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'''Newman's Own''' is a food company and for-profit corporation founded by actor [[Paul Newman]] and author [[A.E. Hotchner]] in 1982. Newman received all of the profits from product sales and donated 100% of the proceeds, after taxes, to various [[education]]al and [[charitable organization]]s of his own selection.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E6D71131F93BA25752C1A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all | title=Making His Own Charity an Acquired Taste | work=New York Times | author=Mike Allen | date=18 November 1998 | accessdate=2008-09-30}}</ref> In 1982 Newman summarized his initial intentions regarding distribution of his company's profits: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaEGyezuxdo
'''Newman's Own''' is a food company and for-profit corporation founded by actor [[Paul Newman]] and author [[A.E. Hotchner]] in 1982. Newman received all of the profits from product sales and donated 100% of the proceeds, after taxes, to various [[education]]al and [[charitable organization]]s of his own selection.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E6D71131F93BA25752C1A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all | title=Making His Own Charity an Acquired Taste | work=New York Times | author=Mike Allen | date=18 November 1998 | accessdate=2008-09-30}}</ref> In 1982 Newman summarized his initial intentions regarding distribution of his company's profits:


<blockquote>"My profits will be divided between a number of tax-deductible charities and causes, some church-related, others for conservation and ecology and things like that."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E7DE1338F936A2575AC0A964948260&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=all | title=Newman's Salad Dressing: Oil, Vinegar and Ballyhoo | work=New York Times | author=Mimi Sheraton | date=15 September 1982 | accessdate=2008-10-01}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>"My profits will be divided between a number of tax-deductible charities and causes, some church-related, others for conservation and ecology and things like that."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E7DE1338F936A2575AC0A964948260&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=all | title=Newman's Salad Dressing: Oil, Vinegar and Ballyhoo | work=New York Times | author=Mimi Sheraton | date=15 September 1982 | accessdate=2008-10-01}}</ref></blockquote>
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Newman and Hotchner co-wrote a memoir about their company and the Hole in the Wall Camps, ''Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good'' (ISBN 0-385-50802-6), published in 2003. Newman and Robert Forrester had arranged for the continuation of the distribution of Newman's Own profits to charity after Newman's death through the establishment of the Newman's Own Foundation.<ref name="Haigh"/>
Newman and Hotchner co-wrote a memoir about their company and the Hole in the Wall Camps, ''Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good'' (ISBN 0-385-50802-6), published in 2003. Newman and Robert Forrester had arranged for the continuation of the distribution of Newman's Own profits to charity after Newman's death through the establishment of the Newman's Own Foundation.<ref name="Haigh"/>


== Charity == http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaEGyezuxdo
== Charity ==
Over US$370 million, according to the Newman's Own Foundation website, has been generated for charity since 1982.<ref>http://newmansownfoundation.org/about-us/</ref> The company co-sponsored the [[PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award]], which was presented annually to a United States resident who had fought courageously, despite adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression as it applied to the written word.
Over US$370 million, according to the Newman's Own Foundation website, has been generated for charity since 1982.<ref>http://newmansownfoundation.org/about-us/</ref> The company co-sponsored the [[PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award]], which was presented annually to a United States resident who had fought courageously, despite adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression as it applied to the written word.


Revision as of 12:20, 20 October 2013

Newman's Own
Company typePrivate
Founded1982
Headquarters
Westport, Connecticut
,
U.S.
Key people
Paul Newman (founder)
A.E. Hotchner (co-founder)
Nell Newman (Newman's Own Organics)
ProductsDrinks, pasta sauce, salad dressing, snacks, salsa
WebsiteNewman's Own

Newman's Own is a food company and for-profit corporation founded by actor Paul Newman and author A.E. Hotchner in 1982. Newman received all of the profits from product sales and donated 100% of the proceeds, after taxes, to various educational and charitable organizations of his own selection.[1] In 1982 Newman summarized his initial intentions regarding distribution of his company's profits:

"My profits will be divided between a number of tax-deductible charities and causes, some church-related, others for conservation and ecology and things like that."[2]

