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2012–2013 evanston!communityfoundation

It takes strong and healthy families. Parents and children need It takes honest conversations— to be connected and more opportunities to talk to each with one other. We each have our own circle another, have of friends, and don’t see the richness, opportunities the diversity of others. We need a way for healthy to get into those other circles. psychological Indira Johnson development, physical development, education, people who think outside the box, economic It takes advancement people who are dedicated to the community and security. and willing to be creative, try new ideas, Lindsay Chase- be aggressive, articulate aims and set Lansdale a course to accomplish long-term goals. ‘‘ Karl Berolzheimer

It takes the diversity you find in Evanston—and affording opportunities to all. Clara Pate what does it take for a community to thrive?

It takes commitment. We need people who participate in making our community better, who are willing to offer their services in whatever capacity, and dedicated to helping everyone succeed. ‘‘ Pam James grants 7 funds 9 financials 10 donors 12 leadership 16 it takes all of us. What does it take for a community to thrive? Your answers to this question say a lot about Evanston. Passion. Commitment. Engagement. Evanstonians don’t just ‘‘ sit around and gripe. We step up, sign up, and give our time and energy to solve problems. Volunteers at Evanston ReBuilding Warehouse and Curt’s Café, mentors at Evanston Scholars, early childhood educators, nonprofit boards—all passionately committed to building a thriving and inclusive community. Diversity. Respect. Talking to one another. We come in many ages and colors, and we work and worship in different ways. We cherish that diversity. But we know we need, as Indira Johnson reminds us, more places where we can talk and listen to one another, and more opportunities for all our children to learn to swim, as Clara Pate insists. Thinking outside the box and planning for the long term. ECF founders took the bold step of creating this foundation and starting its endowment. The next wave took another bold step by investing in the Foundation itself. Through their vision, our town is building an enduring bank of resources. Growth. From $1.1 million in 1996 to $17 million today, ECF grant funds and staff expertise have grown to the point that they add significant value to organizations of all sizes and missions, support their sustainability, and offset reduced public funding. And now? The community’s work isn’t done, so ours can’t be! Read on! As you read these pages, think how you can step up, join your neighbors, and help create better ‘‘ outcomes for all.

Joan Gunzberg, Board Chair Sara Schastok, President and CEO ’’

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Evanston Scholar Brenda Martinez heads to to heads Martinez Brenda Scholar Evanston community.” Seven of ten participants in the the in participants ten of Seven community.”

it’s become more and more about building building about more and more become it’s

out of landfills,” says Dickson. “But over time time over “But Dickson. says landfills,” of out

“We started with the mission of keeping things things keeping of mission the with started “We

buildings and reclaim valuable materials. materials. valuable reclaim and buildings

Another class trains workers to deconstruct deconstruct to workers trains class Another

and offers a certification on forklift operation. operation. forklift on certification a offers and

receiving procedures, and customer service, service, customer and procedures, receiving

and ten have jobs or are in school or college. college. or school in are or jobs have ten and

Training covers warehouse safety, shipping and and shipping safety, warehouse covers Training

in the first year have stayed away from trouble, trouble, from away stayed have year first the in

histories and sometimes a criminal record. record. criminal a sometimes and histories

Twelve of the the of Twelve young people who participated participated who people young 14

training for people with low skills, poor work work poor skills, low with people for training

with Connections for the Homeless to provide provide to Homeless the for Connections with to succeed.” succeed.” to

wood burning stove.” stove.” burning wood

along the way. The Warehouse teams up up teams Warehouse The way. the along The next day he was more focused and ready ready and focused more was he day next The

And it’s also reclaiming a few human lives lives human few a reclaiming also it’s And

downtown. him drove then and him, to

people exchanged ideas around the the around ideas exchanged people

building community building

day; a regular customer sat down and talked talked and down sat customer regular a day;

