IECA Foundation 2016 Annual Report

All children deserve the opportunity to reach their potential Message Mission Statement from the Chair

The IECA Foundation was founded in 1996 Dear Friends, to support the mission and expand the role of the Independent Educational Without your support, we could not have Consultants Association (IECA). succeeded in the challenges we undertook to make our 20th anniversary year a The Mission of the IECA Foundation is to milestone for funding worthy programs identify and support programs that have that help underserved students reach significant impact on students and their educational opportunities. In 2016, the educational environments. Priority is Foundation gave more grants than it ever given to programs that assist students has in one year, awarding close to $80,000, as they make educational choices. while reaching over 1000 students. Luisa Rabe (Chair, 20th Anniversary Committee) The Mission is an extension of the work of In addition to encouraging programs Robin Abedon (Chair, Board of Trustees), IECA. As with the consultants, we strive to throughout the United States to submit Betsy Donnelly (Chair, IECA Gives Committee), help children and young adults to find the their grant requests through our website, Julie Gray (Chair, Fundraising Committee) best possible choices for their education. we also challenged the IECA membership The IECA Foundations mission is to identify to share the good work they are doing and support programs that have significant as volunteers to the very programs the succeed in high school and then move on impact on students and their educational Emily K Center Foundation commits. To honor the pro to college: Reading Power ensures literacy environments. Priority is given to those bono efforts of IEC’s, an additional micro- through early intervention; the New Orleans programs that assist students in making granting program was initiated to further Center for Creative Arts trains students in educational choices. the work of the Foundation. a variety of the arts to develop their talents and prepare them to thrive in college and As a result, twenty micro-grants of $1000 conservatory programs. each, and twelve grants ranging from $3500 -$7500 were awarded. Additionally, Each of the thirty-four programs we have two special grants, of $2000 each, were supported has its own distinctive model, awarded through The Katz Fund, a fund but all have one essential goal in common: designated by the family of esteemed IECA to create opportunities that will open the member, Irwin Katz. The awards honored door to an educated future for underserved the work of IECA members, Kristina Doo - children. ley and Renee Joseph. It is indeed a tribute to you, our donors, How gratifying it is to know that many of that the Foundation had the ability to set our awards have multiplying effects, while a new level of granting in 2016. As we they meet the needs of diverse populations. thank you for all you have made possible, National Grace Foundation helps children we seek your continued support in our with cancer prepare for college; ongoing efforts to enlarge our granting, to better fulfill our mission. Gold Coast Syndrome maximizes the abilities of children with Down Syndrome With heartfelt appreciation, to become productive, contributing adults; Robin Abedon, Chair New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Best Foot Forward assists foster youth to

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Best Foot Forward Chucktown Squash Best Foot Forward provides one-on-one Chucktown Squash Scholars exists to close support to improve a student’s educational the achievement gap for underserved youth experience and help end the cycle of and prepare students for their college dismal outcomes that plague foster care education by implementing a unique youth. blend of physical activity, academic mentoring and community service. Best Food Forward is the only agency in Chucktown Squash Scholars holistic Palm Beach County exclusively dedicated model prepares low-income children to to the education of foster care youth. succeed in school and life. We harness Best Foot Forward utilizes a variety Chucktown Squash squash, academic mentoring, and service of strategies including: learning as vehicles to build skills essential • Analysis of Diploma Options Best Foot Forward Since 2010, The College of Charleston has to future academic and professional success: • Comprehensive Education Plans partnered with Chucktown Squash Scholars. communication, sense of belonging, and • Test Taking & Study Skills Our programming utilizes undergraduate Eligible youth currently reside in foster initiative. Our programming offers academic • Organizational Skills Instruction volunteers to provide one-on- one tutoring, care and attend public school in Palm enrichment, homework completion, one- • Graduation Tracking mentoring, and guidance for our young Beach County. on-one tutoring, college advising, health • Online/Virtual Education Support scholars. Our program is based on a positive and wellness training, athletics, and youth development model that utilizes • Individual Academic Tutoring Best Foot Forward has a 100% high school community service. community partnerships to promote holistic • EOC and Standardized Test Preparation graduation rate. • SAT/ACT Preparation development in four areas, personal and • Core Course Remediation social responsibility, physical literacy, • Self-Advocacy Development academic development, and positive • Vocational Education Exploration relationships. We strengthen bodies and minds, and we strengthen relationships critical for the communities we serve: between teachers, students, families, and community supporters. Children stay in our program from grades 5th-12th, and through college, with benefits that deepen An IECA Promise Statement over the years.

The IECA Foundation is the force While the sport of squash is not widespread that leverages the knowledge, in the Charleston area, Chucktown Squash professional skills, and funds Scholars is following a model practiced by of IECA members, sponsors, more than 20 urban squash programs in and donors to help underserved cities around the country, including New students map pathways to success. York, Philadelphia, San Diego, and Cincinnati. This year-round, indoor sport provides a fun, active “hook” which gets kids committed to the Chucktown program – both its Community Preparatory School Look for more IECA Promise Statements in the following pages. athletics and its academics.

