SULLIVAN, LEON HOWARD,
1922-
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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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