The Ahmanson Foundation

nnual eport 2003

beverly hills, california Table of Contents

Mission Statement...... 5 The Life and Vision of Howard F. Ahmanson ...... 6 Message from the President...... 12 Message from the Managing Director...... 13 Profile of Approved Grants 2003 ...... 15 Five Year Comparative Profile...... 15 List of Grants 2003...... 17 Grants in Focus Museum Associates / Los Angeles County Museum of Art — An Acquisition: Jacob Jordaens’ The Inspiration of the Poet ...... 18 Friends of the Observatory — The Griffith Observatory: A Los Angeles landmark ...... 30 UCLA Foundation / Center for Health Enhancement — The UCLA Center on Aging...... 42 University of Southern California / College of Letters, Arts and Sciences — Molecular and Computational Biology...... 50 Southwest Museum / Autry National Center of the American West — A Merger ...... 58 Friends of the Child Advocates — Court Appointed Special Advocates Program ...... 68 Independent School Alliance for Minority Affairs — An Avenue to Quality Education ...... 78 General Guidelines and Perspective of Interests...... 98 Eligibility and Limitations...... 99 The Ahmanson Foundation Suggested Procedures...... 100 9215 Wilshire Boulevard Beverly Hills, California 90210 Financial Summary ...... 102 (310) 278-0770 Trustees, Officers and Staff ...... 104 Mission Statement

he Ahmanson Foundation, incorporated as a private foundation 1952 in the State of California in , was established by financier Howard F. Ahmanson, and his wife Dorothy. Its corpus was augmented in later years by his two nephews Robert H. Ahmanson and William H. Ahmanson. The Foundation’s broad purpose, as stated in the articles of incorporation, is to administer funds for charitable, scientific, educational, literary, and religious purposes, all for the public welfare. Currently the Foundation concentrates its funding on cultural projects supporting the arts, education at the collegiate and precollegiate levels, medicine and delivery of health care services, specialized library collections, programs related to homelessness and low-income populations, preservation of the environment, and a wide range of human service projects. The vast majority of the Foundation’s philanthropy is directed toward organizations and institutions based in and serving the greater Los Angeles community. Simultaneously, the Foundation is particularly committed to the support of non-profit organizations and institutions which continually demonstrate sound fiscal management, responsibility to efficient operation, and program integrity. Through such focused interests and shared vision with the non-profit sector the Foundation endeavors to increase the quality of life in Southern California and to enhance its cultural legacy.

5 Howard Ahmanson, July 1, 1906 – June 17, 1968 A dream and now a legacy . . .

“Let’s Start With the Idea That We Are Building a New Way of Life Out Here…”

The Life and Vision of Howard F. Ahmanson

f it is true that genuine philanthropy is, at its core, a leadership activity, Howard F. Ahmanson remains amongst the greatest leaders Los Angeles has known. A relentless booster for the city, Mr. Ahmanson will be remembered as a leader not because of his wealth, but because of the integrity and thoughtfulness with which he approached the relationship of his fortune to the community he so genuinely loved. Once, when interviewed about his business approach, Mr. Ahmanson told a journalist, “Let’s start with the idea that we are building a new way of life out here…” Indeed, with these words, Howard F. Ahmanson set forth not only a vision for his vast financial services empire, but for the responsibility of the fortunate to contribute to, if not play an active role in, building the infrastructures of their communities — strategically and generously. ♦ oward Fieldstead Ahmanson was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1906. By all accounts, the early building blocks of his success were not financial riches, but a solid and loving family. His father, an insurance man, was reported to have told him nightly, “The world is your oyster.” This sense of personal affirmation, of the importance of confidence and belief in possibilities became a hallmark of the man, in both his business and personal relations. Most certainly, later in life, Ahmanson’s belief that anything was possible would lead him to make pioneering grants to establish what are now some of Los Angeles’ greatest institutions. Upon the sudden and unexpected death of his father in 1925, Howard Ahmanson moved himself and his mother west to Los Angeles, “starting over” in the family’s favorite vacation spot. Despite

6 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 7 the sadness of the occasion, it was during this time that the young In 1947, inspired by the great prosperity and momentum of mid- Ahmanson would demonstrate his extraordinary skill and vision. century Los Angeles, Howard Ahmanson put together a brilliant Within two years of the move, Howard graduated with an economics merger that would eventually become the renowned Home Savings degree from USC. Los Angeles was abuzz with the optimism and and Loan Association. “It was a marvelous era,” recalled Robert H. prosperity of the twenties, the grand new City Hall was under Ahmanson, who began working for his uncle in the late forties. construction, and beyond the horizon of west-facing bean fields lay the Indeed, this family business fast became the industry leader, financing foundation for what would become UCLA’s Westwood campus. It was houses by the thousands through construction loans on tracts, and an exciting time, and recognizing this, the entrepreneurial young mortgages on individual homes and apartment buildings. Ahmanson had positioned himself in the marketplace; before even Simultaneously, the company engaged in its own real estate enterprise, graduating from college, Howard Ahmanson went with what he knew, developing what became Baldwin Hills and Laurelwood. Home and just like his father, began selling insurance. H.F. Ahmanson Savings and Loan would eventually become the largest enterprise of its Company, the enterprise he founded while living a student’s life, kind in all of America, and this was but one of numerous corporations quickly became the largest fire underwriter in California. which Howard F. Ahmanson would come to control or fully own. The years that followed saw even greater success for Howard F. An examination of the growth of Home Savings and Loan at that Ahmanson. On the eve of the Great Depression, he innovated an idea time, might also be a study of Howard Ahmanson’s approach to com- that would soon become an industry staple – fire insurance for munity building in general. Unsatisfied by mere profitability, property under foreclosure. Noting the irony, Ahmanson was reported Ahmanson had a grander vision for the business community; he to have said that the Depression made him feel “like an undertaker.” believed they had a responsibility to contribute to the quality of life. “The worse things got, the better they got for me,” he told the New With an increasingly active and sophisticated interest in the role of arts York Times. This professional success saw the bright young man and culture in society, Ahmanson decided to make a bold architectural through what otherwise may have been challenging times, tempered and artistic statement as his company expanded, in fulfillment of his further, no doubt, by winning the hand of Dorothy Grannis, a UCLA perceived corporate social responsibility. That commitment led to the student he had been courting for years. Howard’s dreams were further commission of several mosaic murals and sculptures on the themes of realized in 1943, when he was able to purchase the controlling share in family and home, which to this day grace the architecturally significant his father’s insurance company. His success was staggering and consis- Home Savings and Loan buildings. While clearly a business man with a tent. World War II was well under way however, and in fulfillment of respect for, if not a clear association with the mainstream, Ahmanson his duty to the country, Howard and his wife moved to Washington, was also not afraid to innovate; in reference to his artful business D.C., where Howard served as Chief Expediter for the Aircraft façades, he once stated his aim was to make buildings that are “a little Products Division at the Pentagon for the United States Navy. Los different, and I hope, ageless.” Angeles of course, pulled at the Ahmansons’ heartstrings, and by 1945, The coming decade was one of great personal happiness and not they were back for good. surprisingly, continued and staggering professional success for Howard As the Ahmansons quickly observed, post-World War II Los Angeles Ahmanson. 1950 witnessed the proud birth of a son, Howard Jr. By was a changed place. Agricultural fields were giving way to buildings. 1954, Home Savings and Loan was the nation’s largest, and Mr. Servicemen returned or arrived by the thousands, to find jobs and start Ahmanson relied on the highly competent and loyal stewardship of his families. A rapidly growing urban core was developing, and Howard executive staff, comprised of nephews William H. and Robert H. Ahmanson saw both splendor and opportunity. And as had been the Ahmanson. In addition to “Home” as it was known, Ahmanson held case before, Ahmanson’s personal innovations mirrored, if not the Ahmanson Bank and Trust Company, the National American forecasted, significant booms in social change. Insurance Company of Omaha, and the Southern Counties Title

8 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 9 Insurance Company of Los Angeles. He was what the New York Times civic leaders. During these years, he gave several interviews and talks called, “…one of the least known but wealthiest financial magnates” in that made available to the public his ideas and values regarding com- the history of America. During these years, Ahmanson developed a munity building. Ahmanson once told a group of community leaders keen interest in sailing, and began to amass an impressive and well- in his native Omaha for example, “You’ve got lots of prosperous studied collection of art. With the fulfillment of his personal dreams businesses here…” as an introduction to his idea about how business complete, Howard Ahmanson turned to one last passion – community was responsible for developing the city’s cultural life as the next, involvement. critical phase of urban development. A few years later, when inter- In 1952, Howard F. and Dorothy Ahmanson established the viewed by Los Angeles Magazine, Howard Ahmanson considered the Ahmanson Foundation. In the early years, Mr. Ahmanson delegated the momentum of his work and urged everyone to get involved with com- operations and governance of the Foundation to family and close associ- munity life, musing, “There must be hundreds of potential leaders out ates, while through his business interests, he saw to the funding and there…” He even publicly proposed what may have been one of Los growing of the Foundation’s assets. Within the Foundation’s first few Angeles’ first private philanthropic funding collaborative, suggesting years, the groundwork had been laid for modest but thoughtful grant- that his Foundation “join with others to sponsor an objective inventory making, focusing on the medical, cultural, human service and educa- of cultural needs.” “We’ve got to be purposeful,” he said. tional needs of Los Angeles broadly. When Howard Ahmanson assumed The brilliance, the vision, and the hard work of Howard F. leadership of the Foundation in 1961 though, he was ready to get more Ahmanson were cut short on June 18, 1968, when Howard suffered a involved, and personally oversaw gifts that would have a greater and fatal heart attack, while vacationing with his son and second wife, more lasting impact on Los Angeles. Major gifts to the Music Center, Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson, in Belgium. The scope and reach of his biological research at USC, the California Museum of Science and philanthropy, and his steadfast commitment to quality community life Industry and others established roots for several important civic and however, were not forsaken. By 1972, the Ahmanson Foundation cultural institutions, some of which bare the Ahmanson name are the began to receive the designated proceeds of Howard Ahmanson’s very visible and integral threads in the fabric of today’s Los Angeles. estate, along with additional contributions from William H. Ahmanson, Howard Ahmanson’s willingness to fund — in fact, his deftness with Robert H. Ahmanson and Dorothy Grannis Sullivan, significantly even conceiving of and then realizing — important, core cultural, increasing the Foundation’s corpus and, commensurately, the volume educational and medical institutions, earned him well-deserved acclaim and scope of its grantmaking. Indeed, The Foundation has made in across many sectors. His reputation as a visionary and a doer earned excess of 12,500 grants in its fifty-one year history totaling an aggregate Howard Ahmanson several prominent civic appointments. For more dollar amount of approximately $590,000,000. Today’s Ahmanson than a decade starting in the mid-fifties, he served on the Board of Foundation pays homage to this great man through the thoughtful Governors of the Los Angeles County Art Institute (now Otis College distribution of grants to excellent community organizations whose of Art and Design), and founded its impressive and successful support work honors his legacy. group, the Otis Art Associates. He served as a Trustee of USC, the California Museum Foundation, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Performing Arts Council of the Music Center, and was appointed by President Kennedy as a Trustee of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. As the sixties came around, Howard Ahmanson looked beyond grantmaking and high-level trusteeships, to his own potential for mentorship; he was concerned that his life lessons be of value to other

10 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 11 Message from the Message from the President Managing director

his has been the third challenging year for grantmaking and for n a period in which there has been such global turmoil, chaos and non-profit institutions and agencies in need of support. When uncertainty it is often challenging to look forward optimistically. faced with the economic downturn after the growth experienced in the While non-profit organizations, agencies and institutions have histor- 1990s we modified our funding behavior from that which had been ically filled the many voids that are not supported by government, they, evolving in order to best position ourselves to continue to serve the like programs that are government funded, are having to redirect their community. We have followed the same practice this year. level and breadth of services to align themselves with the budgetary cuts The strategy chosen was not to make fewer grants, nor grants only made necessary by the shift in our economy over the past several years. to institutions and agencies with whom we had an established relation- Interestingly, however, in Los Angeles County there has been growth ship, but to remain open to new and broad ranging needs, yet reducing in the number of emerging non-profits despite the reduction in funding levels for major capital requests. We believe we maintained resources to support the work and mission of these agencies.1 this course with fairness and consistency and are hopeful that we can This fact alone speaks to the vision, determination and optimism that continue to do so. is so characteristic of the non-profit community. A community consist- The struggling economy, nationally and globally, is affecting the ing of people who, through well-crafted programs and creative thinking, resources of foundations, the non-profit community and individuals. know best how to fill and meet the needs of our ever-changing society We have a responsibility to one another and to the good of society to with its multiple levels of diversity. The non-profit community has not find equitable means for sustaining the quality of services and the let discouragement or reduced funding resources diminish their greater integrity of programs that meet so many human needs. We are ever vision and commitment to meeting the needs of their constituents. mindful and grateful for the good work, in difficult times that is being This reality speaks of courage, hard work, determination and most accomplished by the non-profit community and remain dedicated to importantly, a real sense of hopefulness. helping them sustain their efforts. Without hope, little can be accomplished. It is our intention that the funding provided to the agencies, organizations and institutions recorded within this Annual Report reflect upon the quality of services provided by them which collectively continue to strengthen the quality of life throughout the greater Los Angeles area.

