2012 Enrich INVEST: Devoting Time, Talent and Treasure to Positively Impact the Community
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RE I INVEST ENRICH INSP 2012 INVEST: devoting time, talent and treasure to positively impact the community INSPIRE: serving as a leader, catalyst and resource to ensure sustainability We are a family of funds, responsibly managed and maintained. By providing superior donor services, flexible charitable giving options and prudent investment alternatives, the Community Foundation helps donors support all the causes they care about at home and around the world. We help them structure their giving to provide The Community Foundation of Jackson Hole immediate funding or to ensure stability for inspires the entire community to support nonprofits in perpetuity. local nonprofits and to celebrate philanthropy through an incredible annual matching grant opportunity – Old Bill’s Fun Run for Charities. INVEST The next generation learns the importance of strategic giving through the Youth Philanthropy program. Nonprofits find talented new volunteers through our Volunteer Jackson Hole website. Philanthropy reinforces our fundamental humanity and our shared values, connecting us to what is truly important. ENRICH: improving lives through philanthropic leadership When we invest our time, talent or treasure to enrich our community, we are all philanthropists, regardless of our net worth. • Over the last 23 years, the Community Foundation has granted over $208 million. • In 2012, 70 local nonprofits received a total of $625,200 from the Foundation’s competitive grant funds. • The Community Foundation holds approximately 200 funds and $39 million in assets. • Over its lifetime, Old Bill’s Fun Run has raised nearly $91 million to benefit local nonprofits. • Since 2001, the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole has consistently granted more ENRICH dollars per capita than any other community foundation in the United States. • In 2012, students received over $110,000 in scholarships to pursue their dreams. 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS ImprovIng lIves througH PHIlanthropic leadeRSHIP 2012 WELCOME LETTER Welcome Letter . 1 Ranches, whether for herding cattle, dudes or Board and Staff . 2 even stolen horses, are the soul of Jackson Hole. Once the primary basis of our economy, ranches Youth Philanthropy . 3 still account for over 50% of all the privately Tina & Karl Weber . 4/5 held land in Teton County. With the Tetons 2012 Competitive Grants. 6/8 and Gros Ventres as backdrops, their beauty is unsurpassed, and everyone in Jackson is fiercely Stewardship Circle Members . 9 proud of this gritty heritage. The three stories Marcia Kunstel & Joe Albright . 10/11 of ranchers in this year’s annual report, whose Community Foundation Funds. 12/15 roots could not be more diverse, underscore the same dedication to preserving our frontier Kate & Brad Mead . 16/17 character as well as our concern for one another. Old Bill’s Fun Run for Charities. 18/21 Community Foundation of Teton Valley . 22/23 Those of us who are lucky enough to live in this spectacular valley take its stewardship seriously. Jackson Hole is among the most philanthropic communities in the nation; (1) Key Financial Indicators . 24 since 2001 the Foundation has consistently granted more dollars per capita than any Legacy Society Members. 25 other community foundation in the United States. Over the past 16 years, Old Bill’s Donors. 26/Back Cover Fun Run has raised nearly $91 million for local nonprofits, and one out of every three families here participates. At the Community Foundation, we combine our local knowledge, our financial expertise and our flexibility to efficiently allocate resources for the most significant impact. As a trusted resource, we help donors achieve their philanthropic goals, providing charitable giving options and prudently investing their funds. Nonprofits rely on us for professional workshops, competitive grant opportunities, our volunteer website, and of course, Old Bill’s Fun Run. Through our Youth Philanthropy program, the next generation is learning to recognize the most pressing local problems and to effectively invest in the most creative and collaborative solutions. Our sense of history, our shared values, our love of the wilderness and commitment to each other other inspire our investment in Jackson Hole. We are enriched by this community every day of our lives, and we do our best to return the favor. Katharine Conover, President Karen Terra, Board President Friends Of Pathways BOAR D YOUTH PHILANTHROPY & STAFF InSPIRIng the nexT geneRaTIOn Local high school students solicit and review grant proposals, meet with various local charitable organizations, discuss effective strategies for community impact and award grants to local organizations. Donors to this fund include: Jennifer Balso, Frances Clark, Nancy and Dick Collister, John Doughtry, Jannotta-Pearsall Family Fund, Carrie and Scott Kirkpatrick Fund, Robin Moyer, Lisa Samford, Pam Sather, StoneRiver