Upstate New York Ukrainian National Women's League of America-Branch 12 Ukrainian Professional Association of Boston Ukrainian Writers for Children and Youth Irene Wasynchuk Zwen Zacharchuk DONORS OF NEW BOOKS AND JOURNALS TO THE SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANCE PROJECT ( * Denotes 1992 donor.) Abt Books Addison-Wesley Publishing Company American Academy for the Advancement of Science American Academy of Arts & Sciences * American Council of Learned Societies * American Physical Society * Beacon Press Blackwell Publishing * Brookings Institute Brotherts Brother Foundation/ McGraw-Hill Publishing * Bureau of National Affairs Butterworth Medical Publishers Chatham House Publishers * Christopher Publishing Citizens Democracy Corps * Columbia University Press * Council on Foreign Relations CRC Press Crown Publishing Group D & B Reports * Dow Jones/lrwin The Economist Facts-on-File Foundation for Economic Education Foundation for the U.S. Constitution * W H Freeman & Company Publishers Garland Publishing Co. Grune & Stratton Guilford Publications * Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Health & Energy Institute Hegeler Institute Hoover Institution Press Houghton Mifflin Company * INFORM Institute for EastWest Security Studies * Richard D. Irwin * Jones & Bartlett Publishers Kluwer Law & Taxation Publishers * Alfred A. Knopf Laissez-Faire Books Libertarian Press Libraries Unlimited * Liss Medical Publishers Little, Brown & Company Lynne Rienner Publishers * Macmillan Publishing Massachusetts Medical Society * McGraw-Hill Publishing * ME Sharpe R. S. Means Company Medical Economics Books Mercury House * Metropolitan Museum of Art * Mosby-Yearbook * National Endowment for Democracy National Geographic Society New England Journal of Medicine * Newsweek International W. W. Norton & Company * Pantheon Books F. E. Peacock Publishers * Perspectives in American History * Problems of Eastern Europe * Project Hope/Watson-Guptill Publications * Prolog Publishing * Rand McNally & Company Random House Reference Press * Rutgers University Press W. B. Saunders Company St. Martin's Press Sargent Welch Scientific Co. Schocken Books Sinauer Associates Slavica Press Steck Vaughn Company Ukrainian Art Digest * University of Chicago Press, Journals Division * University of Iowa Press University of Massachusetts Press * University of New Mexico Press University of Virginia Press * University of Washington Press * Vintage Press Wadsworth Publishing Co. Watson-Guptill Publications West PubliszhinB Company * John Wiley & Sons Williams & Wilkins World Policy Institute Worldwatch Institute (Many of the above donors are represented by the publishing consultant Max Ceknik, Inc. whose assistance is gratefully acknowledged.) [PHOTO: Selections from a Sabre donation of medical books to Bulgaria on exhibit at the Medical University in Varna.] 1992 Donors of Special Collections American Institute of Physics David Ashton, Boston University School of Management Columbia University Libraries, Department of Gifts and Exchanges Concordia Seminary CSC Index, Inc. Environmental Protection Agency Site Assessment Section, Atlanta Professor Anne Freed, Boston College Roy Freed, Esq. Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold, Harvard University Professor Jan Hajda, Portland State University Harper Collins, College Division Estate of Bronislaw Honieberg Professor Martin Isaks, University of Mass. Mallinckrodt Specialty Chemicals Company Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries Dept. of Biology (Center for Cancer Research), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Psychology Department, University oh Oregon Protect on Economic Reform in Ukraine, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard St. Thomas University School of Law Library Professor Eduard Stadelmann, University of Minnesota Learning Resource Center of Washtenauw Community College Winston Foundation for World Peace World Congress of Free Ukrainians Ukrainian Free University Professor Richard Zeckhauser, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Other 1992 In-kind Donors Petro Boiko Canadian Friends of RUKH Nadia and Mykola Deychakiwsky Vasyl Gina Borls Gudziak Maria Hablevych/Scholastic, Inc. Chovona Kalyna Taras Koznarsky Walter Motyka Juliana Osinchuk Jean Pool Thomas Sedgwick Wasyl Skomsky Ukrainian National Women's League of America Ukrainian News and Bahrany Foundation Ukrainian Writers for Children and Youth Tania Vitvitsky Sabre Foundation, Inc. Statement of Support and Revenue, Expenses and Change in Fund Balance (Excerpted from Sabre's audited financial statements, prepared by Pannell, Kerr Forster) Year ended Year Ended Dec. 31, 1992: Dec. 31, 1991: Support and revenue Contributions and grants