Robert H. Ahmanson Lee Walcott 1 Managing Director President UCLA Center for June, 2004 Civil Society, 2004 study. June, 2004

12 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 13 Profile of Approved Grants 2003

In Dollars •$25,383,343 In Numbers • 446 Culture $ 5,721,250 23% Culture 84 19% Education 11,043,000 44% Education 172 39% Health 2,444,000 10% Health 46 10% Human Services 6,175,095 24% Human Services 144 32%

New Grantees 52 • 15%

Five Year Comparative Profile

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Dollars $49,714,397 $45,019,905 $32,563,705 $18,913,706 $25,383,343 Culture 30% 22% 25% 20% 22% Education (incl. Arts Ed.) 29% 34% 28% 40% 44% Health 24% 25% 30% 9.5% 10% Human Services (incl. Religion) 17% 19% 16% 30.5% 24% Number of Grants 509 480 489 458 446 Culture 18% 17% 17% 18% 19% Education (incl. Arts Ed.) 35% 41% 40% 39% 39% Health 11% 11% 10% 9% 10% Human Services (incl. Religion) 36% 31% 33% 34% 32% New Grantees 20% 19% 18% 16% 15%

14 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 15 The Ahmanson Foundation

List of Grants Grants in Focus Jacob Jordaens (1593 – 1678): The Inspiration of the Poet Oil on canvas, 64 x 46 1/4 inches Photographs courtesy of The Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Museum Associates Los Angeles County Museum of Art An Acquisition Jacob Jordaens (1593 – 1678): The Inspiration of the Poet

lemish paintings of the 17th century rank among the greatest achievements of the Baroque era. Of the three artists who domi- nated the period, Rubens, van Dyck and Jordaens, the first two were “court painters” attached to some of the greatest rulers of the time: the Holy Roman Emperor, the Kings of Spain and England and were patronized by the Church. Jordaens, who also worked for such monar- chs as Christina of Sweden, albeit in a less formal way than Rubens for Philip II of Spain or van Dyck for Charles I, was of more modest, although very comfortable, origin. Born in Antwerp in 1593, he received a solid classical education before being apprenticed to Adam van Noort, a local painter whose daughter Jordaens eventually married. Van Noort’s modest fame relies essentially upon his tutelage of two great painters: Rubens and Jordaens. Unlike Rubens and van Dyck, Jordaens, did not travel to Italy in order to study the Antique and the works of the great Renaissance masters, an opportunity he himself regretted but which he compensated through a voracious visual appetite for the works of Italian artists available in Northern Europe as well as through a profound literary culture. Jordaens was a prodigiously productive and virtuoso artist. Rapidly recognized for his talent, he belonged at an early age to the guild of St. Luke, the official association of professional Antwerp painters, rising to the highest position in it at the age of 28. His admiration for Rubens, which lasted throughout his life, stimulated him further to take on the very subjects for which his model had become famous: religious paintings, mythological compositions, and to a lesser extent but with great success, portraits.

18 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 19 Jordaens’ classical culture found its expression in numerous represen- The painting now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, was tations of mythological stories. The artist’s predilection for arcane not known to Jordaens scholars before its acquisition, although it subjects is evidenced in the Inspiration of the Poet, a composition whose probably was in the collection of the Earl of Sussex in the 18th century iconography combines elements borrowed from various antique and was last seen publicly in a 1949 Christie’s auction. Writing in his sources, such as Pausanias, Ovid and Hesiod. The subject fascinated copy of the auction catalogue, the great Dutch scholar Frits Lugt Jordaens who executed variations on this theme in drawings and water- commented on the quality and beauty of the painting. colors. The subject itself illustrates the story of Pegasus and the river Further research will hopefully shed more light on the painting, its Hippocrene: During a singing contest between the daughters of King place, date and importance in Jordaens’ oeuvre. The other composi- Pierus and the Muses (the daughters pretending to be more gifted than tions of related subjects all belong to the late years of the artist; the the muses), the Helicon mountain where the contest was taking place, 1650’s and even 1660’s. At first it was thought that the picture in Los Angeles belonged to that period. Careful removal of layers of discolored varnish by LACMA’s Senior Painting conservator Joe Fronek has revealed a composition rich in pentimenti, a sureness in drawing, bravura execution and even a palette that would suggest a much earlier date, probably in the mid-1640’s, thus making this work perhaps the first in a series of variations on the same subject. In 1997, The Ahmanson Foundation supported the acquisition of a great Flemish painting of the 17th century: Michael Sweerts’ Plague in an Ancient City. Jordaens’ Inspiration of the Poet will hang in its proximity, giving our visitors an opportunity to enjoy a different aspect of Baroque art in Flanders, a pivotal moment in the story of Western painting.

-- J. Patrice Marandel Chief Curator, Center for European Art Los Angeles County Museum of Art Details suddenly swelled and seemed to stretch to heaven. Poseidon ordered Pegasus to strike the mountain with his hoof, which the winged horse did, in order to return it to its normal height. At the spot where Pegasus’s hoof struck, a spring – called the Hippocrene (or Horse River) gushed. The water that springs – perhaps in memory of its origin in a musical and poetic contest – was considered to be the source of poetic inspiration. Indeed, a poet, wearing a broad red cloak is seen kneeling being offered water from the source by one of the Muses, while Mercury – god of wealth and commerce – surrounded by muses and satyrs pay homage to Apollo who, holding his lyre, presides over the scene from above.

20 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 21 The Ahmanson Foundation Approved Grants

Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

100 Black Men of Los Angeles 15,000 15,000 (Inglewood, CA) Toward the 2003 Young Black Scholars Program 24th Street Theatre 10,000 10,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Studio 24 After ‘Cool Theatre Club A Better Chance 15,000 15,000 (New York, NY) Toward minority recruitment and placement of Los Angeles students into member independent schools AbilityFirst Foundation 25,000 25,000 (Pasadena, CA) Program support of the Lawrence L. Frank Center Access Books 23,000 23,000 (Los Angeles, CA) For acquisition of new books for 3 inner-city public schools Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Inc. 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Los Angeles Scholarship Program African-American Male Achievers Network, Inc. 20,000 20,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward acquisition of a client transportation vehicle

Annual Report 2003 23 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Al Wooten Jr. Youth and Adult Archdiocese of Los Angeles 500,000 500,000 Cultural Education Center 50,000 50,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the maintenance endowment for Toward acquisition of the current the Cathedral’s Plaza Education Center facility Armand Hammer Museum of All Saints Catholic School 2,500 2,500 Art and Cultural Center 50,000 50,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) General support Toward facility renovation and improvements Alliance for Children’s Rights 49,625 49,625 Armenian Evangelical Schools of (Los Angeles, CA) California / Merdinian School 10,000 10,000 For acquisition of 25 desktop computers (Sherman Oaks, CA) Toward equipping a playground area Alternative Living For The Aging, Inc. 20,000 20,000 (West Hollywood, CA) Art Center College of Design 45,000 45,000 Toward the Roommate Matching Program and (Pasadena, CA) Cooperative Apartment Communities Scholarship support, 2003-04 American Foundation for AIDS Research 5,000 5,000 Art Center College of Design 45,000 45,000 (New York, NY) (Pasadena, CA) General support of AIDS research Scholarship support, 2004-05 American Friends of Asian Pacific American Legal Center of The Hebrew University, Inc. 25,000 25,000 Southern California 20,000 20,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the endowment fund for tumor Toward technology upgrades immunology research at the Lautenberg Center Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc. 50,000 50,000 American Friends/Yitzhak Rabin (Los Angeles, CA) Center for Study of Israel 25,000 25,000 For replacement of the elevator (Washington, DC) General support Assistance League of Southern California 5,000 5,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Angel Flight West Inc. 25,000 25,000 Toward Operation School Bell (Santa Monica, CA) Toward program outreach Assistance League of Southern California 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Animal Friends, Inc. 1,000 1,000 Toward the Back2Basics Project at (Pittsburgh, PA) the Children’s Club General support Associates of The University of California Press 7,500 7,500 Archaeological Institute of America 5,000 5,000 (Berkeley, CA) (Boston, MA) Additional support for publication of the Toward the teacher training workshops Franklin D. Murphy biography Archdiocese of Los Angeles 500,000 500,000 Association to Aid Victims of Domestic Violence 50,000 50,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Newhall, CA) Additional support toward the Toward acquisition of a larger domestic Cathedral Campaign violence shelter

24 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 25 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Assumption School 5,000 5,000 (Los Angeles, CA) General support Autry National Center of the American West 500,000 500,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward conservation needs at the Southwest Museum facility Azusa Pacific University 45,000 45,000 (Azusa, CA) Scholarship support, 2003-04 Azusa Pacific University 45,000 45,000 (Azusa, CA) Scholarship support, 2004-05 Barlow Foundation 250,000 250,000 n dreams begin (Los Angeles, CA) Toward construction of the new hospital responsibilities. BEEM Foundation for the Advancement of Music 5,000 5,000 (Inglewood, CA) William Butler Yeats Toward the scholarship program Beverly Hills Firemen’s Relief Fund 5,000 5,000 (Beverly Hills, CA) Toward assistance for firefighters and their families in times of catastrophic need Bienvenidos Children’s Center, Inc. 30,000 30,000 (Altadena, CA) For replacement of furnishings and equipment in the Cottages Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Orange County 5,000 5,000 (Tustin, CA) General support Biola University 45,000 45,000 (La Mirada, CA) Scholarship support, 2003-04 Biola University 150,000 150,000 (La Mirada, CA) Toward renovation of Rose Hall Biola University 45,000 45,000 (La Mirada, CA) Scholarship support, 2004-05

26 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 27 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Bishop Conaty/Our Lady of Brandeis-Bardin Institute 5,000 5,000 Loretto High School 25,000 25,000 (Brandeis, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) General program support Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Brentwood School 30,000 30,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Bishop Conaty/Our Lady of Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Loretto High School 25,000 25,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Brentwood School 30,000 30,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Bishop Mora Salesian High School 25,000 25,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Buckley School 30,000 30,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 (Sherman Oaks, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Bishop Mora Salesian High School 25,000 25,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Buckley School 30,000 30,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 (Sherman Oaks, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Bishop W. Bertrand Stevens Foundation 1,000 1,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 (San Marino, CA) General support California Alliance for Arts Education 5,000 5,000 (Pasadena, CA) Bishop’s School 12,500 12,500 Toward relocation expenses (La Jolla, CA) General support California Institute of Technology 45,000 45,000 (Pasadena, CA) Boyle Heights Elementary Institute 15,000 15,000 Scholarship support, 2003-04 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the after-school program California Institute of Technology 250,000 250,000 (Pasadena, CA) Boys and Girls Club of San Pedro 35,000 35,000 Toward renovation of Dabney Hall as (San Pedro, CA) a Humanities Center For completion of the Comprehensive Arts Programming project California Institute of Technology 45,000 45,000 (Pasadena, CA) Boys and Girls Club of Venice 60,000 60,000 Scholarship support, 2004-05 (Venice, CA) For acquisition of a client transportation bus California Institute of The Arts 400,000 400,000 (Valencia, CA) Watts-Willowbrook Boys and Girls Club 25,000 25,000 Graduate and undergraduate scholarship (Los Angeles, CA) support for academic year 2003-04 General program support California Institute of The Arts 25,000 25,000 Boys Republic 100,000 100,000 (Valencia, CA) (Chino Hills, CA) Toward the Interschool and Intraschool projects Toward construction of the Transitional Apartments Complex

28 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 29 Friends of the Observatory – The Griffith Observatory: A Los Angeles landmark

t the beginning of the last century, pioneering Angeleno Col. Griffith J. Griffith was struck by the power of cosmic perspective to influence culture. His interest in the sky and what lay beyond was so keen in fact, that he endowed an institution where people could be transformed by experiencing the marvels of the night sky. For nearly seventy years henceforth, the Griffith Observatory has done just that; whether because of its prominent Mt. Hollywood site, extraordinary architecture, awe-inspiring planetarium or other programs that have exposed tens of millions of visitors to the wonders of the universe, Griffith Observatory is internationally celebrated as one of Los Angeles’ most beloved icons. The Observatory’s importance in the public life of our community was perhaps best underscored when in January of 2002, hundreds of thousands of people made a final pilgrimage to the site, as the Observatory prepared to undergo four years of needed renovation and expansion. As is the case with many of Los Angeles’ greatest landmarks, the Observatory’s founder could not have imagined the exponential increase in our local population, and its commensurate use of and demand on the site. Over the years, heavy usage has signaled the need for significant restoration and renovation; advances in astronomy and the sophistication of a curious public have likewise signaled the need for physical and programmatic expansion. To the temporary dismay of some, but to the greater anticipation of countless others, Griffith Observatory will be closed to the public until 2006, when it re-opens with the splendor befitting its true status. With the quality of the visitors’ experience as the guiding design principle, the Griffith Observatory will be born anew, through three

