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The BF's goal is to share efficiently and effectively. If you want to participate in solving the fundamental problem in our society, if you want your donation to be given to those who really need it, if you want to be the subject of the constant donation, if you want to be updated on how your money was spent, and if you want to experience donation along with your family and friends, we recommend you to make a donor-advised fund in your name with the BF.
It would be great to have your name put up along with the other donators who made donations instead of celebrating their 70th birthday, a bundle of money that they had their hands on for the first time in their life, a national annuity, their property, or in their demise child's name.
The donor-advised fund will remain along with one's name and become an everlasting oasis of the society, which will participate in making the future generation a rich one.
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Grandmother Kim Gun-Ja Fund - College Support for the Orphans
Grandmother Kim Gun-Ja was a Comfort Woman (sex slave) under Japanese rule who donated all of her life's savings to the BF for the orphans.She grew up as an orphan and had 8 months of education in an evening class but wanted to support the orphans in need of education. The BF established a Grandmother Kim Gun-Ja Fund and supports the orphans' college application fee annually. |
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Baseball Player Song Jin-Woo Fund - Support for the disabled
Song Jin-Woo is a baseball player who set up a new record in Korean baseball history with a total of 147 wins, who promised to promote a fund for the disabled children. Since his record, he donated 500,000 won each time he made a win. Later on, Hanwha Eagles(Baseball Team) also donated 500,000 won each time they won which now sums up to 10,000,000 won in total.
Song Jin-Woo promised to continue donating each time he won and with the fund so far, he hopes to support a welfare work for the disabled children.Song Jin-Woo, who had shown constant concern for the disabled children, explained that "it would have been difficult to set up a new record without the help of the comrades or the fans." He continued to explain that he made donations to "thank those who have been of great help, and to make the new record a meaning one. |
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Monk Oh-Kyung's Lotus Flower Fund - Succeeding Property Support Fund
Monk Oh-Kyung donated the money he saved while he was the Chief Monk in the Bub-Ryun Temple to the BF in request of using the money to research and develop the succeeding property culture. In the name of Lotus Flower Fund, it will be used for the research and promotion of donation culture of succeeding property.
"Life is void where one can end life empty handed. Succeeding properties can bring misfortune to the child, bad enough to turn siblings into enemies. Possession of one's isn't their own, it is only right that they return to the society. After I left home I had much troubles about the society. The biggest one was about the succeeding property. At a funeral, those who weren't wealthy would moan over the dead while those who were wealthy looked bloodthirsty. As I look at America's succeeding property culture compared with Korea's, I noticed that it is what makes America a developed country. I only hope that one's property will be of good use to others."
Compared with the developed countries' succession culture, Koreans find a way to evade tax and leave more property to the future generations. Lotus Flower Fund will try and promote a clean succession culture, which will spread along with the 'À¯»ê1%³ª´®¡® campaign. |
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Tae Pyung Yang CEO Seo Seong-Hwan Beautiful World Fund - Low Income Matriarch Fund
The founder of Tae Pyung Yang, lamented Seo Seong-Hwan, donated his 74,000 stock shares along with all the dividend the company made in 2002 which sums up to nearly 5 billion won. Seo Seong-Hwan, since the foundation in 1945, has improved the quality of life of many people. He was a CEO who improved the social status of women by educating them, as well as supporting those who had low income by donating a partial of the company's profit.
Seo Seong-Hwan's donation plays a big role in the Korean society since most of the high class leaders are stingy when it comes to donating.
His donations supported Matriarchs to start their own business in the name of "Hope Store."
There are 23 Hope Stores so far, and with their donations and 1% interest rates more and more Hope Stores are soon to open. |
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Fund Investor Lee Chae-Won's Share Fund - Future Generation Fund
A 10 year donation has been promised by the royalty of "Lee Chae-Won's Value Investment," a book about fund investor Lee Chae-Won's 20 years worth experience. This fund is to be used for the future generation.
"It is easier said to be done. I planned to donate all of the royalty even before I wrote the book but thanks to the publisher ECON, it is my honor to donate to BF. I think that I can keep sharing since BF's system allows multiple people to constantly donating." Said Lee Chae-Won.
