beyond self

2019 ANNUAL REPORT

Fulfilling dreams, spreading hope

To give is a call to Beyond self is a concept that describes all aspects of the Community Our initiatives flourished during 2019. Our Opportunity Rising Foundation’s work. Our donors give generously to provide possibilities Initiative’s partnership with StoryCorps provided fifteen individuals the look beyond oneself for people across the region. Our nonprofit partners work tirelessly to opportunity to share their beautiful stories of amazing accomplishment. fulfill dreams with their constituencies. And our scholarships spread The Ready North Network has collectively established its mission of In our Northern region, the haunting call of hope for the next generation. All of our volunteers, including our building greater regional resilience and strengthening disaster recovery Board of Trustees and our advisory committee members, commit their through community-aligned preparedness projects. Speak Your Peace: the loon is the symbol of tucked away hopes time to advancing the public good. Every day we are inspired by the The Civility Initiative continues its nationally-recognized work across and dreams rising to the surface. actualization of our values of community, stewardship, integrity the region. and generosity. We are honored to be the stewards of our It is said that the loon’s call can lead us to community’s generosity. We thank all of you for your inspiring commitment to beyond self. our greatest imaginings and remind us of all Holly C. Sampson David A. Kropid As Holly prepares for her retirement during 2020, the Board of Trustees President and CEO Chair, Board of Trustees the possibilities open to us. In this year’s annual report, we focus our attention on a group of donors appreciates her steadfast leadership and fervent dedication to the who have become an integral part of the Community Foundation family. Community Foundation. As we begin our next stage, the Board looks Many of you have answered the call to Pat and Carrie Heffernan, Lee and Marcy Lundgren, and Peter and forward to your continued support. look beyond yourself, to spread hope, fulfill Linda Pichetti have become incredible ambassadors for the Community Foundation and look beyond themselves to inspire generosity among dreams and open up possibilities to the their peers, their children and their grandchildren. The Lake County David Kropid people of our region. Historical Society’s new fund demonstrates their deep understanding Holly C. Sampson of the value of an endowed resource to support their organization now and in the future. And for that, we thank you.

3 Beyond tomorrow

The interview for this story took place this past Pat and Carrie have been influenced to be active in March as Carrie and Pat Heffernan were preparing to their community by their parents. Their connection make arrangements for their family to stay at home to the DSACF comes from Carrie’s father, Tom during the coronavirus outbreak. Wheeler, who is past board chairman of the DSACF and is an active supporter of Duluth and the Both expressed that looking beyond themselves at surrounding region. this time would be of utmost importance. And both told us that they knew the Pat and Carrie Heffernan When Pat and Carrie moved back to Duluth in Family Fund would be put to its best use right now. 2006, they had just had twins and weren’t getting out very much. It was Tom who invited them to a Community, and making a difference locally, has DSACF annual community event. The Heffernan family embraces the beauty of Duluth. They always been the focal point of the Heffernans' giving. love to ski, play hockey, skate, snowshoe, fat tire bike and Their family fund with the Duluth Superior Area “It was one of the first things we did when we get out on the water when they can. Community Foundation (DSACF) is an unrestricted returned and something we always try to make fund, which means the Community Foundation can time for,” says Carrie. Pat and Carrie feel strongly that they want to spread put their donation to use in ways that best serve the This past year, the event was held on Park Point. the word about the DSACF. They feel a personal community. The Heffernans' family fund falls under It was a beautiful day and on the bike ride home the connection to their giving and to becoming the next a group of funds called Acorn Funds which are set up Heffernans got to talking about participating more in generation that makes a real difference in this region. to grow over the course of ten years and be pooled strengthening the community. “Our community needs our support,” says Pat. with other unrestricted gifts to create a permanent “And we want others to know about giving through resource for the DSACF. “Our—now three—children are getting older, and we thought there would be a lot of power in us doing an Acorn Fund like ours. Many people don’t know “We feel it is impossible to know what the needs of something together,” says Carrie. “We wanted to that they have the ability to make a real impact by the community may be at any given time,” says Pat. be intentional about our giving and to inspire our contributing in this manner.” “We trust the Community Foundation to put our boys, as both of our parents had inspired us. We also In 2019, a gift from the Pat and Carrie Heffernan fund to the best use. They are the people who can wanted to inspire more people our age to give and Family Fund was made to First Witness Child truly make wise decisions about where funds are create more opportunity for our community.” Advocacy Center in Duluth. needed the most—especially now.”

4 The future belongs to those who give. Learn more at dsacommunityfoundation.com Beyond love of family and place

Lee Lundgren was first an employee of and “Our mother Marcy passed away just a few short ultimately led a family owned auto business months after our father,” says Bruce. “She was as called Lundgren Motors, in Eveleth, Minnesota. generous and community-minded as he was. When he passed away in 2017, he left behind a She was the strong glue that held this family legacy that will forever be woven into the lives together and she played a pivotal role in the of his four children, his grandchildren, his great- success of the business and in establishing the grandchildren, and the community of Eveleth— Lee J. Lundgren Fund.” which he loved and called home. The entire Lundgren family sees the community According to Lee’s son, Bruce, his father was a of Eveleth as an extension of their family. man who put family and community first. One of “Being a small family-owned business, there isn’t a his three daughters, Lee Anne, describes him as a day that goes by that we don’t hear heartwarming very generous man. And his granddaughter Laura stories from the people who come in,” says Lee remembers him as always tinkering with things and Anne. “We know them and their parents and their looking for a way to do things better. Lee and Marcy Lundgren always recognized the special place grandparents. We are honored when families in this Lee Lundgren’s values, his generosity, and his drive they chose to raise their children and the fact that the people region choose to do business with us.” to make things better were fundamental to who he there genuinely care about one another. The Lee J. Lundgren Fund has already provided was. Those traits and others were most likely why grants to nonprofits in the region and will provide Lee never hesitated when he was asked to be one To honor Lee after he passed away, his wife Marcy an ongoing stream of support in years to come. of a group of businesspeople to help establish the and his children established an unrestricted fund The Lundgren family is committed to continuing to Eveleth Area Community Foundation (EACF). with the EACF called the Lee J. Lundgren Fund. contribute to the fund. They asked that memorial gifts be made to the “Dad believed in this community,” says Bruce. “He fund and were overwhelmed by the outpouring of “This community has supported us for 90-some spent his whole life here. He was proud to be from contributions. Because the Lee J. Lundgren Fund is years,” says Lee Anne. “We look for that to continue Eveleth. Being part of the group that initiated the unrestricted, the EACF can use money from the and we look in turn to support the community.” EACF was a testament to that.” fund to make grants to area nonprofits in a way The EACF actively promotes private giving for the that it believes will best serve the immediate public good in the Eveleth region and is an affiliate needs of the region. of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation.

Make things better for your community. Learn more at dsacommunityfoundation.com 7 Beyond our lifetime

The Pichettis share a deep appreciation for this The Pichettis have also wanted to involve their region and a calling to do more. children and their grandchildren in the process of giving. Linda’s daughter-in-law is on her advisory The second fund established and spearheaded committee, her oldest granddaughter will be joining by Linda is the Fund for Women and Girls. This her for the next advisory committee meeting, and fund became active in 2017. she hopes that her younger granddaughter will be “The Women and Girls Fund is more in line participating in a couple of years. She sees more with what has been of interest to me,” says of the women in her and Peter’s extended family becoming involved in the future. A common mission of giving back and being Linda. “Inequality issues surrounding women and passionate about the needs of others is the reason girls has always been a part of who I am. As a young “It is our hope that our children and grandchildren Peter and Linda Pichetti have created two donor girl I knew there were things I couldn’t do and will embrace our philosophy of giving and that advised funds with the Duluth Superior Area shouldn't do and I didn’t think that was fair. It wasn’t what we’ve started will continue into the next Community Foundation (DSACF). in my nature to think that way. Being a woman, I feel generation. We have tried to instill in our family the strongly that I want to champion other women and value surrounding the thought that we should be A donor advised fund allows donors like the girls and support and help in any way I can.” giving back,” says Peter. “We would even take it a Pichettis to create a fund and make contributions step further and say that giving back is a joy-filled in the amount they wish and at the time that is Grants are awarded through the Fund for Women obligation.” financially right for them. The DSACF works in and Girls with the help of an advisory committee. tandem with the donor to identify the organizations This committee is made up of women that Linda has The Peter and Linda Pichetti Charitable Fund has and grants they would like to give to over time. invited to support her in determining the projects given to many causes throughout the years it has that will be funded from year to year. been established. The Fund for Women and Girls “The Community Foundation provides us with an has provided a number of grants—all giving women excellent and straightforward platform to support “The group I put together is as diverse as I can make and girls a larger voice. The latest is creating more and strengthen the causes we care about,” says it on every level,” says Linda. “I am amazed at how gender equity in the areas of science, technology, Peter. “The first fund we established with the they’ve come together and the proposals that have engineering and mathematics (STEM). DSACF was the Peter and Linda Pichetti Charitable come in. Everyone has had an opinion and has Fund. This fund allows us to provide financial spoken up. It is a wonderful process. I come away backing for projects that impact the community every time we meet feeling almost overwhelmed on a wide scope and for those most in need.” with joy.”

8 Create opportunities. Learn more at dsacommunityfoundation.com Beyond the pages of history

Lake County, Minnesota covers over 2,062 square “The fund was renamed in anticipation of our Right now, the Historical Society operates three miles and stretches from the northern shores centennial in 2025,” says Ellen. “We will be buildings listed on the National Register of of Lake Superior to the Canadian border. Its rich celebrating 100 years of preserving and sharing Historic Places—the Depot Museum, the Two history encompasses the Dakota and Ojibwe the history of Lake County and the endowment Harbors Light Station and the 3M Birthplace people and extends to early European settlers board wanted to better reflect our location.” Museum. It also preserves over 20,000 historic and trappers, as well as to industries that have artifacts, images and documents. The current effort is to increase the existing included commercial fisheries, logging, mining endowment in honor of the Historical Society’s “It is our hope to be able to bring history to and shipping. centennial. light through education and outreach, artifact It is the mission of the Lake County Historical preservation and building restoration for another “Money raised will go into the Agate Bay Legacy Society to uphold and sustain the history of 100 years,” says Ellen. Endowment Fund to ensure that we are able to Lake County through the preservation, study continue our mission far into the future,” says and interpretation of artifacts, documents, Ellen. “Our end goal is to raise $1.5 million by photographs and historic sites and to tell the 2025.” story of past and present cultures. The endowment fund will be professionally “In the mid 1990s, an endowment fund was managed by the DSACF. started to provide a stable and reliable source of income for the future of the Historical Society,” "The Community Foundation has a proven says Ellen Lynch, Executive Director, Lake County track record of managing large nonprofit Historical Society. endowments,” says Ellen. “That’s why the board selected it for the management of this fund.” In 2019, that fund was renamed the Agate Bay Legacy Endowment Fund by the endowment board. Early explorers found Lake County to be a place of vast resources and the promise of wealth.

Nourish exploration. Learn more at dsacommunityfoundation.com 11 New 2 019 F U N DS FUNDS

Unrestricted Funds Community Foundation Services Fundprovides direct Community Opportunity Fund was created by the Provide flexible resources to address the needs and support for the operating costs of the Community gifts of many generous donors wishing to benefit the Unrestricted Organizational Endowment opportunities of our beloved communities as they Foundation. Gifts to this fund maximize the dollars community as a whole. People from all walks of life The following funds will address the region’s Aftenro Endowment Fundsupports the operations change over time. available for grant making. 1984 have pooled contributions into this fund, creating a changing needs in perpetuity: and mission of the Aftenro Home. permanent legacy for our community. 1983

Business Leaders Fund benefits both our area’s Community Leaders Fund recognizes businesses and Pat and Carrie Heffernan Family Fund Agate Bay Legacy Endowment Fund supports the business leaders and the charitable community. 1988 individuals that have provided outstanding resources to A vital part of the resources of the Community J. L. Kelly Family Fund operations and mission of the Lake County address our region’s charitable needs, now and in the Foundation, unrestricted funds provide flexible Lakhan Family Fund Historical Society. With a minimum gift of $25,000, the Fund enables future. 2000 earnings which can adapt to the needs of the Bob and Diane Meierhoff Fund business leaders to expand their grant-making capacity, community as they evolve over time. Carolyn H. Sundquist Fund Grand Marais Playhouse Endowment Fund supports enjoy increased community visibility, and receive Members of the Community Leaders Fund are: the operations and mission of the Playhouse. ongoing credit for their generosity: Martha B. Alworth Alberta Fund 2007 Field Of Interest WA LK Abbot and Pascha Apter Anonymous Friend Fund 2005

AIACF Ross-Caruso Fund shall be for charitable Two Harbors Public Library Fund supports the BMO Harris Bank (in memory of Robert D. Banks) Barker’s Island Marina Barnum Fund 1993 purposes within the then-existing service area of operations and mission of the Two Harbors in another’s shoes CLM Corporation Rob and Brenda Brannan Dr. and Mrs. Bernhard Boecker Charitable Fund 1996 the Apostle Islands Area Community Fund as the Public Library. Listen to powerful Capstan Corporation Richard R. Burns William, Florence and Dorothy Burns Family Fund 1996 Foundation in its discretion determines. Duluth News Tribune Mark Danielson and Theresa Smith Campbell Family Charitable Fund 1984 StoryCorps conversations Scholarships Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company Essentia Health Cleveland Family Fund 2003 Duluth Builders Exchange Legacy Fund provides Designated around experiencing the Enbridge Energy Partners Karen and John Fillenworth Robert, Gwen, Blake and Hands-On Chemistry Instruction Fund will support scholarships to individuals for the undergraduate Opportunity Gap Essentia Health Anne and Jon Holy Conner Erickson Family Fund 2007 the purchase of materials and supplies for the study of engineering, architecture, or construction Evening Telegram/Morgan Murphy Media Helena Jackson and Douglas Dunham Family Service Sharing Fund 1989 teaching of science, chemistry in particular, in the management, with a preference for those individuals in Duluth and Superior at Hanft Fride, A Professional Association Howard and Barb Klatzky Pat and Carrie Heffernan Family Fund 2019 secondary schools of ISD #709, Duluth, MN. who express an interest in working in the building opportunityrising.com maurices David and Wendy Kropid John C. and Margaret B. Hunner Memorial Fund 2013 and construction industry in northeast Minnesota Minnesota Power Frances and Joseph Leek Todd, Susan, Matthew and Hilary Johnson Michael Chapel Fund is for the future maintenance and/or northwest Wisconsin. Moline Machinery LLC Ilene Levin and Steve Goldfine Charitable Fund 2007 and repair needs of the Michael Chapel at National Bank of Commerce Blair and Anna Mahan Lakhan Family Fund 2019 Greenwood Cemetery. Louise Catherine Lawson Scholarship Fund provides North Shore Bank of Commerce Ann and Bob Mars Levin/Goldfine Fund 2008 financial assistance for higher education to students Ojard Family Fund Mary E. Millard Daniel K. Lew and Maypakou Ly Family Fund 2016 James C. Seacrest Model Railroad Endowment who have graduated from Northwestern High School St. Mary Land & Exploration Company David and Cindy Montgomery Walter and Irene Lundquist Family Fund 2008 Fund supports the Seacrest Model Railroad Exhibit's in Maple, Wisconsin. United General Constructors, Inc. PLB Properties Bob and Diane Meierhoff Fund 2019 regular and necessary ongoing maintenance, repair, (in memory of Herbert Klippen) Fariba Pendleton Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund 1991 operational, and other similar ongoing expenses and U.S. Bank Arend J. and Verna Sandbulte Moline Family Fund 1993 costs directly related to the Exhibit. W.P. & R.S. Mars Company James H. and Judith Stewart Hazel B. and A. Wallace Niss Charitable Fund 2009

