President's Corner on Philanthropy Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and 2014 is getting off to grand start! We are working on closing our year-end books here at ICF and next month I will be able to share some of that information with you. Here’s a hint: thanks to the generosity of our supporters and a big boost from the stock market, it looks like we had a very good year. That’s great news for Idaho philanthropy and nonprofits throughout our state!
Now I would like to share with you some exciting news from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF). For the last several weeks, the philanthropic world and American community foundations have been abuzz about a gift from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan to SVCF – 18 million shares of Facebook stock worth almost $1 billion. It was the nation’s largest philanthropic gift in 2013 and it was the first time that the largest gift came from people younger than 30.
Zuckerberg and his wife clearly understand the power of giving through community foundations. In December 2012, he donated $500 million in stock to SVCF and has also pledged $100 million to New Jersey public schools through SVCF.
It is exciting to see 29-year-old Zuckerberg, who Forbes estimates has a net worth of $19 billion, and his wife becoming major philanthropists at a young age. In addition to his giving through the SVCF, Zuckerberg is one of the billionaires who joined Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and others in signing the Giving Pledge to give away at least half of their wealth to charitable activities during their lifetimes, so his philanthropic gifting is far from over.
All of us in nonprofits are thrilled to see the next generation of philanthropists emerge and we hope that Zuckerberg will be an inspiration to other young millionaires and billionaires. In addition, those of us at community foundations are proud that Zuckerberg chose “one of us” through which to manage his giving.
Of course we love to tout the numerous reasons why giving through a community foundation is beneficial both to those who give and those who receive. A community foundation fund requires less time, money and legal expertise than a private foundation, yet offers most of the same advantages, including endowments and the flexibility to choose new recipients each year. You can establish a fund to benefit one or more specific nonprofits, or a field of interest or geographic region that is special to you.
Most special about Zuckerberg’s gift is that it creates both current and future philanthropic wealth for the community in which Zuckerberg and his family live – wealth that will address a variety of needs important to them. That is the simple beauty of endowments. The Zuckerberg funds will continue to grow every year even while they’re being spent. Some day in the future his fund will have distributed more than its original amount and it will still be growing and distributing. For example we have a fund that was established in 1992 for $550,000 (see below “Gem County organizations receive nearly $32,000 from Rawlinson Fund”). It’s grown by nearly 70 percent since then and has distributed nearly $730,000!
I would like to remind all of you that you don’t have to be Mark Zuckerberg to have a community foundation fund. The Idaho Community Foundation offers several endowed funds that can be established for $25,000, which can be pledged over five years. Plus you, your friends and family can add to the fund whenever you like and receive tax deductions with each new gift.
If you’ve made a resolution to become more involved in your community in 2014, increase your charitable giving, or even to broaden your tax deductions please contact ICF to see if we can help. Hope all of you are off to a great start in 2014!
Bob
Headlines ICF welcomes new Board Director Dan Klocko
ICF welcomes new Board Board Director Dan Klocko of Post Falls will attend his Director Dan Klocko first ICF board meeting in February.
Deadline Wednesday for Dan has been the vice president of human resources for two north Idaho grant Kootenai Health since 2006. He is also the Chairman of cycles the Board for the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce. He
previously served on the board of the Coeur d’Alene Bistline Fund in ICF gives Chamber of Commerce and has been involved as a almost $48,000 in grants volunteer for the United Way and the North Idaho Housing for arts Coalition. Gem County organizations receive nearly $32,000 He said he is looking forward to working on the ICF Board: “Idahoans are from Rawlinson Fund known for our independence, caring and willingness to roll up our sleeves and get things done. The Idaho Community Foundation exemplifies all these ICF News characteristics and has become a catalyst for bringing people together to
create solutions to local challenges.”
Dan and his wife Carmen have seven children, ages 2 to 16 years old. ICF's New and Renewing Members December 2013 Deadline Wednesday for two north Idaho grant cycles
Deadline for each of the grant cycles below is New Member | Renewing Wednesday, Jan. 15. Late applications will not be Member considered.
Benefactor ($1,000 and Junior Garnier and Bud Ashford Military Veterans above) Fund A J and Susie Balukoff, Boise ICF Northern Regional For programs and services for veterans in Bonner and Competitive Grant Ford and Jean Elsaesser, recipient West Bonner Boundary counties. Click to see guidelines or to apply. Library Priest River Applications may be handwritten and mailed to ICF, 210 John and Delores Fery, Boise W. State St., Boise, ID 83702, or submitted via email to Tom and Alice Hennessey, [email protected]. Late applications will not be Boise considered. Darrell Jordan, Bellevue, WA Kissler Family Foundation, Veterans’ organizations including American Legion posts, Disabled American Inc., Boise Veterans chapters, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States posts, Patron ($500-$999) Vietnam Veterans of America chapters, and Marine Corps League John and Martha Arrington, detachments are eligible. Grants range in size from $250 to $1,500 and must Idaho Falls be used for a charitable purpose. Thomas and Marilyn Beck, Preference will be given to veterans’ organizations that provide: Boise Larry and Marilyn Cope, Buhl ● Food, firewood, and/or emergency relief such as rent and utility Darin and Ann DeAngeli, assistance to meet basic needs Boise ● Medical equipment distribution/lending N. Charles and Polly ● Outreach to homeless veterans or other veterans not currently utilizing Hedemark, Boise services Phillip and Anita Murelaga, Boise The fund was created in 2010 by Marti (Garnier) Ashford and Jim Ashford Gay Simplot, Boise of Sandpoint in honor of their fathers.
Sponsor ($250-$499) Northern Region Competitive Grant Cycle C. Richard and Vonnie Lue The ICF grant cycle is open for the north Idaho counties of Benewah, Bonner, Broulim, Rigby Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce and Betty Carr, Idaho Falls Shoshone. Andrew and Shannon Erstad, Boise In the 2012-13 grant cycle, ICF awarded more than $152,000 to 68 Kent and Kim Fletcher, Burley organizations in north Idaho, nearly doubling the amount awarded in the Guy Hearon and Cheryl 2011-12 grant cycle thanks to major gifts from an anonymous donor and Stewart, Sandpoint from the Gladys E. Langroise Advised Fund in ICF. Approximately the same Irv and Trudy Littman, Boise amount will be available this year. Peter and Barrie O’Neill, Boise Eligible organizations may apply for up to $5,000. Individuals are not eligible. Virginia Willard, Idaho Falls
Grant awards will be recommended by the Northern Regional Grants Panel, Sustainer ($100-$249) which is composed of community participants from the counties of the Norman and Ellen Batt, northern region. Distribution of grants is scheduled to begin in June. Caldwell
Harvey and Myrna Bickett, For more information or to apply, go to ICF’s homepage www.idcomfdn.org. Gooding Ernest Blackwelder and Sheila Hennessey, Chevy Bistline Fund in ICF gives almost $48,000 in grants for Chase, MD arts Barbara Botsch, Sandpoint Orval and June Hansen, The F.M., Anne G. and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fund Arlington, VA in the Idaho Community Foundation will provide $47,681 Leo and Pauline Harf, Boise in grants to arts-focused nonprofits in southeastern Idaho. Tom and Shana Hennessey, The Bistline Fund, which became an ICF fund in 2011, Mountain Home gives grants twice a year. Previously it was the F.M. and Mark and Lynn Hofflund, Anne G. and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation, a private Boise foundation founded in 1999 by Pocatello philanthropist John and Deb Holleran, Boise Beverly Bistline and named in honor of her parents. Ronald and Mary Hughes,
Boise Recipients of the fall/winter grant cycle are:
Bill and Jackie Jackson, Boise Bistline Fund grant James and Kathryn Mertz, A.J. Winters Elementary School (Montpelier) – recipient the National Oregon Trail Center in Caldwell $1,790 to update equipment and software necessary to Montpelier Walter and Patricia Nelson, produce a class movie and share it with the entire school Gooding and community. Barbara Pleason-Mueller, Hayden Lake Blackfoot Community Center, Inc (Blackfoot) – $4,615 to purchase an Bill and Lynne Ringert, electric pottery kiln, pottery wheel, tools and supplies that support pottery Hammett projects for the community.
Jim and Mary Schmidt, Blackfoot Performing Arts Center (Blackfoot) – $1,500 for 150 students Grangeville to attend the evening concert at the Intermountain Jazz Festival. Catherine Shalz, Boise James and Karin Thompson, Idaho Public Television (Boise) – $3,000 to sponsor the Great Boise Performances program on Idaho Public Television in southeast Idaho. James and Sandra Turner, Idaho State-Civic Symphony Association, Inc. (Pocatello) – $10,000 to Woodside, CA help fund the ISCS production of “Joy to the World: an ISU Christmas.” Stephen Wagner, Idaho Falls
Stephen Weeg and Nancy Lillian Vallely School, Inc. (Blackfoot) – $3,600 to support the repair and Greco, Pocatello replacement of Native American musical instruments, and assist in the transportation costs of student performances in the community. Nonprofit Partner ($100-
$249) Log Cabin Literary Center (Boise) – $2,000 to provide underwriting Senior Citizens’ Community support for two weeks of Idaho Writing Camps for underserved youth of the Center, Inc., Idaho Falls Shoshone-Bannock tribes living on the reservation at Fort Hall.
Supporter ($50-$99) Marsh Valley Performing Arts Committee (Arimo) – $2,650 to present a Don and Judy Atkinson, Marsh Valley summer musical theater camp for children, including costumes, Hailey props and supplies to help supplement the high school drama department. Howard and Carol Burnett, Pocatello National Oregon Trail Center (Montpelier) – $5,000 to purchase lighting, William and Gay Fruehling, sound and theatre equipment/accessories to enhance the performance quality Ketchum and patron experience at the Allinger Community Theatre.
Gail LeBow, Garden City West Side School District #202 (Dayton) – $9,000 to improve individual John and Donna Looze, Boise access to band and orchestra instruments for elementary and middle school J. Michael and Theresa students in the West Side School District. McLeod, Boise Vicki Murphy, Boise West Side School District #202 Education Foundation, Inc. (aka West Robert Myers, Pocatello Side Performing Arts Committee) (Dayton) – $3,350 to supplement Buddy Paul and Beverly quality live performances for the community. Lingle, Coeur d’Alene Westside Players (Pocatello) – $1,176 to upgrade to more efficient, less Gary and Marjorie Pietsch, costly lighting for the lobby gallery and to construct a history wall featuring Sandpoint photos, documents and items to educate others about the organization’s Allen and Jolene Quimby, unique history, and inspire them to be more daring and creative. Boise Hopi and Kate Salomon, Idaho Falls Gem County organizations receive nearly $32,000 from Sandy Shaw, Ketchum John St. Clair, Ammon Rawlinson Fund Thomas and JoAnn Trail, Moscow The Ethel R. and Ronald Rawlinson Fund in ICF will David and Shannon Wimer, provide $31,878 to 14 organizations in Gem County. Dr. Grangeville Ronald “Ron” Rawlinson established his medical practice in Emmett after he returned home from WWII. Friend ($25-$49) His wife Ethel “Stevie” Rawlinson was his nurse. They E. Gene Caldwell, Malad City worked as a husband-and-wife team for decades and Linnea Hall, New Meadows knew everyone in the community. Ethel "Stevie" Rawlinson Elsie Lillibridge, Pinehurst and Dr. Ron Rawlinson Richard Wandrocke, Coeur They established a $550,000 fund at ICF to benefit d’Alene Emmett and Gem County as part of their estate planning
in 1992. Their daughter Lyn Rawlinson reviews Memorials and Honors applications from Gem County to ICF’s Southwestern Regional Grant Cycle every year and recommends projects The Idaho Community Foundation welcomes gifts for funding from the Rawlinson Fund. sent as memorials or in honor of individuals on their This year’s recipients are: birthdays, anniversaries, retirement, or other special City of Emmett – $3,000 to paint to murals on buildings at two different occasions. Such gifts may be added to any individual fund locations in Emmett’s historic downtown area in the Foundation or to the Idaho Community Foundation Emmett Community Playhouse, Inc. – $3,000 to fund costumes, props, Unrestricted Trust Fund. scripts, rent and royalties for three productions for the 2013 season and pay
for the annual “Gemmy Awards” show in February 2014 which recognizes The following gifts were outstanding accomplishments during the 2013 theater season received in December 2013: Emmett Lions Club Incorporated – $1,000 to buy traffic signs, pay for security, pay insurance, and help defray Emmett police expenses In Memory of W. Atteberry Shirley Atteberry Gem County Historical Society, Inc. – $3,878 to insulate the museum In Memory of Kathryn building (Katy) Benoit Gerald and Lorene Guentz Idaho Renaissance Faire – $2,500 to pay entertainers/exhibitors/artisans
In Memory of Jane Morley to educate Faire attendees Betts Patty Heldt Emmett High School – $1,500 to help send middle school and high school
In Memory of Sally Bower students to Washington D.C. for an educational tour Shirley Atteberry Patty Heldt Idaho Self-Advocate Leadership Network, Inc. – $1,000 to support and
In Memory of John Brink expand leadership opportunities for people with developmental disabilities Patty Heldt through self-advocacy
In Memory of Pete Emmett Valley Friendship Coalition – $2,000 to maintain existing Cenarrusa Lee Hill equipment and purchase new refrigerators and coolers
In Memory of Bethine Gem County Senior Citizens – $2,000 to purchase and install a new, Church Junior League of Boise energy efficient commercial dishwasher
In Memory of Tip Emmett Public Library – $2,500 to update the entire non-fiction/reference Hennessey collection throughout the library Tom and Alice Hennessey
In Memory of Darrel City of Emmett – $2,500 to help with the cost of transporting a bridge from Johannes Shoshone to Emmett for the purpose of placing it across a river slough to Shirley Atteberry connect an existing walk/jog trail along the Payette River In Memory of Hank Jones William and Patsy Lodge City of Emmett, Cemetery Department – $2,000 to purchase sprinkler
In Memory of Jim Lau parts for the Emmett Cemetery Terry and Louise Nagel City of Emmett, Parks Department – $2,000 to buy sprinkler parts for the In Memory of Dolores Neil 26-acre city park Vicki Murphy
In Memory of Luo Ann Gem County Fair Board – $3,000 to purchase and install metal railing for “Dee” Rutnick the race track to replace the wooden railing that is currently in use and is Action and Jacqueline Jackson starting to rot In Memory of Brother Louis Sherrer Action and Jacqueline Jackson ICF News In Memory of Jack Stillinger Odin Eldridge Swift was born to ICF accountant Laura Dorothy Snowball Swift and her husband Adam Swift on December 19
weighing 9 pounds. He was 21.5 inches long. Odin is the In Memory of Brenda Walters second child of Adam and Laura. His big sister Claire is 3. Freda Cenarrusa ICF receives $3,000 from Delta Air Lines Foundation In Memory of Harold Ward ICF and 17 other Idaho nonprofits were selected by the Action and Jacqueline Jackson Delta Air Lines Foundation to receive unrestricted grants. ICF In Memory of Donald E. will use its $3,000 grant toward additional funding for its Westfall three regional grant cycles. Idaho Society of CPAs
In Memory of Fran ICF President and CEO Bob Hoover received an email about the award in mid- Wickham (an outstanding educator) December. The grant came as a surprise to Hoover and the rest of the ICF staff. Guy and Laura Hudson “This was a total surprise and it was a wonderful early Christmas present,” In Memory of Todd Wolfe Hoover said. “This wasn’t money for which we applied. Delta selected us.” Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partners The Delta Air Lines Foundation was founded in 1968. “Delta has a long history of
In Honor of Jack and Jean serving Idaho residents and we are pleased to be in a position to help you Allan advance your mission,” the award letter reads. Tom and Alice Hennessey ICF receives $2,000 from INL In Honor of Kay Alspaugh ICF received a $2,000 grant from the Idaho National Laboratory’s Community Vicki Murphy Donation Request Program. The funding will be used for Give Kids A Smile Day in In Honor of Bonnie, the Eastern Idaho Public Health District (Bonneville, Clark, Custer, Fremont, Jessie, and Cody Curran Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison and Teton counties). Peco Foundation
In Honor of Tom and Alice ICF applied for the funding on behalf of the Upper Snake River Valley Leadership Hennessey Council. Leadership councils are comprised of community members brought Blaine and Dixie Lenon together by ICF to identify a tangible, regional issue and brainstorm ways to get
In Honor of Action Jackson funding. The Upper Snake River Valley Leadership Council chose children’s oral Cecile Nguyen health as its issue.
In Honor of Blaine and Give Kids a Smile Day is the American Dental Association’s signature “access to Dixie Lenon dental care” annual event when dentists and dental health professionals Tom and Alice Hennessey volunteer their time to provide free dental services to low income, high risk, In Honor of Mike and Jan uninsured children. The Upper Snake River Dental Society, has partnered with McBride Richard and Lucinda Jardine Eastern Idaho Public Health District over the past 10 years for GKAS Day, providing care to 4,356 children aged 2 to 18. In Honor of Frank and Margaret Rodgers Last year, the State Oral Health Program eliminated funding for the health Michael Rodgers district’s time for GKAS Day, so the health district asked for help from the
In Honor of Robin and Leadership Council. Mary Wallis William Lund The grant from INL will go toward materials needed for GKAS Day, including printing data collection forms, medical history forms and HIPPA agreement forms In Honor of Sharon Woodhead for participating dentists, parent letters/flyers, and delivering them to schools Vicki Murphy and dental offices.
Newly Created Funds
L & P Cardinale Preservation Fund (endowed) – A donor advised fund established for preserving the planet’s natural resources for future generations through research, development, education and preservation efforts in support of wildlife, forests, the environment and to avoid climatic change.
Rachel Meyer Memorial Fund (endowed) – A donor advised fund created by Karen Meyer of Boise in memory of her daughter Rachel Meyer to forever support early education organizations and programs for pre-K Treasure Valley youth ages 2 1/2 to 5 years.
Angel Wings Network Foundation (non-endowed) – A special project fund created by Angel Wings Network, Inc. to support their mission of providing support to cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, family and loved ones who have been touched by cancer, within rural communities.
Russ and Phyllis Slifer Family Fund (non-endowed) – A philanthropic gift fund created by Russell and Phyllis Slifer of Boise to support a variety of charities and causes.
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Privacy Policy | Email Preferences © 2014 Idaho Community Foundation President's Corner on Philanthropy Idaho foundations and other foundations across the United States have or will soon release their 2013 investment returns. Given the performance of the stock market, especially in the final months of 2013, it is very likely that Idaho’s private and corporate foundations had significant increases in their endowments which will likely translate into very robust grant distributions in the years ahead. The Idaho Community Foundation’s endowment investment return was 21 percent for 2013, our best year since 2009.
I’d like to share some other figures with you as well. All numbers are for 2013:
● ICF’s endowment – $95 million, up from nearly $75 million in 2012
● Return on investment – 21 percent, for an average return of 11.1 percent over three years and 15.4 percent over five years
● Contributions – $7.1 million endowed, $3 million non-endowed, up from $6.5 million total in 2012
● Assets – $115 million, up from $95 million in 2012
● Distributions – $5.1 million in grants and scholarships, more than $70 million since 1991
Those of you who watch the stock market know the securities market is undergoing what the investment pros call a “correction.” Thus, our endowed and non-endowed funds have declined in the first month or so of 2014. However, ICF is a long-term investor and as one of our ICF investment committee members reminds us, “The best thing to do with the short-term volatility of the market is to closet yourself in a dark room and come out 10 to 20 years later and discover that your well-managed fund likely averaged between 8%-9% per year growth.” That’s about the average growth of the American securities markets since 1929.
Here’s a scenario we’d love to see as long-term investors: Assume ICF’s endowment grows to $100 million this year and would continue to grow at an average of 8.5 percent per year thereafter with a yearly 1 percent fee and yearly 4.5 percent grant distribution. What would that look like 10, 20 and 50 years from now? How much would have been granted to Idaho’s nonprofits and charitable activities? In 2024, the endowment would be about $146,498,400 and would have distributed grants of $54 million between 2014 and 2024.
In 2034 it would be $199,485,400 and would have distributed grants of $128 million over 20 years.
In 2064 it would be $503,670,200 and would have distributed grants of $554 million over 50 years.
My example is only conjecture, but there is real-life evidence of the power of community foundations. The Cleveland Foundation, the very first community foundation, turns 100 this year. Here’s how its endowment has grown:
● 1915 = $275,000
● 1964 = $105 million
● 2012 = $1.86 billion
And it has distributed $1.7 billion grants in its first 100 years.
That is what lies ahead for ICF and Idaho philanthropy. I didn’t include any contributions to the ICF endowment in my scenario, and those have been significant in recent years. In the last five years about 60 percent of ICF’s endowment growth has come from market returns and 40 percent from contributions to ICF endowed funds. Thus, my projections may even be too low.
As I pointed out last month with the Zuckerberg gift to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, endowments are an extremely powerful tool for community development and charitable activities. You can be part of this and leave a formidable legacy through ICF that will address Idaho’s charitable interests and community needs now and into the next century.
Find your passion, invest wisely and give forever through the Idaho Community Foundation.
Best wishes,
Bob
Headlines ICF receives grant from J.R. Simplot Company ICF receives grant from J. ICF received a significant grant from the J.R. Simplot R. Simplot Company Company that will help support our Leadership Council
Longtime ICF supporter program in north, eastern, south central and southeast Idaho. Lorena Shinn passes The Leadership Councils will meet with ICF over the next
Upcoming Grant several weeks to discuss the best ways for their council to use Deadlines: the grant money. Ifft Foundation Fund,
Bonner County Human “ICF and our Leadership Councils are so grateful to the J.R. Rights Task Force Fund, Bonner County Fund for Simplot Company for this grant,” said ICF President and CEO A north Idaho preschool Arts Enhancement, Bob Hoover. “This money will be used to benefit hundreds of teacher instructs children in Eastern Region Color Me Healthy Competitive Grant Cycle children in need throughout Idaho.” Leadership Councils are all-volunteer community leaders who joined together to ICF News select a pressing regional issue and brainstorm partnerships that could help ICF's New and address it. Renewing Members Month Year The Panhandle Leadership Council in north Idaho chose childhood obesity as New Member | Renewing its issue and formed a partnership with the Panhandle Health District to train child Member care providers to use a curriculum called Color Me Healthy that teaches healthy
Patron ($500-$999) eating and exercise habits to young children in a fun, entertaining way. Park and Sharon Price, Idaho Falls The South Central Leadership Council chose children’s literacy and is a J.L. and Pat Scott, McCall partnership with the United Way of South Central Idaho and Idaho Voices for Children. They are interested in implementing Ready! for Kindergarten, an early Sponsor ($250-$499) Larry Paske and Julie learning program that helps children succeed in school by making sure they enter Chenoweth, Orofino kindergarten prepared and eager for school. The program will be implemented Clark and Sydney Fidler, Boise with parents and child care providers in low-income communities in the Magic Terry Curtis and Linda Grable- Valley, where more than two-thirds of young children receive free and reduced Curtis, Meridian Richard and Donna Hutter, school meals and nearly as many score below grade level when they start Sandpoint kindergarten. Robert Krueger, Meridian Margaret Plastino, Idaho Falls The Southeast Idaho Leadership Council chose children’s oral health and is Michael and Diana Thomas, partnering with the United Way of Southeastern Idaho. The council will work with Weiser Idaho State University’s Dental Hygiene Department, ISU’s Dental Residency Dirk and Lindsay Zondag, Hailey Program and Southeastern Idaho Public Health to offer dental screenings, free dental sealants, free fluoride varnish and/or referrals to a partnering dentist to Sustainer ($100-$249) students at Moreland, Riverside and Rockford elementary schools and Snake Jerry and Mildred Asker, Grangeville River Middle School in Snake River School District #52 in Blackfoot, which has a David Barber, Boise large number of low-income children. In addition to screenings and treatment, all Phillip and Cherie Carr, Idaho students in kindergarten through sixth grade at the schools will receive oral Falls health education provided by ISU dental hygiene students. Julie Custer, Boise
Richard and Shirley Fields, The Upper Snake River Valley Leadership Council also chose children’s oral Boise Richard and Peggy Garvin, health and is working with the Eastern Idaho Public Health District on “Give Kids Pocatello A Smile Day,” the American Dental Association’s annual event when dentists and John and Michelle Hansen, dental health professionals volunteer their time to provide free dental services to Idaho Falls low income, high risk, uninsured children. ICF also received a grant of $2,000 Patricia Heldt, Cambridge Jack and Sylvia Hunt, Caldwell from INL to support this leadership council’s project. Dean and Marjean Johnson, St. Maries Longtime ICF supporter Lorena Shinn passes Daniel and Pamela Keller, Preston Lorena F. Shinn, 93, was born Feb. 6, 1920, in Bonners Ferry, Dieter and Margaret Knecht, Idaho, and passed away at her home on Jan. 13. Driggs James and Willa McLaughlin, After graduating from Bonners Ferry High School, she went to Ketchum college at Lewiston State Normal School (now Lewis-Clark James and Carole McWilliam, State College). She taught in White Bird and Teaken before Pocatello Bonnie Quinn, Boise moving to the Lewiston schools in 1943, where she taught at Tod and Dani Rasmussen, Webster, Orchards and Garfield elementary schools. She Eagle married Marion Shinn in 1945, when he returned from military Earl and Carrie Reed, Twin duty after World War II. Falls Michael Roach, Boise Kenneth and Ellie Ryan, They lived in Pullman for two years while Marion attended Washington State Pocatello University, then returned to Lewiston in 1948. Marion took a job as a chemistry Kathy Scott, Boise teacher at Lewiston High School and they have lived there since. Esther Simplot, Boise
John and Jan Thornton, Boise After Marion became the dean of Vocational Education at Lewis-Clark State
Supporter ($50-$99) College in 1965, Lorena joined him on many business trips to all parts of the Fred Belzer and Theresa United States. After his retirement in 1981, they traveled for pleasure to more Kaufmann, Pocatello than 60 countries and enjoyed presenting travelogues to community groups. James and Candy Dale,
Boise Lorena and Marion have been ICF members for 10 years and in 2011 they Richard and Georgie Fenton, Ketchum established the Nez Perce County Historical Society Fund in ICF to forever support Steven Fuller, Preston the general operations of the historical society, where they were longtime Judith Marineau, Moscow volunteers. Mary Nate, Montpelier Mike and Annina, Nielsen Volunteering was an important part of Lorena’s life. She was a member of the St. Michael and Cathryn Pankau, Joseph Hospital Auxiliary for 15 years and served as president for two years. She Idaho Falls Barbara Shinn, Boise assisted with the Alumni Association at Lewis-Clark State College when the Juno Van Ocker, Boise organization was first formed. She was active in the Orchards United Methodist Church, volunteered at the Lewiston City Library and helped deliver food in the Friend ($25-$49) Constance Farmer, Boise senior nutrition program for a dozen years. Shirley Severn, Boise Robert Skinner, Idaho Falls Loyce Smith, Boise Upcoming Grant Deadlines John Tate, Fairfax, VA IFFT FOUNDATION FUND The Ifft Foundation Fund in ICF is seeking grant requests for Memorials and Honors projects that will provide landscaping, beautification and The Idaho Community Foundation welcomes gifts public recreation in southeast Idaho. sent as memorials or in honor of individuals on their Deadline for submissions is March 15. For more information birthdays, anniversaries, or to apply, visit www.idcomfdn.org or email ICF Donor retirement, or other special occasions. Such gifts may be Relations Officer Elly Davis at [email protected] or call added to any individual fund (208) 342-3535. The Pocatello Zoo received in the Foundation or to the and Ifft Foundation Fund grant in 2013 Idaho Community Foundation Grant requests will only be considered from Bannock, Bear Unrestricted Trust Fund Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power counties. The following gifts were Click for more information or to apply. received in January 2014:
In Memory of Sam Beard BONNER COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS TASK FORCE FUND Gloria Hoopes The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force Fund in ICF is seeking grant
In Memory of Pete requests from organizations whose activities reflect commitment to the ideal that Cenarrusa everyone is equal under our state and federal laws and constitution regardless of Margaret Lundy race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation or disability.
