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DULUTH SUPERIOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION “Without generosity, we lose our sense of community, the of everyone coming together spiritof to make this an even better generosity place.” Long-time friends of the it remain whole and vital,” Susan explains. “The Foundation is making a profound difference in Community Foundation, Todd and our community. We couldn’t ask for more.” Susan Johnson embody the spirit To keep this on-going momentum alive in the Johnson household, they take time to teach of generosity this region has their children about why generosity matters. To Todd and Susan, volunteering and giving back embraced for centuries. to the community is a tradition that goes back generations. A proud father and successful To them, generosity reflects their passion for Superior businessman, Todd knows these values will continue in his family long after he’s gone. this area. “Duluth is a wonderful place to raise a Susan couldn’t agree more, “We’ve encouraged it in our children from an early age, and we’re family,” Todd says. “It’s where we have chosen to proud they have been involved and supportive of a variety of organizations.” live our lives. Nature is all around us yet we can By setting a strong example, the couple hopes others in the community will continue to also access the ballet, theater, sports and the arts. follow suit. “Without generosity, we lose our sense of community, of everyone coming In Duluth we can clearly see and experience the together to make this an even better place.” Todd goes on to say, “If you think about it, it big picture – what matters most to us in our lives.” doesn’t do any good to just have a good pitcher on a baseball team and not have any players The couple chooses to support the Community who can hit. It’s just not a well-balanced team. To put up a winning record, everyone needs to Foundation because it provides permanent bring something to the table. It’s that way with a community too; when everyone participates support for the region they love. “The Community and is generous in spirit, the community comes alive and well – everyone is a winner.” Foundation plays a central role in making our This winning spirit and generous nature, highlighted by friends like Todd and Susan, move this quality of life possible. It provides funding to community in the right direction. support so many facets of our community, helping In a region packed with engaged citizens, This natural connection began Ness’s long history of Duluth’s Mayor Don Ness rises to the top. As collaborating with the Community Foundation on core Mayor, getting involved in community issues community issues. Most noticeably, Speak Your Peace: isn’t optional, but Don’s genuine passion The Civility Project and the Community Foundation’s and dedication for moving this community Attracting and Retaining Young Adults initiatives. In forward is what makes him stand out. both cases, his involvement has led him to a better “Civic engagement represents the core of a democratic system,” understanding of this community. a Don explains. It is something he’s believed for years. In the early “Getting involved brings a special sense of 2000’s, his passion for community intersected with the Community awareness about an issue. When you start to Foundation when he joined the Millennium Group. “The idea understand how systems are working, it opens up of engaging the next generation of leaders interested me. And, I paths to make significant change,” he says. passion thought the Community Foundation’s ability to take a leadership And change, is something Don Ness believes in. “We role, access numerous resources, and have a long-term outlook on demonstrate time and time again that this community is for community were worthwhile.” full of citizens adept at engaging at a meaningful level to civic create change.” It is, after all, what continues to drive our community forward. “We really can make a positive difference in this community. Our high level of civic engagement builds our connection to community. It provides a sense of ownership which wills us to achieve engagement our goals.” These goals wouldn’t be achieved without the passion and dedication of engaged citizens like Don Ness. plantingthe visionof inclusivity Through her work at Community Action Duluth and the it startedw ith a garden. In 2004, Julia Cheng Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial, Cheng practices a relocated to Duluth after her husband took a cjobes philosophy that knowledge is the key to empowerment. Tribune. One of the first pla “Every year, people ask why we need to hold a Day of at the Duluth News ckson McGhie as the Clayton Ja he showed her w Remembrance,” at the Memorial, which pays homage to the Memorial site. An avid gardener, Cheng asked to victims of one of Duluth’s greatest tragedies. “Our answer ’s perennial plots, and a year is that we need to recognize that the mindset which allowed help tend the Memorial ckson McGhie later was invited to join the Clayton Ja this incident to occur still exists,” she says. “The results may Memorial (CJMM) board of directors. be more subtle, but they are still damaging.” Already a member of Peace United Church of Christ’s Dismantling Racism Her proudest achievement as CJMM co-chair has been “It’s a long process,” says team, Cheng went on to complete Duluth’s first round of Anti-Racism Study to safeguard the organization’s annual scholarship with a Dialogue Circles while taking an increasingly active role in realizing CJMM’s permanent endowment at the Community Foundation. “We Cheng, “but I’ve never lived mission of fostering racial justice. teach a lesson to our scholarship winners: Learn from history.” These experiences, coupled with a passion to create a community where all Cheng wouldn’t be a part of this movement to create a more in a community where I are welcome and treated equally, inspired Julia to do more. Today, in addition inclusive community if she didn’t believe success was possible. was more engaged.” to chairing the Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial board, she also works at “It’s a long process,” says Cheng, “but I’ve never lived in a Community Action Duluth as a financial counselor and tax preparer. community where I was more engaged.” “The more I got involved in this community, the more I understood that social justice doesn’t arise apart from economic justice. Poverty has a disproportionate impact on people of color, who also tend to enjoy less than full benefit of our system’s wealth-building mechanisms.” the energy and excitement our volunteers bring to clean slate; to reflect over the past five years and, most sustain this organization and engage in the community; importantly, create an energetic and innovative plan to Dear Friends, to the generous nature of our friends; to the strength of move the Community Foundation forward. In high school physics, one learns that momentum is many individuals and organizations striving to achieve a We look forward to your involvement in this journey. 2009 the sum of the mass and velocity of an object; also community that welcomes everyone. It is because of you, after all, that the momentum of known as (p=mv). For the Community Foundation, Despite difficult times, the momentum and the Community Foundation will continue on for years Accomplishments our momentum is the sum of our work to foster commitment of this community continued to move to come. generosity, civic engagement and inclusiveness. These • Completed and exceeded a $1 million challenge grant from the Bush Foundation nearly two us forward. In the height of the recession, we With sincere gratitude for all you have done and will principles provide the momentum needed to drive years ahead of schedule increasing unrestricted dollars for grant making completed a $1,000,000 challenge grant from the continue to do, our communities forward. Helping us along the way Bush Foundation nearly two years ahead of schedule. is the energy of donors, grantees, community leaders, We granted out nearly $1.9 million. Our investment • Distributed nearly $1.9 million in grants, scholarships and affiliated scholarships to assist and the hundreds of volunteers that partner with performance excelled. And, as community leaders people committed to moving this region forward us on increasing the quality of life in northeastern we engaged a number of audiences in improving this • Exceeded strategic plan fundraising goal, one year early Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. community through our initiatives work. 2009 was a difficult time in our country’s history and Looking ahead, throughout 2010 we will devote time and • Grew our investment pool by 28% with strong investment performance in this community. But, it is during these difficult times attention to laying the groundwork for our next strategic that we are most reminded about why we matter. It is plan. This planning process, which takes place every five • Added 14 new funds to our portfolio, bringing our total number of funds to over 290 during these times that our vision shines through—from years, provides an opportunity for us to start with a • Expanded nonprofit grant making eligibility to include core mission support during recession

Holly C. Sampson, President • As part of effort to attract and retain young adults in this region: -Convened a committee of young adults to establish the Young Leaders Fund Lyle W. Northey, Chair -Co-sponsored Twin Ports Next Gen Summit -Launched theDuSu.com website

• Welcomed over 40 donors to the newly created President’s Circle for cumulative, endowed giving of $100,000 or more. 2009 Distribution of Duluth Superior • Added several new members to the Legacy Circle Area Community • Completed intense, year long Early Adopter training targeted towards being more Foundation Grants sustainable; including a move to on-line grant and scholarship applications, financial 38% Human Services statements and committee mailings 19% Education 18% Community and Economic • Led effort to administer the Intercultural Development Inventory for the Knight Development Creative Communities Initiative community catalysts 10% Arts 5% Environment • Recognized nationally in academic journal “Foundation Review” for strategic 10% Other communications and community leadership with Speak Your Peace: The Civility Project

2009 Annual Report / 9 Hermantown Food Shelf Local Initiatives Support Corporation Education Duluth Central High Alumni Hermantown Community Fund...... $850.00 Program Support Scholarship Fund 2009 Grants Apter Family Fund...... $300.00 Anonymous Grantee Program Support Bayfield County Anonymous Charitable Fund...... $650.00 Moline Family Donor Advised Fund... $1,000.00 Arts Related Duluth Children’s Museum, Inc. Historic Union Depot North Shore Players Wind Feasibility Study at Mt. Ashwabay Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Inc. Program Support 506 Fund Drive Missoula Children’s Theatre Arrowhead Chorale Apostle Islands Area Northland Flavor Bayfield Community Education Duluth Library Foundation Edna M. and H. Anna Jenks’ Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Residency Program Amazing American Adventures Community Fund...... $3,000.00 Knight Fund...... $5,000.00 Foundation, Inc. Program Support Charitable Fund...... $2,825.61 Charitable Fund...... $278.66 Two Harbors Area Fund...... $2,000.00 John T. and Elizabeth C. Adams Program Support Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt

Arts Fund...... $2,973.00 City of Two Harbors Northern Communities Land Trust Bayfield Community Education Charitable Fund...... $278.66 Duluth Festival Opera KCCI / Art Works Renegade Theatre Company Fire Department Radios Program Support Foundation Fund...... $8,602.00 Program Support 2009 Touchstone Award Supporting Young Local Artists Bay Area Historical Society Two Harbors Area Fund...... $2,840.00 Apter Family Fund...... $300.00 Duluth Public Library Barnum Fund...... $281.00 Community Opportunity Fund...... $2,000.00 Young Leaders Fund...... $1,000.00 The Story of Reserve Mining Mayor’s Block Party Support for Housing Development Berea College Expansion of Public Computer Access at the Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund...... $2,347.00 The Sparrow Henry and Sarah Wheeler Historical Two Harbors Area Fund...... $2,000.00 Campbell Family Charitable Fund....$15,000.00 Program Support West Duluth Branch of the Duluth Public Library Moline Family Fund...... $2,372.00 Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua John T. and Elizabeth C. Adams Awareness Fund...... $1,000.00 Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Duluth Legacy Endowment Fund... $1,055.00 African Children’s Choir Youth Exchange Arts Fund...... $4,008.00 Cloquet Educational Foundation Recreation and Fitness Resources Charitable Fund...... $278.66 Duluth Playhouse, Inc. Human Rights Fund...... $1,170.00 Bayfield Heritage Association, Inc. Web Site Redesign Program Support for the Bayfield Area Duluth Public Library - Mount Royal Branch Program Support Program Support Sacred Heart Music Center Program Support Business Leaders Fund...... $2,500.00 Recreation Center E. W. Bohannon Scholarship Fund Program Support Apter Family Fund...... $100.00 Community Opportunity Fund...... $16,854.00 Annual Meeting Thank You Gift Bayfield Heritage Association Fund ... $2,264.00 Barnum Fund...... $5,000.00 Program Support Edna M. and H. Anna Jenks’ Community Opportunity Fund...... $15,000.00 Community Opportunity Fund...... $500.00 Community Foundation of Collier County Staff Training Edna M. and H. Anna Jenks’ Charitable Fund...... $2,825.61 Duluth Playhouse Endowment Fund... $5,636.00 Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra Executive Director Position Carlton County Historical Society YPO 49ers Fund for “Laws of Life” program Apostle Islands Area Charitable Fund...... $2,825.61 Play Sponsorship Program Support Community Opportunity Fund...... $2,500.00 Program Support Elva B. and Mitchell J. Sill Community Fund...... $3,097.00 Duluth Sister Cities International Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Community Opportunity Fund...... $10,000.00 Living Legacy Fund...... $11,611.00 Carlton County Historical Society Family Fund...... $250.00 Carlton County Children and Family International Exhibit of Paintings Charitable Fund...... $278.66 Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund...... $889.00 Foundation Fund...... $1,290.00 Socially Active Seniors (SAS) Services Collaborative Global Awareness Fund...... $1,000.00 Endowment Fund...... $2,264.00 Program Support Duluth Legacy Endowment Fund Historical Community Performance Project PECC Data Tracking System Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra Apter Family Fund...... $100.00 City of Silver Bay Hello Tomorrow Campaign Two Harbors Area Fund...... $2,000.00 Community Opportunity Fund...... $14,480.00 Duluth-Rania Friendship Exchange Chair Support Program Lake Superior Youth Chorus Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs Elva B. and Mitchell J. Sill Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund...... $5,520.00 International Exchange Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Irish Classical and Celtic Music Collaboration State Historical Society of Wisconsin Theatre Production Family Fund...... $1,000.00 Something Cool, Inc. Wirtanen Family Fund...... $1,373.00 Charitable Fund...... $278.66 John T. and Elizabeth C. Adams Madeline Island Anishinaabeg Gathering Silver Bay Charitable Fund...... $2,200.00 The Leading, Serving Project College of St. Scholastica Music To You Arts Fund...... $2,500.00 Anishinabe Fund...... $300.00 Duluth Task Force for Improved Community Leaders Fund...... $3,000.00 A Special French Baroque Performance: First American Prevention Center G. Kendall Smith Fund...... $4,276.00 Madeline Island Museum - Douglas County Historical Society Community Police Accountability Integrating the Dance and Music of the Junior Tribal Council Lucius Woods Performing Arts Center, Inc. Anishinaabe Homecoming History Theatre Community Assessment for Improved The Northspan Group, Inc. 17th and 18th Centuries Apostle Islands Duluth-Superior Area Educational TV Free Children’s Festival Apostle Islands Area Business Leaders Fund...... $4,000.00 Community Police Accountability 2009 Touchstone Award John T. and Elizabeth C. Adams Area Community Fund...... $2,560.00 Corporation - WDSE Superior-Douglas County Arts Fund....$467.00 Community Fund...... $2,500.00 Community Opportunity Fund...... $5,000.00 Community Opportunity Fund...... $2,000.00 Arts Fund...... $3,500.00 Program Support Grutzner Madeline Island Fund...... $500.00 Duluth Art Institute McKibben Lecture: Building Forgotten Wisdom, Inc. Harris Family Fund...... $422.63 Madeline Island Music Camp Community Arts Gallery East Hillside PATCH, Inc. Two Harbors Area Chamber of Commerce Sustainable Economies Red Cliff Youth Radio Documentary Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Staff Support Twin Ports Regional Arts Alliance Jane S. Smith Memorial Fund...... $2,500.00 Healthy Children for a Healthier Future Fall Operation of the Lester River Global Awareness Fund...... $3,000.00 Apostle Islands Area Community Fund.$617.00 Charitable Fund...... $278.66 Apostle Islands Area Currents Magazine Project Kiln Shelves Fair Chance Fund...... $10,000.00 Information Center Tower Fund - Financial Aid Human Rights Fund...... $3,553.00 WDSE-Underwriting Community Fund...... $5,000.00 Knight Fund...... $10,000.00 Aspen Fund...... $1,000.00 LaBounty Family Fund...... $3,000.00 Moline Family Donor Advised Fund... $1,000.00 Community Opportunity Fund...... $2,100.00 Program Support Gender Matters Maintaining Core Mission Friends of the Finland Community Grow Minnesota Minnesota Ballet Community Opportunity Fund...... $10,000.00 Cook County Extension Advocates for Children’s Education Dr. and Mrs. Bernhard Boecker Program Support Two Harbors Area Fund...... $1,000.00 Grand Marais Arts, Inc. Carnival of Animals Masks Growing Youth Through Gardening Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund.....$15,000.00 Charitable Fund...... $2,616.00 Cleveland Family Fund...... $5,355.00 Empty Bowls Hunger Awareness Project Lakeview Arts Fund...... $746.00 UW-Superior Small Business Cook County Community Fund...... $1,000.00 Community Opportunity Fund...... $4,768.00 Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund...... $645.00 Cook County Community Fund...... $1,000.00 Program Support Development Center Manley and Lillian Goldfine Gold Star Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund...... $1,364.00 Community & Economic Jane S. Smith Memorial Fund...... $5,000.00 Grace Lutheran Church Arts Enterprise Business Plan Writing Cook County Higher Education Teacher’s Award Second Chance Endowment Fund... $6,252.00 Development Grand Marais Playhouse Superior Area Outreach Performance Capital Appeal Course - An Online Pilot Program for Artists Open Doors Program Support Program Support Program Support Superior-Douglas County Arts Fund....$467.00 Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency Erola Family Fund...... $10,000.00 John S. and James L. Knight Cook County Community Fund...... $1,000.00 Elva B. and Mitchell J. Sill Apter Family Fund...... $100.00 Harris Family Fund...... $422.63 Touchstone Event Thank You Gift Assist Individuals in Critical Need Foundation Fund...... $714.88 Family Fund...... $200.00 Aspen Fund...... $750.00 Community Opportunity Fund...... $500.00 Northeast Minnesota Junior Achievement of the Upper Knight Fund...... $9,285.12 Denfeld High School