Photographs courtesy of Friends of the Observatory

30 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 31 stages of capital improvement – restoration, transformation and expan- based perspective, while in the expansion wing, visitor perspective will sion. Architectural preservation and restoration are key components of shift from an earthbound one to one encompassing cosmic scale and the project, as the Observatory is an exquisite example of 1930’s galactic landscape. The Big Picture, a unique and enormous installa- Moderne architecture, and its place on the hillside is synonymous tion, will magnify real-time research imagery to reveal the beautiful worldwide with the Los Angeles landscape. From the travertine marble complexity of stars and galaxies found within a single swath of the in the central rotunda, to the bronze window frames and doors and the night sky. elegant Foucault pendulum, every historic architectural detail will be Once completed, the exterior of the Observatory will authentically restored to its original elegance. Many Angelenos will remember the mirror its original, magnificent appearance in 1935. Inside the building, “dome on the hill” being shrink-wrapped in white plastic in 2003; in visitors will be transported to a new world of intrigue and wonder, this way, as an example, the expert crew was able to safely remove where each is compelled to make a personal connection with the paint in preparation for a complete and authentic restoration of the cosmos. How thrilling it is for Los Angeles that Griffith Observatory building’s magnificent exterior. will once again be among the world’s premier venues for informal The transformation of the Observatory involves changes that will astronomical education and wonder, reclaiming its majesty as the jewel enhance the capacity of its technical and programmatic resources to of our landscape, and inviting millions worldwide to celebrate the best keep pace with advances in science learning, education and technology. of our city. The iconic Planetarium will become a thrilling, state-of-the-art learning environment, outfitted with one of the world’s very few “Universarium Mark IX” star projectors, the most powerful and limitless of its kind. Fiber optic technology will deliver the most gorgeous, accurate and awe-inspiring dome full of stars the world has known, complemented by the most advanced projection technology for full dome digital graphics available. Unlike nearly every other major planetarium in the world, live programs will be “docented” by an astronomer, who will translate the cosmic experience for visitors, with an infectious knowledge of and passion for the sky above. Perhaps the most challenging component of the Observatory’s makeover, is its expansion. After thoughtful consideration of the Observatory’s profile, resources and limitations, it was decided to build into and under the hillside, doubling the usable space but preserving its beloved historic appearance. Thirty-five thousand square feet of under- ground space will dramatically increase the Observatory’s capacity to do research, provide exhibits, and conduct educational programs. The Observatory’s exhibits in particular will signal a new era for this important institution. Through a series of individually-themed but interconnected hands-on and display venues, the exhibit program will cast each visitor as an authentic observer of the universe. The exhibit wings of the classic building will focus on observation from an earth-

32 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 33 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

California Institute of The Arts 25,000 25,000 Cancer Detection Center 50,000 50,000 (Valencia, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the REDCAT project Toward acquisition of a mammography unit California Institute of The Arts 400,000 400,000 Casa de las Amigas 50,000 50,000 (Valencia, CA) (Pasadena, CA) Graduate and undergraduate scholarship Toward construction of a new 22-bed support for academic year, 2004-05 residential treatment center California Lutheran University 45,000 45,000 Casa de los Angelitos 7,500 7,500 (Thousand Oaks, CA) (Harbor City, CA) Scholarship support, 2003-04 For emergency funds to subsidize indigent clients California Lutheran University 20,000 20,000 (Thousand Oaks, CA) Cate School 25,000 25,000 General support (Carpinteria, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and California Lutheran University 45,000 45,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 (Thousand Oaks, CA) Scholarship support, 2004-05 Cate School 25,000 25,000 (Carpinteria, CA) California Science Center Foundation 2,000,000 2,000,000 Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and (Los Angeles, CA) financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Toward Phase II of the Master Plan, World of Ecology Center for Civic Education 5,000 5,000 (Calabassas, CA) California State University Additional support toward the (Out) Law & Los Angeles Foundation 200,000 200,000 Order program in 4 LAUSD schools (Los Angeles, CA) Over two-years, as final support toward the Center For Community Change 20,000 20,000 Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs’ (Washington, DC) Community Policing Training Program Toward publications and web-site design for the Housing Trust Fund program Camerata Singers of Long Beach, Inc. 1,000 1,000 (Long Beach, CA) Center for Early Education 20,000 20,000 Toward the 30th Annual Bach Festival, 2003 (West Hollywood, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Campbell Hall School 30,000 30,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 (North Hollywood, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Center for Early Education 20,000 20,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 (West Hollywood, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Campbell Hall School 250,000 250,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 (North Hollywood, CA) Over two years, toward the endowment Center for Media Literacy 30,000 30,000 campaign for financial aid, faculty development (Santa Monica, CA) and technology General support Campbell Hall School 30,000 30,000 Centinela Valley Juvenile Diversion Project 25,000 25,000 (North Hollywood, CA) (Hawthorne, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Toward Bright Futures Program at financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Washington Prep High School

34 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 35 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Century Learning Initiatives for Today 30,000 30,000 Children’s Bureau Foundation 2,500 2,500 (Culver City, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward program support General support of programs through the Angelic Auxiliary Chaminade College Preparatory 250,000 250,000 (Chatsworth, CA) Children’s Hospital Foundation of Toward construction of the Science and Orange County 10,000 10,000 Technology Center (Orange, CA) Toward the Asthma Breathmobile Chaminade College Preparatory 25,000 25,000 (Chatsworth, CA) Chinatown Service Center 25,000 25,000 Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and (Los Angeles, CA) financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Toward the Independent Living for Seniors program Chaminade College Preparatory 50,000 50,000 (Chatsworth, CA) Cities at Peace / Los Angeles 10,000 10,000 Toward completion of the capital campaign (Venice, CA) Toward program support Chaminade College Preparatory 25,000 25,000 (Chatsworth, CA) Claremont Graduate University 45,000 45,000 Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and (Claremont, CA) financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Scholarship support, 2003-04 Chandler School 20,000 20,000 Claremont Graduate University 35,000 35,000 (Pasadena, CA) (Claremont, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Toward research and curriculum development financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 for the School of Education Chandler School 20,000 20,000 Claremont Graduate University 45,000 45,000 (Pasadena, CA) (Claremont, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Scholarship support, 2004-05 financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Claremont McKenna College 45,000 45,000 Chapman University 45,000 45,000 (Claremont, CA) (Orange, CA) Scholarship support, 2003-04 Scholarship support, 2003-04 Claremont McKenna College 45,000 45,000 Chapman University 250,000 250,000 (Claremont, CA) (Orange, CA) Scholarship support, 2004-05 Toward the Leatherby Libraries campaign Claremont University Consortium 500,000 500,000 Chapman University 45,000 45,000 (Claremont, CA) (Orange, CA) Toward construction of the Health and Scholarship support, 2004-05 Wellness Center ChildNet Youth and Family Services, Inc. 24,000 24,000 Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra 5,000 5,000 (Long Beach, CA) (Claremont, CA) Toward acquisition of a client transportation van General support Clinica Msr. Oscar A. Romero 50,000 50,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward expansion of services

36 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 37 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Coleman Chamber Music Association 15,000 15,000 Creighton University 45,000 45,000 (Pasadena, CA) (Omaha, NE) General support Scholarship support, 2003-04 Community Harvest Charter School 25,000 25,000 Creighton University 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Omaha, NE) Toward the Technology Project General support Community Partners 5,000 5,000 Creighton University 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Omaha, NE) General support on the occasion Additional general support honoring Jack Shakely Creighton University 45,000 45,000 Community Partners / Urban Community (Omaha, NE) Health Partners 25,000 25,000 Scholarship support, 2004-05 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Urban Community Health Crossroads School 30,000 30,000 Partners’ Village Works Mentoring Project (Santa Monica, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Community Television of financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Southern California 500,000 500,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Crossroads School 30,000 30,000 Toward the second season of the (Santa Monica, CA) PBS Hollywood Presents series Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Community Television of Southern California 150,000 150,000 Crystal Stairs, Inc. 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward sponsorship of the NOVA Series General program support of the for 2003-04 SAGE Child Care Center Community Television of Curatorial Assistance Southern California 500,000 500,000 Traveling Exhibitions, Inc. 5,000 5,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Pasadena, CA) Additional support toward the General support PBS Hollywood Presents series Curtis School Foundation 20,000 20,000 Concern Foundation 50,000 50,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Beverly Hills, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Toward research in tumor immunology at the financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Lautenberg Center Curtis School Foundation 20,000 20,000 Convent of the Good Shepherd - (Los Angeles, CA) Good Shepherd Shelter 25,000 25,000 Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and (Los Angeles, CA) financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 For acquisition of shelter apartment furnishings Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 5,000 5,000 Cor Cymraeg de Califfornia 8,000 8,000 (La Habra, CA) (North Hollywood, CA) General support Toward the St. David’s Day Festival, 2003

38 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 39 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Devil Pups, Inc. 5,500 5,500 EdSource, Inc. 15,000 15,000 (Westlake Village, CA) (Palo Alto, CA) Toward the 2003 Good Citizenship- General program support Physical Development Program Educating Young Minds 15,000 15,000 Discovery Fund For Eye Research 2,000 2,000 (Los Angeles , CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward program and equipment expenses General support El Centro de Accion Social, Inc. 17,000 17,000 Doheny Eye Institute 25,000 25,000 (Pasadena, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the 2003 Summer School in Toward ophthalmologic research of the Park program macular degeneration Elizabeth Glaser Don Bosco Technical Institute 500,000 500,000 Pediatric AIDS Foundation 5,000 5,000 (Rosemead, CA) (Santa Monica, CA) Toward construction of the new athletic field Support of pediatric AIDS research Don Bosco Technical Institute 30,000 30,000 Environmental Charter High School 95,000 95,000 (Rosemead, CA) (Lawndale, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Toward classroom renovations financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Ettie Lee Homes For Youth 21,000 21,000 Don Bosco Technical Institute 30,000 30,000 (Baldwin Park, CA) (Rosemead, CA) Toward renovation and furnishings for Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and the Oak Knolls Home financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Excellent Education Development 50,000 50,000 Ducks Unlimited, Inc. 10,000 10,000 (Santa Monica, CA) (Rancho Cordova, CA) Toward program expansion Toward restoration of critical wetlands habitat Fairview Family and Friends 7,500 7,500 D’Veal Corporation 10,000 10,000 (Costa Mesa, CA) (Pasadena, CA) General support For acquisition of appliances and equipment for the Family Life Center kitchen FantastiKids, Inc. 5,000 5,000 (Chino, CA) Earthwatch Expeditions, Inc. 25,000 25,000 Toward edudrama for (Maynard, MA) elementary school children Toward LAUSD Teacher Awards for 2003 Felines & Friends 5,000 5,000 Eastside Boys and Girls Club (Culver City, CA) of Los Angeles 35,000 35,000 Toward animal rescue and placement (Los Angeles, CA) Toward capital needs First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles 75,000 75,000 Edgemar Center for the Arts, Inc. 20,000 20,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Santa Monica, CA) Toward interior restoration of For acquisition of office equipment historic Allen House

40 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 41 UCLA Foundation / Center for Health Enhancement – The UCLA Center on Aging: Research and Educational Programming

he largest segment of the American population is, as has oft been said, graying. What that may have meant to our parents’ generation however, is quite different than what getting older means to today’s adult. We are now expected to live longer than any generation before us. We anticipate longer participation in the workforce, greater and often more cumbersome responsibilities for longer periods of time, and potentially, better health and keener minds. But have society’s resources for and attitudes towards the elderly evolved enough to accommodate contemporary expectations? Combining the interdisciplinary resources of UCLA’s outstanding programs in geriatric care, research and education, with the broader resources of other leading academic departments, the UCLA Center on Aging is one of the country’s premier resources for both professionals and lay people concerned with learning more about aging. Its mission, to enhance and extend productive and healthy life through preeminent research and education on aging, is fulfilled at two levels. In the academic and scientific arena, the Center’s research has contributed most significantly to what we know about memory, issues of immunology and neuroscience as they pertain to older adults. At the community level, the Center’s impact is felt throughout the Southland, through numerous engaging and accessible programs that help older adults “live better longer.” The Center’s base at a major teaching and research university affords its principal investigators the capacity to both conduct and disseminate their important work broadly and effectively. With the goal of promoting collaborative interdisciplinary research that will enhance the quality of life and longevity, the Center on Aging conducts three basic Photographs courtesy of UCLA Center on Aging

