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The HBE Foundation was founded in Wayne, Pennsylvania, in 1987 by Bruce M. Brown. The collection contains a variety of administrative and operational documents, including financial material, tax forms, correspondence, and extensive grant files with material dating from 1954 to 2020. Series 1 (1988...
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| Collection: | HBE Foundation Records |
| Collection Number: | 4342 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
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Processing Information: The material was divided into folders as received without rearrangement, resulting in a rough chronological order for the grant files. Original folder titles have mostly been maintained, and any alteration has been made solely in the interest of clarity. Misfiled items remain where found.
One box of Bruce Brown’s personal correspondence and a few other files of personal records have been transferred to Collection #4341 Brown family collection.
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35.0 Linear feet ; 77 boxes, 19 volumes, 3 flat files |
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The HBE Foundation was founded in Wayne, Pennsylvania, in 1987 by Bruce M. Brown. The collection contains a variety of administrative and operational documents, including financial material, tax forms, correspondence, and extensive grant files with material dating from 1954 to 2020.
Series 1 (1988-2020) contains the administrative and financial records of the HBE Foundation. These include organizational documents, tax records, investment account statements, clippings, correspondence, notes, and unsorted files. There are twelve volumes of grant award and acknowledgement letters spanning from 1990 to 2020. The documents in series 1 have been grouped into administrative records, investments and financial records, tax records, and unsorted files. The administrative records are organized by major topic. Investment and financial records are sorted alphabetically and chronologically. Tax records are chronological.
Series 2 (1954-2020) consists of the grant files maintained by Bruce Brown for the HBE Foundation. The files are organized alphabetically with unsorted files at the end. Records include correspondence, grant applications with supporting documents, clippings, and publicity materials for charitable organizations.
Series 3 (1990-2020) contains media and small artifacts extracted from the grant files. The media consists of an audio cassette, CDs, and DVDs, which acted as supporting materials for grant applications. Artifacts include a ballpoint pen, a badge, button pins, and a keychain. The 2008 Annual Report for the Please Touch Museum is in the form of a board game and therefore included with the artifacts.
While the HBE Foundation wasn’t established until 1987, some of the materials date to the 1950s. There are photos from when Bruce Brown was a student at Media Friends School. Papers from the 1970s and 1980s document the Brown family's commission of several bronze sculptures; these are filed in the Zoological Society of Philadelphia folders.
The HBE Foundation was founded in 1987 by Bruce M. and Elaine E. Brown in Wayne, Pennsylvania. HBE served both as a grantmaking organization and a philanthropic consultancy. Grants supported cultural, educational, humanitarian, literary, and religious efforts in the Delaware Valley, with a preference for the city of Chester. The collection contains a variety of administrative and operational documents, including financial material, tax forms, correspondence, and detailed grant files dating from 1990 to 2020, with a few related personal papers dating back to 1954. |