Sharing Fund...... $17,000.00 Midwest, Inc. Technology Junior Achievement Programs in Duluth Howard J. and Barb Ignatius Fund....$1,968.00 Business Leaders Fund...... $5,000.00 10 / Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation 2009 Annual Report / 11 Grand Marais Public Library Marshall School Science Curriculum and Equipment World Policy Institute Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, Inc. Voyageur Snowmobile Club Creating Self Directed Communities Damiano of Duluth, Inc. Children’s Books Big Circle Fund - Financial Aid Philip H. and Barbara Strom Family Duluth and the U.S. and World Raptors in the Classroom 2009 Two Harbors High School Trail Community Opportunity Fund...... $10,000.00 Back to School Clothing Anonymous Fund...... $480.45 Moline Family Donor Advised Fund... $1,500.00 Charitable Fund...... $3,500.00 Economic Recovery Lone Wolf Fund...... $5,000.00 Two Harbors Area Fund...... $4,200.00 Food Shelves Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Program Support Program Support Global Awareness Fund...... $2,607.00 Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Charitable Fund...... $278.66 Harris Family Fund...... $1,267.90 Aspen Fund...... $4,000.00 Northland College KCCI / Sustainable Twin Ports Charitable Fund...... $278.66 Program Support Marshall School Endowment Fund.... $1,193.00 Program Support Creating a Sustainable Twin Ports Human Services Aspen Fund...... $500.00 Greater Proctor Area Scholarship Foundation White Pine Fund...... $1,576.00 Environment Community Opportunity Fund...... $15,000.00 Community Action Duluth Program Support for Damiano Kids Cafe Program Support Jeanette McDonald Sigurd Olson Nature Writer in Residence Knight Fund...... $10,000.00 American Red Cross - Northland Chapter Circles of Support Community Community Opportunity Fund...... $25,000.00 Community Opportunity Fund...... $1,050.00 Gold Star Teacher Award Four Cedars Environmental Fund... $1,000.00 Animal Allies Humane Society Program Support Engagement Strategy Soup Kitchen Manley and Lillian Goldfine Gold Star Program Support Lake Superior Rose Society Edna M. and H. Anna Jenks’ Fair Chance Fund...... $5,000.00 Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt ISD#381 - Lake Superior Public Schools Teacher Award Fund...... $5,000.00 Proctor Senior High School Apter Family Fund...... $500.00 Leif Erikson Rose Garden Renovation Charitable Fund...... $5,651.19 John S. and James L. Knight Charitable Fund...... $278.66 Advanced Welding Class - Two Harbors English Department Jane S. Smith Memorial Fund...... $1,830.00 Foundation Fund...... $4,411.00 High School Minnesota Public Interest Research Group Howard J. and Barb Ignatius Fund....$1,968.00 Ashwabay Outdoor Educational Boy Scout Troop #9 Getting Ahead-Duluth Doctors Without Borders, USA LaBounty Family Fund...... $6,500.00 Free Democracy Summit Foundation, Inc. Lake Superior Sustainable Farming Program Support Community Opportunity Fund...... $10,000.00 Program Support School Readiness/Community Wirtanen Family Fund...... $2,000.00 Proctor/Hermantown Early Park Development Design & Build Association Cory Jam Memorial Award...... $225.00 Harris Family Fund...... $845.26 Education Preschool Childhood Program Apostle Islands Area Web Site Redesign Cooperation Station Silver Bay Charitable Fund...... $4,864.00 Minnesota Section S.M.E. Providers as Partners in Education Community Fund...... $3,000.00 Business Leaders Fund...... $1,800.00 Boy Scouts of America - Voyageurs Above and Beyond for Children Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs 2008 Internship Reimbursement Dale Heimbach Wheeler Program Support Area Council Cook County Community Fund...... $649.00 2009 Touchstone Award ISD#709 - Duluth Public Schools Minnesota Section, Society of Memorial Fund...... $2,639.00 Ashwabay Outdoor Educational Lake Superior Zoological Society Program Support Community Opportunity Fund...... $2,000.00 2008 Grants Mining Metallurgy and Exploration Foundation Fund...... $1,856.00 Program Support Apter Family Fund...... $100.00 Copeland Community Center Creating a Process of Change - 30th Duluth Public Schools Scholarship Fund...... $12,000.00 Rails Endowment for Academic, Art and Community Opportunity Fund...... $2,616.00 2009 Touchstone Award Anniversary Edition Temporary Fund...... $1,025.00 Scholarship Reimbursement Athletic Development, Inc. Bayfield Regional Conservancy Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund...... $7,384.00 Boys & Girls Club of Duluth Community Opportunity Fund...... $2,000.00 Business Leaders Fund...... $5,000.00 Gold Star Award Invitations and Postage Minnesota Section, Society of Program Support Outreach Coordinator Position Program Support Merger Assistance Manley and Lillian Goldfine Gold Star Mining Metallurgy and Exploration Rails Endowment for Academic Arts Community Opportunity Fund...... $3,000.00 Minnesota Land Trust Apter Family Fund...... $200.00 Business Leaders Fund...... $5,329.00 Duluth-Superior Sharing Fund Teacher Award Fund...... $1,067.11 Scholarship Fund...... $1,250.00 Athletic Development Fund...... $4,087.00 2009 Touchstone Award Moline Family Donor Advised Fund...$500.00 Community Opportunity Fund...... $5,231.00 Assist Individuals in Critical Need Irons Award Trophies City of Duluth - Parks and Community Opportunity Fund...... $2,000.00 Elva B. and Mitchell J. Sill John S. and James L. Knight Community Opportunity Fund...... $8,378.00 Greg Irons Award...... $100.00 Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt School District of Superior Recreation Department Family Fund...... $300.00 Foundation Fund...... $10,000.00 Douglas County Disaster and Program Support Scholarship for Late Bloomers Program Support Washington Community Recreation Center Rural Renewable Energy Alliance (RREAL) Twin Ports Hmong New Year Welfare Fund...... $5,292.00 Duluth Public Schools Fund...... $14,197.55 Scholarships Weisberg Memorial Fund...... $3,003.00 Revitalization Program Project Solstice Center Against Sexual & Domestic Global Awareness Fund...... $1,000.00 Family Service Sharing Fund...... $1,330.00 Scott Anderson Leadership Forum- Year VII Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Duluth Legacy Endowment Fund...... $750.00 Community Opportunity Fund...... $10,000.00 Abuse, Inc. Scott D. Anderson Leadership Charitable Fund...... $2,972.40 Silver Bay Parent Teacher Emergency Shelter Services CORE Community Resources, Inc. Duluth Lighthouse for the Blind Foundation Fund...... $15,800.00 Student Organization Friends of the Apostle Islands National Sugarloaf: The North Shore Dale Heimbach Wheeler Program Support Program Support New America Foundation, Arms and William Kelley Elementary After School Program Lakeshore Stewardship Association Memorial Fund...... $2,639.00 CORE Endowment Fund...... $817.00 Edna M. and H. Anna Jenks’ Lakeview Christian Academy Security Initiative Silver Bay Charitable Fund...... $8,000.00 Program Support Program Support Second Chance Charitable Fund...... $2,825.61 Basketball and General Program Support Common-Sense Foreign Policy: Martin Hanson Conservation Apter Family Fund...... $300.00 Chisholm Kids Plus Endowment Fund...... $3,000.00 Lighthouse for the Blind Aspen Fund...... $2,000.00 A Speaking Tour Two Harbors Public Library Endowment Fund...... $3,672.00 Web site and Database Upgrade After School Programs Endowment Fund...... $29,350.00 Program Support Global Awareness Fund...... $1,750.00 Children’s Books and Education Materials Business Leaders Fund...... $1,500.00 Central Mesabi Fund for Courage Duluth Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Aspen Fund...... $2,000.00 Lawrence E. and Mabel Jackson Rudberg Hartley Nature Center Human Services...... $1,827.00 Program Support Charitable Fund...... $278.66 North House Folk School Scholarship Fund...... $2,000.00 Program Support Superior Hiking Trail Association Courage Center Duluth Fund...... $1,566.00 Little Treasures Center, Inc. Program Support Program Support Apter Family Fund...... $300.00 Program Support CHOICE, unlimited Todd, Susan, Matthew and Hilary Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota Continuity of Care and Support Harris Family Fund...... $1,267.90 Ruth E. Ferguson Charitable Fund....$851.00 Hartley Nature Center Harris Family Fund...... $1,267.90 BOLD - choice Theatre Company Johnson 2007 Charitable Fund....$10,000.00 Seizure Smart Communities Samuel F. Atkins and Barbara H. Atkins North House Folk School Endowment Fund...... $802.00 G. Kendall Smith Fund for the G. Kendall Smith Fund for the Physically Memorial Fund...... $1,390.00 Endowment Fund...... $4,308.00 U of MN Duluth - Excellence Fund Red Oak Fund...... $250.00 Town of La Pointe Physically Disabled and Covenant Enabling Residences of Disabled and Visually Impaired...... $2,000.00 Coordinated Mental Health Services Program Support Urban Wilderness Camp Alternative Energy Study Visually Impaired...... $719.00 Minnesota, Inc. Business Leaders Fund...... $3,865.00 North Shore Community School Edna M. and H. Anna Jenks’ Four Cedars Environmental Fund.....$4,747.00 Apostle Islands Area Program Support Family Alternatives, Inc. Program Support Charitable Fund...... $5,651.19 Lone Wolf Fund...... $253.00 Community Fund...... $2,500.00 Churches United in Ministry Nordling Family Designated Fund 1.... $546.00 CORE Initiative North Shore Community School Grutzner Madeline Island Fund...... $500.00 Creating Effective, Self Directed Philip H. and Barbara Strom Family Endowment Fund...... $2,250.00 Communities Charitable Fund...... $3,500.00 Riverfront Community Fund...... $777.00