“One student was waiting for a bus after a rough rough a after bus a for waiting was student “One

like the old country store, where where store, country old the like

to work with them. with work to widen the kids’ community, says Trieschmann. Trieschmann. says community, kids’ the widen

how contractors and architects, residents,

customers who come in the door, all help help all door, the in come who customers At the ReBuilding Warehouse, we’re we’re Warehouse, ReBuilding the At

affordable building materials and teaches teaches and materials building affordable the volunteers who run the kitchen, the the kitchen, the run who volunteers the

really cool.” The Warehouse supplies supplies Warehouse The cool.” really from their community, she learned. At Curt’s Curt’s At learned. she community, their from exchange ideas, and help each other. other. each help and ideas, exchange

director, “and they love to share ideas. It’s It’s ideas. share to love they “and director,

Evanston. Many teens in trouble feel alienated alienated feel trouble in teens Many Evanston.

says Lou Dickson, founder and executive executive and founder Dickson, Lou says bottom up, when people gather, gather, people when up, bottom and from her work with Restorative Justice Justice Restorative with work her from and

diversion,” in interested are people of “Lots background as co-owner of Food for Thought, Thought, for Food of co-owner as background

change this country is from the the from is country this change ‘‘

Curt’s Café draws on Trieschmann’s Trieschmann’s on draws Café Curt’s

to use. use. to

recipe for change for recipe

them out of landfills and helps people put them them put people helps and landfills of out them “The only way we are going to to going are we way only “The

a two-year-old nonprofit on Dempster, keeps keeps Dempster, on nonprofit two-year-old a

problem-solving. problem-solving.

all the time. Evanston ReBuilding Warehouse, Warehouse, ReBuilding Evanston time. the all

it takes it

with others, plus skills like writing and and writing like skills plus others, with a place to trade ideas. ideas. trade to place a

someone’s remodeling scheme—all bargains, bargains, scheme—all remodeling someone’s

up on time, taking responsibility, interacting interacting responsibility, taking time, on up

reclaimed vanities, cabinets that didn’t fit fit didn’t that cabinets vanities, reclaimed

their way. way. their also learn the importance of showing showing of importance the learn also

It’s a rehabber’s dream, full of elegant doors, doors, elegant of full dream, rehabber’s a It’s

They’re on on They’re Trainees Trieschmann. Susan founder says

full-tuition scholarships. scholarships. full-tuition reclamation. kitchen skills, making soup, a little baking,” baking,” little a soup, making skills, kitchen

ieshos— schools fine with with 11 cleaned, basic restaurant maintenance, soft soft maintenance, restaurant basic cleaned,

year’s year’s freshmen are attending attending are freshmen 14 drinks, serve customers, keep the room room the keep customers, serve drinks,

their second year of college, and this this and college, of year second their “We teach them to serve coffee, make fancy fancy make coffee, serve to them teach “We

students in the first cohort are all starting starting all are cohort first the in students for strategy by training them in food service and life skills. skills. life and service food in them training by

way it’s changing life trajectories. The ten ten The trajectories. life changing it’s way incarcerated a chance at a new future, future, new a at chance a incarcerated

says Israelite. Even more impressive is the the is impressive more Even Israelite. says The café offers young people who’ve been been who’ve people young offers café The

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community, the “Evanston Scholar family,” family,” Scholar “Evanston the community,

here in Evanston.” in here ton ReBuilding Warehouse. ReBuilding ton Evans director, executive d an founder Dickson, Lou

The group has built its own sense of of sense own its built has group The

gathering spot, and a positive force for good, good, for force positive a and spot, gathering

to go for help.” help.” for go to as well: “We hope to make Curt’s a vibrant vibrant a Curt’s make to hope “We well: as

manage their time — they’ve got somewhere somewhere got they’ve — time their manage café’s heart and soul are about something else else something about are soul and heart café’s

or run short of funds, or don’t know how to to how know don’t or funds, of short run or Central Street. It is very good coffee. But the the But coffee. good very is It Street. Central

obstacles— they don’t like their roommate, roommate, their like don’t they obstacles— coffee,” says the website for Curt’s Café, on on Café, Curt’s for website the says coffee,”

says Israelite. “Then when they encounter encounter they when “Then Israelite. says “At Curt’s we put our heart and soul into our our into soul and heart our put we Curt’s “At apply, and get a support system in place,” place,” in system support a get and apply,

