SABRE FOUNDATION, INC. ANNUAL REPORT 1993 IMAGE [Cover photo: University of Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania] 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, primarily 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 Fellow, Discovery Institute Fond du Lac, Wisconsin KENNETH G. BARTELS * Vice President, Treasurer and Director President, Paxton Properties Incorporated New York, New York JOSIAH LEE AUSPITZ * Secretary (and Director as of 6/10/94) 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 (until 6/10/94) Vice President, Dun and Bradstreet Washington, D.C.J. T.J. COOLIDGE Director President, Coolidge Investment Corp. Boston, Massachusetts ARTHUR M. DUBOW * Director Wainscott, New York LEE W. HUEBNER Director Professor, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois J.EUGENE MARANS Director Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton Washington, D.C. STANLEY W. STILLMAN Director 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, 1994) Former 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 LEONARD J. BALDYGA (as of 4/1/94) Former Director, Office of European Affairs, U.S. Information Agency Arlington, Virginia MICHAEL HORNBLOW Political/Economic Adviser U.S. Mission to NATO, Brussels 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. MARK T. MUNGER (as of 6/1/94) Management Consultant Boston, Massachusetts JAMES F. MUNSELL (as of 7/1/94) Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton New York, New York 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 Americans of all ages, stations in life, and all types of dispositions are forever forming associations. There are not only commercial and industrial associations in which all take part, but others of a thousand different types -- religious, moral, serious, frivolous, very general and very limited, immensely large and very minute. Americans combine to give fetes, found seminaries, build churches, distribute books... Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1836) De Tocqueville's often-quoted observation of a century and a half ago reminds us that book donation is one of America's oldest forms of philanthropy. As we look back on 1993, all of us can take pride in the distinctive way Sabre has dedicated itself to this traditional charity, as part of the Foundation's more general support of the philosophy and practice of free institutions. 1993 was a year of growth and integration, a time when Sabre responded to needs abroad in ways that underscored its capacity for growth, innovation and flexibility. During the year Sabre developed several new programs to complement its longstanding work in book donation, and to address specific needs identified by our partners in the field: SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS. Discussions between Sabre Secretary J.L. Auspitz and several of the world's leading scientific publishing firms resulted in agreements to extend 50 per cent discounts for three years in a new Reduced-Cost Journals Service for the benefit of cash-poor research institutions in the former Eastern bloc. This is an area where discounts are rare, and where a one-year subscription typically costs $300 to $5,000. ON-LINE INFORMATION. In addition, Sabre developed a wide range of educational and library support activities, including a new Technical Assistance Program for training in Internet on-line resources. The dramatic expansion of on-line data is a new fact of life in the support of research and commerce in all fields. The Internet is now the largest international network of networks, with connections increasing by ten per cent monthly and available information expanding rapidly. Sabre Project Director Tania Vitvitsky has developed a pilot project in which selected institutions in the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Uzbekistan will receive technical assistance to gain access to data available on the Internet. TRANSLATION AND PUBLICATION. Under grants from the William H. Donner Foundation, Sabre participated in programs to translate and distribute in Poland and Ukraine practical books in economics and business by American and British authors. Through donation and publication, Sabre also widened its focus from foreign libraries to North American Studies centers abroad. As part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, Sabre purchased one hundred sets of a 24-volume bookshelf, selected by Professor Merrill Peterson, covering the life and work of "the architect of democracy" for distribution to libraries and study centers in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and China. As an offshoot of the Jefferson project, Sabre compiled and published a directory of North American Studies centers in the former Communist bloc. IMAGE [Jefferson Shelf bookplate] While these and other complementary programs produced a coherent and integrated set of activities, a renewed demand for standard textbooks was observable in the