Wells Fargo Bank Donald L. and Susan C. Wallgren P.L.B. Memorial Fund 2008 Claudia and Harry Welty Erick Peter Person Memorial Fund 2003 Thomas B. Wheeler Ojard Family Fund 2016 Tony and Sharon Yung Ruth H. Richards Fund 2004 12 Jim and Mary Zastrow Carolyn Joy Seitz Family Fund 1996 13 FUNDS FUNDS

Mitchell J. and Elva B. Sill Family Fund 2018 Scott D. Anderson Leadership Foundation Fund is Douglas County Disaster and Welfare Fund was Hermantown Community Fund actively promotes Opportunity Gap Initiative Fund founded through Jane S. Smith Memorial Fund encourages and enables Dr. William and Kay Slack Family Fund 2011 dedicated to sponsoring the delivery of high quality, created in 1919 by the Superior Chapter of the Red private giving for the public good in the Hermantown a generous grant from the Margaret A. Cargill organizations which provide artistic and cultural Smith Danielson Family Fund 2018 value-based leadership training opportunities and/or Cross and residual gifts to the Superior Fire Relief area. 2005 Foundation. The Opportunity Gap, as defined by Dr. traditions in the Duluth area. 1992 William G. Strobel, M.D., Family Fund 1991 scholarships recognizing leadership accomplishments Committee. Earnings from this Fund continue to help Robert D. Putnam, manifests itself in inequalities in Carolyn H. Sundquist Fund 2019 for youth. 1999 the general welfare of Douglas County residents. 1984 Lakeview Arts Fund supports local arts organizations parenting, education and community. This initiative will Superior-Douglas County Arts Fund supports Weckwerth-Sampson Family Fund 1991 and other local organizations which undertake art focus intervention on our most vulnerable children and projects and programs which help people develop Apostle Islands Chequamegon Bay Area Community Fund for the Environment reflects growing community projects. 2006 youth. 2015 an appreciation for the arts and to make a variety of J. L. Kelly Family Fund will address the region’s Fund, an affiliate field of interest fund of the Duluth concern and awareness of our interdependency with multicultural arts experiences accessible to everyone. changing needs in perpetuity. 2019 Superior Area Community Foundation, supports our environment. 1991 Lupa Animal Wellness Fund supports innovative Opportunity Gap Initiative II Fund focuses on the 2006 changing needs in the Wisconsin communities of La programs that promote the welfare of cats and dogs, Opportunity Gap, as defined by Dr. Robert D. Putnam, Living Legacy Fund is an excellent option for donors Pointe, Red Cliff, Russell, Bayfield, Washburn, Ashland Fair Chance Fund encourages and enables innovative consistent with the charitable programs supported manifests itself in inequalities in parenting, education Ben Van Deelen Charitable Fund provides funding wishing to honor loved ones and friends forever, either and Bad River. 2018 and collaborative projects which reduce long-term during the donors’ lifetime. 2015 and community. This initiative focuses intervention on for the prevention, treatment, and study of mental as a memorial or on occasions of celebration. 1983 dependency on public assistance programs, decrease our most vulnerable children and youth. 2016 illness and substance use disorders in youth and young Samuel F. Atkins and Barbara H. Atkins Memorial the effects of poverty on children, and provide Emile H. Mathis II Fund supports community programs adults, with a focus on funding in the communities of Second Chance Endowment Fund takes a creative twist Fund helps low-income, disadvantaged people meet opportunities for economic self-sufficiency. 1991 in Douglas County, Wisconsin which help low income, Opportunity Zone Fund is a field of interest fund Duluth, Hermantown, Proctor, and Superior, and the by making grants to qualified applicants who previously their basic human needs and enables projects which disadvantaged people meet their basic needs and to created with a grant from the John S. and James L. immediate surrounding areas. 2016 applied for, but did not receive, grants due to limited involve animals, attend to the welfare of animals, or Four Cedars Environmental Fund provides financial encourage and enable projects which involve animals, Knight Foundation to support programming based on Community Foundation resources. 2006 alleviate animal suffering. 1992 incentives that initiate, stimulate, enrich, and assist attend to the welfare of animals, or which alleviate the "opportunity zones" established by the Tax Cuts and Laurie A. Wermter Library Fund aids libraries and programs and organizations involved in the protection, suffering of animals. 2012 Jobs Act of 2017 to drive economic opportunity and archives in northwest Wisconsin, primarily Douglas Young Leaders Fund recognizes young adults and Central Mesabi Fund for Human Services assists preservation, and education of the unique natural growth in low income neighborhoods within the City of County, in achieving outstanding library service and their efforts to assist in making the Duluth/Superior agencies that directly help low-income people cope resources found primarily within the Western Lake Morgan Fund gives priority to projects that foster Duluth. 2018 preserving the history of the area. 2003 community an exciting place to live. 2007 with their basic needs and problems. Grants are Superior Watershed. 2006 community pride or economically impact the Twin restricted to agencies that serve communities bounded Ports in general, with a goal of making grants equally to Riverfront Community Fund was established for Wetherby Fund continues a tradition of helping on the west by Coleraine and on the east by Mountain Friends of the Tweed Fund enhances the resources Superior and Duluth. 1984 nonprofit organizations serving the Riverfront children with their educational and basic material Field of Interest Iron. 1989 available to further the mission of and community communities of Riverside, Smithville, Morgan Park, needs, as well as helping them to appreciate nature. Provide resources for the donor's particular area of engagement in the Tweed Museum of Art. 2016 Opportunity Gap Fund supports the Community Gary-New Duluth, and Fond du Lac. 1991 1997 interest without naming specific charities. Community Parks and Recreation Program Foundation’s initiative to assure that all children in our Fund provides funding for neighborhood-based C.E. Fuller, Jr. and M.K. Fuller Fund, created in 1963, community have a realistic opportunity to grow up to Silver Bay Charitable Fund provides financial assistance Dale Heimbach Wheeler Memorial Fund assists John T. and Elizabeth C. Adams Arts Fund is designed enhancements and recreation services in Duluth’s supports human service programs in the region. 1997 lead economically secure and civically productive lives, to projects and programs that aid and support low- projects that address children’s education, chemical to attract programs of artistic quality to the Duluth parks, recreation and trails system. The program is regardless of the circumstances in which they are born income residents of Silver Bay and its vicinity. 2001 dependency services, family counseling, and women Superior area and enrich performances, exhibits and funded by the City of Duluth Parks Fund approved by Arthur and Winnie Gurovitsch Children’s Fund, was and raised. 2016 and violence. 1995 artistic services for area organizations. 1984 voters in 2011. 2012 created to honor Arthur Gurovitsch’s kindness to and loving ways with children. This Fund will light the way Henry and Sarah Wheeler Historical Awareness Fund Disaster Recovery and Resilience Fund responds to for less fortunate children. 1997 supports projects that promote awareness of the area’s unmet community needs, short-term, medium-term rich, untapped historical legacy and inspires others to and long-term; recovery plans which improve quality of participate in preserving and promoting the region’s life; and efforts to make communities more resilient to history. 2005 14 15 disaster stresses. 2014 FUNDS FUNDS

Wisconsin Arts Board Fund supports arts activities in Fund for Women and Girls provides financial support Ilene Levin and Steven Goldfine Charitable Fund Elva B. and Mitchell J. Sill Family Fund allows the Ashland Education Fund helps benefit programs Howard J. and Barb Ignatius Fund provides funding Douglas County. 2003 to nonprofit organizations so that women and girls may allows the donors to participate actively in the grant- donors and their children to participate actively in the designated to improve education in the Ashland, equally to support technology at Denfeld High School live meaningful, empowering, fulfilling, healthy and making process while answering the needs of the grant-making process. 2003 Wisconsin school district and is affiliated with the and the English Department at Proctor Senior High Donor Advised safe lives. 2017 community. 2012 Chequamegon Bay Area Community Fund. 2017 School. 2006 Allow donors to actively participate in the Philip H. and Barbara Strom Family Charitable Fund grant-making process while utilizing the expert Global Awareness Fund assists projects that increase Lone Wolf Fund creates the opportunity to promote allows the donors to participate actively in the grant- Attracting and Retaining Young Adults Fund supports Initiatives General Operating Fund supports the guidance of the Community Foundation. community awareness of our global interdependence environmental education, particularly through making process. 2008 the efforts of the Attracting and Retaining Young Adults activities of the Community Foundation’s initiatives. and promote citizen participation in global issues. 1983 programs which increase access for children who have Initiative. 2006 2008 A&A Enterprises Charitable Fund allows donors to a physical and/or mental disability; to advance medical John Ivey Thomas and Mary Rees Thomas Family participate actively in the grant-making process. 2007 David Goldberg Family Fund allows the donor science through research, particularly for cancer and Foundation Fund allows the donors to actively Duluth Edison Charter School Legacy Endowment Edna M. & H. Anna Jenks’ Charitable Fund was to participate in the grant-making process while diabetes; and to increase educational opportunities participate in the grant-making process. 2013 Fund established to enhance the scope and quality of originally created in 1956 to support twelve nonprofit Anishinabe Fund fosters cultural awareness of Ojibwe answering the needs of the community. 2017 for international students attending post-secondary educational opportunities at Duluth Edison Charter organizations designated by the donor. 1985 traditions while encouraging the migration of ideas institutions, particularly in the area of academic Wells Fargo Bank Fund allows the donor to actively Schools. 2013 from and promoting the respect for the Ojibwe culture. John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund supports support. 1999 participate in the grant-making process. 2004 Marian M. King Duluth Public Schools Fund provides 1991 civic innovators who help cities attract and keep Duluth Public Schools Temporary Fund supports supplemental funding to enrich the academic, cultural, talented people, expand economic opportunity and E. C. Mason Fund allows the donor to participate Wirtanen Family Fund, in memory of Sylvia Wirtanen, activities of the Duluth Public Schools. 1996 athletic, and overall experience of students and staff, Apter Family Fund allows the donor to participate create a culture of engagement. 1993 actively in the grant-making process. 2009 encourages progressive social change, broadens and to encourage and reward creativity and innovation actively in the grant-making process. 1998 participation in our democratic society, and promotes Duluth-Superior Sharing Fund enables human service in the pursuit of excellence in education in the Duluth Knight Foundation Fund supports civic innovators Moline Family Donor Advised Fund allows the donor justice. 1990 agencies to provide small cash grants to vendors on Public Schools. 2015 Aspen Fund II allows donors to participate actively in who help cities attract and keep talented people, to participate actively in the grant-making process. behalf of low-income clients at times of critical need. the grant-making process. 2009 expand economic opportunity and create a culture of 2003 Designated 1983 Lake Superior Wetland Bank Fund was established engagement. 2002 Provide resources for one or more specific through mitigation credits out of concern for returning Biodiversity Fund supports efforts to maintain and Nordling Family Fund allows the donor to participate charitable organizations. Manley and Lillian Goldfine Gold Star Teacher Award the Sax Zim Bog and surrounding area to its natural strengthen biodiversity in the Duluth-Superior region John Allan Kunz Fund for Reminiscence and actively in the grant-making process. 2007 Fund recognizes and rewards outstanding teachers state. 2016 through preservation and restoration of habitat, help Life Review provides grants to nonprofit organizations The Scott D. Anderson Leadership Foundation of Independent School District #709 - Duluth Public for particular species and ecosystems, planning for and educational institutions that promote the use of Peter and Linda Pichetti Charitable Fund allows the Matching Fund is made to match dollar-for-dollar gifts Schools. 2006 Levin-Goldfine Twin Ports Jewish Community Fund changing conditions, research, and education. 2010 reminiscence and life review through research, practice donors to participate actively in the grant-making received and pledges made to the SALF Fund from supports Temple Israel and/or other mainstream, and volunteer work in keeping with Mr. Kunz’s long- process. 2017 January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021. 2018 The Great Lakes One Water Partnership 30 community progressive Jewish houses of worship and/or Michael Adam Carroll Memorial Fund provides term professional interest in gerontology, reminiscence foundations partner to advance action agendas to progressive Jewish educational programs located in financial resources to organizations that provide and life review. 2011 Red Oak Fund allows the donor and their children to Anonymous I Charitable Fund supports two nonprofit improve vitality of Great Lakes shoreline communities. Duluth or Superior. 2013 services to disabled youth and their families. 2005 participate actively in the grant-making process. 2000 organizations in the Duluth area. 1994 2018 LHB Foundation Fund allows the donor to participate Douglas H. and Judith H. Lewis Memorial Fund Esperanza Fund allows the donor to participate actively actively in the grant-making process. 2012 Sandbulte Family Higher Education Endowment Anonymous Friend Designated Fund supports Hands-On Chemistry Instruction Fund supports the supports two nonprofit organizations in the Duluth in the grant-making process while answering the needs Fund provides grant funding for Duluth-based higher nonprofit organizations designated by the donor. 2005 purchase of materials and supplies for the teaching area. 1994 of the community. 2007 education institutions for program and faculty support of science, chemistry in particular, in the secondary in the fields of science, engineering, and business schools of ISD #709, Duluth, MN. 2019 Lorntson Family Fund supports five nonprofit through an Opportunity Gap lens. 2015 organizations designated by the donor. 2006 16 17