Cash $ 371,773 $ 334,246 In- kind 13,898,833 9,910,050 ------------ ------------ 14,270,606 10,246,191 Interest 3,761 2,623 Royalties and fees 2,306 ----- ---------------------------------- Total support and revenue $14,276,673 $10,246,919 Expenses Program services Scientific Assistance Project Expenditures 304,080 260,186 Grants in-kind 13,898,833 9,910,050 Philosophy of Institutions Project 12,694 27,137 ---------------------------------- Total program services 14,215,607 10,197,373 Supporting services General administration 47,896 40,957 Fund raising 2,612 8,566 ---------------------------------- Total supporting services 50,508 46,523 ---------------------------------- Total expenses $14,266,115 $10,246,896 ---------------------------------- Excess of support and revenue over expenses 10,558 23 Fund balance-beginning of the year 36,509 36,486 ---------------------------------- Fund balance-end of the year $ 47,067 $ 36,509 Fair market value of materials donated and purchased in 1991/1992 Unallocated inventory, January 1, 1991: $1,048,432 Individual country programs: Donated ($) Purchased (2) Albania 25,950 -------- Bulgaria 2,310,765 -------- Croatia and Slovenia 2,473,005 -------- Czech Republic 1,697,439 4,119 Eritrea (pending shipment) 315,177 -------- Estonia 217,380 2,423 Hungary 1,117,692 3,563 Kenya 211,139 -------- Latvia 385,714 -------- Lithuania 473,582 7,627 Poland 1,962,906 176,431 Romania 18,661 -------- Slovakia 1,535,615 2,243 Uganda 166,706 -------- Ukraine 1,566,569 60,405 Multi-country programs: U. S. Peace Corps 440,048 -------- U. S. Information Agency 5,000 -------- Columbia University Libraries 88,765 1,643 American Czech and Slovak Education Fund 16,546 11,772 Partners for Democratic Change ------- 4,000 Individual academic institution 150,000 -------- Total value for 1991/1992 $15,178,659 $274,226 Unallocated inventory, December 31, 1992: $9,678,711 Sabre Foundation, Inc. P. O. Box 483 Somerville, MA 02144 Telephone (617) 868-3510 Facsimile (617) 868-7916 E-mail sabre@igc.org Scientific Assistance Project Suzanne Deehy, Director (Eastern Europe and Africa) Tania Vitvitsky, Director (former Soviet and Yugoslav countries) Rafael Morales, Jr., Supervisor, Book Warehousing and Shipping John L.G. Archibald, Consultant Josiah Lee Auspitz, Consultant Philosophy of Institutions Project Josiah Lee Auspitz, Director Foundation Charles Getchell, Publications Counsel Anne Ryan, Officer for Board Matters Counsel Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York, NY Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC, and Brussels Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC, in association with Rowe & Maw, London Auditors Pannell Kerr Forster, Boston, MA Overseas Cooperating Foundations and Primary Partners Center for the Study of Democracy, Sofia, Bulgaria Sabre-Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia Center for Democracy & Free Enterprise, Prague, Czech Republic Estonian Librarians Association, Tartu, Estonia Sabre Alapitvany, Szechenyi Library, Budapest, Hungary Library Association of Latvia, Riga, Latvia Lithuanian Librarians Association, Vilnius, Lithuania Fundacja Sabre, Warsaw, Poland Free Enterprise Transition Consortium, Krakow, Poland Alexander Men Foundation, Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow, Russia Slovak Academic Information Agency, Bratislava, Slovakia Sabre-Svitlo, L'viv, Ukraine European Community Affiliates Sabre Europe, Association Internationale, Brussels The Sabre Trust (UK), London Some expressions of appreciation for Sabre Foundation book donations... "Thank you for all the truly outstanding work you have done on behalf of both our library and Estonia. Without the invaluable information contained in these books, which is now freely available to all Estonians, the transition to a democratic society and a free market economy would be even more difficult. I cannot overstate the positive impact your generous donations will have on the future development of our society." Ivi Eenmaa General Director National Library of Estonia "Our students are very delighted to read exciting stories in the lovely textbooks that really develop in a child a positive attitude toward reading and encourage the interest in reading English in particular... I do thank you again for your real assistance and continued interest." Tetyana Sobol Head of Modern Languages School 4, Novy Rozdil L'viv Region, Ukraine "You guessed right, that no matter how low prices look they probably will be too high for the average Bulgarian student or intellectual. Free books are a really good idea, as they cover the old wisdom to present the hungry not with fish but with a fishing rod, not with materials but know-how. . . Thanks! And go on!" Ivo Kisselov Sofia, Bulgaria