In Memory of Ann Erstad Andrew, Shannon, Ryan, Grants up to $8,000 will be considered, although in extreme or emergency Patrick, and John Erstad circumstances, this limit may be waived by the BCHRTF board of directors. Grant
In Memory of John Kai requests will only be considered from Bonner County and deadline for Idaho Youth Education submissions is March 31. Click for more information or to apply. Recycling Partners
BONNER COUNTY FUND FOR ARTS ENHANCEMENT In Memory of Lorena Shinn Idaho Community Foundation The Bonner County Fund for Arts Enhancement in ICF is seeking grant requests George and Leola Neumayer for projects that demonstrate how the arts encourage creative and critical
In Honor of Tom and Alice thinking, stimulate economic vitality and enhance the quality of life in a Hennessey community. Andrew, Shannon, Ryan,
Patrick, and John Erstad Grants up to $2,500 will be considered, although in extreme or emergency
In Honor of Carolyn Fossi circumstances, this limit may be waived by the advisors of the fund. Grant Park and Sharon Price requests will only be considered from Bonner County and deadline for
In Honor of Inez Moulton submissions is March 31. Click for more information or to apply. Art and Renee Rammell EASTERN REGION COMPETITIVE GRANT CYCLE ICF’s Eastern Region Competitive Grant Cycle, which is for Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou, Clark, Custer, Franklin, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison, Oneida, Power and Teton counties, opened Feb. 1. Deadline for applying is April 1.
Last year, ICF awarded more than $142,000 in grants to 72 organizations through this grant cycle. New and previous applicants are encouraged to apply.
Organizations may apply for up to $5,000. Individuals are not eligible for the regional grant program. Grant areas include, but are not limited to:
● Arts and Culture
● Education
● Emergency Services
● Libraries
● Conservation/Environment
● Health
● Recreation
● Social Services
● Public Projects
Grant awards will be recommended by the Eastern Region Grants Panel, which is composed of community volunteers from counties in the eastern region. Distribution of grants is scheduled to begin in June.
Click for more information or to apply, or visit www.idcomfdn.org, or email [email protected], or call (208) 342-3535 or (800) 657-5357.
ICF News 2013 ICF end-of-year financial information now available Fund statements for 2013 and available distribution amounts for 2014 are now available through our online system. For instructions on how to access your financial information, please contact ICF Donor Relations Officer Elly Davis at [email protected] or (208)342-3535.
JWJ Fund in ICF breaks recycling revenue record; will host awards Feb. 20 The John William Jackson Fund in ICF announces record 2013 metal recycling results, and will host its Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partnership (iYERP) 4th Annual Environmental Stewardship Awards Ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. at the Lyle Pearson’s Mercedes-Benz Showroom, Boise Auto Mall, 451 Auto Dr., Boise.
iYERP and its recycling partners realized a significant increase in metal recycling revenue in 2013 which totaled $103,000 compared with $74,000 the year before. The record results are 21 percent higher than the previous record of $85,000 in 2011. The higher than forecasted revenue will allow the JWJ Fund to increase grant awards in 2014 to at least $130,000, a $10,000 increase over last year’s grant total of $120,000.
“iYERP’s mission is to advance responsible environmental stewardship on construction projects throughout the state. More than one million pounds of scrap metal was recycled and kept out of our landfills. iYERP could not achieve these results without the encouragement and support of its many partners,” said Bill “Action” Jackson, vice president of development for iYERP.
The Idaho Chapters of the Associated General Contractors and U.S. Green Building Council have again teamed up with iYERP to present the annual environmental stewardship awards for 2013.
iYERP is dedicating the awards ceremony and 2013 metal recycling campaign in memory of Todd Wolf, a Pacific Steel & Recycling employee, who lost his life in an accident. Over the years, Todd and his Pacific colleagues provided the transportation support and recycling containers for iYERP.
Newly Created Funds Ohana Fund (philanthropic gift) – A non-endowed fund created to make it easier for an Idaho family to help others. Ohana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.
Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702
Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected]
Privacy Policy | Email Preferences © 2014 Idaho Community Foundation President's Corner on Philanthropy The ICF staff and I have spent much of the first two months of 2014 on the road. After a fairly dry start to the winter it certainly seems to be making up for it as we approach the spring. One week in particular when I drove to and from Pocatello one day and then drove to Coeur d’Alene a couple of days later it was windy and rainy all over the state. It makes travel a little challenging, but water is crucial for cities, farms and recreation so I’m not complaining.
There are times when the weather prevents us from traveling, and it is then that I am particularly grateful for our strong volunteer presence in communities throughout the state. With seven full-time staff and three part-time staff, ICF relies heavily on its volunteers to help us run smoothly. I am very thankful to all of them!
I was particularly struck by this last Saturday when my wife Leslee and I were enjoying a wonderful evening of music hosted by the Coeur d’Alene Library Foundation as a fund raiser. At the event we talked to Barbara Mueller, a member of ICF’s Northern Region Competitive Grants Panel. She mentioned that she was working her way through more than 100 applications that will be discussed at the panel meeting in April.
Barbara is one of 12 representatives from north Idaho who gather once a year to discuss the applications and recommend to the ICF Board which organizations should receive funding. These panelists are well qualified to make these recommendations because they are all involved in their communities and familiar with the applicants. They often visit new applicants to get a better idea of their mission so they can have an informed opinion at the grants panel meeting.
We also visited with Ruth Pratt, who is the executive director of the library foundation and the vocalist who us took through the Great American Song Book that evening. Ruth is a member of the ICF Panhandle Leadership Council that is meeting this week to review the progress of our program in addressing childhood obesity in the region. ICF has 13 leadership council members in north Idaho.
This is in addition to our 30 volunteer board directors from throughout the state, grants panelists in eastern and southwestern Idaho, leadership council members in four parts of the state, advisory groups for our six Together Idaho Community Affiliates, our investment committee, our donor advised grants panels and our scholarship committees. ICF is truly an organization of volunteers and we have more than 110 of them!
Their efforts helped us distribute $5.1 million in grants in 2013 and more than $70 million over the past 25 years. There could be no ICF without our volunteers and we are so thankful for the time and effort they spend on our behalf!
My best to you as spring comes to Idaho and we literally have a renewal of spirits and life across our fair state.
Bob
Headlines Job opening at ICF: Fund development/donor relations ICF Incorporator Peter T. officer in North Idaho
Johnson passes The Idaho Community Foundation is hiring a 29 hour/
week fund development/donor relations officer based in ICF awards $400,695 Coeur d’Alene who will cover north Idaho from Boundary from Gladys E. Langroise County to Idaho County. Advised Fund
Primary duties include participating in the identification, Upcoming Grant Deadlines Want to work here? cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors and Ifft Fund, fund creators in these areas and working as a member of Bonner County Human Rights Task Force, the ICF statewide team of officers.
Bonner County Fund For Secondary activities include assisting with relationship-building activities with Arts Enhancement, current donors and members in the region; coordinating the Panhandle Eastern Region Leadership Council; and conducting marketing activities, including public Competitive Grant Cycle, presentations, professional visits with financial planners and others, and assisting ICF Scholarships, with events, media contacts and development of marketing materials. Bistline Fund This position functions independently and requires local and regional travel. ICF's New and Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university Renewing Members and 3-5 years related nonprofit experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Month Year
New Member | Renewing Skills in nonprofit fundraising, grant making, public speaking, financial matters Member and group facilitation are highly desirable. This is a salaried position that pays $19.23-$24.04/hour ($29,000-$36,250/year prorated from start date) DOE. Benefactor ($1,000 and above) The position may be increased to full-time later in 2014 or by 2015. Duane and Susan Jacklin, Post Falls The search will remain open until filled. Resumes and cover letters should be submitted by email to [email protected] and will be reviewed beginning April 4. Ron Sali and Simone Greear, For details, including the full job description, please visit www.idcomfdn.org. Eagle
Patron ($500-$999) Robert and Tena Lokken, Boise ICF Incorporator Peter T. Johnson passes away
Michael and Janet McBride, Peter Thomas Johnson, who played a crucial role in the Twin Falls establishment of the Idaho Community Foundation, passed away Feb. 9 after a long illness. Sponsor ($250-$499)
Bill and Elizabeth Allen, Peter was born on February 3, 1932 in Boise. His mother, Salmon Roxie McMillan Johnson, was a third generation Dorothy Kidd, Caldwell Idahoan of pioneer descent and his father, Ansgar
Craig and Jane Spencer, Johnson, a prominent photographer. Growing up in Grangeville Boise’s east end, he attended Roosevelt Elementary,
James and Marlene Wogsland, North Junior High and Boise High School, graduating in Hayden Lake 1950.
Mary Lee Wood, Parma He traveled east to Dartmouth College for his undergraduate degree then went on
Sustainer ($100-$249) to Tuck School of Business where he received his MBA in 1955. Peter married Andrew and Debra Akers, Carolyn Carley in 1952, his high school sweetheart, and whisked her back to Pocatello Dartmouth. After graduation, Peter and Carolyn moved to Edwards Air Force
Kay Alspaugh, Boise Base, California with their daughters Linda and Laura. Peter served in the Air Force for 3 years where LeeAnn was born. The family moved to Boise in 1958 Robert Barclay, Boise where Lisa was born; Boise remained their home for the next 29 years. Ronald and Michelle Berry, Tetonia Peter began his career in 1958 under the tutelage of Gordon MacGregor at MacGregor Triangle, a logging, road construction and cattle company. He was Monte and Helen Boisen, Moscow promoted to vice president. He also served as president of Pressure Treated Timber Company, a subsidiary. Peter joined Trus Joist in 1969 and became CEO in Richard and Connie Bowen, 1972 at the age of 40. Boise
James and Nora Carpenter, One of the company’s greatest achievements during his 10 years there was the Boise design and construction of the Kibbie Dome at U of I. Due to Peter’s leadership
and business acumen, Trus Joist became a model example of progressive William and Jill Dougherty, Dalton Gardens business practices.
David and Teresa Ducharme, In 1981, having honed his business skills in the private sector, Peter turned his Bellevue, WA energies to the public domain. Public service had always been a goal and priority
George and Beverly Harad, for him. Peter was sponsored by Sen. James McClure to head the Bonneville Boise Power Administration, a Federal Agency that oversees the dams on the Columbia
D. Blaine and Cynthia River and its tributaries. President Ronald Reagan appointed Peter as BPA Jacobson, Boise Administrator at a critical time for the administration. Peter and Carolyn moved to Portland, Oregon for five years while he served at the helm of BPA. William and Mitzi Moore,
Meridian During Peter’s 25 years in Boise, he was involved on many levels with
Robert and Rhonda Naftz, philanthropic endeavors including co-founder of the Idaho Community Pocatello Foundation, the Bogus Basin Board, the Children’s Home Society Board, co-chair
Ron and Susan Rope, Idaho of a management task force committee searching for greater efficiency in Falls government for Gov. John Evans, and a member of the National Academy of
Don and Mary Jean Simis, Science Nuclear Committee representing the Pacific Northwest. Gooding Following BPA, Peter and Carolyn left Portland and headed for McCall. This Leslie Tidwell, Seattle, WA marked a turning point in Peter’s goals and ambitions as he moved from his
Richard and Pamela Tucker, public life to his personal creative pursuits. Having grown up spending summers Hailey in McCall, Peter developed a deep spiritual connection with nature which
sustained him throughout his life. His creative side flourished in his writing, Scott and Jennifer Wayman, Coeur d’Alene sculpting and painting. He initiated the Payette Lake Water Quality Council, a non- profit volunteer organization designed to protect Payette Lake from “all of us who Supporter ($50-$99) are loving it to death.” Jean Betebenner, Boise
Cameron Morfit and Ellen Throughout Peter’s life, he enjoyed fly-fishing having hiked into 55 lakes in the McFadden Morfit, Boise Payette National Forest. He discovered much of the Payette National Forest
Leonard Purdy, Picabo through his firefighting and smoke jumping beginning at the age of 16. He enjoyed piano playing eventually perfecting “Rhapsody in Blue” by Gershwin. Henry and Susan Reents, Boise Peter ski raced in the first American Legion Race in Sun Valley taking first in the
Richard and Rowena Roberge, downhill and went on to race for Dartmouth College. Caldwell His wife Carolyn; his soul mate, his muse, his chef, his joy, his life companion, his Richard and Donna Sagness, love survives him as do his daughters, Linda and Shane Williams, Laura and Pocatello Alan Shealy, LeeAnn and Tim Berry, and Lisa and Sean Cafferty; Richard and Shirlee grandchildren, Peter, Carley, Virginia, Helen, Scott, Grant, Roxie, Harrison, Wandrocke, Coeur d’Alene Carolyn, Ryan, and Anna; and great granddaughter, Katherine. Gayle Wilde, Boise Memorial donations may be made to the Idaho Community Foundation, Peter T. Friend ($25-$49) and Carolyn C. Johnson Fund, online by clicking here, or by mail 210 W State St, Donna Boe, Pocatello Boise, Idaho 83702. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family Ronald Bolinger, American on Peter's memorial webpage at www.summersfuneral.com. Falls
Patricia Harberd, Weiser ICF awards $400,695 from Gladys E. Langroise Advised
Marcella Nelson, Sandpoint Fund
Joseph Schmidt, Lewiston The Gladys E. Langroise Advised Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling $400,695 to nonprofits in every region of Idaho. The Robert Templin, Post Falls Langroise Fund advisors also agreed to allow ICF to distribute an additional
$133,565 through its three regional grant cycles. Memorials and Honors The Boise Philharmonic, Children’s Home Society and College of Idaho received The Idaho Community the largest grants of $70,000 each, followed by the St. Labre Indian School at Foundation welcomes gifts $32,130 and the Lillian Vallely School at $25,000. sent as memorials or in honor of individuals on their In addition, the following Langroise grants were awarded: birthdays, anniversaries, Ballet Idaho (Ada County) - $10,000 retirement, or other special Boise Art Museum (Ada County) - $15,000 occasions. Such gifts may be Boise Public Schools Education Foundation (Ada County) - $15,000 added to any individual fund Boise Rescue Mission (Ada County) - $10,000 in the Foundation or to the Boys & Girls Club of Ada County (Ada County) - $5,000 Idaho Community Foundation Festival Dance and Performing Arts (Latah County) - $4,000 Unrestricted Trust Fund Girl Scouts of the Silver Sage (Ada County) - $6,215 Giraffe Laugh Early Learning Centers (Ada County) - $10,000 In Memory of Dorothy Homedale Elementary School (Owyhee County) - $1,250 Brassey Idaho Youth Ranch (Ada County) - $10,000 Freda Cenarrusa Junior Achievement of Idaho (Ada County) - $5,000 Kinderhaven (Bonner County) - $15,000 In Memory of Pete Learning Lab (Ada County) - $5,000 Cenarrusa Nampa Salvation Army (Canyon County) - $4,600 Xanti and Jill Aldape OATHS (Ada County) - $2,500
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Nampa (Canyon County) - $5,000 In Memory of Hallie Davis Shepherd’s Home (Valley County) - $5,000 Idaho Community Foundation The Hunger Coalition (Blaine County) - $5,000
In Memory of Amy Dunn The Gladys E. Langroise Advised Fund was established through a generous $15 Mary O’Sullivan million bequest to the Idaho Community Foundation from Boise philanthropist
Gladys Langroise. It supports the health, education and welfare of children, In Memory of Peter including college students. Mrs. Langroise died in early 2000, just prior to her Johnson 100th birthday. Mary Abercrombie
The fund advisers annually recommend grants that address what they believe John and Jean Allan Mrs. Langroise would have considered areas of special interest or greatest need.
Les and Susan Bechdel Upcoming Grant Deadlines Michael and Val Burke IFFT FOUNDATION FUND The Ifft Foundation Fund in ICF is seeking grant requests Stewart Carrington and Hope for projects that will provide landscaping, beautification Benedict and public recreation in southeast Idaho.
Donald and Dolores Chapman Deadline for submissions is March 15. For more Robert and Dorothy information or to apply, visit www.idcomfdn.org or email Greenwood ICF Donor Relations Officer Elly Davis at edavis@idcomfdn.
org or call (208) 342-3535. The Pocatello Zoo received an Ifft Alan Gummersall Foundation Fund grant in 2013
Dixie Harrison Grant requests will only be considered from Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power Thomas and Alice Hennessey counties. Click for more information or to apply.
William and Betty Jean BONNER COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS TASK FORCE FUND Houston The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force Fund in ICF is seeking grant requests from organizations whose activities reflect commitment to the ideal that Idaho Community Foundation everyone is equal under our state and federal laws and constitution regardless of
John Keiser race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation or disability.
Grants up to $8,000 will be considered, although in extreme or emergency Robert and Tena Lokken circumstances, this limit may be waived by the BCHRTF board of directors. Grant
J. Michael and Theresa Mcleod requests will only be considered from Bonner County and deadline for submissions is March 31. Click for more information or to apply. J. and Lisa McMurray BONNER COUNTY FUND FOR ARTS ENHANCEMENT Candace Miller The Bonner County Fund for Arts Enhancement in ICF is seeking grant requests for projects that demonstrate how the arts encourage creative and critical John and Deanna Oppenheimer thinking, stimulate economic vitality and enhance the quality of life in a
Cathy Rudinsky community.
Grants up to $2,500 will be considered, although in extreme or emergency Joe and Katherine Simunich circumstances, this limit may be waived by the advisors of the fund. Grant Wallace and Mary Smith requests will only be considered from Bonner County and deadline for submissions is March 31. Click for more information or to apply. Philip and Erlene Soulen EASTERN REGION COMPETITIVE GRANT CYCLE Joan Weitz ICF’s Eastern Region Competitive Grant Cycle, which is for Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou, Clark, Custer, Franklin, Fremont, Jefferson, In Memory of Cherie Kirwan Lemhi, Madison, Oneida, Power and Teton counties is now open. Deadline for Idaho Society of CPAs applying is April 1.
In Memory of Jeff Lang Last year, ICF awarded more than $142,000 in grants to 72 organizations through Kay Alspaugh this grant cycle. New and previous applicants are encouraged to apply.
In Memory of Robert Organizations may apply for up to $5,000. Individuals are not eligible for the Purcell regional grant program. Grant areas include, but are not limited to: Thomas and Alice Hennessey Arts and Culture
In Memory of John ● Education
Reberger ● Emergency Services
Kay Alspaugh ● Libraries
● Conservation/Environment Freda Cenarrusa ● Health
● Recreation In Memory of Brenda ● Social Services Sargent ● Public Projects Idaho Society of CPAs
In Memory of Lorena Shinn Grant awards will be recommended by the Eastern Region Grants Panel, which is composed of community volunteers from counties in the eastern region. Willet and Geneal Palmer Distribution of grants is scheduled to begin in September. In Memory of Martin Sielaff Click for more information or to apply, or visit www.idcomfdn.org, or email Idaho Society of CPAs [email protected], or call (208) 342-3535 or (800) 657-5357.
SCHOLARSHIPS The Idaho Community Foundation has more than 60 scholarship opportunities for students seeking assistance with the cost of higher education. The deadline to submit the ICF Scholarship Application is April 1.
The application and information about all ICF scholarships is on the ICF website at http://www.idcomfdn.org/scholarships.
In 2013, ICF awarded over $250,000 in scholarships to nearly 150 students representing 25 Idaho counties.
For more information, contact Elly Davis at (208) 342-3535, or edavis@idcomfdn. org.
BISTLINE FUND The F.M., Anne G., and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fund in ICF is accepting applications until May 1 for projects related to the arts in the southeast Idaho counties of Bannock, Bingham, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power. Grants may fall under two categories:
1. Supporting arts activities that will provide entertainment or art-related education to the general public. 2. Supporting the education, skills training, performance or display opportunities for local artists.
For more information about eligibility and to apply, go to http://idcomfdn.org/ DA_Grants.
The Bistline Foundation was founded by Beverly Bistline of Pocatello to pay special tribute to her parents and their commitment to the arts, as well as to further her own support within the field. She passed away in October 2010 and her foundation became an ICF fund in 2011.
Newly Created Funds St. Mary's School Fund (donor advised) – An endowed fund established by friends and supporters of St. Mary’s School in Boise to enable and ensure donations to the school go to their intended purpose and areas of greatest need.
Lesley Goffinet Endowment Fund (designated) – An endowed fund created through the estate of Lesley Goffinet of Sagle to forever support the work of the Panhandle Alliance for Education, Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho, and Idaho Public Television.
Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702
Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected]
Privacy Policy | Email Preferences © 2014 Idaho Community Foundation President's Corner on Philanthropy I was born just before the United States entered World War II on December 7, 1941 and am part of what the demographers call the Silent Generation. However, I have always considered myself more of a Baby Boomer because I was still in school in the late 1960s and early 1970s, albeit graduate school.
As a young boy, I remember hearing about the hardships of the Great Depression and challenges of World War II, but my most vivid memories are shared with the Boomers – those tumultuous college campus years, and the music, movies, television shows, sports stars and politics of that period.
So what does that have to do with the Idaho Community Foundation and charitable activities? Well, there is about to be a transfer of wealth from the Baby Boom generation to their children and grandchildren that far exceeds that of any previous American generation. As someone with one foot in each generation, I am intrigued by the potential impact this transfer will have on Idaho.
In the past 15 years there have been more than 1,000 studies about transfer of wealth. So what can we learn from those studies?
● The 75+ age group is responsible for more than half of the wealth that will be transferred.
● The wealth transfer opportunities increase with population size and are generally higher in urban centers.
● Rural western states like Idaho may miss out on some of the transfer of wealth because several of the heirs of the Baby Boomers have left Idaho for education and job opportunities and that wealth will transfer out of state.
This should be a wake-up call to communities and nonprofits to cultivate those in the 50-75 age range if they want to keep some wealth at home.
So what is the size of the transfer that we are talking about? In 2000, the low estimate for intergeneration wealth transfer for the United States was estimated to be about $41 trillion over 50 years. The state studies for Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota projected $6-$12 billion to transfer in the next 10 years. If even 5 percent that were used for charitable purposes it would mean $281 million to $600 million for nonprofits, scholarships and other good works!
Idaho has not conducted a formal transfer of wealth study, but given our population (which is larger than Montana, Wyoming or South Dakota) and our median household wealth, our transfer of wealth over the next 10 years could be $60 billion to $63 billion. If 5 percent of that went to charitable purposes it would be between $450 million and $600 million. And if that money was endowed it could distribute as much as $30 million per year!
My generation has an extraordinary opportunity to grow Idaho’s future wealth and support the state’s nonprofits. However, for this to happen we need to commit a small portion of our estates to endowments that will forever support the state and communities where we lived, made our wealth and created treasured memories. The Idaho Community Foundation has six different types of endowed funds that can create unique legacies for each of us. I hope you will join me in this effort to provide for our heirs, and also remember the communities and organizations we’ve cherished and provide them with permanent support after we pass.
Hope you have a wonderful spring,
Bob
Headlines ICF Annual Luncheon is May 29 ICF Annual Luncheon is Reserve your spot now for ICF’s 25th Annual May 29 Luncheon – not to be confused with our 25th Anniversary event last year, which was our 24th Annual Former students rally Luncheon. around teacher and raise $50K for Nez Perce The luncheon is May 29 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Boise Centre. Tommy County Historical Society Ahlquist, chief operating officer of Gardner Group is the keynote speaker, and ICF will host the 3rd Annual On The Spot grants, where three local nonprofits ICF funds can participate give entertaining, informative presentations and audience members vote to in Idaho Gives; deadline decide who should receive a grant of $2,500. April 15 Tickets are $50 and $60 and tables of 10 are $480 and $580. You can RSVP Upcoming Grant Deadlines by phone at 208.342.3535, by email or online.
Newly Created Funds Tommy Ahlquist and Gardner Group recently completed Boise’s 8th & Main Building. Ahlquist and Gardner Group also successfully joint ventured on several other large Idaho projects, including Portico at Meridian, Eagle Island Crossing and St. Luke’s Nampa Medical Plaza. ICF's New and Tommy was an ER physician for 15 years before becoming a developer. He serves Renewing Members on several boards, including United Way, The American Heart Association, Idaho March 2014 State University President’s Advisory Council and March of Dimes. He is very New Member | Renewing active in the medical community in the Treasure Valley, and has served on Member several boards for St. Luke’s Hospital, and was the Chairman of the Board for Emergency Medicine of Idaho. Benefactor ($1,000 and above) Carolyn Johnson will receive the Friend of the Foundation award at the luncheon Ralph and Mary Lynn Hartwell, Idaho Falls in honor of the work she and her husband Peter Johnson did for ICF. Peter was a great philanthropist who played a significant role in the establishment of the Duane and Susan Jacklin, Idaho Community Foundation. He passed away earlier this year. Post Falls
Donald and Marcia Liebich, The luncheon is presented by Norco and U.S. Bank. Other sponsors are Idaho Hailey Power, D.L. Evans Bank, Erstad Architects, The Hartwell Corporation, and Mike
and Jan McBride. Carolyn Rees, Caldwell
Patron ($500-$999) The North Idaho Luncheon will be held Wednesday, June 18 at the Coeur Benjamin Rydalch and Laura d’Alene Resort. Keynote speaker is actress Patty Duke, also known as Anna Bettis, Eagle Pearce.
Sponsor ($250-$499) Clen and Emma Atchley, Ashton Former students rally around teacher and raise $50k for
Dave and Keli Elledge, Eagle Nez Perce County Historical Society
Mark and Debra Flitton, At 93 years old, Marion Shinn of Lewiston knows a Caldwell thing or two about achieving goals – even if there’s 15 years between the idea and its realization. Kenlon and Carol Johnson,
Idaho Falls In 2013, there was a lot of excitement in Lewiston – the
Jon and Sharon Kimberling, town was celebrating its sesquicentennial, the new city Marion and Lorena Shinn Moscow library had opened and there was new leadership at the
Brad and Teresa Little, Nez Perce County Historical Society, where Marion was a Emmett longtime board member. “I had a chance to present an
idea I’d had for more than a decade,” Marion said. Timothy and Wanda Quinn, Coeur d’Alene During a historical society meeting, Marion suggested an idea that he’d first had
Alan and Sherry Van Orden, in 1998 – take $25,000 that the historical society had in savings, add it to an ICF Pocatello fund that Marion established in 2011 to benefit the historical society, and ask the community to contribute $25,000. Sustainer ($100-$249)
Donald and Trudy Anderson, Marion said if the goal was met by April 1, 2014 he and Lorena, his wife of 69 Boise years, would contribute another $25,000 anonymously. As an endowment, a fund Edward and Arita Cleary, that size would provide the historical society with approximately $4,500 every Boise year and would continue to grow. Allen and Raina Frei, Ferdinand Donations trickled in slowly at first as word about the anonymous matching gift spread. Then Wayne Thiessen, a former Lewiston High School student of Michael and Danece Hess, Marion’s heard about it and decided to rally their 55th class reunion around Malad collecting donations in honor of their former teacher. Richard and Gloria Howell, Pocatello “I couldn’t think of anything which would make Mr. Shinn happier than to have
Richard and Lucinda Jardine, many of his LHS students accept his matching gift challenge and at the same time Twin Falls allow us and others to honor and recognize him for his role as an outstanding teacher, a community volunteer and leader and role model for many of us,” Richard and Jill Jurvelin, Coeur d Alene Thiessen said.
R. Stanwood and Sharon Marion and Lorena agreed they could be named as the anonymous donors and Kohls, Hayden Lake from there momentum built and donations increased. More than 50 percent of the
Peter Kozisek and Julia donations came from Marion’s former students, their families or school staff, Robinson, Boise including one from a janitor Marion hired in 1974.
Paul and Katie Link, Pocatello Three weeks before the deadline there was less than $1,500 left to raise and just Brian and Karen Loosli, Ashton as the challenge came to an end a flurry of donations came in pushing the total to $25,750. Michael and Beth Markley, Boise “We were very pleased when we heard the good news,” said Lyle Wirtanen,
Robert and Mary Lee Morrell, executive director of the Nez Perce County Historical Society. “Everyone knows Boise Marion and as soon as they heard he was involved they wanted to help out.”
James and Linda Neeley, Sadly, Lorena passed away three months before the challenge deadline. Idaho Falls
“However, there was no doubt in her mind, even in those final days, that we John and Norma Odiaga, Jerome would reach our goal,” Marion said. “She and I shared many wild dreams together over the decades, and failure to achieve our goal had never been an option.” Marvin and Dianne Pett, Malad City
Skip and Bee Pierce, Boise ICF funds can participate in Idaho Gives; deadline April
Eugene and Janice Place, 15 Hamer ICF funds can participate in Idaho Gives, a statewide giving day, through ICF. Deadline to submit information Thomas and MaryLou Puckett, Nez Perce is Tuesday, April 15.
