2007 - 2009 Report

William G. McGowan Charitable Fund High Jump Catalyst Schools Archbishop Carroll High School Access Living Solace Tree DeSales High School Project Exploration Women’s Davidson Resource Cristo Rey Academy Center NSTEP Perfect Wings Merit School King’s College of Neveda Umoja Marywood University Center for Inspired TeacConnected.hing Committed.Gardner Institute Zero to Three Project Sanctuary Young Women’s LeadershipCollaborative. Charter School Lourdesmont Camp Good Days and Special Times Bishop Ward Northeast Regional High School Cancer Institute Loyola Big Shoulders Night Ministry KIPP Note-Ables DePaul University KC Healthy Kids Sacred Heart Contents

Letter from the President and Executive Director 2 William McGowan Connected. 3 William G. McGowan (1927-1992), a pioneering Initiatives in Education entrepreneur, was the motivating force behind the success of MCI and the inspiration for the William G. Committed. 11 McGowan Charitable Fund. A visionary leader, Mr. Healthcare & Medical Research Initiatives McGowan understood that opportunity unlocked the limitless power of innovation. During his 24 years as Collaborative. 15 the head—and very public face—of MCI, Mr. McGowan Community Initiatives for Those Most Vulnerable expanded the company from a struggling local radio service to a $9.5 billion telecommunications giant. Financial Statement 22 He was the driving force behind the toppling of the Ma Bell monopoly, and thanks to his dogged efforts and Grant Distribution 2007-2009 23 successful antitrust litigation, the previously regulated telecommunications industry was opened to competition Grant Making & Geographic Guidelines 24 and an entire industry was transformed. Vision To impact lives today, create sustainable change A man born of modest means, Mr. McGowan’s business and empower future generations to achieve their achievements were remarkable. He recognized, though, greatest potential. that with his success came great responsibility, and so was committed to providing others hope through opportunity. He believed in the power of education, Mission the promise of medical research and the urgency of The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund brings community need. He died in 1992 after a 6-year battle our vision to life through grantmaking efforts in three with heart disease that included two heart attacks and program areas: Healthcare and Medical Research, a heart transplant. Soon after Mr. McGowan’s death, Education and Community Initiatives for Those Most his family established the McGowan Fund to provide Vulnerable. We give priority to programs that have financial support to organizations that reflected the demonstrated success, have measurable outcomes visions, concerns and life experiences of its benefactor. and a plan for sustainability, and aim to end cycles Today, the Fund continues to preserve the legacy of of poverty and suffering. Mr. McGowan while embodying his tireless spirit and determined optimism. Resolute in our belief in the power of partnerships or collaborative efforts to maximize impact, we embrace opportunities to work with other funders in our program areas, and look for funding opportunities that share our philosophy and explore the possibility of joint projects with other non-profit organizations. Letter from the President Connected. and Executive Director Initiatives in Education

Dear Friends,

It has been three years since our last Report and there is much to share. These past few years were a time of change and growth for the McGowan Fund and we’re excited to report on our progress and evolution. High Jump Catalyst Schools The close of 2009 marked the Fund’s 16th year and the anniversary presented an opportunity to evaluate how well the Fund is living up to its mission and vision. In our review, we found much to be proud of. As an organization, we are Archbishop Carroll High School College Summit Loyola now more experienced grant makers. With an increased understanding of community resources and challenges, we understand how difficult this work can be and recognize how long significant change takes. We enjoy strong bonds DeSales High School Project Exploration with organizations and individuals within our communities as a result of our relationship-building efforts.

At the same time, there is always room for development, and so, together, we made some major decisions regarding Metropolitan the Fund’s grant-making process, grantee accountability and our own responsibility. In 2008, the Board committed to Joseph Family Services Cristo Rey placing a greater emphasis on outcomes. Applicants now detail expected program outcomes using their pre-estab- lished benchmarks of success and data-collection processes. At the end of the year, our grantees are able to review whether the stated objectives were achieved and determine whether programmatic change is working. Without such Carole Robertson Center accountability, we fail both our partners and the communities they serve. Academy Umoja During this time of Great Recession, the Board also agreed to increase our funding to serve the underprivileged and Perfect King’s College vulnerable more directly. We refined our Education grants to target minority and low-income students more directly. By focusing more on at-risk populations, we better align our grant-making process with the vision and spirit of our Foundation Wings Marywood University benefactor.