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Toby and Sharon Marcovich Charitable Fund supports Northern Bible Society - Daniel H. and Catherine L. Tate and Lyle STEM Education Fund provides grants Mike Colalillo Medal of Honor Scholarship Fund Girl Scouts - Northern Pine Council Endowment Fund Landmark Conservancy Stewardship and Defense a nonprofit organization designated by the donor. 2014 Mundt Charitable Fund was established to continue to ISD 709 to help develop students’ understanding provides greater visibility and support for the St. Louis ensures funds for the future of Girl Scouting. 1986 Fund supports stewardship and legal defense of in perpetuity the work of the Northern Bible Society. of science, technology, engineering and mathematics County Historical Society and its Veterans’ Memorial conservation easements and fee title properties held Mattson Family Education Fund provides support 2006 (STEM) in preparation for a career in a STEM-based Hall program. 2012 Goodwill Future Fund was created to realize the by Landmark Conservancy. 2014 to the nursing and theatre departments of three discipline. 2017 advantages of broader investment management and universities. 2012 Opportunity Gap Initiative Public Education Fund Carlton County Historical Society Foundation Fund gain greater visibility for Goodwill Industries. 1995 Lighthouse for the Blind Endowment Fund was supports the effort to create a community with Henry E. Walter/Cloquet Rotary Club Fund supports supports the Carlton County Historical Society’s efforts established to realize the advantages of broader Millennium Group Speak Your Peace Fund supports abundant opportunity for all of our kids. 2016 the Cloquet Rotary Club’s scholarship program. 1998 to collect, preserve and disseminate the history of Greater Proctor Area Scholarship Foundation investment management and to gain greater visibility the ongoing efforts of the Speak Your Peace Civility Carlton County. 1999 Fund provides greater visibility and support for the for the Lighthouse Center for Vision Loss. 1998 Project and the nine tools of civility. 2003 Opportunity Gap Initiative Evaluation Fund was Lawrence and Sophie Wietman Family Fund supports foundation and its many scholarships. 2004 created to identify the influence of the combined one nonprofit organization in Duluth. 2017 Center on Alcohol and Drug Problems Fund supports Lutheran Social Service Endowment Fund supports Gregory S. and Barbara J. Miller Charitable Lead Trust efforts of Opportunity Gap grantees to further narrow in perpetuity the Center on Alcohol and Drug Hartley Nature Center Endowment Fund provides services provided by Lutheran Social Service of supports land and water conservation by the Landmark the opportunity gap in the Twin Ports. 2016 White Pine Fund supports four nonprofit organizations Problems. 1987 a resource to further the environmental education Minnesota in its northeast region. 1999 Conservancy in the St. Croix and Lake Superior designated by the donor. 2006 programs and stewardship activities of the Hartley watersheds. 2007 PPREP Operating Fund supports the efforts of Cloquet Educational Foundation Fund is dedicated to Nature Center. 2008 Marshall School Endowment Fund was established to Philanthropic Preparedness, Resiliency, Emergency Organizational Endowment the youth of the Cloquet community. 1994 gain greater visibility for Marshall School in partnership Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Charitable Fund Partnership (PPREP) and the Community Foundation’s Provide resources for a specific charitable Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra Endowment with other community organizations. 1996 supports fifteen nonprofit programs in the Duluth area work toward disaster recovery. 2014 organization (created by or on behalf of a Courage Center Duluth Fund supports recreational Fund supports the continued growth of the LSCO and provides scholarship support through the Daniel charitable organization). programs for youth and families with disabilities. 2007 summer concert series. This endowment will enhance Minnesota Academic Excellence Foundation Fund was H. and Catherine L. Mundt Scholarship Fund for Late Rauha Fund supports four nonprofit organizations in the LSCO’s innovative programming and audience established to gain greater visibility for the nonprofit Bloomers. 1994 Minnesota. 2012 Aftenro Endowment Fund shall be used for support of Duluth Legacy Endowment Fund provides support to development. 1997 organization. This Fund places a focus on the needs of the Aftenro Home. 2019 the City of Duluth for public projects. 2005 communities in our region. 1991 Hazel B. and A. Wallace Niss/Human Development Kenneth and Concetta Schoen Duluth Public Schools Lakeview Christian Academy Fund provides a solid Center Endowment Fund supports the Human Fund provides supplemental funding to enrich the Aitkin Education Foundation Fund was established to Duluth Playhouse Endowment Fund supports the financial foundation for the Academy so that its Minnesota Ballet Endowment Fund supports the Development Center’s ongoing operations. 2009 academic, cultural, athletic, and overall experience partner with the community to promote excellence continued operations of the Duluth Playhouse. 1996 families and the community benefit from its vision of artistic and educational activities of the Minnesota of students and staff, and to encourage and reward by enhancing the scope and quality of educational providing academic excellence in a Christ-centered Ballet. 2003 Nordling Family Designated Fund I supports two creativity and innovation in the pursuit of excellence in opportunities in academics, arts, activities, and Duluth Public Schools Fund provides supplemental educational environment. 2009 nonprofit organizations in Duluth. 2007 education in the Duluth Public Schools. 2013 athletics for students of the Aitkin Public Schools. 2011 funding to enrich the academic, cultural, athletic, Minnesota Ballet and Duluth News Tribune and overall experience of students and staff, and to Lakewood Elementary School Foundation Fund Performing Arts Fund for Kids enhances the artistic Northeast Minnesota Sharing Fund enables human James C. Seacrest Model Railroad Endowment Fund Animal Allies Endowment Fund supports the encourage and reward creativity and innovation in the supports the foundation’s mission to enhance the development of young people in the region by service agencies to provide small cash grants to solely supports the Seacrest Model Railroad Exhibit's organization’s mission to ensure a lifetime of loving pursuit of excellence in education in the Duluth Public quality of educational opportunities for Lakewood supporting area organizations that provide live vendors on behalf of low-income clients at times of regular and necessary ongoing maintenance, repair, care for every pet by reducing overpopulation, Schools. 1984 Elementary School and Lakewood Montessori performance opportunities for children. 2000 critical need. 1988 operational, and other similar ongoing expenses and increasing adoption and fostering humane values. 2010 Preschool students. 2014 costs directly related to the Exhibit. 2019 The Friends of the Finland Community Fund supports North Shore Community School Endowment Fund Building for Women Fund supports the charitable the Finland Community Center to help make Finland Landmark Conservancy Fund supports stewardship supports community-based elementary education on G. Kendall Smith Fund supports two nonprofit purposes of the Building for Women, located in Duluth. and its surrounding area an inviting and vibrant place. of permanently conserved forests, lakes, rivers, farms, the North Shore through a public charter school. 2001 organizations in the Duluth area. 1990 2000 2018 and open spaces in the Lake Superior watershed. 2010 18 19 FUNDS FUNDS

Northern Bible Society - Daniel H. and Catherine L. United Way of Greater Duluth Endowment Fund Darrell and Palchie Asselin Scholarship Fund provides Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial Scholarship Fund Duluth Central Sports Association Legacy Scholarship Colonel Lawrence H. Golberg Aviation Scholarship Mundt Charitable Fund continues in perpetuity the provides greater visibility and support for the needed financial assistance to non-traditional students provides financial assistance to students of the Duluth/ Fund provides awards to graduating athletes of Duluth Fund honors the memory of Vietnam War era pilot, work of the Northern Bible Society. 2006 organization. 1984 at University of Minnesota Duluth, College of St. Superior area so that they can pursue their goals in public high schools who reside in the geographic area Lawrence Golberg, by providing scholarships for Scholastica or University of Wisconsin – Superior. 1993 higher education. 2009 originally served by Duluth Central High School. 2010 postsecondary pilot training in the Duluth area. 2003 Rails Endowment for Academic Art Athletic Weisberg Memorial Fund was created to support the Development, REA3D, was created by the community School District of Superior. 1986 William E. Barto Scholarship Fund provides Duluth Airmen Scholarship Fund provides financial Duluth Lions Club Scholarship Fund provides financial Patricia S. Gustafson ‘56 Memorial Scholarship Fund of Independent School District 704 of Proctor, scholarships to high school seniors of Duluth and assistance to the children of 148th Fighter Wing assistance for higher education to graduating seniors awards a renewable scholarship to a graduating Minnesota. The purpose of this Fund is to receive, YMCA of Superior-Douglas County Endowment Superior who plan to major in the arts and attend the personnel who are attending institutions of higher who attend high schools within the City of Duluth. A female senior from Denfeld or Marshall School who manage, and disburse resources for the lifelong Fund was established to gain greater visibility for the University of Minnesota Duluth or the University of education. 2014 prime criterion for selection is a student’s involvement exemplifies the life of Patricia Gustafson. 2007 learning experiences of district residents. 1997 nonprofit organization. 1987 Wisconsin – Superior. 1995 in community through volunteer activities. 2017 Duluth Builders Exchange Legacy Fund provides Jeanne H. Hemmingway Scholarship Fund provides Ralph S. Knowlton Lake Superior Marine Museum YWCA Fund was established to gain greater visibility Bernard B. Brusin and Mary L. Brusin Scholarship scholarships to individuals for the undergraduate Julie Enberg Memorial Scholarship Fund provides assistance to students who have experienced adversity Endowment Fund was established to realize the and to realize the advantages of broader investment Fund provides renewable scholarships to Jewish and study of engineering, architecture, or construction financial assistance to female undergraduate athletes on the path to higher education at the University of advantages of broader investment management and to management. 1985 Roman Catholic students for college or vocational management, with a preference for those individuals at the University of Minnesota Duluth. The Fund Minnesota Duluth. 1990 gain greater visibility. 1992 training. 1987 who express an interest in working in the building and was established to honor Julie’s dedication to sports, construction industry in northeast Minnesota and/or especially hockey, and her commitment to both her Gus and Henrietta Hill Scholarship Fund provides RSI Margaret Moser Memorial Fund supports Scholarship Kathryn A. Bullyan Scholarship Fund provides northwest Wisconsin. 2019 community and the University of Minnesota Duluth. financial assistance for post-secondary education to Residential Services, Inc. of Northeastern Minnesota Transform lives and our communities by providing recognition for volunteerism on the part of graduating 2001 Duluth East High School graduates. The Fund was in its mission to provide innovative services to support the means for students to access an education to seniors from Hermantown High School. 2010 Duluth Building & Construction Trades Council created in memory of Roger C. Hill, Jr. 2000 the lives of people with disabilities. 2000 fit their interests and abilities. Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to children of Fox 21 Strength in the Community Scholarship Fund Riley Burnell Criminal Justice Memorial Scholarship members of unions affiliated with the Duluth Building provides financial assistance to deserving students Iron River Lions Club Marie Larson Scholarship Fund Second Harvest Michael E. Miner Hunger Endowment Anderson Niskanen Scholarship Fund provides Fund awards a college scholarship to a student from Trades Council. 2000 in the Fox 21 viewing area who are pursuing higher provides financial assistance to students in the Iron Fund ensures food resources for in-need residents in assistance for seniors from Duluth public high schools Koochiching County who is interested in pursuing a education. 2016 River area so they can pursue their goals of higher the service area of the Second Harvest Northern Lakes who are in financial need for higher education at career in the criminal justice system. 2013 Duluth Central High School Alumni Scholarship education. 2016 Food Bank. 2005 University of Minnesota Duluth or the University of Fund provides financial assistance for post-secondary Peter M. Gargano Scholarship Fund provides financial Minnesota - Twin Cities. 1998 Allen Butler Minority Law Enforcement Scholarship education to Duluth public high school students assistance to the children and grandchildren of the Greg Irons Award Fund honors the tenets and beliefs Spirit Mountain Recreation Area Authority Fund Fund provides financial assistance to people of color who reside in the geographic area originally served employees of Ulland Brothers. Students receive of Greg Irons by rewarding the efforts of Duluth Public provides greater visibility and support for the Paul Antonich Scholarship Fund honors Paul’s spirit to begin or continue law enforcement training at a by Duluth Central High School. The student must assistance for post-secondary education at colleges, Schools’ students and the teachers who help them organization. 2008 by providing a scholarship to an Independent School postsecondary institution. 1996 demonstrate qualities of fine character, consideration universities and vocational schools. 1992 succeed. 1990 District #709 senior boy on his school’s track or cross for others, perseverance, and desire to succeed. The Superior Hiking Trail Association Endowment Fund country team who encourages others, demonstrates Peter Bye Family Scholarship Fund provides Fund was originally established as the George A. Beck Gernander Scholarship Fund provides assistance for Jackson Club Scholarship Fund provides awards for supports efforts to build, promote, maintain, protect dedication and good citizenship, and promotes team scholarships for medical school students attending the Scholarship Fund by the Class of 1944 of Duluth Central post-secondary education to seniors of Denfeld High post-secondary education, including college and and preserve a hiking trail along the ridgeline of Lake unity. 2000 University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth, who High School. 1999 School with good character who combine athletic and vocational training, to seniors from Hermantown High Superior’s North Shore. 2000 are pursuing Family Practice. Priority shall be given to academic accomplishments. 1998 School. 2005 those students demonstrating a commitment to serve rural/small towns in the region for a minimum of five years upon completion of their medical degree. 2014 20 21 FUNDS FUNDS

Cory Jam Memorial Award Fund - created with gifts Carol and John Lilyquist Registered Nursing Modern Woodmen of America Scholarship Fund, G. Scott Ransom Scholarship Fund of the Duluth/ Scott Scholarship Fund benefits graduates of Charlotte Ulland Scholarship Fund for Girls provides from family and friends, provides a scholarship for a Scholarship Fund funds one year of tuition for an established by the Duluth Camp No. 2341, provides Superior Alpine Club provides financial awards for Independent School District #166 - Cook County High assistance for girls who will graduate from public high Duluth East High School graduate. Special distributions individual enrolled in a non-baccalaureate degree assistance to the nontraditional student in financial expenses associated with pursuing a competitive ski School who are named as valedictorian or salutatorian schools on Lake Superior’s North Shore and continue from this Fund also provide program support payments nursing program which will lead to licensure as a need. 1988 experience. 2005 each year. 2014 their studies at a public college or university in to the Boy Scouts-Glen Avon Troop #9. 1988 registered nurse. 2015 Minnesota. 2009 Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Scholarship Fund Dr. Mark Rathke Family Scholarship Fund provides Phil Shykes Memorial Scholarship Fund provides Harold and Laura Jorgenson Memorial Scholarship Emile H. Mathis II Scholarship Fund supports students for Late Bloomers provides financial assistance for a scholarship to a Marshall School senior who has a scholarship to a Hermantown High School senior. Richard “Rick” Roy Washburn Memorial Scholarship Fund honors Harold and Laura Jorgenson by helping majoring in art at the University of Wisconsin - students with potential from the public high schools demonstrated school and/or community involvement, The recipient is chosen on the basis of financial need, Fund provides financial assistance to students who to fund the college education of graduates of Duluth Superior. 2012 in Duluth. The award may be used for post-secondary leadership qualities and hard-working behavior. 1999 community service and determination to pursue a are planning a career in construction and live in a public schools and/or Ely Memorial High School who education, including four-year colleges and universities higher education. 1999 community where Ulland Brothers, Inc. operates. 2009 intend to major in Environmental Science or Social Ronald Joseph Mathis Scholarship Fund supports and graduate schools. 1999 Steve Rolland Youth Peacemaker Award Fund honors Work, with particular emphasis on students who would students majoring in art at the University of Wisconsin youth who undertake community peacemaking Small Business Education Scholarship Fund Robert B. and Sophia Whiteside Scholarship Fund be the first of their family to attend college. 2014 - Superior. 2012 Hubert A. Nelson Scholarship Fund provides activities. 1996 encourages the creation and retention of jobs through awards scholarships to seniors of Duluth high schools scholarships for Duluth and Superior high school a scholarship program geared to strengthen the who give evidence of academic excellence, high Lake Superior Medical Society Tilderquist Scholarship Minnesota Power Community Involvement seniors who intend to major in business or accounting Jack and Mary Rowe Memorial Scholarship management skills of those in small business. 1987 character, demonstrated leadership, and promise of Fund provides scholarships for students attending the Scholarship Fund provides assistance for high school at University of Minnesota Duluth or the University of Fund rewards the academic excellence of Duluth, contributing to the betterment of society. 1995 University of Minnesota Duluth medical school. 2005 seniors within Minnesota Power’s service area who are Wisconsin – Superior. 1995 Hermantown, and Proctor public high school students Walter and Anna Soneson Scholarship Fund provides active volunteers in their communities. 1998 who will pursue a career in engineering. 2007 scholarships for Duluth public high school graduates Kate Zinn Memorial Scholarship Fund provides Louise Catherine Lawson Scholarship Fund provides Amelia and Emanuel Nessell Family Scholarship Fund, of the Protestant faith. Scholarships are granted financial assistance to students from St. Croix and financial assistance for higher education to students Minnesota Power New Generation Scholarship Fund established as a memorial, provides assistance for Lawrence E. and Mabel Jackson Rudberg Scholarship to students who will attend college in Minnesota, Northwestern High Schools in Douglas County for who have graduated from Northwestern High School in provides assistance to full-time college students who students in financial need, with priority consideration Fund provides financial assistance for post-secondary Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, or Illinois. 2013 careers working with children and/or teenagers. 2002 Maple, Wisconsin. 2019 reside in Minnesota Power’s service area and major in to Jewish applicants. 1997 education to Two Harbors and Duluth high schools a qualifying field of study. 2007 seniors. Special distributions from the Fund also Jean Quinn Sullivan Scholarship Fund provides Fred C. and Mary H. Lewis Scholarship Fund provides Pay It Forward Scholarship Fund provides the support a nonprofit program in the area. 1998 financial assistance to students majoring in education assistance for deserving, needy students who could not Minnesota Power Positively Powerful Scholarship Community Foundation's nearly 2500 scholarship at University of Wisconsin – Superior, with priority otherwise afford to attend Marshall School, a private Fund provides need-based scholarships to deserving recipients with an opportunity to return gifts to the Saturn Systems Scholarship Fund awards scholarships given to those who express an interest in elementary college preparatory school in Duluth. 1999 students in Minnesota Power's service area who community. This fund supports the Opportunity To Rise to outstanding seniors from high schools located in education. 1997 The best way to demonstrate integrity, academic achievement, grit Award, providing assistance for non-traditional students seventeen surrounding counties who intend to pursue Fred C. and Mary H. Lewis UMD MBA Scholarship and perseverance. 2018 at local community colleges who have experienced a degree in computer science at the University of John A. Sullivan Scholarship Fund provides financial find yourself is to Fund provides assistance to students from the Duluth/ adversity in their lives but are looking to overcome Minnesota Duluth. 2010 assistance for students majoring in education at the lose yourself in the Superior area to attend University of Minnesota Minnesota Section, Society of Mining Metallurgy and those struggles through further education. 2008 University of Wisconsin – Superior. 1996 Duluth’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) Exploration Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to Kenneth and Concetta Schoen Scholarship Fund service of others. program. 2008 individuals for the undergraduate study of engineering, Richard B. Pearson Memorial Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance for students with potential Superior East High All-Class Reunion Scholarship Fund giving priority to those who express an interest in provides financial assistance to students graduating from the public high schools in Duluth. The award may provides a scholarship to a graduate of Superior East —Mahatma Gandhi working in the mining industry in Minnesota. 1997 from the Duluth Public Schools who are pursuing an be used for post-secondary education. 2008 High School or their descendant. 1985 elementary or secondary education degree. 2006