Richard and Mary Ellen Pugh, Last year ICF funds raised more than $2,500 through Coon Rapids, MN Idaho Gives and fund development officer Lauren Tassos won a “golden ticket,” meaning ICF received another Terry and Anne Ross, Hudson, WI $1,000.
Norman and LaDean Smith, Signing up is easy and funds can keep it simple with basic information or go all Pocatello out by including photos, videos, personalized thank you messages to donors and more. Click here to register, or email Lauren if you have any questions. Link Robin and Mimi Wallis, Boise “2014 Idaho Gives Day” Supporter ($50-$99) Owen and Stephanie Upcoming Grant Deadlines Orndorff, Boise BISTLINE FUND Philip Shinn, Lewiston The F.M., Anne G., and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fundin ICF is accepting applications until Gloria Jean Thomas, Malad City May 1 for projects related to the arts in the southeast Idaho counties of Bannock, Bingham, Bear Lake, Friend ($25-$49) The Idaho International Choral Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power. Grants may fall Festival received a grant from Joe Berenter, Boise under two categories: ICF's Bistline Foundation Fund in 2013 Marsha Bjornn, Rexburg 1. Supporting arts activities that will provide Alison Boyer, Arco entertainment or art-related education to the
Isabel Brassey, Boise general public. 2. Supporting the education, skills training, Earl Dodds, McCall performance or display opportunities for local
Hugh Duncan, Boise artists.
Shaina Nomee, Post Falls For more information about eligibility and to apply, go to http://idcomfdn.org/
Joan Sullivan, Boise DA_Grants.
The Bistline Foundation was founded by Beverly Bistline of Pocatello to pay Memorials and Honors special tribute to her parents and their commitment to the arts, as well as to further her own support within the field. She passed away in October 2010 and The Idaho Community her foundation became an ICF fund in 2011. Foundation welcomes gifts sent as memorials or in honor Newly Created Funds of individuals on their Erle and Cynthia Byram Scholarship Fund (donor advised) – Created birthdays, anniversaries, through the estate of Erle and Cynthia Byram of Gooding to forever provide retirement, or other special scholarships to students in southwestern and eastern Idaho (south of the Salmon occasions. Such gifts may be River), with preference given to students from Gooding and Camas counties. added to any individual fund in the Foundation or to the Fruitland Public Schools Education Foundation Endowment Fund Idaho Community Foundation (agency) – Created by the Fruitland Public Schools Education Foundation, Inc. to Unrestricted Trust Fund forever support schools and educational projects within the Fruitland School District. The following gifts were received in March 2014:
In Memory of Zuri Chambers Robert and Carol Hamlin
In Memory of Bethine Church Ray and Linda Stark
In Memory of Barton Douglas Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partners
In Memory of Peter Johnson Janine Bastian Carmen Berg Harry Bettis Sean and Lisa Cafferty Thomas and Virginia Cafferty Capitol Law Group, PLLC Freda Cenarrusa Donald and Marcia Clark Diane DeChambeau Roy and Miren Eiguren Philip and Helga Fast John and Delores Fery Rodney and Julie Gramer Robert Krueger Roger and Claudia Martell Laine Moody Chris and Lori Ode Arthur and Esther Oppenheimer W. Anthony and Gail Park Doug and Nancy Rae Matthew and Molly Schwarz Max and Joni Sheils The Terteling Company, Inc William and Virginia Wooley
In Memory of David Wayne Knighton Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partners
In Memory of Captain Daniel Lyon Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partners
In Memory of Meryle Kay Michael John and Jean Allan Junior League of Boise Ray and Linda Stark
In Memory of Dang Tri Nguyen Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partners
In Memory of Edward Orborne Ray and Linda Stark
In Memory of John Reberger Robert and Carol Hamlin
In Memory of Dr. Jack Soltman Sally Soltman
In Memory of Robert Streib Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partners
In Honor of Marion Shinn Roy Hovey Philip Shinn
Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702
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Privacy Policy | Email Preferences © 2014 Idaho Community Foundation President's Corner on Philanthropy It’s spring and the pace is picking up at the Idaho Community Foundation as it does every year at this time!
The Northern Idaho Regional Grants Panel met in Coeur d’Alene on April 17 to review and discuss 119 grant applications. They made their selections and forwarded their recommendation to the ICF Board of Directors for approval.
We’ll announce the recipients and begin issuing grants in June. We’re trying something new this year and will issue grant payments by direct deposit, which should mean that nonprofits receive their funding more quickly than in years past. Our next grants panel meeting is July 10 in eastern Idaho.
Next up is our 25th Annual Luncheon on May 29 at Boise Centre. This year’s keynote speaker is Tommy Ahlquist of Gardner Company who accomplished something that few thought they’d ever see – the successful construction of a tower at 8th and Main streets in downtown Boise. Ahlquist started his career as an emergency room physician and has been involved with several local nonprofits including the Family Advocate Program, Reach the Peak Foundation, Fresco Arts Academy, Boy Scouts of America and the March of Dimes.
Our Friend of the Foundation is Carolyn Johnson, who is being honored for the work that she and her late husband Peter Johnson did on ICF’s behalf during our early days. The Johnsons were married for 61 years. You can read about their role with ICF in my blog.
We will also be hosting the third annual On The Spot Grant presentations, thanks to our generous sponsors Norco, U.S. Bank, D.L. Evans Bank, Mike and Jan McBride, Idaho Power, The Hartwell Corporation, and Erstad Architects. We will be announcing the On the Spot Grant presenters later this month.
On June 25, we will be at the Coeur d’Alene Resort for ICF’s 5th Annual luncheon in North Idaho. The keynote speaker will be Anna Pearce better known to many of you as Academy Award winning actress Patty Duke. Anna, who is also an author and mental health advocate, has lived in the Coeur d’Alene area since the mid-1990s and has been active in nonprofits for several years.
As you may know, our North Idaho donor relations/donor development officer Jill Dougherty resigned in March and we are accepting applications now for filling the position. It’s full-time with medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. The officer will cover north Idaho from Boundary County to Idaho County and is based in our regional office in the Coeur d’Alene North Suites in downtown Coeur d’Alene. Click here for more information. If you or someone you know is a possible candidate, please encourage them to apply by May 16. We will begin reviewing of the applications the week of May 19-23 with interviews to follow in early June.
Best wishes for a great spring!
Bob
Headlines ICF Annual Luncheon is May 29 ICF Annual Luncheon is Reserve your spot now for ICF’s 25th Annual Luncheon on May 29 May 29 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Boise Centre. Tommy Ahlquist, chief operating officer of Gardner Group is ICF hiring in north Idaho the keynote speaker, and ICF will host the 3rd Annual On Donor Profile: Ray and The Spot grants, where three local nonprofits give Jane Morgan entertaining, informative presentations and audience
Longtime ICF supporter members vote to decide who should receive a grant of Leonard “Bud” Purdy $2,500. passes Tickets are $50 and $60 and tables of 10 are $480 and $580. You can RSVP by phone at 208.342.3535, by email or online. Upcoming Grant
Deadlines Tommy Ahlquist and Gardner Group recently completed Boise’s 8th & Main
Building. Ahlquist and Gardner Group also successfully joint ventured on several News Briefs other large Idaho projects, including Portico at Meridian, Eagle Island Crossing and St. Luke’s Nampa Medical Plaza. ICF's New and Tommy was an ER physician for 15 years before becoming a developer. He serves Renewing Members on several boards, including United Way, The American Heart Association, Idaho Month Year State University President’s Advisory Council and March of Dimes. He is very New Member | Renewing active in the medical community in the Treasure Valley, and has served on Member several boards for St. Luke’s Hospital, and was the Chairman of the Board for Emergency Medicine of Idaho. Benefactor ($1,000 and above) Christopher Davidson and Carolyn Johnson will receive the Friend of the Foundation award at the luncheon Sharon Christoph, Boise in honor of the work she and her husband Peter Johnson did for ICF. Peter was
a great philanthropist who played a significant role in the establishment of the Mark Kubiak and Susan Fenton Kubiak, Dover Idaho Community Foundation. He passed away earlier this year.
John and Delores Fery, Boise The luncheon is presented by Norco and U.S. Bank. Other sponsors are Idaho Ben and Anna Rolphe, Hayden Lake Power, D.L. Evans Bank, Erstad Architects, The Hartwell Corporation, and Mike and Jan McBride. Terry and Brenda Sanford, Heyburn The North Idaho Luncheon will be held Wednesday, June 25 at the Coeur Tricia Swartling, Ketchum d’Alene Resort. Keynote speaker is Academy Award winning actress Patty
Patron ($500-$999) Duke, also known as Anna Pearce. Robert and Michelle Angell, Boise ICF hiring in north Idaho John and Holly Magnuson, Coeur d’Alene The Idaho Community Foundation is hiring a full-time Fund
Anne Voilleque’, Idaho Falls Development/Donor Relations Officer based in Coeur d’Alene who will cover north Idaho from Boundary County to Raymond and Janice Wolfe, Idaho County. Caldwell
Sponsor ($250-$499) Primary duties include participating in the identification, Paul Anderson and Sandy cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors and fund Hall, Coeur d’Alene creators in these areas and working as a member of the ICF
John and Susan Bennett, statewide team of officers. Grangeville Secondary activities include assisting with relationship-building activities with Gregory and Christa Braun, current donors and members in the region; coordinating the Panhandle Nampa Leadership Council; and conducting marketing activities, including public Arthur and Nancy Flagan, presentations, professional visits with financial planners and others, and assisting Coeur d’Alene with events, media contacts and development of marketing materials.
Carol McLaughlin, Ketchum This position functions independently and requires local and regional travel. Dan and Tana Stahn, Sun Valley Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university and 3-5 years related nonprofit experience, or equivalent Sustainer ($100-$249) combination of education and experience. Skills in nonprofit fundraising, Bette-Jo Buhler, Victoria, TX grant making, public speaking, financial matters and group facilitation are highly William and Melissa Gilbert, desirable. This is a salaried position that pays $40,000-$50,000/year DOE. Boise
Virginia Kelly, Pocatello The search will remain open until filled. Resumes and cover letters should be submitted by email to [email protected] and will be reviewed beginning May Robert and Rita, Mecham 16. To see the full job description, click here. Mona Noble, Mountain Home Steven and JoAnn Peterson, Twin Falls Donor Profile: Ray and Jane Morgan
Dale and Victoria Smith, King Ray and Jane Morgan of Coeur d’Alene strongly believe Hill that protecting, caring for and improving their community is H. Norman and Kathryn important and they want to instill those values in their family. Wright, American Falls
Nonprofit Partner ($100 In 2010 they attended the Idaho Community Foundation’s North Idaho Luncheon +) where keynote speaker Peter Ueberroth, former chairman of the U.S. Olympic Kamiah Chamber of Committee and former Commissioner of Baseball, told a story about how he and Commerce, Kamiah his wife established a fund at the Orange County Community Foundation for their Supporter ($50-$99) grandchildren to help teach them about philanthropy. Annie Chalfant, Boise
Edson and Patricia Fujii, The Morgans, who have been married nearly 48 years, decided to borrow the Meridian Ueberroth’s idea and formed an LLC with their then 12-year-old grandson Cade in
Christopher and Pam Moore, 2012. Cade, now 13, is president of the corporation and takes a role in analyzing Lewiston stocks and picking investments.
David and Stephanie Sims, If the corporation generates income, Cade receives half of the proceeds for Bonners Ferry himself and half for charitable giving. So far he has given $900 in grants to Paul Villano, Pocatello nonprofits in Indianapolis, where he lives.
Friend ($25-$49) Susan Borowicz, Elk City “Being able to contribute to this effort is gratifying,” Jane said. “Sharing this endeavor with our son, daughter-in-law and grandson makes it even more Melva Gutzman, Salmon fulfilling.” Susan Morris, Spokane, WA
Jane Slattery, Boise Ray and Jane enjoyed the experience so much that they established a donor advised fund at ICF late last year. Like Cade, the Morgans will select grant Stephanie Strong, Preston recipients every year.
Britney Whiting-Looze, Boise The couple chose ICF as part of their estate planning because of the benefits ICF
offers, including pooling investments with other funds for larger growth, and the power of endowment, meaning that one day the Morgan’s fund will have Memorials and Honors distributed more than the amount with which it was started. The Idaho Community Foundation welcomes gifts “Working with ICF eliminates administrative duties for us and the fees are small,” sent as memorials or in honor Ray said. “We are still able to have our own fund that we control without daily of individuals on their operational duties. We still have tax benefits but the overall administrative and birthdays, anniversaries, tax costs are lower.” retirement, or other special occasions. Such gifts may be The couple is involved with several organizations in Coeur d’Alene. Jane is added to any individual fund Chairman of the Board for Friends of Head Start and is a member of the Women’s in the Foundation or to the Gift Alliance, the Coeur d’Alene Art Study Club and P.E.O. Ray has served as a Idaho Community Foundation member of the board of directors of the EXCEL Foundation, the Shep-Rock Unrestricted Trust Fund Foundation and assisted with fundraising for the Idaho Special Olympics, in
addition to being involved in many local nonprofits. The following gifts were received in April 2014: They look forward to using their fund to support their favorite organizations along
In Memory of Art Albanese with some new ones. “It’s our goal to benefit residents of Kootenai County in Robert and Jeannine Bilow support of social justice, education, the arts and protecting the environment,” Jane said. In Memory of Kathryn Benoit Paul and Margie Baehr Catherine Barney Longtime ICF supporter Leonard "Bud" Purdy passes
Gerald and Lorene Guentz Leonard N. “Bud” Purdy died April 14 of natural causes at his home on Silver Creek, west of Picabo, at the age of 96. In Memory of Amy Dunn
Dave McKeage He was born in Beatrice, Neb., on January 2, 1918 to parents
Leonard Purdy and Rachael Kilpatrick. Bud’s grandfather, W. In Memory of Eldon Evans H., began sending he and his brother in the summers to work Idaho Society of CPAs on the Picabo Kilpatrick Bros. Ranch when Bud was 10, In Memory of Peter where they learned to work hard. Johnson At age 16 Bud attended college at Washington State University in Pullman and Don Frisbee graduated in business administration in 1938. The local bank offered him $50 a J Roger and Annette Compton month but his grandfather offered him $60 to go to Picabo and take over In Memory of David management of the Ranch. Matheson William and Patricia Lodge A year later Bud married Maxine Dahl who was the mother of Bud’s three children, Nick, Mark and Kris. Bud divorced Maxine in 1950 and married Ruth In Memory of Leonard Eccles in 1952 and she and her son Gordon Eccles moved to Picabo. Ruth “Bud” Purdy became the bookkeeper and postmaster for the Picabo Store. Freda Cenarrusa Harry and Diane Rinker In 1955, Bud and Ruth bought the Ranch and other assets from Bud’s family.
Bud’s sister, Margaret and brother Paul took over the sheep, and Bud, his brother In Memory of John Bill and Ruth took the cattle and the ranch in Picabo. Later Bud and Ruth bought Rathbone William and Patricia Lodge Bill out of the Ranch and they bought the Picabo Store, Picabo grain elevator and seed business, Silver Creek Supply. In Honor of Dixie Lenon Thomas and Alice Hennessey Bud was very generous with his time and money. He served on countless boards and committees and never accepted any compensation. He was honest and had a reputation of being fair. He treated his employees well and paid top wages. Many of them worked for him all their working life. He loved the cattle business and running cattle on the open range and gathering them and herding them to new pastures.
Bud received many awards through the years, so many that the walls in his office won't hold any more plaques. He was honored as a Distinguished Citizen by the Idaho Statesman. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Range Science from the University of Idaho and he received many other awards from the University of Idaho and the College of Southern Idaho. He was inducted into the Idaho Hall of Fame in 2013 and he was Grand Marshall of the 2013 Ketchum Wagon Days Parade. He has been featured in many newspaper and magazine articles and on TV documentaries.
Bud is survived by his sister Margaret Struthers, his three sons, Nick, Mark, and Gordon, and his daughter Kris, 12 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two wives and one grandson.
Grangeville Community Foundation recognizes teachers with award
The Grangeville Community Foundation, an ICF community affiliate, recently presented the Orrin and Eleanora Webb Community Giving Award to Grangeville Elementary/Middle School (GEMS) teachers Elaine
Anderson, Michelle Barger, and Bea Edwards. Webb Community Giving Award recipients and GEMS teachers Michelle Barger and The award recognizes those who demonstrate a culture of Elaine Anderson and GEMS Principal Alica Holthaus who philanthropy in the community. Anderson, Barger and accepted the award for Bea Edwards. Edwards received a total of $3,000 in grants in 2012 from the CenturyLink Middle School Philanthropy Program, which is run through ICF.
The Middle School Philanthropy Program seeks to increase awareness among middle/junior high school students about the various needs within their communities and engage them in the work of the nonprofits working to meet those needs.
The Grangeville Community Foundation was impressed by the efforts of the teachers and their students and that’s why they were chosen for the Webb award. This is the first time the award has been given.
The Webbs were generous benefactors in Grangeville who distributed their entire $6 million estate to several organizations in the community.
“They truly felt that they had received so much from the community that this was their chance to give back in a very big way,” said Don Solberg, a longtime friend of the Webbs.
Jim Schmidt, vice president and general manager for CenturyLink in Idaho said he was glad to hear the teachers were being recognized for their work.
“We appreciate the fact that they are recognizing the extra effort of these teachers to teach students about philanthropy,” he said. “We are proud to be able to partner with them and hope that our efforts will result in students being more informed about needs in their communities, and plant a seed in them to establish a life-long interest to be involved in their community and give back when they can.”
Upcoming Grant Deadlines
On The Spot Grant videos accepted until May 28 All 2013 ICF grant recipients from north Idaho are eligible to apply give a presentation at our North Idaho Luncheon for a chance to receive a $2,500 grant.
Application is by short video so our selection committee can see the passion and energy level you will bring to your presentation. Presentations will be during our 5th Annual North Idaho Luncheon on Wednesday, June 25 at the Coeur d’Alene Resort.
For more information or to confirm your eligibility, contact Jennifer Oxley.
Southwestern Regional Grant Cycle open until July 1 The ICF grant cycle for southwest Idaho, which is Ada, Adams, Blaine, Boise, Camas, Canyon, Cassia, Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, Owyhee, Payette, Twin Falls, Valley and Washington counties, is now open. Deadline to apply is July 1. Organizations can apply for grants of up to $5,000.
For more information about eligibility and to apply, click here.
News Briefs
Idaho Gives exceeds 2013 total Idaho Gives, the statewide day of giving hosted on May 1 by the Idaho Nonprofit Center, raised more than $780,000 from more than 7,500 donors. ICF funds that participated in Idaho Gives received nearly $14,000. In 2013, Idaho Gives raised $580,000.
Free Benevon overview session available in Boise for nonprofits Terry Axelrod, Benevon Founder and CEO, will give an overview of the Benevon Model – a systematic process for engaging and developing relationships with mission-focused individual donors.
Participants will learn how to implement mission-focused, permission-based fundraising; how to make an organization more visible in the community and how to identify and cultivate individual donors who are passionate about their mission.
● Date: Monday, July 14, 2014
● Time: 1– 3 p.m.
● Location: The Basque Museum & Cultural Center, 611 W. Grove St., Boise
● RSVP: http://www.benevon.com/intros/register-boise
● Cost: Free, please RSVP as space is limited
● Who should attend: Two key leaders, including board members, CEO, and development director
● Questions: Contact Mercedes Robinson at 206-428-2150 or [email protected]
Benevon trains and coaches nonprofit organizations to implement a mission- based system for raising sustainable funding from individual donors. For more information, visit www.benevon.com.
Newly Created Funds
Bingham Community Foundation Scholarship Fund (scholarship) – Created by the generous donors of the Bingham Community Foundation to forever support graduating seniors in Bingham County in pursuing higher education.
Ray and Janice Wolfe Philanthropic Gifting Fund (donor advised) – Created by Ray and Janice Wolfe of Caldwell to support a variety of charities, including those enriching the quality of life in Canyon County.
Eric Marshall Sullins Scholarship Fund (scholarship) – Created by the Eric Marshall Sullins Scholarship Trust to provide financial aid to graduates of Fruitland High School.
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Privacy Policy | Email Preferences © 2014 Idaho Community Foundation President's Corner on Philanthropy The last couple of weeks of May were quite busy for the Idaho Community Foundation and June promises to be equally so. We celebrated our 25th Annual Luncheon in Boise on May 29 with nearly 400 attendees who were treated to a moving keynote address by Tommy Ahlquist. He is the chief operating officer for Gardner Company and is a former ER physician. His company is responsible for a large number of Treasure Valley development projects, the most recent being the new 8th & Main building in downtown Boise.
However, Tommy’s keynote speech didn’t focus on either ER medicine or project development, but rather volunteering, public service and philanthropy, lessons he learned from his grandmother, family and his physician mentor while growing up in Utah. As my friend Jim Everett, Treasure Valley YMCA CEO, said afterward: “Tommy’s message of hope was incredibly inspiring.”
Indeed it was! Incidentally, Jim will have a chance to provide his own message of hope at the 5th Annual Central Idaho Luncheon in Sun Valley on August 20.
Another wonderful moment was the acceptance of the Friends of the Foundation award by Carolyn Johnson on behalf of her work and that of her husband Peter Johnson, who passed away earlier this year. The Friends of Foundation Award is ICF’s highest honor. Peter spent a number of years in Idaho’s business sector where he became Trus Joist CEO at the age of 40 and went on to be appointed by President Ronald Reagan as administrator of Bonneville Power Administration. In 1988, Peter was approached by ICF’s Steering Committee leadership to help get the foundation up and running. With Carolyn’s support, he accepted the invitation and there is no doubt that without Peter’s leadership in those crucial early years we would not have celebrated our 25th anniversary last year.
An exciting part of the ICF luncheons, whether they are in Boise, Coeur d’Alene, Sun Valley or Idaho Falls, are the On The Spot Grants. This year we had presentations by MCPAWS Regional Animal Shelter, Miles of Smiles and the National MS Society of Utah and Southern Idaho. Miles of Smiles was selected by the attendees to receive a $2,500 grant. The other two nonprofits received $1,000 each.
ICF will be in Coeur d’Alene on June 25 for the 5th Annual North Idaho Luncheon at the Coeur d’Alene Resort where the keynote speaker will be Academy Award winning actress, author and mental health advocate Patty Duke, also known as Anna Pearce. The Grangeville Community Foundation will receive the Friends of the Foundation award and the candidates for the On Spot Grant will be Grangeville Centennial Library, Priest River Ministries and Sojourners’ Alliance. Hope those of you in North Idaho will join us for this wonderful event!
In other ICF news, we recently received word that the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust awarded us a $230,000 grant over three years! Those funds will be used to increase our fund development/donor relations officers in Idaho Falls and Coeur d’Alene from part-time to full-time hours with benefits, hire a part-time fund development/donor relations officer based in the Magic Valley, and hire a part-time donor relations assistant in Boise.
The listing for the fund development/donor relations job in the Magic Valley is in this e-bulletin and we encourage you to share it with those who might be interested in applying.
Also, the Museum of North Idaho, Bonner Community Food Center and Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area established agency funds this month. We’ve had five agency funds established in 2014 and we encourage nonprofits to consider them as part of their financial management plan. As with all endowed funds, agency funds are invested by our Investment Committee and 4.5% of the fund is available annually for the nonprofit to use as its board of directors deems appropriate. They can also request supplemental distributions.
Best wishes for a wonderful June!
Bob
Headlines ICF receives $230,000 grant to increase staff ICF receives $230,000 ICF will receive $230,000 over the next three years from the M.J. Murdock grant to increase staff Charitable Trust to increase the hours of our fund development/donor relations staff in eastern Idaho and north Idaho to full-time with benefits, hire a part-time ICF 5th Annual North fund development/donor relations staff person for south central Idaho, and hire a Idaho Luncheon is June 25 part-time donor relations assistant for the Boise office.
ICF hiring in Twin Falls “It’s long been the goal of our board of directors to raise the profile of the Idaho New Executive Assistant at Community Foundation throughout the state, and having regional staff is an ICF: Maria Alves excellent way to do so,” said ICF President and CEO Bob Hoover. “We are incredibly appreciative of the Murdock Charitable Trust for its three-year support Upcoming Grant Deadlines of our efforts.”
News Briefs Applications are currently being accepted for the fund development/donor relations position in south central Idaho. The job will be located in Twin Falls and the announcement is below. ICF's New and The M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust, based in Vancouver, Wash., was created by Renewing Members the will of the late Melvin J. (Jack) Murdock, co-founder of Tektronix, Inc., who Month Year had business involvements and interests throughout the Pacific Northwest. New Member | Renewing Member Since its establishment in 1975, the Trust has focused most of its grantmaking efforts in the five states of the Pacific Northwest: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Benefactor ($1,000 and above) Oregon, and Washington. A historical emphasis in grantmaking has been in higher Dallas Peck and Cynthia Keller- education, scientific research and development, human social services, health Peck, Boise care, and the arts.
Patron ($500-$999) William Berg and Melinda Cameron, Sagle ICF 5th Annual North Idaho Luncheon is June 25
Robert and Leslee Hoover, The 5th Annual North Idaho Luncheon is Wednesday, June Coeur d’Alene 25 from 11:30-1:30 p.m. at the Coeur d’Alene Resort. The
DeRay and Carol Perry, Idaho keynote speaker is Academy Award winning actress, author Falls and mental health advocate Patty Duke, also known as Anna
Pearce. Tickets are $45 and tables of eight are $340 and Dirk and Lindsay Zondag, Hailey $440. Deadline to reserve seats and tables is June 18.
Sponsor ($250-$499) Carl Bontrager and Kathleen The Grangeville Community Foundation will receive the Friends of the Lynn, Ketchum Foundation award. GCF is ICF’s first Together Idaho affiliate and they have Sustainer ($100-$249) successfully raised an endowment of more than $100,000 to be used for grant Bill and Bernadean Daniels, making in their community. Boise
Alan Echeverria and Dyan This will be the third year of the On The Spot Grants – where three local Sublett, Beverly Hills, CA nonprofits give entertaining and informative presentations and audience members vote to decide which should receive a grant of $2,500. The other two nonprofits Robert and Deborah Law, Ketchum receive $1,000 each. This year’s presenters are Grangeville Centennial Library, Priest River Ministries and Sojourners’ Alliance. J. Patrick and Karen McGahan, Idaho Falls The North Idaho Regional Luncheon is sponsored by Norco, US Bank, Kootenai
Josephine Miller, Boise Health, Mike and Jan McBride, Tom and Sue Thilo, and Bob Yuditsky/ Morgan Stanley. K.V. and Jo Ann Nelson, Coeur d’Alene
David and Yoshie Nordling, ICF hiring in Twin Falls Eagle Idaho Community Foundation hiring Fund Development/
Marilyn Sabella, Sandpoint Donor Relations Officer The Idaho Community Foundation is hiring a 20-hour/week Christopher and Catherine fund development/donor relations officer based in Twin Falls Smith, Idaho Falls who will cover south central Idaho. Wayne and Peggy Thiessen, Boise Primary duties include participating in the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors and fund Clement Yonker and Lori creators in the area and working as a member of the ICF Getts, Sandpoint statewide team of officers.
Supporter ($50-$99) Robert and Anne Hay, Boise Secondary activities include assisting with relationship-building activities with current donors and members in the region; coordinating the South Central Idaho Professor Jill Manny, New Leadership Council; and conducting marketing activities, including public York, NY presentations, professional visits with financial planners and others, and assisting
Andrea Pierceall, Hailey with events, media contacts and development of marketing materials.