Finally, the Board renewed its commitment to working within our own, respective communities as catalysts of change Center for Inspired Teaching Gardner Institute and to being at the table with our grantees. We view grant making as a collaborative process and recognize we share responsibility. That is why we chose Connected. Committed. Collaborative.as the theme for this year’s Report. We learn from our grantees, just as we learn from the experience of reaching personally and directly into our KIPP Hayden High School communities. Together we advance our shared vision; together we innovate; together we create positive change. Young Women’s Leadership Charter School Thank you for your support and your inspiration. NSTEP St.Joseph Preparatory School City Year Bishop Sue Gin McGowan Diana Spencer Drexel President Executive Director Ward GoreRangeNatural High Nevada RIT SchoolScienceSchool Women’s Fund Big Shoulders St.ThereseChinese Carnegie 2 | McGowan Charitable Fund Horizons for Youth CatholicSchool SacredMcGowan Charitable HeartFund | 3 Marymount University $ 18,000 Marywood University 18,000 Monterey Institute of International Studies 18,000 illiam McGowan was a firm believer in the success at improving graduation rates. Morehead State University 12,950 W Nazareth College of Rochester 18,000 transformative power of education, and the Fund is The Fund also provides funds for scholar- Niagara University 18,000 Northeastern University 18,000 committed to supporting organizations that address ships, teacher development, tutoring and Northern Arizona University 4,800 Pepperdine University 18,000 current challenges in our educational system. academic enrichment programs. Radford University 12,624 Roanoke College 18,000 Unfortunately, the need now is greater than ever. The Rochester Institute of Technology 18,000 As part of the program evolution, the Seattle University 18,000 United States lags behind its global peers in education, St. Bonaventure University 18,000 Board also made the decision to close the St. John’s University 18,000 particularly in math and science. Educational shortcom- St. Joseph’s University 18,000 McGowan Scholars Fund. Over the years, St. Vincent College 18,000 ings are especially notable in urban areas, where high St. Xavier University 18,000 the Fund provided nearly $12 million to Stonehill College 18,000 school graduation rates hover near 50%. Susquehanna University 18,000 more than 600 undergraduate and Syracuse University 18,000 Towson University Foundation 15,120 In this environment of failing schools and shrinking public funding, the Fund launched a graduate business students. A redesigned Tulane University 18,000 University of Arkansas 18,000 renewed and redefined Education program. In 2008, the Board of Directors made the scholarship program, The McGowan University of Hartford 18,000 University of Kansas Endowment Association 18,000 determination to support programs that are directly involved in improving high school Fellows, now provides full-tuition support University of Notre Dame 18,000 University of Portland 18,000 graduation rates in low-income communities. With this new focus and determination, the to second-year MBA candidates in top 20 University of San Francisco 18,000 University of Scranton 18,000 Fund is directing grants to charter, private and magnet schools that show measurable MBA programs across the country. University of Southern Maine 5,500 University of The District of Columbia 18,000 University of The Incarnate Word 18,000 University of the Pacific 18,000 University of Tulsa 18,000 University of Washington 17,826 Initiatives in Education Villanova University 18,000 Washington State University 15,528 Wichita State University 4,034 Widener University 18,000 Education Grants Wilkes University 18,000 Cristo Rey Schools: Working for At-Risk Youth Xavier University 18,000 20020077 The motto of the Cristo Rey Network educational options. Father Foley currently attending or have already McGowan Scholars Program Grants of high schools is Schools that Work. soon realized, however, that dona- completed college. The dictum pays tribute to the tions alone couldn’t fund the school Babson College $18,000 Apple Tree Institute for Education Innovation $30,000 Benedictine College 18,000 Washington, DC schools’ success at graduating and a creative financing solution was From that first school grew the Canisius College 18,000 Training of three teaching fellows at Apple Tree Early at-risk urban youth and its innovative necessary. Partnering with area busi- Cristo Rey Network, a coalition of Cardinal Stritch University 18,000 Learning Public Charter School work-study program, which places ness leaders, Father Foley developed 24 Jesuit college preparatory high Carnegie Mellon University 18,000 DePaul University 18,000 Archbishop Carroll High School 44,000 students in entry-level, corporate the work-study program, where schools across the country—all com- DeSales University 18,000 Washington, DC jobs to help them finance their students work five days a month at a mitted to serving underprivileged Dominican University California 18,000 Renovation and technology upgrades to the private-school tuition. With gradua- job, help underwrite the cost of their youth. Over the years, the McGowan Dominican University River Forest 18,000 W.G. McGowan Learning Center Drexel University 18,000 tion rates near 100% and 96% of education and benefit from exposure Fund has been a consistent support- Fairfield University 18,000 Archdiocese of Kansas 30,000 students accepted to 2- or 4-year to professional careers. er of Cristo Rey Schools, and over Florida International University 18,000 Kansas City, KS colleges, there is no question the the past three years the Fund Fordham University 18,000 Perfect Wings and the Xtreme Reading programs for Gannon University 18,000 high school students with severe reading challenges schools work. The McGowan Fund was supportive provided $125,000 to three schools George Washington University 18,000 of Cristo Rey since the beginning, in Chicago, Kansas City and Georgetown University 18,000 Big Shoulders Fund 100,000 In 1996, Jesuit priest Father John when the school opened its doors to Washington, DC. The Cristo Rey Indiana University Kokomo 12,506 Chicago, IL King’s College 18,000 Chairman’s Scholarship Fund and capital improvements Foley founded Cristo Rey Jesuit just 79 students. In fact, the Fund belief in opportunity through educa- Lamar University 5,104 High School in Chicago’s awarded its very first grant to the tion, coupled with its innovative LaSalle University 18,000 Bishop Ward High School 30,000 Pilsen/Little Village neighborhood. school. Today, the school has grown educational model truly embodies Lehigh University 18,000 Kansas City, KS Longwood University 8,000 Project STEP-UP and the Academy of Finance for The school set out to provide the to 535 students and more than 80 the spirit of William McGowan, while Loyola College in Maryland 18,000 select students best college preparatory education percent of Cristo Rey graduates are its proven success reflects the Loyola Marymount University 18,000 available to at-risk youth with limited aspiration of the McGowan Fund. M Marist College 18,000 Marquette University 18,000