“We get them ready for college, help them them help college, for ready them get “We hope. of cup

leaping barriers leaping to build a future with room for everyone. for room with future a build to

common determination: bringing people together together people bringing determination: common

a explains Development Director Kay Israelite. Israelite. Kay Director Development explains

academics, social climate, and financial aid, aid, financial and climate, social academics,

funding and collaboration. And they share a a share they And collaboration. and funding

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all benefiting from three years of Foundation Foundation of years three from benefiting all starts in junior year helping students prepare. prepare. students helping year junior in starts

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sink, another helps kids get into college, a third third a college, into get kids helps another sink, Newman founded Evanston Scholars to break break to Scholars Evanston founded Newman 38.4%

a common determination. determination. common a to overcome.” to One can sell you a a you sell can One

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charitable payouts by distribution type distribution by payouts charitable a ‘‘ a a goal. Every child ready for kindergarten, every youth ready for work: that’s how village. Evanston residents identified our “Nurture the parent to nurture the child” is the community’s highest priorities back in philosophy of home visiting, which we’ve been 2006. We started by funding home funding since 2007. “ECF was ahead of its time in focusing on both generations together,” visiting for 50 low-income families and by says Northwestern Professor Lindsay Chase- Lansdale. Now, ECF is taking it to the next level, connecting providers to create a robust a in partnership with NU, Chase-Lansdale, and network of programs. Seven years later, her colleague Terese Sommer. this network has gained new partners Planning for a “Two Generations” initiative, and now reaches more young Evanston it takes... catalyst. funded by $100,000 from Ascend at the Aspen Institute, combines early learning for families and children in more ways. We started small—with babies and their children with education, training and career parents. Now, seven years after we launched development for their parents. Drawing on our “every child” initiative, broader community a successful Tulsa program and research awareness has generated expanded approaches findings, the Evanston initiative has begun by and new partnerships to reach more families mapping existing assets and designing a pilot and enrich the resources they can access. program for launch in 2014. Thanks to the Foundation’s steady support and seizing the opportunity an infusion of federal Early Head Start funds, New parents have high hopes and seek out home visiting programs are reaching almost educational opportunities for their children, half of our target low-income families—way which could make early childhood programs beyond the 7% average for Illinois communities. the ideal context for offering services for With researchers at Northern Illinois University, parents, says Chase-Lansdale. “When parents we’re tracking the effectiveness of home visiting. get more education, they become better role models, and they get more involved in their beyond home visiting children’s schooling. Plus it leads to better jobs We also know that high-quality programs and less economic stress—and that’s good support home visitors in their work with highly- for families.” stressed, often isolated families, so when the state dropped its funding, the Foundation stepped in to continue funding for an infant mental health consultant. We’re also funding preschool scholarships for some “graduates” and two additional years of home visiting for families who continue to Jonathan Webb, benefit from that help. Chief Development Officer, new ideas McGaw YMCA, Sponsor of The Little and Learning project, part of Evanston150, Pioneering Healthy Communities, is exploring how to help all parents access which tackles childhood obesity. high-quality early childhood education. The concept of family support has been broadened by District 65’s participation in the Child-Parent Center preK-to-3rd grade program, funded by a federal grant and local funders including ECF, it takes something to build on. now starting its second year. The YMCA adds a lives changed focus on physical activity and nutrition, including “We figured we could have the breastfeeding, with its Pioneering Healthy since 2007 Communities initiative. And the Foundation’s greatest impact on childhood families reached by Two-Generation Project will help young home visiting 630 parents as learners. obesity by capturing kids early, families who stayed 80% with the program new partners in the 0–5 years. We built on Meanwhile the pre-kindergarten summer kids screened literacy program ABC Boosters, now in its ‘‘the really strong network of early for developmental 1594 problems second year, targets children who need extra help with pre-literacy skills. Working with the childhood providers Evanston preschoolers are teenagers from the Youth Job Center, getting valuable work experience. Community Foundation had This year YJC added a Spanish version. And, with education and social service partners, we’re already created. The Foundation planning to launch a “cradle to career” initiative steers us toward groups that that will reach families in still more ways. already have things we’re aspirations! More families are being helped, but the looking for, so we don’t reinvent challenges of creating a level playing field are huge. We know some children reach the wheel. The relationships kindergarten with enormous advantages over those whose families lack the resources and knowledge they have for summer camps, music lessons, and vacations. But we’re building momentum to make them a good asset to help more families so that all our children reach kindergarten ready to learn. have at the table.” 4 | 5