Friend ($25-$49) This position functions independently and requires local and regional travel. Felicia Burkhalter, Boise Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university
Kevin Dunn, Boise and 3-5 years related nonprofit experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Skills in nonprofit fundraising, grant making, public Larry Johnson, Meridian speaking, financial matters and group facilitation are highly desirable. This is a
Leonard Parenteau, Priest salaried position that pays $20,000-$25,000 DOE. River The search will remain open until filled. Resumes and cover letters should be Richard Stallings, Pocatello submitted by email to [email protected] by June 20. If a large volume of resumes are received prior to June 20, the hiring schedule may be accelerated. Debra Vis, Caldwell For details, including the full job description, please visit www.idcomfdn.org. Jonathan Yoshizaki, Boise
New Executive Assistant at ICF: Maria Alves
Memorials and Honors ICF is pleased to welcome Maria Alves as our new executive assistant. Maria grew up on a dairy farm in the small town of The Idaho Community Gustine in California’s Central Valley. Foundation welcomes gifts sent as memorials or in honor She has family in the Magic Valley and when her former of individuals on their husband was offered a job in Idaho, she jumped at the chance birthdays, anniversaries, to move here. Before coming to ICF, Maria worked in sales in Caldwell. retirement, or other special occasions. Such gifts may be She enjoys working for ICF because the foundation makes a difference in every added to any individual fund community in Idaho. “I get great satisfaction knowing that I am involved with an in the Foundation or to the organization that positively impacts not only the area I live in, but the whole Idaho Community Foundation state,” she said. Unrestricted Trust Fund Maria has four children and three grandchildren. Her hobbies include spending The following gifts were time with kids and grandkids, traveling, get-togethers with friends, baking and received in May 2014: crocheting.
In Memory of Jayne Brown Karl and Sheila Klages Upcoming Grant Deadlines
In Memory of Warren Southwestern Regional Grant Cycle open until July 1 The ICF grant cycle for southwest Idaho, which is Ada, Adams, Blaine, Boise, Brown Camas, Canyon, Cassia, Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, Karl and Sheila Klages Owyhee, Payette, Twin Falls, Valley and Washington counties, is now open.
In Memory of Dick Fields Deadline to apply is July 1. Tom and Alice Hennessey Organizations can apply for grants of up to $5,000.
Robert Bilow and Jeannine For more information about eligibility and to apply, click here. Mehrhoff Ray and Linda Stark News Briefs In Memory of Dorothy Free Benevon overview session available in Boise for nonprofits Harrison Janet Parks Terry Axelrod, Benevon Founder and CEO, will give an overview of the Benevon
Model – a systematic process for engaging and developing relationships with In Memory of Peter mission-focused individual donors. Johnson Karen Kellie Participants will learn how to implement mission-focused, permission-based Nadine Skotheim fundraising; how to make an organization more visible in the community and how
to identify and cultivate individual donors who are passionate about their mission. In Memory of Vicki Little Robert and Carol Hamlin ● Date: Monday, July 14, 2014
In Memory of Montana R. Pulver ● Time: 1– 3 p.m. Karrol and Carol Williams ● Location: The Basque Museum & Cultural Center, 611 W. Grove St., Boise
In Memory of Bud Purdy Scott and Sara Nelson ● RSVP: http://www.benevon.com/intros/register-boise William and Linda Potter ● Cost: Free, please RSVP as space is limited.
In Memory of Mathew Weissman ● Who should attend: Two key leaders, including board members, CEO, and development director Elizabeth Brett
In Memory of Thomas ● Questions: Contact Mercedes Robinson at 206-428-2150 or Wright [email protected] Ray and Linda Stark Benevon trains and coaches nonprofit organizations to implement a mission-based In Honor of Alice system for raising sustainable funding from individual donors. For more Hennessey information, visit www.benevon.com. Sheila Hennessey
ICF 2013 Annual Report now available
The 2013 Annual Report is available to view on ICF’s website by clicking here or you can order a free copy. To order a copy, please email [email protected] or call (208) 342-3535.
Newly Created Funds Bonner Community Food Bank Fund (agency) – Established to forever support the mission of the Bonner Community Food Bank, which assists persons in Bonner County with emergency non-medical resources in a time of personal crisis.
Bogus Basin Endowment Fund (agency) – Assures the sustainability of Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, which, since 1942, is one of the most treasured assets in southwestern Idaho.
Museum of North Idaho Endowment Fund (agency) – Created by the Museum of North Idaho to forever support its mission to collect, preserve and interpret the history of the Coeur d'Alene Region and foster appreciation of the area's heritage.
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Privacy Policy | Email Preferences © 2014 Idaho Community Foundation President's Corner on Philanthropy Sometimes the best laid plans go awry and that was certainly the case with the Idaho Community Foundation’s 5th Annual North Idaho Luncheon in Coeur d’Alene last month. Academy Award winning actor, New York Times best selling author, and mental health advocate Patty Duke was scheduled as our keynote speaker but unfortunately she became ill and was hospitalized the week before the luncheon.
We were very fortunate that her nephew Mike Kennedy, a former Coeur d’Alene City Council member and North Idaho entrepreneur, stepped in at the last minute. He was a spectacular substitute! In addition to his wonderful humor, Mike had a moving message about philanthropy that resonated with those of us in attendance.
The luncheon also provided us the opportunity to recognize the Grangeville Community Foundation with the ICF Friend of the Foundation Award. Former ICF Board Director John Bennett, is chair of GCF’s board and he accepted the award on their behalf. GCF is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization created by the people of Grangeville for the people of Grangeville. Their vision is to create a vibrant and healthy community for themselves and for future generations.
GCF was the first of ICF’s six community affiliates in our Together Idaho Program. The Together Idaho Program helps rural communities build permanent endowments. Community affiliates are “mini-ICFs” that have nonprofit status, their own advisory boards and they decide their own grant processes. GCF was formally established in January 2012, and since then individuals, families and businesses have donated over $100,000 to GCF’s Legacy Endowment Fund.
The luncheon also had three On The Spot Grant presentations – Grangeville Centennial Library, Priest River Ministries Advocates for Women and Sojourners’ Alliance. The audience selected Priest River Ministries for the $2,500 On The Spot Grant award and the other two nonprofits received $1,000 each.
I recall visiting Priest River Ministries one cold, foggy January morning in 2010 and meeting their extraordinary Executive Director Rhonda Encinas. I will always remember her caring demeanor and professionalism as she interacted with the women and children in the office that morning and especially her passion for her program. The recession had brought difficult days for Priest River women and families and PRM was making a difference in their lives.
The luncheon also gave us the opportunity to introduce Charlie Miller as our new North Idaho development - donor relations officer. Charlie is well known in the Coeur d’Alene community where he is a third generation Idahoan, North Idaho College alumnus, graduate of the University of Idaho. He has been executive director of the North Idaho Centennial Trail Foundation for the past seven years. He was selected from a very strong pool of candidates and began his work with ICF on July 7. I hope those of you in North Idaho will have an opportunity to visit with him soon. We are excited about his joining the ICF team.
Try to stay cool in these hot days of July!
Bob
Headlines ICF 4th Annual Central Idaho Luncheon is August 20 ICF 4th Annual Central ICF will host its 4th Annual Central Idaho Luncheon on Idaho Luncheon is August Wednesday, Aug. 20 at the Sun Valley Inn. Jim Everett, 20 CEO of the Treasure Valley YMCA will be the keynote speaker. The Purdy Family and the Riedel Family will On The Spot Grant receive the Friends of the Foundation award for their work on opportunity for central the Silver Creek Restoration Project. Idaho nonprofits As part of the luncheon, ICF will host its 2nd Annual On The Jim Everett New Board Director: Fahim Spot Grant presentations. Three local nonprofits will be Rahim invited to give an entertaining, informative and brief
ICF hiring in Twin Falls presentation about their work. The audience will vote to decide which organization will receive a grant of $2,500. The Recent Grants other two organizations will receive $1,000 each. More
information is below. News Briefs
ICF's New and Tickets are $40 each and tables of 8 are $300 and $400. RSVP at www.idcomfdn. Renewing Members org or (208) 342-3535.
Month Year We had a terrific time at the North Idaho Luncheon on June 25 and we are New Member | Renewing especially appreciative of our last-minute keynote speaker Mike Kennedy, who Member stepped in to take the place of his aunt, Academy Award winning actress Patty
Benefactor ($1,000 and Duke. Patty was scheduled to be our keynote speaker, but was hospitalized with above) stomach issues. Mike said last week that she is recovering well. Joseph and Patricia Marshall, Boise Big congratulations to our North Idaho On The Spot Grant recipients Priest River Ministries Advocates for Women! Thanks also to Grangeville Centennial Library Robert and Mary Kay Yuditsky, Coeur d’ Alene and Sojourners’ Alliance for their terrific presentations!
Patron ($500-$999) On The Spot Grant opportunity for central Idaho J. Brent and Sandra Fery, Boise Nonprofits
Alan and Wendy Pesky, Recent ICF grant recipients (2013 and/or 2014) in Blaine, Ketchum Camas, Cassia, Elmore, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka and Twin Falls counties are eligible to apply to Charlotte Unger, Ketchum participate in the On The Spot Grant presentations at the Richard and Dawn Wittman, Central Idaho Luncheon for a chance to receive a $2,500 Culdesac grant. The deadline to apply is Thursday, July 31.
Paul and Judy Yochum,
Pocatello Three nonprofits will be chosen to give an entertaining and
Sponsor ($250-$499) informational 3- to 4-minute presentation about their North Idaho On Clay and Jan Carley, Boise organization or program at our Annual Luncheon on The Spot Grant
A. Dale Dunn, Eagle Wednesday, Aug. 20 at the Sun Valley Inn. recipient Rhonda Encinas of Priest Guy Hearon and Cheryl Stewart, Sandpoint Auditions are by video, which helps the selection River Ministries committee see the passion and energy level you will bring Advocates for Kenneth and Betty Huff, Boise to your presentation. Women
Damon Noller, Boise Your video should be about two minutes long and should tell us: Arthur and Renee Rammell, Idaho Falls 1. A little bit about your organization Jodi Reynolds, Boise
Paul and Roberta Saccoman, 2. About the program for which you are seeking support Boise 3. What you will do to make your luncheon presentation entertaining and Tom and Sue Thilo, Hayden informative Lake
Sustainer ($100-$249) 4. Any additional information you’d like to include Stewart and Mary Butler, Hayden Lake You will be judged on your enthusiasm, creativity and the appeal of your
Thomas and Ellen Campion, program. You will not be judged on your audition video quality. Cell phone Ketchum video, webcam video and camera videos are all acceptable as long as we can
Harold and Penny Coe, Mercer hear the audio. If you would like to see a sample video please email Island, WA Jennifer Oxley.
Judd and Diane DeBoer, Boise The audience will vote at the conclusion of the presentations and the top vote- Robert Drummond, Hayden getter will receive $2,500. The other two nonprofits will receive $1,000 each.
Brad and Annette Elg, Boise Please do not email audition videos, the files are too large. Contact
C. Perry Green, Kamiah Jennifer when you are ready to submit your video and she will send you a link to a Dropbox account where you can upload it. Gregory Kaslo and Anita Kay
Hardy, Boise On The Spot Grants are being provided thanks to generous donations from our
Steven and Elizabeth Huish, luncheon sponsors Norco, U.S. Bank, Mike and Jan McBride, D.L. Evans Sun Valley Bank, Idaho Power and Tricia Swartling.
Donald and Dorothy Jacklin, Post Falls New Board Director: Fahim Rahim Donald and Nancy Longwith, Fahim Rahim of Pocatello is a Pakistani native who Idaho Falls moved to the United States with his brother Naeem R. Bruce and Judith Owens, Rahim in 1988, shortly after finishing medical school. Hayden Lake They completed their medical training in New York and Tom and Michelle Praggastis, moved to Idaho in 2005, where they established the Idaho Sun Valley Kidney Institute, now the largest care provider for patients
Mike and Amy Roe, Boise suffering from kidney disease in southeast Idaho.
Marion Shinn, Lewiston In addition to Idaho Kidney Institute, the brothers are Fahim Rahim Don and Andrea Solberg, affiliate faculty at Idaho State University, provide clinical Grangeville mentoring for family medicine residents from ISU, and host a radio talk show “House Call,” on KISU radio. Both Norman Steadman, Weippe are founders and managing partners of Nephro Harry and Gerry Turner, Twin Consultants, LLC, a healthcare consulting firm for medical Falls practices and healthcare startups.
Jack and Mary Pat Winderl, Garden City Fahim and Naeem co-founded the JRM Foundation for Humanity, which is now Supporter ($50-$99) an ICF fund, and serve as chairmen of the fund’s board of directors. They also Freda Cenarrusa, Boise founded Idaho`s Hometown Hero Medal, a civilian medal that recognizes Rich and Betty Jordan, Boise individuals who embody the spirit of philanthropy and have shown remarkable
Clark and Grace Lusk, Coeur commitment to creating better communities across the state. d’Alene Both brothers have been recipient of several regional and national honors and Gerald and Sheila Mells, Hailey medals including congressional records from both the U.S. House and Senate.
Glenn and Christina Michael, Fahim is a barefoot runner and avid cyclist who participates in Lotoja, longest Boise single day bike race in the U.S. every year. Barbara Nelson, Post Falls
Friend ($25-$49) ICF hiring in Twin Falls Mary Evans, Ogden, UT The Idaho Community Foundation is hiring a 20-hour/week fund development/donor relations officer based in Twin Sheila Gary, Hayden Lake Falls who will cover south central Idaho. Barbara Hawkins, Pollock Primary duties include participating in the identification, Patricia Kempthorne, Boise cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors and fund John Miller, Twin Falls creators in the area and working as a member of the ICF
statewide team of officers. Susan Phillips, Elk City
Kristen Thompson, Meridian Secondary activities include assisting with relationship-building activities with Richard Wandrocke, Coeur current donors and members in the region; coordinating the South Central d’Alene Idaho Leadership Council; and conducting marketing activities, including public
presentations, professional visits with financial planners and others, and Memorials and Honors assisting with events, media contacts and development of marketing materials. The Idaho Community Foundation welcomes gifts This position functions independently and requires local and regional travel. sent as memorials or in honor Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or of individuals on their university and 3-5 years related nonprofit experience, or equivalent birthdays, anniversaries, combination of education and experience. Skills in nonprofit fundraising, grant retirement, or other special making, public speaking, financial matters and group facilitation are highly occasions. Such gifts may be desirable. This is a salaried position that pays $20,000-$25,000 DOE. added to any individual fund The search will remain open until filled. Resumes and cover letters should be in the Foundation or to the submitted by email to [email protected] by July 21. For details, including Idaho Community Foundation the full job description, please visit www.idcomfdn.org. Unrestricted Trust Fund Recent Grants The following gifts were Northern Region Competitive Grant Cycle provides received in June 2014: more than $164,000
In Memory of Clarence ICF’s Northern Region Competitive Grants Panel has “Smilie” Anderson selected 74 north Idaho nonprofit organizations to receive Idaho Youth Education more than $164,000 through its annual grant cycle.
Recycling Partners Grant recipients are from Benewah, Bonner, Boundary,
Panhandle Alliance In Memory of Dick Fields Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Nez Perce and for Education Idaho Youth Education Shoshone counties. Recycling Partners This year’s recipients of the Northern Region Competitive Grant Cycle are:
In Memory of Mark Hopkins Benewah County Idaho Youth Education University of Idaho Benewah County Extension – $2,000 to facilitate Recycling Partners experiential learning opportunities through 4-H afterschool and 4-H day camp activities to children 5-18 years of age in Benewah County. These programs In Memory of Peter will also allow youth to learn valuable skills in nutrition and career exploration. Johnson Tim Berry and Leann Johnson- Coeur d’Alene Tribe – $3,500 to help purchase and install 15 energy efficient Berry windows, reducing energy costs at the shelter, purchase bedding and bath linens for children’s use while staying at the shelter and help pay for internal In Memory of Jerry Nall administrative costs to manage this project/award. Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partners Benewah Community Hospital – $1,130 to purchase a Trauma Simulation Training Module to be used with a manikin to train healthcare staff on handling In Memory of Bud Purdy trauma patients that come to the hospital. Timothy Gardiner St. Maries Volunteer Community Clinic, Inc. – $500 to purchase critically In Memory of Ben Smelcer needed medications for patients. Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partners Bonner County Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Inc. – $1,500 to support the northern portion of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival’s theater education tours to elementary and secondary schools for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Pend Oreille Arts Council, Inc. – $1,000 to provide unique, culturally diverse educational opportunities in the visual and performing arts for K-12th grade students in Bonner County at no cost.
West Bonner County School District #83 – $500 to purchase costumes in conjunction with Priest River Lamanna High School’s 21st Century Grant after school program.
Panhandle Animal Shelter – $364 to provide spay and neuter surgeries for owned and free-roaming dogs and cats as a targeted approach to reducing the pet population in Sandpoint.
Panhandle Alliance for Education Inc. – $2,450 to purchase 350 Books for Babies kits, to be given to the new parents of babies born at the Bonner General Hospital during the calendar year 2014.
Team Autism 24/7 – $4,750 to create an autism education lending library in collaboration with the East Bonner County Library that will provide currently unavailable books, audio-visual material, and other informational resources free of charge.
Bonner Community Food Center – $500 to purchase non-perishable foods for seniors, the disabled, veterans and low-income families of Bonner County to help stretch their food budget.
Community Cancer Services – $2,500 to provide financial assistance to help meet the practical needs for medically under-served cancer clients in Bonner and Boundary counties.
Kinderhaven, Inc. – $1,143 to purchase a new double-oven electric range. Priest River Ministries Inc. – $3,973 to provide hope, education, support, shelter and healing to families in crisis so they may begin a life free of violence and enter into an empowered and self-sufficient lifestyle.
Sandpoint Resource Center – $1,500 to pay for telecommunications and volunteer training during 2014.
Boundary County Paradise Valley Volunteer Fire Department – $980 to provide smoke and fire detectors and carbon monoxide detectors to the residents of the district who are not able to purchase or install them.
Boundary Community Hospital – $1,090 to purchase an upper-body ergonometer (arm bike) for the Rehabilitation Department.
Bonners Ferry Church of the Nazarene – $1,050 to ensure the availability of basic hygiene products and offer food packs for kids in the area during summer vacation.
Clearwater County Clearwater Community Concert Association – $2,500 to bring in a high-quality live music group to expand the musical culture of the area and provide free educational workshops to local schools or communities.
Clearwater Soil and Water Conservation District – $1,250 to provide continuing education for residents ages 8-80 of Clearwater and surrounding counties regarding soil and water conservation, along with agricultural and environmental management.
Idaho National Guard Youth Challenge Foundation – 1,000 to purchase indoor recreational exercise equipment for the Academy, thereby helping the youths reach their health and fitness goals during inclement weather.
Orofino Rural Fire District – $1,000 to finish building the Orofino Rural Fire Station.
Idaho National Guard Youth Challenge Foundation – $1,000 to purchase indoor recreational exercise equipment for the Academy, thereby helping the youths reach their health and fitness goals during inclement weather.
Elk River Free Library District – $4,040 to replace outdated and failing antennas in order to continue providing internet to the community, some outlying areas and visitors.
Idaho County Idaho County Recycling – $1,000 to improve the infrastructure by retrofitting two cardboard collection bins and three commodity collection bins.
Tahoe Community First Responders, Inc. – $1,030 to purchase a computer, mouse, remote keyboard, external back-up disk and software programs which will be used to communicate with the Idaho EMS Bureau, file incident reports and track financial and internal administrative data.
Kootenai County Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra, Inc. – $1,000 to provide funding for the annual free Labor Day Concert held at Coeur d’Alene City Park.
North Idaho Friends of the Opera and the Arts, Inc. – $2,500 to perform the children’s opera “Hansel and Gretel” adapted to a Native American theme at up to 20 K-6 schools in north Idaho, and bring the production to the tribal communities of Plummer (Coeur d’Alene Tribe) and Lewiston (Nez Perce Tribe).
Spokane Symphony Society – $2,500 to provide three free concerts for elementary students Citizens’ Council for the Arts – $5,000 to provide scholarships to Art Shop for low-income children.
Coeur d’Alene Public Library Foundation, Inc. – $4,910 to purchase equipment and provide training for teens 13-18 to participate in the “Peer to Peer” portion of the StoryCatcher oral history recording project at the CdA Library.
Fernan PTA – $3,529 to purchase materials to begin creating a STEM library that will service the entire population of Fernan Elementary including children, faculty and staff.
First Presbyterian Church – $3,000 to grant scholarships to children from low- income and homeless families who otherwise could not afford to send their children to a learning center.
FIRST Robotics Competition Team 3145, The TeraViks – $2,000 to buy more parts for a robot and help towards travel to a competition in Calgary.
Invent Now, Inc. – $2,500 to enable underserved students to experience the Camp Invention program at Ramsey Magnet School of Science.
Lakeland Joint School District #272 – $4,000 to purchase supplemental items for each of the five BASE locations including science, kitchen, art, experiments and manipulative items.
NAMI Coeur d’Alene – $5,000 to purchase materials and pay costs to continue and expand educational and support programs, increase the number of persons trained to facilitate the programs, continue outreach to veterans, homeless, and sustain public advocacy and education.
University of Idaho Foundation, Inc. – $3,600 to expand the lending library for the Community Water Resource Center at the University of Idaho in Coeur d’Alene with the addition of microscopes and macroinvertebrate viewers.
Family Promise of North Idaho – $2,500 to provide homeless families with life skills, support and connection to internal and community resources as they prepare to move into sustainable housing.
Habitat for Humanity of North Idaho – $2,100 to purchase a rolling scaffold and other equipment to begin a program of repairing low-income homeowners’ dwellings with damaged/leaky roofs.
Coeur d’Alene Homes, Inc. – $2,000 to provide a truck to expand services and funding sources for assisted living and memory care.
Hospice of North Idaho – $5,000 to pay for Camp Kaniksu, a very special educational camp for grieving children. The camp experience is provided under professional direction and the supervision of bereavement counselors and trained volunteers.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho – $1,400 to replace much-needed waterfront equipment, enhancing the girls’ experience at summer resident camp at Camp Four Echoes.
Specialized Needs Recreation – $2,500 to benefit over 300 children with special needs by providing top-quality recreational activities and events, vital to their (and their families') quality of life through the Camp Allstars program.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Northwest – $1,000 to match carefully screened and trained adult mentors to Kootenai County youth who are at-risk of academic and social failure.
Idaho Youth Ranch, Inc. – $1,800 to remodel the current fitness room so that it is a truly viable treatment component.
Kootenai Alliance for Children and Families, Inc. – $3,000 to strengthen the safety net of resources and support for local children being raised by a relative.
Post Falls Food Bank – $1,000 to purchase and install new mechanical and energy efficient refrigeration equipment for 10x8x30 foot walk-in refrigerator which stores perishable food items for distribution to clients.
St. Vincent de Paul Salvage Bureau – $1,000 to deliver best-practice child sexual abuse prevention training workshops to the five northern counties.
Latah County Festival Dance and Performing Arts Association, Inc. – $2,000 to reach students from 15 schools in nine communities in Latah, Benewah and Nez Perce counties with 24 educational outreach programs. Four programs are by touring professional dance companies and 20 Discover Dance classes are taught by local dance professionals.
Palouse Audubon Society – $1,500 to complete the construction of an inviting entrance and disabled accessible raised walk leading visitors into the Stateline Wetland.
City of Troy Summer Program – $5,000 to purchase new sports equipment, craft supplies and games.
Families Together For People With Disabilities – $2,000 to provide a Family Enrichment Day to promote healthy family functioning by strengthening family cohesion, restoring family balance, and promoting family resiliency for families with children with developmental disabilities and behavior challenges.
Juliaetta-Kendrick Heritage Foundation – $1,500 to produce a historical as well as educational DVD documenting “Early Days of Juliaetta” and a 25-site descriptive self-tour guidebook.
Latah County 4-H – $1,000 to help fund summer activities and programs for youth in Latah County, focusing on cities in the county that are underserved.
Moscow High School – $1,490 to provide authentic life skill instruction for Moscow High School students with disabilities to give them the opportunity to live a more independent life upon graduation from Moscow High School.
Backyard Harvest – $1,500 to further grow the Community Orchard program, which provides local, fresh fruit to underserved populations in the community, by helping secure partnerships and relationships that will increase the sustainability of the program.
Circles of Caring Adult Day Health Foundation – $3,744 to promote and deliver the Dementia Education Series and the Caregiver Support Group. These programs are offered free to the public.
Community Health Association of Spokane – $4,000 to provide prescription medication vouchers for low-income, uninsured patients at Latah Community Health in Moscow, Idaho.
Kendrick Grange #413 – $2,000 to repair the roof towers and the flashing to prevent further erosion and damage to the top of the historic building used as a community center.
Family Promise of the Palouse – $2,500 to purchase a cargo trailer to haul beds between host congregation locations where homeless families stay overnight. Host locations rotate on a weekly schedule throughout the year.
J-K Good Samaritan Food Bank – $1,000 to provide food for those in need.
Palouse Habitat for Humanity – $1,500 to increase fund raising capabilities of the Habitat Surplus Store through advertising, providing adequate tools and equipment for volunteers and support of construction teams.
Nez Perce County First Territorial Capitol of Idaho Revitalization Project – $500 to prepare and print visitor brochures, rack cards and classroom lessons for area schools.
Lapwai School District No. 341 – $4,940 to purchase supplies and materials for Emergency First Aid and Trauma Kit Backpacks for 65 classrooms at Lapwai pre-school, elementary and middle/high schools.
Nez Perce Soil and Water Conservation District – $1,000 to educate 5th- and 6th- grade youth in Nez Perce, Lewis, and Asotin counties on conservation and natural resources through hands-on learning activities.
Snake River Community Clinic, Inc. – $3,000 to provide emergency dental vouchers, chronic respiratory medications, and medical eye exams for patients.
McGhee Elementary School – $5,000 to purchase components for a new playground.
The Idaho Foodbank – $1,000 to support the Backpack program and feed hungry children in Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis, and Nez Perce counties.
YWCA of Lewiston/Clarkston – $4,375 to support the position of childcare provider for families residing in the YWCA emergency shelter programs, allowing parents to conduct job and housing searches, attend appointments and interviews, and build self-sufficiency.
Shoshone County Northern Pacific Depot Foundation, Inc. – $2,000 to enhance and renew the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot Museum exhibits and upstairs rooms for the 2014 tourist season.
Shoshone County Community Concert Association – $1,000 to help pay for the costs of providing live concert performances to the community, including the K- 12 schools.
Mining Heritage Exhibition, Inc. – $1,000 to buy materials and fund work that is beyond what can be accomplished by volunteer work crews, and completing the finishing touches on the covered compressor exhibit.
City of Wallace – $1,905 to replace and repair stairways on the south hill of Wallace, and erect an interpretative sign with a map of the stair locations.
Shoshone County Women’s Resource Center – $2,500 to partially fund expenses in order to assist in sustaining victim advocacy services in Shoshone County.
Bistline Fund in ICF gives more than $82,000 in grants The F.M., and Anne G., and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fund in ICF is providing more than $82,000 in grants to arts-focused nonprofits in southeastern Idaho.
The Bistline Fund gives grants twice a year. It was established in 2011. Previously it was the F.M. and Anne G. and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation, a private foundation founded in 1999 by Pocatello philanthropist Beverly Bistline Grant Bistline and named in honor of her parents. recipient The Art Museum of Recipients of the spring/summer grant cycle are: Eastern Idaho City of American Falls – $5,000 to create and install bronze castings of local fish, birds, footprints, and other creatures between existing landscape plantings along the 100 and 200 blocks of Idaho Street.
City of Malad – $2,000 to remodel three large (10'x20') backdrop murals, purchase microphones, rent a stagecoach, pay a stipend for music to be written, and purchase supplies for costumes and the set for the Malad Valley sesquicentennial musical “Voices of the Valley.”
Holy Spirit Catholic Church (Pocatello) – $1,148 to provide watercolor art supplies for 200 students, grades K-8. Idaho State University (Pocatello) – $20,000 to build and sustain a dedicated state-of-the-art website to increase both visibility and revenue for the L.E. and Thelma Stephens Performing Arts Center while providing new and existing patrons accessibility with live and immediate response time.
Idaho State University (Pocatello) – $11,000 to bring in two guests artists from the Tectonic Theatre Project for three days of intensive workshops with students focused on the February 2015 production of “Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde,” created by their company in 1997.
Lillian Vallely School (Blackfoot) – $4,500 to purchase arts/craft materials used in teaching/making Native American crafts for gifting to elders and volunteers, and to pay stipends for visiting contemporary artists.