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Codman Academy Charter Public School Codman Academy Charter Public School (CACPS) received its charter from the Massachu - setts Department of Education on February 27, 2001. Codman began as a high school, serving grades 9-12, and opened in September 2001 on the site of

Codman Square Health Center, with a founding class of 32 ninth graders. CACPS was Codman Academy Charter Public School Dorchester’s first charter high school, serving a maximum of 145 students. Social justice is a major component of life The school was created in response to at Codman Academy. Through the exposure a strong community need for a college to an expeditionary learning curriculum preparatory, small high school in the deeply rooted in social justice, Codman Codman Square/Four Corners neighborhood. students demonstrate both an awareness Starting in 2016-2017 (at full capacity) of social justice issues and a commitment Codman is serving 345 students, grades K-12. to give back to the community. Codman’s humanities classes, which are organized thematically and integrate English and history, afford students the opportunity to explore differing concepts of justice, learn Sisters Circle about resistance movements in and out of the United States, and critically examine common versions of history. Math and Education has a profound impact science classes also explore issues related to social justice including the on a child’s life. A positive school study of global warming and sustainable experience can improve career living, the safety of staircases in the prospects, prepare a child for A majority of Codman’s students, chosen community, and ethical dilemmas stemming by lottery, live in Dorchester, Roxbury, or from advances in biology. Many of Codman’s active civic life, and strengthen Mattapan. Upper School students attend elective style Upper School Saturday the vitality of our communities. school six days a week, and all students classes offer additional learning benefit from an extended day schedule opportunities rooted in social justice. Mondays through Fridays. 100% of Codman’s graduates have been accepted to college. 70% of alumni are enrolled in or have graduated from college.

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Community Preparatory Gold Coast Down Syndrome The program strives to overcome barriers School Organization that prevent children and adults with Community Preparatory The Mission of the Gold Coast Down Down syndrome from being included in School serves culturally and Syndrome Organization is to be a proactive, society. Since education is a key economically diverse students dynamic support group to all people who factor in success, a series of pro - who are well qualified to benefit have Down syndrome and their families. grams are designed to help chil - from a rigorous academic dren in school. These programs The Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organiza - education in an atmosphere include building parent under - tion is a driving force in the community, of mutual respect, especially standing of how children with generating acceptance and belonging of students who would otherwise Down syndrome learn and individuals with Down syndrome. The goal not have access to such an teaching them to be effective is to create a society in which people with education. The school’s goal parent educators (Best Start Down syndrome can involve themselves in is to help its students succeed and the Learning Program) for activities that will assist in their personal in college-preparatory high - children and parents from birth development. This includes their choice school programs and to become though high school; education Community Preparatory School to pursue a higher educational level, better community leaders. for teachers (The Exceptional employment opportunities, and a variety Educators Program); assistance Community Preparatory School challenges At Community Preparatory School, “diversity” of recreational activities, all without to parents at school IEP planning students to become confident, independent is an umbrella term that includes race, prejudice or discrimination. meetings (Educational Advo - learners and develops a strong sense gender, ethnicity, culture, nationality, sexual cacy) and transition planning of public service in students through orientation, social/economic class, physical (Smart Start and School Rules) community service and stewardship. It and learning differences, and religion, as which educates parents on what engages parents, students and teachers well as other characteristics that contribute to expect when their child enters pre- in goal-setting and planning in an effort to each individual’s full identity. The goal school, kindergarten and later grades. to ensure academic and social success for is to nurture and sustain an environment each student. in which all — students, alumni, families, For adults, the programs place emphasis faculty, staff, trustees, volunteers and on continuing education and high expec - visitors — are recognized and valued both tations by providing Adult Enrichment as members of the school community and activities that develop social skills, literacy as irreplaceable individuals. and an understanding of self-advocacy, including SAIL (Self Advocacy for an Independent Life). An IECA Promise Statement

Just as IECA consultants apply objective professional assessment, skilled individual counseling, and family engagement to help students make thoughtful, positive life Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization choices, the Foundation supports, through its grant-making programs, programs utilizing the same strategies for underserved students.