4 | McGowan Charitable Fund McGowan Charitable Fund | 5 Carole Robertson Center for Learning $ 20,000 Saint John the Apostle Catholic Parish and School $ 40,000 Pepperdine University $18,000 Catholic Education Foundation $157,500 Chicago, IL Virginia Beach, VA Radford University 6,536 Kansas City, KS Youth Alternatives Program for 150 youth, ages 10-18 Technology infrastructure in the parish schools Roanoke College 18,000 Scholarships Rochester Institute of Technology 18,000 Catholic Central School 26,250 St. Ignatius College Prep. 10,000 Seattle University 18,000 Center for Youth Services 25,000 Buffalo, NY Chicago, IL Shenandoah University 18,000 Rochester, NY Financial support of 65 students Higher Achievement Program St. Bonaventure University 18,000 After-school program at East High St. John Fisher College 13,850 Chicago Lights 15,000 St. James Academy 31,000 St. John’s University 18,000 Chicago Lights 20,000 Chicago, IL Lenexa, KS St. Joseph’s University 18,000 Chicago, IL Tutoring and scholarship programs Scholarships St. Vincent College 18,000 Tutoring and scholarship programs St. Xavier University 18,000 Child and Family Network Centers 50,000 St. Jane de Chantal 10,000 Stonehill College 18,000 Commission on Economic Opportunity 10,000 Alexandria, VA Washington, DC Susquehanna University 18,000 Wilkes-Barre, PA Pre-school programs General operations Syracuse University 18,000 Scholarships Tulane University 18,000 College Bound 10,000 St. Therese Chinese Catholic School 22,000 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa 6,270 Community Foundation for National Capital Region 272,500 Washington, DC Chicago, IL University of Arkansas 6,012 Washington, DC General operation support Renaissance Learning and Accelerated Learning University of Dallas 15,250 Education programs for disenfranchised youth: programs University of Hartford 18,000 Alexandria Seaport Foundation Cristo Rey Jesuit High School 50,000 University of Kansas Endowment Association 18,000 Capital City Public Charter School Chicago, IL Umoja Student Development Corporation 20,000 University of Louisville 6,940 College Summit Rey of Hope III - Fulfilling the Dream Campaign Chicago, IL University of Notre Dame 18,000 GapBuster Learning Center College and Career Development Program University of San Francisco 18,000 Heads Up – A University Neighborhood Initiative DePaul University 2,000,000 University of Scranton 18,000 Higher Achievement Program Chicago, IL Total $5,122,257 University of Southern Maine 4,500 Construction of the Integrated Science Building University of The District of Columbia 6,880 Cristo Rey Kansas City 25,000 University of The Incarnate Word 18,000 Kansas City, MO Eastern Choral Society 5,000 University of the Pacific 15,190 New science department Washington, DC University of Tulsa 18,000 Youth Choir after-school music education and college 20082008 University of Washington 18,000 Hayden Catholic High School 150,000 preparatory programs Villanova University 18,000 Topeka, KS McGowan Scholars Washington State University 6,720 ADA compliant science classrooms and laboratories Field Museum 16,500 Wichita State University 4,046.20 Chicago, IL Alvernia University $18,000 Widener University 18,000 Immaculate Heart of Mary Center 40,000 Summer Internship Program Babson College 18,000 Wilkes University 18,000 Scranton, PA Baker University 18,000 Xavier University 18,000 Expansion of the Educational Enrichment Institute FIRST 25,000 Benedictine College 18,000 Program Manchester, NH Canisius College 18,000 FIRST - Finger Lakes Robotics Competition Cardinal Stritch University 18,000 Program Grants Jan’s Tutoring House 10,000 Carnegie Mellon University 18,000 Washington, DC Gardner Institute 70,000 DePaul University 18,000 Archbishop Carroll High School $ 44,000 Out-of-school-time programs for at-risk children in Prairie Village, KS DeSales University 18,000 Washington, DC Southeast Washington, DC Technology, health, fine arts and reading in Dominican University California 18,000 Technology updates seven under-resourced elementary schools Dominican University River Forest 18,000 John Paul High School 450,000 Drexel University 18,000 Big Shoulders Fund 100,000 Dallas, TX Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School 15,000 Fairfield University 18,000 Chicago, IL For support of the Nolan Science Center Washington, DC Florida International University 15,000 Chairman’s Scholarship Fund and capital improvements General operations Fordham University 18,000 Joseph Academy Foundation 25,000 Gannon University 18,000 Bishop Ward High School 100,000 Des Plaines, IL Gore Range Natural Science School 30,000 George Washington University 18,000 Kansas City, KS Computer lab and library within Joseph Academy Avon, CO Georgetown University 18,000 New Century Project Avon In-School Program, serving at-risk elementary- Indiana University Kokomo 5,633.70 King’s College 732,490 aged students King’s College 18,000 Cabrini-Green Tutoring Program 10,000 Wilkes-Barre, PA Lamar University 6,079 Chicago, IL The McGowan Center for Ethics and Public Life King’s College 617,515 LaSalle University 18,000 Literacy program Wilkes-Barre, PA Lehigh University 18,000 Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago 10,000 McGowan Center for Ethics and Public Life Longwood University 8,500 Carole Robertson Center for Learning 20,000 Glenview, IL Loyola College in Maryland 18,000 Chicago, IL Early Childhood Connections Program Little Lights Urban Ministries 10,000 Loyola Marymount University 18,000 Youth Alternatives Program Washington, DC Loyola University New Orleans 18,000 Luzerne Foundation 5,000 Expansion of one-to-one Reading and Math Heroes Marist College 18,000 Catalyst Schools 10,000 Luzerne, PA Program and the Homework Club Marquette University 18,000 Chicago, IL Monsignor Andrew J. McGowan Scholarship Fund Marymount University 18,000 North Lawndale K-8 School Misericordia University 500,000 Marywood University 18,000 Mary Crane Center 10,000 Dallas, PA Monterey Institute of International Studies 18,000 Catholic Central School 25,179 Chicago, IL Idea Center Building Campaign Morehead State University 5,670 Buffalo, NY Early childhood development for low-income families Nazareth College of Rochester 18,000 Tuition assistance for 50 middle school students Norman Howard School 155,000 Niagara University 18,000 Mercy Hospital/Mercy Healthcare Foundation 5,000 Rochester, NY Northeastern University 18,000 Scranton, PA The Sands Academy for Language Skills Northern Arizona University 5,570 Andrew J. McGowan scholarships