countries Sabre serves. On a year-end evaluation trip to Eastern Europe, Project Director Suzanne Deehy found a "back-to-basics" mood. As English-language instruction is growing at both secondary school and college levels, classrooms need, more than ever, multiple copies of fundamental texts. To sustain these wide-ranging programs, Sabre of course depended throughout the year upon the unstinting help of its partner organizations as well as individuals, agencies and foundations in the United States and abroad. Sabre is especially grateful to The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the William H. Donner Foundation, the Whitehead Foundation, a substantial anonymous donor, and numerous other individuals and private associations for their support over the past year. At the same time, the cost-effectiveness of Sabre's programs as a form of foreign aid was evidenced by increased support from three government agencies: the U.S. Information Agency, the Agency for International Development, and the National Endowment for Democracy. Sabre is also indebted to Anne Ryan, who served as Officer for Board Affairs, and Reed Hundt, who offered pro bono assistance through his law firm Latham & Watkins. Anne will now devote herself to graduate studies, while Reed undertakes new challenges as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. We also thank retiring board member Michael Brewer for his many years of dedicated service to Sabre, including five years as Foundation President during a period of expansion and innovation. As you will see in the following pages, Sabre has become the major American donor of educational materials to the former Eastern bloc, and its programs serve an ever-widening range of recipients. We hope you will appreciate our efforts and accept our thanks. Anne D. Neal, President THE SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANCE PROJECT The Scientific Assistance Project continues to serve as Sabre's principal vehicle for its programs in Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union. (The term "science" in that region encompasses any disciplined branch of knowledge.) Since 1986, the Project has provided support for research and teaching in the natural sciences, technology, the professions and the humanities. The Project's programs respond directly to the expressed needs of constituent groups abroad. To its three main branches -- the Book Donation Program; the Matching Fund and Low-Cost Purchase Program; and the Translation and Publication Program -- a fourth was added in 1993: Technical Assistance and Training in Internet On-line Resources. In addition, a number of special projects complemented these activities. 1993 HIGHLIGHTS * The year saw a further integration of Sabre's Book Donation Program with a broad range of related programs: translation and publication, on-line information and publishing, low-cost purchase, scientific journals subscription service, the Jefferson Bookshelf, and publication of a directory of North American Studies centers. * During 1993, Sabre received 323,707 volumes for distribution to the country programs. The fair market value of books and journals donated to the Book Donation Program during the year was $9.5 million. Books shipped from current and back inventory were valued at $12.3 million. * For the fifth consecutive year, Sabre was awarded a contract from the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) for book distribution in Eastern Europe and the Baltic nations in 1993-94. And in its first year of supporting book donations in the former Soviet Union (FSU), USIA funded the shipment by Sabre of four containers of books to Belarus, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. In October, USIA's Institution to Institution Program provided Sabre with ocean freight funds for a pilot shipment of 4,000 books to Uzbekistan, which were distributed by the Project on Economic Reform and Development in Central Asia (PERDCA) to Tashkent State Economics University and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy. During 1994, Sabre will conclude a partnership agreement with an Uzbek institution. IMAGE [Selection of books donated to the Economics University, Budapest, Hungary] * Sabre's book donation program in the Russian Federation, started at the end of 1992 with funding from the National Endowment for Democracy, was expanded with a 1993-94 grant from an anonymous donor, which covers the preparation and shipment of three containers of books and journals to Sabre's Moscow-based partner. * A Regional Distribution Project was put in place in Hungary to handle the distribution of 88,000 specialized books acquired by Sabre in connection with a corporate restructuring. Instead of expanding its U.S. warehouse capacity, Sabre decided to utilize the experience, facilities and sophisticated database of Sabre Alapitvany and the Szechenyi Library in Budapest to establish a distribution system there to serve libraries