Chucktown Squash

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The National GRACE Foundation The National GRACE Foundation’s College New Futures The National GRACE Foundation provides Awareness Program is the ONLY program New Futures provides a practical yet FREE college admissions and financial of its kind offering FREE college admission innovative program of scholarships, career aid counseling to pediatric cancer patients and financial aid counseling and advocacy education services, and support to low- and survivors. The National GRACE service. These comprehensive services income DC-area young people pursuing Foundation’s College Awareness Program help our pediatric cancer fighters go to shorter-term post-secondary educational Program provides: was established to provide the assistance college and make it financially feasible. opportunities toward fulfilling careers. In • Scholarships up to $12,800 awarded to that young cancer fighters and their families close collaboration with 14 Community In 3 years, the CAP (College Awareness selected students affiliated with a New need to navigate the college admissions Partners, New Futures provides a broad Program) has assisted over 500 families Futures Community Partner and financial aid process, all for free. It range of services that focus on assisting for free, resulting in over $500,000 in • Scholar Workshops help Scholars is Anthony and Michelle’s way of giving local young people to obtain associate additional scholarship funding. develop communication and priority- back to all the people that helped them degrees, professional certificates and other setting skills and their family when they needed it GRACE helps students and families shorter-term post-secondary educations • Ongoing Scholar Support throughout most. Missed deadlines or incomplete • Understand the college financial aid that lead relatively quickly and inexpensively students’ post-secondary educations paperwork can mean the difference process to meaningful and well-paying careers. New between being accepted to college or • Understand the college admission Futures empowers youth to realize their The New Futures Scholars Weekend receiving financial aid. process potential and achieve financial stability. fosters a sense of community for Scholars • Research deadlines and requirements The programs bridge information, education and assists them in developing skills that of the colleges of interest and workforce gaps to ensure a long-lasting contribute to academic and career success. • Assist in applying for outside/private impact, both for the young people and scholarships the broader community. New Futures is • Work with parents on understanding a leader in the DC area post-secondary total costs of the school education and workforce development • Serve as a reference spaces. • Act as a liaison with schools Through the Scholars Program and our • Continue to work with students upon Career Education Program, New Futures graduation on managing student serves youth and young adults in the DC loans, etc. Metro Area seeking life-changing educa - • Work with undergrads on pursuing tional and career opportunities. Nearly a graduate degree all the Scholars have incomes below the • Present our College Awareness Program Federal poverty level. Many New Futures in group settings Scholars are immigrants. Scholars’ ages • One on one counseling with pediatric The National GRACE Foundation range between 17 and 29 years old, and cancer fighters and their families. about two-thirds are female. Forty-six The average high school student is busy Including, but not limited to, guiding percent are Hispanic; 46% are African with school, homework, family and friends. college selection, essay review and American; 8% are Asian. New Futures Add long drives to treatments, managing understanding the financial aid process Scholars Program empowers low-income medical appointments and double home - • College Standardized Test Preparation students to obtain a shorter-term post- work due to missed school. Applying for manuals free of charge for high school secondary education (associate’s degrees college stops feeling like a priority in life. senior Some students are successful on their or post-secondary certificates) toward own, some just give up. a meaningful career and financial self- sufficiency. The New Futures Scholars

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Sisters Circle™ beyond their front doorstep and benefit Reading Power Sisters Circle™ provides long-term mentor - from our community of support. ing to foster meaningful and sustainable School Choice Guidance change in the lives of girls and young Sisters Circle™ guides girls through the women in Baltimore. public and/or private school selection literacy program created process to ensure that each participant by educational researcher Unlike most one-to-one programs, Sisters is in the optimal educational setting given Marie Clay. The kinder - Circle™ develops dedicated mentors who her circumstances and needs. garten and second grade make a long-term commitment to students from seventh grade through high school curricula were developed Summer Camp Placement and beyond. A combination of monthly by Dr. Hender for the North Positive, structured summer activities are group activities, enrichment opportunities Chicago elementary schools highly encouraged. We work with students and one-to-one time builds strong relation - and adapted for use by to obtain scholarships to many quality ships and provides new and exciting volunteer tutors. summer programs. Summer camp is the experiences for both mentors and experience of a lifetime for inner city children. Through a unique partner - mentees. Sisters Circle™ staff support ship with the school mentors with a new mentor orientation, Enrichment Opportunities district, Reading Power ongoing quarterly meetings and trainings, Sisters Circle™ encourages participation Reading Power provides tutoring in its monthly mentor/mentee programs, online in one of our ongoing programs, including own classroom during the school day, Reading Power helps students become resources and guidance and personalized our own robotics team, a book club and setting it apart from the more familiar successful and independent readers and attention. horseback riding lessons. Partnerships after school model. with STEM camps, academic advancement writers. Monthly Half-Day Activities programs and leadership workshops Over the past thirteen years, 2,212 children Through monthly cultural, educational RP provides one-to-one literacy tutoring enhance Sisters Circle™ programming who struggled to read and write have and recreational events, Sisters Circle™ for elementary children in North Chicago and build student resumes. received one-to-one tutoring, accelerating and Zion, Illinois. Reading Power is a students gain exposure to the world their learning and changing their lives literacy tutoring program serving low- Career Exploration and tutors’ alike in incalculable ways. achieving children attending elementary As early as middle school, Sisters Circle™ motivates students to create a vision schools. The mission is to accelerate In addition to tutoring, Reading Power for their own future by providing career children’s literacy learning and to develop serves as an advocate for students, exploration workshops, exposure to in them a love of reading and writing, distributes books for children to own, professional role models and internship through an independent tutoring program keeps in contact with parents, and opportunities. Sisters Circle™ works with working in partnership with schools. works closely with school officials. Reading Power believes that all children students to make intentional decisions deserve to reach their intellectual potential. about their future, define success for themselves, and choose their own path. Reading Power’s one-to-one first grade tutoring intervention is modeled in part College Guidance and after Project Prevent, a program developed by Post Graduate Support National-Louis University, and incorporates Sisters Circle™ provides individualized, facets of Reading Recovery, an interna - professional guidance for those preparing tionally renowned early intervention for college, support to current college students and a professional network with career resources for college alumnae. Sisters Circle™

