France makes large grants to the country's budget, notably for health, education, and the maintenance of military and security forces.
The investigation is also looking at connections between the chamber's foundation, the National Chamber Foundation, and another philanthropy, the Starr Foundation, which made large grants to the chamber foundation in 2003 and 2004.
Ms. Annenberg said that she and her husband, Walter, do not plan to give out all their money in their lifetimes, but they, too, have made large grants to address specific problems, including the $500 million Annenberg Challenge, to reform public education in the United States.
He became the patron of the abbeys of Whitland and Strata Florida and made large grants to both houses.
In recent weeks, many have called compensation experts to discuss alternatives that range from making large new option grants to the radical step of repricing.
More cosmopolitan collaborators tend have large grants.
Should new chief executives get large grants?
This has stymied some richly endowed charities that planned to make large cash grants, across the board, to the families of firefighters and other uniformed personnel who died in the trade center twin towers' collapse.
In a fantastic session led by Robert Annibale, Citi's Global Director of Community Development and Microfinance, Shell Foundation Director Chris West recounted his mistake in thinking the foundation could make large and early grants and investments in social enterprises, with the expectation others would carry the ball forward.