6 | McGowan Charitable Fund McGowan Charitable Fund | 7 Merit School of Music $ 20,000 University of Notre Dame $18,000 Chicago, IL 20092009 University of San Francisco 18,000 Alice S. Pfaelzer Tuition-free Conservatory University of Scranton 18,000 McGowan Scholars University of Southern Maine 7,000 METROsquash, NFP 25,000 University of The District of Columbia 15,200 Chicago, IL Alvernia University $18,000 University of The Incarnate Word 18,000 Development of a mentor program, 7th-grade Babson College 18,000 University of the Pacific 15,865 education curriculum and family reading program Baker University 18,000 University of Tulsa 18,000 Benedictine College 18,000 University of Washington 18,000 Our Lady of Unity Catholic School 50,000 California State University Chico 4,664 Villanova University 18,000 Kansas City, KS Canisius College 18,000 Virginia Polytechnic Institute/State University 15,000 Project High, a program structured to prepare students Cardinal Stritch University 18,000 Washington State University 7,180 for success in high school and beyond Carnegie Mellon University 18,000 Widener University 18,000 Colorado State University 8,032.12 Wilkes University 18,000 Project Education Plus 5,000 DePaul University 18,000 Xavier University 18,000 Chicago, IL DeSales University 18,000 Mentoring, after-school, homework center and college Dominican University California 18,000 Thanks to the McGowan preparatory services Dominican University River Forest 18,000 Program Grants “ Drexel University 18,000 Provena Mercy Medical Center 25,000 Fairfield University 18,000 Archdiocese of Kansas $75,000 Charitable Fund, we put Aurora, IL Florida International University 18,000 Kansas City, KS Scholarship funds for five nurses to complete their Fordham University 18,000 Saint Francis of Assisi Initiative, an endeavor to passionate and effective BS in Nursing Gannon University 18,000 improve science curriculum in grades K-8 George Washington University 18,000 Providence St. Mel School 10,000 Georgetown University 18,000 Associated Colleges of Illinois 10,000 new teachers into schools Chicago, IL Indiana University Kokomo 6,033 Chicago, IL Intervention program King’s College 18,000 ACI’s College Readiness Program throughout Washington, DC. Lamar University 6,500 Sacred Heart 50,000 LaSalle University 18,000 Big Shoulders Fund 100,000 These teachers have Kansas City, KS Lehigh University 18,000 Chicago, IL After-school programs Longwood University 4,680 Chairman’s Scholarship Fund and capital improvements Loyola College in Maryland 18,000 learned how to raise Saint John the Apostle Catholic Parish and School 52,000 Loyola Marymount University 18,000 Centers for New Horizons 20,000 Virginia Beach, VA Loyola University New Orleans 17,811 Chicago, IL student achievement and Technology upgrades Marist College 18,000 STEM learning projects Marquette University 18,000 St. James Academy 125,000 Marymount University 18,000 Chicago Jesuit Academy 12,000 create the kind of learning Lenexa, KS Marywood University 18,000 Chicago, IL Keeping the Faith Initiative Monterey Institute of International Studies 18,000 One-year scholarship for one student environments in which Morehead State University 7,716 St. Joseph’s Preparatory School 250,000 Nazareth College of Rochester 18,000 Chicago Metropolis 2020 100,000 children thrive. Philadelphia, PA Niagara University 18,000 Chicago, IL ” Monsignor McGowan scholarships North Carolina State University 14,118 Make Big Plans Exhibit for all schools in the Chicago Northeastern University 18,000 and surrounding areas St. Therese Chinese Catholic School 5,000 Northern Arizona University 6,000 – Center for Inspired Teaching Chicago, IL Pepperdine University 6,904 Children at the Crossroads Foundation 25,000 Washington, DC The Ideal Classroom Model Roanoke College 18,000 Chicago, IL Rochester Institute of Technology 18,000 Scholarships for five students Tuesday’s Child 25,000 Rowan University 15,930 Chicago, IL Seattle University 18,000 Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School 25,000 Early-intervention program Shenandoah University 18,000 Chicago, IL St. Bonaventure University 18,000 General operations in year one of the North Umoja Student Development Corporation 175,000 St. John Fisher College 18,000 Lawndale school Cornerstone Academy $10,000 Chicago, IL St. John’s University 18,000 Chicago, IL College and Career Development Program St. Joseph’s University 18,000 Cities in Schools-Aurora 2000 5,000 Work-study program for at-risk high school students St. Vincent College 18,000 Aurora, IL Young Women’s Leadership Charter School 12,500 St. Xavier University 18,000 Summer programs for disadvantaged students Davidson Institute for Talent Development 50,000 Chicago, IL Stonehill College 18,000 entering 9th grade Reno, NV Career-oriented internships and mentoring opportunities to inner Susquehanna University 18,000 Student Development in the Pursuit of Excellence city high school girls Syracuse University 18,000 Community Foundation for National Capital Region 250,000 Program for profoundly gifted sudents Tulane University 18,000 Washington, DC University of Alabama Tuscaloosa 7,040 Funding for WDC programs that focus on improving Dolores Kohl Education Foundation 12,250 Total $4,250,815.90 University of Arkansas 6,373 conditions for disenfranchised, middle-school aged Highland Park, IL University of Colorado at Boulder 10,296 youth in academic and social achievement: Story Bus Program University of Colorado Foundation 18,000 Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington University of Dallas 18,000 Center for Inspired Teaching DeSales High School 75,000 University of Hartford 18,000 City Year Geneva, NY University of Kansas Endowment Association 18,000 DC Scores Work-study program to support tuition University of Louisville 7,944 Everybody Wins! DC Inc. for high school students University of Nevada - Reno 6,590.24

8 | McGowan Charitable Fund McGowan Charitable Fund | 9 Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School $ 50,000 Metropolitan Family Services $ 20,000 Takoma Park, MD Chicago, IL Daily lunch program Community Schools Program Committed. Donnelly College 50,000 National Science & Technology Education Partnership 35,000 Kansas City, KS Arlington, VA Student Support Network Program, helping at-risk Study Buddy Program Healthcare & Medical students in their first and second years Nevada Museum of Art 25,000 Research Initiatives Harley School, AKA Horizons 10,000 Reno, NV Student Enrichment Program at Harley School Year-round teachers training program Rochester, NY Evaluation program Nevada Women’s Fund 30,000 Reno, NV Hayden Catholic High School 150,000 Educational advancement for women Topeka, KS ADA compliant science classrooms and laboratories North Park University 15,000 Chicago, IL High Jump 10,000 2008 Summer Camp for middle school children Chicago, IL General operations for the academic enrichment program Northeastern Resources Development Corporation 20,000 Wilkes Barre, PA Holy Family Institute 75,000 Continuing education for disadvantaged individuals Lawrence, KS Hope Advancement of the School of Faith Program Project Exploration 15,000 Community Health Chicago, IL Holy Name Catholic School 60,000 Development of science programs for schools, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute Kansas City, KS teachers and students Updating and growth of services for Holy Name School Provena Mercy Medical Center 45,000 Jewish Council for Youth Services 5,000 Aurora, IL KC Healthy Kids Chicago, IL Nursing scholarships Sisters of Charity TEAMcorps academic enrichment programs for high school youth Providence St. Mel School 10,000 Chicago, IL Joseph Academy Foundation 35,000 Intervention program Faith Hospital Des Plaines, IL University of Refurbishing the vocational education wing Regis University 42,500 Denver, CO Keystone College 30,000 Scholarships for five graduates of Arrupe Jesuit McGowan Institute for La Plume, PA High School Start-up after-school program for at-risk children, Rochester Regenerative Medicine ages 5-9 St. Ignatius College Prep 15,000 Chicago, IL King’s College 870,650 Scholarships for three students Wilkes-Barre, PA McGowan Center for Ethics and Public Life Tuesday’s Child 20,000 University of Chicago, IL Medical Center KIPP Ascend Charter School 20,000 Early-intervention programs for children birth to Chicago, IL 6 years old and parental training Maryland KIPP-to-College Program St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital World Trade Center Illinois 5,000 Lawndale Christian Development Corp. 15,000 Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Summer program introducing 40 high school students Academic enrichment and technology programs for to international trade North Lawndale youth ages 12-18 Mount St.Mary’s Hospital Young Women’s Leadership Charter School 12,500 Legacy Charter School 18,000 Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Student internship program Pilot summer reading and math program for 24 children Allied Services Foundation Mercy Hospital Youth Guidance 10,000 Merit School of Music 25,000 Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Project Prepare, assisting at-risk youth prepare for Rush Alice S. Pfaelzer Tuition-free Conservatory high school graduation and beyond University Northeast Regional Total $3,771,776.30 Medical Center Cancer Institute 10 | McGowan Charitable Fund Buris Foundation for Spinal CordMcGowan Charitable Injury Fund | 11 Rush University Medical Center $50,000 Chicago, IL Parkinson’s Disease Research Project focusing on he need for accessible healthcare rose sharply in was proud to support institutions that loss incurred in non-motor, cognitive and behavioral T skills further our understanding of this deadly recent years, as the recession forced more Americans Total $ 965,000 into the ranks of the uninsured and the economic down- disease. Motivated by William McGowan’s 2008 turn increased health disparities. The Fund responded to own battle with heart disease and inspired 2008 this crisis with continued support of organizations that by his visionary leadership, the Fund Allied Services Foundation $75,000 target underserved communities with needed primary renewed its commitment to the develop- Clarks Summit, PA Establishment of an in-house pharmacy care, community outreach and disease prevention ment and delivery of cutting-edge heart Bursis Foundation for Spinal Cord Research 10,000 programs. In partnership with community organizations therapies. Combined with grants that Hawley, PA Benefiting the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and hospitals, the Fund worked to address the health promote detection and prevention of Harley School, AKA Horizons Student Enrichment 115,124 challenges faced by low-income residents, while promoting physical, mental and social heart disease through community-based Program at Harley School Rochester, NY well-being through a variety of education-based initiatives. programs, the Fund is impacting lives In support of the Growing Together Health & Wellness Initiative to reduce childhood obesity today and empowering future generations While the past few years were challenging ones, they were not without hope. Exciting McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine 750,000 to live to their greatest potential. Pittsburgh, PA advances in research led to breakthroughs in heart disease treatment, and the Fund General operating fund, recruitment of scientists, seed money for new research projects and infrastructure development