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Tailored Rides Equine Assisted interacting with the world around them. Therapy, Inc. (TREAT) The horse is used as a motivator for the Tailored Rides Equine Assisted Therapy students to practice impulse control, anger provides horseback riding lessons for management, proper speech, and social individuals with cognitive, physical and/or interactions. emotional special needs. The program TREAT provides a safe and welcoming benefits children and adults with needs environment where each member of the that include (but are not limited to) Autism, community can enhance their quality of Depression, Cerebral Palsy, elderly and life through interaction with horses and senior citizens, Attention Deficit Disorder, nature in a positive, relaxing and nurturing Down syndrome, and learning disabilities. environment. Equine assisted activity The name reflects the program philosophy – (EAA) encompasses a wide range of treat - lessons are tailored to each clients’ needs ments that includes activities with horses with the equines assisting and providing and other equines to promote physical, therapeutic value, as horses naturally do. occupational, and emotional growth in Equine assisted therapy can be a real persons with neurological diseases or “TREAT” to students, improving general disorders such as cerebral palsy, movement livelihood and physical abilities. disorders, or balance problems. These improvements in behavior often reverberate Tailored Rides uses equine assisted activities into other areas of life such as school and to improve clients physically, emotionally, home. and cognitively. It’s not just a matter of teaching participants horseback riding and horse care skills, it is about learning Tailored Rides Equine Assisted Therapy, Inc. (TREAT) to connect with themselves, others and

The Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation states that equine therapy is highly beneficial to children with autism.

Tailored Rides Equine Assisted Therapy, Inc. (TREAT)

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THREAD Compelling Student Success New Orleans Center The Challenge: Thread engages students in the bottom for Creative Arts A Disconnected Community 25% of their freshman class and radically New Orleans Center for Creative Baltimore neighborhoods are dramatically and permanently reconfigures their social Arts is a regional, pre-professional different than they were 60 years ago. support structure. Each student is arts training center that offers The Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. matched with a group of volunteers and students intensive instruction in Board of Education (1954), the Civil Rights provided individualized support for ten culinary arts, dance, media arts: Act of1968, and Baltimore’s loss of manu - years while working toward realizing his filmmaking & audio production, facturing jobs have caused neighborhoods or her potential. music (classical, jazz, vocal), that were once racially segregated theatre arts (drama, musical but socioeconomically diverse to theatre, theatre design), visual become polarized by both race and arts, and creative writing, while class. This disconnectedness has demanding simultaneous academic New Orleans Center for Creative Arts resulted in increased crime and poor excellence. educational and economic outcomes. NOCCA was founded in 1973 by a diverse The key to NOCCA’s success is the ethic Thread engages underperforming coalition of artists, educators, business of discipline and responsibility it instills high school students confronting leaders, and community activists who saw in students, which prepares them for significant barriers outside of the the need for an institution devoted to our productive adult lives whether or not classroom by providing each one region’s burgeoning young talent. Wynton they choose to pursue arts careers. with a family of committed volun - and Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr., Admission to NOCCA’s tuition-free programs teers and increased access to Terence Blanchard, Jeanne-Michele is by audition only. Our annual application community resources. We foster Charbonnet, Wendell Pierce, Anthony season takes place each fall for the follow - students’ academic advancement Mackie, Mary Catherine Garrison and Gary ing school year. Auditions take place each and personal growth into self- Solomon Jr. are only a few NOCCA graduates spring from applications received within motivated, resilient, and responsible who can attest to the extraordinary educa - THREAD the posted application deadline. Students citizens. tional opportunity the Center represents may apply for full-day, mid-day or after - to the children of Louisiana. Thread weaves a new social fabric by school instructional opportunities. connecting students, university and NOCCA’s track record over the past Cultivating Volunteers community-based volunteers, and collabo - decades speaks for itself: every year a as Agents of Change rators. By radically and permanently remarkable 95-98% of NOCCA graduates go The benefits of our student/volunteer reconfiguring the social support structure on to college and conservatory programs relationships flow both ways and are of all involved, Thread breaks the cycle across the country. Furthermore, approxi - designed to leave lasting imprints not only of crime, poor educational and economic mately 80% of NOCCA students receive on our students, but also on our volunteers. outcomes and replaces it with a new cycle scholarships to pursue such higher of educational attainment, service and Creatively Linking Community education. social well-being. Thread creatively links students and university- and community-based volunteers to collaborators and resources in the larger Baltimore community, creating a broader, more inclusive social fabric – a “neighbor - hood” no longer defined by a map.