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(pending) “Online” Full Life Future Planning Curriculum Curriculum Planning Future Life Full “Online”

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1,000 at Scholarship Thomas Andy and Rose ETHS endowment building challenge grants: $5,000 grants: challenge building endowment

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throughout the year: $8,501 year: the throughout

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capacity building grants for small organizations: $95,000 organizations: small for grants building capacity

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1,25 Umbrella Organizations Youth 0

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total grants and and grants total 2012/13

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0,000 1 $ Focus amily F 00 2,5 $ Project Streets WalknRoll/Shared Evanston * ‘‘ 150 Cultural Diversity Initiative Grady Bird Sanctuary Fund for the Evanston Fosters understanding among ethnic and racial groups within Environmental Association early childhood education Supports repair and maintenance of the Association’s bird sanctuary funds Evanston Realtors Fund Increases annual grant awards—a fund initiated by real estate Literature for All of Us Fund of the foundation professionals; with contributing funds from: Encourages literature appreciation in youth George Cyrus Memorial Fund North Shore Village Endowment Fund Evanston Swims Fund NEW Benefits a network of services enabling seniors to live Supports teaching elementary students in Evanston schools independently in their homes as vital members of the to swim community Paul Collins Pate Fund Endowment Fund Leonard Fisher Fund for Nursing Education Provides support for faculty and program-related projects Funds continuing education for ICU nurses at Highland Park Eisner Endowment for Roycemore School and Lake Forest Hospitals Frances Willard House Fund NEW Foundation Fund Preserves and interprets the Frances Willard House Museum Provides for the Foundation’s infrastructure—our own and its historic collections to promote vibrant discussion of endowment; includes: Willard’s life and her work on behalf of women, temperance 7.8% donor advised funds Jim Kogen Foundation Spirit Fund and human rights. it takes... Gene Lavengood Fund Youth Job Center Endowment Fund Supports employment-related services for disadvantaged and Fund for Evanston at-risk youth The original fund of ECF. Our general endowment meets community needs through grants and programs Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle Anderson Fund Natasha S. Deutsch Fund donor-designated funds 78.2% Evanston United Way Fund Virginia L. and William K. Beatty Volunteer board-directed, Martha and Don Farley Fund Service Award Eleanor and William Revelle Rees-Servillo/Jan Heffernan Memorial Dinner Fund Recognizes a medical librarian who has demonstrated broad purpose service to the Medical Library Association and the health Jeffrey M. Schoenberg Honorary Fund NEW daniel burnham society Elizabeth and James Roghair funds sciences library profession The Pillars of Evanston Penelope and Toby Sachs Fund for Women & Girls Supports grants and community education to empower women Beatty Family Scholarship Fund Provides assistance to three college-bound ETHS graduates Sara Schastok and girls funds of other with interest and achievement in the areas of foreign language, Anonymous (2) Ralph Segall Green Communities Fund journalism or writing, and science, honoring the children Elizabeth and Carlyle Anderson* Rosie Rees and Gene Servillo 14.0% organizations Encourages area residents to focus attention on of Virginia L. and William K. Beatty: Carol, Margaret and environmental protection, reduction of greenhouse gases, William B.K. Beatty John and Carol Balkcom Ann B. Stevens resource conservation, and energy efficiency William K. Beatty Medical History Prize Virginia L. Beatty Mary and James Suhr foundation endowments Leadership Fund Honors outstanding research in the field of medical history Diane and Karl Berolzheimer Carolyn J. Sweers Develops individuals’ leadership skills in diverse groups through Chicago Urban Youth Scholarship Fund exploration of Evanston assets and challenges; includes: Lester and LaShawn Blair Edna and Larry Ter Molen by fund type Provides tuition assistance to students in programs of Midtown Leadership Chairs Challenge Educational Foundation, Chicago Mary Anne and Joe Cappo Faith Vilas* Marybeth Schroeder Fund for Leadership Fund for Curt’s