12 / Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation 2009 Annual Report / 13 First Witness Child Abuse Resource Center Hunger Summit Committee Mayo Foundation North Shore Horizons Safer Families: Safer Communities The Salvation Army - Duluth YMCA of Duluth Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Program Support Hunger Summit Pediatrics - Cancer Silver Bay Expansion Services Dale Heimbach Wheeler Assist Individuals in Critical Need Program Support Nonprofit Leadership Institute Apter Family Fund...... $100.00 John S. and James L. Knight Scott Hawkins Fund...... $4,000.00 Silver Bay Charitable Fund...... $4,313.00 Memorial Fund...... $2,639.00 Duluth-Superior Sharing Fund...... $10,000.00 Apter Family Fund...... $200.00 Campbell Family Charitable Fund.....$3,000.00 Elva B. and Mitchell J. Sill Foundation Fund...... $1,000.00 Violence Prevention Projects Program Support Partner With Youth Fund (Y Partners Campaign) Family Fund...... $250.00 Miller Dwan Medical Center Foundation Second Chance Endowment Fund..... $3,000.00 Ronald McDonald House of Anonymous 1 Charitable Fund...... $2,773.00 Moline Family Donor Advised Fund...$500.00 Northern Bible Society Just Kids Dental Health Child Adolescent Mental Health Rochester MN, Inc. Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Program Support Fit City Duluth Just Kids Dental Health Scott Hawkins Fund...... $4,000.00 Northshore Area Partners Program Support Charitable Fund...... $278.66 YMCA of Superior-Douglas County Northern Bible Society-Daniel H. and Capacity Building Douglas County Disaster and Pediatric Burn Care Block Nurse Scott Hawkins Fund...... $3,000.00 Program Support Catherine L. Mundt Fund...... $8,279.00 Community Opportunity Fund...... $15,000.00 Welfare Fund...... $2,000.00 Scott Hawkins Fund...... $4,000.00 Silver Bay Charitable Fund...... $1,340.00 The Salvation Army - Superior YMCA of Superior-Douglas County Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Wetherby Fund...... $1,476.00 Pediatric Cancer Care NSAP Caregiver Support Program Safe Haven Shelter for Battered Women Assist Individuals in Critical Need Endowment Fund...... $1,282.00 Charitable Fund...... $278.66 Friendship Ventures Sawtooth Elementary Dental Health Clinics Scott Hawkins Fund...... $4,000.00 C.E., Jr. and M.K. Fuller Fund...... $2,000.00 Program Support Duluth-Superior Sharing Fund...... $5,000.00 Financial Assistance Program Cook County Community Fund...... $1,000.00 Program Support Elva B. and Mitchell J. Sill Family Fund.... $250.00 YMCA World Fellowship Fund Pilgrim Congregational Church Michael Adam Carroll Spring 2010 Dental Clinics Aspen Fund...... $3,750.00 Northwood Children’s Home UDAC, Inc. Program Support Program Support Memorial Fund...... $1,000.00 Douglas County Disaster and Program Support Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank Program Support Edna M. and H. Anna Jenks’ Edna M. and H. Anna Jenks’ Welfare Fund...... $2,000.00 Minnesota Citizens Federation - Northeast Edna M. and H. Anna Jenks’ Program Support for the Food Bank- Nordling Family Designated Fund 1.... $364.00 Charitable Fund...... $2,825.61 Charitable Fund...... $11,302.38 Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin Expansion of Health Care Advocacy for NE Charitable Fund...... $2,825.59 Increase Food Rescue and Distribution White Pine Fund...... $1,576.00 Lakes and Pines Council Kids Closet of Duluth Minnesota Low Income Elderly Community Opportunity Fund...... $15,000.00 Union Gospel Mission YWCA of Duluth Program Support Clothes for Stowe Students Samuel F. Atkins and Barbara H. Atkins Northwoods Women, Inc. Meals Kids Corner St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Girl Scouts - Northern Pines Riverfront Community Fund...... $777.00 Memorial Fund...... $3,500.00 Supporting Basic Needs of Victims of Sexual Assault Program of Northern Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Program Support Council Fund...... $2,678.00 Program Support Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault in St. Louis County Charitable Fund...... $278.66 Charitable Fund...... $278.66 Douglas H. and Judith H. Lewis Memorial Edna M. and H. Anna Jenks’ Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Minnesota Resource Center Duluth Bayfield County West Range Outreach Program Support Program Support Fund...... $1,432.06 Charitable Fund...... $5,651.19 Charitable Fund...... $278.66 Core Employment Skills Training Program Samuel F. Atkins and Barbara H. Atkins Central Mesabi Fund for Anonymous 1 Charitable Fund...... $2,773.00 YWCA Fund...... $14,031.00 Elva B. and Mitchell J. Sill Outreach to Girls at Risk - Outdoor Wetherby Fund...... $5,000.00 Campbell Family Charitable Fund.....$3,575.00 Memorial Fund...... $1,390.00 Human Services...... $3,000.00 Aspen Fund...... $1,000.00 Racial Justice Trainings Family Fund...... $5,000.00 Programming Community Opportunity Fund...... $3,457.00 Wirtanen Family Fund...... $2,000.00 Wetherby Fund...... $3,000.00 KOOTASCA Community Action, Inc. Fair Chance Fund...... $2,968.00 People with Disabilities for Change Shelter for Abused Women of United Way of Greater Duluth YWCA/SOAR Collaboration for Spirit Valley Trinity-by-the-Cove Episcopal Church Silver Bay Girl Scout Programming Borderland Volunteers! PDC Strategic Planning Collier County Duluth Prosperity Agenda Young Mothers Program Support Silver Bay Charitable Fund...... $2,645.00 Cleveland Family Fund...... $12,500.00 Northeast Minnesota Sharing Fund Business Leaders Fund...... $1,715.00 Program Support Community Opportunity Fund...... $2,327.73 Community Opportunity Fund...... $10,000.00 Elva B. and Mitchell J. Sill Assist Individuals in Critical Need Michael Adam Carroll Elva B. and Mitchell J. Sill Family Fund.... $250.00 Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund..... $12,672.27 Family Fund...... $5,000.00 Grant Community School Collaborative Lake County Human Services Central Mesabi Fund for Memorial Fund...... $160.00 Program Support Anishinabe Traditional Arts & Lunch Buddies Human Services...... $6,000.00 Silver Bay KIDS PLUS Aspen Fund...... $3,000.00 Other Culture Classes Silver Bay Charitable Fund...... $1,350.00 Community Opportunity Fund...... $11,000.00 Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault A.W.E.S. Activities Edna M. and H. Anna Jenks’ Annual Membershp Anishinabe Fund...... $1,000.00 Program Support Silver Bay Charitable Fund...... $4,000.00 Charitable Fund...... $8,476.78 Arrowhead Interfaith Council Lake View Memorial Hospital North Shore Collaborative Community Opportunity Fund...... $10,000.00 Red Oak Fund...... $500.00 Bibles Council on Foundations Harbor House Crisis Shelters Just Kids Dental Health LOTS Family Literacy Project Special Olympics Minnesota Elva B. and Mitchell J. Sill Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Annual Membership Dues Case Management Silver Bay Charitable Fund...... $3,000.00 Cook County Community Fund...... $1,000.00 Range Respite Project Program Support Family Fund...... $3,000.00 Charitable Fund...... $278.66 Community Opportunity Fund...... $4,650.00 Samuel F. Atkins and Barbara H. Atkins Two Harbors Area Fund...... $3,000.00 Two Harbors Area Fund...... $3,000.00 Respite Care Apter Family Fund...... $100.00 United Way of Greater Duluth Memorial Fund...... $3,500.00 Michael Adam Carroll Endowment Fund...... $56,575.00 Christ Child Society Donors Forum of Wisconsin Life House, Inc. North Shore Health Care Foundation Memorial Fund...... $1,000.00 St. Luke’s Foundation White Pine Fund...... $788.00 Program Support In Memory of Annual Membership Dues Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota Staff Training Support Development of Hospice/Palliative Care Program Support Pat Schneider Community Opportunity Fund...... $2,500.00 Collaborations for Assistance Dogs for Business Leaders Fund...... $5,020.00 Program for Cook County Range Transitional Housing, Inc. Edna M. and H. Anna Jenks’ Woodland Hills Elva B. and Mitchell J. Sill Family Fund.... $200.00 People with Disabilities Cook County Community Fund...... $1,000.00 Hibbing Transitional Housing Charitable Fund...... $2,825.61 Neighborhood Youth Services Minnesota Council on Foundations G. Kendall Smith Fund for the Physically Lutheran Social Service Hospice Program Central Mesabi Fund for Douglas H. and Judith H. Lewis Enrichment Center Cook County Community Fund Annual Membership Dues Disabled and Visually Impaired...... $5,000.00 Family Resource Center Scott Hawkins Fund...... $5,000.00 Human Services...... $8,000.00 Memorial Fund...... $1,269.94 Community Opportunity Fund...... $4,436.00 Program Support Community Opportunity Fund...... $5,055.00 Central Mesabi Fund for Program Support Todd, Susan, Matthew and Hilary Harris Family Fund...... $845.26 Hibbing Kinship Mentoring Program Human Services...... $3,000.00 Harris Family Fund...... $1,267.90 Range Women’s Advocates The Carter Center Johnson 2007 Charitable Fund...... $5,210.00 Total Grants...... $1,173,979.69 Mentoring Program Support Sawtooth Mountain Clinic - Bladder Scanner Empowering Survivors: Healing Program Support Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund...... $4,790.00 Friends of B’nai Abraham Central Mesabi Fund for Lutheran Social Service of Wisconsin Scott Hawkins Fund...... $1,000.00 and Recovery Harris Family Fund...... $845.26 Program Support Program Support Human Services...... $3,000.00 and Upper Michigan, Inc. Tofte Rescue Squad - Stair Chair Central Mesabi Fund for Apter Family Fund...... $500.00 Apter Family Fund...... $100.00 Financial Counseling Scott Hawkins Fund...... $800.00 Human Services...... $3,000.00 Red Oak Fund...... $250.00 Community Opportunity Fund...... $10,000.00

14 / Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation 2009 Annual Report / 15 Rachel T. Gibbon Kelly Diallo Michael J. Sterns Dr. Mark Rathke Family College of St. Scholastica...... $2,000 Lake Superior College...... $1,000 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Scholarship Fund 2009 Scholarships Zackry H. Graves Brandon Eberle Bryan D. Thorsell Matylin Fox University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 St. Catherine University...... $1,000 Anderson Niskanen Scholarship Fund Duluth Central High School Alumni Angelina Hager Rachel Brooks Megan M. Johnson Matthew P. Erickson Jeremy Tinquist Nicole E. Berini Scholarship Fund University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,250 Michigan Technological University...... $500 Michigan Technological University...... $2,000 Hibbing Community College...... $1,000 Hibbing Community College...... $1,000 Steve Rolland Youth Peacemaker University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Nicolas J. Foucault Benjamin Scharnberg Emily Flesch Michelle R. Johnson Shawn Foust Award Fund Callista Smith College of St. Scholastica...... $1,000 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,250 College of St. Scholastica...... $500 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Hibbing Community College...... $1,000 Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Salisa Grant University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $2,000 Elizabeth Hauschildt Kari A. Scharnberg Kristen Gates Nikki L. Johnson Marie Hage Scholarship Fund for Late Bloomers Hamline University...... $1,000 Chad A. Smith University of Wisconsin - Superior...... $1,000 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,250 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $500 Augsburg College...... $2,000 Fond du Lac Tribal and Kelsey Bock Quinton Witherspoon University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $2,000 Hannah McIntyre-Talbott Kyle Geissler Melissa A. Kassube Community College...... $1,000 St. Mary College...... $1,500 Concordia University...... $1,000 Tyler J. Verry University of Minnesota Duluth...... $1,000 Gus and Henrietta Hill Loyola University Chicago...... $500 Concordia College...... $2,000 Theresa Hillman Mike Kerr University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $2,000 Brittanee A. Pfab Scholarship Fund Samantha Hodges Michael W. Kempnich University of Wisconsin - Superior...... $1,000 Minnesota State University - Jack and Mary Rowe Memorial Scholarship College of St. Scholastica...... $1,000 Shelby L. Cochran North Dakota State University...... $500 University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $2,000 Andrew Hornberger Moorhead...... $1,500 David R. Polson Paul Antonich Scholarship Fund Joyanna Schultz Concordia College...... $5,000 Samantha Lafontaine Samantha A. Moen University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Alayna M. Lees University of Minnesota Duluth...... $4,500 Cameron J. Nelson University of Minnesota Duluth...... $500 James Goodenberger Concordia University - Nebraska...... $500 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Nicole Jedlenski North Central University...... $1,500 Gustavus Adolphus College...... $750 Hastings College...... $5,000 Hannah M. Von Arb Andrew J. Piasecki College of St. Scholastica...... $2,000 Hanna Neustel Lawrence E. and Mabel Jackson Rudberg Julie Enberg Memorial Hanna K. Swanson College of St. Benedict...... $500 Northern Michigan University...... $2,000 Cheryl Kaplan University of North Dakota...... $1,500 Scholarship Fund Darrell and Palchie Asselin Scholarship Fund Luther College...... $4,500 Kara E. Rud College of St. Scholastica...... $2,000 Freddie J. Parrella Bartosz T. Czernia Scholarship Fund Libby D. Guzzo Cory Jam Memorial Award University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $2,000 Nathan Kleinke North Dakota State University...... $1,500 Washington University in St. Louis...... $5,000 Miranda Dobe University of Minnesota Duluth...... $1,000 Max and Julia Houghton Duluth Central Joshua Leis Kari A. Scharnberg College of St. Scholastica...... $2,000 Carly R. Harris College of St. Scholastica...... $2,000 Scholarship Fund University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $750 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Shannon Koecher Hubert A. Nelson Scholarship Fund University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $5,000 Aimee L. Petko Peter M. Gargano Scholarship Fund Robert Correia Cynthia R. Shain University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Jason M. Reid Staci L. Lieffring College of St. Scholastica...... $2,000 Alyssa Christiansen College of St. Scholastica...... $3,000 Lake Superior Medical Society University of North Dakota...... $2,000 Anthony Kraft University of Minnesota Duluth...... $750 University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $5,000 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Jordan S. Foschi Tilderquist Scholarship Amanda E. Shoberg University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Mercede R. Winberg Sam Z. MacEneany William E. Barto Scholarship Fund University of St. Thomas...... $3,000 Colt J. Edin Macalester College...... $2,000 Carson Krueger University of Minnesota Duluth...... $1,500 St. Olaf College...... $5,000 Kelsey Mlodozyniec Gernander Scholarship Fund Marinos A. Glitsos University of Minnesota Duluth...... $1,000 Jessica A. Sly Itasca Community College...... $1,000 Ashlie F. Suomala University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Benjamin Hayes University of Wisconsin - Superior...... $3,000 Northwestern College...... $2,000 Tanya Lowney Amelia and Emanuel Nessell Gustavus Adolphus College...... $5,000 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $1,250 Joshua R. Huot Fred C. and Mary H. Lewis Paige Stein College of St. Scholastica...... $2,000 Family Scholarship Fund Benjamin R. Tietge Bernard B. and Mary L. Brusin Hayley R. Reider St. John’s University...... $3,000 Scholarship Fund Hamline University...... $2,000 Carmen F. Ludwig Clare M. Dougan University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $5,000 Scholarship Fund University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $1,250 Kellen J. Preiner Five Upper Class Students Ariana M. Suihkonen University of Wisconsin - Superior...... $2,000 Cornell University...... $1,000 Lance E. Witzig Charlotte H. Herold University of Minnesota Duluth...... $3,000 Marshall School...... $23,105 College of St. Scholastica...... $2,000 Luke Matheson Alice Scheer University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $5,000 University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire...... $5,000 Patricia S. Gustafson ‘56 Memorial Alison C. Younger Jeanna E. Toninato Itasca Community College...... $1,000 Augsburg College...... $1,000 Jenalyn Wright Miranda J. Josephson Scholarship Fund College of St. Scholastica...... $3,000 Minnesota Power Community Involvement University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Andrew J. McCabe University of Minnesota Duluth...... $5,000 University of Wisconsin - Superior...... $5,000 Sarah Johnson Scholarship Fund Samantha N. Weller University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Richard B. Pearson Memorial Tara L. Moir College of St. Scholastica...... $800 Greg Irons Award Margaret M. Ackerson Fond du Lac Tribal and Bridget A. McReady Scholarship Fund Marie V. Saltwick Scholarship Fund College of St. Scholastica...... $5,000 Gene Grembowski University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Community College...... $2,000 Mesabi Community College...... $1,000 Ben Paro Sean A. Fisher Jaime L. Perkovich Jeanne H. Hemmingway Denfeld High School Teacher...... $500 Jenna K. Atkinson Brittany S. Wicklund Amber Mikulich St. Olaf College...... $500 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $1,000 Hibbing Community College...... $5,000 Scholarship Fund Jessica Madison Concordia College...... $2,000 St. Catherine University...... $2,000 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Nicole A. Schminski Christina L. Carter St. Cloud State University...... $1,000 Elizabeth C. Balke Brad A. Peot G. Scott Ransom Scholarship Fund of the Kenneth and Concetta Schoen Scholarship University of St. Thomas...... $5,000 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,250 Katlyn Shipley Northwestern College...... $2,000 Minnesota Power New Generation University of Wisconsin - Superior...... $2,000 Duluth/Superior Alpine Ski Club Shelby O. Sorlie Amanda Dahl University of Wisconsin - Superior...... $1,000 Jana K. Bergstedt Grantmaking Scholarship Jennifer Pernat Anonymous Athlete #1 Lake Superior College...... $1,500 Duluth Building & Construction Trades University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,250 University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $2,000 Emily A. Andrews University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Duluth Superior Alpine Club...... $600 Council Scholarship Fund Rebecca W. Haavik Jackson Club Scholarship Fund Janna A. Diggan University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Kellen J. Preiner Anonymous Athlete #2 Phil Shykes Memorial Laura A. Kesti University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,250 Jana K. Bergstedt Bethel University...... $2,000 Stephen C. Brannan University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Duluth Superior Alpine Club...... $345 Scholarship Fund University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,500 Anna K. Hafdahl University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $500 Kyle Geissler University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Brian Resch Anonymous Athlete #3 Danica M. Lowry Kristina Mehrman University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,250 Loyola University Chicago...... $2,000 Lyndsay Daniel University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,000 Duluth Superior Alpine Club...... $345 College of St. Scholastica...... $1,000 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $2,500 College of St. Scholastica...... $2,000 Brian Romano College of St. Scholastica...... $1,000