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College Access Now

Yalla College Bound On Point for College

ACPPA Community Art Center

Nominated by: Renee Joseph Nominated by: Alison Moleanar, Jackie Wooley, Nominated by: Gina Gerrato Julie Sensenbrenner, Lauren Gayloard Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence – Educate Tomorrow Student Voice Team

Nominated by: Laurie Dameshek

Nominated by: Maite Halley

Nominated by: Jane Shropshire

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Uncommon Good The Possibility Project Emily K Center North Campus

Nominated by: Marilyn Emerson Nominated by: Lynette Mathews Nominated by: Shelly Randles Nominated by: Manjiri Sethna

Pass with Flying Colors Build in Business to Learn Singing City

Nominated by: Rachel Sobel

Nominated by: Don McMillan Nominated by: Tina Tranfaglia, Lita Cohen, Lisa Temkin

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Momentum Bike Clubs Sky’s the Limit Fund

Champions for Learning

Peloton U

Nominated by: Louise Slater

Nominated by: Dill Dingledine, Nominated by: Gay Stebbins Pepper Victoria Jeffries MACAC Nominated by: Patricia Nehme West Valley Child Crisis Center Ivy & Pearls

Nominated by: Sue Luse, Jenny Buyens, Garth Robertson, Clarinda Low, Susan Hoff Nominated by: Gail Curran

Nominated by: Antoinette Battiste

20 IECA Foundation 2016 Annual Report IECA Foundation 2016 Annual Report 21 Build school-to-college connections Katz Awards so all youth are ready to attend and successfully complete college. The family of Irvin W. Katz in concert with the IECA Foundation established the Katz Fund in 2006 to recognize individual members of the IECA who embody the spirit of Irv Katz and his example of giving back to their communities. The Award Renee Joseph honors IECA consultants for their volunteer Organization: On Point for College work with programs and organizations “We develop the programs and cultivate which provide educational opportunities to the relationships to change the lives of under-served students in their respective traditional and non-traditional, 17- to 29- communities. year-old students by breaking down barri - ers through access to training, college, and Irv Katz was a beloved IECA consultant careers for success in life. We work with who worked tirelessly and passionately students from application to graduation, for the good of children wherever he found and beyond.” them. He supported countless organizations and people who were dedicated to the education of children. The Katz Award was established by his family as a memorial to his extraordinary life.

Through their generosity and gifts from friends and admirers of Irv, the IECA Foundation has honored numerous. Each one is recognized with a plaque, and a check for $2,000 is given to the organization designated by the winner. Kristina L. Dooley Organization: College Now Greater Cleveland “The first college access organization in the nation, serves more than 25,000 stu - dents and adult learners a year, providing college access advising, financial aid An IECA Promise Statement counseling and scholarship and retention Pin-pointing and assessing, small, under-no - services.” ticed projects, the Foundation bolsters their effectiveness by leveraging the sage advice, community awareness, and combined dona - tions of association members and generous benefactors.

Codman Academy Renee Joseph, Robin Abedon, and Kristina Dooley Betsy Donnelly announcing the Katz Grant winners 22 IECA Foundation 2016 Annual Report IECA Foundation 2016 Annual Report 23 In Honor Of David Beecher Spoken at the Board of Trustees Meeting, New Orleans, November 2, 2016 by Steven R. Antonoff