Café Julie Captain Barbara Goodman and Seth Lydia Martin Memorial Fund for Children and the Arts Provides job and life skills training, career coaching, and job Julie and Josh Chernoff Weinberger Funds hands-on arts education programs that benefit placement for youth, ex-offenders and at-risk youth disadvantaged children and youth Christina and David Cugell Linda and Payson Wild Evanston Police and Fire Fund Marge and John Wold Lorraine Hairston Morton Fund for Youth Increases the net resources available for the men and women Natasha Deutsch* Clara Pate, mother of Paul Collins Pate (1967–2013), created Supports organizations and projects to increase employment devoted to the safety of our community Martha and Donald Farley Sidney Zwick a memorial fund to benefit Evanston Swims. and educational opportunities for Evanston youth *deceased Foster Reading Center Fund William Friedlander Skokie Community Fund Supports this after-school program to increase reading skills annual fund Resource for the betterment and welfare of Skokie residents and provide readers in home daycare settings Kendal and Ken Gladish These individuals have pledged Supports the full range of current grants and activities Joan and Guy Gunzberg to include the Evanston Community Sweers Fund for Children and the Arts Susan Willis Heiberger Memorial Garden Fund Foundation in their estate plans, Supports arts education for Evanston youth in grades 6 through 12 Maintains the Heiberger memorial garden at ETHS Kim and Kirk Hoopingarner or have established lifetime funds for Faith Vilas Fund for Youth Rayna and Marvin Miller Fund for Open Communities Judy and Bob Kemp Advocates for fair and affordable housing planned gifts. Contact burnham@ Provides for programs serving youth Ronna Stamm and Paul Lehman evanstonforever.org to discuss foundation initiatives Bruce E. Mitchell Short Story Fund Evanston150 Project Fund Margaret and Paul Lurie your plan! Provides annual awards recognizing outstanding short stories Community-wide initiative to engage all of Evanston by ETHS juniors Bonnie and Jay Lytle in imagining the future, resulting in 10 visionary ideas to organizational endowments celebrate Evanston's 150th anniversary in 2013 Chuck Remen Memorial Fund Susan Manning and Doug Center for Independent Futures Fund Forms innovative partnerships to create product and service Benefits Project SOAR at the McGaw YMCA Doetsch Evanston Climate Action Fund models that give adults with disabilities and their families the it takes swimming lessons. Funds grants for greenhouse gas emission-reduction projects skills and opportunities to realize a full life Norman W. Thomas Jr. Scholarship Fund Kathy Miller to help Evanston meet the goals of its climate action plan Provides college or technical school scholarship assistance Betty A. Papangelis Chessmen Legacy Fund to a graduating ETHS senior Evanston Gun Buyback Fund NEW Established in memory of Morris Barefield and Charles Thomas Supports the City of Evanston gun buyback program Claudette Rasmussen “I started Paul and his twin sister to support Evanston youth and elderly Rose and Andy Thomas Educational Fund Provides scholarship assistance to a graduating ETHS senior Grantmaking Partners who is a first or second generation resident of the USA and/ Supplements funds for grantmaking. Please see page 15 for ETHS Educational Foundation Fund swimming at nine months. I saw Distributes funds to Evanston Township High School in order or has an interest in international travel and studies; supports a list of grantmaking partners, including Dance Marathon of to complement, enhance and enrich, beyond the means of early childhood education and anti-hunger initiatives ‘‘Caucasian parents throw their conventional public funding, opportunities that further the NEW educational mission of ETHS YWCA Evanston/North Shore Education Fund Illinois Early Childhood Fellowship Fund Provides education scholarships for Evanston girls and young kids in the water, and I thought, Advances leadership development in the field of early childhood David B. Fodor Musician Residency Program Fund NEW women, consistent with the mission of the Agency care and education. This is a special project funded by corporate Supports annual artist-in-residency program at ETHS and private foundation grants; ECF is the fiscal sponsor well, I can too. Paul competed Margaret Gunn Scholarship Endowment at ETHS evanston 150 WalknRoll Fund NEW Annual awards in memory of Margaret Gunn, class of 1945 Supports Evanston150 Shared Streets Project Joseph and Linnie