The Henry T. Nicholas, III Foundation
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The Henry T. Nicholas, III Foundation is the private foundation of Henry Nicholas
, a philanthropist
, victims' rights
advocate, and co-founder and former co-chairman, president, and CEO of Broadcom Corporation
.
In 2003, the Foundation was known as the Henry T. and Stacey Nicholas Foundation. It current name was adopted after their separation in 2006. The Foundation was established with the goal of improving communities and individual lives through investment in education
, youth sports, technology, medical research, victims' rights and national defense.
The Henry T. Nicholas, III Foundation focuses on helping students attain a college education and using technologies to improve the quality of education. The Foundation has donated to a variety of educational endeavors. the Oakland Military Institute,
The Foundation also supports Mama’s Hot Tamales café, an apprentice-operated business and job-training restaurant that is affiliated with Chefs Center and teaches restricted-income residents how to begin a career path in the culinary world.
. The Foundation donated to Habitat’s Homes for Heroes, a 27-home neighborhood in San Juan Capistrano to benefit disabled veterans and surviving families of veterans who gave their lives in service. The Foundation has donated to several organizations supporting the men and women of the armed forces and their families, including the Wounded Warrior Project
, the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund, National Military Family Association
, Freedom Alliance
and Snowball Express
.
In 2008, Nicholas sponsored and led the effort to pass Marsy's Law
(California Proposition 9), the California constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2008, which is the nation's most comprehensive victims' bill of rights. He is also the founder of Marsy's Law for All an organization dedicated to implementing victims’ rights nationwide.
The Foundation has donated to Crime Survivors, Inc, the Crime Victims United Charitable Foundation, Parents of Murdered Children, Justice for Murdered Children, and many more victims' rights groups.
Henry Nicholas
Henry Thompson “Nick” Nicholas, III , is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and leader of the victims’ rights movement. He is the co-founder, and former Co-Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Broadcom Corporation, a Fortune 500 company.Nicholas served Broadcom in...
, a philanthropist
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
, victims' rights
Victims' Rights
-History:Victim movements in the U.S. grew in the 1970s. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan's Task Force on Victims of Crime released its Final Report. The report drew attention to the re-victimization of crime victims within the criminal justice system...
advocate, and co-founder and former co-chairman, president, and CEO of Broadcom Corporation
Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los...
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In 2003, the Foundation was known as the Henry T. and Stacey Nicholas Foundation. It current name was adopted after their separation in 2006. The Foundation was established with the goal of improving communities and individual lives through investment in education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, youth sports, technology, medical research, victims' rights and national defense.
Projects
EducationThe Henry T. Nicholas, III Foundation focuses on helping students attain a college education and using technologies to improve the quality of education. The Foundation has donated to a variety of educational endeavors. the Oakland Military Institute,
- The Foundation funded the construction of the Nicholas Academic CentersNicholas Academic CentersThe Nicholas Academic Centers provide after‐school tutoring and mentoring for high school students in the Santa Ana Unified School District. The two Centers—NAC I in downtown Santa Ana , and NAC II on the campus of Valley High School —serve hundreds of students on a daily basis throughout the...
I and II, an after-school tutoring and mentoring program for disadvantaged at-risk, but high-potential, high school students in the Santa Ana Unified School DistrictSanta Ana Unified School DistrictSanta Ana Unified School District is a school district in Orange County, California that serves the city of Santa Ana. Although its geographic size is only , it is the sixth largest school district in the state of California with approximately 58,000 students...
. The first NAC opened in January 2008 in downtown Santa AnaSanta Ana, CaliforniaSanta Ana is the county seat and second most populous city in Orange County, California, and with a population of 324,528 at the 2010 census, Santa Ana is the 57th-most populous city in the United States....
, and was based on a successful after-school tutoring program run by retired Orange CountyOrange County, CaliforniaOrange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
Superior CourtSuperior Courts of CaliforniaThe Superior Courts of California are the superior courts in the U.S. state of California with general jurisdiction to hear and decide any civil or criminal action which is not specially designated to be heard in some other court or before a government agency...