David Z. Beecher served on the IECA Fact #3: Let’s also remember that Dave served us Foundation Board of Trustees for almost a In addition to Hillside gifts, David and and worked for us at key years of his life. decade. His influence on the Foundation is Carrie donated many times over the years. He served us while raising two teenage profound and unprecedented. As he leaves He and Carrie hosted summer conferences girls and while running a junior boarding our Board, I want to share a bit about his on his campus. Not once were we asked to school. In recent years, he served us while influence. pay for use of facilities, food, or fees. He adding responsibilities as a caregiver. hosted the board in a luxury box at Fenway. And he served us during his departure As part of his fund raising report in 2008, from Hillside and during a time of new David wrote: Fact #4: challenges and new commitments. His David has been a leader on our board and “I start with the premise that The IECA service and commitment continues. Here contributed to our success as a Trustee Foundation is a blessing to our society and in New Orleans, he and Carrie are one of and member of the Executive Committee. that TIF has done amazing work in its first our special event sponsors. David was a rational and helpful voice at years of operation. My sincere compliments the table as we navigated changeable and Dave, we thank you. And we thank Carrie. to all! I look forward to sharing my thoughts David Beecher sometimes turbulent times. He provided We’re indebted to you for your leadership, and to listening to yours, learning about fund raising outlines, strategies, and your support, and your friendship. how to best serve The IECA Foundation.” timetables; he made personal calls for Let me go beyond the facts and share Thanks for helping to put the IECA some personal reflections. Dave has done just that. He contributed, support; he wrote dozens, likely hundreds, Foundation on the map. We wish you he listened, and he learned. In turn, we’ve of personal letters to donors thanking What I learned about Dave over the years good health and lots of smiles in the learned from him. them for their support and encouraging is that he is a person who really “gets” days ahead. We wish you happy days as a continued help; and he worked with us as the profession of independent educational husband, father, sailor, golfer, and tennis Let me share some facts with you. we explored various staffing models. He consulting. He speaks with reverence player. We hope you will continue to think Fact #1: encouraged us to broaden our reach. about leaders such as Jean Hague and positively about the IECA Foundation. You will always have friends here. David, through Hillside, gave $100,000 Fact #5: Irv Katz, people who he says influenced to establish the first IECA Foundation David helped us grow our brand. He intro - on his own career. The IECA Foundation, the Association Endowment. It is the largest gift since our duced our Foundation to a wide audience. I also learned about his commitment to itself, and the profession of Independent founding. He carried our name as President of the underrepresented populations. Around our Educational Consulting have benefited by Fact #2: Junior Boarding School Association, as board table, he fought for organizations your involvement. We are thankful and Beecher was the mother lode of sponsors. a member of the accreditation committee such as Dyslexic Tutoring, Community indebted to you. Whether we called the top position diamond, of the Association of Independent Schools Prep, Phoenix Academy, and MOSTE, a gold, platinum, or head-honcho, David of New England, and as the Board of Direc - tutoring program for underserved girls and Hillside gave the most money to each tors of the Independent School Advocacy in LA. of our special events over more than a Board for the National Association of I learned he is selfless. He made Krissy decade. He was the top sponsor at two golf Independent Schools. He shared our name available to us while she was a full time tournaments, Wicked in LA, the magician to colleagues and friends at schools for employee at Hillside. Krissy was always Mike Mandel in Toronto, our cookbook, which he worked: Berkshire School, Fay front and center at our events. You would Capital Steps, cooking demonstration in School, Wilbraham & Monson, Yale have thought she was a paid employee of Philly, the San Diego zoo event, and more. University, and more. the Foundation. And one of his greatest legacies is Krissy Naspo, a new member of our Board.