16 / Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation 2009 Annual Report / 17 Daniel M. Moore Luciana Ranelli Paige Stein Alica B. Widstrom Harvey Mudd College...... $5,500 University of Minnesota Morris...... $6,000 Hamline University...... $6,000 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $6,000 Laura M. Moulton Prescott Robinson Max N. Strand Kevin Yang Macalester College...... $6,000 University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $6,000 Carleton College...... $6,000 Cornell University...... $5,500 Small Business Education Dale and Betty George Sola Jean Quinn Sullivan Scholarship Fund Superior East All-Class Reunion Andrew P. Nelson Hans R. Sandholm Alena Tofte Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund Kristen A. Milchesky Scholarship Fund Brown University...... $5,500 Michigan Technological University...... $6,000 Harvard University...... $6,000 Total Affiliated Trust Scholarships...... $410,000 Stewart G. Hunter Ashley B. Fearnall University of Wisconsin - Superior...... $1,000 Elizabeth Silvernale Phoebe R. Pearson Karl S. Schuettler Steve Van Overmeiren Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Inc...... $140 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $1,000 University of Wisconsin - College of St. Scholastica...... $6,000 Georgetown University...... $6,000 University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $6,000 Maria J. Krynicki Amanda M. McLean John A. Sullivan Scholarship Fund Stevens Point...... $800 Robert W. Peterson John F. Shusterich Reuben D. Verdoljak Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Inc...... $140 University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $1,000 Lacey J. Williams University of Minnesota Twin Cities..... $5,500 Marquette University...... $5,500 University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $6,000 Nathan L. McAlpine Ruth A. Young University of Wisconsin - Superior...... $1,000 Ulland Brothers Scholarship Liza C. Pierre Bailey Sill Delaine D. Wendling Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Inc...... $140 University of Wisconsin - Madison...... $1,000 Sean Klun University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $6,000 Northwestern University...... $6,000 University of Minnesota Twin Cities..... $5,500 Robin L. Rosenbaum University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $1,000 University of Wisconsin - Superior...... $316 Total Scholarships...... $307,231 2009 Contributors The following individuals, families, companies Ginnoda Nesgoda Anderson Charles Benson Florence Bonkowske and organizations contributed to the John H. Anderson Robert and Peggy Berg William H. and Lynette M. Bonkowske 2009 Affiliated Trust Scholarships Community Foundation between January Lori S. and Stephen W. Anderson Dan and Marge Bergeland Ben Boo 1 and December 31, 2009. Gifts were Louise Anderson Jan and Paul Bergman Andy and Kim Borg gratefully received through establishment of LuAnne Laiti Anderson Kathy and Greg Bergner - Applegrove Inn Robert and Janice Bork Robert B. and Sophia Whiteside Amy K. Davis Rebecca L. Gruskin Mackenzie B. Kelly a new fund, contributing to an unrestricted Ron and Cathie Anderson Lynn Bergstrom Joey and Carrie Borman Scholarship Fund University of Wisconsin - Madison...... $6,000 Harvard University...... $5,500 University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $6,000 fund, adding to an existing fund, or making an Stephen and Lori Anderson Gary T. and Patricia Berntsen Barbara Bottger Kathryn Adams Kalysta Davis Emily P. Haavik Kelsey J. Klug in-kind donation and are listed as requested. Abbot G. Apter L. C. Berryman Don and Tudie Bourdeau Hamline University...... $5,500 Michigan Technological University...... $6,000 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $3,000 Carleton College...... $6,000 Area Committees Association, Inc. Beth’s Fudge & Gifts Robert and Charlotte Boyd Benjamin R. Anderson Chelsey J. Dorow Matthew D. Harold Kristian J. Knuths Muriel S. Abram The Arezzo Family Norman Betts Anna and Lawrence Bradley Carleton College...... $6,000 University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $6,000 University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $6,000 St. Olaf College...... $6,000 June B. Adams Scott Armstrong Tom Betts Otto Bremer Foundation Kelia E. Axler Clare M. Dougan Matthew G. Helbacka Sai Saneet R. Konda Rodney and Linda Aho Arrowhead Printing Inc. Janet T. Bewley and David W. Saetre Gerry and Judy Broman University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $6,000 Cornell University...... $6,000 University of Southern California...... $5,500 Boston College...... $6,000 Lars Akerberg Neill A. Atkins John W. Beyer Helen Brooks Matthew T. Axler Meghan K. Edwards Lauren B. Hendricks Sneha Konda Jennifer E. Albrecht Audio Visual Resources, Inc. Richard Bibby John and Stephanie Brostrom University of Wisconsin - Madison...... $5,500 Northern Michigan University...... $5,500 Colby College...... $5,500 University of Chicago...... $6,000 Lois and Don Albrecht Dorothy Baker Tony and Kathy Biebl Beth D. Brown Laura C. Bellamy Blake R. Erickson Brooke V. Higgins Katie G. Kwon Mr. William E. Aldrich Mary and Scott Bakken Jonathan H. Biebl and Laura L. Bernstein- Chuck and Helen Browne Harvard University...... $6,000 Northwestern College...... $6,000 University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $6,000 Northwestern University...... $6,000 Thomas T. and Nancy A. Aldridge George J. Balch Biebl Dan Bryant Hillary C. Boyce Dillon P. Friday Katrina R. Hornstein Holly E. LaBoone Tara K. Alfonsi B. Balos and M. L. Fellows Jan Biga Paul and Vikki Buckley St. Olaf College...... $6,000 Hamilton College...... $6,000 New Jersey Institute of Technology...... $5,500 Yale University...... $5,500 Lillian Alpert Dick and Margaret Barlage Kay Biga and Patrick Spott Frank and Laura Budd John F. Bradshaw Holly B. Galazen Renee J. Igo Sophia L. LaFond Drs. Mark and Judy Alpert Margaret Barnard Birchbark Books & Gift Gallery Building for Women Limited Partnership College of St. Scholastica...... $5,500 Gustavus Adolphus College...... $5,500 Middlebury College...... $5,500 St. Olaf College...... $6,000 Joanne and Oden Alreck William B. and Barbara Barquist Jack and Sally Birk Lynn Burbank and Michael Garcia John R. Brakke Meaghan Glisczinski Jennifer R. Ipsen Jonathan J. Lanthier Donald and Bette Alseth John and Georgia Baumgarth Ann V. Biron Mr. Fred Burnes University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $6,000 Harvard University...... $5,500 University of Wisconsin - Madison...... $6,000 University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $6,000 Judge and Mrs. Donald Alsop Bayfield Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Katherine Ann Bjonskaas Richard R. and Elizabeth M. Burns Jocelyn E. Bremer Anne C. Gottwald Anastasia R. Johns Michael W. Lillegard Camilla A. and Howard R. Alton, Jr. Bureau Corinne Blomquist Pat and Bill Burns St. Catherine University...... $5,500 University of Wisconsin - Madison...... $5,500 University of Minnesota Twin Cities...... $6,000 University of Minnesota Duluth...... $6,000 Martha B. Alworth Julie Beauregard Robert and Marion Bloom Bush Foundation Richard B. Coffin Scott C. Grindy Anya E. Johnson Ellen Maddy Nicholas Alworth Roger and Mary Bebie Lynette B. Bobb Blaine B. Bush St. Olaf College...... $6,000 Northwestern University...... $6,000 Carleton College...... $6,000 Northwestern University...... $6,000 American Legion Post 109 Doug and Cheryl Belanger Paula C. Boe James J. and Linda J. Busker Jane M. Cowles Hannah L. Grune Erik N. Johnson Nora C. Maddy Ameriprise Financial Mr. Charles M. Bell John and Jo Boll Bill and Nancy Bussey Hamilton College...... $5,500 Northwestern University...... $6,000 Luther College...... $5,500 Carleton College...... $5,500 John and Mary Amundsen Rosamund P. Bell Sandy Bolsta Janet Bye Megan L. Crain Kerstin M. Grune Rachel E. Johnson Emily C. Meyer Alan and Deborah Anderson Thomas G. and Mary M. Bell, III Pete and Sue Boman Christine Byerly College of St. Benedict...... $5,500 Stanford University...... $5,500 Hamline University...... $6,000 Concordia College...... $5,500 Chel E. Anderson Benjamin Moore & Co. Ryan and Amy Boman Jack and Eleanor Callahan

18 / Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation 2009 Annual Report / 19 John Cardle, M.D. Douglas J. and Joan E. Cybela The Electric Shop, Inc. Carol S. Gildner Beverly Hanks Patricia Holliday Wallace and Ellen Johnson Greg and Carolyn Koschinska Jennifer L. Carey D & D Construction Services of Orlando, Inc. Judy Ellefson Mimi and Sherman Gleekel Kathleen A. Hanna Jim and Nancy Holmgren Ken and Gina Johnston Jay S. Koths Edith M. Carlson Catherine and Roger Dahl Donald G. Ellison Regis C. Glumac Seth Hannula and Katherine Lawton Anne and Jon Holy Elizabeth S. and Ronald B. Jordan John and Elouise Krebs Lars and Mary Carlson David and Susan Dahlberg Karen Elvin GM Pharmacy Services, Ltd. Dana Hansen Jan and Kathy Horak Phoebe Jorgensen Thomas and Kathryn Kromroy Mike and Nancy Carlson Giles and Darlene Dalbec Clifford P. Emberg Golberg Family Trust Joan Hansen, Jan Arezzo and Debby Bordson Scott and Donna Horngren Laurie and Jeffrey Josephson Dr. Linda Krug and Leslie E. Beiers Nancy Carlson Nancy O. Daley Kermit C. and Patricia A. Emberg Lois and Bud Goldberg Mary Jane Hansen James and Beverly Houle Donald and Barbara Juten Ena Kulas, Lisa and Marty, and Jim Phil and Diane Carlson Margaret V. Daly Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. George and Liz Goldfarb Norm and Judy Hansen Neil J. Howk and Susan M. Larsen Gregory H. Kaake DDS - Miller Hill Dental Joyce R. Kunz Fleta Carol Lynn Dart-Nelson Jeannine Engelson Michael A. Goldfine Susan Lee Hansen HRK Foundation Art and Martha Kaemmer Amy Kuronen June C. Carter Shawna Davidson Ronald L. and Vicky S. Ercolani Robert and Selma Goldish Hanser Family Foundation John and Mary Hubbard Stephanie Kallio Natalie LaBelle Matthew and Michelle Cartier Malcolm B. Davy Alane Erickson Gertrude and Henry Goldstein Patricia and William Hanson Stan and Mary Hunter Cass Kane Joel and Sharon Labovitz Arnie and Patty Carver Dwight and Georgia Day Paul R. and Irene D. Erickson Janet J. Gozanski David and Ilona Harju Tom and Marsha Hystead John and Gerry Kangas Hector and Terese LaFrance Dick and Jody Carver Lawrence and Victoria DeLaRosby Dr. Robert and Gwen Erickson Mildred Gozanski Muffy and Henry Harmon Industrial Software Inc., S. Leppala, W. Dahl Jeanne and John Kantonen Ken and Nancy Lahti Jeanette Southmayd Caspari David and Page DeLong Teresa Erickson Rev. William C. Graham Harris Family Fund Willis and Betty Irons Sandra K. Karlson Marie Lahti John Caspari James and Susan Denney Yvonne Erickson Grand Portage Casino Dot and Gran Harris Helena Jackson and Douglas Dunham Robert D. Karwath Jr. and The Lake Bank The Castille Family Gerald and Susan DePerry Ethel’s at 250/Bill and Sally Heytens Donald and Germaine Grant Peter and Carol Harris Joel and Linda Jackson Deborah M. Karwath Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival Theresa R. Caywood Bill and Barb Desanto Etor Properties, LLC Dr. and Mrs. William H. Grant Scott Harrison and Nancy Burns Mike and Connie Jackson Kassbohrer All Terrain Vehicles, Inc. Lake Superior Magazine Rocklon and Barbara Chapin Lucie Detrick Kathryn Evanson Jan and John Green Marilyn L. Hartig Robert and Barbara Jackson Karen and Irving Katz Lakeview Christian Academy Alan P. Chechik Marilyn S. Dewan Eveleth Super 8 Jeff Green Bruce Hartigan M. Kaye Jacobs and Gilman D. Veith Darol L. and Beverly A. Kaufmann Betty A. Larsen Cheng Khee and Sing Bee Chee Julie A. Dickson Lois Ann Eyinck Madeline Green Hartley Nature Center Kimberly and Mark Jam Beth and Tim Kennedy Delores M. Larson Julia Cheng Photography Verna A. Dieryck Jay Falk Roger and Myra Greenberg Edward W. Hartley Trust Estate Ms. Kathryn Jensen and Marcie M. Keppers Richard and Margaret Lattimer Jim and Phyllis Childs Keith and Sarah Dixon Margaret C. Fawcett Harold Greenwood Susan and Bob Hartzell Mr. Robert C. Bloecher Jeff Kern and Jenny Delfs Mike and Kathy LaVigne Brian and Debbie Christensen Ken and Ann Donovan Bill and Claudia Ferraro Margaret Griese Richard H. and Nancy Harvey Robert and Joanne Jensen Sandra Kershaw Stacy LaVres and Mary Tennis Christie Printing, Inc. Dougherty Funeral Home Karen and John Fillenworth Cindy and Steve Grindy Kathleen S. Hass Valerie L. Jerome David and Elizabeth Key Greg and Pamala Lawton City of Grand Marais Charline C. Douglas Selma Fink Michael P. Grossman Paul L. and Cynthia M. Hayden Pete and Mary Jeronimus Peter and Lisa Kierland Olga Leeman and Family Gerilyn M. Clark Dorothy Z. Douglas Karen S. Finseth Jane M. Grubb Doris Hazen and Family Alan and Dorothy Johns Georgann and Dennis Kilbane Eric and Laurel Lein Kevin and Cynthia Kae Claus Marlene E. Dow Erik Finstad Dr. Eric and Barbara Grutzner Eleanor R. Heaney George and Sarah Johns Paul and Becky Kilgore Robert and Diana LeMay Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial Patricia Dow Lars and Arlene Fladmark Janice and Fritz Grutzner Dianne Hedburg Johnson Wilson Constructors, Inc. Jane Kingston Elizabeth H. Lenich Jan Cleary Mr. and Ms. James Doyle Jane Flueckiger Kris and Fritz Grutzner Ellen and Bill Hedenberg Johnson’s Foods, Mark and Robin Johnson Lois and Donald Kjellman Patricia A. Lenz and Michael M. Spencer Dwight W. Cobb Matthew J. Doyle Duane and Marlene Flynn Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Gualtieri Howard and Bonnie Gay Hedstrom Adler, Phlaine, Mark and Terry Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Ernest P. Klang Jerome and Donna Leonard Rita and Al Cohen Louis A. and Carol E. Drendel Glenn and Celeste Forbes Mark J. Guisfredi Anne and Peter Heegaard Dr. Brian and Jan Johnson Howard and Barb Klatzky Sheila Leppala James A. Collier Gerald Driscoll John M. and Susan F. Foschi Geraldine A. Gulbranson Adam and Beth Hendrickson David A. Johnson HT Klatzky & Associates Ilene Levin and Steve Goldfine David and Cynthia Collins Jonathon L. Driscoll Four Cedars Foundation, Inc. Ms. Nancy A. Gullo Helen S. Hendrickson Don Johnson and Christine Swensen Hugh Klein and Judy Lebedoff Beatrice Lewenstein Compudyne Tom and Nell Duffus Darla J. Fox Bill and Barb Gundersen Bill and Sally Hennessy Don and Laviere Johnson Dick and Sandi Kleiner Fred and Mary Lewis John P. and JoAnn G. Congdon Duluth Building and Construction Jeff and Margy Fraboni Earl Arthur Gursky Marcia and Burke Henry Doris Johnson Katie Klessig and Mike Hubbard Sara and David Lieberman Eunice Connor Trades Council Carl and Margie Frederickson James F. Gustafson Marvis I. Henton Jacquelyn Johnson Colleen and Robert Klessig Lighthouse on Homestead, Inc. Russ and Lisa Conrow Duluth Central Class of 1948 Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith & Frederick, P.A. John and Linda Haavik Mrs. William E. Hepner Kristy Johnson Richard E. and Evelyn A. Klitsch Elizabeth Lilleberg Sam D. and Phyllis L. Cook ISD#709 - Duluth Public Schools Evelyn M. Frye Robert Hadland Hermantown Federal Credit Union Lyle and Connie Johnson and Bertha Graham John S. & James L. Knight Foundation Phillip S. and Louise F. Lind Gary and Svea Cooke Sheet Metal Employees of Duluth Warren and Beth Gall Will and Patty Hagglund Dr. Stephan Hero Mr. Mark D. Johnson Scott and Denise Knowles Peter and Judy Lindell Cooper Hill House B&B Sheet Metal Kay Gallagher David A. and Virginia V. Hahn Alicia Herrera Mr. Mark S. Johnson Marjorie and Thomas Knutson Janice Lindemood Linda and John Cory Duluth Superior Alpine Club Kristin and Michael Garey Sue Hakes and John Gorski Edwina and Robert Hertzberg Mary Johnson Keith Koenning and Patricia Murphy Clifford and Betty Linder Carole Cotruvo Denis A. Dunne Dick and Peggy Gastler Ms. Kim G. Hall Dan and Beth Hestetune Nathan Johnson John and B. J. Kohlstedt Rolf and Layne Lindquist Michael Cowles Robert J. Eagle Katie and Dave Gellatly Marcella C. and Joe H. Hall Jon and Lisa Heyesen Ms. Peggy P. Johnson Leon and Rosemary Kohn Bonnie B. and Dale A. Lindstrom Sheila Coyle Dave and Kathryn Edblum Mrs. Lynda George Davin and Harriet Halli Ronald and Mary High Robert Johnson LeRoy and Linda Kolquist Janice K. Lippitt William and Kathleen Croke Joseph Ehlers and Sarah Nelson Lyle Gerard Marlowe A. D. Hamerston Karen W. Hites Robert and Joan Johnson Kolquist, Seitz & Goldman, Ltd. Liscomb Hood Mason Co. Nan Fey and Bill Cronon Eikill & Schilling Ltd. Kent Gernander Gary and Barbara Hamilton Gary and Marilyn Hoch Ronald and Nancy Johnson Tora and Mike Koren Leslie Livingston and David Miller Jack and Lynda Culley Jack L. and Nancy B. Eilefson Jean M. Gibson Irrevocable Trust David Hammer and Miaki Habuka Jerry and Chris Hoel Sheron I. and Ronald L. Johnson Korkki Nordic Ski Club Gary and Nancy Loberg Ernest W. and Noreen I. Cutler Gary and Sharon Eklund Terry and Chere Gibson Keith A. and Lynne J. Hamre Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Sherri and Rory Johnson Joseph J. and Patricia A. Korman Kevin Lomen Cuzzo & Envall Pauline Elder Glen Gilderman Hanft Fride, A Professional Association Liz Holliday and Mark Helmer Steve and Sheryl Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Korpela Martin and Patricia Lorntson

