{{Notability, Companies, date=July 2020
The Sunnen Foundation is a
charitable foundation
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which was established by
machinery
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manufacturer
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Joseph Sunnen
Joseph Sunnen (June 16, 1897–April 1979) was an American machinery manufacturer, and founder of the Sunnen Foundation.
Biography
Sunnen was born in the coal mining town of Thayer, Illinois. He left school in the 7th grade to help on the famil ...
in 1953. The foundation is managed by a board of trustees made up of Sunnen family members and company employees.
Michael Haughey
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is president and Matt Kreider is chairman of Sunnen Products, and Sunnen Foundation assets were estimated in 2007 to be valued at $16 million. The foundation makes 10 to 20 grants a year, totaling over $600,000. The Foundation is financed by earnings on investments rather than by company money.
Joe Sunnen established his Maplewood-based firm in 1924. It has been involved in a number of charitable projects, including the transformation of the
Ozarks
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'
YMCA
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in 1946, and has awarded grants to various groups throughout the
United States
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such as its approximately $75,000-$100,000 yearly grant to
Catholics for a Free Choice
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to fund their ''Abortion in Good Faith'' series, which totaled $1,091,700 to 199 Grants are usually awarded to organizations in the
St. Louis
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region, with about $250,000 a year going to groups in the Maplewood- Richmond Heights area. The foundation has been particularly generous to the YMCA, and is strongly committed to funding projects that promote
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,
reproductive rights
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and youth services, such as the Missouri
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
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.
Other organizations that have received support include the
Children's Advocacy Center
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,
Child Support Network
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, the
Missouri Botanical Garden
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,
Operation Food Search
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,
World Bird Sanctuary
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,
Planned Parenthood
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,
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,
College for Living
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,
Our Little Haven
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and
Voices for Children
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