Lee Moragne Memorial Scholarship Fund donor-advised funds Ten Big Ideas to celebrate in grammar school and high Annual awards for African-American ETHS graduates Allows donors to recommend grants; similar to, but more Evanston’s 150th anniversary demonstrating high achievement and leadership economical than a private foundation, and easier to establish school, and attended university board-directed Ron Selke Mathematics and Citizenship Lecture Series Fund NEW Supports annual mathematics lecture for ETHS students ABS Fund 1. A Market for All Seasons on a swimming scholarship. broad purpose funds and the Evanston community. B & J Fund 2. Learn to Work Acorn Fund Unterman Family Fund for ETHS Edelstein-Berkson Family Fund Encourages activities to test new ideas of value to our community Supports the educational experience of needy students of Sally and Richard Ennis Fund When I was growing up, blacks good character and academic ability 3. The More You Know Friends of the Arts Fund All Our Sons 4. Here’s to Our Health Barry Zwick Football Scholarship Fund were not allowed in pools. Supports boys and young men as they strive to become Annual scholarship award for at least one graduating senior Goodman/Weinberger Fund 5. Little and Learning responsible members of the community who participated in the football program Gratch Family Fund NEW Jon Kimmel Memorial Fund To be a swimmer, you need to be Arts in Community Fund Evanston Environmental Education Fund 6. Walk N Roll Strengthens Evanston as an extraordinary arts community Avi Kurganoff Memorial Fund For details visit [email protected] Advances environmental awareness and promotes 7. Water Water Everywhere in the water! I couldn’t think environmental stewardship in Evanston Lytle Family Fund Balkcom Family Fund for Literacy and Affordable Housing Joe “Butch” Martin Fund 8. Green and Clean Promotes literacy and affordable housing Evanston Fourth of July Association Fund of a better plan than Evanston Supports family-oriented entertainment events on the Partners for the Future Fund 9. Edible Evanston Communityworks Fund 4th of July and throughout the summer Plumtree Fund ’’ Identifies and supports systematic approaches to strengthen Mary Laflin Rockwell Fund 10. Evanston Teen Center Swims as a memorial to keep Evanston in areas of early childhood care and education, and Evanston Symphony Orchestra Association Fund workforce training and development; includes: Delivers quality, affordable, accessible classical music to Weisblat Family Fund 8 | 9 Paul’s legacy alive.” Pearl & Sander Davis Fund for Communityworks the community Zunamon-Cunniff Family Fund 27 years of asset growth investment in the organization’s Evanston Community investment performance infrastructure has average annual return Foundation through December 31, 2012 made a difference in it takes... growth investment committee our rate of growth. Foundation assets increased $2 million Ralph Segall, chair Managing Director, 12.3 % in millions $ overall to $17.1 million through the Segall, Bryant & Hamill 18.0 combination of strong portfolio returns and former Foundation chair Karl Berolzheimer 16.0 Retired Attorney and Bank Director 9.2% increases in our agency endowments. 8.7 % former Foundation chair 8.4% 14.0 Bill Blanchard Vice President, 12.0 Private Banking USA Credit Suisse 10.0 Foundation treasurer Diana Cohen 8.0 summary of financial data 2012 financial report Community Volunteer 4.0% as of December 2012 and 2011, in thousands In 2012, investment income on the Foundation’s funds was a strong $1.6 million, Foundation board member representing a 12.3% return on our portfolio. In our first year, after the final phase 6.0 William Goldstein of the Grand Victoria Foundation matching challenge, which brought in endowment net assets 2012 2011 President, 4.0 gifts of more than $1.1 million in 2011, we saw an expected decrease in our Chesley, Taft & Associates Assets $ 17,138 $ 15,159 revenues for endowed funds. However, additions to donor advised funds and a successful year end appeal reduced the decline to $700,000. Joan Gunzberg 2.0 Liabilities ( 2,372) ( 1,813) Retired Executive Director, The increase in our program expenses is due to a $125,000 increase in the Arts & Business Council of Chicago Net assets $ 14,766 $ 13,346 Foundation’s grants in 2012, including 25th anniversary and EndowNow grants, Foundation chair 0.0 together with support provided to the new EvanstArts community convening 1-year 3-year 5-year 10-year 25-years 86 93 98 03 08 13 Peter Lewis since project. Due to a one-time