Musician’s West, Inc. (Pocatello) – $2,730 for general operating support for the Pre-College Division of the Musicians West Piano Competition.
Old Town Actors Studio (Pocatello) – $5,000 to expand the educational branch to encompass junior and senior high schools while continuing to enhance theatre for youth and young adults that entertains and teaches.
Old Town Pocatello Foundation – $1,555 for the repair, restoration, photo documentation and creation of identifying plaques for seven existing public art pieces located in the Old Town Pocatello area.
Oneida Crisis Center, Inc. (Malad City) – $4,979 for a kiln, kiln supplies, ceramic tools, clay and other art supplies in a collaborative effort in supporting specific art activities geared at increasing healthy relationships and teen dating violence awareness by engaging local high school artists.
Snake River Education Foundation (Blackfoot) – $4,000 to pay the fees and expenses associated with bringing Ryan Shupe & the Rubber Band to Blackfoot to perform a concert and provide a workshop to train local students and musicians.
Snake River New Horizon’s Band (Blackfoot) – $2,500 to purchase band instruments, music scores, and marketing items such as uniforms, music stands, banners and advertising.
South Bannock County Historical Center (Lava Hot Springs) – $2,970 to purchase a wireless microphone set for our youth “Readers Theater,” featuring historical events as documented by our archives. Wireless microphones will help our performers project the script readings to the audience, while focusing on acting.
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho (Idaho Falls) – $7,018 to take hands-on art lessons to elementary school classrooms in Firth, Shelley, Fort Hall and Blackfoot.
West Side School District #202 (Dayton) – $5,000 to improve individual access to band and orchestra instruments for elementary and middle school students in the West Side School District.
West Side School District #202 (Dayton) – $3,000 to supplement funds for quality, live performances for the Dayton community.
Century Link donates $30,000 through ICF Century Link, Inc., recently donated $30,000 in grants to 42 nonprofit organizations in Idaho and southeast Oregon as part of the company’s Middle School Philanthropy Program that it runs through ICF. Students at 10 middle schools were given the opportunity to distribute $3,000 per school among local nonprofits impacting their community.
This is the third year the CenturyLink Middle School Philanthropy Program has been in place. Over the past three years, 28 schools and approximately 700 students have participated, and $84,000 has been awarded to 100 nonprofit organizations.
The program’s purpose is to increase awareness among middle school students of various needs in their communities. In addition, the program aims to create a lifelong interest in volunteerism and community involvement, develop skills to allocate limited resources and increase civic engagement.
The nonprofits selected by students in the 10 schools are: East Valley Middle School (Nampa) – Students in Ashley Hart’s eighth- grade honors language arts class awarded $800 to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital, $600 to the Nampa Lions, $600 to the Canyon County Animal Shelter, $600 to Special Olympics of Idaho and $400 to Meridian PAL.
Grangeville Elementary Middle School – Sixth-grade students in Michelle Barger and Elaine Anderson’s classes awarded $500 to Animal Ark, $500 to the Hope Pregnancy Center, $500 to Kids Klub, $500 to the Bicentennial Horizons Committee Inc., $500 to the Camas Prairie Food Bank Inc., and $500 to the Grangeville PTA.
Heritage Community Charter School (Caldwell) – Students in Crystal Davidson’s eighth-grade science class awarded $1,000 to the Hope House for Children, $1,000 to Witco and $1,000 to the Canyon County Animal Shelter.
Lake Hazel Middle School (Nampa) – National Junior Honor Society students in Karen Miller’s class awarded $2,000 to the Idaho Humane Society and $1,000 to the Treasure Valley Down Syndrome Association.
Ontario Middle School – Students in Penny McDermott’s math lab awarded $1,500 to Four Rivers Culture Center and $1,500 to the Boys and Girls Club in Ontario.
Rimrock Junior Senior High (Bruneau) – Students in Kathy Mori’s eighth- grade class awarded $500 to Idaho Human Rights Education Center, $450 to the Bruneau Quick Response Unit, $950 to the Bruneau Valley Booster Club, $400 to the Grand View Ambulance Service, $350 to the Rimrock Community Food Pantry and $350 to the Rimrock Senior Center.
Rolling Hills Public Charter (Boise) – Students in David Shubert’s community service class awarded $1,000 to Boise Bike Project, $1,000 to St. Luke’s Foundation for the Butterfly Room, $500 to the Protect Idaho Kids Foundation and $500 to the Canyon County Animal Shelter.
Village Charter School (Boise) – Seventh- and eighth-grade students in Helen Fisher and Megan Olivetti’s classes awarded $500 to Idaho Human Rights Education Center for the Idaho Safe Schools Coalition, $500 to the Boise Public Library, $250 to the Treasure Valley Down Syndrome Association, $300 to Simply Cats, $250 to the Boise Rescue Mission for the Valley Women and Children’s Center, $300 to Generation Life for Stanton Health Care, $500 to the Idaho Theater for Youth and $400 to the Mountain States Groups for the Idaho Office of the Refugees.
Vision Charter School (Caldwell) – Leadership class students in Mark Boothby’s class awarded $1,000 to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Idaho, $1,000 to the Boise Rescue Mission and $1,000 to the American Red Cross of Greater Idaho.
Wood River Middle School (Hailey) – Students in Melanie Schrader and Angela Barbre’s leadership and computer applications classes awarded $1,000 to Camp Rainbow Gold, $1,000 to Swiftsure Ranch Therapeutic Equestrian Center and $1,000 to the Blaine County Community Drug Coalition.
News Briefs John McGown receives Distinguished Lawyer Award ICF’s attorney John McGown of Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley LLP in Boise will be one of three attorneys in Idaho to receive the Distinguished Lawyer Award from the Idaho State Bar for 2014. Former Chief Justice Linda Copple Trout and Idaho Falls attorney Fred Hoopes are the other two recipients.
A celebratory dinner will be held for the three recipients on July 16 at the Juniper Hills Country Club in Pocatello as John McGown part of the Idaho State Bar’s Annual Meeting.
“John is very deserving of this award and recognition and we are very proud of our association with him,” said ICF President and CEO Bob Hoover.
ICF 2013 Annual Report now available The 2013 Annual Report is available to view on ICF’s
website or you can order a free copy. To order a copy, please email [email protected] or call (208) 342-3535.
Upcoming Deadlines Grant requests sought in southeast Idaho by Ifft Foundation Fund The Ifft Foundation Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation is seeking grant requests for projects that will provide landscaping, beautification and public recreation in southeast Idaho.
Grant requests will only be considered from the following counties: Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power.
Eligible applicants include: Tax-exempt organizations with current 501(c)3 nonprofit public charity status under IRS Code Section 170 Governmental agencies or departments Organizations that do not have current federal tax exempt status, but do have a federally qualified tax-exempt federal sponsor
Deadline for submittals is August 15. For more information or to apply, visit www.idcomfdn.org or email Eastern Idaho Regional Officer Catherine Smith at [email protected] or call (208) 529-3933.
Shelton Fund in ICF offers grants for Valley County projects The Perc H. Shelton and Gladys A. Pospisil Shelton Foundation Advised Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation is currently accepting grant applications for projects that benefit Valley County. Organizations don’t have to be based in Valley County.
Deadline to apply is Sept. 1. For more information or to apply, visit www. idcomfdn.org or email ICF Donor Relations Officer Elly Davis at [email protected] or call (208) 342-3535.
The Shelton Fund was created in 2005 from a family foundation started by the Sheltons, who were long-time McCall residents. Distributions are made primarily to nonprofit charitable organizations and government entities, including schools.
Recommendations about which applicants will receive funding will be made by the trustees of the Shelton Foundation who are advisors to the fund. The final decision will be made by the ICF Board of Directors.
Bistline Fund deadline is Nov. 1 The F.M., Anne G., and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fund in ICF is accepting applications until Nov. 1 for projects related to the arts in the southeast Idaho counties of Bannock, Bingham, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power. Grants may fall under two categories: Supporting arts activities that will provide entertainment or art-related education to the general public. Supporting the education, skills training, performance or display opportunities for local artists.
For more information about eligibility and to apply, go to www.idcomfdn.org.
Newly Created Funds BRM Fund (philanthropic gift) – Established to further the charitable purposes of the fund creator.
Harv B. Bickett and Lucile Stevens Bickett Fund (field of interest) – Established by Lucile Bickett of Gooding to forever support charitable projects in Gooding and Lincoln counties.
John Orr Fund for the First Presbyterian Church of Idaho Falls (designated) – Created by the estate of John Orr to assist First Presbyterian Church of Idaho Falls with expenses each year.
Blaine Senior Services Fund (philanthropic gift) – Established to provide for the physical, medical, spiritual and educational needs of Blaine County seniors.
Moscow Opportunity School Foundation Fund (donor advised) – Created to further the mission of the Moscow Opportunity School Foundation, founded in 1978 by the citizens of Moscow for the benefit of people with disabilities in Latah County.
Coeur d’Alene Rotary Endowment Foundation (agency) – Established to support charitable and educational service projects of the Coeur d’Alene Rotary for the betterment of the community.
Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702
Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected]
Privacy Policy | Email Preferences © 2014 Idaho Community Foundation President's Corner on Philanthropy Just over five years ago, I was introduced at the ICF Annual Luncheon in Boise as the new Idaho Community Foundation president and CEO. Alice Hennessey, ICF’s extraordinary founder and two- time CEO, asked me several days earlier to comment in my remarks on both my excitement about joining the ICF team and my vision for ICF’s future. I responded with the following as I addressed the audience at the end of the luncheon:
…it is too early to lay out that vision until I know more about the wishes, desires and issues of all of you and the board members. Nevertheless, we plan to build on the remarkable mission-oriented foundation that the ICF Board, staff and volunteers have developed. We hope to intensify and enhance the statewide mission of the ICF. Moreover, as the U.S. and Idaho economies recover from the Great Recession, we hope to work with you toward the goal of increasing the ICF endowment to the long-held goal of $100 million.
I suggested on that day that when the ICF endowment reaches $100 million, it would significantly increase ICF’s ability to support Idaho’s nonprofits and in turn enrich the lives of Idahoans everywhere, which is of course our mission.
So now I am most pleased to report that ICF’s endowment is now at $101.5 million and we have total assets of $121 million. Since we first began grant making in 1992, we have distributed $72.4 million in grants, scholarships and other distributions, including $13 million in the past five years.
As you can probably guess, the endowment has been on a bit of a bumpy ride since I took the helm at ICF because it rises and falls with the stock market and is dependent on contributions. It dipped more than $22 million in the last half of 2008 and was at $43 million when I became president and CEO.
Fortunately our overall investment returns have risen pretty steadily and contributions have been significant over the past five years – more than $26.3 million has been received since 2009.
I wondered at times if that $100 million endowment goal was attainable during the five years I promised to serve ICF, especially those first two years. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our most gifted staff and very philanthropic Idaho funders, as well as our ICF Board and investment committee, volunteers, and friends, ICF has been able to increase funding to Idaho’s nonprofits now and forever more.
We’ve also grown in the last five years and now have staff in north Idaho and eastern Idaho (see the profile of our new north Idaho regional officer Charlie Miller below), and we’re adding positions in the Treasure Valley and the Magic Valley thanks to a capacity building grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust.
Thanks for what you do to make all this possible! I look forward to being with the Idaho Community Foundation beyond my promised five years as I find this work both exciting and rewarding – connecting donors to their philanthropic interests, increasing grant funding to Idaho’s nonprofits and charitable activities, and enriching the lives of Idahoans everywhere!
Bob
Headlines Deadline Wednesday to RSVP for the Central Idaho Deadline Wednesday to Luncheon
RSVP for the Central ICF will host its 4th Annual Central Idaho Luncheon on Idaho Luncheon Wednesday, Aug. 20 at the Sun Valley Inn. Jim Everett,
CEO of the Treasure Valley YMCA will be the keynote speaker. New ICF employee: The Purdy Family and the Riedel Family will receive the Charlie Miller Friends of the Foundation award for their work on the Silver From the “Cool Stories” Creek Restoration Project. file: Children’s Village Deadline to RSVP is Wednesday, Aug. 13. You can call Jim Everett News Briefs (208) 342-3535 or download, scan and email the RSVP form. Tickets are $40 each and tables of 8 are $300 and $400. ICF's New and
Renewing Members As part of the luncheon, ICF will host its 2nd Annual On The Spot Grant presentations. Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley, The Advocates ETCccc Month Year program, and Jubilee House will give brief presentations about their work. The New Member | Renewing audience will vote to decide which organization will receive a grant of $2,500. Member The other two organizations will receive $1,000 each.
Benefactor ($1,000 and above) New ICF employee: Charlie Miller Alan Dachs, San Francisco, CA ICF is pleased to introduce Charlie Miller as our new Fund Lex and Celia Kunau, Burley Development and Donor Relations Officer in north Idaho.
Patron ($500-$999) Charlie is a third generation north Idahoan who graduated Ron Graves and Diane from the University of Idaho with a degree in natural resource Plastino Graves, Boise recreation and tourism. Before coming to ICF, he was
Sydney and Linda Yarborough, executive director of the North Idaho Centennial Trail Hayden Foundation, a nonprofit that oversees, manages and expands
Sponsor ($250-$499) the North Idaho Centennial Trail System and acts as an advocate for cyclists and pedestrians in north Idaho. Betty Carr, Idaho Falls
Gerard and Cindy Connelly, Charlie is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys road cycling, mountain biking and Troy backcountry skiing. He and his wife Amanda are expecting their first child in
Thomas and Linda Dixon, Boise November and they have two black labs, Ebony and Sierra.
Barbara and Tod Hamachek, Ketchum From the "Cool Stories" file: Children's Village
Michael and Kathryn The Children’s Village in Coeur d’Alene, an ICF grant recipient McNichols, Lewiston that provides residential foster care and shelter care for
Sustainer ($100-$249) abused, neglected and homeless children received a call out of the blue last month from their longtime supporter Discovery Jason and Laura Allen, Ashton A Children's Village Land Company Foundation, which developed Gozzer Ranch employee works on a Donald and Dolores Chapman, Golf & Lake Club, an exclusive Coeur d’Alene residential thank you project with McCall community.
a child John and Cyndee Church, Discovery Land Company Foundation told Children’s Village that they were Lewiston hosting a small, private fundraiser the following weekend and had chosen Lee and Lori Cullen, Hayden Children’s Village as the primary beneficiary. Julie Lockhart, Children’s Village Lake executive director remembers privately hoping it would raise $5,000-$10,000. B. Hyatt and Belen Erstad, Boise “Then they told us it was going to be big, so we thought it was going to be a major award – like $30,000,” Lockhart said. Fred and Susan Faulkner,
Gooding Any amount was welcome, Lockhart said, because Children’s Village is in the
Hope Hayward, Ketchum middle of a $650,000 project to reopen the Miller Home, where their
administrative offices are located, so they can double the number of children they James and Sandra Lancaster, Emmett can serve.
Tim and Jana McCarthy, Many of the kids living at Children’s Village have existed in desperate Meridian circumstances prior to now – living in cars, coping with addicted parents,
Donald and Rose Price, Nampa spending hours and even days hungry and alone. Some have never used indoor plumbing. Most of the kids are referred to Children’s Village through Health & Adam and Laura Swift, Boise Welfare, but others – including three siblings who have been there since October H. James and Stephanie – were brought by their parents who are homeless and unable to care for them. White, Boise
By the time the books were settled, the Discovery Land/Gozzer Ranch residents Supporter ($50-$99) had raised an incredible $210,000. And Discovery Land Company Foundation Donald Carleton, Moscow contributed another $90,000. The contributions meant the capital campaign was
Eloise Helbling, Moscow over a year ahead of schedule and the Children’s Village staff plans to open the Miller Home at the end of this year or early in 2015. Daniel and Carmelyn Johnson, Boise “The Board and staff at Children’s Village are deeply touched and excited to
Peter Koehler, Caldwell receive $300,000 from Discovery Land Company Foundation and the residents at Gozzer Ranch. Because of their commitment to our children and their immediate Robert and Ann Loucks, needs, we are going to be able to provide a safe home to twice as many children. Salmon We are beyond grateful and feel very, very blessed,” Lockhart said. Richard Moore, Boise
Chris and Tani Nelson, Boise News Briefs Randall and Melissa Nelson, Boise ICF fund statements now available Fund statements can be downloaded from the ICF website by clicking on the Steve and Marsha Smylie, secure ICF website and entering the fund contact’s username and password. Meridian
Craig and Linda Thomas, 11th Annual Idaho Statewide Nonprofit Conference is Sept. 23-24 Montpelier The Idaho Nonprofit Center’s annual conference will be held at Boise State
University in the Student Union Building on Sept. 23-24. Early bird registration Dick and Joanne Wetherell, Sun Valley ends Aug. 29. Early bird registration is $115-$275 depending on how many days you attend and whether your organization is a member of the Idaho Nonprofit Friend ($25-$49) Center. After Aug. 29, rates are $145-$335 depending on days attended and Margaret Duncan, Lewiston membership.
George Grismer, Post Falls The keynote speaker is Vu Le, director of the Rainier Valley Corps and author of
Ernest Jensen, Idaho Falls the nonprofit blog nonprofitswithballs.com. Nonprofit consultant Susan Howlett will lead a conference intensive about fundraising. Kenneth Johnson, Boise
W. Marcus W. Nye, Pocatello Click here for more information and to register.
Madelyn Rawlinson, Seattle, “America Gives More Act of 2014” passes U.S. House WA Excerpted from an article by the Council on Foundations
Thomas Stitzel, Boise The United States House of Representatives voted last month to pass the “America Gives More Act of 2014,” an important bill that advances two key Janice Vuich-Cawyer, initiatives that promote charitable giving. Cambridge
Richard Wandrocke, Coeur The bill makes the IRA charitable rollover permanent law and simplifies the d’Alene private foundation excise tax on net investment income to a single rate of 1
percent, a key priority for the Council on Foundations for over a decade. Memorials and Honors
The Idaho Community The Council has also worked diligently alongside its community foundation Foundation welcomes gifts members and colleagues in the field to secure a permanent IRA charitable sent as memorials or in honor rollover. A permanent rollover will give individual donors certainty when planning of individuals on their their charitable gifts, which will mean increased charitable investment for birthdays, anniversaries, nonprofit organizations. retirement, or other special occasions. Such gifts may be added to any individual fund Upcoming Deadlines in the Foundation or to the Grant requests sought in southeast Idaho by Ifft Foundation Fund Idaho Community Foundation The Ifft Foundation Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation is seeking grant Unrestricted Trust Fund requests for projects that will provide landscaping, beautification and public
recreation in southeast Idaho. The following gifts were received in July 2014: Grant requests will only be considered from the following counties: Bannock, Bear
Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power. In Memory of Dallas D.
Blake Eligible applicants include: Fernando and Brenda Veloz
● Tax-exempt organizations with current 501(c)3 nonprofit public charity In Memory of Miriam Burns status under IRS Code Section 170 Junior League of Boise ● Governmental agencies or departments
In Memory of Amy Dunn ● Organizations that do not have current federal tax exempt status, but do Amy Tomasini Esthetics, LLC have a federally qualified tax-exempt federal sponsor
In Memory of Lloyd Falk Deadline for submittals is August 15. For more information or to apply, visit Robert Bilow and Jeannine www.idcomfdn.org or email Eastern Idaho Regional Officer Catherine Smith at Mehrhoff [email protected] or call (208) 529-3933.
In Memory of Bud Purdy Shelton Fund in ICF offers grants for Valley County projects Ralph Campanale The Perc H. Shelton and Gladys A. Pospisil Shelton Foundation Advised
In Memory of June Smith Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation is currently accepting grant Junior League of Boise applications for projects that benefit Valley County. Organizations don’t have to be based in Valley County. In Memory of Jeffrey L. Woods Deadline to apply is Sept. 1. For more information or to apply, visit www. Idaho Society of CPA’s idcomfdn.org or email ICF Donor Relations Officer Elly Davis at edavis@idcomfdn. org or call (208) 342-3535. In Honor of Bill Balhoff Idaho Society of CPA’s The Shelton Fund was created in 2005 from a family foundation started by the Sheltons, who were long-time McCall residents. Distributions are made primarily In Honor of Charles Landes to nonprofit charitable organizations and government entities, including schools. Idaho Society of CPA’s Recommendations about which applicants will receive funding will be made by the In Honor of Thomas Miller trustees of the Shelton Foundation who are advisors to the fund. The final and Family decision will be made by the ICF Board of Directors. Robert Bilow and Jeannine Mehrhoff Bistline Fund deadline is Nov. 1 The F.M., Anne G., and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fund in ICF is accepting applications until Nov. 1 for projects related to the arts in the southeast Idaho counties of Bannock, Bingham, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power. Grants may fall under two categories:
1. Supporting arts activities that will provide entertainment or art-related education to the general public. 2. Supporting the education, skills training, performance or display opportunities for local artists.
For more information about eligibility and to apply, go to www.idcomfdn.org.
Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702
Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected]
Privacy Policy | Email Preferences © 2014 Idaho Community Foundation President's Corner on Philanthropy When I joined the Idaho Community Foundation team in July 2009, our controller Holly Motes (also our competitive grants manager, office manager and woman of many responsibilities) indicated that summers were rather slow at the foundation. As it turns out, the last five summers have been anything but slow, and her remark is the stuff of humor around here as we scramble to keep up with the pace of new ICF summer activities.
Those summer activities include our regional friend-raising luncheons held in Coeur d’Alene in June, south central Idaho in August and Idaho Falls in September. We just hosted the south central luncheon on August 20 at the Sun Valley Inn and it was great fun! Jim Everett of the Treasure Valley Family YMCA was the keynote speaker. His stories about kids, philanthropy and how the Y experience has changed lives had us laughing and crying. Jim is a wonderful speaker and his legacy of achievement is virtually without equal.
Our East Idaho Luncheon will be in Idaho Falls on September 16 at the Residence Inn by Marriott (see below “Deadline Tuesday to RSVP for East Idaho Luncheon”). The keynote speaker will be Dr. Fahim Rahim, a kidney specialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist with boundless energy and enthusiasm. The ICF Friends of the Foundation award will be presented to Tana Jane Stahn and the Chesbro family, who established one of the first ICF funds, and the On The Spot Grant presenters will be Bike For Kids Idaho, Family Services Alliance and the Idaho Falls Arts Council. Hope you will join us, for it promises to be another wonderful day to celebrate philanthropy and learn about some of Idaho’s terrific nonprofits!
In addition to our luncheons, we’ve also been busy training our four new employees. In last month’s e- bulletin we introduced you to Charlie Miller, our new donor relation/development officer in north Idaho, and this month you’ll read about Lisa Bearg, Brenda Felton and Linda Fraise. You may recall we received a very generous three-year grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust in May to help increase the size of our staff and now we have our team in place.
One of the areas staff will be focused on in the coming year will be agency funds. ICF agency funds are endowed and are permanent sources of income for the nonprofit organizations that have them. In 2013, nine new agency funds were established. This year, eight new agency funds have been established. The agencies receive a distribution from their fund every year and their board of directors can use the money in any way they choose. Since it’s an endowed fund, it grows while it’s distributing and the money lasts forever.
Charlie had a great experience with a new agency fund recently when he and I were in Sandpoint. While heading to a meeting, he received a call asking for a meeting with Terri Fortner, the Bonner County Health Foundation Executive Director. We quickly rearranged our schedule and were in her office in 30 minutes. Fast forward to last week when Charlie, myself and ICF Board Vice Chair Bill Berg, who lives in Sandpoint, met with Bonner County Health Foundation’s Board of Directors for a presentation. Immediately following the meeting they established their own ICF agency fund. All this took place in two weeks.
You’ll be hearing from me about other ICF agency funds in the next several President’s Corners, and how they are successfully addressing important Idaho issues like children’s literacy.
As summer fades into Indian summer, enjoy Idaho’s most beautiful and most poignant season.
Bob
Headlines Deadline Tuesday to RSVP for East Idaho Luncheon
Deadline Tuesday to RSVP ICF will host its 5th Annual East Idaho Luncheon on Tuesday, for the East Idaho Sept. 16 at the Residence Inn by Marriott in Idaho Falls. Luncheon Dr. Fahim Rahim of Pocatello is the keynote speaker. Rahim is a Pakistani native who, along with his brother Dr. Naeem New ICF employees: Lisa Rahim, completed medical training in New York and moved to Bearg, Brenda Felton and Idaho in 2005, where they established the Idaho Kidney Linda Fraise Institute, now the largest care provider for patients suffering
From the “Cool Stories” from kidney disease in southeast Idaho. Fahim Rahim file: Hospice of North Idaho and Camp Kaniksu Fahim and Naeem co-founded the JRM Foundation for Humanity, which is now an ICF fund, and serve as chairmen of News Briefs the fund’s board of directors.
Upcoming Deadlines Tana Jane Stahn and the Chesbro Family will receive the Friends of the ICF's New and Foundation award for their longstanding commitment to enriching the quality of Renewing Members life throughout eastern Idaho.
Month Year Deadline to RSVP is Tuesday, Sept. 9. You can call (208) 342-3535 or New Member | Renewing download, scan and email the RSVP form. Tickets are $30 each and tables of 8 Member are $220 and $320. Benefactor ($1,000 and above) As part of the luncheon, ICF will host its 3rd Annual On The Spot Grant Kevin and Debbie McDonald, Boise presentations. Bike for Kids Idaho, Family Services Alliance and the Idaho Falls Arts Council will give brief presentations about their work. The audience Richard and Susan Parrish, will vote to decide which organization will receive a grant of $2,500. The other Boise two organizations will receive $1,000 each. We will also hear from last year’s
Nick and Sharon Purdy, $2,500 On The Spot recipient, Kary Ledbetter and her grandson Tommy Picabo Hamblin from Mahoney House.
Patron ($500-$999) Judith Jellinek, Rye Beach, NH New ICF employees: Lida Bearg, Brenda Felton, Linda Marc and Nancy Sue Wallace, Hayden Lake Fraise ICF is excited to announce it has three new employees – donor relations Sponsor ($250-$499) Doyle Jacklin, Coeur d’Alene assistant Lisa Bearg in the Boise office, donor relations and development officer Brenda Felton in the Twin Falls office, and executive assistant Linda Bill and Lori McCann, Lewiston Fraise in the Boise office. Damon Noller, Boise Lisa and Brenda’s positions are brand new for ICF and bring us to nine full- Sustainer ($100-$249) time staff and three part-time staff. Funding for the new positions comes from William and Wendy Binegar, a three-year, $230,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust which Boise ICF received in May. John and Carey Dondero, Sun Valley Here’s a little more information about our new employees:
Lisa Bearg Carol MacGregor, Cascade Lives in: Meridian Mary Ann Meyers, Meridian
David and Diane Myklegard, Education: Master of Public Administration, Boise State Boise University; BS, political science, Boise State University
John and Sue Paul, Boise Family: Husband Rich and a puppy named Murphy P.T. and Sherry Rathbone, Marsing Hobbies: “You can’t be an Idaho girl without loving the outdoors! I enjoy hiking,
Mary Rutherford, Helena, MT camping, skiing, fishing, cooking, and attending concerts, plays and movies.”
Gerald and Connie Schroeder, Most looking forward to about working for ICF: “My favorite thing about ICF is the Boise staff, hands down! Everyone is so deeply committed to ICF’s donors and the Mitch and Jonalyn Whetzel, communities we serve. I’m excited to get to know some of Idaho’s best Hayden organizations alongside this incredible team.”
Neil and Ann Wimberley, Hope Community involvement: “There are so many amazing nonprofits in the Treasure Supporter ($50-$99) O. Keener Earle and Karen Valley and Idaho, but a few of my favorite places to volunteer include Life’s Moore, Idaho Falls Kitchen and Camp Rainbow Gold.”