Rush University Medical Center 50,000 Chicago, IL Parkinson’s Disease Research Project focusing on loss incurred in non-motor, cognitive and behavioral Healthcare & Medical Research Initiatives skills

Sisters of Charity Hospital 75,000 Buffalo, NY Medical Massage Therapy Program CommunityHealth: Caring for the Uninsured One Patient at a Time Healthcare & Medical Research Grants University of Rochester Medical Center 85,000 2007 Rochester, NY With the number of uninsured at 47 partnerships with several major Thanks to a 2009 grant from the 2007 Action to Reduce and Eliminate Domestic Violence million, the challenge of providing pharmaceutical companies, McGowan Fund, CommunityHealth research study Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute $100,000 quality care seems overwhelming. CommunityHealth features an onsite was able to expand the case man- Buffalo, NY Total $1,160,124 But day-by-day, patient-by-patient, licensed pharmacy and can provide agement program. Now, four dedi- Research characterizing viral-host interactions, CommunityHealth is meeting that prescription medication for free. cated case management nurses help expanding biological knowledge of viral infection and identifying new anti-viral drug targets challenge. Through its innovative It is the only pharmacy of its kind in patients control and prevent chronic 20092009 care model, one supported by the region. disease with education, goal setting, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine 750,000 volunteers and philanthropy and support and medication. Patients see Pittsburgh, PA Community Health $100,000 Continued support of general operations, recruitment built on strategic partnerships, At the core of CommunityHealth’s the same providers at each visit, Chicago, IL of scientists, seed money for new research projects Expansion of health center’s nurse case-management CommunityHealth is redefining services is the case management offering continuity of care and the and infrastructure development program to prevent and manage chronic disease healthcare for Chicago’s uninsured. program, where patients receive sort of personalized medicine most Mount St. Mary’s Hospital 25,000 ongoing care for chronic conditions uninsured can only dream about. The KC Healthy Kids 20,000 Lewiston, NY Kansas City, MO The largest free clinic in Illinois, like diabetes, high blood pressure grant will also help the health center Developing a Health & Wellness Program for children Nutrition and exercise education programs for CommunityHealth relies on volunteer and high cholesterol. More than half evaluate the impact and effective- attending the after-school programs students providers and a small nursing staff to of CommunityHealth patients have ness of the program, so that findings Northeast Regional Cancer Institute 40,000 McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine 750,000 deliver primary and specialty care. one or more chronic disease. Without can be shared with other clinics Scranton, PA Pittsburgh, PA Collaborative relationships with the regular care, these manageable serving the uninsured. This marks Detailed study of tobacco use among young adults to General operating fund, recruitment of scientists, help determine which sub-groups would benefit from area’s most prominent medical health issues can become deadly the McGowan Fund’s first-ever grant seed money for new research projects and smoking-cessation programs infrastructure development institutions allow patients to receive health problems. for preventive care and an exciting diagnostic testing and treatment at evolution of the Healthcare and leading hospitals. And thanks to Medical Research Initiative. M

12 | McGowan Charitable Fund McGowan Charitable Fund | 13 Mercy Hospital/Mercy Healthcare Foundation $ 25,000 Scranton, PA Support of a Regional Diabetes Self-Management Collaborative. Program

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 72,840 Memphis, TN Community Initiatives Research into long-term effects of cancer and cancer treatment in children for Those University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation 330,000 Baltimore, MD Most Vulnerable Medical research project utilizing adult stem cells for treatment in heart failure patients