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Organizational Endowment Madeline Island/LaPointe Community Clinic Fund Sharon A. and Karl G. Nelson Fund Apostle Islands Area Ross-Caruso Fund Donor Advised Ashwabay Outdoor Educational Foundation Fund provides assistance to the clinic for their daily Mary Trettin and Michael A. Miller Fund Robert and Carolyn Sneed Family Fund Animal-Assisted Therapy Fund allows the donor supports the foundation’s mission to provide a operations. 2011 Jeff and Kris Von Holzen Family Fund Field of Interest Bell Southmayd Lamont Family Fund to participate actively in the grant making process quality, affordable outdoor recreation experience Madeline Island Public Library Fund was established Donor Advised Apostle Islands Area Community Fund actively Robert Tucker Family Fund with a focus on animal-assisted therapy for people that renews and enhances the lives of people in the to assist the Library in their services to Madeline Dave Olson and Kathryn Grafsgaard Family Fund, promotes private giving for the public good of the Vogt Scott Madeline Island Fund of all ages with mental, emotional, developmental Chequamegon Bay area. 2007 Apostle Islands area. 2000 and psychological challenges, all in the memory of Island residents. 2011 provides grant funding for educational and charitable Apostle Islands Area Community Impact Fund, Cordelia Anne Brinton. 2013 Bayfield Carnegie Library Fund supports the purposes as advised by the donor. 2015 St. John’s United Church of Christ Fund supports the The following funds, part of the Apostle Islands area created by an Otto Bremer Foundation matching continued operations for Bayfield’s beloved continued operations for St. John’s United Church of Designated family of funds, address the changing needs of the challenge, is used for operations and/or grantmaking. Peter M. and Betty W. Rogers Fund allows the donor community institution. The Library’s new Strategic Christ. 2015 Ashland Education Fund was created to help benefit region served by the Apostle Islands Area Community 2009 to participate actively in the grant making process. Plan, which established the new mission statement programs designed to improve education in the Fund: 2007 to be the community’s “compass for curious minds,” Scholarships Ashland, Wisconsin school district geographical 2016 Natural Disaster Immediate Response Fund makes this endowment a priority. The library wants Alexandra Smith Fund – In Support of Native Northern Wisconsin Outdoor Experiential Education boundaries and is affiliated with the Chequamegaon Albrecht-Vogt Family Fund responds to the harm caused in Ashland and Bayfield to be there for the curious minds now and into the Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to 2015 Dr. Michael and Deanna Asbell Family Fund counties by the flood of July 11, 2016 and storm of American Treaty Rights supports programs that 2015 Bay Area Community Fund. future. residents of Chequamegon Bay communities so they Bodin Family Fund July 21, 2016 focusing on early recovery. 2016 create understanding, appreciation and promotion of may participate in high-quality outdoor education Chequamegon Bay Area Operating Fund supports the Cleveland Family Fund Native American/Indigenous People treaty rights and Bayfield Community Education Foundation programs that provide transformative experiences in activities of the Chequamegon Bay Area Community Collins Family Fund Grutzner Madeline Island Fund supports nonprofit programs that support leadership opportunities. 2014 Fund supports the agency’s mission to facilitate a natural outdoor setting. 2017 Fund. 2016 Helen DeHaven Bush Family Fund organizations serving Madeline Island and its achievement of educational excellence by students Designated Tom and Roxanne Frizzell Family Fund residents. 2006 attending schools located within the Bayfield School Apostle Islands Area Community Operating Fund Chequamegon Bay Area Program Services G.R.A.C.E. Fund District. 2001 Human Rights Fund supports projects that supports activities of the Apostle Islands Area Chequamegon Bay Area Endowment Fund was created to benefit the Joanne B. Hadland Family Fund operations of the Chequamegon Bay Area Community promote tolerance and combat bigotry, racism and Community Fund. 2000 Bayfield Heritage Association Fund supports the Ole J. and Ingeborg Hadland Family Fund Field of Interest Fund now and in the future. 2013 discrimination in the Apostle Islands area. 2000 agency’s mission to promote awareness, appreciation Hartnett-Helm Family Fund Apostle Islands Area Community Program Services Chequamegon Bay Area Community Fund actively and preservation of Bayfield’s distinctive history. 2001 Homeward Bound Fund Michael Madeline Island Fund was established to Fund provides direct support for the operating costs promotes private giving for the public good in the Chequamegon Bay Bremer Operating Fund supports Kierland-Henry Family Fund the activities of the Chequamegon Bay Area sustain the quality of life on Madeline Island through of the Apostle Islands Area Community Foundation. CORE Endowment Fund supports the organization in Ashland region. Through its local advisory board, Bill and Marilyn Larson Family Fund Community Fund. 2011 its support of nonprofit organizations located in or 2002 bringing together community and families to meet the Fund works to attract and manage a permanent Eric and Laurel Lein Family Fund serving Madeline Island. 2013 the needs of seniors in the northern communities of endowment to address the area’s changing needs. 2012 Ann and Dave Locey Family Fund Apostle Islands Bremer Operating Fund supports Organizational Endowment the Bayfield Peninsula. 2007 Loon Commons Miskwaabikaang Fund (Red Cliff Fund) grants to activities of the Apostle Islands Area Community The following funds, part of the Chequamegon Bay Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua Blue Canvas Fund provides funds for the periodic replacement of the McCormick-Morin Family Fund Red Cliff nonprofits which serve that community Fund. 2009 Don Albrecht Maritime History Endowment Fund is Area family of funds, address the changing needs Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua tent. 2001 John S. Meier Family Fund with programs and services that contribute to the designed to share the maritime traditions of Bayfield of the region served by the Chequamegon Bay Area Martin Hanson Conservation Endowment Fund Edward and Dawn Michael Family Fund traditional values of the Ojibwe way of life through its and the Apostle Islands with the general public by Community Fund: supports the Friends of the Apostle Islands National Lincoln Community Forest Forever Fund, part of the Jerry and Mary Phillips Family Fund arts, language, medicinal foods and ceremonies. 2012 preserving the region's rich maritime history and Lakeshore, Inc. 2008 Chequamegon Bay Area Community Fund family of Walt and Lin Pomeroy Family Fund tradition, educating residents and visitors about Michael and Karen Ruedi Crowell Fund West Wind Fund encourages preservation in Bayfield, funds, exists to help facilitate the conservation and Tom and Liz Purcell Family Fund the vibrant economic and cultural influence of Lake Hagstrom Family Fund Wisconsin by providing grants for preservation Michael Chapel Fund is made for the Town of La enjoyment of the Lincoln Community Forest. 2016 Gene and Carole Qualle Family Fund Superior, enhancing the experience of visitors to Kevin O. Hunt Fund projects particularly relating to building or rebuilding/ Pointe, Wisconsin, solely for the purpose of the Larry A. Reiten Family Fund 2016 maintenance and repair of the Michael Chapel at Bayfield. Chris and Helen Roland Family Fund reimagining historic sites and/or protecting historic places on public lands. 2014 Greenwood Cemetery. 2019 24 25 Community FUNDS Community FUNDS

Washburn Community Education Foundation Designated North House Folk School Endowment Fund ensures Donor Advised Two Harbors Area Organizational Endowment Fund supports the agency’s mission to facilitate Cook County Community Temporary Fund will the school’s permanent financial viability and makes Eveleth 4th of July Fund supports the Eveleth 4th of Agate Bay Legacy Endowment Fund supports the achievement of educational excellence by students support the activities of the Cook County Community the campus an ever more dynamic place to learn. July Committee and its ability to continue provide 4th Field of Interest charitable, scientific or educational purposes of the attending schools located within the Washburn Fund. 2004 2006 of July events in the City of Eveleth. 2010 Two Harbors Area Fund enhances the quality of life of Lake County Historical Society. 2019 School District. 2012 Two Harbors’ area residents. 1998 Cook County Food Shelf Endowment Fund ensures Tofte Historical Society Fund supports the continued John and Carol Mayasich and Family Fund allows Two Harbors Public Library Fund supports the Scholarship food resources for in-need residents of Cook County. operations of the Tofte Historical Society. 2006 the donor to participate actively in the grant making The following funds, part of the Two Harbors area charitable, scientific, or educational purposes of the Northern Wisconsin Teacher Education Scholarship 2013 process. 2012 family of funds, address the changing needs of the Two Harbors Public Library. 2019 Fund provides financial assistance to students from Violence Prevention Center Fund supports the region served by the Two Harbors Area Community the communities around Chequamegon Bay seeking Frank G. DiMaio Fund mission is to encourage Center’s mission of eliminating domestic and sexual Designated Fund: Scholarships an education degree at Northland College. 2016 and enable organizations serving women who are violence against women, men, children and their Eveleth Area Community Foundation Operating Superior Shores Resort Scholarship Fund provides experiencing violence in their lives in the Cook County families in Cook County. 2004 Fund supports the operations of the Eveleth Area Wallace and Ellen Johnson Family Fund financial assistance to students from the Lake Albert H. Roffers Athletic Scholarship Fund, provides area. 2007 Community Foundation. 2008 The Lake Bank Fund Superior School District who are pursuing a career in WTIP Community Radio Fund supports an financial assistance to graduating seniors of Ashland Lyle and Trish Northey Family Fund the hospitality industry. 2008 High School who have made a valuable contribution Harris Family Fund provides support to nine nonprofit independent public community radio station with a Scholarships to the high school’s athletic program. 2015 organizations designated by the donors. 2006 mission to foster and build community connections, Barrows Family Scholarship Fund is to honor the Two Harbors Major Project Fund supports the Two educate and inform the public, and provide memory of Frank L. Barrows and Frank L. Barrows II Harbors Area Fund in implementing a major project Beverly R. Uhrhammer Memorial Library Fund entertainment through its broadcasts. 2004 by awarding a college scholarship to a student from that promotes “Quality of Life” for Two Harbors Cook County Area provides funds to the Grand Marais Public Library for Eveleth-Gilbert High School. 2014 residents. 2008 purchasing high quality children’s printed books to Scholarship Field of Interest add to circulation. 2005 Daniel Patrick Riley Memorial Scholarship Fund The Sally Ann Chos Scholarship Fund provides Donor Advised Cook County Community Fund actively promotes provides financial support to graduates of Cook financial assistance to students from Eveleth/Gilbert LaBounty Family Fund provides assistance to projects private giving for the public good of the Cook County Organizational Endowment County High School, in Grand Marais, who wish to who plan a career in primary or secondary school which promote economic development in the Two Birch Grove Foundation Fund area. 2003 supports programs pursue an education in Liberal Arts. 2010 education, with a preference for those who wish to Harbors area. 2001 We make a living by and services to the West End of the Cook County teach elementary school. 2018 The following funds, part of the Cook County area community in the areas of training, education, Designated what we get, we make a life family of funds, address the changing needs of the recreation, health, and wellness for all ages. 2005 Eveleth Area David Hartley Fund provides support to students Two Harbors Area Celebration Fund was created by what we give. region served by the Cook County Community Fund: of the Eveleth-Gilbert area who plan a career in through a generous donation to fund a celebration in Cook County Higher Education Fund supports the Field of Interest engineering, a mining-related field or in conservation/ honor of the donors who helped achieve the Fund’s 2006 Mike and Nancy Carlson Family Fund programs of Cook County Higher Education. Eveleth Area Community Foundation Fund seeks to environmental sciences. 2017 $1 million fundraising goal. 2016 —Winston Churchill Surbaugh Family Fund enhance and improve the quality of life in the Eveleth Grand Marais Playhouse Endowment Fund supports area and encourages others to do the same. 2008 Ruth E. Ferguson Charitable Fund supports the Donor Advised the charitable, scientific, or educational purposes of operation and purchase of books for the Two Harbors the Playhouse. 2019 Scott Hawkins Fund allows the donor to participate The following fund, part of the Eveleth area family of Public Library. 2006 2006 funds, addresses the changing needs of the region actively in the grant making process. Grand Marais Public Library Fund supports the served by the Eveleth Area Community Fund: Two Harbors Area Operating Fund supports the continued operations of the Grand Marais Public activities of the Two Harbors Area Fund. 1999 Library. 2006 Lee J. Lundgren Fund 2017