in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Soros Foundation-Hungary made major financial contributions to this project. This system can serve as a model for distribution in that region of European-sourced donations or of future acquisitions of exceptionally large quantities of books. * Sabre collaborated with a number of other U.S. organizations active in the same geographical area to stretch available resources by providing procurement, shipping and distribution services. Among these were the American Bar Association's Central and East European Law Initiative; the American Czech and Slovak Education Fund; Columbia University Libraries, Department of Gifts and Exchanges; Harvard Ukrainian Studies Fund; the Ukrainian National Women's League of America; the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation; and the Solomon R. Baker Library at Bentley College. IMAGE [Librarians at the University of Kiev Mohyla Academy, Ukraine, recipient of Sabre books] BOOK DONATION PROGRAMS During 1993, Sabre had book donation programs in thirteen countries in Eastern Europe and the FSU -- Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan -- and it signed a partnership agreement to add Belarus in 1994. These programs are managed in-country by local Partner Organizations--non-governmental entities affiliated with academic, library, charitable or professional organizations. These Partners (which are listed on the inside of the back cover) are responsible for choosing and distributing books in their countries. IMAGE [Project Director Tania Vitvitsky meets with directors of International Humanitarian Foundation in Minsk, Belarus] Sabre's staff works with the Partners to define areas of need in each country. This information is used to solicit 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. Once donations are received, Sabre sends lists of available materials to its Partners for selection. Partners consult with advisors and potential recipients and place their orders, which are then packed and shipped in 20- or 40-foot containers from Sabre's warehouse facilities at Dunn & Co. in Clinton, Massachusetts. Since the inception of the Program in 1986, donations from some 125 publishers have covered such areas as the arts and literature, business and economics, English language and education, geography and the environment, history, law and government, library science and reference, medicine and nursing, science and technology, and the social sciences. The bulk of the books are new, unremaindered college- and professional-level titles 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 children. Nearly all the books are in English, which is the second language of choice in the region. In addition to new books and journals, Sabre also receives donations of special collections for placement with institutions which are creating or enhancing their holdings in a specific area. Special collections have been donated in such fields as art, bibliographic reference, entomology, Western history, law, economics, international relations, and social policy. Sabre relies on donors and Partners to help identify an appropriate recipient before materials are shipped. MATCHING FUND AND LOW-COST PURCHASE PROGRAM To encourage private-sector purchases of educational materials not usually received through donations, Sabre set up a Matching Fund in 1991, to which The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation made a $100,000 contribution to benefit Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Sabre matches funds of U.S. organizations and, in some cases, is able to stretch funds by negotiating substantial discounts under its Low-Cost Purchase Program. The following matching grants were made in 1993, the third year of the Fund: Regional * Partners for Democratic Change: $20,000 for library materials for four regional conflict resolution centers in Warsaw, Budapest, Prague and Bratislava, matching funds from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and The William and Flora Hewitt Foundation. * Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation: $1,500 for the Jefferson Bookshelf project, discussed below. Czech Republic and Slovakia * Foundation for a Civil Society: $3,100 for English teaching materials for its Masaryk Fellowship Program, matching funds from the Rockefeller Family & Associates. IMAGE [Project Director Suzanne Deehy with Dr. Hugo Schreiber, Sabre's Book Program Coordinator in the Czech Republic] Hungary * Clinton, Massachusetts, Rotary Club: $1,200 for English as a Second Language books and audio cassettes for a secondary school in Hungary, purchased at a 55 per cent discount through the Low-Cost Purchase Program. * Hungarian American Educators' Association: $200 for dictionaries for the English Teachers' Association in Hungary, purchased at a 40 per cent discount through the Low-Cost Purchase Program. * Donald E. Morse, Fulbright Professor: $1,500 for American studies books for Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen, matched by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. Poland * Jewish Educational Center in Warsaw: $2,698 for books and videos for five newly-created lending libraries, matched by the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation. Under the Low-Cost Purchase Program, started concurrently with the Matching Fund in 1991, Sabre seeks to purchase requested materials at substantial discounts from listed prices. This program has been made available to all of the countries served by Sabre Foundation, provided sponsored funding is available. During 1993, for example, Sabre negotiated with publishers for the purchase of materials valued at more than $22,350 on behalf of the Ukrainian National Association's Teaching English in Ukraine Program, Friends of Rukh, and the Friends of the University of Kiev Mohyla Academy. The books are being used for English language instruction at Kiev Mohyla Academy and throughout Ukraine. The Reduced-Cost Journals Service applies the low-cost approach to scientific journals, which are especially valued by libraries in Eastern Europe and the FSU. Sabre launched the Service on a pilot basis in the Czech Republic during the summer, with the help of the Prague Institute of Advanced Studies. Sabre secured agreements from five of the world's leading publishers of scientific journals for three-year discounts of at least 50 per cent to more than 2,000 serial titles. Elsevier Scientific Publishers led the way, followed by Blackwell Scientific, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Springer-Verlag, and John Wiley & Sons. The British subscription agency Blackwell's processed orders at a reduced fee, and total savings to the participating Czech libraries was about $16,000 in the first year. In 1994, the Service will be offered to other countries where Sabre is active. Members of the board of Sabre Europe, particularly Hubertus van der Vaart (of the Brussels office of pro bono counsel Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher) and Kurt J. Lauk (member of the Board of Management of VEBA A.G., Dusseldorf) were helpful in shaping plans for the pilot project and for its eventual expansion. The Journals Service was developed under a larger two-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for library support in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, but the Czech libraries themselves have provided purchase funds for the pilot project. IMAGE [1993 Profile of Donated Books: Arts & Literature 12%; Business & Economics 29%; English Language & Education 7%; Law, Library & Social Sciences 22%; Medicine 10%; and Science & Technology 20%] TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT Under a grant from the National Endowment for Democracy, Sabre established a program of Technical Assistance and Training in Internet On-line Resources for selected institutions in the FSU. Initial program participants include four institutions in Ukraine, one in the Russian Federation, and one to be selected in Uzbekistan. These institutions have information needs in a wide variety of fields, such as public policy research, management training, computer communications networking, and collaborative education. But like most academic and other non-commercial computer telecommunications users in the FSU, they have limited access to the extensive resources available on the Internet, since they lack full connection to it and/or hard currency for on-line services. These users, limited to basic electronic mail functions, are unable to transfer software and information files from hundreds of publicly accessible storage sites around the world via the powerful File Transfer Protocol (FTP). IMAGE [Vedder Wright, Sabre's Internet Specialist] Utilizing Internet search-and-retrieval tools such as Gopher, Veronica, WAIS (Wide Area Information Server), and WWW (World Wide Web), Sabre's project staff respond to specific information requests and queries from project clients. The project also aims to be proactive, suggesting and offering relevant resources based on client profiles. Assistance will also include CD-ROM players and reference materials; books and journals about the Internet and on-line services; and referrals to potential collaborators and counterpart Western organizations. Sabre also has access to commercial on-line services where Internet information is uneven or not readily available. The project, under the supervision of Project Director Tania Vitvitsky, enlisted Vedder Wright as Sabre's Internet Specialist. Sabre is grateful to the following, who have agreed to serve as program advisors: Robert Bruen, Computer Facilities Manager, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, MIT; Sherman Hayes, Director, Solomon R. Baker Library, Bentley College; and Margret Lippert, Associate Head for Information Services, Engineering and Science Libraries, MIT. This annual report, along with other Sabre documents, such