20 / Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation 2009 Annual Report / 21 Travis and Kristi Lounsberry Kelly McNaughton-Cox Kathy Nelson Mr. and Ms. Jeffrey Paulus Dean Rau and Sarah Lund George G. and Mary L. Saarela Charles and Janet Simoneau Dave Strang Fae and Perry LoveJoy MCS Sport and Security Linda Jean Nelson Larry and Shirley Peak Diane Rauschenfels George Saari Bill and Dorothy Sipkins Susan L. Streitz LTC Prescription Providers Karin Mehling Donald M. Ness Bertha Pearson William R. and Jody A. Raymond Joan and Lee Sacks Eileen Sirny Virginia and Edward Stringer Vinson Lundberg Robert M. Meierhoff The Hanna Ness Family Karen Pearson Larry Reiten Marie V. Saltwick Trust Mary Ann Sironen Phil and Babs Strom Wanda Lundeen Arthur P. and Gail C. Meissner The Neustel Family Pederson Associates, Inc. George and Mara Renier Holly C. Sampson Jan Sivertson Tim and Julie Strom Claudia A. Lundquist Mary-Audrey Mellor New York Life Insurance Company Fariba Pendleton Steven J. and Charlene M. Reno Jon and Fay Sampson Randy and Wendy Skadsberg Peter and Norma Strommen Richard Lundquist Members Cooperative Credit Union Estate of Hazel B. and A. Wallace Niss George and Mary Perabo Republic Bank, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Sampson Janet R. Sklaris Ellen D. Sturgis Bill Lurton Jim and Betty Merling Ethel V. Nordling Noah Perabo and Meredith Sheppard John and Judith Rethlefsen Mr. Robert D. Sampson Laurence E. Skog Judee and George Sundstrom Tom and Mary Lyden Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. Matching May, Vern and Paul Nordling Craig and Dianne Peterson Reuben Johnson & Son, Inc. and Arend J. and Verna Sandbulte Kay and Bill Slack Superior Hiking Trail Association Randi Lyders and Scott Kindrick Gift Program The Norr Family Lynn Peterson Affiliated Companies Anne N. Sandman Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Slonim Steve and Kate Surbaugh Julie V. Lysher Ms. Cheryl Merritt North Shore Bank of Commerce Tim and Sandi Peterson Rhodus Remodeling & Construction Sandy’s High School Women Friends SMDC William and Pamela Sutherland Anne and Malcolm Macaulay Mesabi Sign Co. North Shore Federal Credit Union Rich Petersson Mary H. Rice Foundation Mr. Earl S. Sanford Carol R. Smith George and Pauline Svee Keith MacDonald Bruce Meyer Mr. John D. North Betty Petrovic Kent D. and Dorothy L. Richmond Julie and John Sanford Mr. Daniel Smith Ronald M. Svee Roger and Jackie MacDonald Edward and Dawn Michael Mike North Beryl and Marjorie Pettigrew Ridgeview Country Club Steve and Mary Beth Santori Jennifer Smith and Michael Schrage John and Fran Swanson Ms. Raija A. Macheledt Charlene P. Miller Northern Trends Building & Design Inc. Ben and Mary Petz Joyce C. Riggle Sara Sarvela Myron and Margorie Smith Richard and Bonnie Swanson John and Judy Mackey Gregory S. and Barbara J. Miller Charitable Lyle and Trish Northey Phi Delta Kappa - UMD Chapter 0087 Sue Riley Sawbill Outfitters Robert and Kelly Smith Mr. and Mrs. James Swenson Patti Maguire Lead Trust Paul and Dianne Nussbaum Felix M. and Ann S. Phillips The Rivkin Family Foundation Carlin Scanlan Snow Machines, Incorporated Richard and Cecile Swenson Maki & Overom Shirlyn D. Miller Teresa L. Nyberg Dave and Kathy Pierson Terry Roberts Jeffrey G. and LeeAnne B. Schiltz Kermit and Martha Snyder Tom and Julie Szendrey Connie and Daniel Male Todd and Chris Milosevich John and Annette Nygard David A. Pierson Jeremy and Jennifer Robertson R. A. and Elizabeth Schnuckle Doris E. Sodahl Deanne Szumowski Lisa L. Mandelin Minnesota Council on Foundations Craig Nylander Herbert and Alvera Pierson Branden Hunner Robinson David R. and Carol J. Schreck Dale Sola and Betty George Sola Daniel Talarico John A. and Elizabeth Manisto Minnesota Power Mr. John N. Nys Daniel and Janice Pilon Mr. Phillip Rogers Donald Schreiner, Mary Negus, John and Maryann Soleim Matt and Mia Thibodeau Mr. and Mrs. Jon Marcaccini Minnesota Power Employees Credit Union Rodney L. and Peggy Jo O’Bey Pioneer National Bank David and Anne Rogotzke Molly Negus and Marina Schreiner Mary L. Sommerness Jeffrey L. Thompson Toby and Sharon Marcovich Minnesota Power Foundation Bobbie O’Boyle Betty Plaunt C. F. and Hap Roland Fred and Janet Schroeder Bea Sorenson Jo A. Thompson Jeffrey and Carolyn Marino Minnesota Section S.M.E. Mary O’Brien PLB, LLC Daniel J. Rolland Mr. and Ms. Larry E. Schroeder Fred F. and Amaryllis L. Sowl Kathleen Thomsen Dan and Cathy Markham Robert and Evelyn Minogue Russ and Lane O’Connell Marcy E. Podas Linda J. Rolland William J. Schuldt and Gail J. Trowbridge Spirit Mountain Recreation Area Mildred I. Thoreson Ann and Bob Mars Sam Miscevich Michael and Maureen O’Phelan Diane and Mike Podgornik Janice Roman Chet Schwartz Beth and Terry Spooner Richard and Wendy Thoreson Jeanne M. Marshalek Mr. James Mlodozyniec Cari and Jeff Obst Lin Pomeroy Richard L. Ronning Terrence and Diane Scott Jetty St. John and Jim Boyd Tom and Lavetta Torke Ms. Heidi Martell R. Scott Moe Karen M. Olesen Mitchell Portnoy Thomas and Catherine Rootness Dr. and Mrs. Mark Searle St. John’s Episcopal Church Kimberly Towns Dennis and Sharon Martin Jane and Jim Moeller Lisa A. Olmsted Zinon C. and Mary Possis Fund of the Jackie and Gene Rose Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank Nancy Offutt Stablein Audrey and Mark Tranvik Michael J. and Margaret M. Martin Morris Moen and Elaine Melby-Moen Frank B. Olson Minneapolis Foundation Tudie Ross Jay and Jack Seiler of Security Jewelers Stack Brothers Mechanical Contractors Glenn A. Tridgell Nancy J. Martin Moline Family Donor Advised Fund Lawrence and Linda Olson Ann Possis Ham and Sally Ross Kirk and Dawn Seguin Connie O. Stanley Ms. Robin Trinko-Russell Elisabeth C. Mason Don and Nancy Moline Nancy L. Olson Dr. Robert E. Powless Jamey and Suzanne Ross Thomas and Julie Seidelmann Lawrence and Marilyn Stauber L. A. and Dorothy Troeltzsch Marguerite Mason Donald and Patricia Moore Nicholas A. Olson Prairie Foundation Rotary Club of Cloquet Bill and Mary Seitz Barb Steen Jo Tupper Leigh and Greg Mathison Diane Morin Richard J. Olson Robert Pranis and Veronica Weadock Ruth and Milton Roth Marree and Bob Seitz Sue Stelman Greg and Janelle Turinetti Ernie and Judi Mattson Thomas and Sally Morin Helen Olsvik Barbara Heaslip Preston Pamela and Neale Roth Judy Seliga-Punyko Stu and Denise Stenberg Ryan Turner maurices David R. and Mary Jan Morris Oneida Realty Co. Pro Print Inc. Arline M. Rousseau R. F. and E. B. Sershen Bruce and Kayelee Stender Paul and Victoria Tuskan Cray McCally William and Irene Moser Mr. Nicholas Ostapenko Beth and Steve Probst Jack and Mary Rowe Charitable Lead Trust Joan Setterlund Mimi and Tom Stender Two Harbors Federal Credit Union Lisa Kierland McCally Dr. and Mrs. John Moyer Nancy Sandman Ostertag Proctor High School Class of 1944 Paul and Jacqueline Royce Laurie and Mark Severson Robert and Jennifer Sterling Warren and Barbara Tyacke Barbara and Dennis McCann Kelly Mullan Paul and Mary Ostman Proctor High School Class of 1949 Ann and Henry Royer Ms. Therese Shanoff Leo and Chris Stern U.S. Bancorp Foundation Employee Michael McCarthy Mary Murphy Otis-Magie Insurance Agency, Inc. Proctor Journal RSM McGladrey, Inc. Dodie and Ed Shapiro Janet Sternat Matching Gift Program William Walter McCarthy L. A. and C. M. Muscato Jane L. Overman Nicole Pugliese RSVP Gourmet Catering - Carol Allen Maurice and Diane Sharrow Ron and Louise Stevens U.S. Bank William and Mary McCarty Helen Muth Richard F. Palmer Pugsley Fund of HRK Foundation Shari and Jay Rud Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP Douglas A. and Maggie R. Stewart Ulland Brothers, Inc. Joanne B. McCollum Patti Myre Francie and Mark Paper Mr. Albert E. Pyott Leonard and Phyllis Rudolph Jim and Estie Sherman James H. and Judith H. Stewart Jana Ulland Marilyn S. McEnary Karen and David Nasby Luanne and Robert Paquette David, Mary, Hannah and Garrett Quady The Rudolph Family Patrick and Glenda Sherman Daniel F. Stierns William C. Ulland and Ann M. Glumac Patrick and Pamela McGranahan Welsey and Cathy Nash Clark J. and Jean E. Paradise Gene and Carole Qualle Ann and Wayne Russ Michelle Short David and Kristi Stokes United Truck Body Co., Inc. Wendy and Malcolm McLean National Bank of Commerce Park State Bank Joseph Radtke and Karen Bertie Howard and Gina Russell Sheila and Fred Shusterich Robert and Susan Stokes United Way of Kandiyohi County Paul and Barbara McLeod Kurt and Lee Ann Nelsen Nick Patronas Thomas J. Radtke Mary A. and Karl M. Ruthenbeck Glenn and Bonnie Simmonds Thomas Stoneman Mary Van Evera David McNamee Elizabeth A. Nelson David and Elizabeth Paulson Alex and Patty Ratelle Joyce and Tim Rutka James H. Simmons Becky Byers Strand Robert Van Guilder

22 / Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation 2009 Annual Report / 23 Virginia Vogt Vance Winston R. and Maxine H. Wallin Fund of Thomas B. Wheeler James and Gloria Wright Fund for the Environment Kierland – Henry Family Fund of the Rails Endowment for Academic Arts United Way of Greater Duluth Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Vandenberg The Saint Paul Foundation Mr. and Ms. Trevor White Mary M. Wright In honor of Apostle Islands Area Community Fund Athletic Development, REA3D, Fund Endowment Fund Dennis and Kathy Velander Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Waltman Richard and Mavis Whiteman Jacob K. Wurzel Jack Culley In memory of In memory of In memory of Fred and Mary Jeanne Vine John E. and Sally Ward Robert B. and Sophia Whiteside Scholarship Sylvester and Elizabeth Yagoda Margaret Lytle Kierland Elayna Carlson Manley M. Goldfine Steven and Nami Vizanko Anikka C. Wattnem David and Kimberley Whittaker Sharon L. Young Eveleth Area Community Foundation Fund Betty Denzler Sid Mason Patricia Von Holtum Wells Fargo Foundation Educational Laura and Matthew Whittaker Mr. and Mrs. William R. Youngren In honor of Living Legacy Fund Ruth Gustofson Jim Roberts Gerald Von Lind Matching Gift Program Thomas and Arlene Whittaker Mr. and Ms. Thomas Yuhasey Jane Kingston In honor of David S. Lauer Elisa Voss and Steve Lewis Claudia and Harry Welty Sarah Wilcox Pat Zankman Susan Stubblebine Robert A. Carter John Moody Weckwerth-Sampson Family Fund W. E. O’Neil Construction Co. of Arizona Ms. Laurie A. Wermter Kelly A. Wilson Ann and Joe Zastera Bob Prescott Steven Nygard In honor of Jennie and Steve Wabrowetz Jonathan West Mark E. Winberg Jim and Mary Zastrow In memory of Holly C. Sampson Livone Peterson Holly C. Sampson Ms. Mary Ellen Wade Gordon Arthur Westendorf Barbara C. Winthrop A. H. Zeppa Family Foundation Madeline Green Dennis Rolle Richard and Frances Sampson Marian M. Wahlgren Estate Western Bancorporation, Inc. Tony and Linda Wisocki Carol Ziegler Edward W. Hartley In memory of Evelyn Sway Elwood and Betty Weckwerth Zelda Rae Walder Westmoreland Flint LLC Joe and Bernie Wisocki III Ms. Renee Zurn Robert Boyel Nancy Vanneste David Waller and Wendy Johnson Mr. David Weulander Craig and Lois Witchall G.R.A.C.E. Fund of the Apostle Islands Robert A. Carter Jean Voltzki Young Leaders Fund Vern E. and Rita A. Waller Wheeler Associates Arthur and Helen Wright Area Community Fund Scott Danielson Allan L. J. West In honor of Donald L. and Susan C. Wallgren Jim and Ann Wheeler Evelyn Wright In memory of Len Griffith Jenny Carey Margaret Rdzak Bernice Jam G. Scott Ransom Scholarship Fund of Beth Probst Mary Johnson the Duluth/Superior Alpine Club Manley and Lillian Goldfine Gold Star Robert W. Johnson In honor of In memory of Honor and Memorial Gifts Teachers Award Fund Sid Mason Tom Wheeler Robert Eaton In honor of Frances H. McGiffert Gifts to honor or remember loved ones, friends, or special occasions benefit John T. and Elizabeth C. Adams Arts Fund Duluth Legacy Operating Fund Lillian Goldfine Margery McIntire Riverfront Community Fund our community’s charitable purposes. Gifts may be made to any established In honor of In honor of Max Goldfine Marian J. Mielke In memory of fund, or, a special fund may be established to reflect the honored person’s Ann Mars J. Joseph Davis, M.D. A. Wallace Niss George Rapaich life. The Community Foundation’s Book of Honor, on display in our office, Janet Sklaris In memory of Dennis Rolle Faye J. Vine lists those honored or memorialized since our inception. Memorials and In memory of Manley M. Goldfine Wayne Samskar Honorariums made to the following Community Foundation funds between Anishinabe Fund Dave Mell Beth Travis-Betts Second Harvest Michael E. Miner Hunger January 1 and December 31, 2009 include: In memory of Jim Roberts Grutzner Madeline Island Fund Walter Wiski Endowment Fund Edward W. Hartley In honor of In memory of Albrecht-Vogt Family Fund Apostle Islands Area Community Duluth Public Schools Fund Dr. and Mrs. E. Grutzner Walter and Irene Lundquist Family Fund Scott Miner In honor of Impact Fund Community Opportunity Fund In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Grutzner In memory of Lois Albrecht In honor of In memory of Teachers and Staff of ISD#709 Janice and Fritz Grutzner Margaret L. Johnson Carolyn Joy Seitz Family Fund Lois Albrecht Manley M. Goldfine Walter E. Lundquist In memory of Apostle Islands Area Community Fund Lois and Don Albrecht Beth Travis-Betts In memory of Martin Hanson Conservation Donald Moehring In honor of Marilyn and Ed Hartig John Archambault Endowment Fund John S. Meier Family Fund of the Apostle Carolyn J. Seitz Lois and Don Albrecht Madelaine Karwoski Duluth Central High School Alumni Jean Banks In honor of Islands Area Community Fund Janice and Fritz Grutzner Joe McCarthy Scholarship Fund John Blankish John Gribbon In memory of Two Harbors Area Fund Marilyn and Ed Hartig Myron and Marge Smith In memory of Del Dedo Patricia S. Meier In memory of Joe McCarthy Manley M. Goldfine Ruth J. Dishington Hartnett-Helm Family Fund of the Iver and Shirley Amundsen Myron and Marge Smith In memory of Daniel F. Levenduski Harold A. Harden Apostle Islands Area Community Fund North Shore Community School Stella Sorbo Big Arne Roger Nelson In memory of Endowment Fund Chester Norlen In memory of Mark Musolf Lee Reinke Julie Enberg Memorial Scholarship Fund Tim Hartnett In honor of Tom Fitzpatrick Gladys Carver Tom Pugliese In memory of Christy (Anderson) Schneall John Olsvik Cyrus Collins Stacey Smith Duluth Legacy Endowment Fund Warren Enberg Cory Jam Memorial Award Madeleine R. Collins Karl Wright In honor of In memory of In memory of Charlotte Ulland Scholarship Malcolm Macaulay Bernice Jam Clarian J. Frink Fund for Girls Earl P. Jam In honor of Charlotte O. Ulland