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The following individuals, families, companies and organizations contributed to the Community Foundation between January 1 and December 31, 2019. City of Duluth Employees Jim and Chris Dennison Early Childhood Alliance Julie and Craig Gilbertson Gifts were gratefully received through establishment of a new fund, contributing to an unrestricted fund, or adding to an existing fund and are listed as requested. Payroll Deduction Susan Hodges DeNuccio Ecosystem Investment Partners David and Lisa Goldberg City of Eveleth Beverly Denyes Tom and Joanne Ellison Mrs. Beverly B. Goldfine Class of 1965 Gerald and Sue DePerry Embassy Theatre Steve Goldfine 2nd Delta Foundation Barbara and Tom Anderson Sally Berg Elizabeth M. Burns CoBank Patricia Desmidt Victoria A. Erhart Philip and Amy Goldman A.J. Lupa Trust Angry Trout Cafe Dean Berglund Burns Family Foundation Jean Cochrane Julie A. Dickson James C. and Kimberly B. Erickson Ellen D. Grace Wendy and Mark Abbott Anonymous - multiple donors Chet and Judy Bianco Richard R. and Elizabeth M. Burns College of St. Scholastica Bill and Connie Dinan Jay Erstling and Pixie Martin Don and Gerry Graden Mark and Lisa Abeles-Allison Area Partnership for Economic Margaret J. Billings Scott Burns Michael and Nannie Collins Clinton and Beth Doroff Sandy Eskrich Bill and Karin Graf Access Financial Services Expansion (APEX) Steven Birenberg Pat and Bill Burns Colorado West Equipment Mr. and Mrs. Gary Doty Joy Evangelist Grand Marais Public Library Advocates for Family Peace Abbot G. and Pascha K. Apter Peg and Pete Birse Myron Bursheim John P. and JoAnn G. Congdon Mary and Ted Dougherty Eveleth 4th of July Committee Grand Marais State Bank Aftenro Society Allan L. Apter Robert A. Bjorkman William and Edna Bush Marian Congdon Tom and Mary Dougherty Eveleth Elks Lodge 1161 Don and Gerry Grant Jennifer E. Albrecht John and Deborah Armstrong Dan and Suzanne Blank Colleen Carey and Pam Endean Mary Ann Conway Mr. Roger Dreher Michael and Nancy Fictum Lindy Greenwood Lois Albrecht Gery and Bev Arndt BLURB, Inc. Chris and Amy Carlson Cook County Whole Foods Co-op Elizabeth Dreyfus and Carolyn Calkins Susan Flannigan Gregory S. and Barbara J. Miller Dwight and Pam Aldinger David and Wendy Aro John and Jo Boll Ms. Heather Carlson Sheila Coyle Mark and Pamela Dryer Flint Group Charitable Lead Trust Dave and Kathy Allen Ascential Wealth Advisors Ed and Peggy Bonach Tim Carpenter and Kathy Nelson Family Fran and Barb Coz Fred Dudderar and Jenny Carey Jane Flueckiger Michael P. Grossman Richard B. and Beverly A. Allen Atlas Products, LLC Louise Bonach Charitable Fund Beth and Ronald Cramer Ms. Anne Dugan Jim and Marlys Forsman William G. Gruden ALLETE/Minnesota Power Pat Schmieder and Leo Babeu Greg and Michaela Borash Nancy Carroll John and Sarah Cron Duluth Builders Exchange Fox 21 KQDS Kris and Fritz Grutzner Alliant Energy Foundation, Inc. Chuck and Judyth Babst Linda and Dave Borgen June C. Carter Larry and Lisa Cumpston Duluth Building and Frandsen Bank & Trust Janice Grutzner Nicholas Alworth Mike and Jo Bailey Connie and William Boxmeyer Sarah Ross Caruso Dr. Theresa Smith and Construction Trades Council Friends of the Finland Community Thomas Grutzner and Brigette Puelz American Legion Post 109 Mary Atmore and James Baldwin Charlotte Boyd Cascade Vacation Rentals Mr. Mark Danielson Duluth Central Class of 1948 Friends of the Lincoln Community Forest Rodney and Mary Jane Haanen Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Anderson Bank of America Matching Gifts Ms. Patrice Bradley Dean Casperson Phillip L. Davis Duluth Dodge Friends of the Two Harbors Library Solveig R. Hadland Ed Anderson and Julie Kahl Joanne Barrows Philip G. Bradley Family Trust Curt and Christina Cavallin Malcolm B. Davy Duluth Edison Charter School Jim Froemming Judy and George Haecker Evelyn M. Anderson John and Jonalie Barton Mary H. Brain Estate Jerald and Patricia Cederholm Dwight and Georgia Day Legacy Foundation Fryberger Law Firm Will and Patty Hagglund Bonnie and Gordy Anderson Tony and Marge Bartovich Rob and Brenda Brannan CF Design Tom and Christine Day Duluth Lions Club Carol and Jerry Fryberger Mr. and Mrs. James Hagstrom Shar and Jim Anderson Eric Hans Bauman John T. Brickson Jim Chos Kay De Vinck Duluth News Tribune Barbara and Bill Gabler David A. and Virginia V. Hahn Jim and Peggy Anderson Don Baur and Phebe Jensch Kenneth M. Bro and Becky J. Brown Dr. Diane Christel Patty and Dick DeLano ISD#709 - Duluth Public Schools Warren and Beth Gall Karen Halbersleben and Jack Miller Buff and Sue Anderson Bayfield Maritime Museum Jim and Monica Bruning Ann and Donn Christensen Jenny Delfs Sally Dunn Bette P. Garland David Hammer and Miaki Habuka Deborah J. Anderson Julie Beauregard-Ruikka Paul and Vikki Buckley Gary Christensen Gregory Delich E. Grayce Charitable Fund of the Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Garofalo Keith A. and Lynne J. Hamre Paul and Carol Anderson Thomas G. and Mary M. Bell, III Laura S. Budd Tom and Karen Christofferson Joe and Laurie Dennis American Endowment Foundation Dr. Philip C. Giesen Nancy Handlon Ms. Philis B. Anderson Tracy Benson Wayne and Linda Burggraaff City Auto Glass

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Hanft Fride, A Professional Association Mary Kay Hill Mr. and Mrs. Miles P. Jennings Jr. Faris and Bonnie Keeling David A. and Wendy M. Kropid Seth and Laurena Lockner Patrick McGranahan and Kelly Kotewa Michael and Sharon Mollerus Dr. Brandon Hankey and Dr. Kelsey Schultz Jon Hinrichs and Donna Woods Kathryn Jensen and Bob Bloecher Hilary Keller Jonathan M. Kuchera Cynthia Lonneman Jim and Rachel McGreevy The Monaco Family Charitable Fund Norm and Wanda Hansen Robert and Linda Hinz Joel Brekken Agency Susan Headley Keller Marina Lachecki William and Katherine Luckenbill Nancy McGuire Richard and Joy Moncel Steve Hansen Karen W. Hites John S. & James L. Knight Foundation Suzanne K. Kelley Lake Aire Bottle Shoppe Terry L. Lundberg Judith M. McKeever David and Cindy Montgomery Pam Hanson Cathy and Brian Hiti Pauline L. John Peter and Shelly Kemp The Lake Bank Lundgren Motors, Inc. John and Suzanne McKinney Peggy Moriarty Ralph W. Hanson Charles and Lynn Hiti Johnson's Foods, Mark and Robin Richard and Jacqueline Kennedy Lake County Historical Society Bill Lurton Kevin and Shanna McLaughlin Michelle Morris and Nik Hengel Thomas Harper Jerry and Chris Hoel Johnson Gale G. Kerns Koresh and Jill Lakhan Lutsen Mountains Corporation Paul and Barbara McLeod Leah Sachtjen and Gerald Mowris Peter and Carol Harris Jonathan and Stacy Hoel David A. Johnson Joyce and Rolland Kiel Daral Lange Jerald and Lori Lyng Ann McNeary David T. and Yvette Mullen Scott Harrison and Nancy Burns Robert Hofmann David and Jeanette Johnson Elaine Killen Bob and Doris Larkin Rick Lyngaas Vijay Mehrotra Ferrand and Leza Mundt Nancy Harvey Paul and Laura Holmes Dirke and Lorna Johnson Ms. Royann Killoren Milt and Sharon Larson Thomas and Wendy Maas Wendy Meierhoff-Aldrich and John and Jan Murphy Paul L. and Cynthia M. Hayden Nancy and Jim Holmgren Don and Laviere Johnson Jane Hartley Kingston Jeff and Anna Latz Roger and Jacquelin MacDonald Stan Aldrich Mary Murphy Dean Hedstrom Homesteader Senior Citizens Joy and Joel Johnson Ms. Karlie J. Kintner John and Lizette Lawien Nicole J. Maki Paul and Susan Melin Tom Murtha and Stefanie Lenway Howard and Bonnie Gay Hedstrom Hometown Electric Johnson, Killen & Seiler, P.A. Judith M. Kirby Jim and Patty Leach Barbara Manion Men As Peacemakers Mark and Ina Myles Alyssa and Jonathan Hedstrom Jan and Kathy Horak Lenore M. Johnson Darlene and Ronald Kirchdoefer League of Women Voters of Ashland John and Mary Jo Manion Mercury Investment National Bank of Commerce Anne and Peter Heegaard Jerry and Sandie Hostetter Ruth R. Johnson Ralph and Sonja Kloiber & Bayfield Counties Jon and Laura Marcaccini Keith and Linda Messerschmidt Cile Naumann Pat and Carrie Heffernan Cindy and Gary Hultman Brad and Janelle Jones Mary Ellen and Stuart Knappmiller Mark and Donna Leese John and Sallie March Frank and Deb Messina Dan Nelson Ms. Judith C. Heger Hungry Jack Outfitters Brad and Mary Jones Pamela Omersa and Mark Knutson Robert and Frances Leff Marquette Community Foundation Bryan Meyers Dexter and Lynn Nelson Mary Ann Heine William and Cheryll Intihar Thomas F. Jordan Trust Roger Kochevar Eric and Laurel Lein Ann Mars Edward and Dawn Michael Paul and Judy Nelson Jim and Linda Heineke Willis and Betty Irons Lisa and John Jorgensen Ms. Kari Koehler Kristin A. Lein Marsh & McLennan Agency Donald W. and Alice M. Michels Ms. Roberta Nelson Grace and Leona Heitsch Mary Lou and Pat Irvine Jack Gunderson and Linda Jorgenson Dr. A. A. Koeller Mike and Liz Lenich Mary and Gary Marwick Don and Mary Middleton Family Mrs. Loretta Nemanick Alan & Robin Helmore, William Helmore, . Teri and Ed Isaac Junior League of Duluth Catherine and Joel Koemptgen Robert and Carole Lent John and Jean Mather Jean and Jeffrey Miller Mr. Wes Neustel Bernard & Carol Hetrick Helena Jackson and Douglas Dunham Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund Keith Koenning and Patricia Murphy Jason and Nicole Lenz Sherry Matticks & Family Brent and Jennifer Millikin Jeffrey and Rebecca Newman Michael and Liz Henderson M K Jacobs of HRK Foundation Fred and Lou Anne Koerschner Ross and Diane LeRoy Mark and Bonnie Matuseski Lucy Miner Marguerite and Kim Newman Helen S. Hendrickson Draper and Molly Jaffray Julia Kaemmer Fund of HRK Foundation Koke's Motel Drs. Sidney and Lynne Levitsky Robert and Barbara Mavec Miners National Bank Ms. Joanne M. Nichols Marcia and Burke Henry Anne K. Jagunich Rosemary and Thomas Kallevig Greg and Coralyn Koschinska Daniel K. Lew and Maypakou Ly Mr. Ted May Arthur L. Minguey May and Vern Nordling Henson Efron Kimberly and Mark Jam Sharon Kaner Florence Koss Anne Lewis James (Demo) Mayasich Minnesota Power Employees Tim and Diane Norman Herbert H. Kohl Philanthropies The Jamar Company North Central Woman's Health Krech Ojard & Associates, Inc. Dale S. Lewis Michael and Kay McCarthy Credit Union North Shore Community School Heritage Window and Door Java Moose, Ltd. Kaufman Giving Fund Karen Kritta Pete and Judy Lindell Cynthia and Bradley McDonnell Minnesota Power Foundation North Shore Federal Credit Union Andy and Kitty Herriott JEC Miller, Inc. Lori Keeler Margaret McKibbin and Paul Kroening Cathy and Greg Lindsey David L. McGill Jim and Karen Mohr North Shore Investments & Trust

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Lyle and Trish Northey Pete, Julie, John, Barb and Anne Reliable Insurance Agency Monica Sadar Mary Ann Sironen Rosemary S. Strumbell Ulland Brothers, Inc. David Wheeler Northstar Canoes Peter M. and Betty W. Rogers Fund Republic Bank, Inc. Holly C. Sampson Jan Sivertson Sally Suck United Veterans Construction, LLC Jim and Ann Wheeler Phyllis A. Novitskie Sandra Celley Peterlin Mary H. Rice Foundation Rose Sartori Leversha Joscelyn and Corey Skandel Roger and Brenda Suihkonen University of St. Thomas Thomas B. Wheeler John and Judy Nyhus Scott and Mary Peters Stanley E. Richter Dr. Leonard A. and Judith Sarvela, Jr. Dr. William and Kay Slack Carolyn H. Sundquist Julie and Jay Van Cleave WIPFLi Dick and Ruth Nystrom Carol and Courtney Peterson Gary and Phyllis Rieman Saturn Systems, Inc. D. A. Smith Superior East High School Steven and Nami Vizanko Marlys Wisch Chris O'Brien and Jane Alexander Jane and John Petik Sue Riley Chris N. Saur Daniel Smith All-Class Reunion Jeff and Kris Von Holzen Tom and Kathy Wojciechowski Mary D. O'Brien Nancy Petrasek and Dan Hamilton RJ Sport & Cycle Anne Schepers David and Therese Ann Smith Sustainable Twin Ports Mrs. Bobbi Vose Tom and Lynn Wood Rob O'Connor PFLAG Washburn Terry Roberts Felicia and Mark Schneiderhan Marsha and Don Smith Stephen and Barbara Sydow Voyageur Brewing Company Woods Charitable Fund Teresa M. O'Toole Mark and Patty Phillips Steven L. Robertson Kenneth F. Schoen Linda Smith Tate and Lyle Vulcan Systems, Inc. Kimber Wraalstad Kim and Derek Ogle Marcia and David Podratz Branden Hunner Robinson Milton Schoen Dr. Marjorie J. Smith Jeffrey and Sarah Teasck W.A. Fisher Company Mrs. Sandra Wright Ogston's Body and Paint Polk County Karen Robinson Jan and Fred Schroeder Suzi Smith Curtis A. and Kristin V. Teberg Michele Wallerstein Young & Associates Insurance Inc. Nancy and Rich Ojard Joseph and Rozanne Pollack Mr. Kaleb J. Rock James and Mary Schuchardt Phyllis and Vic Smith Stacy LaVres and Mary Tennis Mr. Donald L. Wallgren Roberta and Jerry Young Nels J. and Sara D. Ojard Walt and Lin Pomeroy Michael and Karen Roe Shirley Schwarze Sonju Two Harbors LLC Marty and Teresa Theobald Robert and Helga Wallner Anthony and Sharon Yung Ann and Pete Olsen Joanne and John Powles Peter M. Rogers Anne Love Scott Joe and Janet Sopp Carol Thomas Timothy Walsh and Patricia Milun Pamela Zalesky Clyde and Jean Olson Robert Pranis and Veronica Weadock Ms. Kristin Rognerud Julie and Ronald Scott Ms. Marcie A. Speer Susan and Kevin Thompson Jim and Michelle Walston Jim and Mary Zastrow Lee and Lora Olson Jeff and Kimberly Preiner Dr. and Mrs. Charles Rohrer Ms. Rhonda Seacrest Katharine Empie and David Spencer Monica R. Tikkanen Bruce and Ritalee Walters Zeitgeist Center for Arts and Community Nancy Olson Ted and Theresa Priem Chris and Helen Roland David and Nancy Seaton Michael Spencer and Patricia Lenz Tofte Historical Society George and Constance Walters Zen Eye Care PLLC Bob and Susan Olund Jake Putzel Linda J. Rolland Tom and Julie Seidelmann Ms. Annette Spolarich Bluefin Bay/Surfside/Temperance Landing Bill and Deb Weaver Marko and Elizabeth Zuber Rick and Judy Osbakken Radisson Hotel Duluth-Harborview Bob and Kathy Romer John and Melissa Seitz Margie Sprecher Richard J. and Patricia P. Tofte Jon L. Weber and Jean Laing-Weber Renee Zurn Otto Bremer Trust Nancy Radomski Sarah A. Rose Judy Seitz St. Louis County Historical Society Steven M. Davis and Dr. Terese M. Tomanek Ms. Ruth Weiby Bethany and Christopher Owen Joseph Radtke and Karen Bertie Jack and Mary Rowe Marree and Bob Seitz David and Janice Stack Mary Trettin and Mike Miller Wells Fargo Bank - The Private Bank Howard and Marlene Paap Thomas and Kristen Radtke Charitable Lead Trust Jean and Brian Self State of Minnesota Robin Trinko-Russell Wells Fargo Foundation Educational Pace Woods Foundation James and Elizabeth Rasmussen Doreen Ruhanen Debra A. Serum Leo and Chris Stern Peter Tropman and Virginia Graves Matching Gift Program Deryl and Kathy Patterson Mrs. Margo Rathke Shelly Lepisto Russ Jon and Jean Shutte James H. and Judith H. Stewart Phil Troutwine Amy Weltman James Paymar Molly Rathke Kathleen C. Russell Mitchell and Elva Sill Steve and Michelle Stoffel-Blanck Tuscarora Lodge, Inc. Claudia and Harry Welty Bob Pazzelli Dean Rau and Sarah Lund Keith and Laura Ryskoski Elizabeth and Carl Silverman Joe and Joan Strlekar Two Harbors Area Food Shelf Tersenia Schuett and Keith Wendt Alex Peritz Jason Reid Chris Sadar Jennet Kirkpatrick and Dan Silverman Phil and Babs Strom Two Harbors Federal Credit Union Laurie Wermter Glenn and Barbara Perkins David and Madelaine Rekemeyer Ms. Maureen Sadar Daniel Simonson Richard and Judy Strumbell U.S. Bank Kimberly West Rymer