42 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 43 research programs, whose outcomes increase its capacity to meet the upon the Center’s work and implement its findings. Two thoughtful practical aspects of its mission. The Pilot Research Grants program resources exist to promote the sustainability of these efforts. First the enables an impressive group of research associates to launch new and Center has organized some of the field’s preeminent thinkers to offer innovative projects on the broadest possible range of topics regarding specialized undergraduate courses and a minor in gerontology in aging. The Early Detection and Prevention Program conducts studies UCLA’s College of Letters and Science; this program cultivates the focusing on age-related memory changes, using state-of-the-art genetic interest of undergraduate students who will pursue the advanced study and brain function technology. Finally, the Siegel Life Project funds of aging in related disciplines such as medicine and psychology. research on strengthening the immune system and basic mechanisms Second, the Center’s Annual Research Conference offers the interna- for quality aging. These research efforts have resulted in several impor- tional academic community, as well as local scholars, practitioners and tant data sets and publications, including Center director Dr. Gary lay people alike, a look into each year’s progress in the field of geron- Small’s seminal “The Memory Bible,” widely considered to be among tological research. the field’s leading resources for the improvement and enhancement of While the resources for and attitudes towards aging in our society at the aging brain’s critical memory function. large remain challenged, there is no doubt that the UCLA Center on The Center’s community programs spring from science that tells us Aging is among the greatest resources we have to make a difference in an active mind is a healthy mind; indeed, the Center’s educational goal the lives of the over 2 million Americans who will turn 65 in 2004, as is to expand life-long learning that will achieve productive and vital well as the untold millions who will follow in their stead. aging. The Senior Scholars Program is an extraordinary and much- appreciated opportunity for older adults to audit undergraduate programs at UCLA, promoting lifelong learning, curiosity, and intellec- tual activity. The Retired Educators Mentor Program — based on the Center’s remarkable success recruiting retired teachers to mentor Teach for America’s first-time educators — pairs older educators with new public school teachers who will be working at under-resourced and otherwise challenged schools. The popular Community Meetings program features lectures and round table meetings led by well known scientists, activists, celebrities, practitioners and other compelling speak- ers whose discussions on successful aging run from the practical to the provocative. Held at a variety of accessible community sites, the program addresses topics from healthy eating to the issues associated with elderly drivers, and from managing physical pain to senior sexuality. The Center’s highly successful Memory Training program offers practical strategies to maximize memory performance, and finally, its Senior Resource Directory offers Los Angeles’ older adults a comprehensive listing of services and caregivers on the city’s west side. Assuming that the UCLA Center on Aging is successful in its efforts to enhance the experience of living longer, there will of course, be a growing need for practitioners and thinkers whose work will build

44 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 45 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

First Congregational Church of Foothill Country Day School 20,000 20,000 Los Angeles/Pilgrim School 30,000 30,000 (Claremont, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Foothill Country Day School 20,000 20,000 First Congregational Church of (Claremont, CA) Los Angeles/Pilgrim School 30,000 30,000 Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and (Los Angeles, CA) financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Foundation Center 30,000 30,000 (New York, NY) First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood 50,000 50,000 $15,000 toward general support and (Hollywood, CA) $15,000 toward FC Online activities Toward Inter-Mission, Actors-Co-op and Act One Foundations School Community 15,000 15,000 (Van Nuys, CA) Five Acres-Boys/Girls Toward acquisition of educational equipment Aid Society of L.A. 150,000 150,000 (Altadena, CA) Frick Collection 5,000 5,000 For renovation of a residential cottage (New York, NY) General support Flintridge Preparatory School 25,000 25,000 (La Cañada Flintridge, CA) Friends of The Junior Art Center 10,000 10,000 Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and (Los Angeles, CA) financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Toward the Sunday Open Sunday Program Flintridge Preparatory School 25,000 25,000 Friends of Cabrillo Marine Aquarium 25,000 25,000 (La Cañada Flintridge, CA) (San Pedro, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Toward the Spring Outdoor and the financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Junior/Senior Docent programs Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy 25,000 25,000 Friends of the Child Advocates 25,000 25,000 (La Cañada Flintridge, CA) (Monterey Park, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and General program support financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Friends of the Child Advocates 20,000 20,000 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy 25,000 25,000 (Monterey Park, CA) (La Cañada Flintridge, CA) Toward the Special Needs Fund Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Friends of the Observatory 2,500,000 2,500,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Florence Crittenton Center Los Angeles 35,000 35,000 Toward design, purchase and installation (Los Angeles, CA) of a Laser Star Projector for the For acquisition of two client transportation vans Observatory’s Planetarium Theatre Foodbank of Southern California 25,000 25,000 Friends of the San Marino Public Library 5,000 5,000 (Long Beach, CA) (San Marino, CA) Toward the Brown Bag Network Program General support

46 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 47 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Gateways Hospital & Harbor City/Harbor Gateway Mental Health Center 250,000 250,000 Boys and Girls Clubs 30,000 30,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Harbor City, CA) Toward construction of a permanent living Toward acquisition of a van, acoustic tiles, facility for the homeless mentally ill tables and chairs Girls Incorporated of Omaha 5,000 5,000 Harvard-Westlake School 25,000 25,000 (Omaha, NE) (North Hollywood, CA) General program support Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Good Samaritan Counseling Center 15,000 15,000 (San Pedro, CA) Harvard-Westlake School 2,500 2,500 Toward the Parents and Children (North Hollywood, CA) Together Program General support Good Shepherd Center for Harvard-Westlake School 25,000 25,000 Homeless Women 250,000 250,000 (North Hollywood, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Toward final construction of Women’s Village financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Gooden School 50,000 50,000 Harvey Mudd College 45,000 45,000 (Sierra Madre, CA) (Claremont, CA) Toward retirement of construction debt Scholarship support, 2003-04 Gorilla Foundation 1,000 1,000 Harvey Mudd College 45,000 45,000 (Woodside, CA) (Claremont, CA) General support Scholarship support, 2004-05 Grantmakers in Health 2,500 2,500 Hathaway Children and Family Services 5,000 5,000 (Washington, DC) (Sylmar, CA) General program support Toward program support on the occasion honoring Bill Wells Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association 10,000 10,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Healthcare and Elder Law General support of zoo programs Programs Corporation 15,000 15,000 (Torrance, CA) Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association 250,000 250,000 Toward the Your Way personalized (Los Angeles, CA) healthcare workbook for seniors and Toward construction of classrooms for the publication of the newsletter Children’s Education Discovery Center Hear Center 3,000 3,000 Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association 25,000 25,000 (Pasadena, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) General support Toward transportation, admission and docent guided tours to scholarship applicants Heart of Los Angeles Youth 25,000 25,000 through Zoo Pals (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Rites of Passage Encounter Habitat for Humanity high school program International / Los Angeles 200,000 200,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward construction of two new homes

48 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 49 University of Southern California / College of Letters, Arts and Sciences - Molecular and Computational Biology: Avenues to the twenty-first century

lectricity, telecommunications, flight, information technology; each could stand alone at the historical hub of social, scientific and technological revolution. For today’s times we have no less promising an innovation – the field of computational biology. “The genomatic revolution,” as University of Southern California’s College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Dean Dr. Joseph Aoun calls it, and most specifically the sequencing of the human genome that is its hallmark, will challenge and change nearly every aspect of the way we live and approach life. Computational biology — the interdisciplinary approach to understanding life that is anchored at the intersection of math, biology and computer science— allows us to examine and understand human variations with a stunning precision hitherto unknown. Unlocking the secrets of the genome, scientists may soon expose the triggers for many complex diseases, from cancer to depression and everything in between, working toward the previously unthinkable goal of actually preventing and relieving age- and disease-related human suffering. Computational biologists, who invent ways to analyze and find meaning in biological data, will play this century’s critical role in fulfilling the promises of new medicine and science, by developing the tools geneticists need to further understand how individual genes function and effect each of us as unique people. Because this new field requires advanced computational tools and intensive interdisciplinary collaboration, it best thrives as a discipline within a college set- ting. USC’s College of Letters, Arts and Sciences has established itself as the world’s leader in the field, because it has unique faculty expertise. The marvelous and award-winning mathematic achievements of Photographs courtesy of USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Dr. Michael Waterman — recognized internationally as “the father of computational biology” — and Dr. Simon Tavaré, coupled with the skills of colleagues such as renowned biologists Magnus Nordberg,

50 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 51 Norman Arnheim and Myron Goodman, are nurtured, advanced and Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 realized by the partnership of a 75-member team that includes some of the world’s most brilliant researchers and graduate students. HeArt Project 25,000 25,000 USC is supporting its faculty and students, as well as its own leader- (Los Angeles, CA) ship position within the field, with the current construction of a major Toward artists workshops in Continuation Schools new Molecular Biology Building, which will house the world’s leading state-of-the-art center for the advanced investigation of computational Heartland Film Festival 50,000 50,000 (Indianapolis, IN) biology and genomics. Because the field is a hybrid of mathematics and Toward the Film Festival, the Award of biology, it requires laboratories like no other. “Dry” labs that house Excellence and establishment of the massive computing capability will exist alongside and be integrated regional film project with advanced “wet” labs, in which experimental genomics experts can Hemophilia Foundation of work collaboratively with mathematicians, computer and robotics sci- Southern California 20,000 20,000 (Pasadena, CA) entists, bio-engineers and physicists, whose work, while traditionally Toward acquisition of a new data distinct from the facility’s “home discipline” of molecular biology, will management system now and forever be critically intertwined for the advancement of Henry E. Huntington human knowledge. That this building and its resources will be accessi- Library & Art Gallery 500,000 500,000 ble not only to lauded scientists but to all in the university community, (San Marino, CA) Toward construction of an addition to underscores the importance of its work in a changing world, dignifies the Scott Gallery of American Art the College’s commitment to interdisciplinary learning, and provides a Henry E. Huntington model for USC’s interest in promoting organic, diverse and new ways Library & Art Gallery 50,000 50,000 of learning for all students. (San Marino, CA) It is significant that this revolution in health, medicine and science Toward book acquisitions takes root here in Los Angeles. Today’s undergraduate students are Henry E. Huntington likely to face multiple careers within the context of an increasingly Library & Art Gallery 50,000 50,000 (San Marino, CA) complex world; those who attend USC will have the distinct General support advantage of being exposed to computational biology as a core life Henry E. Huntington sciences requirement — by the world’s leading scientists, and as the Library & Art Gallery 500,000 500,000 field evolves — challenging them to consider not only the medical and (San Marino, CA) scientific implications of its advances, but the ethical and sociological Additional support toward the addition to the Scott Gallery of American Art concerns associated with radical changes in the human experience. Just Henry E. Huntington as today’s undergraduates must possess relative expertise in the basics of Library & Art Gallery 50,000 50,000 information technology, tomorrow’s leaders must understand both the (San Marino, CA) foundation for and promise of the new revolution in science, as Toward consultation on important context for interpreting and succeeding in an environment general exhibition design of ever-changing human possibility. Los Angeles is where this approach Henry Mancini Institute 15,000 15,000 was born, and the place from which it continues to evolve, increasing (Culver City, CA) Toward the Henry Mancini Institute our profile as a venue for world-class academic pursuit. Community Outreach Initiative

52 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 53 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Henry Mancini Institute 5,000 5,000 House Ear Institute 25,000 25,000 (Culver City, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Institute’s scholarship program on Toward the Howard P. House, M.D., the occasion of the summer gala Endowment Fund Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial HUC - Skirball Cultural Center 15,000 15,000 Health Foundation 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Valencia, CA) Toward publication of collected poems of Toward acquisition of new Stanley Chyet, The Lord Has a Taste for Clowning Emergency Room defibrillators Humane Society of the Desert 1,000 1,000 Heritage-Joslyn Foundation 3,500 3,500 (North Palm Springs, CA) (Omaha, NE) General support Transportation costs for student tours of the French Oil Sketches exhibit at the Huntington Medical Research Institute 20,000 20,000 Joslyn Art Museum (Pasadena, CA) Toward the study to improve early Hillsides 50,000 50,000 diagnosis of liver cancer (Pasadena, CA) Toward the computer networking project I Cantori 5,000 5,000 (Pasadena, CA) Historical Society of Toward upgrade of computer equipment Southern California 10,000 10,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Immaculate Heart High School 25,000 25,000 Toward the Lecture Series Endowment Fund (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Historical Society of financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Southern California 5,000 5,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Immaculate Heart High School 25,000 25,000 General support (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Hollenbeck Police Activities League 10,000 10,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Sports for Kids Program Independent School Alliance for Minority Affairs 15,000 15,000 Hollenbeck Police Business Council, Inc. 5,000 5,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Support for the 2003-04 minority student Toward the Annual Toy Give-away placement program Hollenbeck Police Business Council, Inc. 5,000 5,000 Inner-City Filmmakers 5,000 5,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Santa Monica, CA) Toward Youth Center program support on the Toward acquisition of Sony DSR-PDX 10 occasion of the salute to the Dodgers Luncheon cameras for students Hollywood Community International Center for Housing Corporation 37,000 37,000 Gibbon Studies 5,000 5,000 (Hollywood, CA) (Santa Clarita, CA) Toward computer and telephone upgrades Toward further development of the in-house library Homeboy Industries 10,000 10,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Jobs for A Future Program