24 IECA Foundation 2016 Annual Report IECA Foundation 2016 Annual Report 25 Thank You to our Donors Gifts In Honor and Memory Of Founder’s Circle Trinity-Pawling School Harriet Gershman Pamela Jobin Donor (up to $99) Francis Vanni Upper Valley Stewardship Lynn Hamilton Dodge Johnson Joan Witten In Honor Of the In Honor Of ($5,000+) Jennifer Adrian IECA Foundation’s Steven Antonoff Center Jane Kolber Margery Kashman Rhea Wolfram Shirley Bloomquist 20th Anniversary Jean Baldwin Robin and Richard Abedon The Vanguard School Teresa Lloyd Jennifer Kent Linda Magnussen Andrew Bryan Diane Geller Katelyn Klapper Judy Hart Angelo Visions Service Adventures Audrey Ludemann The Kildonan School Nancy Masland Jennifer Buyens InnerChange Wasatch Academy Sue Luse Katelyn Klapper Middlebridge School In Honor Of In Honor Of Anthony W. Carnahan Ann Rossbach Valerie Broughton Newport Academy Waypoint Academy Sarah McGinty Melinda Kopp Jill Mueller Kathie Carnahan Steven Antonoff Vita Cohen North American Boarding Wingate Wilderness Therapy Carolyn Means Landmark School Pat Nehme Elizabeth Cassie Schools Workshop Steven Mercer Lauren Leavitt Victoria Newman In Honor Of Bill Newman In Honor Of Vita Cohen Carrie and David Beecher The Winchendon School Leadership Circle Carolyn Mulligan Barbara LeWinter Nicole Oringer Walter & Lee Ann Muller Zola Dincin Schneider Kristen Naspo Midge Lipkin The Oxford Academy In Honor Of Cathy Zales Luisa Rabe ($500- $999) Susan Dranitzke Charter Ci rcl e North Country School Louise Slater and Prudence Pigott Educational Consultants Kay Branaman Eakin ($2,500 - $4,999 ) Admiral Farragut Academy Ann Rossbach May Peach Jesse Quam Daria Rockholz Jed Applerouth Linda Magnussen Diane Epstein In Memory Of Gary and Donna Antonoff Julia Sensenbrenner Jacqueline Quigley In Honor Of Gail Meyer Judy Berg Nancy Masland Mark Fisher Adele Williamson Madelyn Jennings Jane Shropshire Sarah Reese Diane Geller The Bement School Middlebridge School Amy Hallock Jean Hague Ann and John Montgomery Mark Sklarow Amy Rich In Honor Of Brandon Hall School Jill Mueller Angela Han Michael Spence Morgan Stewart Daria Rockholz Gratitude Match In Memory Of Brehm Preparatory School Loredana Harrison Wendy Williams Pat Nehme Jean Rogers Flowers Diane Geller Barbara Kenefick Jane Hoffman Linda Cain Wolfeboro Camp School Victoria Newman Jan Rooker Jill Porter Trustee Circle Linda Katz In Honor Of Janet Rosier Center for Safe Youth Douglas Woodbrown Nicole Oringer Vincent Schmidt In Memory Of Linda Hoffman Kay Luisa Rabe ($1,000 - $2,499) Chapel Hill-Chauncey Hall Jack Xi Cao The Oxford Academy Marci Schoenbach Barry Sysler School Faith Howland In Honor Of Jean Hague AIM House Prudence Pigott Second Nature Uintas Jan Rooker Deborah Davis Groves Susan Isler Alan & Loni Haas Steven Antonoff Friend ($100 - $249) Jesse Quam & Blue Ridge In Memory Of Dennett, Holt and Hetzel Whitney Laughlin Madelyn Jennings Aspiro Wilderness Jacqueline Quigley Elaine Seremetis Clare Everett Ulrich Jody Dobson Henry Qawi Austin I Shirley Levin Small Boarding School Adventure Therapy Sarah Reese Hannah Serota Camille M. Bertram Dick Baroody Association Marilyn Emerson Amy Rich Shelley Levine Kimberly Simpson Jean Baldwin Judy Bass In Memory Of Lisa Gelman Janet Loren In Honor Of Judge Mason Carrie and David Beecher Daria Rockholz Dr. John L. Singleton Jr. David Hillstead Barbara Ginader Antoinette Battiste Carl Lovejoy Jody Dobson Camille Bertram Jean Rogers Flowers Small Boarding School Camille M. Bertram The Greenwood School Harriett Bay Kathryn March Jane Shropshire The Bertram Group Jan Rooker Association Sandy Bercu In Memory Of Grove School Vincent Schmidt Beth McGaw Nancy Smith In Honor Of Judith Berg Blue Ridge School Lisa Bleich David Pollack Elizabeth Hall Marci Schoenbach Shyamia Menon Lisa Smith Judy Hart Angelo Cardigan Mountain School Steven Antonoff Hampshire Country School Laurie Bookstein Bernice Munsey Nicky Carpenter Second Nature Uintas Rachel Sobel In Honor Of Heather Hayes Laurie Bosin Eileen Nolan In Memory Of Chamberlain International & Blue Ridge Deborah Spagnoletti Kristen Naspo Laurie Brandow Ed Kowalchick School Indian Mountain School Elaine Seremetis Ruth Perlstein Karen Steele Carrie and David Beecher Joan Bress Christ School Christ School Jeana Kawamura Hannah Serota Kristin Power Jennifer Tabbush Ellen Brown In Honor Of Phyllis Kozokoff Kimberly Simpson Nancy Qian Liu, M.A. Pamela Tedeschi In Memory Of Dana Hall School Kristina Dooley Timothy Lee Nancy Cadwallader Abbie Rabin Helene Reynolds Betsy Donnelly Dr. John L. Singleton Jr. Sally Ten Eyck Carolyn Mulligan Catherine Conover Covert Ethna Hopper Brooke Dudley Lynn University Small Boarding School Jill Rickel Rosemary Tippett Suzanne Crump In Honor Of The LD School Group McMillan Educational Association Nancy Rosenberg David Tuttle In Memory Of Gail Curran Marcia Rubinstien Group Nancy Smith Lynne Rosenfeld Lucia Tyler John Angelo The Glenholme School Nancy Greene Rob Meltzer Cyndy McDonald Judy Berg John and Julie Gray Lisa Smith Gail Ross Vincent-Curtis Private Monarch School Ann Davidson In Honor Of Alan & Loni Haas Rachel Sobel Chloe Rothstein School and Camps In Memory Of The National Coalition Lawrence DeJohn Matt Kowalchick Jean Hague Deborah Spagnoletti Pamela Brown Schachter Bruce Vinik Marcia Rubinstein of Girls’ Schools Eagle Hill School Carrie and David Beecher James Heryer Karen Steele Debra Schwartz Virginia Vogel Rachel Sobel Jill Porter Randye Falk Christine Scott In Honor Of Miriam Bodin Hillside School Jennifer Tabbush Richard Webster In Memory Of Paige Rannigan Nancy Federspiel Luisa Rabe Hyde School Pamela Tedeschi Deborah Shawen Anne Weisholtz Merl Thomas Hague Rock Point School Forman School Mike & Megan Kowalchick Sally Ten Eyck Jodi Siegel Christie Woodfin In Honor Of Robin Abedon Solebury School Franklin Academy Lee McLendon Rosemary Tippett Melanie Talesnick The Woodhall School Nancy P. Masland Judy Berg Summit Preparatory School Brenda Friedler Gail Curran Mountain Valley Treatment David Tuttle Marilyn van Loben Sels Camille M. Bertram Vermont Academy Future Quest, Inc Center Lucia Tyler In Honor Of Nancy Cadwallader Doretta Goldberg Judy & Mike Musiker Vincent-Curtis Private Jill Mueller Nissa Syverson Christ School Benefactor Becky Grappo Hillside Fund New Hampton School School and Camps Second Nature Uintas Robin Abedon Luisa Rabe ($250 - $499) Nancy Greene Carrie and David Beecher Luisa Rabe Bruce Vinik & Blue Ridge Second Nature Uintas & Greenwood Associates, Inc. In Honor Of Rumsey Hall School Joan Casey Virginia Vogel Kowalchick Fund Rhea Wolfram Blue Ridge Julie Gross Katz Fund Shortridge Academy Deborah Davis Richard Webster Carrie and David Beecher Nancy Cadwallader In Memory Of Maite Halley Carrie and David Beecher Anne and C. Hamilton Emerge: College Success Anne Weisholtz Camille M. Bertram Jane Kolber Sandy Smith B.J. Hopper Camille M. Bertram Sloan Program Christie Woodfin Camille M. Bertram Gail Curran Nancy Cadwallader In Honor Of Paula Fedlman Ethna Hopper The Woodhall School St. Andrew’s School, RI Mike & Megan Kowalchick Robin Abedon David House Diane Geller Summit Educational Group Diane Geller Richard Abedon Margery Kashman Nancy Qian Liu, M.A. Nancy Masland David Tuttle Wolfeboro Camp School

