THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS BOTH U.S. PUBLIC CHARITIES EXEMPT FROM TAX UNDER 509(A)(1) AND (2) AS WELL AS FOREIGN PUBLICLY SUPPORTED CHARITIES IN LOW AND LOWER-MIDDEL COUNTRIES IN ASIA, AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST. IT DOES NOT SUPPORT THE STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION OR FORMER EASTERN BLOC COUNTRIES. THE FOUNDATION'S FIELDS OF INTEREST ARE CONSERVATION, FOOD, & HEALTH. DIRECTORS WILL NOT ACCEPT MORE THAN ONE APPLICATION FROM AN ORGANIZATION IN THE SAME CALENDAR YEAR AND WILL NOT CONSIDER A PROPOSAL FROM AN ORGANIZATION PREVIOUSLY FUNDED UNTIL A FULL REPORT OF THE EXPENDITURES OF THE PREVIOUS GRANT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.