Frank Halverson and Marcia Brenda Felton Kent, Hailey Lives in: Buhl Don and Corrine Larsen, Hayden Lake Education: MS in food science, Washington State University;
David and Kelsey Little, BS in animal science/bacteriology, University of Idaho Emmett
Family: Husband Mike and two sons, one at the U of I and one Laird and Kathleen Noh, Kimberly who is a senior in high school
Jeff and Carol Rast, Fairfield Hobbies: Boating on the Snake River and downhill skiing in Sun Valley
Spencer and Evelyn Strand, Challis Most looking forward to about working for ICF: “I am most looking forward to educating the south central Idaho community about what ICF is and how it can be William and Patricia Taylor, used to benefit the nonprofits in our area. Moscow
Friend ($25-$49) Linda Fraise Shirley Atteberry, Cambridge Lives in: Meridian
Marilyn Dalby, Sandpoint Education: BA in history, Boise State University; master’s Reeta Farr, Ola coursework in history, Boise State University; AA paralegal
Chris Knox, Chesterfield program, Boise State University
Madelyn Rawlinson, Seattle, Hobbies: Reading, attending and following thoroughbred WA horse racing, snowshoeing and hiking
Myron Rosenwinkel, Idaho Falls Most looking forward to about working for ICF: “I truly appreciate the collaborative work environment at ICF, as well as the good works this Carlos Roundy, Rupert organization sustains in Idaho.”
Memorials and Honors Community involvement: volunteer with the Idaho Nonprofit Center The Idaho Community Foundation welcomes gifts From the "Cool Stories" file" Hospice of North Idaho and sent as memorials or in honor Camp Kaniksu of individuals on their Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) recently completed its third birthdays, anniversaries, annual Camp Kaniksu, a three-day camp for 7- to 15-year-olds retirement, or other special who have lost a loved one, usually a parent, sibling or occasions. Such gifts may be grandparent. added to any individual fund in the Foundation or to the Camp Kaniksu is held at beautiful, forested Camp Lutherhaven Idaho Community Foundation on the shores of Lake Coeur d’Alene, and provides a classic Unrestricted Trust Fund camp experience for kids – canoeing, campfires, swimming, crafts and more. Camp Kaniksu offers tradtional camp fund The following gifts were along with healing But it also blends healing activities in with the fun and activities for kids who received in August 2014: have lost a loved one. encourages campers to remember and talk about their loved
In Honor of Margaret ones in their camp groups with trained grief counselors and Carlson other experts, many of whom volunteer their time because Peder and Marion Monson they believe Kaniksu truly helps kids heal.
In Memory of Albert Haug “Personally, I believe we all feel better when we are out in nature,” said Kelly Idaho Youth Education Rey, a HONI social worker who attends Camp Kaniksu. “Sometimes it is easier to Recycling Partners process our feelings when we are outdoors among the trees, water and fresh air.
In Memory of Gwendolyn It is a comforting environment and gives us time to think and connect.”
Hazel Strong bonds are formed soon after camp begins as campers build trust and Idaho Youth Education confidence in each other and Kaniksu staff through trust falls, a two-sided vertical Recycling Partners climbing wall, a ropes course and talking circles. Campers who didn’t know each
In Memory of Walter other on Friday are hugging and walking arm-in-arm 12 hours later.
Johnson On the last night of camp this year, Kelly’s group of 12- to 14-year-old girls Idaho Youth Education hosted a bonfire for the 12- to 14-year-old boys. “It was a full moon that night Recycling Partners and the environment was amazing. The moon light on the water and through the
In Memory of Michael trees was spectacular,” Kelly said.
Killworth One of the younger boys began talking about his mother’s death and how she Idaho Youth Education died on a full moon. He talked about how it gave him comfort to be here with Recycling Partners other kids on a night like this and it reminded him of his mother.
In Memory of Helen Rambo “At the end of the night, each kid stood up on the logs, faced the big full moon Sally Norton and told the moon what they were grateful for,” Kelly said. “It was almost like
In Memory of Wayne they were honoring that child’s mother. That is how I experienced it and I Sawyer honored her too.”
Idaho Youth Education Camp Kaniksu is offered for free and approximately 25 kids attend every year. No Recycling Partners one is ever turned away. Costs are covered through grants and sponsorships,
In Memory of Larry including a $5,000 grant this year from ICF’s Northern Region Competitive Grant Simmons Cycle.
Idaho Youth Education Surveys from campers noted that making friends who understood their loss was Recycling Partners important. One camper wrote: “Knowing I’m not alone and making amazing friends” was the best part of camp.
“Grief camp is not only about death of a loved one, but it was also a chance for some kids to talk about the other losses in their lives such as divorce, abuse, abandonment or not being able to be a kid at all,” Kelly said. “I am hopeful this experience will help kids to not stuff their feelings, so as they evolve in their lives, they have the tools to open up, process and get their feelings out.”
News Briefs 11th Annual Idaho Statewide Nonprofit Conference is Sept. 23-24 The Idaho Nonprofit Center’s annual conference will be held at Boise State University in the Student Union Building on Sept. 23-24. Rates are $145-$335 depending on how many days you plan to attend and whether you are a member of Idaho Nonprofit Center.
The keynote speaker is Vu Le, director of the Rainier Valley Corps and author of the nonprofit blog nonprofitswithballs.com. Nonprofit consultant Susan Howlett will lead a conference intensive about fundraising.
Click here for more information and to register.
Catherine Smith to receive 2014 Distinguished Under 40 Award
Catherine Smith, ICF’s donor relations and fund development officer in Idaho Falls, has been selected to receive the 2014 Distinguished Under 40 Award presented by the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce Young Professional’s Network. She is one of 10 honorees. Catherine Smith
The award recognizes the work accomplishments, personal achievements, education and community involvement of its recipients. She will receive the award at a luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 11 at O’Callahan’s inside the Shilo Inn in Idaho Falls from noon-1 p.m. She will be highlighted in the November/December Business edition of Idaho Falls Magazine.
Upcoming Deadlines Bistline Fund deadline is Nov. 1 The F.M., Anne G., and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fund in ICF is accepting applications until Nov. 1 for projects related to the arts in the southeast Idaho counties of Bannock, Bingham, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power. Grants may fall under two categories:
1. Supporting arts activities that will provide entertainment or art-related education to the general public.
2. Supporting the education, skills training, performance or display opportunities for local artists.
For more information about eligibility and to apply, go to www.idcomfdn.org.
IWCF accepting letters of inquiry for grant funding until Oct. 5 The Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry (LOI) through its website for the 2014 - 2015 grants cycle. IWCF will host an education event, “Grants-Making Process & Best Practices for Nonprofits,” on Wednesday, Sept. 10 from 11:30- 1 p.m. to help nonprofits prepare their grant applications. For details about the event and to register, visit their website.
All LOIs are due Sunday, Oct. 5, by midnight. For questions, contact IWCF at [email protected] or (208) 343-4923.
Century Link Middle School Philanthropy Program deadline Nov. 30 CenturyLink and ICF are accepting applications from middle/junior high school teachers to participate in the 2014-2015 CenturyLink Middle School Philanthropy Program. Please visit the ICF website for application guidelines and to apply. Deadline for submission is Nov. 30.
The program’s purpose is to increase awareness among middle/junior high school students about the various needs within their communities and engage them in the work of the nonprofits working to meet those needs.
As many as eight classrooms will each be given up to $3,000 to spend as grants to support nonprofit organizations in the local community. Teachers will lead students in the process of researching local organizations, presenting their findings and collectively determining how to distribute the charitable funds.
Eligible participants include Idaho and southeastern Oregon middle/junior high school classes located within communities served by CenturyLink: American Falls, Bancroft, Bellevue, Blackfoot, Bliss, Boise, Bruneau, Burley, Buhl, Caldwell, Castleford, Cottonwood, Craigmont, Culdesac, Declo, Downey, Dayton, Dietrich, Eagle, Eden, Emmett, Franklin, Firth, Gooding, Glenns Ferry, Grace, Grangeville, Grandview, Grasmere, Greenleaf, Hailey, Hagerman, Hammett, Hansen, Hazelton, Heyburn, Idaho City, Idaho Falls, Inkom, Jerome, Kamiah, Kimberly, Ketchum, Kooskia, Kuna, Lapwai, Lava Hot Springs, Lewisville, Leadore, Lewiston, Menan, McCammon, Middleton, Melba, Meridian, Murtaugh, Mountain Home, Montpelier, Murphy, Nampa, New Plymouth, Nez Perce, North Fork, Notus, Picabo, Payette, Placerville, Pocatello, Preston, Richfield, Riddle, Roberts, Rigby, Ririe, Riverside, Rexburg, Salmon, Soda Springs, Shelley, Shoshone, Star, Sugar City, Sun Valley, Thatcher, Twin Falls, Winchester, Weiser and Wendell, Idaho; and Ontario, Nyssa and Vale, Oregon.
For more information, email ICF’s Elly Davis at [email protected] , or call (208) 342-3535.
Newly Created Funds Bonner General Health Fund (agency) – Created by the Bonner General Hospital Foundation, Inc. to forever support the mission of Bonner General Hospital and its affiliates to provide excellence in healthcare in and around the Sandpoint region.
Custer Family and Robert E. Garber Fund (donor advised) – created by the Custer family and in memory of Robert Garber to give back to the community to promote hope, dignity and positive long-lasting social, economic and spiritual change.
Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702
Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected]
Privacy Policy | Email Preferences © 2014 Idaho Community Foundation President's Corner on Philanthropy The Idaho Community Foundation recently joined the Idaho Reads! coalition, a group of community- based organizations working to improve reading proficiency in our state. The purpose of Idaho Reads! is to have all Idaho students reading proficiently by the 4th grade.
Our interest in this effort is due to the South Central Idaho Leadership Council which is an ICF-led partnership with the United Way of South Central Idaho, Idaho Voices for Children and Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children and is supported in part by the J.R. Simplot Company Foundation.
As you may recall, ICF has established four leadership councils across Idaho over the past four years – the Panhandle, the Upper Snake River Valley, Southeastern Idaho and South Central Idaho.
I have written about our efforts with the Panhandle, Southeastern and Upper Snake River Valley leadership councils, and now I’d like to tell you more about South Central. We’re focusing on the Jerome School District, where 68 percent of the children entering kindergarten are unprepared in their reading skills.
Several studies have been published in recent years about the importance of students being grade- level proficient in reading by third-grade. Fourth grade is the time that the curriculum shifts from learning to read to reading to learn. So what is the impact of reading proficiency problem for children?
In one national study, sociologist Donald Hernandez in the study found:
● Children who do not read proficiently by the end of third grade are four times more likely to leave school without a diploma than proficient readers.
● African American and Hispanic children who are not reading proficiently in third grade are twice as likely as similar white children not to graduate from high school (about 25 percent vs. 13 percent).
● The graduation failure rate for children who cannot read proficiently and are poor for at least one year is 26 percent, or more than six times the rate for all proficient readers.
● Overall, 22 percent of children who have lived in poverty do not graduate from high school, a figure about three times greater than the rate for children with no family poverty experience.
So what is the situation in Idaho? According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the Idaho Reading Indicator, 78 percent of Idaho children from low-income families are below proficient in reading as they enter fourth grade. Even when we look at all income levels, only 26 percent were proficient in 2013 and that number has remained the same since 2009. Right now, only 54 percent of children in Idaho know even a few of their letters when they start kindergarten.
Thus, ICF’s South Central Idaho Leadership Council and our partners, the United Way of South Central Idaho, Idaho Voices for Children and Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children, with support from the J.R. Simplot Company Foundation, is focusing on increasing the kindergarten preparedness of children in Jerome, which should lead to a more successful journey through their school years.
In the next three President’s Corners, I will tell you about the program chosen to address Jerome reading preparedness issue and the person hired to implement that program. It’s called Ready! for Kindergarten and it’s already been used in Sandpoint through the Panhandle Alliance for Education with significant success. We will also learn more about additional grant support for the Jerome project, the commitment of Idaho organizations in this effort, and how PAFE developed a culture of local community support of education for their kids.
Headlines ICF celebrates another year with our annual luncehons ICF celebrates another ICF was pleased and honored to have more than 800 of you attend one of our year with our annual four annual luncheons this year. The annual luncheons are our way of thanking luncheons our members, donors, fund holders and others for their support over the previous year. ICF grant cycle provides more than $150,000 in They are also a way to honor our Friends of the Foundation recipients. The eastern and southeastern Friends of the Foundation is ICF’s highest honor and is given to an individual, Idaho couple, group or organization to recognize their outstanding achievement in enriching the quality of life throughout Idaho. Ifft Foundation Fund in
ICF selects spring grant We also host the On The Spot Grant program at our luncheon. Three local recipients nonprofits are selected to give presentations at the luncheon in their region and audience members vote to decide which should receive a grant of $2,500. The News Briefs other two nonprofits receive $1,000. Thanks to our generous sponsors we ICF's New and distributed $18,000 in On The Spot Grants in 2014! Renewing Members This year’s luncheon sponsors were: Month Year Presenting Sponsors – Norco, U.S. Bank, Kootenai Health New Member | Renewing Member Philanthropist Level – D.L. Evans Bank, Mike and Jan McBride, Idaho Power
Benefactor ($1,000 and Benefactor Level – The Hartwell Corporation, Steve and Cindy Carr, Erstad above) Architects, Tricia Swartling, Tom and Sue Thilo, Bob and Mary Kay Yuditsky/ C. Timothy and Anne Hopkins, Idaho Falls Morgan Stanley
Roger and Claudia Martell, Friend Level – Gerard and Cindy Connelly, Terry and Brenda Sanford, Roy and Eagle Frances Ellsworth, Bob and Tena Lokken
Patron ($500-$999) Contributor Level – Bill and Diz Allen, Alan Van Orden Steven and Cheryl Crowe, Sun Valley Here’s a brief look at this year’s keynote speakers, Friends of the Foundation and R. A. and Nancy Symms, On The Spot Grant recipients: Caldwell Southwestern Luncheon
Mary Wagers, Boise Keynote Speaker: Tommy Ahlquist, chief operating officer of Gardner Group, which built downtown Boise’s 8th & Main Sponsor ($250-$499) Arthur and Annaliese Kull, building. Idaho Falls Friends of the Foundation: Peter and Carolyn Johnson William and Patricia Lodge, Caldwell $2,500 On The Spot Grant recipient: Miles of Smiles
Mike and Janet Martin, $1,000 On The Spot Grant recipients: MCPAWS Animal Peter and Carolyn Johnson Lewiston Shelter, National MS Society – Utah-Southern Idaho Chapter
Douglas and Saundra Pasley, North Idaho Luncheon Burley Keynote Speaker: Mike Kennedy, Coeur d’Alene businessman,
Adelia Simplot, Boise former city council member
Sustainer ($100-$249) Friends of the Foundation: The Grangeville Community William and Karla Bodnar, Foundation Boise
Mary Boone, New Meadows $2,500 On The Spot Grant recipient: Priest River Ministries Grangeville Community Advocates for Women Linda Copple Trout, Boise Foundation Advisory
$1,000 On The Spot Grant recipients: Grangeville Centennial Board Chair John Bennett Paul and Ann Hill, Stanley Library, Sojourners’ Alliance Craig Hobdey, Gooding South Central Idaho Luncheon
Harry and Elizabeth Martin, Keynote Speaker: Jim Everett, CEO of the Treasure Valley Hayden Family YMCA
Daniel and Charlene Friends of the Foundation: The Purdy Family and the Riedel The Riedel Family Matheson, Sandpoint Family John Mix, Moscow $2,500 On The Spot Grant recipient: Jubilee House Martin and Barbara Peterson,
Boise $1,000 On The Spot Grant recipients: Animal Shelter of the The Purdy Family Jordan and Mary Smith, Wood River Valley, The Advocates ETCccc Program Salmon East Idaho Luncheon
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Fahim Rahim, kidney specialist, Gregory Garlick and Marcia Wing, Boise entrepreneur, philanthropist and angel investor
Gerald and MaryEllen Friends of the Foundation: The Chesbro Family Woodworth, Rupert $2,500 On The Spot Grant recipient: Bike for Kids Idaho Supporter ($50-$99)
Family Health Services $1,000 On The Spot Grant recipients: Family Services Alliance, Tana Jane (Chesbro) Corporation, Twin Falls Idaho Falls Arts Council Stahn and Jennie Lee Cary Jones, Blackfoot Stahn
Virginia Kelly, Pocatello
Michael and Martha McMurray, ICF grant cycle provides more than $150,000 in eastern Eagle and southeastern Idaho Thomas and Sherrye Smith, The Idaho Community Foundation’s Eastern Regional Grants Phoenix, AZ Panel has selected 63 eastern and southeastern Idaho West Side School District nonprofit organizations to receive more than $150,000 through #202, Dayton its annual competitive grant cycle. Friend ($25-$49) William Augsburger, Nampa Grant recipients are from Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou, Custer, Franklin, Lemhi, Madison, Karen Ledbetter, Salmon Oneida, Power and Teton counties. Jennifer Wheeler, Boise Nonprofit organizations can apply for grants of up to $5,000 through the competitive grant cycle. The Eastern Region Idaho Shakespeare Grants Panel, which includes representatives from each Festival's Shakespearience Memorials and Honors county, meets to review the applications and make was one of 63 grant The Idaho Community recommendations. The ICF Board of Directors makes the final recipients Foundation welcomes gifts decision about the grants. sent as memorials or in honor In 2014 there were 135 applications requesting more than $563,000. Grants are of individuals on their awarded in the areas of arts & culture, education, emergency services, health, birthdays, anniversaries, libraries, conservation/environment, public projects, recreation and social retirement, or other special services. occasions. Such gifts may be added to any individual fund This year’s recipients are: in the Foundation or to the Idaho Community Foundation Bannock County Unrestricted Trust Fund Bannock County Historical Society, Inc. and Museum – $2,656 to hire part-time staff to sort, scan, rehouse, and conduct electronic data entry on eight linear feet The following gifts were of historic photographs to improve access, information dissemination, education, received in September and long-term preservation of important images from Bannock County. 2014: Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Inc. – $2,657 to support the eastern Idaho portion of In Honor of Leslie Kiehn’s the Idaho Shakespeare Festival’s educational outreach tours, Idaho Theater for Birthday Youth and Shakespearience, to elementary and secondary schools for the 2014- Jeremy Gray and Bron Roberts 2015 academic year.
In Memory of Mark Snake River New Horizons Band – $2,656 to purchase band instruments, music Anderson scores and marketing items such as uniforms, music stands and banners. Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partners Bannock County 4-H LiveWire Robotics – $2,657 to provide intensive STEM outreach and education with the purchase of reusable LEGO® Mindstorm kits to In Memory of John M Dahl provide numerous robotics workshops and summer camps each year. Idaho Society of CPAs Idaho State-Civic Symphony Association, Inc. – $2,656 to support the Youth In Memory of Paul Lagler Orchestra's presentation of the Symphony School Concerts to over 2,600 area Idaho Youth Education 4th- and 5th-grade students. Recycling Partners Northwest Medical Edge Research Foundation Inc. – $2,657 to launch the In Memory of Charlotte Veterans' Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Fund. Martell Idaho Youth Education Pocatello Free Clinic for the Patient Education Program – $4,900 to communicate Recycling Partners the benefits of preventative care and healthy lifestyle choices and to encourage and facilitate behavior changes. In Memory of Vicky
Naughtin Pocatello Neighborhood Housing Services – $2,656 to finish construction of a Idaho Youth Education 1,560-square foot public pavilion project at Caldwell Park in Pocatello. Recycling Partners The Idaho Foodbank – $2,657 to enrich the School Pantry program in eastern In Memory of Susan A Idaho, feeding and nourishing children and families in need. Pearson Bear Lake County Junior League of Boise Oregon Trail Center, Inc. – $1,381 to replace three obsolete computers and one broken laptop, and purchase an iPad to produce a new remote education program.
Paris Elementary School – $3,157 to construct a 4-foot high chain link fence to enclose the playground area. Currently no fence exists and children are exposed to roadways on three sides of the playground.
Bear Lake County Library District – $2,656 to purchase the kits and supplies necessary to introduce science, technology, engineering and math activities into the current and future programing.
Bingham County Blackfoot Community Center, Inc. – $2,657 to provide after school and summer programming for at-risk children from low-income families in need with special circumstances who do not qualify for other forms of assistance.
Lillian Vallely School, Inc. – $1,282 to buy folding lunchroom tables with stools.
Community Dinner Table, Inc. – $3,650 to purchase a 7-foot by 14-foot enclosed utility trailer to transport food from grocery stores and storage facilities to the Food Pantry distribution center.
Bonneville County Bonneville County Historical Society – $2,157 to complete much needed energy efficiency facility improvements to lighting and HVAC systems and increase lighting capabilities for exhibitions.
Bonneville Joint School District #93 – $1,356 to purchase musical instruments for the school.
Idaho Falls Arts Council – $2,657 to provide art supplies and support teaching artists for a regular series of art classes in the ARTitorium that will serve approximately 2,000 school children over the 2014/2015 school year.
Idaho Falls Youth Arts Centre, Inc. – $2,656 to promote the Mentorship Program to inspire, educate and encourage youth in their endeavors in the performing arts and to further the Arts Education and After School programs and promote the scholarship program to reach out to underserved youth.
Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council, Inc. – $2,157 to ensure that all girls in eastern Idaho, especially high-risk, low-income girls, have access to quality educational programming and mentorship.
Idaho Diabetes Youth Programs, Inc. – $2,656 to make the 2014 Hodia summer camp experience possible and safe for 39 kids and adolescents with type 1 diabetes from the eastern region counties by providing funding to underwrite the cost of volunteer counselor supervision of these youth.
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society – $3,500 to purchase an electric tilt table. Camp Hodia
Idaho Falls Public Library – $2,657 to purchase library books for children ages 18 months through 14 years to increase availability of books for children to read throughout the summer and winter months in Swan Valley.
Snake River Animal Shelter – $1,500 to purchase cat kennels for the quarantine area of the new shelter facilities.
The Children with Disabilities Foundation, Inc. – $3,000 to provide adaptable bicycles to special needs children in the region.
Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc. – $2,656 to provide legal representation in divorce and custody cases to low-income victims of domestic violence.
Butte County Arco Elementary School – $1,657 to bring Missoula Children’s Theatre to Arco Elementary to audition and cast 50 to 60 school-age children in a full-length original musical production.
Butte County Joint School District – $383 to purchase a state-of-the-art listening center in order to enhance small group learning activities involving multiple media sources.
Lost Rivers Medical Center Foundation – $1,656 to purchase a sound system for the clinic to provide a more pleasing/relaxing environment and provide greater privacy for patients.
Butte Communities Improvement Association – $857 to construct a garden storage shed at the Butte County Community Garden.
Moore Community Association – $2,656 to purchase tables and chairs for the new Valley Community Center located in Moore.
Lost Rivers Senior Citizens, Inc. – $670 to replace malfunctioning refrigerator.
Caribou County Gem Valley Performing Arts Committee – $2,656 to replace worn/nonfunctional furniture in the theatre lobby and provide increased seating for patrons pre- and post-entertainments and during intermission while upgrading the ambience of the general venue.
Soda Springs Public Library – $3,156 to purchase access to downloadable audiobooks for the approximately 250,000 patrons served by the Library Consortium of Eastern Idaho, and purchase support materials for the Lego Club at Soda Springs Public Library.
Caribou County Fair Board – $2,157 to build a disabled accessible restroom on the west side of the Caribou County fairgrounds.
Caribou County Senior Citizens, Inc. – $3,356 to upgrade the kitchen area.
Custer County Challis Arts Council, Inc. – $2,157 to purchase and install IT equipment and software in the Challis Arts Council/MadDog Gallery office.
Mackay High School FFA Chapter – $1,150 to purchase 30 replacement cooling pads and repair/replace supply piping, collection trays, and water collection container for the greenhouse cooler.
Sawtooth Search and Rescue – $1,656 to develop/distribute free Trail Safety Cards and a website to help uninitiated hikers/riders in the Sawtooth NRA safely prepare for their outings to avoid getting lost, injured or dying.
Challis Area Chamber of Commerce – $2,557 to purchase IT (Information Technology) and AV (Audio/Visual) equipment and software.
Franklin County Franklin County Reading Association – $3,500 to buy books to be given out monthly to developmental preschools, elementary and junior high special needs classes, ESL class, and Head Start, in both Preston and West Side school districts.
Larsen-Sant Public Library – $2,656 to digitize microfilm reels containing back issues of the Preston Citizen (newspaper) for online use.
Jefferson County Mud Lake Historical Society and Museum, Inc. – $2,657 to preserve and enhance the collection.
Rigby City Library – $2,156 to purchase Spanish language books for children, teens and adults.
Lemhi County Salmon Arts Council – $1,157 to support and strengthen arts education for all youth in Lemhi County, both in the public schools and home-schooled, through school- and community-based programs.
Lemhi County Crisis Intervention – $2,156 to purchase study materials, pay for tutors, provide childcare for students, and to pay GED test fees for students attending the GED Support Program.
Lemhi County Economic Development Association – $2,157 to establish regular, high quality, math and English tutoring for students preparing to take college entrance exams and for those working on degree programs.
Sacajawea Cultural, Interpretive and Educational Center – $1,656 to create an educational program, for 4th- and 8th-grade students, which explores mid-1800s American history in an engaging, experiential manner.
Salmon Library Association – $2,657 to purchase an ADA compliant automatic door for the new library.
Madison County Madison Library District – $2,656 to purchase a new vehicle to pull the Book Wagon, make updates and repairs to the existing book trailer, and purchase tablets with an internet plan so patrons can renew books, make requests, see pending holds, and update their accounts on site.
Madison School District #321 – $2,657 to purchase high-quality, library-bound books that have accompanying Accelerated Reader tests that will be used by many students for years to come.
Seventh Judicial District CASA Program – $2,500 to provide a CASA volunteer and volunteer attorney to children in Madison, Fremont and Jefferson counties.
Oneida County Malad Elementary School – $1,500 to buy and install an electronic screen for the auditorium.
Malad High School – $2,656 to buy equipment and supplies for the clinical portion of an Emergency Medical Responder program at Malad High School.
Malad Middle School – $1,200 to buy GPS units to be used by small groups of geography and history students in Malad Middle School.
Nell J. Redfield Memorial Hospital – $2,000 to buy two wall mount drinking fountains with bottle filler stations for the long-term care wing of the hospital.
Samaria Community Foundation – $3,157 to buy new equipment (toilets, sink faucet handles, tankless hot water unit, heater) plus new tile, paint, and doors to upgrade the public restrooms in the Samaria City Park and make them disabled accessible.
Power County American Falls Education Foundation – $2,656 to provide musical experiences for the community while assisting in foundation activities for the youth and citizens of the community.
Three Rivers Resource Conservation & Development Council – $2,157 to provide the fledgling organization, Escalera, Inc., capacity training and resources that will enable Escalera to effectively govern the organization and administer the Spanish GED Program for the Latina population in and around Power County.
Teton County Teton County – $2,656 to purchase livestock panels and gates for the new indoor arena.
Teton Valley Education Foundation – $2,657 to fund VOICE, a Teton High School mentorship program in partnership with Idaho Drug Free Youth. The program pairs each incoming freshman with an upperclassman mentor who provides support through building positive and meaningful relationships.
Teton Valley Healthcare Foundation – $2,656to augment the patient services project by purchasing a blanket warmer for patient comfort and healing.
City of Tetonia – $4,152 to pay for architectural and engineering blueprints for a new restroom facility to serve the “Rails to Trails” trailhead and the city park.
Ifft Foundation Fund in ICF selects spring grant recipients
The Ifft Foundation Fund in ICF has selected 10 grant requests totaling nearly $61,000 for projects that will provide landscaping, beautification and public recreation in southeast Idaho.
City of American Falls - $4,550 to provide irrigation and Nick and Sara Ifft landscaping in a newly created park celebrating our senior citizens and the preservation of an historical sign
City of Pocatello - $2,680 to prepare the site at the South Arthur Oxbow Project and plant low-water, native grass mix to effectively compete against annual weeds
City of Pocatello - $5,000 to buy a new water fountain with bottle filler and mister for sports field complexes
Marsh Valley Performing Arts Committee - $4,700 to purchase sound system equipment and folding stage risers to help the Music and Theatre Department at Marsh Valley High School
Oneida County Community Swimming Pool - $1,200 to purchase a defibrillator
PCHD Foundation, Inc.- $10,000 to replace a cracked, unsightly patio used by nursing home residents and a severely cracked, unprofessional-looking driveway and two sidewalks at the Administration Annex
Pocatello Neighborhood Housing Services - $10,000 to complete landscaping for a 1,500-square foot pavilion at Caldwell Park in Pocatello
Portneuf Greenway Foundation, Inc - $9,125 to extend the AMI/Kirkham Trail across the gravel trailhead parking lot to South 2nd Street to improve safety and functionality
Samaria Community Foundation - $8,500 to refurbish the playground equipment in Samaria Park and install a safe, protective surface on the playground
Southeastern Idaho Public Health - $4,950 to allow SIPH to complete the grounds beautification/energy saving landscaping project at the Bannock County facility that was started in 2013
Nick Ifft was the publisher of the Idaho State Journal newspaper in Pocatello from 1966 until 1984. He and his wife Sara Ifft established a family foundation in 1984 to provide grants to benefit projects in southeastern Idaho and the greater Pocatello area. The Ifft Foundation was moved to the Idaho Community Foundation in 2001. Nick Ifft died in 2003.