24 / Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation 2009 Annual Report / 25 Legacy Circle Previously Created Funds

The Legacy Circle recognizes and embraces those generous individuals A&A Enterprises Charitable Fund was Anonymous Friend Fund addresses the Attracting and Maintaining Young People Business Leaders Fund benefits both our who have made a planned gift to the Community Foundation to help their created to allow the donors to participate region’s changing needs. Fund supports the efforts of the Attracting area’s business leaders and the charitable community in perpetuity. actively in the grant making process. 2005 Unrestricted and Maintaining Young People Initiative of community. With a minimum gift of $25,000, 2007 Donor Advised the DSACF. the Fund enables business leaders to Don and Lois Albrecht Fred C. and Mary H. Lewis Anonymous I Charitable Fund supports two 2006 Temporary expand their grant making capacity, enjoy Abbot G. Apter Martin and Patricia Lorntson John T. and Elizabeth C. Adams Arts Fund nonprofit organizations in the Duluth area. increased community visibility, and receive is designed to attract programs of artistic 1994 Designated Attracting and Maintaining Young People ongoing credit for their generosity. Members Bernhard and Jean Boecker Donald V. and Nancy J. Moline quality to the Duluth Superior area and enrich One Stop Shop Fund supports the efforts of of the Business Leaders Fund are: CLM Peter L. Boman Ethel V. Nordling President’s Circle performances, exhibits and artistic services Paul Antonich Scholarship Fund honors the Attracting and Maintaining Young People Corporation; Duluth News Tribune; Duluth for area organizations. Paul’s spirit by providing a scholarship to a Initiative in the creation of a website. Winnipeg & Pacific Railway; Enbridge Energy Elizabeth Murphy Burns and Richard Burns May and Vern Nordling The President’s Circle is comprised of a special group of donors 1984 Field of Interest Duluth Central High School senior boy on 2007 Designated Partners; Evening Telegram Company/ who have, over their lifetime, given a total of $100,000 in endowed Kevin J. Buzicky and Beth Meyers Holly C. Sampson the track and/or cross-country team. The Morgan Murphy Stations; Hanft Fride, A gifts to the Community Foundation. Anderson Niskanen Scholarship Fund recipient is a student who encourages others, Barnum Fund supports nonprofit Professional Association; maurices; M&I Caroline C. Bye Verna and Arend Sandbulte provides financial assistance for graduating demonstrates dedication, good citizenship, organizations serving the residents of the Bank (in memory of Robert D. Banks); W.P. Jennifer L. Carey Doug and Mary Sanders Abbot G. Apter Roy LaBounty seniors from Duluth public high schools and promotes team unity. The candidates Duluth Superior area. & R.S. Mars Company; Minnesota Power; who are in financial need for post-secondary must also show respect and dignity towards 1993 Unrestricted Moline Machinery Ltd.; National Bank of Richard L. Carver Dale and Elizabeth George Sola Allan L. Apter Florence Draper Lachmund education at the University of Minnesota others as Paul did. Commerce; North Shore Bank of Commerce; William E. Barto Scholarship Fund provides Cindy A. Dillenschneider and Bruce and Kaye Stender Bayfield Community Education Fred C. and Mary H. Lewis Duluth or the University of Minnesota 2000 Scholarship Reuben Johnson & Son, Inc. and Affiliated scholarships to high school seniors of Duluth Jason L. Maloney Foundation, Inc. Twin Cities. Companies; St. Mary Land & Exploration Thomas and Lavetta Torke Donald V. and Nancy J. Moline Apter Family Fund was created to allow and Superior who plan to major in the arts 1998 Scholarship Company; St. Mary’s/Duluth Clinic Health Ruth E. Ferguson Peter L. and Susan Boman the donor to participate actively in the grant and attend the University of Minnesota Duluth Emily W. Ulhorn Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Mundt System; United General Constructors, Inc. Scott D. Anderson Leadership making process. or the University of Wisconsin - Superior. John and Karen Fillenworth Otto Bremer Foundation (in memory of Herbert Klippen); U.S. Bank- Mary C. Van Evera North Shore Bank of Commerce Foundation Fund is dedicated to sponsoring 1998 Donor Advised 1995 Scholarship Lillian and Manley Goldfine Elizabeth Murphy Burns and Richard Burns Duluth; and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota. John Voorhis Northern Bible Society the delivery of high quality, value-based Aspen Fund, a donor advised fund of the Dr. and Mrs. Bernhard Boecker 1988 Unrestricted Edward W. Hartley Bush Foundation leadership training opportunities and/ Donald L. and Susan C. Wallgren Terry Roberts Merrill Lynch Community Charitable Fund, Charitable Fund addresses the region’s or scholarships recognizing leadership Allen Butler Minority Law Enforcement Tim and Catherine Hartnett Debora and David Carroll allows the donor to participate actively in the changing needs. Laurie Wermter Jack & Mary Rowe Charitable Lead Trust accomplishments for youth. Scholarship Fund provides financial grantmaking process. 1996 Unrestricted Scott Hawkins Cloquet Educational Foundation 1999 Field of Interest assistance to people of color to begin or Jim and Ann Wheeler Ken and Connie Schoen 2006 Donor Advised continue law enforcement training at a post- Dona Wirtanen Holloway Duluth Lighthouse for the Blind Scott D. Anderson Leadership Foundation Bernard B. Brusin and Mary L. Brusin Thomas B. Wheeler Mitchell and Elva Sill secondary institution. Operating Fund supports the operating Darrell and Palchie Asselin Scholarship Fund, established as a Lori Halgren Johnson Lillian and Manley Goldfine 1996 Temporary David and Kimberley Whittaker Phil and Babs Strom activities of the Scott D. Anderson Scholarship Fund was created as a memorial, provides renewable scholarships Ilene Levin and Steve Goldfine Peter and Carol Harris Leadership Foundation Fund. memorial to provide financial assistance to to Jewish and Roman Catholic students for Ilona D. Wirtanen Richard Uihlein Campbell Family Charitable Fund was 1999 Temporary the non-traditional student in financial need. college or vocational training. Dale S. Lewis Edward W. Hartley created in 1950 by John C. Campbell, Jr., Anonymous (4) United Way of Greater Duluth 1993 Scholarship 1987 Scholarship a veteran timber producer. The Fund was Howard J. and Barb Ignatius Anishinabe Fund fosters cultural awareness Mary C. Van Evera subsequently transferred to the Community of Ojibwe traditions, encourages the Samuel F. Atkins and Barbara H. Atkins Building for Women Fund supports the Mark S. Johnson Foundation. Thomas B. Wheeler migration of ideas from, and encourages Memorial Fund helps low-income, charitable purposes of the Building for Todd and Susan Johnson 1984 Unrestricted Donald Wirtanen respect for, the Ojibwe culture. disadvantaged people meet their basic Women, located in Duluth. human needs and encourages and enables 2000 Organizational Endowment John S. and James L. Knight Foundation 1991 Donor Advised Carlton County Historical Society Anonymous (10) projects which involve animals, attends to Foundation Fund was established to Anonymous Friend Designated Fund the welfare of animals, or alleviates animal William, Florence and Dorothy Burns support the Carlton County Historical supports nonprofit organizations designated suffering. Family Fund addresses the region’s Society in its efforts to collect, preserve, and by the donor. 1992 Field of Interest changing needs. disseminate the history of Carlton County. 2005 Designated 1996 Unrestricted Family 1999 Organizational Endowment

26 / Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation 2009 Annual Report / 27 Michael Adam Carroll Memorial Fund their charitable giving and enjoy increased Duluth Central High School Alumni Julie Enberg Memorial Scholarship Fund Fund for the Environment reflects growing Goodwill Future Fund was created to Max and Julia Houghton Duluth Central Johns S. and James L. Knight provides financial resources to organizations and ongoing visibility for their generosity. Scholarship Fund provides financial provides financial assistance to female community concern and awareness of our realize the advantages of broader investment Scholarship Fund provides financial Foundation Fund assists a wide variety of that provide services to disabled youth and Members of the Community Leaders Fund assistance for post-secondary education to undergraduate athletes at the University of interdependency with our environment. management and gain greater visibility for assistance to graduating Central seniors for community-based projects and nonprofit their families, particularly in the areas of family are: Martha B. Alworth; Barker’s Island graduating seniors of Central High School. Minnesota Duluth. The Fund was established 1991 Field of Interest Goodwill Industries. post-secondary education. organizations that would not normally receive support services and respite care. Marina; Richard R. Burns; Karen & John The student must demonstrate qualities to honor Julie’s dedication to sports, 1995 Organizational Endowment 2003 Temporary Knight Foundation support. 2005 Donor Advised Fillenworth; Anne and Jon Holy; Helena of fine character, consideration for others, especially hockey, and her commitment to Peter M. Gargano Scholarship Fund 1993 Donor Advised Jackson; Howard and Barb Klatzky; Frances perseverance, and desire to succeed. both her community and the University of provides financial assistance to the children Greater Proctor Area Scholarship Howard J. and Barb Ignatius Fund Center on Alcohol and Drug Problems & Joseph Leek; Ann & Robert Mars, Jr.; Mary Originally established as the George A. Beck Minnesota Duluth. of the employees of Ulland Brothers, Inc. for Foundation Fund provides greater visibility will provide funding equally to support Knight Fund supports a variety of Fund was created to support, in perpetuity, Millard; PLB, LLC; Fariba Pendleton; Arend Scholarship Fund by the Duluth Central High 2001 Scholarship post-secondary education. and support for the foundation and its many technology at Denfeld High School and the community, cultural, and civic projects the Center on Alcohol and Drug Problems. J. & Verna Sandbulte; James H. Stewart; School Class of 1944. 1992 Temporary scholarships. English Department at Proctor Senior High and nonprofit organizations. 1987 Organizational Endowment Donald L. & Susan C. Wallgren; and 1999 Scholarship Erola Family Fund, a donor advised fund of 2004 Organizational Endowment School. 2006 Designated 2002 Donor Advised Thomas B. Wheeler. the Merrill Lynch Community Charitable Fund, Gernander Scholarship Fund provides Central Mesabi Fund for Human Services 2000 Unrestricted Duluth Legacy Documentary Fund allows the donor to participate actively in the financial assistance for post-secondary Arthur and Winnie Gurovitsch Initiatives General Operating Fund Ralph S. Knowlton Lake Superior Marine assists agencies that directly help low- receives the proceeds from the sale of the grant making process. education to graduating seniors of Denfeld Children’s Fund was created to honor supports the activities of the Community Museum Endowment Fund was established income people cope with their basic needs Community Opportunity Fund, formerly video “Gateway to the World” which benefits 2005 Donor Advised High School with demonstrated good Arthur Gurovitsch’s kindness to and loving Foundation’s Initiatives. to realize the advantages of broader and problems. Grants are restricted to known as the Unrestricted Endowment Fund, the Duluth Legacy Endowment Fund. character who combine athletic and ways with children. This Fund lights the way 2008 Temporary investment management and to gain agencies that serve communities bounded was created by the gifts of many generous 2005 Temporary Esperanza Fund allows the donor to academic accomplishments. for less fortunate children. greater visibility for the Lake Superior on the west by Coleraine and on the east by donors wishing to benefit the community as participate actively in the grant making 1998 Scholarship 1997 Field of Interest Greg Irons Award Fund honors the tenets Maritime Visitor Center. Mountain Iron. a whole. People from all walks of life have Duluth Legacy Endowment Fund process while answering the needs of and beliefs of Greg Irons by recognizing and 1992 Organizational Endowment 1989 Field of Interest pooled contributions into this Fund, creating will provide support to the City of Duluth the community. Girl Scouts - Northern Pine Council Patricia S. Gustafson ’56 Memorial rewarding the efforts of students in Duluth a permanent legacy for our community. for public projects. 2007 Donor Advised Endowment ensures funds for the future of Scholarship Fund awards a renewable Public Schools and teachers who help Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua Blue Cleveland Family Fund addresses the 1983 Unrestricted 2005 Organizational Endowment Girl Scouting. scholarship to a graduating female senior students succeed. Canvas Fund will provide funds for the region’s changing needs. Fair Chance Fund encourages and enables 1986 Organizational Endowment from Denfeld High School or Marshall School 1990 Designated periodic replacement of the Lake Superior 2003 Unrestricted Courge Center Duluth Fund supports Duluth Legacy Operating Fund innovative and collaborative projects which who exemplifies the life of Patricia Gustafson. Big Top Chautauqua tent. recreational programs for youth and families supports the activities of the Duluth Legacy reduce long-term dependency on public Global Awareness Fund assists projects 2007 Scholarship Cory Jam Memorial Award Fund, 2001 Organizational Endowment Cloquet Educational Foundation Fund, with disabilities. Endowment Fund. assistance programs, decrease the effects of that increase community awareness of our created with gifts from family and friends, established to realize the advantages of 2007 Organizational Endowment 2008 Temporary poverty on children, and provide opportunities global interdependence and promotes citizen Hartley Nature Center Endowment Fund provides a scholarship for a Duluth East High Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra broader investment management, for economic self-sufficiency. participation in global issues. provides a resource for community support School graduate. Endowment Fund supports the continued is dedicated to the youth of the Douglas County Disaster and Welfare Duluth Playhouse Endowment Fund 1991 Field of Interest 1983 Donor Advised to further environmental education programs 1988 Scholarship growth of the LSCO summer concert Cloquet community. Fund was created in 1919 by the Superior supports the continued operations of the and stewardship activities of the Hartley series. This endowment will enhance the 1994 Organizational Endowment Chapter of the Red Cross and residual Duluth Playhouse. Family Service Sharing Fund was created Manley and Lillian Goldfine Gold Star Nature Center. Edna M. & H. Anna Jenks’ Charitable Fund LSCO’s innovative programming and gifts to the Superior Fire Relief Committee 1996 Organizational Endowment with the remaining assets of Family Service Teacher Award Fund recognizes and 2008 Organizational Endowment was originally created in 1956 to support audience development. Community Foundation Services Fund and later transferred to the Community of Duluth. rewards outstanding educators of ISD#709 - twelve nonprofit organizations designated by 1997 Organizational Endowment was established for donors who wish to Foundation. Income from this Fund continues Duluth Public Schools Fund was 1989 Unrestricted Duluth Public Schools. Jeanne H. Hemmingway Scholarship the donor. The Fund was later transferred to provide direct support to the operating costs to help the general welfare of Douglas established to gain greater visibility 2006 Designated Fund was founded as a memorial to provide the Community Foundation. Lake Superior Medical Society Tilderquist of the Community Foundation. Gifts to this County residents. and support for Duluth Public Schools Four Cedars Environmental Fund, was financial assistance to graduating high 1985 Designated Scholarship Fund provides scholarships Manley and Lillian Goldfine Gold Star fund help to maximize the dollars available for 1984 Field of Interest by supporting innovative and creative established to provide financial incentives school seniors attending the University of for students attending the University of grant making. educational projects. that initiate, stimulate, enrich, and assist Temporary Fund will support the operations Minnesota Duluth. Todd, Susan, Matthew and Hilary Johnson Minnesota Duluth Medical School. 1984 Unrestricted Duluth Building & Construction Trades 1984 Organizational Endowment programs and organizations involved in the related to the Manley and Lillian Goldfine 1990 Scholarship 2007 Charitable Fund addresses the 2005 Scholarship Council Scholarship Fund provides protection, preservation, and education of Gold Star Teacher Award Fund. region’s changing needs. Community Leaders Fund scholarships to children of members of Duluth Public Schools Temporary Fund the unique natural resources found primarily 2006 Temporary Gus and Henrietta Hill Scholarship Fund 2007 Unrestricted Lakeview Arts Fund supports local arts recognizes businesses and individuals that unions affiliated with the Duluth Building and supports the operations related to the Duluth within the Western Lake Superior Watershed. provides financial assistance for post- organizations and other local organizations Colonel Lawrence H. Golberg Aviation Knight Creative Communities Initiative have provided outstanding resources to Construction Trades Council. Public Schools Fund. 1996 Temporary 2006 Field of Interest secondary education to Duluth East High which undertake art projects. Scholarship Fund honors the memory of Fund helps support the activities of the KCCI address our region’s charitable needs, now 2000 Temporary School graduates. The Fund was created 2006 Field of Interest and in the future. With a minimum gift of Duluth Superior Sharing Fund enables C.E. Fuller, Jr. and M.K. Fuller Fund, Colonel Golberg, a Viet Nam pilot who died through a bequest from Henrietta Hill in project in the Duluth Superior area. $10,000, the Fund offers community leaders human service agencies to provide small created in 1963 and later transferred to the in battle, by providing scholarships for post- memory of her grandson, Roger C. Hill, Jr. 2007 Designated Levin/Goldfine Charitable Fund was an opportunity to expand the impact of cash grants to vendors on behalf of low- Community Foundation, supports human secondary pilot training in the Duluth area. 2000 Scholarship created to allow the donors to participate income clients at times of critical need. service programs in the region. 2003 Scholarship actively in the grant making process. 1983 Temporary 1997 Field of Interest 2005 Donor Advised