54 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 55 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

International Foundation for L.A. Goal 30,000 30,000 Art Research 10,000 10,000 (Culver City, CA) (New York, NY) Toward acquisition of equipment and General support, 2002 furnishings for the new facility International Foundation for L.A. Family Housing 50,000 50,000 Art Research 10,000 10,000 (North Hollywood, CA) (New York, NY) Toward furniture replacement in 19 General support, 2003 family units at Chernow House International Guiding Eyes, Inc. 5,000 5,000 L.A.’s Best 25,000 25,000 (Sylmar, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Training Program for Toward the After School Arts Project Guide Dogs of America Lamb’s Players Theatre 10,000 10,000 John Wayne Institute for (Coronado, CA) Cancer Research 5,000 5,000 Toward Educational Outreach Programs (Santa Monica, CA) Toward cancer research in memory of Lambs Theatre Company 20,000 20,000 Khanh Huynh (New York, NY) General support Johns Hopkins University 30,000 30,000 (Baltimore, MD) LAMP, Inc. 100,000 100,000 Toward scholarships for the Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) CTY Urban Initiative Toward renovation of the Day Center & Crisis Shelter Junipero Serra High School 25,000 25,000 (Gardena, CA) LAMP, Inc. 30,000 30,000 Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and (Los Angeles, CA) financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Additional support toward renovation of the Day Center & Crisis Shelter Junipero Serra High School 25,000 25,000 (Gardena, CA) League For Crippled Children 5,000 5,000 Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and (Los Angeles, CA) financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 For medical and therapeutic care of children at Orthopaedic Hospital Kids In Sports 50,000 50,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Leonard Marmor Surgical Toward acquisition of uniforms, equipment Arthritis Foundation 10,000 10,000 and relocation expenses (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the nursing scholarship fund Kidspace A Participatory Museum 250,000 250,000 (Pasadena, CA) LeRoy Haynes Center for Additional support toward construction of Children and Family Services 45,500 45,500 the new permanent facility (LaVerne, CA) For refurbishment of the pool Korean Health Education, Information & Research Center 50,000 50,000 Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center, Inc. 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward acquisition of equipment and Toward renovation of facility furnishings for the Adult Day Health Care program in Gardena

56 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 57 Southwest Museum / Autry National Center of the American West – A Merger: Bringing significant collections together on one campus

ithin the walls of a mysterious, castle-like building perched among the hills of Mt. Washington, there lies what is among the greatest of Los Angeles’ many special collections treasures – the magnificent American Indian collection of the Southwest Museum. With over 13,000 baskets, 100,000 archaeological objects, 25,000 ethnographical items, 145,000 historical photos and thousands more artworks, textiles, adornments and other objects, the Southwest Museum has amassed, researched and documented one of the world’s most comprehensive and valuable resources for the study of indigenous American life. It is the only one of our nation’s top five American Indian collections that exists west of the Mississippi, and the only one that is not a government program. Until recently however, it appeared Thomas Moran (1837-1926) Mountain of the Holy Cross, 1875 that Los Angeles would lose this precious resource. Several years ago, the Southwest Museum became severely limited in its capacity to properly care for its collection. Due in greatest part to inadequate environmental controls and storage conditions, it became apparent that the Southwest’s collection was deteriorating. The Ahmanson Foundation and other funders made grants that helped preserve the Museum’s important textile collection in particular, as well as improve conditions for the collection at large, but other challenges soon faced the institution. The Southwest Museum, founded over 100 years ago, had never been planned for in a fashion that would dignify its promise; over time, public access through exhibitions, research, and educational outreach was compromised, as site maintenance, fundraising, and other basic operations became increasingly vulnerable. The demise of the condition of and access to this historic collection would have severely compromised the advancement of scholarship in numerous areas of study. Likewise, it would have diminished unique

Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) Sunset on the Plains Photographs courtesy of the Autry National Center

58 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 59 and accessibility. In research capacities forconservation, but alsotodramaticallyenhanceits Southwest Museumcollectionhere, found awaynotonlytokeepthe and culture,LosAngeleshasindeed moving resurgenceincivicpride collaboration however, andwitha 60 public atlarge. culture formanythousandsoflocalschoolchildren,aswellthe and and excitingopportunitiestointerpretNativeAmericanhistory curatorial, collectingandprogrammingstaffs and agendas,while erative componentofacohesiveinstitution.Each willmaintainitsown American West andcoop- asacomplementary —eachofwhich serves Museum oftheAmericanWest, andtheInstituteforStudyof entities —theSouthwestMuseumofAmerican Indian,the American West. The and interconnectednessofhumanexperience that characterizesthe capacity topresentandinterpretforabroadpublic theastoundingrange tional researchopportunitiesinahostofdisciplines. Italsohasaunique nation’s leadingculturalandeducationalinstitutions,providingexcep- place thatitis. cultures makesLosAngelesthetrulyunique,dynamicandwonderful of theAmericanWest, justastheconvergenceofsometimesdisparate those thatexaminethepioneers,settlers,workers,womenandcowboys andculture,alongside resources dedicatedtoAmericanIndianhistory under oneroof,theCenterwillconvergemuseumsandscholarly Some wouldassertthatthenewinstitutionisuniquelyAngeleno; peoples oftheAmericanWest. of andrespectforthemanydiverse dedicated toadvancingknowledge promisinginstitution ble, andvery National Center, aunique,accessi- W Heritage andtheWomen ofthe MuseumofWesternthe Autry Southwest Museummergedwith W The Autry NationalCenteriswellpositionedtobecomeoneofthe The Autry est MuseumtocreatetheAutry ith its tremendous history of ith itstremendoushistory Center willbecomprisedofthreepublic 2003 , the Northwest CoastTlingitFrontlet, The AhmansonFoundation 19 th century

Photograph by Larry Reynolds.

Photograph by Schenck and Schenck. Photograph by Don Meyer. Zuni Pot–Deerwithheartlinemotif, Cahuillia BasketryServingTray of agreatnationalinstitutionforLosAngeles. ongoing scholarshipandpublicprogramming,facilitating therealization These importantphysicalchangeswillcomplement therichnessof tated accordingtothefindingsofahistoric structures assessment. Simultaneously, thelandmarkMt.Washington campuswillberehabili- between theSouthwestandCenter’s otherprograms. collection, andsignificantlyenhanceopportunities forcollaboration storage toprovidegreaterpublicaccesstheSouthwest’s remarkable P MuseumstructureinGriffith Center willaddontotheexistingAutry nulRpr 0361 Annual Report2003 peoples —thatcollectivelydefineourgreatregion. cultures, valuesandhistories—fromindigenoustoimmigrant promoting respectforandilluminationofthediversityideas, NationalCenterwillbeunitedbyasinglecommitmentto Autry the Center. Philosophically, thethreeoperatingprogramsof fundraising, marketingandsecuritywillbeintegratedmanagedby education, outreach,finance, collections management,conservation, ark, buildingstate-of-the-artexhibitgalleriesandopencollection 1890 s materials. Inthecomingyears, denied contactwithimportant scholars andresearchersarenot campus remainintact,andthat programs oftheMt.Washington transition process,willensurethat publicly accessiblethroughoutthe mandate tokeepthecollection Collection, coupledwiththe oftheSouthwest conservation commitment totheimmediate Additionally, theCenter’spriority of theAmericanIndiancollection. tion andenvironmentalprotection plan forthemovement,preserva- Center’s smartandcomprehensive being madesmooth,thankstothe NationalCenteris larger Autry institution toaprogramofthe its transitionfromaprivate As fortheSouthwestMuseum, Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

LHP Educational Foundation 20,000 20,000 L.A. Gay & Lesbian (Los Angeles, CA) Community Services Center 25,000 25,000 Toward computer equipment for the (Los Angeles, CA) Playa del Rey Learning Center Toward program support of the Kruks/Tilsner Transitional Living Program for youth Lifeline For Pets, Inc. 35,000 35,000 (Monrovia, CA) Los Angeles High TechHigh 250,000 250,000 General support (Beverly Hills, CA) Additional support toward construction and Lincoln Heights Tutorial Program 12,000 12,000 renovation of the permanent facility (Los Angeles, CA) Toward materials, supplies and Los Angeles Master Chorale Association 15,000 15,000 program expenses (Los Angeles, CA) General support Long Beach Better Learning After School Today 25,000 25,000 Los Angeles Orphanage Guild 10,000 10,000 (Long Beach, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward program expansion Toward the 2003 Special Edition for Maryvale Community Hospital of Long Beach 35,000 35,000 Los Angeles Philharmonic Association 7,500 7,500 (Long Beach, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward acquisition of bedside Toward the Annual Fund telemetry equipment Los Angeles Police Foundation 50,000 50,000 Los Angeles Chamber Ballet 30,000 30,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Santa Monica, CA) General program support Toward acquisition of new theatre equipment Los Angeles Police Foundation 50,000 50,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society 25,000 25,000 Additional general program support (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the 2003-04 Family Concert Series Los Angeles Police Historical Society 5,000 5,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic 50,000 50,000 General support on the occasion of the (Los Angeles, CA) Jack Webb Awards Additional support toward the new Child and Family Development Center Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation 15,000 15,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Los Angeles Children’s Chorus 12,500 12,500 Toward the Fund for LAPD families (Pasadena, CA) facing catastrophic circumstances General support Los Angeles Regional Foodbank 50,000 50,000 Los Angeles Community Design Center 150,000 150,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward acquisition of a walk-in cooler box Toward construction of a child care center at La Brisas Community Housing Los Angeles Regional Foodbank 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Los Angeles Conservancy 10,000 10,000 Toward acquisition of a refrigerated truck (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the brochure and docent training for the Walking Tour of Highland Park neighborhood

62 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 63 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Los Angeles Unified School District 7,000 7,000 Mar Vista Institute 200,000 200,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Culver City, CA) Toward field trips, campus beautification and Toward construction of the staff incentives at Aldama Elementary School Youth and Senior Center Los Angeles Unified School District 5,000 5,000 Maritime Museum Association of (Los Angeles, CA) San Diego 15,000 15,000 Toward renovation of the Baseball Field (San Diego, CA) at Franklin High School Toward the Californian Education Program Los Angeles World Affairs Council 10,000 10,000 Marlborough School Foundation 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) General program support Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Louisville High School 250,000 250,000 (Woodland Hills, CA) Marlborough School Foundation 15,000 15,000 Toward the final phase of campus expansion (Los Angeles, CA) For acquisition of a new Yamaha Grand Piano Loyola High School 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Marlborough School Foundation 20,000 20,000 Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and (Los Angeles, CA) financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 $10,000 toward the College Counseling Center and $10,000 for faculty professional development Loyola High School 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Marlborough School Foundation 25,000 25,000 Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and (Los Angeles, CA) financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Loyola Marymount University 45,000 45,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Marvin D. Iannone Scholarship support, 2003-04 Beverly Hills Police Foundation 7,500 7,500 (Beverly Hills, CA) Loyola Marymount University 175,000 175,000 Toward the fund for employees and their (Los Angeles, CA) families facing catastrophic circumstances Toward acquisition and installation of Cibola Systems in five College of Science Mayfield Junior School and Engineering classrooms of the Holy Child 50,000 50,000 (Pasadena, CA) Loyola Marymount University 45,000 45,000 Toward furnishings and equipment (Los Angeles, CA) for the Science Resource Room Scholarship support, 2004-05 Mayfield Senior School Lutheran Social Services, of the Holy Child Jesus 25,000 25,000 So. Calif. / Long Beach Area 20,000 20,000 (Pasadena, CA) (Long Beach, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Toward the Elders and Their Families: financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 A Program of Care and Caregiving Mayfield Senior School Making the Right Connections, Inc. 25,000 25,000 of the Holy Child Jesus 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Pasadena, CA) Toward the Summer 2003 program Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05

64 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 65 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