Judge Jack Mandel from 1990 to 2002. The second NAC opened on the Valley High School campus in January 2009. In the fall of 2009, 24 members of the first graduating class of the NACs earned more than $500,000 in scholarships and grants to highly ranked universities. In 2010, 66 graduating seniors were accepted to college, with 36 of them planning to attend four-year institutions, including GeorgetownGeorgetown UniversityGeorgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
, SmithSmith CollegeSmith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters...
, HaverfordHaverford CollegeHaverford College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States, a suburb of Philadelphia...
, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, and UCLAUniversity of California, Los AngelesThe University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
. - The Foundation has been a supporter of St. Margaret's Episcopal SchoolSt. Margaret's Episcopal SchoolSt. Margaret's Episcopal School, or SMES, is a private, preK-12 college preparatory school located in California, United States.The mission of St. Margaret's Episcopal School is to "educate the hearts and minds of young people for lives of learning, leadership and service."-History:St. Margaret's...
, helping to fund the Tartan Scholars program, which provides full-tuition, four-year scholarships to high-achieving, low-income minority students to attend the highly acclaimed high school. - The Foundation has been a donor to the University of California, IrvineUniversity of California, IrvineThe University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
, at which Nicholas is a former Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Nicholas is an ambassador of the UCI Foundation and also supports the UCI Center for Pervasive Communications and Computing.
Philanthropic investment
The Foundation focuses on giving individuals the tools they need to be self-sufficient and become entrepreneurs in their own right. The foundation has supported entrepreneurial projects such as Chefs Center of California, a small-business incubator in Pasadena, California, that enables culinary entrepreneurs to start and accelerate the successful growth of their enterprises. It was established by the Episcopal Housing Alliance and Economic Development,which are part of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, and the Foundation, with an investment of $1,350,000, is the Center's primary financial supporter. The Center, which opened in May 2009, provides professional commercial kitchen space at an average rate of $20/hour and based on a sliding scale according to financial need. The incubator is home to more than 30 entrepreneurs and has launched numerous successful restaurants, catering operations and specialty food companies.The Foundation also supports Mama’s Hot Tamales café, an apprentice-operated business and job-training restaurant that is affiliated with Chefs Center and teaches restricted-income residents how to begin a career path in the culinary world.
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County and National Defense
The Foundation has been a supporter of Habitat for Humanity of Orange CountyOrange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
. The Foundation donated to Habitat’s Homes for Heroes, a 27-home neighborhood in San Juan Capistrano to benefit disabled veterans and surviving families of veterans who gave their lives in service. The Foundation has donated to several organizations supporting the men and women of the armed forces and their families, including the Wounded Warrior Project
Wounded Warrior Project
The Wounded Warrior Project is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to "honor and empower wounded warriors" of the United States Armed Forces...
, the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund, National Military Family Association
National Military Family Association
The National Military Family Association , headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, is a private non-profit association organized to improve the quality of family life of all military personnel.-History:...
, Freedom Alliance
Freedom Alliance
Freedom Alliance can refer to various political and ideological groups and movements, including:* Freedom Alliance Party of Liberia of Liberia* UMBC Freedom Alliance* United People's Freedom Alliance of Sri Lanka...
and Snowball Express
Snowball Express
Snowball Express is a 1972 screwball comedy film made by Walt Disney Productions about a man who leaves his desk job to run a hotel left to him by his uncle.-Plot:...
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Victims' rights
In 1983, while he was in graduate school, Nicholas' sister Marsy was brutally murdered. Since then, he has been a leading advocate for the rights of surviving victims in the California criminal justice system.In 2008, Nicholas sponsored and led the effort to pass Marsy's Law
Marsy's Law
Proposition 9 is an Amendment to the California Constitution enacted by California voters through the initiative process in the November 2008 state elections...
(California Proposition 9), the California constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2008, which is the nation's most comprehensive victims' bill of rights. He is also the founder of Marsy's Law for All an organization dedicated to implementing victims’ rights nationwide.
The Foundation has donated to Crime Survivors, Inc, the Crime Victims United Charitable Foundation, Parents of Murdered Children, Justice for Murdered Children, and many more victims' rights groups.