as the Directory of North American Studies Centers in the former Communist bloc, are now available on-line at: gopher.std.com; /Non-Profit Organizations/Sabre THE TRANSLATION AND PUBLICATION PROGRAM Translation and publication in Poland of a series of basic business books, begun in 1991 under a grant from The William H. Donner Foundation, was continued in 1993 with a renewed grant from that foundation to the Miroslaw Dzielski Institute of Industry and Commerce in Krakow. The titles, to be published and distributed by the Polish publisher Znak of Krakow before the end of 1994, include: In Pursuit of Profit, by C. Harvey and B. Sykes; and four studies from the U.S. National Institute of Business Management originally published by Berkley Publishing: Mastering Business Style, Mastering Decision Making, Mastering Meetings, and Mastering Office Politics. Sabre is responsible for negotiating Polish language rights agreements with the U.S. and U.K. publishers and maintaining liaison with Znak. Sabre is playing the same role under a similar Donner Foundation grant made in 1993 to assist Sabre's cooperating foundation in Ukraine, Sabre-Svitlo. The books to be translated and published in that country in popularly priced paperback editions are: Your Small Business Made Simple, by Richard Gallagher; The Greatest Sales and Marketing Book and The Greatest Little Business Book, both by Peter Hingston; Do Your Own Market Research, by Paul Hague and Peter Jackson; and Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt. As part of this project, a workshop on literary property rights will be conducted in L'viv, Ukraine, during 1994 by Charles Getchell, Sabre's publications counsel. During the autumn, The Ipswich Press of Ipswich, Massachusetts, published in paperback Breaking the Habits of a Lifetime: Poland's First Steps Toward the Market ($15.95), a collection of field studies funded by a grant to Sabre from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. COMPLEMENTARY SPECIAL PROJECTS * The 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson in April was the inspiration for Sabre's "Jefferson Bookshelf," which brought together a 24-volume collection covering the life and work of the "architect of democracy," who is of particular interest in former Communist countries. With principal funding from The William H. Donner Foundation, and contributions from the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, the University Press of Virginia, and the American Philosophical Society, Sabre assembled over 100 sets of the Bookshelf. Some 50 of those sets are being donated to libraries in Eastern Europe and the FSU, either through Sabre's normal distribution channels or directly; another 50 are being placed abroad -- including some in China -- by Columbia University Libraries' Department of Gifts and Exchanges and the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, as part of their exchange program to collect ephemera documenting the movement to democracy; and an additional nine sets were purchased by the U.S. Information Service on behalf of libraries abroad. Each set was accompanied by a Sabre commemorative statement for display with the Bookshelf. * In conjunction with the Jefferson Bookshelf project, Sabre has compiled information for a directory of North American Studies centers and libraries in the former Communist bloc. This directory will be made available on-line in March 1994, with a printed version to follow shortly thereafter, and it should be useful not only within the regions covered but also to groups in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere wishing to assist the studies centers. THE PHILOSOPHY OF INSTITUTIONS PROJECT The Scientific Assistance Project arose in 1986 from Sabre's long-standing program of philosophical conferences and publications. As Sabre's book donations have spread throughout Eastern Europe, the response to them gives fresh evidence for the centrality of ideas. Throughout the region there is a hunger not merely for Western information and expertise, but also for a more fundamental rethinking of institutions. In response to this conceptual need, Western organizations have offered funding to promote "civil society," "open society," "democratization," "free enterprise," "the environment," and so on. Critical discussion of such theoretically-derived concepts forms part of a broader philosophical approach to institutions that Sabre seeks to address. In last year's annual report, the President's Message reported Sabre's plan to place renewed emphasis on its intellectual programs. Work to this end began in the last quarter of 1993, with the return of J. L. Auspitz to concentrated work on the Philosophy of Institutions Project, after a period of assisting in the organization of the Scientific Assistance Project and its Steering Committee. PUBLICATION NOTES At the end of 1993, Mr. Auspitz completed a review essay requested by The American Scholar for a survey of the