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To: American Spirit who wrote (6803)	5/6/2004 10:31:24 PM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

Kerry is a descendant of the Winthrop and Forbes families. Kerry, whose Forbes and Winthrop ancestors include the founders of the Boston-China trade and the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Kerry was born to New England privilege. Kerry spent five years at St. Paul's School, the elite boarding school in Concord New Hampshire - Kerry's father and brother went to Andover. Kerry -- now married to one of the nation's wealthiest women, Teresa Heinz Kerry, the heiress to a $500 million condiment fortune. Their houses in exclusive enclaves such as Sun Valley, Idaho (median house price in 2000: $798,400), and Nantucket, Mass. (median house price in 2003: $917,000). Teresa Kerry is a member of the board of three Heinz foundations that altogether are worth more than a billion dollars. Annual tax reports (IRS Form 990) show that Teresa Kerry Heinz is: Chairman of board of the Heinz Family Foundation. With assets of $69 million in 2002, it made grants that year of $4.8 million. Chairman of board of the Howard Heinz Endowment. It had assets of $773.3 million and made grants of $43.7 million in 2002. Member of the board of directors of the Vira I. Heinz Endowment. Its 2002 assets were $399.2 million and it made grants of $17.9 million. That adds up to $1.24 billion in assets and $66.4 million in grants disbursed in 2002.