News Briefs Katherine Lynne Tassos arrives! ICF Development Officer Lauren Tassos and her husband Ben Tassos welcomed their second child on Oct. 4. Katherine (Katie) Lynne Tassos weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces and was 20 inches long. The family is home now and all are doing well. Big brother Sam Tassos is almost 2.
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Upcoming Deadlines Bistline Fund deadline is Nov. 1 The F.M., Anne G., and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fund in ICF is accepting applications until Nov. 1 for projects related to the arts in the southeast Idaho counties of Bannock, Bingham, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power. Grants may fall under two categories:
1. Supporting arts activities that will provide entertainment or art-related education to the general public. 2. Supporting the education, skills training, performance or display opportunities for local artists.
For more information about eligibility and to apply, go to www.idcomfdn.org.
Century Link Middle School Philanthropy Program deadline Nov. 30 CenturyLink and ICF are accepting applications from middle/junior high school teachers to participate in the 2014-2015 CenturyLink Middle School Philanthropy Program. Please visit the ICF website for application guidelines and to apply. Deadline for submission is Nov. 30.
The program’s purpose is to increase awareness among middle/junior high school students about the various needs within their communities and engage them in the work of the nonprofits working to meet those needs.
As many as eight classrooms will each be given up to $3,000 to spend as grants to support nonprofit organizations in the local community. Teachers will lead students in the process of researching local organizations, presenting their findings and collectively determining how to distribute the charitable funds.
Eligible participants include Idaho and southeastern Oregon middle/junior high school classes located within communities served by CenturyLink: American Falls, Bancroft, Bellevue, Blackfoot, Bliss, Boise, Bruneau, Burley, Buhl, Caldwell, Castleford, Cottonwood, Craigmont, Culdesac, Declo, Downey, Dayton, Dietrich, Eagle, Eden, Emmett, Franklin, Firth, Gooding, Glenns Ferry, Grace, Grangeville, Grandview, Grasmere, Greenleaf, Hailey, Hagerman, Hammett, Hansen, Hazelton, Heyburn, Idaho City, Idaho Falls, Inkom, Jerome, Kamiah, Kimberly, Ketchum, Kooskia, Kuna, Lapwai, Lava Hot Springs, Lewisville, Leadore, Lewiston, Menan, McCammon, Middleton, Melba, Meridian, Murtaugh, Mountain Home, Montpelier, Murphy, Nampa, New Plymouth, Nez Perce, North Fork, Notus, Picabo, Payette, Placerville, Pocatello, Preston, Richfield, Riddle, Roberts, Rigby, Ririe, Riverside, Rexburg, Salmon, Soda Springs, Shelley, Shoshone, Star, Sugar City, Sun Valley, Thatcher, Twin Falls, Winchester, Weiser and Wendell, Idaho; and Ontario, Nyssa and Vale, Oregon.
For more information, email ICF’s Elly Davis at [email protected] , or call (208) 342-3535.
Newly Created Funds Croy Canyon Fund to Benefit Blaine County Seniors (donor advised) – This fund was created to forever support the well-being of Blaine County seniors.
PAFE Founders’ Fund (designated) – This endowment fund was created by Melinda M. Cameron and William M. Berg, the founders of the Panhandle Alliance for Education (PAFE) of Sandpoint. Their intention is to provide ongoing funding for PAFE’s mission: Excellence in education and broad-based community support for the Lake Pend Oreille School District.
ABC Fund (philanthropic gift) – This fund was created to support a vital and sustainable economy in the town of Cascade. Distributions may fund infrastructure development, long-term community planning or other efforts that encourage, create and maintain a healthy and vibrant local economy.
Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702
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Privacy Policy | Email Preferences © 2014 Idaho Community Foundation President's Corner on Philanthropy This year marks the 100th anniversary of community foundations and this year’s Community Foundation Week Celebration began Nov. 12. A few weeks ago, ICF Board Chair Mike McBride, vice chair Bill Berg, his spouse Mindy Cameron, and ICF staff Holly Motes, Elly Davis, Charlie Miller and I attended the Annual Community Foundation Conference in Cleveland, which was appropriate since that’s where the first community foundation was established.
I thought it was the most interesting and effective of the many community foundation conferences I have attended over the last five years – indeed one of the best conferences I’ve ever attended. From the well planned sessions each day with interesting and provocative speakers, to the large attendance, including representatives of international community foundations, and the exciting host city of Cleveland (can’t believe I am saying that), it was a memorable event.
The overriding theme of the conference, as with all community foundation conferences, is the extraordinary impact of place-based philanthropy. Place-based philanthropy is a way for local people to use their resources to addresses issues important to them in their own communities. The Idaho Community Foundation is the home of place-based philanthropy in Idaho. We have over 500 funds that were created by donors to support their local communities.
In last month’s President’s Corner, I talked about the Idaho Reads! coalition that ICF recently joined. Idaho Reads! is working to improve the children’s literacy in south central Idaho (see story in this e- bulletin). Collaborators in Idaho Reads! are the Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children, United Way of South Central Idaho, Idaho Voices for Children and ICF’s South Central Idaho Leadership Council.
Idaho Reads! will be using programs called Ready! for Kindergarten and Read Up with preschool children in Gooding, Wendell and Jerome. Ready! for Kindergarten and Read Up train parents, grandparents and other caregivers how to teach and prepare kids for reading and kindergarten. Ready! for Kindergarten has been used successfully for 12 years in Sandpoint by the Panhandle Alliance for Education (PAFE), which has an agency fund at ICF.
PAFE is an outstanding example of what place-based philanthropy can do to change lives. Its mission is to promote excellence in education and broad based community support for the Lake Pend Oreille School District.
PAFE has focused on supporting a three-fold plan to prepare east Bonner County students for college and technical post-high school education. The first part of that plan uses Ready! for Kindergarten. The next step is a universal retraining for K-12 teachers on state-of-the-art reading methodology. The third part is college and career guidance.
Since establishing these programs 12 years ago, 90 percent of the students whose parents used the Ready! program enter school at or above kindergarten readiness. By the time they reach third grade, 97 percent of students in the Lake Pend Oreille School District are proficient or advanced, including economically disadvantaged students. High school graduation rates are now over 90 percent. Last year, 78 percent of graduating seniors were accepted to and plan to enter college or technical schools.
PAFE is a wonderful example of place-based philanthropy and ICF is proud of our association with them. State support of our public schools is crucial, and it’s also important to see what role nonprofits can play. The collaboration of PAFE, the Lake Pend Oreille School District, and the parents and teachers in Sandpoint is one of Idaho’s best examples of what can be done to give our kids a better start in life.
We are excited to participate in the Idaho Reads! coalition and we hope south central Idaho students and parents will see successes the way Lake Pend Oreille School District students have.
As we celebrate 100 years of community foundations and Community Foundation Week in particular we thank all of you who support the Idaho Community Foundation and place-based philanthropy in our communities!
Headlines Welcome our new Board Directors
Welcome our new Board Candice Allphin Directors Lives in: Boise
Idaho AEYC receives Occupation: Senior Vice President and Managing Director of grant for children’s Private Banking for U.S. Bank’s western Idaho region literacy program Education: Graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School at Shelton Fund in ICF the University of Washington; bachelor’s degree in announces grant management from Boise State University recipients Family: Married to fellow Boise native Randy Allphin for 36 years; son, Devin. Geography Knowledge Fund announces recipients Hobbies: Camping, gardening and volunteering
News Briefs Most looking forward to as an ICF Board Director: “I’m looking forward to meeting
and working with the board and staff of ICF and gaining a better understanding of Upcoming Deadlines philanthropy on statewide basis.”
Community involvement: Idaho State Building Authority Commissioner, a
ICF's New and management report advisor for the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington, the Idaho delegate for the American Bankers Association, a Renewing Members member of the Boise State University President’s Board of Advisors, an advisory Month Year board member of the Boise State University College of Business and Economics, New Member | Renewing and board member and immediate past chair of the Boise Metro Chamber of Member Commerce.
Benefactor ($1,000 and Thomas Killingsworth above) C.K. Haun and Karen Meyer, Boise Lives in: Boise
Gladys Schneidmiller, Post Occupation: Vice President - Investment Officer, Wells Fargo Falls Advisors, LLC; retired U.S. Navy Submarine Officer Patron ($500-$999) Douglas and Deidre Education: University of Wisconsin – Chemical Engineering Chadderdon, Coeur d’Alene
Skip and Esther Oppenheimer, Family: Wife Teresa; sons John and Andy Boise
Hobbies: Alpine skiing, hiking and fishing Thomas and Rosamond Turnbull, Carbondale Most looking forward to as an ICF Board Director: “ICF is an organization with a Mitch and Linda Watkins, Twin record of tremendous accomplishment in meeting needs throughout the state. I Falls look forward to being a part of the organization.” William and Virginia Woolley, Boise Community involvement: City Club of Boise, the Arid Club, the Greater Boise
Sponsor ($250-$499) Rotary Foundation and the USS Boise Committee Mary Abercrombie, Boise Debra Riedel Roy and Frances Ellsworth, Boise Lives in: Boise Kenneth and Valaree Estep, Arbon Occupation: First Vice President, Portfolio Manager and
Allan and Fran Frost, Twin Falls Financial Advisor for Morgan Stanley
Flip and Jo Ella Kleffner, Education: Master of music performance and bachelor of Moscow music education from Boise State University Richard and Georgiann Raimondi, Boise Family: Husband Kelly Turk
Fred and Charlotte Thompson, Boise Hobbies: Hiking with her husband and dogs, gardening and getting together with
great friends and family Sustainer ($100-$249) Robert Lantz and Cynthia Berlin-Lantz, Rupert Most looking forward to as an ICF Board Director: “I am looking forward to serving on the ICF Board because I think it will be fun and meaningful work. I Barbara Brown, Idaho Falls have not volunteered for a statewide charity before, and I welcome the Robert and Elaine Carpenter, opportunity. Caldwell
Gem County Recreation Community involvement: Boise State University Foundation Board of Directors District, Emmett (Board President from 2004-2006), past Board Chairman of the Treasure Valley
Patricia Holman, Hayden Lake United Way
Pamela Howard, Lewiston Caroline Nilsson Troy
Rex and Emmie Lytle, Kimberly Lives in: Genesee John and Mary McGown, Boise
Sylvia Medina, Idaho Falls Occupation: President of Nilsson Advisory Group
Middlekauff Automotive Education: BS Communications, University of Idaho Group, Twin Falls
Chris and Kris Mikkelsen, Family: Husband David and four daughters Spokane, WA
John and Karen Rosholt, Twin Hobbies: Any outdoor activities, especially riding her horse, skiing Schweitzer, or Falls scuba diving somewhere warm.
H. Thad and Judith Scholes, Community involvement: Most recently founded the Moscow Non-Profit Twin Falls Roundtable to help local philanthropies flourish, Idaho House of Representatives- Mary Fran Soltman, elect Grangeville
Dwight and Leann Wicks, Kooskia Idaho AEYC receives grant for children's literacy program
Dick and Jacquie Wilson, Boise The National Children’s Reading Foundation awarded the Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (Idaho AEYC) with a $70,000 first year grant to build Steven and Cherie early childhood literacy programs in South Central Idaho. The Ready! for Woodworth, Boise Kindergarten and Read Up programs will provide free workshops and resources Supporter ($50-$99) for 200 low-income families with children up to age five. City of Emmett, Emmett
Mike and Vicki Howard, New Idaho AEYC partnered with ICF’s South Central Leadership Council, the United Meadows Way of South Central Idaho and Idaho Voices for Children to launch this initiative
James and Wendy Jaquet, in Jerome in July. Funding from this grant and others ensures that Ready! for Ketchum Kindergarten will be available to more families throughout south central Idaho,
including the communities of Wendell and Gooding, through 2016. Stephen and Julie Rice, Lewiston The Jerome School District has a poverty rate of 25 percent and 70 percent of Kenneth and Janet Sherman, their children are struggling with early literacy skills as they enter kindergarten. Boise Likewise, Wendell School District has a 26 percent poverty rate with 58 percent of Bruce and Barbara Turner, their children not meeting benchmarks on their literacy test. Idaho Falls
Myrna Weikal, Midvale Other support for this program comes from the J.R. Simplot Company Foundation and the Kissler Family Foundation. Friend ($25-$49) Marcia Donner, Twin Falls
Fifth Judicial District CASA Shelton Fund in ICF announces grant recipients Program, Inc., Twin Falls The Perc H. Shelton and Gladys A. Pospisil Shelton Foundation Edward Marohn, Idaho Falls Advised Fund in ICF announces 22 grants totaling over
Dennis O’Brien, Wallace $36,000. Recipients are:
Sixth Judicial District CASA Cascade Food Pantry, Inc. - $500 to defer transportation Program, Pocatello costs for picking up food at the Idaho Food Bank every two Snowdon Wildlife weeks Sanctuary Memorials and Honors Central District Health Department (McCall) - $1,500 to The Idaho Community pay for the cost of child/teen vaccine administration fees and Foundation welcomes gifts for teen pregnancy prevention and healthy relationship sent as memorials or in honor incentives and promotional efforts primarily in Valley County of individuals on their birthdays, anniversaries, Disabled Sports USA (McCall) - $750 to purchase of a mono-ski for disabled retirement, or other special skiers occasions. Such gifts may be added to any individual fund Donnelly Elementary School - $1,000 to implement the early language in the Foundation learning program, Espanol Rapido
The following gifts were Family Advocates, Inc. (Boise) - $2,500 to increase CASA services and received in October 2014: strengthen community relationships in Valley County
In Memory of Matt Allen Heartland Hunger and Resource Center, Inc. (McCall) - $2,000 to purchase a Anonymous commercial reach in freezer to replace three out dated chest freezers Gary Allen Idaho Diabetes Youth Programs, Inc. (Boise) - $1,500 to provide Valley David Holt County youth living with type 1 diabetes and their families the opportunity to Sarah Thompson meet other local families with diabetes and learn about Idaho Diabetes Youth In Memory of Ruth Riedesel Programs’ Hodia camps Loyce Smith Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Inc. (Boise) - $1,000 to support the 2014-2015 In Memory of Kraig Valley County portion of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival’s educational outreach Schlottman tours, Idaho Theater for Youth and Shakespearience, which travel to elementary Sally Soltman and secondary schools, during the academic year
In Memory of Daniel Lee Pesky Learning Center (Boise) - $2,000 to train Kindergarten teachers in Symms the Donnelly-McCall School District on math activities that support common core Freda Cenarrusa curriculum in their classrooms Tom and Alice Hennessey McCall Music Society, Inc. - $1,000 to start a strings program in the McCall- William and Patricia Lodge Donnelly Schools in Fall 2015
McCall Public Library - $1,423 to purchase equipment to scan, catalog and electronically store the Library's newspaper collection from 1862-2013 to protect and preserve the collection for public use
McCall Senior Citizens, Inc. - $2,000 to update computer and operating systems, to improve security measures, increase efficiency and incorporate a digital tracking method for administrate requirements
McCall Ski Racing Team - $2,000 to provide scholarships for participants who wish to Nordic ski but cannot afford to pay registration fees, equipment fees and purchase ski passes
MCPAWS Inc. (McCall) - $1,500 to purchase new cat housing "condos" which will improve the quality of life and care for shelter cats
Payette Lakes Community Association, Inc. (McCall) - $500 to provide equipment, transportation and instructors for the Science and Engineering segment of the Expanding Horizons Program
Payette Lakes Ski Club (McCall) - $2,500 to remodel the ski lodge, the after school program hub, to increase lodge capacity by an additional 25 persons, improve energy efficiency and create a dedicated ski patrol/first aid room
ROSE Advocates Inc. (Weiser) - $4,000 to purchase supplies, phone/internet use (McCall and Cascade), rent/utilities for the McCall office, (Cascade office use donated by Valley County), and mileage between offices as well as victim emergency transportation when needed
Shepherd's Home, Inc. (McCall) - $3,000 to ensure that the doors are open when children are in need
Snowdon Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc. (McCall) - $2,000 to provide modest stipends to interns, support their room and board while they reside at Snowdon Wildlife Sanctuary, and provide a vehicle for their use to rescue animals and travel to present public programs
University of Idaho Foundation, Inc./McCall Outdoor Science Center - $2,000 to underwrite program costs for outdoor science programs that serve McCall and Donnelly Schools, including outdoor science week, winter survival, and team building programs so schools can attend at affordable prices
Valley County Pathways (Donnelly) - $500 to construct a 1/2 mile diverse use, non-motorized trail in Donnelly
Wilderness Science Education, Inc. (McCall) - $1,000 to expand Payette Children's Forest outdoor education activities in the schools
The Shelton Fund was created in 2004 from a family foundation started by Perc and Gladys Shelton, who were long-time McCall residents. Distributions are made primarily to nonprofit charitable organizations and government entities, including schools. Organizations don’t have to be based in Valley County, but projects must benefit Valley County.
GCF grants $3,000 to Grangeville nonprofits The Grangeville Community Foundation, an ICF community affiliate, recently awarded $3,000 to eight local nonprofits.
Community affiliates act as “mini ICFs” and focus on their own communities. They have their own endowments, advisory boards and grant selection processes. ICF has five community affiliates.
GCF gave grants to:
Animal Ark – $250 for the spay and neuter program.
Grangeville Centennial Library – $250 for recreational programming for library patrons, especially Family Read Week activities.
Grangeville Elementary-Middle School (GEMS) and Kids Klub – $600 for a partnership that will offer college visits for seventh- and eighth-grade students.
GEMS Tangible Needy Student Fund – $500 to benefit students who may not otherwise be able to participate in school activities or have necessary clothing for physical education class and recess. The grant will be matched by Bell Lumber & Pole.
Grangeville Idaho Drug Free Idaho Youth – $400 to provide scholarships for members to attend various programs.
Grangeville Music Department – $250 to supplement the instrument repair budget.
Grangeville Farmer’s Market – $250 to purchase materials for kids’ activities.
Partners Inspiring Community Health – $500 to help encourage children ages 8-18 to learn about and participate in a lifetime activity.
Geography Knowledge Fund announces recipients The Geography Knowledge Fund in ICF announced six grant recipients totaling $1,665. Boisean Linda Grable-Curtis established this fund to further the study of geography by Idaho students. Recipients are:
Alameda Middle School (Pocatello) - $258 to purchase two 12” political globes that are current and three packs of laminated desk pad maps
Ethel Boyes Elementary School (Idaho Falls) - $293 to purchase geography books for the elementary school library
Hunter Elementary School (Meridian) - $300 to assist student learning in the study of geographic literacy and igniting interest in geography by bringing in a giant traveling map through national geographic
Malad Middle School (Malad City) - $271 to purchase a set of topographical maps and a classroom set of compasses so students can learn to tell directions and locate geographic locations on maps prior to using GPS units to physically locate historical sites around Oneida County
Parma Middle School - $262 to buy reference materials for teaching 5th and 6th grade students
Skyway Elementary School (Coeur d’Alene) - $281 to purchase atlases for students to use in a Geography Club
News Briefs Two ICF Board Directors win legislative seats ICF Board Directors Mark Nye and Caroline Nilsson Troy won elections in their districts and will serve in the Idaho Legislature.
Nye, a Democrat, will represent Pocatello’s District 29 as a state representative. He succeeds incumbent Carolyn Meline who didn’t seek re-election.
Mark Nye
Troy, a Republican, will represent Moscow’s District 5 as a state representative. She succeeds incumbent Shirley Ringo who vacated the position to run for Congress against Rep. Raul Labrador.
Caroline Troy
Former ICF Board Directors honored at National Philanthropy Day event Former ICF Board Chair Sandy Fery and former Board Director Ron Sali were named as Honor Role Recipients at
the National Philanthropy Day Idaho breakfast on Nov. 12. Sandy Fery & Ron Sali The event was hosted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Idaho Chapter.
Fery has served on many nonprofit boards throughout the Treasure Valley and has held leadership positions on the boards of the Boise Art Museum, Ballet Idaho, University of Idaho Foundation, Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Idaho Botanical Gardens. She served on ICF’s board from 2003 until her retirement earlier this year.
Sali served on the ICF Board from 2004 to 2011 and continues to assist ICF with our work, especially in his professional role as a real estate expert and land developer. He has also served as president of the Arid Club and on the St. Luke’s Health System audit and finance committee.
Upcoming Deadlines Century Link Middle School Philanthropy Program deadline Nov. 30 CenturyLink and ICF are accepting applications from middle/junior high school teachers to participate in the 2014-2015 CenturyLink Middle School Philanthropy Program. Please visit the ICF website for application guidelines and to apply. Deadline for submission is Nov. 30.
The program’s purpose is to increase awareness among middle/junior high school students about the various needs within their communities and engage them in the work of the nonprofits working to meet those needs.
As many as eight classrooms will each be given up to $3,000 to spend as grants to support nonprofit organizations in the local community. Teachers will lead students in the process of researching local organizations, presenting their findings and collectively determining how to distribute the charitable funds.
Eligible participants include Idaho and southeastern Oregon middle/junior high school classes located within communities served by CenturyLink: American Falls, Bancroft, Bellevue, Blackfoot, Bliss, Boise, Bruneau, Burley, Buhl, Caldwell, Castleford, Cottonwood, Craigmont, Culdesac, Declo, Downey, Dayton, Dietrich, Eagle, Eden, Emmett, Franklin, Firth, Gooding, Glenns Ferry, Grace, Grangeville, Grandview, Grasmere, Greenleaf, Hailey, Hagerman, Hammett, Hansen, Hazelton, Heyburn, Idaho City, Idaho Falls, Inkom, Jerome, Kamiah, Kimberly, Ketchum, Kooskia, Kuna, Lapwai, Lava Hot Springs, Lewisville, Leadore, Lewiston, Menan, McCammon, Middleton, Melba, Meridian, Murtaugh, Mountain Home, Montpelier, Murphy, Nampa, New Plymouth, Nez Perce, North Fork, Notus, Picabo, Payette, Placerville, Pocatello, Preston, Richfield, Riddle, Roberts, Rigby, Ririe, Riverside, Rexburg, Salmon, Soda Springs, Shelley, Shoshone, Star, Sugar City, Sun Valley, Thatcher, Twin Falls, Winchester, Weiser and Wendell, Idaho; and Ontario, Nyssa and Vale, Oregon.
For more information, email ICF’s Elly Davis at [email protected] , or call (208) 342-3535.
Northern Region Competitive Grant Cycle open until Jan. 15
The grant cycle is open for the north Idaho counties of Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce and Shoshone. Deadline to apply is Jan. 15.
In the 2013-14 grant cycle, ICF awarded more than $164,000 to 74 organizations in north Idaho. Approximately the same amount will be available this year.
Eligible organizations may apply for up to $5,000. Individuals are not eligible for the regional grant program. Grant areas include, but are not limited to:
● Arts and culture
● Education
● Emergency services
● Libraries
● Conservation/environment
● Health
● Recreation
● Social services
● Public projects
In general, ICF favors activities that:
● Reach a broad segment of the community, especially those citizens whose needs are not being met by existing services that are normally expected to be provided by private rather than government sources
● Request seed money to realize unusual opportunities to meet urgent needs in the community
● Stimulate and encourage additional funding
● Promote cooperation and avoid duplication of effort
● Help make a charitable organization more effective and efficient and better able to sustain itself over the long term.
Grant awards will be recommended by the Northern Regional Grants Panel, which is composed of community participants from the counties of the northern region. Distribution of grants is scheduled to begin in June.
For more information or to apply, go to our homepage.
ICF Scholarship Opportunities The Idaho Community Foundation has more than 70 scholarship opportunities for students seeking assistance with the cost of higher education. The deadline to submit the ICF Scholarship Application is April 1.
The application and information about all ICF scholarships is on the ICF website at http://www.idcomfdn.org/scholarships.
In 2014, ICF awarded $279,000 in scholarships to over 150 students representing 25 Idaho counties.
For more information, contact Elly Davis at (208) 342-3535, or edavis@idcomfdn. org.
Newly Created Funds Animal Rescue Foundation Fund (philanthropic gift) – This fund was established to create a regional animal shelter in Grangeville. The ARF regional animal shelter will provide for the basic needs of domesticated animals (primarily cats and dogs) until they are reclaimed by their owner, placed in a new home or placed with another organization for adoption.
Jim and Judy Stamey Fund (philanthropic gift) – This fund was created by Jim and Judy Stamey of Boise to support a variety of charitable causes in Idaho and Arizona.
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Privacy Policy | Email Preferences © 2014 Idaho Community Foundation President's Corner on Philanthropy For the last two e-bulletins I have outlined some of the place-based philanthropic work underway in local communities with the goal of better preparing Idaho’s children for school.
As I pointed out in October, if students are not reading proficiently by third grade, they will fall significantly behind those who are as their school curriculum shifts from learning to read to reading to learn. As many as one-third of Idaho students still struggle with reading in middle school and high school. These students find themselves unprepared for the work world or the pursuit of post-high school educational opportunities. Even graduating from high school is difficult for them.
School districts spend significant money on remediation to try to bring these students up to grade level, but it is challenging. Even when remediation is successful, data suggests that students who needed remediation never fully close the gap between themselves and their peers who didn’t need remediation. Remediation efforts help the lowest performing students increase their skills but the highest performing students also increased their skills.
The Children’s Reading Foundation of Kennewick, Wash., developed and invested in curriculum for parents that would provide them with skills to prepare their children for kindergarten. The curriculum, called Ready! for Kindergarten, is a series of three classes for parents and caregivers to learn age-appropriate targets and tools to use at home to ensure children begin kindergarten prepared. Class participants receive an early learning tool kit for each class they attend containing age-appropriate learning materials for them to use with their child at home. Tools include such things as floor puzzles, colorful wooden shapes, blocks, magnetic letters and numbers, and audio CDs.
Getting programs like Ready! for Kindergarten into the communities that need it most requires place- based philanthropy, and ICF is excited to be part of that effort. ICF’s South Central Idaho Leadership Council, which is a partnership between ICF, Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children, the South Central Idaho United Way, Idaho Voices for Children and the Idaho Reading Coalition, is supporting Ready! for Kindergarten classes in Jerome, Gooding and Wendell.
Grants for the program have been provided by the National Children’s Reading Foundation and the J.R. Simplot Company.
Ready! for Kindergarten has been successful in a number of Idaho communities. The Panhandle Alliance for Education has supported Ready! for Kindergarten in the Lake Pend Oreille School District for 10 years. When the program began, less than 50% of students were prepared for kindergarten, and now 97% of students are prepared.
Ready! for Kindergarten is also being used and supported by the Priest Lake Community Education Foundation in that community, the United Way of Kootenai County has established the program in Rathdrum, Post Falls and Coeur d’Alene, and the United Way of Southeastern Idaho has introduced it in the Pocatello School District.
The United Way of the Treasure Valley has different programs underway in Canyon and Ada counties to address school readiness through postsecondary education. The first is P-16 in the Caldwell School District. According to their website, every school in the Caldwell School District is impacted by P-16. The data shows that the average reading scores of preschoolers who moved up to kindergarten nearly doubled. Another effort is the Treasure Valley Education Partnership (TVEP) which includes a goal that “every child is prepared for school.” TVEP utilizes the STRIVE model and includes school districts in Ada, Canyon, Gem and Elmore counties.
What do all these efforts have in common? Place-based philanthropy. All of these efforts are supported by regional and statewide nonprofits and foundations, meaning local school foundations, statewide foundations, United Ways, nonprofits and their partners. In 2015, ICF will encourage local, regional and statewide funders to come together to discuss how we all make sure Idaho’s kids are ready for learning to read by the time they reach our schools.