Total $1,297,840 Note-Ables SIDS Mid-Atlantic Dinner Program for Homeless Women Lourdesmont Solace Tree Meet in the Wilderness Little Sisters of the Poor Zero to Camp Good Days St. Ann’s T hree and Special Times “The Growing Together Infant and Project Sanctuary Pacific Healthy Kids, Families, and Garden Communities Initiative has Mission been a tremendous asset Maternity Home SABAH to our students and families Office of Hispanic Registry Keuka Comfort Care here in Rochester, and Youth we are encouraged by the Friends Adaptive Adventures real progress our kids have made.” St.Vincent De Paul Kitchen Night Ministry – Horizons at the Harley School Rochester, New York Mile High Olmsted Center for the Youth Friends of Core Visually Impaired the Poor Sisters of Mercy Buffalo and Erie County 14 | McGowan Charitable Fund Women’s Resource CenterWorkforce DevelopmentMcGowan Charitable Fund | 15 Camp Good Days and Special Times $ 25,000 Mendon, NY Operating expenses of the Sharing & Caring/Do The Over the past three years, the nation plunged into a leaders. Now is a time that calls for a dual Right Thing overnight camping program steep recession. The economic downturn has left many focus, as organizations must rise to meet DC Wheel Productions 5,000 Washington, DC of our most vulnerable citizens in a state of urgent the current crisis, but also focus on Next Generation youth programs, the Evening Childcare and the Teen Junior Staff programs need. Community organizations already stretched thin long-term problem solving. For while there Dinner Program for Homeless Women 15,000 now find themselves straining to meet the dramatically will always be a need for basic care for Washington, DC increased demand for basic services and vital programs. low-income and vulnerable populations, Real Opportunity Employment Training Food pantries and shelters are experiencing record holistic services that support the individual First Presbyterian Church 15,000 Aurora, IL requests. The number of families living in temporary with preventive health care, long-term Neighborhood Kids Club, an after-school and summer program serving impoverished youth shelters is on the rise. Programs serving the elderly housing and employment-training are Horizons for Youth 10,000 and those with disabilities face tremendous pressure as states cut funding and fall further also critical for sustainable living. It has Chicago, IL Big Sibling Mentoring Program behind on payments. been—and will continue to be—our aim to Illinois Spina Bifida Association 10,000 support organizations that strive for and Throughout these challenging times, the Fund responded by supporting organizations Chicago, IL demonstrate success at both. Camp Ability Scholarships for low-income Chicago that provide essential services to the hungry, homeless, unemployed, elderly, disabled and children with Spina bifida abused. We have seen some organizations close, and others emerge as community Keuka Comfort Care Home 50,000 Penn Yan, NY Providing palliative care for terminally ill patients and their care provider Community Initiatives for Those Most Vulnerable Little Sisters of the Poor 4,000 Kansas City, MO Dietary and prescription expenses in nursing home facility dedicated to serving the poor

Community Programs Grants National Children’s Center 10,000 Gerard Place: Ending the Homelessness Cycle Washington, DC 2007 Employment program According to recent data, families parent families, and a whole lot 94% of parents leave Gerard Place 2007 with children are the fastest growing more. Gerard Place aims to improve employed; 95% remain self suffi- O.S. Johnson Technical Institute 25,000 segment of the homeless population, the quality of homeless families’ lives cient and in permanent housing one Adaptive Adventures $15,000 Scranton, PA Acquisition of instructional equipment to allow students and one out of every 50 American with education, vocational training year after graduation; and 90% of Evergreen, CO Adaptive Sports for Kids (ASK) programs, serving to become job ready in technical fields children is homeless each year. and counseling. families are still employed and disabled and disadvantaged children, ages K-12 Poverty, unemployment, addiction remain in permanent housing two Rochester Landscape Technicians Program 10,000 and abuse can all lead families into At Gerard Place, all residents are years after graduation. These suc- Aurora University 6,000 Rochester, NY GED program for disadvantaged youth homelessness. Many families seek required to meet weekly with a case cess rates are double the national Aurora, IL Promoting Friendship Across Race Program temporary shelter in their cars, with manager, attend life-skills classes, average for transitional housing. Rose of Light MB Church 5,000 friends or at an emergency shelter. and secure employment or enroll in a Better Boys Foundation 15,000 Chicago, IL Chicago, IL But none of these options provide a school or vocational program. The Many Gerard Place parents come The Lord’s Kitchen Program, serving meals to the Project Lead for year-round academic support and homeless in Chicago’s West Englewood community long-term solution or address the goal is to help parents develop the seeking to escape homelessness, as youth development problem that first caused the home- work, inter-personal and coping skills well as unhealthy and unsafe situa- SGA Youth & Family Services 10,000 lessness. As a result, many find to help them live a more self-suffi- tions. All are in search of better lives Bright Beginnings 7,500 Chicago, IL Washington, DC themselves cycling back into home- cient life when they leave Gerard for themselves and their children. By Mental health counseling, case management and On-site wellness program for homeless infants, prevention services provided to at-risk students and lessness again and again. Place. Over the past three years, the providing basic needs and empower- toddlers and preschoolers their families McGowan Fund supported these ing parents with education, skills and Gerard Place HDFC in Buffalo, New efforts with grants of $81,000. support, Gerard Place is putting Byte Back 10,000 SIDS Mid-Atlantic 10,000 Washington, DC York, is working to break that cycle. The success of Gerard Place’s long- these vulnerable families on the path Hay Market, VA Technology training programs for youth "Cribs for Kids" project to provide safe sleeping M The 14-unit facility provides transi- term approach is clearly evident: to self sufficiency. environments and reduce mortality rates from Sudden tional shelter for homeless single- Infant Death Syndrome

16 | McGowan Charitable Fund McGowan Charitable Fund | 17 St. Nicholas Charities $ 10,000 Full Circle of Lake County, Inc. $ 20,000 St. Vincent De Paul Kitchen/Catholic Social Services $10,000 CASA Kane County $ 5,000 Lake Mary, FL Leadville, CO Wilkes Barre, PA Geneva, IL Assistance to immigrants Operating support of the Outdoor Leadership Program Expansion of the evening program to five days per week Volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children St. Vincent De Paul Kitchen/Catholic Social Services 30,000 Gerard Place HDFC 25,000 The Night Ministry 25,000 Wilkes Barre, PA Buffalo, NY Chicago, IL Center for Youth Services 105,000 Expansion of the free dinner program Family Education Program Open Door Youth Shelter Programs Rochester, NY Expanding the Alternative Out-of-School Suspension VNA of Fox Valley 75,000 Horizons for Youth 15,000 The Note-Ables 44,000 Program Aurora, IL Chicago, IL Reno, NV Senior Care Program, providing medical care to Big Sibling Mentoring Program Expansion of community-based musical and performing Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind 5,000 low-income seniors arts therapy programs serving the disabled or Visually Impaired Juvenile Protective Association 20,000 Chicago, IL Zero to Three 49,547 Chicago, IL TRY Program of FLARE 60,000 Youth Transition Program Washington, DC Building Bridges project Buffalo, NY Child abuse and neglect intervention training program (Teaching and Restoring Youth) Chicago Lights 20,000 for military families Massachusetts Avenue Project 25,000 Program for homeless women Chicago, IL Buffalo, NY Job Training and Career Development project and Growing Green Youth Enterprise Program Western New York Independent Living Project 63,998 Youth Tutoring Initiatives Total $422,047 Buffalo, NY Meet the Wilderness 5,000 Independent living instruction for youth with disabilities Chicago Public Library Foundation 10,000 Edwards, CO Chicago, IL 2008 6-day wilderness camping trip, life-skills educational Women’s Resource Center 25,000 CPLF’s high-impact Teen Volume program 2008 program Scranton, PA Advocacy and Action Program Colorado Youth at Risk 25,000 Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago $15,000 Mile High Youth Core 100,000 Denver, CO Chicago, IL Denver, CO Steps Ahead for Youth and Touchstone Leadership Life-skills training for disabled youth Building renovations for the youth center Total $756,868 programs