History

The brand started with a homemade salad dressing that Newman and Hotchner prepared and gave to friends as gifts.[3] The successful reception of the salad dressing led Newman and Hotchner to commercialize it for sale.[4] After that initial item, financed by Newman and Hotchner ($20,000 each as seed money),[5] pasta sauce, frozen pizza, iced tea, lemonade, limeade, fruit cocktail juices, popcorn, pretzels, salsa, cookies, coffee, grape juice, dog food, cat food, condiments, and other products were produced. Newman's Own Lemonade was introduced in 2004 and Newman's Own premium wines in 2008.[6] Each label features a picture of Newman, dressed in a different costume to represent the product. The company incorporated humor into its label packaging, as in the label for its first salad dressing in 1982, "Fine Foods Since February".[5]

In 1993, Newman's daughter Nell Newman founded Newman's Own Organics as a division of the company, later to become a separate company in late 2001. It produces only organic foods. Her father posed with her for the photographs on the labels.[7]

Newman and Hotchner co-wrote a memoir about their company and the Hole in the Wall Camps, Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good (ISBN 0-385-50802-6), published in 2003. Newman and Robert Forrester had arranged for the continuation of the distribution of Newman's Own profits to charity after Newman's death through the establishment of the Newman's Own Foundation.[8]

Charity

Over US$370 million, according to the Newman's Own Foundation website, has been generated for charity since 1982.[9] The company co-sponsored the PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award, which was presented annually to a United States resident who had fought courageously, despite adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression as it applied to the written word.

A sampling of grantees is available at the Newman's Own Foundation website[10] along with a description of funding areas.[11] One beneficiary of this charity is the SeriousFun Children's Network (previously the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps), residential summer camps for seriously ill children, which he co-founded in 1988. Today, there are camps, programs, and initiatives operating in 50 countries across 5 continents. Over 384,700 children have attended a SeriousFun program free of charge.[12] While proceeds from Newman's Own financed the startup of the camp, it now receives funding from many other sources. Other beneficiaries of the profits from Newman's Own have included The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund (from 1983 onwards),[13] Shining Hope for Communities,[14] Safe Water Network,[8] Edible Schoolyard NYC,[15] Fisher House Foundation,[16] the WILD Young Women Programme (New Zealand),[17] and Pilgrims Hospices (UK).[18]

Newman's Own Organics pays a name licensing fee, directed to the Newman's Own Foundation, to Newman's Own.

Notes

  1. ^ Mike Allen (18 November 1998). "Making His Own Charity an Acquired Taste". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  2. ^ Mimi Sheraton (15 September 1982). "Newman's Salad Dressing: Oil, Vinegar and Ballyhoo". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  3. ^ Nadine Brozan (22 December 1989). "From Paul Newman's Own Company, $250,000 for Neediest". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  4. ^ Florence Fabricant (3 April 1991). "New Salsa Is True to Newman's Own Taste". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  5. ^ a b Ty Burr (28 September 2008). "Blue-eyed idol put an indelible stamp on movies, philanthropy". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  6. ^ Businesswire.com
  7. ^ Florence Fabricant (6 April 1994). "Food Notes". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  8. ^ a b Susan Haigh (29 September 2008). "Newman planned for charitable legacy after death". International Business Times. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  9. ^ http://newmansownfoundation.org/about-us/
  10. ^ http://newmansownfoundation.org/what-we-support/organizations-we-support/
  11. ^ http://newmansownfoundation.org/what-we-support/focus-areas/
  12. ^ http://www.seriousfunnetwork.org/about-us/the-beginning
  13. ^ Jon Gertner (16 November 2003). "Newman's Own: Two Friends and a Canoe Paddle". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  14. ^ Michael Roth (11 January 2012). "Opportunity, Engagement and Confidence: Cures for the Civic Recession". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2013-4-30. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  15. ^ "Newman's Own Foundation Awards $4 Million for Nutrition Programs". Philanthropy News Digest (Press release). 28 October 2012. Retrieved 2013-4-30. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  16. ^ Michael A. Fuoco (5 December 2012). "Fisher House in Pittsburgh welcomes ailing veterans' families". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2013-4-30. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  17. ^ Rebecca Blithe (20 April 2012). "US charity helps fund programme for Auckland teens". The Aucklander. Retrieved 2013-4-30. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  18. ^ Chris Murphy (15 July 2012). "Paul Newman charity to fund research by Kent's Pilgrims Hospices". KentNews.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-4-30. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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