M.E.N.D. Motion Picture & (Meet Each Need With Dignity) 10,000 10,000 Television Fund Foundation 50,000 50,000 (Pacoima, CA) (Woodland Hills, CA) Toward the Medical Case Management General support and Vision Care programs Mount St. Mary’s College 45,000 45,000 M.E.N.D. (Los Angeles, CA) (Meet Each Need With Dignity) 16,000 16,000 Scholarship support, 2003-04 (Pacoima, CA) Toward mold remediation and Mount St. Mary’s College 300,000 300,000 plumbing projects (Los Angeles, CA) Toward renovation of the Mentally and Educationally Ahmanson Commons Retarded Citizens, Inc. 9,400 9,400 (Monterey Park, CA) Mount St. Mary’s College 45,000 45,000 Toward acquisition of a 10-passenger (Los Angeles, CA) wheelchair accessible van Scholarship support, 2004-05 Methodist Hospital Foundation 10,000 10,000 Muscular Dystrophy Association 2,000 2,000 (Arcadia, CA) (Santa Monica, CA) Toward acquisition of linear accelerator Toward the research and x-ray equipment summer camp funds Mexican American Museum Associates 5,000 5,000 Legal Defense and Education Fund 5,000 5,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Decorative Arts Council Toward community education and outreach programs on the occasion of the Museum Associates 700,000 700,000 2002 L.A. Awards Dinner (Los Angeles, CA) For acquisition of The Ecstasy of St. Francis Mexican American by Giovanni Baglione (1571-1644) Legal Defense and Education Fund 5,000 5,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Museum Associates 50,000 50,000 Toward educational outreach on the (Los Angeles, CA) occasion of the 35th anniversary Toward the Annual Giving Program Midnight Mission 10,000 10,000 Museum Associates 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) General support of the Christmas Appeal Toward book acquisitions for the Research Library Midnight Mission 500,000 500,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Museum Associates 10,000 10,000 Toward new facility construction (Los Angeles, CA) General support toward the Mini Twelve Step House, Inc. 20,000 20,000 Collector’s Committee (Los Angeles, CA) Toward capital needs Museum Associates 800,000 800,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Missionaries of the Holy Spirit 1,000 1,000 For acquisition of Jordaens’ (Oxnard, CA) Inspiration of the Poet General support

66 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 67 Friends of the Child Advocates – Court Appointed Special Advocates Program: Helping children navigate the overburdened child welfare system

ach year, over 30,000 children are thrust into Los Angeles’ child welfare courts through no fault of their own. They are victims of violence, psychological torment, severe neglect and abandonment. When identified as endangered by authorities, these frightened and confused youngsters are taken from their homes and placed in an unfamiliar system where their only contact is with strangers. Arguably, one form of victimization is exchanged for another; in the overburdened child welfare system, the fates of these fragile children seem almost arbitrary, their futures often determined by a complex network of lawyers, social workers, administrators and judges who do not know the children and are under-prepared to consider the complex circumstances of their individual lives. Ultimately, and perhaps not surprisingly, the vast majority bounces from one temporary home to another until adulthood, when they are exponentially more likely than others to face homelessness, unemploy- ment, imprisonment and further victimization. Frustrated by what he perceived as a lack of adequate knowledge by which to decide the fate of children in his courtroom, in 1976 Seattle Superior Court Judge David Soukup started an organization that would quietly come to change the way child courts nationwide would address the most vulnerable children. The Court Appointed Special Advocates program, better known as CASA, trains volunteers to become super- advocates for children in the system. Because the program is actually embedded in child welfare statutes nationwide, and the volunteer advocates are therefore appointed to specific cases by judges, it gives the extraordinary individuals who are CASA volunteers unique access to the resources they need to ensure that the abuse and neglect their charges suffered at home does not befall them again elsewhere. What differentiates CASA volunteers from social workers and attorneys is

Photographs courtesy of National CASA Association critical to the program’s success; they are focused solely on each child’s

68 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 69 best interests, with no competing agenda, and no other priorities. Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 CASA volunteers handle no more than one or two cases at a time, affording them the capacity to build genuine trust and relationships Museum Associates 94,550 94,550 with the children, thoroughly investigate the deeper facts of each (Los Angeles, CA) child’s life, serve as a watchdog and advocate as the dynamics of each For acquisition of a Digital Infrared Camera for the case unfold, and prepare for working effectively and efficiently with Painting Conservation Department judges and other court personnel whose authority will ultimately Museum Associates 25,000 25,000 impact each child. (Los Angeles, CA) CASA volunteers, who are recruited from the ranks of ordinary Toward the Senior Conservation citizens, and who undergo a rigorous training program that develops Scientist Endowment their lay expertise in the legal, social and administrative aspects of the Museum of Television and Radio 50,000 50,000 child welfare system, have three roles, accountable only to the mission (Beverly Hills, CA) Toward the Re-creating Radio of serving the best interests of children. First, “CASAs,” as they are Workshops for 2003-04 called, are fact-finders for judges. They reach deep into the circum- Music Center of Los Angeles County 50,000 50,000 stances of each child’s life, and present to the judge a breadth of (Los Angeles, CA) information far more revealing, complex and compelling than social One-time support toward programming workers or attorneys generally have time to gather or interpret. needs of the Music Center Education Division Second, CASAs speak to and for the child in the courtroom. They Music Center of Los Angeles County 10,000 10,000 accompany each child through every step of the process, explaining to (Los Angeles, CA) their charges what is happening and why. This service offers critically General support important emotional and moral support to very frightened and vulnera- Napili Kai Foundation 5,000 5,000 ble children. Likewise, CASAs are legally authorized to speak for the (Lahaina, Maui, HI) General support child, not necessarily representing his or her wishes, as much as the child’s very best interests. Finally, as an official part of child welfare NATHA 17,000 17,000 (Pasadena, CA) proceedings, CASAs serve as the conscience of each case, reminding all For a security system and gate parties that decisions are made thoughtfully, swiftly, and above all, in National Audubon Society 250,000 250,000 the name of the child at hand. Most often in the absence of competent (Pasadena, CA) parents, CASA volunteers are the only link a ward of the court has to Toward construction of the someone who truly cares. Debs Park Audubon Center In its nearly thirty-year history, the CASA program has become a National Gallery of Art 50,000 50,000 national model for supporting the rights and dignity of what might (Washington, DC) otherwise be forgotten children. In addition to Los Angeles’ outstand- Toward the Acquisition Fund ing program, there are nearly 850 CASA offices in almost every state, National Gallery of Art 35,000 35,000 utilizing the services of over 58,000 volunteers. Through their generos- (Washington, DC) Additional support toward the ity, these exceptional individuals are able to shepherd twenty-five Acquisition Fund percent of the nation’s wards of the court through a daunting and National Guild of Community uncertain process. While the remaining need is clearly tremendous, the Schools of the Arts 25,000 25,000 results are encouraging. Children who have benefited form CASA (New York, NY) Toward the Los Angeles Creative support are more likely than others to be adopted, rather than Communities project languishing in foster care.

70 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 71 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Nativity School 15,000 15,000 Notre Dame Academy 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward bathroom renovation and re-piping Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Naval Institute Foundation, Inc. 25,000 25,000 (Annapolis, MD) Notre Dame High School 25,000 25,000 Toward the technology upgrade project (Sherman Oaks, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Nebraska State financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Historical Society Foundation 5,000 5,000 (Lincoln, NE) Notre Dame High School 25,000 25,000 Toward support of the Society’s activities (Sherman Oaks, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Nebraska Wesleyan University 45,000 45,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 (Lincoln, NE) Scholarship support, 2003-04 NPR Foundation 250,000 250,000 (Washington, DC) Nebraska Wesleyan University 45,000 45,000 Additional support toward the (Lincoln, NE) Endowment Fund for the west coast Scholarship support, 2004-05 production center in Los Angeles New Horizons Family Center 50,000 50,000 Oberlin College 40,000 40,000 (Glendale, CA) (Oberlin, OH) Toward capital improvements For the scholarship fund for students from Southern California New Roads School 20,000 20,000 (Santa Monica, CA) Occidental College 45,000 45,000 Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and (Los Angeles, CA) financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Scholarship support, 2003-04 New Roads School 20,000 20,000 Occidental College 250,000 250,000 (Santa Monica, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Toward equipping the new science building financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Occidental College 45,000 45,000 Night Basketball and Books 15,000 15,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Pasadena, CA) Scholarship support, 2004-05 Toward materials for the mid-week tutoring program Olive Crest Treatment Centers, Inc. 10,000 10,000 (Santa Ana, CA) No Limits Theater Group 10,000 10,000 Toward the Turning Point (Culver City, CA) Youth Transitional Placement program For equipment and materials for the Computer Resource Center Optimist Boys Home and Ranch 250,000 250,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Notre Dame Academy 25,000 25,000 Toward construction of the (Los Angeles, CA) Youth Learning Center Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Oralingua School for the Hearing Impaired, Inc. 20,000 20,000 (Whittier, CA) Scholarship support for young people from financially disadvantaged families, 2003-04

72 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 73 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Oralingua School for the Pasadena Children’s Training Society 50,000 50,000 Hearing Impaired, Inc. 20,000 20,000 (Pasadena, CA) (Whittier, CA) Toward technology upgrades Scholarship support for young people from financially disadvantaged families, 2004-05 Pasadena City College Foundation, Inc. 10,000 10,000 (Pasadena, CA) Oralingua School for the Toward equipment for the Dental School Hearing Impaired, Inc. 5,000 5,000 (Whittier, CA) Pasadena Conservatory of Music 75,000 75,000 For acquisition of classroom equipment (Pasadena, CA) Toward renovations for the Otis College of Art and Design 500,000 500,000 Young Children’s Program (Westchester, CA) Toward the Faculty Salary Endowment Fund Pasadena Home for The Aged 2,000 2,000 (Altadena, CA) Otis College of Art and Design 45,000 45,000 General support of Scripps Home (Westchester, CA) Scholarship support, 2003-04 Pasadena Hospital Association, Ltd. 10,000 10,000 (Pasadena, CA) Otis College of Art and Design 5,000 5,000 Toward acquisition of (Westchester, CA) emergency room equipment Toward the Otis Scholarship Fund Pasadena Humane Society 3,000 3,000 Otis College of Art and Design 45,000 45,000 (Pasadena, CA) (Westchester, CA) General support Scholarship support, 2004-05 Pasadena Playhouse P. F. Bresee Foundation 5,000 5,000 State Theatre of California 3,000 3,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Pasadena, CA) Toward support of youth programs on the Toward completion of restoration of occasion honoring Leslie Dorman the Batchelder Fountain P. F. Bresee Foundation 25,000 25,000 P.A.T.H./People Assisting the Homeless 50,000 50,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the language arts and Over two-years, toward PATHWays literacy program Women transitional housing program Pacific Council on Pepperdine University 45,000 45,000 International Policy 25,000 25,000 (Malibu, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support, 2003-04 General support Pepperdine University 45,000 45,000 Pacific Serenades 11,000 11,000 (Malibu, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support, 2004-05 For acquisition of office equipment Peregrine Fund 10,000 10,000 Pacific Southwest Youth (Boise, ID) Tennis Foundation 5,000 5,000 Toward publication of Return of the (Los Angeles, CA) Peregrine: The Story of Restoring the Support of programs for economically Peregrine Falcon in North America disadvantaged youth in Los Angeles

74 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 75 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Petersen Automotive Pomona College 45,000 45,000 Museum Foundation 10,000 10,000 (Claremont, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support, 2003-04 General support Pomona College 45,000 45,000 Philanthropic Research, Inc. 25,000 25,000 (Claremont, CA) (Williamsburg, VA) Scholarship support, 2004-05 Toward GuideStar’s Nonprofit Information Expansion Program Pomona Valley Sheltered Workshop Association 45,000 45,000 Phoenix House of Los Angeles 25,000 25,000 (Montclair, CA) (Lake View Terrace, CA) Toward expansion of storage space Toward equipment for the Culinary Arts Program at Lakeview Terrace President and Fellows of Harvard University 5,000 5,000 Pilgrim Place in Claremont 50,000 50,000 (Cambridge, MA) (Claremont, CA) General support Toward upgrades to the Health Services Center President and Fellows of Harvard University 50,000 50,000 Pitzer College 45,000 45,000 (Cambridge, MA) (Claremont, CA) Toward the Graduate School of Scholarship support, 2003-04 Education’s study, Studio Thinking: How Visual Arts Teaching Can Promote Pitzer College 45,000 45,000 Disciplined Habits of Mind (Claremont, CA) Scholarship support, 2004-05 Pueblo Nuevo Development Corp. 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Pleasantview Industries, Inc. 3,000 3,000 Toward furniture, fixtures and equipment (Saugus, CA) for the new middle school For acquisition of a hydraulic lift PUENTE Learning Center 100,000 100,000 Polytechnic School 30,000 30,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Pasadena, CA) Toward the South Los Angeles Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and facility parking lot campaign financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Franciscan Clinics 225,000 225,000 Polytechnic School 100,000 100,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Pasadena, CA) Toward constructing and equipping a Toward construction of a swimming pool third Mobile Dental Clinic Polytechnic School 12,500 12,500 Reading is Fundamental of (Pasadena, CA) Southern California, Inc. 25,000 25,000 General support (Los Angeles, CA) Toward book acquisitions and Polytechnic School 30,000 30,000 program expansion (Pasadena, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Regents of the University of financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 California/Systemwide 30,000 30,000 (Berkeley, CA) Toward fellowships for high school teachers participation in the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science program