32 33 2 019 Honor and Memorial Gifts 2 019 Honor and Memorial Gifts Mary J. Russ Norma Irene Danielson Pay It Forward Scholarship Fund United Way of Greater Duluth Gifts to honor or remember loved ones, friends, or special occasions benefit our community’s charitable purposes. Gifts may be made to any established Richard A. Malenius Peter Sneve In Memory Of Endowment Fund fund, or a special fund may be established to reflect the honored person’s life. The Community Foundation’s Book of Honor, on display in our office, lists Richard and Dorothy Russ Rick Boo Suzanne "Sue" M. Lundberg In Memory Of those honored or memorialized since our inception. Memorials and Honorariums made to the following Community Foundation funds between Robert Arvi Kesti Thomas Young Don Moline January 1 and December 31, 2019 include: Rose and George Sadar Xavier Bell G. Scott Ransom Scholarship Fund Rosella J. Potocnik In Honor Of of the Duluth/Superior Alpine Club Henry and Sarah Wheeler Apostle Islands Area Community Fund Community Opportunity Fund Duluth Public Schools Fund Rosalie Tassoni Scott C. Sickel Henry and Terry Roberts In Honor Of Historical Awareness Fund In Memory Of In Memory Of In Memory Of Rose and George Sadar Jim Wheeler In Honor Of Jim Kasperson John B. De Vinck James Postudensek Scott Sickel Grutzner Madeline Island Fund Don Albrecht Maritime History Scott Ransom Thomas B. Wheeler Mervin E. Hites Loved ones Tammy Bastianelli Wilde In Memory Of Endowment Fund Wes David Wheeler Terry Butler Eveleth Area Community The Spa Bill Nelson In Memory Of In Honor Of Cook County Community Fund Foundation Fund In Honor Of Fredric "Fritz" Grutzner Don Albrecht Dr. Mark Rathke Family Scholarship Fund Dale Heimbach Wheeler Memorial Fund Andy and Kitty Herriott In Memory Of In Memory Of Bette Litchy In Honor Of Roy Tull In Memory Of In Honor Of Beth and Max Paap Patricia Johnson Anton Nemanick EHS Class of 1957 Fredric "Fritz" Grutzner In Honor Of Lawrence Bushey Thomas B. Wheeler Jean McGill In Honor of Bette Mattson Theodore Otto Bonach Don Albrecht Nancy Wheeler Handlon Susan H. Keller Jeff Cadwell DeAnn Simonson Cory Jam Memorial Award Carolyn Joy Seitz Family Fund Mike Carlson DeEtta Bertucci Eveleth 4th of July Fund In Memory Of John and Carol Mayasich and In Memory Of John T. & Elizabeth C. Adams Arts Fund Elaine Froemming In Memory Of Cory C. Jam Family Fund Carolyn Joy Seitz In Memory Of Community Foundation Services Fund Florence M. Prebarich Lou Karakas In Memory Of Beverly Goldfine In Memory Of Herschel and Marnie Lysaker Mary Ann Mayasich Lincoln Community Katherine Mayasich Tofte Historical Society Fund Don Moline Janis Batinich Vince and Lois Mattei Forest Forever Fund In Memory Of Scott D. Anderson Leadership Jim C. Thomas In Honor Of Michael Madeline Island Fund Yvonne Sabyan Foundation Fund Sally Ann Chos Scholarship Fund Joe Begich Eveleth Area Community Foundation Molly May Thoma In Honor Of In Memory Of In Memory Of Joe Bonach Operating Fund Donna Woods Two Harbors Area Fund Scott D. Anderson Bob Kesti John "Red" Larson In Memory Of LHB Foundation Fund In Memory Of It is not how much In Honor Of Leigh Surla Bette Rae Mattson In Honor Of Morgan Fund Bill, Gladys and Dana House Carol and Paul Anderson David Hartley Fund Lou Karakas Clayton John Celley Bill Bennett In Honor Of Evelyn Tietsort we give, Paul Anderson In Memory Of Lucy Zahnow Dante Tini Richard and Liz Burns Jana Holmgren but how much love Daniel Mark Hedlund Mark Tuuri DeEtta Constance Bertucci Living Legacy Fund Jon Anderson Biodiversity Fund Gerard B. "Jerry" Dolensek Marnie and Pepper Lysaker Dominic C. Rauzi In Memory Of Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Leonard R. Hall we put into giving. In Memory Of Gregory F. Kvaternik Mary Ann Mayasich Garrett Sebastian Ryberg Beverly Goldfine Charitable Fund In Honor Of Tom Jordan Nancy Juola Mary J. Russ Greg Kvaternik Dan King In Memory Of Helen and John Olsvik William Frank Kamnikar Mary Vuk Helen Irene Snidarich David J Chiarello Dan Mundt Marlys Wisch —Mother Teresa Building for Women Fund Nancy Wright James Nicholas Matchefts, DDS Don Moline In Honor Of Duluth Edison Charter School Legacy Richard Harvey Sr Jeffrey Allan Anderson Dorothy Hoffman Slonim North Shore Community School Two Harbors Public Library Fund Ben Fisher-Merritt Endowment Fund Richie Malenius Kathleen Therese Elverum Hartley Conrad Endowment Fund In Memory Of Teri Fackmeister In Honor Of Robert Kesti Kathryn A. Mayasich Jeanne Perrella In Honor Of Barry Rackner Patty Milliken Roman Heitzman Louie and Josie Pazzelli Kelly Herstad Jeannine Engelson Ron "Buckles" Hendrickson Mark R. Tuuri

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23rd Veteran ...... $500.00 CHOICE, unlimited ...... $1,005.00 Duluth Edison Charter School Legacy Foundation Fund ...... $1,477.00 Great Expectations School ...... $3,000.00 Access North Center for Independent Living CHUM ...... $32,267.60 Duluth Girls Fastpitch League ...... $5,000.00 Greater Proctor Area Scholarship Foundation ...... $2,262.00 of Northeastern Minnesota...... $3,190.00 City of Ashland ...... $1,715.00 Duluth Library Foundation ...... $25,293.80 Gunflint Trail Historical Society ...... $1,500.00 Aitkin Education Foundation ...... $1,377.00 City of Bayfield ...... $4,000.00 Duluth Lighthouse for the Blind ...... $38,870.92 Guthrie Theatre Foundation ...... $5,000.00 Amazon Medical Project, Inc...... $2,500.00 City of Duluth ...... $11,734.00 Duluth Playhouse, Inc...... $10,358.80 Harbor House Crisis Shelters ...... $11,000.00 American Red Cross Serving Northern Minnesota ...... $10,906.16 City of Silver Bay ...... $2,500.00 Duluth Public Library ...... $5,370.35 Hartley Nature Center ...... $6,180.00 Animal Allies Humane Society ...... $5,014.00 City of Two Harbors ...... $22,000.00 Duluth Public Library - Mount Royal Branch ...... $2,703.12 Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, Inc...... $3,082.00 Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency ...... $17,000.00 Cloquet Educational Foundation ...... $45,695.78 Duluth Regional Care Center ...... $750.00 Head of the Lakes United Way ...... $81,718.06 Ashland Area Development Corporation ...... $4,032.00 Close Up Foundation ...... $2,720.00 Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra ...... $13,293.80 Helping PAWS Pet Rescue, Inc...... $1,250.00 Ashland Education Fund, Inc...... $4,273.00 College of St. Scholastica...... $37,271.00 Duluth-Superior Area Educational TV Corporation - WDSE ...... $1,493.80 Hermantown Community Schools ...... $2,500.00 Ashwabay Outdoor Educational Foundation, Inc...... $852.00 Community Action Duluth ...... $10,000.00 E. W. Bohannon Scholarship Fund ...... $2,703.12 Hibbing Kinship Mentoring Program ...... $4,500.00 Autism Society of Minnesota ...... $1,932.00 Community Partners - Two Harbors Living At Home East Range Developmental Achievement Center, Inc...... $2,500.00 Hillsdale College ...... $1,000.00 Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians ...... $6,000.00 Block Nurse Program ...... $15,000.00 Ecolibrium3 ...... $36,339.00 Historic Union Depot ...... $693.80 Bayfield Carnegie Library ...... $1,861.00 Concordia Language Villages ...... $163.50 Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota...... $1,000.00 Human Development Center ...... $16,533.00 Bayfield Community Education Foundation, Inc...... $10,741.00 Cook County Community Operating Fund ...... $26,267.29 Esko Historical Society...... $163.50 Human Development Center Foundation ...... $1,163.00 Bayfield County...... $4,000.00 Cook County Council on Aging ...... $1,000.00 Ms. Kim Evavold-Bolf/2019 Gold Star Teacher Award ...... $5,000.00 InFaith ...... $4,800.68 Bayfield Heritage Association, Inc...... $2,289.00 Cook County Foodshelf ...... $1,847.00 Fathers Rise Together ...... $5,000.00 Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project...... $2,000.00 Beck Foundation of DSAET...... $13,133.64 Cook County Higher Education ...... $3,075.00 First Witness Child Advocacy Center ...... $27,000.00 Ironworld Development Corporation ...... $1,000.00 Berea College ...... $293.80 Cook County Historical Society ...... $500.00 Folds of Honor Foundation ...... $1,000.00 ISD#166 - Cook County Public Schools ...... $1,534.00 Big Time Jazz Orchestra ...... $1,250.00 CORE Community Resources, Inc...... $931.00 Friends of B'nai Abraham ...... $200.00 ISD#381 Lake Superior Public Schools ...... $7,800.00 Bong P-38 Fund, Inc...... $500.00 Council on Foundations ...... $7,050.00 Friends of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore ...... $6,105.00 ISD#709 - Duluth Public Schools ...... $53,819.00 Boreal Community Media ...... $500.00 Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute - Northland ...... $2,266.00 Friends of the Band Shell Park ...... $3,256.00 Jewish Federation of Greater St. Paul ...... $1,500.00 Boy Scouts of America-Voyageurs Area Council ...... $300.00 Covenant Enabling Residences of Minnesota, Inc...... $4,980.60 Friends of the Finland Community ...... $13,075.00 John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon ...... $1,000.00 Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northland...... $6,382.00 CRU ...... $427.60 Friends of the North Pikes Creek Wetlands ...... $1,500.00 Judicial Watch, Inc...... $250.00 Building for Women Limited Partnership ...... $1,587.00 Damiano of Duluth, Inc...... $21,464.45 Friends of the Vaughn Public Library ...... $2,000.00 Junior League of Duluth ...... $5,000.00 Care Partners of Cook County ...... $8,500.00 Denfeld High School ...... $1,965.50 Gary-Morgan Park Hockey Association ...... $8,132.00 Just Kids Dental Inc...... $6,698.00 Carlton County Historical Society ...... $1,311.00 Doctors Without Borders, USA ...... $26,517.28 Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin Lakes and Pines ...... $23,099.16 Kids Closet of Duluth ...... $4,543.80 Center Against Sexual & Domestic Abuse, Inc...... $6,600.00 Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs ...... $5,000.00 Glen Avon Presbyterian Church - Boy Scout Troop #9 ...... $250.00 Kitchi Gammi Club Foundation ...... $8,587.47 Center City Housing Corporation ...... $1,500.00 Duluth Art Institute ...... $8,720.00 Grand Marais Arts, Inc...... $7,000.00 Knife River Heritage & Cultural Center ...... $1,000.00 Chequamegon Humane Association, Inc...... $1,374.00 Duluth Children's Museum, Inc...... $5,703.12 Grand Marais Playhouse Endowment Fund ...... $13,133.64 La Pointe Center, Inc...... $2,750.00 Children's Cancer Research Fund ...... $500.00 Duluth Community School Collaborative ...... $6,703.00 Grand Marais Public Library ...... $1,068.00 La Pointe Community Clinic, Inc...... $2,027.00 Children's Dental Services ...... $3,691.00 Duluth Cross-Country Ski Club ...... $6,339.00 Grand Marais Public Library Fund ...... $39,400.93 Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua ...... $19,740.00