28 / Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation 2009 Annual Report / 29 Douglas H. and Judith H. Lewis Lorntson Family Fund will support Minnesota Ballet and Duluth News Tribune Moline Family Fund addresses the region’s Nordling Family Fund was created to allow Erick Peter Person Memorial Fund Steve Rolland Youth Peacemaker Carolyn Joy Seitz Family Fund addresses Memorial Fund supports two nonprofit five nonprofit organizations designated Performing Arts Fund for Kids was created changing needs. the family to participate actively in the grant addresses the region’s changing needs. Award Fund honors youth who undertake the region’s changing needs. organizations in the Duluth area. This Fund by the donor. to enhance the artistic development of young 1993 Unrestricted making process. 2003 Unrestricted Family community peacemaking activites. 1996 Unrestricted Family was established when two trusts, created 2006 Designated people in the region by supporting area 2007 Donor Advised 1996 Scholarship in 1973 and 1977, were transferred to one organizations that provide live performance Morgan Fund gives priority to projects that RSI Margaret Moser Memorial Fund Phil Shykes Memorial Scholarship Fund Community Foundation fund. Lutheran Social Service Endowment Fund opportunities for children. foster community pride or economically North Shore Community School supports Residential Services of Jack and Mary Rowe Memorial Scholarship provides a scholarship to a graduating 1994 Designated supports services provided by Lutheran 2000 Field of Interest impact the Twin Ports in general, with a Endowment Fund supports efforts to Northeastern Minnesota, Inc. in its mission Fund rewards excellence in academic senior of the Hermantown High School. The Social Service of Minnesota in its goal of making grants equally to Superior sustain community-based elementary to provide innovative services to support the performance to students from public high recipient is chosen on the basis of financial Fred C. and Mary H. Lewis northeast region. Minnesota Power Community Involvement and Duluth. education on the North Shore through a lives of people with disabilities. schools in Duluth, Hermantown and Proctor need, community service, and determination Scholarship Fund provides financial 1999 Organizational Endowment Scholarship Fund was established to 1984 Field of Interest public charter school. 2000 Organizational Endowment who are pursuing a career in engineering. to pursue a higher education. assistance for deserving and needy students provide financial assistance for graduating 2001 Organization Endowment 2007 Scholarship 1999 Scholarship who could not otherwise afford to attend Marshall School Endowment Fund was high school seniors within Minnesota Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Rails Endowment for Academic Arts Marshall School, a private college preparatory established to gain greater visibility for Power’s service area who are active Charitable Fund supports fifteen nonprofit Northeast Minnesota Sharing Fund Athletic Development, REA3D, was created Lawrence E. and Mabel Jackson Rudberg Elva B. and Mitchell J. Sill Family Fund school in Duluth, Minnesota. Marshall School in partnership with other volunteers in their communities. programs in the Duluth area and provides enables human service agencies to provide by the community of Independent School Scholarship Fund provides financial was created to allow the donors and their 1999 Scholarship community organizations. 1998 Temporary scholarship support through the Daniel H. small cash grants to vendors on behalf of District 704 of Proctor, Minnesota. The assistance for post-secondary education to children to participate actively in the grant 1996 Organizational Endowment and Catherine L. Mundt Scholarship Fund for low-income clients at times of critical need. purpose of this Fund is to receive, manage, graduating seniors from Two Harbors Senior making process. Fred C. and Mary H. Lewis UMD MBA Minnesota Power New Generation Late Bloomers. 1988 Temporary and disburse resources for the lifelong High School and from Duluth public and 2003 Donor Advised Scholarship Fund will provide financial Mattson Family Fund, a donor advised fund Scholarship Fund provides financial 1994 Designated learning experiences of district residents. private high schools. Special distributions assistance to students from the Duluth - of the Merrill Lynch Community Charitable assistance to full-time college students who Northern Bible Society - Daniel H. and 1997 Organizational Endowment from the Fund also support a nonprofit Silver Bay Charitable Fund Superior metropolitan area who will attend Fund, allows the donor to participate actively reside in Minnesota Power’s service area and Daniel H. and Catherine L. Mundt Catherine L. Mundt Charitable Fund was program in the area. provides financial assistance to projects and the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Master’s in the grantmaking process with a focus on major in a qualifying field of study. Scholarship Fund for Late Bloomers will established to continue in perpetuity the work G. Scott Ransom Scholarship Fund of 1998 Scholarship programs that aid and support low-income in Business Administration (MBA) program. post-secondary education. 2007 Temporary provide financial assistance for students with of the Northern Bible Society. the Duluth/Superior Alpine Club provides residents of Silver Bay and vicinity. 2008 Scholarship 2004 Donor Advised potential from the three public high schools 2006 Designated financial awards for expenses associated Kenneth and Concetta Schoen 2001 Field of Interest Minnesota Section, Society of in Duluth. The award may be used for post- with pursuing a competitive ski experience. Scholarship Fund provides financial Lighthouse for the Blind Endowment Fund Millennium Group Speak Your Peace Fund Mining Metallurgy and Exploration secondary education, including four-year P.L.B. Memorial Fund was created to honor 2005 Scholarship assistance for students with potential Slonim Temporary Fund provides the was established to realize the advantages of will support the ongoing efforts of the Speak Scholarship Fund provides scholarships colleges, universities and graduate schools. the memory of Peter L. Boman and will from the three public high schools in Duluth. donor the opportunity to participate in broader investment management and to gain Your Peace Civility Project and the nine tools and/or loans to individuals for the 1999 Scholarship address the region’s changing needs. Dr. Mark Rathke Family The award may be used for post-secondary the grant making process as they see an greater visibility for the Duluth Lighthouse for of civility. undergraduate study of engineering. 2008 Unrestricted Scholarship Fund, established as a education, including four-year colleges apparent need. the Blind. 2003 Designated The fund gives priority to those who express Hubert A. Nelson Scholarship Fund memorial, provides a scholarship to a and universities. 1995 Temporary 1998 Organizational Endowment an interest in working in the mining industry provides scholarships for Duluth and Pay It Forward Scholarship Fund provides graduating senior of the Marshall School who 2007 Scholarship Gregory S. and Barbara J. Miller in Minnesota. Superior high school seniors who intend the nearly 2000 recipients of Duluth Superior has demonstrated school and/or community Small Business Education Living Legacy Fund is an excellent option Charitable Lead Trust supports land 1997 Scholarship to major in business or accounting at Area Community Foundation scholarships involvement, leadership qualities, and hard- Second Chance Endowment Fund, takes Scholarship Fund originated with a grant for donors wishing to honor loved ones and and water conservation by the West the University of Minnesota Duluth or the with an opportunity to return gifts to the working behavior. a creative twist by making grants to qualified from the Employers Council. This Fund friends forever, either as a memorial or on Wisconsin Land Trust in the St. Croix and Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund University of Wisconsin-Superior. community. Awards criteria are determined 1999 Scholarship applicants who previously applied for, but did encourages the creation and retention of occasions of celebration. Lake Superior watersheds. addresses the region’s changing needs. 1995 Scholarship annually by the Community Foundation not receive grants, due to limited Community jobs in the Duluth Superior Area Community 1983 Unrestricted 2007 Temporary 1991 Unrestricted Scholarship Committee. Red Oak Fund was created to allow the Foundation resources. Foundation’s service area through a Amelia and Emanuel Nessell Family 2008 Scholarship donors and their children to participate 2006 Unrestricted scholarship program geared to Lone Wolf Fund was created to promote Minnesota Academic Excellence Modern Woodmen of America Scholarship Fund, established as a actively in the grant making process. strengthen the management skills of those environmental education, particularly through Foundation Fund was started to gain Scholarship Fund was established by the memorial, provides financial assistance Richard B. Pearson Memorial 2000 Donor Advised Second Harvest Michael E. Miner Hunger in small business. programs which increase access for children greater visibility for the nonprofit organization. Duluth Camp No. 2341 Modern Woodmen for students in financial need, with priority Scholarship Fund provides financial Endowment Fund ensures food resources 1987 Scholarship who have a physical and/or mental disability; This Fund places a focus on the needs of of America to provide assistance to the non- consideration to Jewish applicants. assistance to students graduating from the Ruth H. Richards Fund addresses the for in-need residents located in the to advance medical science through communities in our region. traditional student in financial need. 1997 Scholarship Duluth Public Schools who are pursuing an region’s changing needs. northeastern Minnesota and northwestern G. Kendall Smith Fund supports two research, particularly for cancer and diabetes; 1991 Organizational Endowment 1988 Scholarship elementary or secondary Education degree. 2004 Unrestricted Wisconsin service area of the Second nonprofit organizations in the Duluth area. and to increase educational opportunities Nordling Family Designated Fund I 2006 Scholarship Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank. 1990 Designated for international students attending post- Minnesota Ballet Endowment Fund Moline Family Donor Advised Fund was supports two nonprofit organizations Riverfront Community Fund was 2005 Organizational Endowment secondary institutions, particularly in the area supports the artistic and educational activities created to allow the donors to participate in Duluth. established for nonprofit organizations of academic support. of the Minnesota Ballet. actively in the grant making process. 2007 Designated serving the Riverfront communities of 1999 Donor Advised 2003 Organizational Endowment 2003 Donor Advised Riverside, Smithville, Morgan Park, Gary-New Duluth, and Fond du Lac. 1991 Field of Interest