76 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 77 Independent School Alliance for Minority Affairs – An Avenue to Quality Education: Recruiting promising children of color

ith the performance and safety of Los Angeles’ public schools becoming an increasing concern to many families, a growing number are turning to independent education as an alternative. Predictably, such opportunities remain largely the purview of white, middle- and upper- class families who have access to both the knowledge and means to pursue quality education for their children. When opportunities for talented children of color to attend the best schools are not optimized however, it hurts both the students and the schools. A school that lacks diversity does not reflect the reality of Los Angeles, arguably compromising its capacity to fulfill the assumed mandate of preparing students for the “real” world outside. Meanwhile, the families of bright and enthusiastic students of color who are even aware of independent schools usually cannot imagine that such opportunities are available to them, and most tend to bypass consideration of applying. By default, most of our city’s brightest children of color remain in overcrowded, unchallenging, unpromising classrooms that dignify neither their talents nor their potential. Founded in 1984, the Independent School Alliance for Minority Affairs addresses the historical chasm between independent schools and students of color, by offering a range of thoughtfully conceived programs aimed at placing underrepresented but deserving children at Southern California’s most demanding private schools. It is the nation’s only organization to do so at both the elementary and secondary levels. In twenty years of service, the Alliance has placed over 1,400 minority students in local independent schools, 100% of which have gone on to college. The Alliance has brokered substantial financial aid for an aver- age of 80% of its students annually, including an impressive $4.9 million

Photographs courtesy of Independent School Alliance for Minority Affairs

78 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 79 in tuition assistance last year alone. Simultaneously, the organization For member schools, the Alliance serves as an invaluable resource for has built a membership base of forty distinguished independent educa- institutional goals of diversity and multiculturalism, both in terms of tional institutions, which rely on the Alliance to help advance their recruitment and curriculum. Because the Alliance is intimately familiar individual and collective goals for and commitments to authentic multi- with and respectful of each school’s unique values and requirements, cultural education. member schools can rely on the Alliance to introduce them to appro- Services for students begin priate candidates, who will have entered the process oriented, informed with the Alliance’s formidable and prepared for a new school experience. The Alliance’s partnership outreach programs, through with the schools in brokering and securing financial aid for needy which families learn the basics of students of color is a great resource for independent schools, many of the independent education system, which are stretched in terms of their own resources for securing and gain a comprehensive under- tuition assistance. Finally, the Alliance is also an important partner in standing of the member schools the enhanced education and development of independent school and how they differ from one professionals, by providing expert counsel on issues of diversity and another. Most often, this is the multiculturalism, annual meetings of school heads committed to diver- participants’ first exposure to sification of their student populations, and workshops on emergent alternatives to public school. topics in education, from innovations in admissions processes, to Interested families are engaged examination of the media’s role in teaching tolerance. in thoughtful conversation about With a keen understanding of the challenges and social conditions what educational environment that lead to the need for its services, the Independent School Alliance will be best for their children, for Minority Affairs helps both its students and member schools and are provided expert guid- through every step of the admissions process, from outreach and ance as they consider the social, emotional, and academic benefits and recruitment, to application, admission and retention. In the end, this concerns of placing their young ones in schools that are located remarkable organization helps hundreds of young people each year beyond the familiar. Promising students are identified and encouraged, navigate the disparities present in their lives, transcend the barriers and then assisted throughout what is most often a daunting and they pose, and aspire to become more than society would have had rigorous application process, for which the often-prohibitive application them dream. fees are waived. For those students who are placed by the Alliance, programs that offer orientation, educate and inform parents, build community among Alliance students from different schools, enhance leadership skills and celebrate achievements are offered throughout their entire academic careers. As the Alliance stays with its kids over time, not only does it promote diversity within the schools, it builds new communities of diverse families committed to the same educational principles, by bringing them together across geographic and schoolyard boundaries.

80 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 81 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Regents of the University of UCLA Foundation/School of Medicine 50,000 50,000 California/Los Angeles 5,000 5,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward research at the Ahmanson/ Additional support toward renovation of the UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center entry to the Rhonda Fleming Consultation Suite UCLA Foundation/School of Medicine 1,000,000 1,000,000 UCLA Foundation - General 50,000 50,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA ) Additional support toward the Toward completion of the World History Replacement Hospital For Us All curriculum project UCLA Foundation/ UCLA Foundation - General 30,000 30,000 University Research Library 250,000 250,000 (Los Angeles, CA ) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Dean’s Scholars Toward the Mellon Fdn. challenge for Fund for 2003-04 establishment of the Conservation and Preservation Endowment UCLA Foundation/Center for Health Enhancement 25,000 25,000 UCLA Foundation/ (Los Angeles, CA) University Research Library 50,000 50,000 Toward the Center on Aging’s (Los Angeles, CA) services and programs Toward acquisitions for the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine collection UCLA Foundation/Center for Health Enhancement 20,000 20,000 UCLA Foundation/William (Los Angeles, CA) Andrews Clark Memorial Library 150,000 150,000 Toward the Center on Aging’s (Los Angeles, CA) programs on the occasion of the Toward acquisition of the Aretino Collections ICON Awards UCLA Foundation/William UCLA Foundation/Center For Andrews Clark Memorial Library 50,000 50,000 Health Sciences 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward book acquisitions Toward the Alison Bunting Endowed Rare Books Fund of the Biomedical Library UCLA Foundation/William Andrews Clark Memorial Library 40,000 40,000 UCLA Foundation/ (Los Angeles, CA) Department of Italian 25,000 25,000 $20,000 for a 2003-04 Post-doctoral Fellowship; (Los Angeles, CA) $10,000 for Undergraduate Fellowships and Toward the 2004 conference, $10,000 for the Clark Music Series Petrarch and the Philosophy of Passion UCLA Foundation/William UCLA Foundation/School of Medicine 5,000 5,000 Andrews Clark Memorial Library 19,500 19,500 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward research and training programs of Toward underwriting conference expenses the Division of Neurosurgery on the occasion for the International Society of of the 50th anniversary Eighteenth Century Scholars UCLA Foundation/School of Medicine 20,000 20,000 University of California, (Los Angeles, CA) Santa Cruz Foundation 10,000 10,000 For the Center for Research and Training in (Santa Cruz, CA) Humane and Ethical Medical Care’s training of Toward the conservation and education volunteers for end of life counseling programs of the Predatory Bird Research Group

82 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 83 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. 20,000 20,000 San Fernando Valley (New York, NY) Interfaith Council 8,600 8,600 General support toward research projects (Chatsworth, CA) Toward acquisition of a 10-passenger RFB&D National Headquarters 40,000 40,000 wheelchair accessible van for clients of the (Princeton, NJ) Adult Day Support Center $20,000 toward the HQ Library digital/CD conversion and $20,000 toward the San Marino Schools Foundation 5,000 5,000 Los Angeles studio and outreach (San Marino, CA) General support Rochester Institute of Technology 2,500 2,500 (Rochester, NY) Santa Barbara Trust for Toward the publishing program of the Historic Preservation 10,000 10,000 Wallace Library, Carey Collection (Santa Barbara, CA) Toward construction of The Center for the Roycemore School 25,000 25,000 Study of Early California History and Cultures (Evanston, IL) General support Santa Cecilia Opera and Orchestra Association 15,000 15,000 Sacred Heart High School 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward expansion of the Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Discovering Music Program financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Santa Teresita Hospital Foundation 2,500 2,500 Sacred Heart High School 25,000 25,000 (Duarte, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward acquisition of beds for Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and the Manor residents financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Scripps College 45,000 45,000 Saint Francis High School 25,000 25,000 (Claremont, CA) (La Cañada Flintridge, CA) Scholarship support, 2003-04 Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Scripps College 45,000 45,000 (Claremont, CA) Saint Francis High School 25,000 25,000 Scholarship support, 2004-05 (La Cañada Flintridge, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Search to Involve Pilipino Americans 25,000 25,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward facility and parking lot renovations Saint Mary’s Academy 25,000 25,000 (Inglewood, CA) Sheriff’s Youth Foundation of Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Los Angeles County 5,000 5,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 (Monterey Park, CA) Toward programs for at-risk youth in Saint Mary’s Academy 25,000 25,000 disadvantaged communities of (Inglewood, CA) Los Angeles County Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Shoes That Fit 15,000 15,000 (Claremont, CA) Saint Sophia Foundation 2,000 2,000 General support (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Summer Camp Program

84 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 85 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Shoes That Fit 10,000 10,000 (Claremont, CA) Toward computer upgrades Sober Living Network 18,000 18,000 (Santa Monica, CA) General program support Social and Public Art Resource Center 25,000 25,000 (Venice, CA) Toward the interactive archival mural project Society of Singers, Inc. 12,500 12,500 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Relief Fund on the occasion honoring Barry Manilow Sonrise Community Outreach 15,000 15,000 n institution is the (Compton, CA) Toward renovation and upgrade lengthened shadow of the computer lab Southern California of one man. Association for Philanthropy 3,000 3,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the 30th Anniversary Conference R.W. Emerson Southern California Association for Philanthropy 5,000 5,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward a giving to the arts in Southern California 2002-03 survey Southern California Institute of Architecture 20,000 20,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Library Book Acquisition Fund Southern California Rehabilitation Services 25,000 25,000 (Downey, CA) Toward program support to meet the Weingart Foundation challenge St. Anne’s Maternity Home 250,000 250,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward construction of the Transitional Living Facility St. Frances X. Cabrini School 2,500 2,500 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Vision of Hope scholarship program

86 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 87 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

St. Francis Center 5,000 5,000 St. John’s Well Child Center 100,000 100,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) For Family Thanksgiving Baskets Toward construction/renovation of the Compton Clinic St. Genevieve High School 48,000 48,000 (Panorama City, CA) St. Joseph Center 250,000 250,000 Toward bathroom renovations (Venice, CA) Toward new construction St. James’ Episcopal Church/ St. James’ School, Wilshire 20,000 20,000 St. Vincent Senior Citizen (Los Angeles, CA) Nutrition Program 25,000 25,000 Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and (Los Angeles, CA) financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Toward unrestricted operations St. James’ Episcopal Church/ Starbright Pediatric Network 5,000 5,000 St. James’ School, Wilshire 15,000 15,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward connecting Los Angeles General support children to Starbright World St. James’ Episcopal Church/ Stillpoint Resources Charitable Trust 5,000 5,000 St. James’ School, Wilshire 20,000 20,000 (West Hills, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) General support Toward the International Laureates Organ Series for 2003-04 STOP-GAP 15,000 15,000 (Santa Ana, CA) St. James’ Episcopal Church/ Toward performances of St. James’ School, Wilshire 22,000 22,000 Heartsounds and An Eye for an Aye (Los Angeles, CA) in Los Angeles County Schools For a replacement reed-stop in the swell division of the Murray-Harris Organ Students Run America 35,000 35,000 (Reseda, CA) St. James’ Episcopal Church/ Toward basic equipment packages for St. James’ School, Wilshire 20,000 20,000 student runners of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Support for financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Harbor Area Women’s Lives 19,200 19,200 (San Pedro, CA) St. John Bosco High School 25,000 25,000 Toward upgrade of electrical wiring (Bellflower, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Support Our Aging Religious, Inc. 5,000 5,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 (Beverly Hills, CA) Toward retirement and related needs St. John Bosco High School 25,000 25,000 of elderly religious residing in (Bellflower, CA) Los Angeles County Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Sustainable Conservation 10,000 10,000 (San Francisco, CA) St. John’s College 15,000 15,000 Toward printing and dissemination of (Santa Fe, NM) educational materials for the Financial aid for undergraduate Auto Recycling Project students from Los Angeles

88 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 89 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Symphony in the Glen 7,200 7,200 UNITAS Theatre Company, Inc. 1,000 1,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) For installation of 12 shade trees at the General support outdoor concert venue in Griffith Park United Cerebral Palsy/ Teach for America 100,000 100,000 Spastic Children’s Foundation 200,000 200,000 (New York, NY) (Woodland Hills, CA) Toward the Los Angeles Corps program Toward construction of 18 accessible apartments in Burbank for developmentally Teach for America 27,000 27,000 disabled adults (New York, NY) Toward the Learning Team Leaders United Negro College Fund, Inc. 25,000 25,000 Program in Los Angeles (Fairfax, VA) Toward the scholarship program for Telescopes in Education 25,000 25,000 Los Angeles area youth (Pasadena, CA) Toward the TIE Program University of La Verne 45,000 45,000 (LaVerne, CA) Thalians 10,000 10,000 Scholarship support, 2003-04 (Beverly Hills, CA) Toward The Thalians Mental Health University of La Verne 45,000 45,000 Center’s programs (LaVerne, CA) Scholarship support, 2004-05 Toberman Settlement House 250,000 250,000 (San Pedro, CA) University of Nevada, Reno Foundation 10,000 10,000 Toward Phase I of the capital campaign (Reno, NV) Toward the Basque Studies Center Tomas Rivera Policy Institute 5,000 5,000 Quasi-Endowment (Los Angeles, CA) General support University of Redlands 45,000 45,000 (Redlands, CA) Tourette Syndrome Association 3,000 3,000 Scholarship support, 2003-04 (Bayside, NY) General support University of Redlands 45,000 45,000 (Redlands, CA) Trinity Christian Schools Sunland 32,000 32,000 Scholarship support, 2004-05 (Sunland, CA) For acquisition of playground University of Richmond 15,000 15,000 equipment and surfacing (Richmond, VA) For acquisition of 18th century prints Trustees of Union College 25,000 25,000 (Schenectady, NY) University of San Diego 45,000 45,000 Toward the Summer Undergraduate (San Diego, CA) Research Program Scholarship support, 2003-04 UMC / Children Youth and University of San Diego 50,000 50,000 Family Collaborative 45,000 45,000 (San Diego, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward construction of the Center for Toward portable office equipment Science and Technology

