SULLIVAN, LEON HOWARD, 1922-
Leon Howard Sullivan papers > Organizations > International Foundation for Education and Self-Help

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Subseries 3.1
International Foundation for Education and Self-Help, 1982-1999
Boxes 16-22; OP1

Historical Note

The International Foundation for Education and Self-Help was founded by Leon Sullivan in 1981. The organization focuses on Sub-Saharan Africa, implementing self-help partnership programs in education, healthcare, conflict mitigation and community development. IFESH has established more than 20 programs, including the African-African American Summit, the Peoples Investment Fund for Africa, the Self-Help Investment Program, Teachers for Africa, and Schools for Africa.

Scope and Content Note

The subseries contains records of the International Foundation for Education and Self-Help (IFESH) from 1982-1999. The records include correspondence, financial records, legal records, reports, printed material, and subject files. Correspondence is mostly to or from Leon Sullivan and relates to board meetings and IFESH program implementation. Financial and legal records include budgets and expenditure reports and documentation relating to IFESH's status as a non-profit organization. Reports include annual reports and reports on individual programs as well as collected reports from other national and international foundations relating to Africa.

The subject files in this subseries relate mostly to individual IFESH programs. Files include some correspondence, printed material such as brochures and newspaper clippings, and memos and reports. The African African-American Summit files make up the bulk of these subject files and also include planning material for the semiannual conference.

Arrangement Note

Arranged by record type.

Administrative files
Box Folder Content
16 1 Advisory Committee
16 2 Articles of Incorporation / Change of Name, 1985
16 3 Board of Directors, minutes, 1983-1989
16 4 Bylaws, 1982
16 5 Correspondence, 1982
16 6 Correspondence, 1983
16 7 Correspondence, 1984
16 8 Correspondence, 1985
16 9 Correspondence, 1986
16 10 Correspondence, 1987
16 11 Correspondence, January-May 1988
17 1 Correspondence, June-December 1988
17 2 Correspondence, 1989
17 3 Correspondence, 1990
17 4 Correspondence, 1991
17 5 Correspondence, 1992
17 6 Correspondence, 1993-1999
17 7 Donors
17 8 Financial records, auditor's reports, 1984-1986
17 9 Financial records, auditor's reports, 1987-1990
17 10 Financial records, budgets and expenditure reports, 1984-1992
17 11 Financial records, Internal Revenue Service, 1983-1987
17 12 Investment guidelines, 1987
17 13 Personnel lists
17 14 Reporting guidelines and grant management
Reports and publications
18 1 Annual reports, 1986-1992
18 2 Brochures
18 3 Case statements, 1984-1988
18 4 Case statements, 1989-1991
18 5 Newsletters, 1995-1996
18 6 Newspaper clippings about IFESH
18 7 Plan for the Development of Sub-Saharan Africa, 1995
18 8 Progress reports, 1986
18 9 Progress reports, 1988-1989
18 10 Progress reports, 1991-1998
19 1 Purpose and goal statements, 1982-1985
19 2 Reports from other organizations, Africa [1 of 2]
19 3 Reports from other organizations, Africa [2 of 2]
19 4 Reports from other organizations, debt
19 5 Reports from other organizations, hunger
African African-American Summit
19 6 1st African African-American Summit (Abidjan, Ivory Coast), correspondence, 1990-1992
19 7 1st African African-American Summit (Abidjan, Ivory Coast), planning
19 8 1st African American Summit (Abidjan, Ivory Coast), press releases and newspaper clippings
19 9 1st African African-American Summit (Abidjan, Ivory Coast), program
20 1 2nd African African-American Summit (Libreville, Gabon), correspondence, 1992-1993
20 2 2nd African African-American Summit (Libreville, Gabon), press releases and newspaper clippings
20 3 2nd African African-American Summit (Libreville, Gabon), program
20 4 3rd African African-American Summit (Dakar, Senegal), correspondence, 1994-1995
OP1 5 3rd African African-American Summit (Dakar, Senegal), newsletter, 1995
20 5 3rd African African-American Summit (Dakar, Senegal), planning
20 6 3rd African African-American Summit (Dakar, Senegal), press releases and newspaper clippings
20 7 3rd African African-American Summit (Dakar, Senegal), program [1 of 2]
20 8 3rd African African-American Summit (Dakar, Senegal), program [2 of 2]
20 9 4th African African-American Summit (Harare, Zimbabwe), correspondence, 1995-1997
20 10 4th African African-American Summit (Harare, Zimbabwe), planning
20 11 4th African African-American Summit (Harare, Zimbabwe), press releases and newspaper clippings
20 12 4th African African-American Summit (Harare, Zimbabwe), program
20 13 5th African African-American Summit (Accra, Ghana), correspondence, 1998-1999
20 14 5th African African American Summit (Accra, Ghana), Mayors' Ghana pre-summit meeting, 1998
20 15 5th African African-American Summit (Accra, Ghana), planning
21 1 5th African African-American Summit (Accra, Ghana), press releases and newspaper clippings
21 2 5th African African-American Summit (Accra, Ghana), program
21 3 6th African African-American Summit (Abuja, Nigeria)
21 4 African African-American Summit dinner, 1998
Program files
21 5 IFESH program locations maps
21 6 Program proposals
21 7 Program updates, 1986-1987
21 8 Program: Blocked Assets [1 of 2]
21 9 Program: Blocked Assets [2 of 2]
21 10 Program: International Fellows
21 11 Program: Leadership Training Conference
21 12 Program: Self Help Investment Program (SHIP) [1 of 2]
21 13 Program: Self Help Investment Program (SHIP) [2 of 2]
22 1 Program: Teachers for Africa
OP1 6 Program: Teachers for Africa, publicity
Subject files
22 2 Committee for Africa
22 3 IFESH/AID signing ceremony, 1998
22 4 Help Liberia Campaign, 1998
22 5 Legal Committee on Dual Nationality, 1991
22 6 National Emergency African American Leadership Summit on the Persian Gulf War
22 7 Peoples Investment Fund for Africa
22 8 Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Sub-committee on Africa, 1991-1992
22 9 SOS Help Africa Campaign
22 10 United Nations Day for Africa, 1991
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