Also, to the question why he promised to donate for 10 years constantly he answered, "By making good use of my ability, it would be great to constantly increase the amount of donation for 10 years and support those who are in need."
One must think how this long term fund can be of use at the year 2018. |
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Park Young-Mi Fund - Society without poverty Support
Lamented Park Young-Mi, who died while giving birth to her second baby at the age of 38, donated all her insurance money to the BF.
After much discussion with her family, the Park Young-Mi Fund was made.
The Park Young-Mi Fund will be used to eliminate poverty in memory of Park Young-Mi, who worked for a social welfare organization. |
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Black Sheep Fund - Climbing Mt. Jiri Fund
A team of 6th graders from an alternative school in Kyung-Ki province was set up. These children said that they were inspired by Son Sung-Il, who raised a fund by pilgrimaging the country(2,200km). They walked to school and practiced hiking in order to climb the Mt.Jiri which is challenging even for an adult. Even so, we ask them if it wasn't hard.
"If we didn't have a goal in our minds, we would have given up in the middle. But by the thought that our climbing the mountain can be of help to others we couldn't possibly give up!"
They are the first children civilian fund raisers of the BF. Civilian fund raisers refer to people who raise funds using their unique methods. With the goal of Mt.Áö¸®»ê in mind, they raised 100 won per 1km.
The Black sheep team were contributed by 38 individuals totalling up to 3,210,300 won. |
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Hines Ward Fund - Solving Multiracial and Multicultural Problem Fund
"I do not think that I was born only to be a football player. I was born to do something bigger than that"
Hines Ward, who has a blood of an Asian, becomes the top player in the most American sport, NFL, in 2006.
Along with his awardment, his Korean mother's devotional love touched many people. Through Hines Ward and his mother, who overcame much discrimination, discrimination over mixed blood in Korea became the top issue.
Hines Ward, who already was working with the Pittsburgh Organization in America, raised a fund in Korea to take care of racial discrimination. With the 50,000 dollar donation as a start, the Hines Ward Fund plans to rid of multiracial and multicultural discrimination in Korea.
Through his autograph letter he said,"My fund is only the beginning. I plan to do fund raising in Korea during off season. As a part of the campaign, my teammates and I will set up a football camp for children in Korea as well as America."
We hope that the Hines Ward Fund will give hope to all the multiracial people in Korea who are suffering from discrimination. |
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Kyobo Dasomies' Life-saving Fund- to support premature babies
Kyobo and BF made a contract to support premature babies. The 5 year plan supports the low income class with a baby either less than 30 weeks old or less than 1.5kg. Each month 10 families are supported with 50% of the hospital fee and at 5million maximum.
Also, by creating a website, it is planned to give information about the birth and raising up of premature babies, hospitals, related support programs as well as provide community service.
There are campaigns to promote government policies to support the premature babies as well as concerts, fund raising, birthday parties for them. There also will be public hearings on how to revise the current law and examples of support cases.
The Kyobo Dasomies' Life-saving Fund cooperative project between Kyobo and BF provides treatment fee to the families of premature babies and allows them to grow into a healthy adult, which hopefully will change the social perception toward them. |
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Fund for Nonprofit Public Interest Lawyers
Behind the democratization of Korea stands talented lawyers who gave up their welfare to side with the powerless. BF's Fund for Nonprofit Public Interest Lawyers exists to support such lawyers.
The fund supports such lawyers' activities and allows more nonprofit public interest lawyers to play a role in the society.
Lawyers are normally criticized for using their specialty against the weak and the poor. However, lawyers such as Cho Young-Rae and many more human rights lawyers have fought against them and shown justice.
The human rights lawyers who have fought against dictatorship have expanded. As more and more civilian organizations strive public good, these lawyers' help is compulsory, and to meet the demand the increase in the number of nonprofit public interest lawyers is required.
BF Gong Gam is made up of such lawyers who offer free legal service to various NGOs for the protection of human rights of minorities and marginalized groups.
The Fund for Nonprofit Public Interest Lawyers, raised by BF in 2003, aims to provide support for nonprofit public interest lawyers. The world isn't easy for lawyers to provide service for free since even their living expenses are at stake. The fund wishes to give strength to lawyers who have made the decision to be just. |
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