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Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra ...... $2,349.00 Minnesota Private College Fund ...... $750.00 Ronald McDonald House of Rochester MN, Inc...... $5,000.00 The Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, Inc...... $4,800.00 Lake Superior College ...... $10,125.00 Minnesota Teen Challenge, Inc...... $250.00 Rotary Club of Cloquet ...... $6,500.00 Tofte Historical Society ...... $933.00 Lake Superior College Foundation ...... $1,000.00 Neighbor to Neighbor Thrift Store...... $3,256.00 Rotary Club of Duluth Foundation ...... $500.00 Town of Fayal ...... $13,153.25 Lake Superior Railroad Museum ...... $100.00 New Hampshire Charitable Foundation ...... $5,000.00 Safe Haven Shelter for Battered Women...... $1,500.00 Town of La Pointe ...... $4,800.00 Lake Superior Rose Society ...... $5,000.00 North Country R.I.D.E...... $3,000.00 Sandbulte Family Higher Education Endowment Fund ...... $2,500.00 True Friends ...... $1,500.00 Lake Superior Tall Ships, Inc...... $2,500.00 North House Folk School ...... $8,698.00 School District of Bayfield ...... $2,174.00 Two Harbors Area Food Shelf ...... $6,000.00 Lake Superior Zoological Society ...... $500.00 North House Folk School Endowment Fund ...... $39,400.93 School District of Superior ...... $2,994.00 Two Harbors Public Library ...... $4,008.00 Lakeview Christian Academy ...... $2,075.00 North Shore Collaborative...... $2,000.00 Scooby's Animal Mission ...... $200.00 U of MN Duluth - Excellence Fund ...... $5,406.16 Lakewood Elementary School Foundation, Inc...... $1,047.00 North Shore Community School ...... $4,260.00 Scottish Rite Foundation of Duluth ...... $4,970.35 UDAC, Inc...... $4,320.40 Landmark Conservancy ...... $34,722.00 North Shore Health Care Foundation ...... $42,400.93 Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank ...... $3,181.50 Union Gospel Mission ...... $7,208.30 Life House, Inc...... $37,175.00 North Shore Music Association...... $1,250.00 Silver Bay Parent Teacher Student Organization...... $5,000.00 United Way of Northeastern Minnesota, Inc...... $6,100.00 Lifetrack Resources ...... $1,500.00 Northern Lake County Arts Board ...... $3,282.00 Smile Train, Inc...... $200.00 University of Minnesota Foundation ...... $29,548.00 Local Initiatives Support Corporation ...... $1,500.00 Northland College ...... $3,582.40 SOAR Career Solutions ...... $46,404.00 University of Wisconsin - Superior ...... $750.00 Lucius Woods Performing Arts Center, Inc...... $1,000.00 Northland Foundation ...... $200.00 Spirit Mountain Recreation Area ...... $1,606.00 University of Wisconsin - Superior Foundation ...... $26,000.00 Lyric Opera of the North, Inc...... $1,000.00 Northwest Wisconsin CEP, Inc...... $1,925.00 St. John's United Church of Christ ...... $2,500.00 Violence Prevention Center...... $3,773.00 Madeline Island Chamber Music ...... $2,200.00 Northwest Wisconsin Community Services Agency, Inc...... $5,000.00 St. Louis County Historical Society ...... $1,684.00 Volunteers in Education ...... $1,500.00 Madeline Island Historic Preservation Association ...... $5,850.00 Northwood Children's Services ...... $13,640.48 St. Louis River Alliance ...... $200.00 W.E. Connect, Inc...... $1,165.00 Madeline Island Public Library ...... $4,597.00 Northwoods Volunteer Connection ...... $8,724.00 St. Luke's Foundation ...... $20,117.22 Washburn Community Education Foundation ...... 2,084.00 Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve ...... $2,400.00 Old - Brule Heritage Society ...... $1,000.00 St. Paul's Episcopal Church ...... $27,040.21 Washburn School District ...... $2,500.00 Marshall School ...... $12,197.00 One Roof Community Housing ...... $400.00 Sugarloaf: The North Shore Stewardship Association ...... $1,550.00 Welch Center dba Valley Youth Centers ...... $3,750.00 Matinee Musicale, Inc...... $1,250.00 Operation Troop Appreciation ...... $500.00 Summer Work Outreach Project ...... $5,099.00 Well Being Development ...... $6,500.00 Mayo Clinic ...... $7,000.00 OutFront Minnesota Community Services ...... $11,115.00 Superior Hiking Trail Association Endowment Fund ...... $39,400.93 Western Lake Superior Habitat for Humanity ...... $34,250.00 Men As Peacemakers ...... $10,685.00 Penokee Mountain Cooperative School ...... $500.00 Superior Rivers Watershed Association Inc...... $2,500.00 Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Foundation ...... $1,000.00 Mesabi Community Orchestra ...... $1,000.00 Pilgrim Congregational Church ...... $13,044.80 The Carter Center ...... $26,267.28 Wisconsin Philanthropy Network ...... $4,000.00 Miller-Dwan Foundation ...... $27,481.00 Proctor Senior High School...... $1,965.50 The Depot Foundation ...... $2,500.00 Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center ...... $2,000.00 Minnesota Ballet ...... $4,549.00 Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault ...... $500.00 The Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum ...... $600.00 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc...... $4,800.72 Minnesota Citizens Federation Northeast...... $2,000.00 Project Care Free Clinic ...... $8,000.00 The Heritage Foundation ...... $1,000.00 YMCA of Duluth ...... $8,600.00 Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ...... $500.00 Puppet Farm Arts ...... $5,000.00 The Hills Youth and Family Services ...... $10,100.00 YMCA of Superior-Douglas County...... $4,286.00 Minnesota Council on Foundations ...... $5,325.00 Rails Endowment for Academic, Art & Athletic Development, Inc...... $7,563.00 The International Dark Sky Association, Inc...... $300.00 YMCA World Fellowship Fund...... $2,703.12 Minnesota Environmental Partnership ...... $4,000.00 Recreation and Fitness Resources Inc...... $8,000.00 The Memorial Foundation ...... $2,500.00 YWCA of Duluth ...... $14,320.80 Minnesota Gun Owners Support Fund ...... $1,500.00 Recreational Experiences Achieving Community ...... $20,000.00 The Nature Conservancy ...... $2,000.00 Zeitgeist Center for Arts and Community ...... $5,075.00 Minnesota Historical Society ...... $2,000.00 Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa ...... $7,504.00 The Northspan Group, Inc...... $10,000.00 Minnesota Land Trust ...... $20,000.00 Ringling College of Art and Design, Inc...... $1,000.00 The Salvation Army - Duluth ...... $16,558.30 TOTAL...... $1,934,839.65 Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop ...... $2,500.00 Rise Incorporated ...... $1,332.00 The Salvation Army of Cook County...... $1,000.00

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Fox 21 Strength in the Community Gernander Scholarship Fund Jackson Club Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund Hannah Feyen Natalie Arntson Paul Antonich Scholarship Fund Alissa Siekkinen Duluth Central High School Alumni Scholarship Fund Kallie Baldwin Cornell University ...... $1,000.00 Bethel University ...... $800.00 Julian Beckrich University of North Dakota ...... $5,000.00 Chance Larson Hamline University ...... $2,500.00 Will Knutson University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,000.00 Carley Tausk College of St. Scholastica ...... $750.00 Avantika D'Cruz-Wigren Jeanne H. Hemmingway Scholarship Fund University of Wisconsin - Madison ...... $800.00 College of St. Benedict ...... $5,000.00 Kiah Walker University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point ...... $2,500.00 Katelyn Beaudin Karlyn Nessa Darrell and Palchie Asselin Scholarship Fund Rebecca Triska College of St. Scholastica ...... $750.00 Madison Glenn University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $2,500.00 University of St. Thomas ...... $800.00 Hariklia Apostolellis Viterbo University ...... $5,000.00 Lake Superior College ...... $1,000.00 Antony Ferguson Cade Slattengren College of St. Scholastica ...... $2,000.00 Duluth Central Sports Association Legacy Sarah Hanson University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $2,500.00 University of St. Thomas ...... $800.00 Anni Grahek Kathryn A. Bullyan Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund University of St. Thomas ...... $1,000.00 Deborah Hudson Ashley Winberg University of Wisconsin - Superior ...... $2,000.00 Lexi-Ann Golden Zachary DeCaro Journey Hartshorn University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $2,500.00 College of St. Scholastica ...... $800.00 Cheryl James Stanford University ...... $500.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $600.00 College of St. Scholastica ...... $1,000.00 Alyssa Reini College of St. Scholastica ...... $2,000.00 Noelle Stellmaker Britta Jones University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $2,500.00 Cory Jam Memorial Award Rebekah Nielsen Riley Burnell Criminal Justice Memorial Arizona State Univeristy ...... $600.00 University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse ...... $1,000.00 Jordyn Thomas Karin Berdahl University of Wisconsin - Superior ...... $2,000.00 Scholarship Fund Jackson Karren University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $2,500.00 Drake University ...... $1,250.00 Max Olson David Hartley Fund University of Wisconsin - Superior ...... $1,000.00 Barrows Family Scholarship Fund Hibbing Community College ...... $2,500.00 Kodi Intihar Karlie Kintner Gus and Henrietta Hill Scholarship Fund Lake Superior Medical Society Jacee Zasadni University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,000.00 Hibbing Community College ...... $1,000.00 Ryan Anderson Tilderquist Scholarship Fund University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,000.00 Peter Bye Family Scholarship Fund Landon Lathrop Lake Superior College ...... $3,000.00 Savannah Nelles Elisabeth Peterson Duluth Building & Construction Trades Council University of St. Thomas ...... $1,000.00 Samantha Barnett University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,250.00 William E. Barto Scholarship Fund University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $8,000.00 Scholarship Fund Athena Lee University of Wisconsin - Superior ...... $3,000.00 Hannah Thiry Emily Darker Paige Chadwick University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,000.00 Stephanie Curran University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,250.00 University of Wisconsin - Superior ...... $1,500.00 Sally Ann Chos Scholarship Fund Mesabi Range Community and Trevor Mattson St. Olaf College ...... $3,000.00 Angel Raddatz Dawson Varda Technical College ...... $2,500.00 Itasca Community College...... $1,000.00 Dakota St. John Fred C. and Mary H. Lewis UMD University of Wisconsin - Superior ...... $1,500.00 Bemidji State University ...... $1,000.00 Megan Daniluk Jacob Moe College of St. Scholastica ...... $3,000.00 MBA Scholarship Fund University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $2,500.00 Hamline University ...... $500.00 Calla Johnson Bernard B. and Mary L. Brusin Scholarship Fund Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial Sadee Kidd Carson Wenger Greg Irons Award University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $7,000.00 Paul Foldesi Scholarship Fund University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee ...... $2,500.00 Central Lakes College ...... $2,500.00 Laura LaFontaine University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $5,000.00 Kyra Word East High School ...... $500.00 Fred C. and Mary H. Lewis Scholarship Fund Michael Kelly Loyola University New Orleans ...... $1,500.00 Duluth Airmen Scholarship Fund Peter M. Gargano Temporary Scholarship Fund Felisha Mann Several Upper Class Marshall School Students St. Johns University ...... $5,000.00 Luke Konietzko Ryann Koivisto College of St. Scholastica ...... $1,000.00 Marshall School ...... $44,354.00 Abigail Kukowski College of St. Scholastica ...... $1,000.00 University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $2,000.00 Caitlin Stingley Carthage College ...... $5,000.00 Theodore Kyle Minnesota State University - Moorhead ..... $1,000.00 Ashlynn Mattson University of Iowa ...... $1,000.00 College of St. Benedict ...... $5,000.00

40 41 2019 Scholarships 2019 Scholarships

Carol and John Lilyquist Registered Nursing Alyssa Reini Amelia and Emanuel Nessell Family G. Scott Ransom Scholarship Fund of the Lawrence E. and Mabel Jackson Rudberg Small Business Education Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $2,000.00 Scholarship Fund Duluth/Superior Alpine Club Scholarship Fund Kristina Anderson Heather Carlson Jordan Thorpe Emma Haugen Anonymous Athlete #1 Tanner Aho Entrepreneur Fund, Inc...... $400.00 Lake Superior College ...... $2,553.06 University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $2,000.00 Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College ...... $750.00 Duluth/Superior Alpine Club ...... $400.00 University of North Dakota ...... $5,000.00 Carrie Coan Shawnacy Wells Ericka James Anonymous Athlete #2 Alexandra Erickson Entrepreneur Fund, Inc...... $400.00 Duluth Lions Club Scholarship Fund College of St. Scholastica ...... $2,000.00 DePaul University ...... $750.00 Duluth/Superior Alpine Club ...... $600.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $5,000.00 Dan Cruikshank Felisha Mann Justin Zago Lauren Nyenhuis Anonymous Athlete #3 Kristin Haveri Entrepreneur Fund, Inc...... $400.00 College of St. Scholastica ...... $1,000.00 Lake Superior College ...... $1,000.00 Northern Michigan University ...... $500.00 Duluth/Superior Alpine Club ...... $385.00 Gustavus Adolphus College ...... $5,000.00 Kristen Cruikshank Katrina Ziells Anonymous Athlete #4 Philip Hommes Entrepreneur Fund, Inc...... $400.00 Emile H. Mathis II Scholarship Fund Itasca Community College ...... $1,000.00 Anderson Niskanen Scholarship Fund Duluth/Superior Alpine Club ...... $235.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $5,000.00 Janelle Jones Amy Hightshoe Molly Anderson Margaret Johnson Entrepreneur Fund, Inc...... $400.00 University of Wisconsin - Superior ...... $2,000.00 Modern Woodmen of America Scholarship Fund University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $2,000.00 Dr. Mark Rathke Family Scholarship Fund University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $5,000.00 Kathy LaDoux Aikima Israel Chelsea Bassett Claire Boettcher Jessie Juenemann Entrepreneur Fund, Inc...... $400.00 Ronald Joseph Mathis Scholarship Fund Lake Superior College ...... $1,000.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $2,000.00 College of St. Benedict ...... $1,000.00 Hamline University ...... $5,000.00 Amy Martinich Amy Hightshoe Katie Murray Lindsay Johnson Erika Pelach Entrepreneur Fund, Inc...... $400.00 University of Wisconsin - Superior ...... $2,000.00 Lake Superior College ...... $1,000.00 University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $2,000.00 Daniel Patrick Riley Memorial Scholarship Fund University of North Dakota ...... $5,000.00 Frank McQuade Audrey Przybyl Leif Anderson Faith Scamehorn Entrepreneur Fund, Inc...... $400.00 Minnesota Power Positively Powerful Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Scholarship University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $2,000.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $2,500.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $5,000.00 Daniel Murden Scholarship Fund Fund for Late Bloomers Simone Stark Entrepreneur Fund, Inc...... $400.00 Annie Bachschneider Chelsea Bassett University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $2,000.00 Albert H. Roffers Athletic Scholarship Fund Saturn Systems Scholarship Fund Shelly Peterson College of St. Scholastica ...... $1,000.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $2,000.00 Isabelle Seeger Noah Gabler Entrepreneur Fund, Inc...... $400.00 Adeline Barto Megan Dagger Northern Wisconsin Outdoor Experiential Winona State University ...... $1,000.00 University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,000.00 Christina Scandin Itasca Community College ...... $1,000.00 Lake Superior College ...... $2,000.00 Education Scholarship Fund Jacob McCormick Entrepreneur Fund, Inc...... $400.00 Rebecca Christian Daria Deibele Michael Schwerin Steve Rolland Youth Peacemaker Award Fund University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,000.00 Trenda Yoder University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $2,000.00 University of Wisconsin - Madison ...... $2,000.00 Northland College ...... $900.00 Ty'Von Murriel Eric Patterson Entrepreneur Fund, Inc...... $400.00 Jolene Duda Kaleb Rock College of St. Scholastica ...... $1,000.00 University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,000.00 College of St. Scholastica...... $1,000.00 College of St. Scholastica ...... $2,000.00 Pay It Forward Scholarship Fund Logan Woock Callan Grunwald John Thompson Dustin Blacketter Jack and Mary Rowe Memorial Scholarship Fund University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,000.00 University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $2,000.00 University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $2,000.00 Lake Superior College ...... $500.00 Kathryn Brinkert Kaylee Hechtel Aikima Israel University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $4,500.00 University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $2,000.00 Hubert A. Nelson Scholarship Fund Lake Superior College ...... $500.00 Madelyn Herold Katelyn Beaudin Central Lakes College ...... $1,000.00 University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,500.00 Richard B. Pearson Memorial Scholarship Fund Angela Martini Gillian Mann Caitlin Stingley University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,000.00 University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,500.00 Minnesota State University - Moorhead ..... $1,000.00