growing literature on the philosopher Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914). Peirce was a neglected genius, called by William James "the father of pragmatism" and he is now widely considered the classic American philosopher. The essay selects a shelf of 18 books by and about Peirce from more than 60 published in the past eight years. It treats a growing literature on Peirce's relevance to law and psychology, in addition to his main work in logic, semiotic, and science. The American Scholar article is scheduled for 1994 publication. An earlier review essay by Auspitz written under Sabre's sponsorship in 1982 ("The Greatest Living American Philosopher," Commentary) anticipated that renewed attention to Peirce would accompany the issuing of previously-unpublished manuscript materials in a new 30-volume chronological edition by Indiana University Press. IMAGE [Charles S. Peirce (photo courtesy of Peirce Edition Project)] The Polish-edited Praxiology: An International Yearbook of Practical Philosophy became one of the first Eastern bloc publications to achieve a fully international status when Sabre, assisted by the Earhart Foundation, helped to launch its debut with Transaction Press in 1990-92. The Editors now report that it has become a self-sustaining annual, and that Vol. 2, issued in 1993, has overcome initial technical problems in computerization. Professor Beth J. Singer's "Rights as Social Practices," from Vol. 1 of Praxiology, was reprinted in the author's award-winning book Operative Rights (State University of New York Press, 1993). STAFF AND ADVISORS * Colin McCullough joined the Scientific Assistance Project as Program Officer with special responsibilities for book procurement and expansion of the donation programs in the countries of the FSU. Mr. McCullough brings valuable experience from several years in the offices of Bookspeed, Scotland's largest book distributor. * Vedder Wright, Sabre's new Internet Specialist in the Technical Assistance Project, has a background in UNIX/Internet technical support as well as in technical writing. He is the moderator of the Internet Q/A conference and More UNIX conference on the Boston Macintosh Users Group (BMUG Boston) bulletin board, and provides beginning and advanced tutorials and training sessions on the World (a public Internet access provider). * At year's end, Kenneth Mackler was selected as Sabre's Comptroller. He is particularly knowledgeable in non-profit grants management. * John Archibald's varied experience in international publishing and book donation programs has been a useful ingredient in his advice on Sabre's diversification plans. * Anne Ryan, who had served as Officer for Board Affairs since 1990, is pursuing graduate studies in health advocacy at Sarah Lawrence College. * Reed E. Hundt, who brought Sabre into the law firm of Latham & Watkins as a pro bono client, was appointed Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. FOREIGN PARTNER AND AFFILIATE NEWS * Sabre would like to thank the following individuals for their dedicated service in 1993: in Bulgaria, Mois Fayon, Maria Popova, Boryana Savova, Ognian Shentov and Vladimir Yordanov; in Croatia, Helena Pavic and Davor Sovagovic; in the Czech Republic, Hugo Schreiber and Ladislav Venys; in Estonia, Marika Karo and Ivi Tingre; in Hungary, Miklos Fogarassy, Katalin Kovacs, Judit Skalitzky and Gabor Valyi; in Latvia, Antra Purina; in Lithuania, Vladas Bulavas and Elena Kosinskiene; in Poland, Jacek Holowka, Ted Kontek, Jaroslaw Pasek, Janusz Siek and Anna Trojanowska-Bitka; in the Russian Federation, Ekaterina Genieva, Alexander Petrov and Alexander Soumarokov; in Slovakia, David Daniel, Pavol Demes, Marcela Grosekova and Katarina Kost'alova; in Slovenia, Stanko Blatnik; in Ukraine, Iaroslaw Isaievych, Olia Isaievych, Alexander Saban and Alexander Diedyk; and in Uzbekistan, Lorel Donaghey, Baktior Islamov and Christopher Mott. * In Brussels, Ward Detiege and Hilde Paulussen, working under the direction of Hubertus van der Vaart of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, have donated welcome administrative assistance to Sabre Europe, Association Internationale, in its first full year of existence. * November saw the official opening of the Sabre-Svitlo-sponsored American Reading Room at L'viv University, where scholarly journals in numerous fields are available to Ukrainian readers. * Iaroslaw Isaievych, Chairman of Sabre-Svitlo, was elected President of the International Association of Ukrainian Studies. * Jacek Holowka, board member and former Executive Director of Fundacja Sabre, was appointed Vice Rector for International Programs at Warsaw University. * In Belarus, Sabre welcomed as its newest partner the International Humanitarian Foundation in Minsk. * The Prague Institute of Advanced Studies (PIAS), Sabre's partner for the pilot program in scientific journals purchase, entered into negotiations for provision of land for a science-oriented business