Foundation Fund, Karla Tessler Fund. 2012 Youth Philanthropy Competitive Grants ANIMALS PaWS of Jackson Hole Spay/neuter Financial Assistance Program $1,550 (2) Arts AND CULTURE (3) Jackson Hole music experience afterschool! $500 paRTners Ideas into Action $500 COnservatiON AND ENVIRONMent Board of Directors Craighead Beringia South Integrated Wildlife Research education $500 Friends Of Pathways Jackson Hole Trails Repairs $750 Back (left to right): David Carlin, Bill Weiss -Vice Chair, Pete Lawton - Vice Chair, Bob Kopp grand Teton national Park Foundation Pura Vida and Young Stewards & (2013 member) leaders Youth Program $500 Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance Safe Wildlife Crossings $1,250 2nd Row (left to right): Tim Watters (2013 Member), Scott Gibson (2013 member), Mercedes Huff, Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation a minute more for moose $1,050 Dick Collister - Secretary Teton Raptor Center PoO-PoO Project $500 Front Row (left to right): Richard Spencer, Margot Snowdon, Karen Terra - Chair, EDUcatiOn Veronica Silberberg, Jim Augé -Treasurer Teton literacy Center Reading Around Town $1,750 Wyoming Council for International Visitors The diplomacy Project $1,000 Not Pictured: Carine Dubois, Ken Dunn - Chair, Community Foundation of Teton Valley, Clay Geittmann - Past Chair, Bill Hoglund, Cathy Kehr, Grant Larson, Brad Mead, Jim Moses, HEALTH AND HUMAN Service Tom Muller, Bill Newton - Emeritus, Erika Pearsall, Karla Tessler ClImB Wyoming Teton Area ClImB Wyoming Program $2,000 el Puente access to Health Care for latino Youth $1,000 Staff good Samaritan mission Food for Hungry $2,050 latino Resource Center Bilingual Services for latino Immigrants $2,250 Back Row: Teen Power, Inc. Jackson Hole experience Initiative $1,050 Amy Rojo - Senior Philanthropic Services Officer Teton Youth and Family Services Jackson Hole leadership Program $550 Nicki McDermott - Special Events & Marketing Officer Maggie Schwartz - Office Manager Pam Sather - Finance & Operations Officer Front Row: Annie Riddell - Old Bill’s Fun Run Coordinator Katharine Conover - President Karen Coleman - Vice President, Finance & Operations Teton County Library Dancer’s Workshop TINA When the plane landed in late September, I said this is it. I don’t need to go any further. & KARL Karl: I first visited Jackson in 1966 while looking for a rural experience for my 6 kids. I was a part owner of Lost Creek Ranch through 1985. I thought we’d have to leave the WEBER valley, but then I heard about this ranch. Tina: We discovered the Gros Ventre River Ranch independently of each other. I was taking a photography course, and we came up this way to take pictures. I had no idea this place existed until then, but I saw the ranch and told Karl how incredible it was. He said that was a coincidence, because he’d just been talking to the park superintendent about the property. And here we are. People say it’s nice to be back home. And that’s how it should feel. Tina: The Gros Ventre River Ranch is a modern take on the traditional dude ranch experience. Historically, guests would stay at a ranch for 4-6 weeks. They all got to know each other and enjoyed horseback riding, fishing and just being in nature. (4) (5) Karl: Our guests say that they love that their kids can run free and be totally unscheduled. Families meet here and stay in touch, returning to the ranch each year to visit with one another. We’ve done a lot of traveling to pursue passions we discovered here. Tina: I learned a lot of new things when I moved here – snowmobiling, hiking, horseback riding and fly fishing. I love the One Fly, because it’s fun and you meet people from all over the country. I also participate in Stripping for the Cure. We wear a lot of pink, use pink flies and raise money for breast cancer research. Karl: I traveled to Argentina with a group of friends to bird hunt for 35 years. Tina and I spent vacations in Costa Rica, Argentina and Mexico travelling by horseback for a couple of weeks at a time. We went with Frank Bogart, the Mayor of Palm Springs. His trips were famous, because you always felt fully immersed in the culture. Old Bill’s was a brilliant idea, and it’s still going strong. Karl: We’re so happy to be a part of such a giving community. The money raised through Old Bill’s goes to excellent causes. INSPIRe Tina: As a Co-Challenger, we are contributing to nonprofits that we might not support otherwise. But it’s probably an important part of our community whether I recognize it or not. Hopefully, by donating through Old Bill’s we’re helping to keep our community healthy. Tina and Karl Weber both grew up in California where they met in 1980. Tina has a daughter who manages the Gros Ventre River Ranch with her husband and their three daughters. Her son lives in Colorado with his wife and three kids. Karl has six children and seven grandchildren, most of whom live in California. One daughter lives in Jackson with her family. Tina graduated from Occidental College and taught elementary school for 12 years.