42 43 2 019 Affiliated Scholarships 2019 Scholarships

Kenneth and Concetta Schoen Scholarship Fund Minnesota Section, Society of Mining Metallurgy Superior East All-Class Reunion Scholarship Fund Walter and Anna Soneson Scholarship Fund Robert B. and Sophia Whiteside Scholarship Fund Sophie Fink Elijah Ham-Williams and Exploration Scholarship Fund Caroline Christopherson-Schorn Karin Berdahl Even Abrahams Colby College ...... $4,000.00 Minnesota State University - Mankato ...... $2,500.00 Charles Dammann University of Wisconsin - Superior ...... $800.00 Drake University ...... $4,000.00 Purdue University ...... $4,000.00 Emma Flynn Hailey Hartwig South Dakota School of Mines & Technology .$1,000.00 Alyvia Dobs Sannah Arvidson-Hicks University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $5,000.00 University of Wisconsin - Superior ...... $2,500.00 Hanna Giroux Superior Shores Resort Scholarship Fund College of St. Scholastica ...... $3,500.00 St. Olaf College ...... $4,000.00 Beren Gunsolus Samantha Marholtz University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,000.00 Kristin Haveri Lorien Gunsolus Shannon Baker University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $5,000.00 Augsburg College ...... $2,500.00 Jonathan Lanari Gustavus Adolphus College ...... $1,500.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $4,000.00 Luther College ...... $5,000.00 Annika Hall Lillyana Moen University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,000.00 Chance Larson Chloe Benson Boston College ...... $5,000.00 Lake Superior College ...... $2,500.00 Angela Martini Charlotte Ulland Scholarship Fund for Girls College of St. Scholastica ...... $4,000.00 Wellesley College ...... $4,000.00 Lucie Han Pernille Soderlind University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,000.00 Sara Carman Lauren Nyenhuis Sanna Berdahl University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $4,000.00 University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire ...... $2,500.00 Sophie Mueller University of Minnesota Morris ...... $1,000.00 Northern Michigan University ...... $4,000.00 Luther College ...... $5,000.00 Oliver Hasler Dametre Thunberg Michigan Technological University ...... $1,000.00 Sarah Toftey William Peterson Frost Bowen-Bailey United States Naval Academy ...... $300.00 Augsburg College ...... $2,500.00 Alan Nelson Lake Superior College ...... $1,000.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $4,000.00 Luther College ...... $4,000.00 Luke Hietala Elias Wirz University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $1,000.00 Madeline Roberts Sylvia Bowen-Bailey University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $4,000.00 Augsburg College ...... $2,500.00 Kyle Peterson Richard "Rick" Roy Washburn Memorial Scholarship University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $3,500.00 Knox College ...... $3,334.00 Kendall Hill Minnesota State University - Mankato ...... $1,000.00 Logan Gallup Isabelle Schomberg Rachael Carl University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $5,000.00 Scott Scholarship Fund Austin Siekkinen Arizona State Univeristy ...... $1,000.00 University of Minnesota Morris ...... $4,000.00 College of St. Scholastica ...... $5,000.00 Derek Huston Leif Anderson University of North Dakota ...... $1,000.00 Isaac Hiner Soren Sjerven Katherine Carlson University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $5,000.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $600.00 Montana State University ...... $1,000.00 University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $3,500.00 Swarthmore College ...... $4,000.00 Rana Imtiaz William Surbaugh John A. Sullivan Scholarship Fund Jace Jordan Keelan Syck Johanna Caskey University of Pittsburgh ...... $5,000.00 University of Colorado at Boulder...... $600.00 Allison Paske University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $1,000.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $4,000.00 Macalester College ...... $4,000.00 Jessica Jahn University of Wisconsin - Superior ...... $500.00 Kiah Walker Megan Daniluk University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $4,000.00 Phil Shykes Memorial Scholarship Fund Payge Rivord TOTAL...... $334,177.06 College of St. Scholastica ...... $4,000.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $4,000.00 Ericka James Lexi-Ann Golden University of Wisconsin - Superior ...... $1,000.00 Rachel DeWitte DePaul University ...... $4,000.00 Stanford University ...... $1,000.00 Ohio State University ...... $5,000.00 Nathan Jenkins Daniel Dylla US Military Academy West Point ...... $300.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $5,000.00 Devin Johnson Hannah Feyen Brigham Young University ...... $6,000.00 Cornell University ...... $4,000.00

44 45 2019 Affiliated Scholarships Board of Trustees serving in 2019

David A. Kropid Bethany M. Owen David Montgomery Teresa O’Toole Ryan Johnston Kayla Nyenhuis Rachel Skwira-Brown Chair Vice Chair Treasurer Secretary Stanford University ...... $4,000.00 University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $5,000.00 Boston College ...... $4,000.00 Attorney, Marcovich, President, ALLETE, Inc. Retired Chief Senior Attorney, Jace Jordan Jordyn Olson-Merrick Kaitlyn Snyder Cochrane, Milliken, Administrative Officer, Special Projects University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $5,000.00 Gustavus Adolphus College ...... $5,000.00 Ohio State University ...... $5,000.00 Swanson & Kropid, S.C. City of Duluth Essentia Health Kelly Killorin Eric Patterson Sydney Stock Northwestern University ...... $4,000.00 University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $5,000.00 Georgia Institute of Technology ...... $6,000.00 Autumn Kittilson Dylan Paulson Isabella Sutherland Boston College ...... $5,000.00 University of Wisconsin-Madison ...... $3,000.00 Arizona State University ...... $4,000.00 Wendy Meierhoff- Suzanne Blank Brenda Brannan Koresh Lakhan Brita Larsen Stella Peckham Anna Thickens Aldrich Attorney, Till, Salzer & Lead Wealth Retired Educator, I.S.D. University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $4,000.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $5,000.00 University of Wisconsin-Madison ...... $5,000.00 VP of Marketing Blank Law Office Management Officer, #709 Duluth, MN and Alison Lee Eleanor Peterson Nicholas Van Loh and Sales /Principal, North Shore Bank Entrepreneur Johns Hopkins University ...... $4,000.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $5,000.00 St. Olaf College ...... $4,000.00 BendTec, Inc. Anja Leitz-Najarian Marianne Peterson Emma Watson Carleton College ...... $5,000.00 St. Olaf College ...... $5,000.00 Carleton College ...... $4,000.00 Felisha Mann Sarah Peterson Conor Weberg College of St. Scholastica ...... $4,000.00 North Carolina State University ...... $5,000.00 College of St. Scholastica ...... $5,000.00 Daniel K. Lew Nels Ojard Branden H. Robinson Joscelyn Skandel Gillian Mann Annika Pokorny Molly Weberg Chief Public Defender, President and CEO, General Manager, Supervisor of Rates, University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $4,000.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $4,000.00 Gustavus Adolphus College ...... $4,000.00 Sixth Judicial District Krech Ojard and South Pier Inn Financial Reporting and Troy Martin Carson Powers Violet Wennberg Associates Budgeting, Superior Water, University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $5,000.00 University of Minnesota Duluth ...... $3,000.00 Concordia College ...... $5,000.00 Light & Power Scott McInerney Olivia Rawlyk Alexander Wilcox University of Wisconsin-Madison ...... $4,000.00 Luther College ...... $4,000.00 North Dakota State University ...... $5,000.00 Kellyn McKee Eliana Reichhoff Gabriella Wolter College of William & Mary ...... $4,000.00 St. Olaf College ...... $5,000.00 St. Catherine University ...... $5,000.00 Robin Washington Sandra Wright; Anthony C. Yung Gautam Mereddy Michael Reichhoff Kong Xiong Writer and Producer, Retired Educator, School Wealth Management NJ Institute of Technology ...... $4,000.00 University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $4,000.00 Carleton College ...... $5,000.00 Boston Globe and District of Superior, Advisor, Yung Geris American City Business Wisconsin Group at Merrill Lynch Kevin Michalski Quinten Rimolde Autumn Zierman Journals University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $5,000.00 Yale University ...... $4,000.00 Gustavus Adolphus College ...... $4,000.00 Adrianna Mullozzi Katherine Skwira-Brown University of Minnesota Twin Cities ...... $4,000.00 School of the Art Institute of Chicago ...... $4,000.00 TOTAL...... $355,434.00

46 47 Committees serving in 2019 Committees serving in 2019

Board Committees Public Relations Peter Bye Family Hermantown Community Fund Dr. Mark Rathke Family Small Business Education Wirtanen Family Fund Community Funds Shari Muhich Executive David A. Kropid, Co-Chair Scholarship Fund Sandi Peterson, Chair Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund Ilona Wirtanen, Co-Chair Apostle Islands Area Kathy Nelson David A. Kropid, Chair Branden H. Robinson, Co-Chair Suzanne Blank Tom Bergh Heather Fishel Paul R. Buckley, Chair Dona Wirtanen-Holloway, Co-Chair Community Fund Bobby Pazzelli Bethany M. Owen, Vice Chair Lyle W. Northey Peter Bye Janet Fawcett Melanie Hannan Abbot G. Apter Brooks Anderson Sue Headley Keller, Chair Alex Peritz David Montgomery, Treasurer Robin Washington Dina Flaherty Lois Fichtner Elle Jessico Ryan Boman Rachael Martin KC Connors Teresa O’Toole, Secretary Thomas B. Wheeler Dr. John Wood Mary Johnson Faris Keeling Joscy Skandel David Montgomery Kris Grutzner Two Harbors Area Fund Kerry Juntunen Daniel K. Lew Heidi Timm-Bijold Kitty Herriott Jennifer Hansen, Chair Audit Fund For Women and Girls Sandy Monson Katie Rathke Mann Renee M. Wachter Young Leaders Fund David McGill Janelle Jones, Vice Chair Bethany M. Owen, Chair Advisory Committees Linda Pichetti, Chair John Mulder Nels Ojard Branden H. Robinson, Co-Chair Mary O'Brien Emily Carlson David Montgomery John T. and Elizabeth C. Adams Patty Delano Steve Overom Margo Rathke Walter and Anna Soneson Joscy Skandel, Co-Chair Max Paap Drew Christensen Teresa O’Toole Arts Fund Kim Hall Steven Raj Molly Rathke Scholarship Fund Katelyn Baumann Jane Vogt Kyle Costley Elizabeth Burns, Chair Janet Kennedy Cyndy Reno Sam Rathke Mike French Eric Hansen Larry Cumpston Board Governance Brenda Brannan Jill Lofald Jonathan Thornton Kerry Garthus Josh Lee Chequamegon Bay Area Bob Larkin David A. Kropid, Chair Robert A. DeArmond Cathy Markham Jack and Mary Rowe Memorial John Lawien Neil Sample Community Fund Steve McLachlan Abbot G. Apter Karen Fillenworth Toni Meierhoff Greg Irons Award Fund Scholarship Fund Cheryl Prince Andy Solin Brad Gingras, Chair Bob Olund Daniel Lew Ruth Frederick Teresa O’Toole Dan Holm Peter Cook James Vizanko Mark Abeles-Allison Mary Tourville-Phillips Lyle W. Northey David A. Kropid Peggy Roach Willis Irons Christian Lawien Susan Anderson Marlys Wisch Bethany M. Owen Lisa Starr Laura LaFontaine Corbin Lawien Lake Superior Medical Society Designated Committees Beta Bodin Scott D. Anderson Leadership Mimi Stender Jill Lofald Lizette Lawien Tilderquist Scholarship Fund Duluth Legacy Endowment Ashley Moore Development Foundation Fund Candice (Harshner) Winkler Jason Michalicek Nels Ojard Dina Flaherty Malcolm Davy Jeff Muse Wendy Meierhoff-Aldrich, Co-Chair Gary D. Black, Chair Shelley Michalicek Tyler Weiers Teresa O’Toole David A. Kropid Staff Branden H. Robinson, Co-Chair Curt Grayson Global Awareness Fund David Montgomery David Saftner Jon Reich MD Kelli Latuska Cook County Community Fund Paul R. Buckley Michael Henderson Helena Jackson, Chair William L. Westholm Julie Reichhoff James Lewis Leah Ekstrom, Chair Holly C. Sampson, President and CEO Bill King Carolyn Kerns Alison Wood Scholarship Helena Jackson Jennifer Ryan Mike Carlson, Vice Chair Monica J. Bruning, Chief Operating Officer David A. Kropid Nels Ojard Koresh Lakhan Bethany M. Owen, Chair Touchstone Selection Committee Nan Stubenvoll Nancy Seaton, Secretary Nels Ojard Dan Westholm Barbara Montee Jackson Club Scholarship Fund Ethan Fairbanks David A. Kropid, Chair Jason Tanski Eric Block Mark C. Danielson, Development Officer James H. Stewart William L. Westholm Branden H. Robinson Lois Fichtner Dick Fischer Richard Burns Adam Fulton (City of Duluth Staff) Don Grant David Hammer, Scholarship Officer Anthony C. Yung Donald L. Wallgren David A. Kropid Sharon Kaner Scott Lyons Keith Hamre (City of Duluth Staff) Tom Morse Kursula Harris, Grants Management Assistant Grants and Community Steve Overom Daniel K. Lew Lyle W. Northey Ben Van Tassel (City of Duluth Staff) Chris O’Brien Leadership Anishinabe Fund Lillian and Manley Goldfine Gold Sandi Peterson Terry Lundberg Bethany M. Owen Virginia Detrick Palmer Holly Herstad, Accounting Assistant Daniel K. Lew, Chair Patricia Lenz, Co-Chair Star Teacher Award Fund David Thompson Scott Lyons Thomas B. Wheeler Duluth Public Schools Claire Smith Mary Jones, Executive Assistant Suzanne Blank Michael Spencer, Co-Chair Andy Goldfine, Chair Lisa Mitchell-Krocak Kenneth Schoen, Chair Ritalee Walters Wendy Meierhoff-Aldrich Teresa O’Toole Harold Frederick Minnesota Section, Society Joscy Skandel Robert B. and Sophia Whiteside Al Chepelnik Vice Chair, Secretary Michelle Morris, Director of Community Nels Ojard Max Paap Kenneth Goldfine of Mining, Metallurgy and Scholarship Fund Stephanie Aagenes Eveleth Area Community Philanthropy Teresa O’Toole Marlene Wisuri Molly Goldfine Exploration Scholarship Fund Silver Bay Charitable Fund Greg Fox Mark Boben Foundation Fund Ruth Oppedahl, Affiliate Officer, Apostle Islands/Chequamegon Bay William Gronseth Erik Boleman, Chair Lana Fralich, Chair Fred Friedman Ethan Fisher Jon Hoel, Chair Community Fund Investment Biodiversity Fund David A. Kropid Moe Benda Donna Blomberg Cathy Klaber-Hartl Marge Fisher Shelly Russ, Vice Chair Nancy Petrasek, Administrative Assistant David Montgomery, Chair Janet Green Mark Myles Bethany Kelly Molly Gadsby Bev LeClair Patricia Isbell Kristin Troutwine, Secretary Abbot G. Apter Glenn Guntenspergen Ken Risdon Julie Marinucci David A. Kropid Paul Loraas Peggy Johnson Paul Chapman Deirdre Schlunegger, Development Coordinator, Mark Myles Kris Larson Pam Roth Dennis Murr Susan Michels Lynn MacLean Rosie Loeffler-Kemp Gordon Coldagelli Two Harbors Area Fund Nels Ojard John Pastor Ellen Troeltzsch Louis Rudnicki Vickie Thompson Lisa Harma, U.S. Bank, N.A., Phyllis Makila Mike Lenich Michele Wallerstein, Director of Finance Arend Sandbulte Sandra Wright Adam Sersha Nancy Viola Trustee Shari Rud Jon Marcaccini Donald L. Wallgren David Zentner Steve Schoenbauer Anthony C. Yung William Gronseth, Ex Officio

48 49 Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation Financial Status

2019 2018 TOTAL ASSETS $82,615,679 $69,292,781

Public Support and Revenue Contributions 3,835,378 5,369,766 Donated services 11,358 176,820 Interest and dividends 1,934,934 1,931,249 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) less investment management fees 11,733,582 (6,832,945) Refunds of grants 11,945 22,529 Miscellaneous 1,500 2,500 Total Public Support and Revenue 17,528,697 669,918

Grants, Fees, and Operating Expenses Grants and scholarships* 2,480,482 2,377,422 Miscellaneous 19,097 19,254

Functional xpensese Program 655,626 735,816 Fundraising 113,887 155,933 Public education 315,924 276,109 Management and general 244,260 233,310 Total functional expenses 1,329,696 1,401,168 Total Grants, Fees, and Operating Expenses 3,829,275 3,797,844

Change in net assets 13,699,422 (3,127,926) Agency contributions/change of value 984,729 271,075 Agency grants 185,847 193,448 Net Assets, beginning of year 64,217,413 66,880,816 Net Assets, end of year 79,087,411 64,217,413

2019 Financial statements are unaudited. Audited financial statements are available at the Community Foundation office. The IRS Form 990 is available for review at the Community Foundation office. *Affiliated trust scholarships provided an additional $355,434 in 2019 and $445,500 in 2018 *Affiliated trust grants provided an additional $65,000 in 2018 *Grants and Scholarships total includes interfund transfer amounts of $289,522 in 2019 and $98,961 in 2018

51 Vision

The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation will be a catalyst to improve our region by fostering generosity, civic engagement and inclusiveness.

Core Values COMMUNITY • STEWARDSHIP INTEGRITY • GENEROSITY

Mission Statement The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation promotes private giving for the public good.

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