AFTER THE RIOTS / NEWS IN BRIEF : Streisand Donation at $102,500
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Entertainer Barbra Streisand on Monday boosted to $102,500 the sum her personal foundation has donated to area charities working to develop long-term solutions for urban problems in Los Angeles.
Grants totaling $52,500 were awarded Monday to the Urban League, the Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Southern California chapter, the Estelle Van Meter Multipurpose Center, Community Youth Gang Services, Drew Economic Development Corp., the East 60th Street Community Youth Center, Hoover Intergeneration Care Inc. and the South-Central Senior Citizen Center.
Previously, Streisand donated $50,000 to the First African Methodist Episcopal Church Emergency Relief Fund/Women’s Missionary Society.
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