Alternatives, Inc. 20,000 Office of Hispanic Ministry 30,000 Compeer Rochester 5,000 Chicago, IL Kansas City, KS 2009 Rochester, NY Youth Leadership and Career and Employment Services Bright Future Project 2009 Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program programs Pacific Garden Mission 25,000 Access Living $ 15,000 Corazon a Corazon 10,000 Between Friends 5,000 Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Shelters and services for the homeless Transitions to Independence Program for young people After-school programs for disadvantaged immigrant REACH (Relationship Education: A Choice for Hope) with disabilities children and ESL services for parents Program Pros Arts Studio 10,000 Chicago, IL Alternatives 20,000 Elizabeth Pierce Olmsted MD Center for the 129,270 Buffalo & Erie County Workforce 32,000 Youth Arts Program Chicago, IL Visually Impaired Development Consortium, Inc Youth Leadership and Career and Employment Services Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Red Ribbon Project 10,000 General operations support Job readiness training for at-risk high school students Avon, CO American Safety Internet Association 2,500 HIV/AIDS prevention Richmond, VA Employment Opportunity & Training Center 30,000 Camp Good Days and Special Times 25,000 Development and maintenance of a website Scranton, PA Mendon, NY SABAH 10,000 Enhancement of technology-based learning Sharing & Caring Program Buffalo, NY Anixter Center 10,000 opportunities School-Day Adaptive Ice Skating program for the Chicago, IL CASA of the Continental Divide 15,000 disabled Operations and program costs of the Chicago Hearing Feed My Starving Children 5,000 Dillon, CO Society’s Youth Program Aurora, IL Program providing independent livings skills to abused Sisters of Mercy of the Americas 15,870 World-wide hunger relief and neglected children Rochester, NY Bath Youth Lacrosse 30,000 St. Michael’s Woodshop, a ministry working with Bath, NY Friends of the Poor 40,000 Erie Regional Housing Development 41,000 at-risk youth Equipment purchase for sports programs Scranton, PA Corporation - The Belle Center Food, activities and housing and support for Buffalo, NY South Side Help Center 15,000 Better Boys Foundation 7,000 low-incomefamilies Buffalo LeaderShape AmeriCorps Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Peer advocacy training and development program Bicycle Repair and Maintenance Workshop Gerard Place HDFC 56,750 Friends of the Poor 25,000 Buffalo, NY Scranton, PA St. Ann’s Infant and Maternity Home 25,000 Between Friends 10,000 Community Education Program Food, seasonal activities, housing & furniture, clothing, Hyattsville, MD Chicago, IL health care, education, visitation and bereavement Comprehensive 24- hour medical care program A Choice for Hope (REACH) Teen Dating Violence Gore Range Natural Science School 30,000 programs Program Avon, CO Avon In-School Program Boys and Girls Clubs of Buffalo 235,000 Buffalo, NY Industrial kitchen project at the Babcock Clubhouse site

18 | McGowan Charitable Fund McGowan Charitable Fund | 19 Hanover Arc $ 2,500 Jobs for Youth/Chicago $15,000 Rochester Rotary Sunshine Camp $10,000 Other Grants Ashland, VA Chicago, IL Rochester, NY 08 Tuition and transportation for summer programs Occupational skills training programs The Sunshine Camp 2007 Higher Ground Youth Challenge 5,000 Kempe Foundation 15,000 St. Vincent De Paul Kitchen/Catholic Social Services 50,000 Denver, CO Denver, CO Wilkes Barre, PA WVIA $ 37,500 Summer camp and year-round mentoring for at-risk youth Fostering Healthy Futures Program for children in foster Free meal program Scranton, PA Documentary production care Housing Opportunities for Women 5,000 Synergy Services 25,000 Total $ 37,500 Chicago, IL Little Sisters of the Poor 14,400 Parkville, MO Child and Youth Services Program Kansas City, MO Youth Emergency Shelter and Youth Resiliency Center Payment for prescriptions, hearing aids and 08 Howard Area Community Center 10,000 eyeglasses for the elderly The Night Ministry 15,000 2008 Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Youth Development Project Lockport Cares 28,000 Open Door Youth Shelter Interim Program Foundation for the National Archives $100,000 Lockport, NY Washington, DC i.c. stars 10,000 Renovations of a homeless shelter The Note-Ables 39,000 New Women in Leadership Forum Chicago, IL Reno, NV Growth for the technology, leadership and business Lothlorien Therapeutic Riding Center 3,500 Expansion of on-site and off-site music programs for Hagley Museum and Library 110,000 training program East Aurora, NY the disabled Wilmington, DE Lothlorian Riding Center’s program for equine New digital library and digital exhibit Illinois Spina Bifida Association 10,000 skills for the disabled The Society for the Protection and Care of Children 10,000 Total $210,000 Chicago, IL Rochester, NY Camp Ability scholarships for low-income children with Lourdesmont Good Shepherd Youth & Family Services 50,000 After-school programs in the 2008 academic year Spina Bifida Clarks Summit, PA Lourdesmont Multisystemic Community Based Program The Solace Tree 30,000 2009 Reno, NV Meet the Wilderness 25,000 Grief programs for children and their families Hagley Museum and Library $600,000 Edwards, CO Wilmington, DE Meet the Wilderness 6-day program for Union Avenue Community Outreach 10,000 Documentary production for education purposes under-served youth Chicago, IL General operating fund McGowan Gin Rosica Family Foundation 250,000 Mercy Housing Lakefront 15,000 Aurora, IL Chicago, IL Women’s Resource Center 40,000 Expenditure grant towards grant-making efforts in Expanded social services to low income families Scranton, PA community and education programming Advocacy and Action Program Milly’s Pantry 248,000 Total $850,000 Penn Yan, NY Women’s Business Development Center 5,000 Expansion of the Food for the Needy Program Chicago, IL General operations PeaceJam Foundation 5,000 Arvada, CO YouthFriends 20,000 The support of the Young Women Leadership Council Program Kansas City, MO “ Mentor recruitment training and strategies Project Sanctuary 228,480 McGowan Fund is having a Parker, CO Zero to Three 49,420 Retreat for Veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Washington, DC direct and profound impact Stress Syndrome Continued support of the child abuse and neglect-intervention training program for military families on the quality of life for Ravenswood Community Council 3,419 Chicago, IL people with disabilities in Emergency CELLphone program for elderly Total $1,822,239 individuals and victims of domestic abuse. our community. ” Red Ribbon Project 5,000 Avon, CO Youth Skills Building Program – The Note-Ables Reno, Nevada Reno Philharmonic Association 5,000 Reno, NV Celebrate Strings Program