26 IECA Foundation 2016 Annual Report IECA Foundation 2016 Annual Report 27 2016 20th Anniversary Sponsors 2016 Foundation Board of Trustees Robin Abed on David Tuttle Diamond Sponsor Educational Consultant Director of Admissions Florida Oxford Academy Connecticut 2015 Financials David Beecher, Treasurer Vice President Income $129,029.88 The Angeletti Group Ex Officio Platinum Sponsors Gold Sponsors Connecticut Annual Fund Marilyn G.S. Emerson Kristina Dooley Immediate Past IECA Members $ 53,664.88 Educational Consultant President Independent Educational Other $ 18,670.00 Ohio Consultants Association Betsy Donnelly Silver Sponsors Bronze Sponsors Hillside Fund $ 750.00 Educational Consultant Mark Sklarow Aspiro Wilderness LD School Group: Admiral Farragut Academy Katz Fund $ 8,450.00 Georgia Executive Director Adventure Therapy Eagle Hill School Atlanta Educational Independent Educational Julie Gray Consultants Kowalchick Fund $ 4,670.00 Consultants Association Carrie & David Beecher Forman School Director of Development The Bement School Sponsorships $ 42,750.00 The Bertram Group Franklin Academy Dana Hall School Brandon Hall School Cardigan Mountain School Glenholme School Massachusetts Brehm Preparatory School Investment Income $ 75.00 Emeritus Members Chamberlain International The Greenwood School Brooke Dudley Carl Lovejoy School The Kildonan School Dr. Steven R. Antonoff Center for Safe Youth Associate Executive Christ School Landmark School Educational Consultant Chapel Hill-Chauncey Hall Expenses $114,677.00 Director for External Relations Colorado Dana Hall School Middlebridge School School Dennett, Holt Mountain Valley Program Expenses $ 57,504.00 Georgia Consultants: Oxford Academy and Hetzel Treatment Center Judith Berg Betsy Donnelly The Woodhall School The Greenwood School Grants $ 17,158.00 New Hampshire Educational Consultant Mark Fisher Mountain Valley Grove School New Jersey Outreach $ 5,321.00 Lee McLendon Jean Flowers Treatment Center Hampshire Country School Educational Consultant Brooke Dudley Indian Mountain School Jean Hague New Hampton School Administrative $ 7,606.00 Vermont Educational Consultant Heather Hayes Rumsey Hall School Lynn University Texas Fundraising $ 27,088.00 Lisa Smith Shortridge Academy McMillan Educational Group Andrew Menke Head of School Paula Feldman Morgan Stewart St. Andrew’s School, RI Monarch School New Jersey Consultants Waterford School Educational Consultant Rosemary Tippett Trinity-Pawling School Rock Point School Cash and Reserves $264,960.00 Utah California Wendy Williams Upper Valley Stewardship Solebury School Jean Hague Christie Woodfin Center Unrestricted Funds $126,599.65 Ann Montgomery, St. Johnsbury Academy Educational Consultant BJ Hopper The Vanguard School Secretary Summit Preparatory School Katz Fund $ 43,155.35 Educational Consultant Georgia Hillside School Visions Service Adventures The National Coalition of Texas Hillside Fund $ 95,205.00 Lynn Hamilton Hyde School Wingate Wilderness Girls’ Schools Educational Consultant Therapy Vermont Academy Kristen Naspo Wasatch Academy Educational Consultant California Connecticut WayPoint Academy Michael Spence Luisa Rabe Educational Consultant, Educational Consultant Retired Pennsylvania Massachusetts

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Giving by Category Annual Fund by Year

Therapeutic Members

Schools Friends

Non-members

Sponsorship vs. Fundraising at IECAF comes from a variety of sources. In particular, support from sponsors at Annual Fund Totals hosted annual events is a significant part of the equation to helping us achieve our fundraising Sponsor $60,036 goals, and increases our capacity for grant giving. Annual Fund $82,606

Grants Given by State Total Grant Giving

Microgrants given in CA, NY, FL, IL, MA, SC, & TX as well

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