park in the Prague metropolitan area. IMAGE [Directors of Arcadis Libris, a new private lending library in Sofia, Bulgaria] 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. Individual donors and private associations continued to provide a vital component of Sabre's funding, particularly in areas not currently covered by foundation and government guidelines. During 1993 financial support was received from the following sources: $100,000 and over The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation United States Information Agency $25,000 and over Agency for International Development Anonymous (1) William H. Donner Foundation, Inc. National Endowment for Democracy The Whitehead Foundation $5,000 and over Anonymous (1) Donald E. Graham Grassroots International $1,000 and over Kenneth G. Bartels Bentley College Citibank Arthur Dubow Foundation The Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Foundation Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc. J. Eugene and Anne Marie Marans Arkadi Mulak-Yatzkivsky A. Jesse Norman Peter J. Wallison Under $1,000 American Croatian Club Michael T. Barry Lydia and Volodymyr Bazarko Stephan and Maria Chemych Alexandra H. Coburn T. J. Coolidge Laurence B. Flood Roy and Anne Freed Borys A. Gudziak Jan Hajda Areta Halibey Peter Hodak Rhoda S. Honigberg Michael and Caroline Hornblow Stanko Jelenic James S. Libera Dunja Maglica Massachusetts-Ukraine Citizens Bridge, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Bohdan Mryc Mark T. Munger Nicolas Pentcheff Anne D. and Thomas E. Petri Walter J. Schubert Eugene Steckiw (in memory of Maria Solchanyk) Ukrainian National Women's League of America Zeljko Urban J. Jackson Walter Cynthia E. Weir IMAGE [Ken Mackler, Sabre's Comptroller] PARTICIPATING PUBLISHERS IN THE SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANCE PROJECT (* Denotes 1993 participant) Abt Books Addison-Wesley Publishing Company * American Academy for the Advancement of Science American Academy of Arts & Sciences * American Arbitration Association * American Association for Vocational Instructional Materials * American Council of Learned Societies American Institute of Certified Public Accountants * American Medical Association * American Philosophical Society * American Physical Society Beacon Press Blackwell Publishers * Blackwell Scientific * Brookings Institute Brother's Brother Foundation/McGraw-Hill Publishing Bureau of National Affairs Butterworth Medical Publishers Center for Strategic and International Studies * Chatham House Publishers * Christopher Publishing Citizens Democracy Corps Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press * College Art Association * Columbia Journalism Review * Columbia University Press Council on Foreign Relations CRC Press Crown Publishing Group D & B Reports * Dow Jones/Irwin The Economist Elsevier Scientific Publishers/Pergamon Press * Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers * Facts-on-File Fairleigh Dickinson University (The Literary Review) * Foundation for Economic Education Foundation for the U.S. Constitution * W H Freeman & Company Publishers Garland Publishing Co. Georgetown University Press * Grune & Stratton Guilford Publications * Hackett Publishing * Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Health & Energy Institute Hegeler Institute Historical Research Foundation * Hoover Institution Press Houghton Mifflin Company * Howard Hughes Medical Institute * Hudson Institute * INFORM * Institute for East-West Security Studies * The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) * IEEE Communications Society * ILR Press, Cornell University * Richard D. Irwin * Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation * Jones & Bartlett Publishers Kluwer Academic 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 Macmillan/McGraw Hill (Glencoe Division) * Massachusetts Medical Society * McFarland & Company * McGraw-Hill (College Division) * McGraw-Hill (Professional Division) * ME Sharpe R. S. Means Company Medical Economics Books Mercury House Metropolitan Museum of Art Miller Freeman * Mosby-Yearbook * National Endowment for Democracy National Geographic Society New England Journal of Medicine* Newsweek International Northern Illinois University Press * W. W. Norton & Company * Oryx Press * 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 * Resources for the Future * Rutgers University Press St. Martin's Press Sargent Welch Scientific Co. W. B. Saunders Co. Schenkman Books * Schocken Books Sinauer Associates Slavica Press Springer Verlag * Steck Vaughn Company Ukrainian Art Digest Univelt Incorporated * University of Chicago Press, Journals Division * University of Iowa Press University of Kentucky, Department of Classics * University of Massachusetts Press University of New Mexico Press University Press of Virginia * University of Washington Press University of Wisconsin Press * Vintage Press Wadsworth Publishing Co. Watson-Guptill