change in the timing of grants paid for the Illinois Managing Partner, portfolio revenues Early Childhood Fellowship project, our project distributions in 2012 were greater inception LFL Advisers, LLC Contributions $ 2,051 $ 2,767 than in 2011. Evanston Community Foundation John McCarthy National median: all community foundations Program revenues 98 80 Chief Investment Officer, 2012 report of the investment committee National median: community foundations The Foundation’s investment return for the 2012 calendar year was up 12.3%, Centaur Capital Partners, Inc. with $5M to $24.9M in assets Investment results 1,604 (14) Foundation board member an improvement in several respects from the returns posted in 2011. First, and Total revenues $ 3,753 $ 2,833 most importantly, the return for the year and for the three-year moving average Mark McCarville (+8.7%) was greater than our 5% spending target. In other words, we have been Partner, Braydon Partners expenses able to generate funds for programming and expenses while also building capital, former Foundation board member a gift to the endowment gives AND grows even on an inflation-adjusted basis. Second, the returns for the year and the Based on actual results, a gift of $100,000 in 1988 Program services, including grants $ 1,999 $ 1,817 Kevin Mott three-year moving average put us ahead of the blended benchmark* by which we Financial Advisor, would have funded distributions more than twice the Management and general 203 174 evaluate our portfolio performance. Edward Jones Investments size of the original gift—and would also have left in Foundation board member Fundraising 131 122 place a fund that is substantially more than twice the 2013 investment results Eric Robison The era of massive monetary ease on a global scale has continued through 2013, Total expenses $ 2,333 $ 2,113 Vice President, Private Banker size of the original gift. although concern it might be drawing to a close has produced an unusual set of BMO Harris Private Bank investment returns through the first nine months of 2013. The pattern of superior growing endowment Foundation board member increase in net assets performance of recent years has been turned on its head. Fixed income holdings, $264,212 $300,000 emerging markets—both debt and equity, and gold have all suffered negative Penelope Sachs Revenues in excess of expenses $ 1,420 $ 720 returns in the first part of 2013 while the “dull” domestic stock market has roared Community Volunteer ahead at a double digit clip. From the Investment Committee’s perspective, this former Foundation chair Audited financial statements and Form 990 are available for review at the Foundation office and on our website, www.evanstonforever.org. profile is yet another demonstration of the virtues of a broadly diversified portfolio. Ingrid Stafford $200,000 initial gift For the first nine months of 2013, the ECF endowment earned a return of 8.8%. Associate VP for Financial Operations and Treasurer, While this is comfortably ahead of the spending target (3.75% for the first $100,000 Northwestern University nine months), it does not reach the level of the blended benchmark we have former Foundation board member developed, which produced a 12.0% return. While we do not especially relish the $100,000 experience of trailing the benchmark, we note that the markets remain distorted Investment Committee members cumulative investment because the price of the 10 year U.S. Treasury Note is being deliberately inflated volunteer their time and expertise. in community by the monetary authorities. The Investment Committee remains optimistic that The average tenure of current $242,431 the long period of deleveraging will come to an end in due course, and the members is 6.4 years, and their monetary authorities will be able to reduce their price-distorting efforts. Good cumulative professional investment 1988 2000 2012 opportunities await in the next several years. Our investment allocation leaves us experience is 288 years. in a broad-based stance to (hopefully) avoid or at least minimize the impact of the unforeseeable twists and turns that will inevitably present themselves.

*The Foundation’s Blended Benchmark is the weighted average of the market indices used by the investment committee to measure portfolio performance and includes the Wilshire 5000 Index, the MSCI-EFAE Index of international equities, the Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index, and the 10 | 11 J.P. Morgan Global Bond Index.

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