90 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 91 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

University of San Diego 45,000 45,000 (San Diego, CA) Scholarship support, 2004-05 University of Southern California/ Center on Philanthropy/Public Policy 10,000 10,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the one-year pilot, The Los Angeles Foundation Leadership Group University of Southern California/ College of Letters/Arts/Sciences 1,000,000 1,000,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward construction of the Molecular and Computational Biology Building University of Southern California/ e shall not cease from exploration General University 45,000 45,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Rwandan Oral History/ And the end of all our exploring Photo Essay Project of the Center for Will be to arrive where we started Religion and Civic Culture University of Southern California/ And know the place for the first time. School of Journalism 22,500 22,500 (Los Angeles, CA) General support of the School of Journalism T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets University of Southern California/ School of Medicine 2,500,000 2,500,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward construction of the first floor of the Neurogenetic Institute of the Keck School of Medicine Upward Bound House 18,000 18,000 (Santa Monica, CA) Toward repairs and replacements at Family Place Urban Land Institute, Los Angeles 2,500 2,500 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the 2003 UrbanPlan high school program Valley Home for Women 15,000 15,000 (Burbank, CA) Toward capital improvements

92 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 93 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

Valley Village 50,000 50,000 Wellness Community, Valley/Ventura 5,000 5,000 (Canoga Park, CA) (Westlake Village, CA) Toward construction of Astoria House, General support a group home for medically fragile developmentally disabled adults West San Gabriel Valley Boys and Girls Club 35,000 35,000 Ventura County Maritime Museum 2,500 2,500 (Monterey Park, CA) (Oxnard, CA) Toward the Creative Arts Project General support Westmont College 45,000 45,000 Verdugo Hills (Santa Barbara, CA) Visiting Nurse Association 50,000 50,000 Scholarship support, 2003-04 (Glendale, CA) For technology upgrade Westmont College 45,000 45,000 (Santa Barbara, CA) VIP Community Scholarship support, 2004-05 Mental Health Center 75,000 75,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Westridge School for Girls 25,000 25,000 Toward renovation of an historic building (Pasadena, CA) to create a new Violence Intervention Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Program treatment center financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Volunteers of America of Los Angeles 50,000 50,000 Westridge School for Girls 500,000 500,000 (Los Angeles, CA) (Pasadena, CA) Toward bridge support of the Toward facility completion of the master plan Downtown Drop-In Center Westridge School for Girls 25,000 25,000 Volunteers of America of Los Angeles 5,000 5,000 (Pasadena, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Toward the Thanksgiving Day financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 meals for the elderly Westside Children’s Center, Inc. 30,000 30,000 Webb Schools 25,000 25,000 (Culver City, CA) (Claremont, CA) Toward the Day Care Program Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Whittier Area First Day Coalition 50,000 50,000 (Whittier, CA) Webb Schools 100,000 100,000 Toward acquisition of a (Claremont, CA) homeless shelter facility Toward renovation of the Raymond M. Alf Museum’s Lecture Hall Whittier College 45,000 45,000 (Whittier, CA) Webb Schools 25,000 25,000 Scholarship support, 2003-04 (Claremont, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Whittier College 45,000 45,000 financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 (Whittier, CA) Scholarship support, 2004-05 Weingart Center Association 39,770 39,770 (Los Angeles, CA) Will Geer Theatricum-Botanicum 35,000 35,000 For replacement of two boilers (Topanga, CA) Toward acquisition of adjacent land

94 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 95 Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Organization Unpaid Approved Paid Unpaid Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003 Oct. 31, 2002 2003 2003 Oct. 31, 2003

William H. Parker Yosemite Fund 5,000 5,000 Los Angeles Police Foundation 5,000 5,000 (San Francisco, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Yosemite Falls Project Toward advanced training scholarships Youth, Education & Windward School 25,000 25,000 Sports Foundation 2,500 2,500 (Los Angeles, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and Toward implementation of the after-school program financially disadvantaged students, 2003-04 Windward School 25,000 25,000 Total 10,955,000 25,383,345 32,233,345 4,105,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Scholarship support for ethnically diverse and financially disadvantaged students, 2004-05 Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. 50,000 50,000 (Winterthur, DE) Toward acquisition of equipment for the conservation labs Women’s Clinic 5,000 5,000 (Los Angeles, CA) General support Women’s Odyssey Organization, Inc. 30,000 30,000 (Canoga Park, CA) Toward capital improvements Wonder of Reading 30,000 30,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward implementation of the 3R Program at El Sereno Elementary School Wonder of Reading 50,000 50,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward implementation of the 3R Program in selected elementary schools World Impact Services, Inc. 25,000 25,000 (Los Angeles, CA) Toward the Watts Christian School World Vision, Inc. 75,000 75,000 (San Diego, CA) Additional support toward the Parent Institute for Quality Education

96 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 97 General Guidelines and Perspective of Interests Eligibility and Limitations

he Ahmanson Foundation places its philanthropic emphasis in Eligibility four major program areas: An applicant must be an organization determined by the Internal The Arts and Humanities Revenue Service to be tax-exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Education U. S. Internal Revenue code and not a private foundation as defined in 509 Medicine and Health Section (a) of that code. The Ahmanson Foundation does not make grants to individuals. It Human Services does not make grants to organizations which propagandize, influence Types of funding support common to these areas include: legislation and/or elections, or promote voter registration, nor does it provide support for candidates seeking public office, for political cam- Building Funds paigns, or to organizations involved in political activities or specific Renovation and Equipment advocacy. Capital Campaigns Endowment Funds Limitations Institutional Scholarship Funds In general, the Foundation does not approve grants for endowed Matching Funds chairs; fellowships, internships, exchanges, individual scholarships; annual campaigns, continuing support; production of film, video or Special Projects and Programs media; deficit financing or loans. The Foundation prefers not to fund: organizations which make grants Geographic Emphasis: to others, religious organizations for sectarian or propagation of faith Primarily in Southern California purposes, traveling exhibits, performance underwriting, seminars, workshops, studies, surveys, general research and development, or opera- Further emphasis in recent years has been placed on funding organi- tional support of regional and national charities. zations and their programs which are based in and serving Los Angeles County. Approximately ninety percent of the Foundation’s distributions are made solely within the county. The Foundation evaluates the quality of programs and the quality of the organization submitting the request. Organizations must be well- managed, fiscally sound, have a developed history and maintain a record of program integrity. Requests for capital support are considered most often after there is clear and assured evidence that the goal of the campaign is going to be achieved and that such will be accomplished within a reasonable time period. Lead gifts are rarely granted.

98 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 99 The Foundation accepts and processes applications for grants Suggested throughout the year. In most instances, applicants will receive a written Procedures response within 60 to 90 days. Each is notified promptly as soon as a decision has been made. f after reviewing the guidelines, there is sufficient reason to believe Due to the substantial number of requests received, visits, unless by that the Foundation’s interest areas and funding preferences are com- invitation are discouraged. Requests for meetings will be initiated by patible with the need of the organization seeking support, then a brief the staff. letter of inquiry should be addressed to the Managing Director. In order to be responsive to the myriad needs of the community, The applicant should present a mission statement of the organization, preference is given to organizations which do not submit proposal a brief description of its background, a direct statement of need, and requests on a regular annual basis. other potential funding sources under consideration. All letters of Unfortunately, the Foundation is able to fund only a limited propor- inquiry will proceed through a screening process to determine whether tion of the requests received. If support is not provided for a particular or not the request and mission of the organization are within current request, while meeting guideline criteria and funding interests, it funding interests of the Foundation. In most instances written respon- should not be interpreted as an indication of the Foundation’s lack of ses will be sent promptly to those not likely to qualify, so that they appreciation for the merit and worthiness of both the proposal and the may proceed in a timely manner in their search for funding. Others organization seeking support. who may qualify will be notified so that a full proposal can be submit- Letters of inquiry and proposals should be directed to: ted for further consideration. Mr. Lee Walcott, Managing Director One copy of a proposal should be accompanied by a cover letter or summary on the letterhead of the applicant’s organization or institu- The Ahmanson Foundation 9215 Wilshire Boulevard tion, and a letter from the president, when the cover letter is submitted 90210 by someone else. Beverly Hills, California The proposal request should include a brief description of the organization, its history and current programs, a statement of need, statement of the objectives of the project or program, a project timetable, overall cost, and amount requested. The proposal should be supplemented with: • a detailed project budget • the current annual operating budget • the most recently audited financial statement • copy of the organization’s tax exempt status determination letter from the IRS • a list of the organization’s governing board and its officers • any other pertinent supplemental documents

100 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 101 Statements of Financial Position Statements of Activities October 31, 2003 and 2002 For The Years Ended October 31, 2003 and 2002

Assets 2003 2002 2003 2002

Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 4,907,000 $ 5,781,000 Revenues: Interest and Dividends Receivable 1,608,000 1,747,000 Dividends, interest and other $ 18,343,000 $ 19,449,000 Net realized gain (loss) on investments 2,855,000 (10,407,000) Investments, 821,797,000 703,723,000 at market value Net unrealized gain (loss) on investments 133,216,000 (45,044,000) Land, Building and Equipment, 154,414,000 (36,002,000) net of accumulated depreciation 3,564,000 3,623,000 Expenses and Grants: Federal Excise Tax Receivable — 30,000 Grant expense 25,383,000 18,164,000 Other Assets 270,000 267,000 Investment expenses 1,790,000 1,758,000 $832,146,000 $715,171,000 General and administrative expenses 1,924,000 1,953,000 Provision for federal excise tax 551,000 342,000 29,648,000 22,217,000 Liabilities and Unrestricted Net Assets

Change in Unrestricted Net Assets 124,766,000 (58,219,000) Liabilities: Grants Payable $ 4,105,000 $ 10,955,000 Unrestricted Net Assets, beginning of year 702,798,000 761,017,000 Due to Broker and Custodian 6,000 983,000 Unrestricted Net Assets, end of year $827,564,000 $702,798,000 Federal Excise Tax Payable 191,000 — Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses 280,000 435,000 4,582,000 12,373,000

Unrestricted Net Assets 827,564,000 702,798,000 $832,146,000 $715,171,000

102 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 103 Trustees of the Ahmanson Foundation

Robert H. Ahmanson* Robert M. DeKruif President Former Vice Chairman The Ahmanson Foundation H. F. Ahmanson & Company

William Hayden Ahmanson Stephen D. Rountree Former Chairman President, The Music Center H. F. Ahmanson & Company Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County William Howard Ahmanson Private Relationship Manager-VP Robert F. Erburu* Union Bank of California Chairman of the Board (Retired) Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr. The Times Mirror Company President Fieldstead & Company Leonard E. Walcott, Jr.* Vice President and Managing Director Lloyd E. Cotsen The Ahmanson Foundation President Cotsen Management Corporation * Executive Committee Officers and Staff

Robert H. Ahmanson Mindy Jones President Program Officer

Leonard E. Walcott, Jr. Manya Schaff Vice President and Managing Director Program Officer

William H. Ahmanson Elisa Greben Callow* Vice President Program Officer Robert F. Erburu Jinhee Kim Vice President Associate Program Officer Karen A. Hoffman Secretary and Program Ofﬁcer Yvonne de Beixedon Grants Administrator Frances Y. L. Chung Assistant Secretary Betty Richardson Administrative Assistant Kristen K. O’Connor Special appreciation to Philip M. Nowlen, Head, The Getty Leadership Institute, for providing the quotes on Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Phyllis Vitello pages 26, 86 and 92. Administrative Assistant Jennie Huynh Accountant We wish to acknowledge, with appreciation, the narratives for Highlighted Grants and the Biography of *through mid-December 2003 Howard Ahmanson written by Nancy Berglass.

104 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 105 106 The Ahmanson Foundation Annual Report 2003 107 Designed and Printed by The Castle Press Pasadena, California 108 The Ahmanson Foundation