Publications West Publishing Company * John Wiley & Sons * Williams & Wilkins, Waverly International * World Policy Institute * Worldwatch Institute York Press * (Many of the above publishers are represented by the publishing consultant Max Celnik, Inc., whose assistance is gratefully acknowledged.) IMAGE [Colin McCullough, Sabre Program Officer] 1993 DONORS OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND OTHER MATERIALS American Physical Society American Society of International Law Bentley College, Solomon R. Baker Library Ivan Bereznicki Associates, Inc. Mark Borowsky (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) The Buh River Association John S. Carroll Central and East European Law Initiative of the American Bar Association Veronica Cehelska Commercial Law Development Program of the U.S. Commerce Department CSC Index Robert Dorfman East European Research Institute Susan Elgee Roy and Anne Freed Estate of Professor Ann F. Friedlaender Eugene Gerard Basil Gorbachuk Paul Green, Jr. Borys A. Gudziak Harvard Law School Library Edmund H. Immergut Linda S. Kahl Marian P. Kots Lawyers Alliance for World Security The Lemko Research Foundation Vance Lemmon Libraries Alliance Paul F. Mange Marquette University Law Library Massachusetts-Ukraine Citizens Bridge, Inc. David Matthews (University of Maryland) Mohyla Academy Society Nicolas Pentcheff Plast, Ukrainian Youth Organization - N.Y. Branch Orest Popovych Princeton University, Firestone Library Rhode Island Psychiatric Society Rutgers University, Bloustein School Wolodymyr Salak Rivers Singleton, Jr. Annelle R. Soponis Bohdan Struminski Ukrainian Congress Committee of America - Council on Aid to Ukraine Ukrainian National Women's League of America University of Chicago, Journals Division University of Massachusetts at Amherst - University Library William Urban (Monmouth College) World Bank Law Library 1993 IN-KIND DONORS OF SERVICES Arthur Andersen & Company John L. G. Archibald Stanley D. Auspitz Lida Bilous Dunn & Co., Inc. Eritrean Relief Committee Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Kessler & Associates Latham & Watkins Mark T. Munger Ukrainian National Women's League of America 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, P.C.) Year ended Year ended Dec. 31, 1993 Dec. 31, 1992 Support and revenue Contributions and grants Cash $583,527 $371,773 In-kind 9,526,004 13,898,833 _________ _________ $10,109,531 $14,270,606 Interest 5,089 3,761 Royalties and fees 963 2,306 _________ _________ Total support & revenue $10,115,583 $14,276,673 Expenses Program services Scientific Assistance Project Expenditures 474,709 304,080 Grants in-kind 9,526,004 13,898,833 Philosophy of Inst Project 8,348 12,694 _________ _________ Total program services 10,009,061 14,215,607 Supporting services General administration 54,866 47,896 Fund raising 9,708 2,612 _________ _________ Total supporting services 64,574 50,508 _________ _________ Total expenses $10,073,635 $14,266,115 _________ _________ Excess of support and revenue over expenses 41,948 10,558 Fund balance -- beginning of year 47,067 36,509 _________ _________ Fund balance -- end of year $ 89,015 $ 47,067 * * * Note to our readers: For accounting purposes, donations in-kind are recorded as expended in the same fiscal year that they are received. As the donated books may not be re-sold, they hold no commercial value for Sabre Foundation, and are therefore not carried as inventory in our audited financial statements. The fair market value (FMV) of the actual inventory on hand on January 1, 1993, was $9,678,711; allocations during 1993 were valued at $12,276,833; and the FMV of inventory on December 31, 1993, was $6,927,882. SABRE FOUNDATION, INC. 872 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 2-1 Cambridge, MA 02139 Telephone: (617) 868-3510; Fax (617) 868-7916 E-mail: sabre@igc.org or sabre@world.std.com FOUNDATION Charles Getchell, Publications Counsel Kenneth Mackler, Comptroller SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANCE PROJECT Suzanne Deehy, Director Tania Vitvitsky, Director Colin McCullough, Program Officer Vedder Wright, Internet Specialist Rafael Morales, Jr., Warehouse Supervisor Josiah Lee Auspitz, Consultant PHILOSOPHY OF INSTITUTIONS PROJECT Josiah Lee Auspitz, Director COUNSEL Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC, and Brussels AUDITORS Pannell Kerr Forster, Boston, MA OVERSEAS COOPERATING FOUNDATIONS AND PRIMARY PARTNERS International Humanitarian Foundation, Minsk, Belarus Center for the Study of Democracy, Sofia, Bulgaria Open Society Fund, 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 Free Enterprise Transition Consortium, Krakow, Poland Fundacja Sabre, Warsaw, 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 This report is available on the Internet at gopher.std.com; /Non-Profit Organizations/Sabre SOME EXPRESSIONS OF APPRECIATION FOR SABRE FOUNDATION ASSISTANCE... 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