Rochester Landscape Technicians Program 10,000 Rochester, NY Construction of a new classroom and supplies for the GED program

20 | McGowan Charitable Fund McGowan Charitable Fund | 21 Financial Statement Grant Distribution 2007-2009

William G. McGowan Charitable Fund 2009 2008 2007 Distribution of Grants by Program Area Statement of Financial Position Year Ending June 30, 2009

Other Assets 11%

Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 495,405 Checking and Savings Account 495,405 22,324,768 963,924 Money Market/Cash 14,938,148 3,124,194 6,215,272

Fixed Income 54,114,712 50,158,047 39,969,006 Community US Equities 52,066,994 56,054,549 71,513,739 23% Education 49% International Equities 17,164,184 28,161,036 17,314,065 Alternative Investment - Private Equity 806,783 1,256,269 – Other Investments - Real Estate 478,398 483,201 – Adjustments Healthcare Understatement of stock contributions (Corporate) 185,635 & Medical Research TOTAL $140,064,624 161,747,698 135,976,006 17% 2009

Liabilities/Net Assets

Accounts Payable $ 60,835 –– Other Liabilities 60,835 – – – Community Other Community Other Initial capital fund upon inception $ 126,298,054 126,298,054 126,298,054 12% 3% 6% 1% Subsequent fund increase/(decrease) since inception Accumulated fund balances at beginning of fiscal year, as previously reported 35,449,645 9,677,952 4,164,813 Healthcare & Medical Long-term capital loss -2,907,725 – – Research Prior period tax cost adjustments 914,077 1,448,573 – 15% Healthcare Accumulated fund balances at beginning of fiscal year, restated 33,455,996 11,126,525 4,164,813 & Medical Education Research Education Current period excess of fund balances (19,750,260) 24,323,119 5,513,139 78% 18% 67% Accumulated fund balances at end of fiscal year 13,705,736 35,449,644 9,677,952 TOTAL $140,064,624 161,747,698 135,976,006

The amounts shown throughout this report are based on tax cost basis. 2008 2007

22 | McGowan Charitable Fund McGowan Charitable Fund | 23 Grant Making & Geographic Guidelines

The McGowan Charitable Fund awards grants within the following parameters: Board of Directors

Education Healthcare and Medical Community Initiatives for Sue Gin-McGowan, Because William McGowan was a Research Those Most Vulnerable President recipient of support to complete his Because of William McGowan’s Because of William McGowan’s Michael N. Cachine, Sr. final year of education, and because cardiac condition and heart belief in the power of community, Mary Alice Gin he deeply believed in the power of transplant: and because of his actions in education to transform lives: building community: Sherilyn S. Kingsbury We support programs and research Gertrude C. McGowan, Esq. We support exceptional business projects that address the challenges We support programs in our Leo A. McGowan students through the McGowan and needs in cardiac healthcare. communities that address quality of Fellows Program, and support life challenges for the elderly, for Mary McGowan-Swartz exceptional Pre-K through12 those who are victims of abuse, Thomas J. McGowan, Jr. programs that creatively address those who are disabled, and those A. Joseph Rosica the current challenges in our who suffer from hunger, homeless- Daniel J. Rosica educational system for the purposes ness, unemployment or illness. Kathryn A. Rosica of promoting retention and Mark J. Rosica graduation rates in underserved We do not support programs in the following or underachieving populations. areas, except by invitation: Arts; Capital John R. Worthington Campaigns; Embryonic Stem Cell Research; Endowments; Grant-making Foundations; We do not support programs in the following areas, except by invitation: Arts; Capital Campaigns;Multi-year Embryonic Grants; Stem National Cell Researc Organizations;h; Endowments; Grant-making Foundations; Multi-year Grants; National Organizations; Salary Support; Sports Programs. Salary Support; Sports Programs. Staff Tribute Diana Spencer National Geographic Guidelines Executive Director Lenore McGowan Rosica The McGowan Charitable Fund restricts its grants to the following areas: Colorado Sherry Zimmerman 1924 – 2009 Including Greater Denver Metropolitan Administrator area, Eagle and Lake Counties We are sad to report the passing of Mrs. Lenore Rosica. Lee, sister of William McGowan and the second llinois Including Chicago Metropolitan, Cook Chairperson of the Board of Directors, was devoted . County and the city of Aurora to the work of the Fund and committed to preserving . her brother’s legacy. She thoughtfully approached . Kansas . . grant making and lead the Board through a period . Including Kansas City Metropolitan area . of organizational development and change. Lee Nevada encouraged board directors to reach into their Including Reno Metropolitan area communities, both to award grants and so they might Western and Upstate New York Thanks The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund would like to serve as community leaders. Her desire to leverage Including Rochester; and surrounding recognize the contributions from our many partners/grantees. our funding to help non-profits was realized several areas; Buffalo by invitation only Without their assistance our story would not be fully told. times over through careful stewardship of the organiza- Northeast Pennsylvania Design: Anello Design, Chicago tions that she supported. Lee was one of the founding Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties only Editorial: MTB Communications members of the Fund Board and contributed signifi- The Board of Directors of the McGowan Charitable Fund play an active role in examining Printing: Bell-Litho cantly to the direction in grant making. Her leadership requests for funding from their areas of the country, as well as in assessing the progress Washington DC of programs that they fund, and in evaluating those programs. By invitation only and joyful nature are missed by all who knew her.

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Synergy Community Health Metropolitan Family Services Hayden High School Gerard Place Milly’s Pantry Lockport Cares McGowan Institute for University of Regenerative Medicine Rochester Carnegie Mellon Medical Center University of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Maryland Carole Robertson Center St.Vincent De Paul Kitchen Rose of Light Rush University Gore Range Natural Medical Canisius Center Science School College Nevada Women’s Fund Georgetown University Horizons for Youth Sisters of Charity Hospital SABAH