Headlines Emmett native and his wife leave an educational legacy Emmett native and his A Gem County couple established two ICF funds last month wife leave an educational through a $750,000 bequest from their estate that will forever legacy help Emmett students achieve their educational dreams.
ICF grants nearly Dean and Gay Welch established a $500,000 scholarship for graduates of $212,000 in southwest Emmett High School and Black Canyon High School and a $250,000 designated and central Idaho fund that will support students and programs in the Emmett School District.
NeighborWorks® “This is a special gift for the students in the Emmett School District,” said Rick Pocatello completes Johnston, Chair of the Emmett Public School Foundation. “It is special when pavilion project at alumni give back to their community to support the future generations.” Caldwell
The Welch endowments will provide more than $22,000 in renewable scholarships Passages: Gretchen and more than $11,000 in student and program support every year for the Hellar, Gordon Lassahn, Emmett School District. Because they are endowed, the Welches’ contribution will Charlotte Oslund last forever. News Briefs Emmett High School Principal Wade Carter said 135 to 170 students graduate Upcoming Deadlines from his school every year. Many are dual enrolled in online college courses and the designated fund will help pay the substantial fees to take those classes. He
also noted that many students are able to get scholarships for their first year of college, but the money is not always renewable. The Welch scholarship is ICF's New and renewable for four years. Renewing Members
Month Year “This is a great benefit for our kids,” Carter said. “This is going to have a lasting impact for many, many years to come.” New Member | Renewing Member Rich Welch, a nephew of Dean and Gay, said establishing the funds was deeply Benefactor ($1,000 and meaningful for him and the entire Welch family. above) Thomas and Teresa “It means more than anyone can imagine to see a need and be able help fill it,” he Killingsworth, Boise said. “The Welch name will carry on and will give our students a jump start on Doug and Billie Nelson, Idaho their future.” Falls
Patron ($500-$999) Dean Welch was born and raised in Emmett and graduated from Emmett High Darrell Jordan, Kellogg School in 1946. He had a successful career in aerospace and steel, starting with
the Boeing Airplane Co. in 1952, and retiring as the Chief Executive Officer of the Sponsor ($250-$499) Dan and Judith Hinman, Ladish Co. in 1989. Dean passed away in July 2014. Gay passed away in 2012. Emmett The couple was married for 54 years.
Joel and Teresa Poppen, Eagle “Through their generosity, the Welches are helping today’s students achieve their David and Pamela Shaw, academic goals. Even more exciting, this gift will extend to their children, Emmett grandchildren, great-grandchildren and more,” said ICF President and CEO Bob
Denise Smith, Boise Hoover.
Stephen and Carol Trott, Boise
Sustainer ($100-$249) ICF grants nearly $212,000 in southwest and central Barbara Dargatz, Hailey Idaho
Del and Arlene Dodd, McCall ICF’s Southwestern Regional Grants Panel has selected 111
Debra Johnson, Boise southwestern Idaho and central Idaho nonprofits, educational organizations and governmental entities to receive nearly Colleen Magnuson, Wallace $212,000 through its competitive grant cycle. Raymond and Jane Morgan, Hayden Lake Grant recipients are from the following counties: Ada, Adams, The Discovery Center of Idaho received a $1,000 Blaine, Boise, Camas, Canyon, Cassia, Elmore, Gem, Gooding, grant from ICF. Carolyn Patrick, Emmett Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, Owyhee, Payette, Twin Falls, Valley Allen and Jolene Quimby, Boise and Washington.
Alan and Nelada White, Money for the grants comes from several ICF funds that were established by Preston generous donors to benefit southwest and central Idaho. Freda Cenarrusa, Boise This year’s grant recipients are: Supporter ($50-$99)
Cynthia Bambic, Boise Ada County
Fred and Gayle Bieker, Sun American Red Cross of Greater Idaho - Chapter Headquarters – $1,000 to provide Valley services, comfort and temporary shelter for victims of home fires or wildfires
Gregory and Paula Culet, Assistance League of Boise – $2,000 to provide gift cards to Payless Shoes for Nampa children clothed by the Operation School Bell program. Gratia Griffith, Coeur d’Alene Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Idaho – $1,500 to allow our professional Edward and Marjorie staff to train, oversee and evaluate adult volunteer mentors Kuchynka, Weippe
Andy and Lisa Marshall, Boise Philharmonic Association, Inc. – $2,500 to provide arts education to the Caldwell Eagle, Nampa, Boise and West Ada school districts through its Musicians in the
Schools program Todd and Melanie Mary, Idaho Falls Boise Public Schools Education Foundation, Inc. – $500 to purchase books for Robert Myers, Pocatello kindergarten students to check-out at libraries at every elementary school in the
Brandi Newton, Idaho Falls Boise School District
Gary and Marjorie Pietsch, Boise Valley Habitat for Humanity, Inc. – $1,500 to purchase construction Sandpoint materials for homes being built in Habitat’s Frazier Place subdivision
Edward and Susie Skinner, Boys and Girls Club of Ada County – $2,500 to implement Project Learn, an Twin Falls expansion of the Power Hour Homework Help & Tutoring Program that also offers John and Brenda St. Clair, other rich educational experiences shown to help children and teens Idaho Falls Children’s Free Dental Clinic Inc. – $3,000 to purchase dental supplies for patient Thomas and JoAnn Trail, Moscow wellness kits, educational pamphlets, toothbrushes, toothpaste, toothbrushing timers and cavity preventing fluoride varnish for every child in the program David and Shannon Wimer,
Grangeville Children’s Home Society of Idaho – $2,500 to support a collaboration between
Friend ($25-$49) Children’s Home Society and Boys & Girls Clubs Of Ada County, creating a summer Elsie Lillibridge, Pinehurst group therapy program for children who attend Boys & Girls Club
Hilarie Neely, Ketchum City of Kuna – $2,000 to relocate the Kuna Historical Museum from a 480-square
Valley Hi Ranches, Caldwell foot converted trailer to a 1,344-square foot city-owned building on Main Street that is ADA accessible
Culinary Skills Training Center, Inc. – $1,500 to provide more than 4,800 total Memorials and Honors hours of life skills and employability training to at-risk young adults to supplement
The Idaho Community the culinary arts job training component of the program and foster financial Foundation welcomes gifts independence sent as memorials or in honor Discovery Center of Idaho, Inc. – $1,000 to ignite an interest in STEM among of individuals on their Idaho’s underserved students by allowing them to experience the wonders of birthdays, anniversaries, hands-on science through free field trips to DCI retirement, or other special occasions. Such gifts may be Family Advocates, Inc. – $2,000 to recruit, screen, train and supervise additional added to any individual fund volunteers to conduct home visits to families with young children to meet the in the Foundation or to the growing wait list of families in Ada and Elmore counties who would like to Idaho Community Foundation strengthen their parenting Unrestricted Trust Fund Feed the Gap – $1,000 to provide breakfast and lunch to children in the Boise
The following gifts were School District who do not qualify for or do not receive federal free or reduced received in November meals yet are hungry as identified by the school principal, counselor or teacher 2014: Giraffe Laugh, Inc. – $1,500 to provide access to the early childhood programs for
In Memory of Camille children who are born into or living in poverty between the ages of zero and 5 Freese Idaho Diabetes Youth Programs, Inc. – $2,000 for camperships so children with Robert and Carol Hamlin type 1 diabetes in financial need from southwestern Idaho counties may attend
In Memory of Thelma 2014 Hodia camps Howard Idaho Humane Society – $1,000 to purchase pet food for the Pet Food Pantry for Freda Cenarrusa our network of foster parents that volunteer to house IHS pets in their home until
In Memory of Gordon they are adopted Lassahn Idaho Immunization Coalition, Inc. – $2,000 to eliminate the administrative fee so Terry and Phyllis Arrington there are no barriers preventing youth from receiving vaccines
Kirsten Ehlers Idaho Youth Ranch, Inc. – $2,500 to prepare at-risk young people for success in
Arthur and Annaliese Kull the workplace
John Waters and Naomi Idaho Zoological Society – $1,000 to help complete construction of the new Lassahn behind-the-scenes animal breeding facility
Kimberly Linn Learning Lab, Inc. – $2,500 to support Learning Lab’s programs which provide adult and family literacy education for functionally illiterate adults, parents and David Mampel their young children
Stuart Snyder Lee Pesky Learning Center – $2,500 to provide cost savings, based on financial
In Memory of Doral Moore need, so more Idaho families can access LPLC services and help their loved ones Idaho Youth Education understand and overcome their learning challenges Recycling Partners Log Cabin Literary Center – $2,000 to help fund the Writers in the School (WITS) In Memory of Kevin Scott program, which places professional teaching-writers in area classrooms, serving at- Idaho Youth Education risk and underserved populations Recycling Partners Meridian Area Senior Citizens – $2,000 to provide support to senior caregivers In Memory of Eileen Smith through four educational sessions including provision of respite care so they can Junior League of Boise attend and bring their loved ones to be professionally supervised while they enhance their ability to continue as caregivers
Meridian Food Bank – $2,500 to purchase food for the School Backpack Program
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Utah - S Idaho Chapter – $1,500 to support the Chapter’s Financial Assistance Program that helps the neediest individuals cover expenses when insurance or disability benefits fall short, helping them to maintain their independence, personal safety, and quality of life.
Opera Idaho, Inc. – $2,500 to support our Educational Outreach Program, an hour- long performance of “She Never Lost a Passenger” detailing the life of Harriet Tubman, and also a performance at the Egyptian Theatre of the children’s opera Brundibár for middle school students
Organization Assisting The Homeless Student – $2,500 to expand the OATHS program throughout southwest Idaho and help even more homeless students enjoy, succeed and stay in school by providing what they need to be successful, particularly in the areas of technology and extra-curricular activities
Senior Solutions Inc. – $2,000 to be able to continue to assist the number of elderly in the area who need help to live safely and independently
Snake River Waterkeeper – $1,000 to establish and grow Snake River Waterkeeper’s Adopt-a-Stream program across all of central and southern Idaho by setting up the project, coordinating volunteer efforts, and organizing and overseeing river cleanup events
Terry Reilly Health Services – $2,500 to provide specialized trauma counseling to child and adult victims of sexual abuse through sliding fee discounts and charitable care
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society – $3,000 to help replace the handicapped accessible van that transports the senior and disabled adult residents of Good Samaritan Society - Boise Village
The Idaho Foodbank – $2,500 to support the School Pantry Program in southwest Idaho which offers a safe, reliable place for families and children to access food during the school year
The Salvation Army Boise Corps – $2,500 to provide supportive services, such as case management, parenting classes and basic baby care items to pregnant and parenting teens while they complete their high school education
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul SW Idaho District Council – $2,000 to provide supportive transportation services for recent ex-offenders to obtain and maintain employment and to re-integrate back into society
Treasure Valley Math and Science Center – $1,000 to provide outreach programs and collaborative activities that encourage and support underrepresented students (female, minority, and/or low income) in pursuing educational opportunities within STEM fields
Women’s and Children’s Alliance, Inc. – $2,000 to sustain the WCA’s direct victim counseling component which yearly serves hundreds of women, men and children whose lives have been negatively impacted by domestic and/or sexual violence
Adams County Council School District – $2,400 restore a one-acre pond into a recreation and educational amenity for our school and community
Blaine County Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault – $2,070 to finish and furnish an addition to the shelter that includes client meeting and class space, a sleeping room for overnight weekend staff, 2-3 offices for client services, a bathroom and kitchenette for staff use
Blaine County School District Education Foundation – $3,457 to meet the emergency needs and academic aspirations of students in the Blaine County School District
Blaine County Seniors’ Council, Inc. – $2,500 to purchase biodegradable packaging trays and wrap with easy to open and read instructions for seniors and disabled adults
Environmental Resource Center – $500 to update the Integrated Pest Management Companion Guide for use by homeowners, businesses, local governments, local ranchers, farmers and nonprofits
Flourish Foundation – $500 to meet the growing demand for the Mindful Awareness Program, introducing young people to methods of compassion and self- reflection with the ultimate goal of preventing senseless acts of violence and hate
Girls On The Run Of The Wood River Valley, Inc. – $1,500 to insure that any young girl in grades 3-8 can participate in the Girls on the Run program regardless of financial need and that the program is made available in all Blaine County schools
Hailey Ice Park, Inc. – $500 to compensate an adult employee at the rink who will hand out and sharpen skates, unlock and lock the warming hut, manage borrowed equipment and monitor the rink
Higher Ground Sun Valley Inc. – $500 to continue Higher Ground’s Special Olympics alpine skiing program, which allows local children with intellectual disabilities to compete in downhill skiing while developing self-confidence, physical skills, and teamwork abilities
Nurture Idaho – $500 to promote our vision of increasing the health and well- being of children and families through nutrition and wellness education
Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities – $500 to provide support for art, music, humanities and theatre programs for children in grades K-12
Swiftsure Ranch Therapeutic Equestrian Center, Inc – $1,000 to provide therapeutic equine-assisted riding and activities for individuals with disabilities
The Community Library Association – $1,000 to create and coordinate a travelling historical exhibit that will allow every fifth-grader in Blaine County to participate in an interactive learning experience about their local history
The Crisis Hotline – $1,000 to pay for a portion of the general operating expenses, including administration salaries, telephones, rent, and office supplies
The Hunger Coalition – $2,500 to provide food assistance programs to meet the challenges facing individuals and families in need, ensuring that no one goes hungry, and empower them to improve their lives by actively connecting them with mentoring, education and other resources
Trailing of the Sheep Cultural Heritage Center, Inc. – $500 to support the “Celebrating Generations” project, which in 2015 will focus on documenting the stories of second- and third-generation sheep ranching families
Wood River Community Orchestra – $1,000 buy a two timpani set
Wood River Community Young Men's Christian Association, Inc. – $2,000 to fund camp scholarships for one week of Y Summit Camp (summer camp) at 100% scholarship, or partial scholarship if they need more than one week of camp
Boise County Computers for Kids, Inc. – $3,000 to refurbish computers for economically, socially disadvantaged at-risk youth
Garden Valley Communications, Inc. – $1,400 to purchase a desktop computer and fireproof safe. The desktop will be the primary computer for weather, road and safety reports for Boise County’s only radio station.
Camas County Camas County School District #121 – $2,000 to purchase and install a security camera system as well as card reader lock system on main entrance doors
Camas County Senior Citizens Association – $2,000 to start construction of a building addition to allow the Senior Center to open and operate a thrift store selling used clothing and household goods to the community
Canyon County Caldwell Fine Arts Series – $1,500 to combat bullying and increase cultural tolerance through the power of storytelling and music
Family Advocates, Inc. – $2,000 to recruit, train and supervise volunteers in Canyon County who will strengthen families to prevent child abuse and neglect, and promote optimal early child development and family well-being through regular evidence-based home visitation
Hands of Hope Northwest, Inc – $2,500 to make durable medical equipment available to everyone who has a need for it regardless of ability to pay, to supply homeless shelters with mattresses, blankets, towels, soap, and to supply community health clinics with equipment and supplies
Love Inc of Treasure Valley – $2,500 to renovate and furnish a home to be used as free, short-term housing for adult family members of critically ill adults receiving treatment at a local hospital
Middleton Public Library – $1,000 to replace books in our aging children’s collections, many of which were purchased before 1986 and have lead in their bindings as well as to purchase new shelving
Nampa Fire Department – $2,000 to purchase life safety and educational materials that facilitate the SAFE (Surviving A Fire Emergency) program, as well as cover costs associated with Fire Safe House visits
Nampa Public Library Foundation Inc. – $500 to purchase Spanish language books and materials for teens for the new Nampa library
Original Gangster’s Basic Academy of Delinquency, Inc. – $500 to fund wages for students on juvenile probation working on work crews from which they will pay restitution owed to victims of their juvenile crimes
Parma Area Senior Citizens, Inc. – $2,000 to upgrade the kitchen
Salvation Army Caldwell Corps – $2,500 to support the education classes at the Baby Haven program
Salvation Army Nampa Corps – $2,500 to provide case management at the Community Family Shelter for homeless families and single women
The Mentoring Network, Inc. – $1,500 pay for program costs with 50/50 matching funds allowing The MN to recruit, train, match, and support 15 of the anticipated 193 school aged youth for one school year
Treasure Valley Family YMCA – $2,500 to teach Caldwell School District third graders how to swim and gain water safety skills, for free, during the school day
United Way of Treasure Valley – $1,500 to engage and train Caldwell-based preschool and childcare providers to positively impact youth for years to come
Cassia County Burley Senior High School – $2,500 to organize the existing choral literature, update the music to be copyright compliant, and purchase new music for the high school and junior high choral programs
Elmore County Mountain Home Arts Council – $1,300 bring costumes, props and two directors to organize and facilitate a week’s rehearsals involving 70 to 80 local students from grades K-12 in preparation for two public performances
Three Island Senior Citizens Inc – $3,000 to pay for repairs to the Senior Center’s van
Gem County Gem County Senior Citizens, Inc – $4,498 to help replace the 14-year old-bus
Gooding County Gooding County Senior Organization, Inc. – $2,500 to purchase and install a new dishwasher plus racks for the kitchen area
Helping Hearts & Hands – $3,000 to be used to repair the facility roof
Jerome County Silver & Gold Senior Citizens Center, Inc. – $1,500 to purchase reusable Meals on Wheels trays and portable heat transporters
Lincoln County Shoshone Joint School District #312 – $3,000 to purchase art and other supplies used in the Storyline teaching method
Minidoka County DeMary Memorial Public Library – $2,000 to replace out-of-date public computers with nine new computers and one new public printer/copier
Minidoka Soil and Water Conservation District – $941 to purchase a new laptop computer with updated software and a wireless router
Owyhee County Bruneau Quick Response Unit Inc – $5,000 to purchase mannequins for training of EMTs and members of the community in CPR
Bruneau Valley Library – $500 provide luncheon speaker programs in 2015
City of Homedale – $2,000 to purchase playground equipment appropriate for children 5 and younger
Marsing Senior Citizens Inc – $3,000 to apply toward purchase of 14-seat van used to transport clients to medical, dental, shopping and recreational trips
Wilson Butte 4-H Club – $1,000 to purchase screen printed, educational, double- sided signs along with large, welded, free standing display racks
Payette County Fruitland High School – $2,500 to purchase a NewTek TriCaster 40 video editing system, which will allow students to use current technology to live-edit multi- camera studio projects with HD cameras
ROSE Advocates Inc. – $3,000 to purchase new materials, supplies and equipment, providing and strengthening the victims “Journey Beyond Abuse” support so that they and their children can move forward to become safe, productive members of their communities, free from abuse
Twin Falls County Buhl Public Library – $2,000 to update the current boardroom and make it into a community space
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Magic Valley – $2,400 to finish production of elementary, middle and high school level class materials/curriculum and to purchase product tools that will aid CCCS in educating, mentoring and inspiring students on the importance of good financial practices
Family Health Services Corporation – $2,400 to purchase new vital sign monitors and otoscope/opthalmoscope units for exam rooms in the Buhl clinic to replace outdated units currently in use, allowing providers to effectively gather vital patient information and make informed diagnoses
Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers of the Magic Valley – $2,400 to assist with day-to- day operations to ensure that people who can no longer drive have free transportation so they have access to health care service providers
Jubilee House, Inc. – $2,000 to pay for teaching and classroom facilitation, and purchase books, workbooks and teaching materials
La Posada, Inc – $3,500 to provide assistance to families in need of basic food essentials, temporary shelter and/or assistance with utility and medical bills
Murtaugh Joint School District #418 – $2,500 to provide preschool services to all 4-year-olds in the district
Mustard Seed Ministries, Inc. – $2,000 to purchase bikes, helmets and locks for people who have graduated from a local aftercare prison program
Rising Stars Therapeutic Riding Center – $2,400 to increase donor awareness of the program and its needs by preparing and distributing a comprehensive professional annual report and enhancing marketing tools such as videos, and printed media ads
The Home Partnership Foundation Inc – $1,500 to provide deposits for rental housing for homeless veterans throughout south central Idaho
Valley Housing Coalition – $1,250 to help provide transportation/taxi service to homeless families and single individuals the first week of entering into the Valley House
West End Senior Citizens Inc of Buhl – $1,401 to purchase home-delivered user- friendly containers, and food
Valley County Adaptive Wilderness Sports of McCall, Inc. – $400 to purchase a mono-ski for the winter sports program
Cascade Food Pantry, Inc. – $2,500 to purchase a modular 10x12 walk-in refrigerator and a modular 10x12 walk-in freezer
Friends of the Donnelly Library Inc. – $2,500 to purchase new computers for the library
McCall Senior Citizens, Inc. – $2,000 to assist in the purchase of basic food for the meals served at the Senior Center or delivered through the Meals on Wheels program, buy kitchen supplies, and, when necessary, supplement the wages of kitchen personnel preparing the meals.
Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation – $2,400 to increase the number of Frank Church Wilderness Steward Volunteers through community outreach and recruitment efforts in Valley, Ada, Adams, and Boise counties
Shepherd’s Home, Inc. – $2,500 to ensure that the doors are open when children are in need
Tamarack Environmental Protection Association – $850 to purchase plants and materials for a FireWise demonstration garden
Washington County Midvale Community Library – $2,500 to purchase new computers for the public to use, and new Office software.
Weiser Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc. – $1,000 to purchase digital weight monitoring scales for patients diagnosed with congestive heart failure
NeighborWorks® Pocatello completes pavilion project at Caldwell Park The NeighborWorks® Pavilion at Caldwell Park, which commemorates the 20-year anniversary of the NeighborWorks® organization, was recently opened and dedicated
Total cost of the pavilion was $127,000 with nearly all of the The pavilion dedication at funds coming from foundations, private businesses and Caldwell Park generous individuals in the community. Top donors included two ICF funds – the Ifft Foundation Fund, and the F.M., Anne G., and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fund. In total, over 125 donors contributed.
The pavilion features 1,500 square feet of covered space and includes power hook- ups, lighting and full ADA accessibility. New landscaping surrounds the structure along with a grassy slope where spectators can gather to watch different performances or musical events. The pavilion will be a new focal point for the park, which up until now has had no type of covered structure.
NeighborWorks® Pocatello’s mission is to create and preserve vibrant neighborhoods. The group decided a shelter was a great example of how “being a good neighbor works – for the individual, the neighborhood and the community,” said Mark Dahlquist, NeighborWorks® Pocatello Executive Director.
Passages: Gretchen Hellar, Gordon Lassahn, Charlotte Oslund
Gretchen Hellar Gretchen Albrecht Hellar, 71, passed away on November 21 following a battle with cancer. Hellar was a vocal human rights supporter and a longtime board member of the Bonner County Human Rights Task Force.
She reportedly looked Aryan Nations leader Richard Butler in the eye and declared that everyone deserved to live in Gretchen Hellar community free of racism. She served as mayor of Sandpoint from 2008 to 2012.
Hellar was involved in establishing two ICF funds – the Bonner County Endowment Fund for Human Rights in 2012 and the Bonner County Fund for Arts Enhancement in 2013.
The human rights fund provides grants to Bonner County organizations whose activities reflect commitment to the ideal that everyone is equal under state and federal laws and constitution regardless of race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation or disability.
The arts enhancement fund provides grants to Bonner County organizations seeking funding for projects that focus on demonstrating how the arts encourage creative and critical thinking, stimulate economic vitality and enhance the quality of life in a community. Hellar was a talented watercolorist.
Gordon Lassahn Gordon “Gordo” Dennis Lassahn passed away from cancer at his Idaho Falls home at the age of 72. He was a physicist, applied mathematician and computer scientist who moved to Idaho Falls in 1974 to work at the INL.
He won two R&D 100 Awards, which are presented annually by R&D Magazine and have been called the “Oscars of Applied Science,” for software projects. Earlier this year, Lassahn was inducted into the INL’s Inventor’s Hall of Fame, honoring him as an INL inventor who had received five patents. Gordon Lassahn
Lassahn’s obituary noted his terrific sense of humor and said it was one of his most characteristic traits: “He never lost that sense of humor even when he was so sick. For example, he had a stroke that affected his speech. Lying in the ER, he began to regain some of his speech. He said, ‘I guess my days of singing opera are over.’ And as he pushed his walker past a friend, he quipped, ‘Just so you know, I don’t pick up hitchhikers.’”
Lassahn and his wife Pamela established a donor advised fund called the Henry- Lassahn fund in ICF in 2008 to facilitate their philanthropic giving during their lifetimes. When Pamela passes away it will become a field of interest fund to help disadvantaged, low-income youth in the eastern and southeastern Idaho.
Charlotte Oslund Charlotte S. Oslund, age 90, passed away on October 29 in Boise. She was born in North Dakota and served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946 and then went to North Dakota State University where she graduated with a degree in home economics, clothing and textiles. She earned a master’s degree from Colorado State University and spent 30 years teaching at the secondary and college levels.
After retiring, Oslund spent many hours as a volunteer for organizations such as the Women’s and Children’s Alliance. She was skilled in embroidery, quilting, sewing and crafting. Many of the quilts she made were donated to nonprofits in Boise. She was an avid button collector and was a member of the Garnet Button Club in Boise, the Idaho State Button Society and the National Button Society.
She established the Charlotte S. Oslund Fund in ICF in 1999 to support special projects and activities for schools and libraries in communities with populations of less than 3,000. She selected beneficiaries of the fund until her passing and now grants will be recommended by ICF’s Regional Grants Panels
News Briefs New baby for ICF Weston Patrick Miller, son of Charlie Miller, north Idaho donor relations/development officer, and his wife Amanda Miller, communications director for Hospice of North Idaho, was born during Coeur d’Alene’s first snow of the year at 7:55
a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20. He was 9 pounds, 4 ounces and Weston Patrick Miller 21.5 inches long. Weston is Charlie and Amanda’s first child.
Upcoming Deadlines Northern Region Competitive Grant Cycle open until Jan. 15 The grant cycle is open for the north Idaho counties of Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce and Shoshone. Deadline to apply is Jan. 15.
In the 2013-14 grant cycle, ICF awarded more than $164,000 to 74 organizations in north Idaho. Approximately the same amount will be available this year.
Eligible organizations may apply for up to $5,000. Individuals are not eligible for the regional grant program. Grant areas include, but are not limited to:
● Arts and culture
● Education
● Emergency services
● Libraries
● Conservation/environment
● Health
● Recreation
● Social services
● Public projects
In general, ICF favors activities that:
● Reach a broad segment of the community, especially those citizens whose needs are not being met by existing services that are normally expected to be provided by private rather than government sources
● Request seed money to realize unusual opportunities to meet urgent needs in the community
● Stimulate and encourage additional funding
● Promote cooperation and avoid duplication of effort
● Help make a charitable organization more effective and efficient and better able to sustain itself over the long term.
Grant awards will be recommended by the Northern Regional Grants Panel, which is composed of community participants from the counties of the northern region. Distribution of grants is scheduled to begin in June.
For more information or to apply, go to our homepage.
ICF Scholarship Opportunities The Idaho Community Foundation has more than 70 scholarship opportunities for students seeking assistance with the cost of higher education. The deadline to submit the ICF Scholarship Application is April 1.
The application and information about all ICF scholarships is on the ICF website at http://www.idcomfdn.org/scholarships.
In 2014, ICF awarded $279,000 in scholarships to over 150 students representing 25 Idaho counties.
For more information, contact Elly Davis at (208) 342-3535, or edavis@idcomfdn. org.
Newly Created Funds Stepping Stones Fund (agency) – Created to support Stepping Stones’ role and mission to promote health, security, happiness and independence of persons with disabling conditions residing in Latah County, Idaho and Whitman County, Washington
Dean and Gay Welch Scholarship Fund (scholarship) – Established by a bequest from Dean and Gay Welch to forever support scholarships for students at Emmett High School and Black Canyon High School in Emmett.
Dean and Gay Welch Fund for the Emmett Public School Foundation (designated) – Established through a bequest by Dean and Gay Welch to forever support the Emmett Public School Foundation’s efforts to benefit students.
Ralph and Mary Lynn Hartwell Philanthropic Gift Fund (philanthropic gift) – Created by Ralph and Mary Lynn Hartwell of Idaho Falls to support local charities and causes.
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