30 / Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation 2009 Annual Report / 31 G. Kendall Smith Fund for the Physically Superior-Douglas County Arts Fund Laurie A. Wermter Library Fund will aid Wirtanen Family Fund, established in Disabled and Visually Impaired supports supports projects and programs which help libraries and archives in northwest Wisconsin, memory of Sylvia Wirtanen, encourages New Funds Created in 2009 organizations providing services to people people develop an appreciation for the arts primarily Douglas County, in achieving progressive social change, broadens with physical disabilities or visual impairments and to make a variety of multicultural arts outstanding library service and preserving the participation in our democratic society, and Apostle Islands Area Community Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial Hazel B. and A. Wallace Niss Recipients are encouraged to investigate as their main purpose. experiences accessible to all people. history of the area. promotes justice. Impact Fund, an unrestricted endowment Scholarship Fund provides financial Charitable Fund addresses the region’s a career in the construction industry but 1990 Field of Interest 2006 Field of Interest 2003 Field of Interest 1990 Donor Advised created by an Otto Bremer Foundation assistance to students of the Duluth-Superior changing needs. are free to major in whatever field of study Jane S. Smith Memorial Fund Superior-Douglas County Arts Wetherby Fund continues a tradition of Wisconsin Arts Board Fund supports arts matching challenge, which is used for area in order that they can pursue their goals Unrestricted they choose. encourages and enables organizations which Operating Fund supports the activites of helping children with their educational and activities in Douglas County. operations and/or grantmaking as determined in higher education. Scholarship Hazel B. and A. Wallace Niss/Human provide artistic and cultural traditions in the the Superior-Douglas County Arts Fund. basic material needs, as well as helping them 2003 Temporary by the Advisory Board, thus advancing the Scholarship Development Center Endowment Fund will Charlotte Ulland Scholarship for Duluth area. 2006 Operating to appreciate nature. greater good of the Apostle Islands Area Lakeview Christian Academy Fund was support the Human Development Center’s Girls Operating Fund supports the 1992 Field of Interest 1997 Field of Interest YMCA of Superior-Douglas County Community Fund service region. Superior East High All-Class Reunion Endowment Fund was established to gain Field of Interest established to provide a solid financial ongoing operations. activities of the Charlotte Ulland Scholarship Dale and Betty George Sola Scholarship Fund provides a scholarship to Dale Heimbach Wheeler Memorial Fund greater visibility for the nonprofit organization. foundation for the Academy so that its Designated for Girls Fund. Scholarship Fund provides financial a graduate of Superior East High School or assists projects that address children’s 1987 Organizational Endowment Apostle Islands Bremer Operating Fund families and the community can benefit from Temporary Ulland Brothers, Inc. Scholarship assistance for graduating seniors from Duluth their descendant. education, chemical dependency services, supports the activities of the Apostle Islands its vision of providing academic excellence in Operating Fund supports the activities of Charlotte Ulland Scholarship Fund Central High School, the Marshall School 1985 Scholarship family counseling, and women and violence. YWCA Fund was established to gain greater Area Community Fund. a Christ-centered educational environment. the Ulland Brothers, Inc. Scholarship Fund. for Girls provides financial assistance for and several alternative schools in Duluth. 1995 Donor Advised visibility and to realize the advantages of Temporary Organizational Endowment Temporary girls who will graduate from public high 2003 Scholarship Superior Hiking Trail Association broader investment management. Endowment Fund supports the Henry and Sarah Wheeler Historical 1985 Organizational Endowment Aspen Fund II will allow the donor E. C. Mason Fund will allow the schools on Lake Superior’s North Shore and Ulland Brothers, Inc. Scholarship Fund Spirit Mountain Recreation Area Authority Association’s efforts to build, promote, Awareness Fund supports projects that to participate actively in the donor to participate actively in the continue their studies at a public college or provides financial assistance to the children Fund provides greater visibility and support maintain, protect, and preserve a hiking promote awareness of the Duluth Superior Young Leaders Fund recognizes young grantmaking process. grantmaking process. university in Minnesota. of Ulland Brothers, Inc. employees who are for the organization. trail along the ridgeline of the North Shore of Area Community Foundation’s service area’s adults and their efforts to assist in making Donor Advised Donor Advised Scholarship attending institutions of higher education. 2008 Organizational Endowment Lake Superior. rich, untapped historical legacy and inspires the Duluth/Superior communities an exciting 2000 Organizational Endowment others to participate in preserving and place to live. William G. Strobel, M.D., Family Fund promoting the region’s history. 2007 Unrestricted Affiliate Funds addresses the region’s changing needs. United Way of Greater Duluth 2005 Field of Interest 1991 Unrestricted Endowment Fund protects the funds for the Young Leaders Operating Fund supports The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation actively encourages the development Ann and Dave Locey Family Fund Advisory Board, thus advancing the greater future of the nonprofit. White Pine Fund supports four nonprofit the activities of the Young Leaders Fund. of affiliate funds in communities throughout our region. These geographically targeted Jerry and Mary Phillips Family Fund good of the Apostle Islands Area Community Philip H. and Barbara Strom Family 1984 Organizational Endowment organizations designated by the donor. 2007 Temporary endowments are developed through living and testamentary gifts from local donors that are Gene and Carole Qualle Family Fund Fund service region. Charitable Fund was created to allow the 2006 Designated then held by the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation. Upon recommendations from 2002 Field of Interest 2009 Field of Interest donors to participate actively in the grant Henry E. Walter/Cloquet Rotary Kate Zinn Memorial Scholarship Fund will a local advisory board, the endowment earnings are directed to support priority community Bell Southmayd Lamont Family Fund making process. Club Fund supports the Cloquet Rotary Robert B. and Sophia Whiteside provide financial assistance to students from issues and projects. Affiliate funds are organized to assess community needs, take a Collins Family Fund Apostle Islands Area Community 2008 Donor Advised Club’s scholarship program. Scholarship Fund was established in 1976 St. Croix and Northwestern High Schools leadership role on important issues in the community, develop endowment funds of various Tom and Roxanne Frizzell Family Fund Operating Fund supports the activities of the 1998 Designated in memory of the pioneer Duluth lumberman in Douglas County for careers working with kinds, make grants, and organize partnerships that will benefit the community. The program Ole J. and Ingeborg Hadland Family Fund Apostle Islands Area Community Fund. Jean Quinn Sullivan Scholarship Fund and his wife, and later affiliated with the children and/or teenagers. allows communities to create permanent charitable resources for worthwhile community Walt and Lin Pomeroy Family Fund 2000 Temporary provides financial assistance to students Weckwerth-Sampson Family Fund Community Foundation. This fund awards 2002 Scholarship organizations and projects. The Affiliate Funds include: Tom and Liz Purcell Family Fund who major in education, with priority given to addresses the region’s changing needs. scholarships to graduating seniors of Duluth Larry A. Reiten Family Fund Apostle Islands Area Program Services those who express an interest in elementary 1991 Unrestricted Family high schools who give evidence of academic Apostle Islands Area Albrecht-Vogt Family Fund Robert and Carolyn Sneed Family Fund Fund provides direct support for the education. The award may be used for post- excellence, high character, demonstrated Community Fund Bodin Family Fund 2003 Field of Interest operating costs of the Apostle Islands Area secondary education at the University of Weisberg Memorial Fund was created to leadership, and promise of contributing to the Helen DeHaven Bush Family Fund G.R.A.C.E. Fund Community Fund. Wisconsin-Superior. support the School District of Superior. betterment of society. Apostle Islands Area Community Fund, Hartnett-Helm Family Fund 2007 Field of Interest 2002 Designated 1997 Scholarship 1986 Organizational Endowment 1995 Affiliated Trust an affiliate fund of the Community 2000 Field of Interest Eric and Laurel Lein Family Fund Apostle Islands Bremer Operating Fund Foundation, actively promotes private Dr. Michael and Deanna Asbell Family Fund Robert Tucker Family Fund Wells Fargo Bank Fund was created to supports the activities of the Apostle Islands John A. Sullivan Scholarship Fund giving for the public good of the Apostle Cleveland Family Fund 2008 Field of Interest provides financial assistance for students allow the donors to participate actively in the Islands area. Joanne B. Hadland Family Fund Area Community Fund. majoring in education at the University of grant making process. 2000 Field of Interest Kierland-Henry Family Fund Apostle Islands Area Community Impact 2009 Temporary Wisconsin-Superior. 2004 Donor Advised Bill and Marilyn Larson Family Fund Fund, an unrestricted endowment created 1996 Scholarship The following funds address the changing John S. Meier Family Fund by an Otto Bremer Foundation matching needs of the region served by the Apostle Edward and Dawn Michael Family Fund challenge, which will be used for operations Islands Area Community Fund. They are 2001 Field of Interest and/or grantmaking as determined by the under the umbrella of the Apostle Islands 32 / Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation Area Community Fund. 2009 Annual Report / 33 Ashwabay Outdoor Educational Peter M. and Betty W. Rogers Fund was Tofte Historical Society Fund will support Jackson Club Scholarship Fund provides Foundation Fund supports the foundation’s created to allow the donor to participate the continued operations of the Tofte financial awards for post secondary Committees and Staff mission to provide a quality, affordable actively in the grant making process. Historical Society. education, including college and vocational outdoor recreation experience that renews 2007 Donor Advised 2006 Organizational Endowment training, to graduating seniors from Ilene F. Levin Rob Karwath Ellen Troeltzsch and enhances the lives of people in the Hermantown High School. Board Committees Mark Myles Dan Markham Ann Wasson Chequamegan Bay area. Cook County Community Fund Beverly R. Uhrhammer Memorial Library 2005 Scholarship Executive Fund provides funds to the Grand Marais Lyle W. Northey, Chair Claudia Scott Welty Robert E. Powless 2007 Organizational Endowment Cook County Community Fund, an affiliate Greg Irons Award Public Library for purchasing high quality Jennifer L. Carey, Vice Chair Laura Sieger fund of the Community Foundation, actively Two Harbors Area Public Relations Deb Halver Bayfield Community Education children’s printed books to add to circulation. Abbot G. Apter, Treasurer promotes private giving for the public good of Community Fund Jennifer L. Carey, Chair Duluth Public Schools Dan Holm Foundation Fund supports the agency’s 2005 Designated Howard T. Klatzky, Secretary the Cook County area. Two Harbors Area Fund, an affiliate fund of Howard T. Klatzky Sue Stelman, Chair Willis Irons mission to facilitate achievement of Donald L. Wallgren, Immediate Past Chair 2003 Field of Interest the Community Foundation, enhances the Lyle W. Northey Ann Wasson, Vice Chair/Secretary Laura LaFontaine educational excellence by students Violence Prevention Center Fund supports quality of life of Two Harbors area residents. Fariba Pendleton Gunnar Johnson, Treasurer Cheryl Lien attending schools located within the Bayfield Cook County Community Temporary Fund the Center’s mission of eliminating domestic Audit 1998 Field of Interest Thomas B. Wheeler Darlene Anderson Shelley Michalicek School District. supports the activities of the Cook County and sexual violence against women, men, LeRoy T. Kolquist, Chair Jan Arezzo Ann Wasson 2001 Organizational Endowment Community Fund. children and their families in Cook County. Donald L. Wallgren The following fund addresses the Claudia Scott Welty Advisory Committees Charles Bell Bill Westholm 2004 Temporary 2004 Organizational Endowment changing needs of the region served by Bayfield Heritage Association Fund John T. and Elizabeth C. Adams Arts Matt Doyle the Two Harbors Area Fund. It is under the Jackson Club Scholarship supports the agency’s mission to promote Birch Grove Foundation Fund will support WTIP Community Radio Fund supports Board Leadership Elizabeth Burns, Chair Scott Fisher umbrella of the Two Harbors Area Fund. Lois Fichtner awareness, appreciation, and preservation of efforts to sustain community-based this independent public community radio Lyle W. Northey, Chair Robert A. DeArmond Ken Jensen elementary education. Abbot G. Apter Karen Fillenworth Greg Jones Sandi Fogo Bayfield’s distinctive history. station with a mission to foster and build Lyle and Trish Northey Family Fund 2005 Organizational Endowment Jennifer L. Carey Ruth Frederick Karen Keenan Jamie Jago 2001 Organizational Endowment community connections, educate and inform 1999 Field of Interest the public, and provide entertainment through Donald L. Wallgren Beverly Goldfine Joan Peterson Keith MacDonald Cook County Higher Education Fund Thomas B. Wheeler Gene Rajanen Donald L. Wallgren CORE Endowment Fund supports the its broadcasts. Two Harbors Area Operating Fund Helena E. Jackson organization in bringing together community will support the programs of Cook County 2004 Organizational Endowment James E. Zastrow Lyle W. Northey Pam Roth supports the activities of the Two Harbors Minnesota Section, Society of Mining, and families to meet the needs of seniors in Higher Education. Fariba Pendleton Shari Rud Area Fund. Metallurgy and Exploration Scholarship the northern communities of the 2006 Designated Eveleth Area Community Development James E. Zastrow Judy Seliga Punyko 1999 Temporary Dennis Murr, Chair Bayfield Peninsula. Foundation Fund Abbot G. Apter, Chair Keith Dixon, Ex Officio Frank G. DeMaio Fund enables three Paul R. Buckley Scott D. Anderson Leadership Foundation Sarah Blust 2007 Organizational Endowment Eveleth Area Community Foundation Ruth E. Ferguson Charitable Fund schools in Cook County to provide instruction Richard R. Burns Kristin Teberg, Chair Global Awareness Kelly Campbell Fund, an affiliate fund of the Community supports the operation and purchase of of Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL). Helena E. Jackson Julie Gilbertson Mary Van Evera, Chair Peter Clevenstine Grutzner Madeline Island Fund supports Foundation, seeks to enhance and improve books for the Carnegie Public Library in 2007 Designated Larry L. Kappes Sanford “Sandy” C. Hoff Barbara A. Elliot Duane Kokkinen nonprofit organizations serving Madeline the quality of life in the Eveleth area and Two Harbors, Minnesota. Lyle W. Northey Rebecca Kilgore Phyllis France Jon Maki Island and its residents. Grand Marais Public Library Fund will encourages others to do the same. 2006 Designated James H. Stewart David Sproat Helena E. Jackson Tony Perpich 2006 Field of Interest support the continued operations of the 2008 Field of Interest Richard E. Swenson Thomas Morgan Grand Marais Public Library. LaBounty Family Fund provides assistance Martin Hanson Conservation Endowment Grants James E. Zastrow Ellen O’Neill Dr. Mark Rathke Family Scholarship 2006 Designated Eveleth Area Community Foundation to projects which promote economic Claudia Scott Welty, Chair Donald J. Pearce Margo Rathke, Chair Fund supports the Friends of the Apostle Operating Fund supports the operations development in the Two Harbors area. Jennifer L. Carey Anishinabe Laurie Durant Islands National Lakeshore, Inc. Harris Family Fund provides support to nine 2001 Donor Advised Mollie Thibodeau of the Eveleth Area Community Foundation. Michael A. Cowles Faris Keeling 2008 Designated nonprofit organizations which have been Michael Spencer, Co-Chair Donald L. Wallgren 2008 Temporary Ilene F. Levin Ilene Levin designated by the donors. Superior Shores Resort Scholarship Fund Patricia Lenz, Co-Chair Mavis Whiteman Lyle W. Northey Greg Mirau Human Rights Fund supports projects 2006 Designated provides financial assistance to students from Rick Smith Hermantown Community Fund Lyle W. Northey that promote tolerance and combat bigotry, the Lake Superior School District who are Donald L. Wallgren Claudia Scott Welty Lillian and Manley Goldfine Gold Star Hermantown Community Fund, an affiliate Katie Rathke racism, and discrimination in the Apostle Scott Hawkins Fund was created to allow pursuing a career in the hospitality industry. Marlene Wisuri Teacher Award fund of the Community Foundation, actively Investment Molly Rathke Islands area. the donor to participate actively in the grant 2008 Scholarship Andy Goldfine, Chair 2000 Field of Interest making process. promotes private giving for the public good in Donald L. Wallgren, Chair Duluth Legacy Endowment Keith Dixon Georgia Swing 2006 Donor Advised the Hermantown area. 2005 Field of Interest Two Harbors Major Project Fund Abbot G. Apter Nancy Norr, Chair Harold Frederick Jack and Mary Rowe Memorial Scholarship Human Rights Temporary Fund supports will provide support to the Two Harbors Area Richard R. Burns Jeffery Anderson Kenneth Goldfine Hermantown Community Operating Fund David Carroll human rights projects in the Bayfield- North House Folk School Fund in implementing a major project Michael A. Cowles Michael A. Cowles Vinson Lundberg supports the activities of the Hermantown Christian Lawien LaPointe-Red Cliff area. Endowment Fund ensures the school’s which promotes “Quality of Life” for Two James C. Jarocki Greg Gilbert Robert S. Mars Jr. Community Fund. Corbin Lawien 2004 Temporary permanent financial viability and makes the Harbors’ residents. Todd L. Johnson George Goldfarb Pam Roth 2005 Temporary Lizette Lawien campus an evermore dynamic place to learn. 2008 Temporary LeRoy T. Kolquist Melissa Kadlec Joan Setterlund 2006 Organization Endowment

34 / Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation 2009 Annual Report / 35 Mark Myles Wirtanen Family Drew Digby Eveleth Area Community Foundation Fund Andrea Schokker Dona Holloway, Co-Chair Pat Donahue Ryan L. Turner, Chair Claudia Scott Welty Ilona Wirtanen, Co-Chair Kat Eldred Dwight Day 2009 Board of Trustees Brooks Anderson John Foucault Jeff Green Scholarship Lisa Holloway Klyce Samantha Gibb Roff Girard Hoel Harry L. Gehring, Chair Irene Holloway Thomas Brian Graff Jane Kingston Marlene David Rachael Martin Greg Grell Jon Marcaccini Sharon Kaner Lyle W. Northey Deb Hannu John Mayasich Larry L. Kappes Mary Van Evera Gary Hedin Amy Kuronen Pat Heffernan Hermantown Community Fund James A. Laumeyer Young Leaders John Heino Keith MacDonald, Chair Mark Myles Jennifer L. Carey, Chair Jerry Hembd Lois Fichtner David Vose Tara Alfonsi Lisa Heyesen Jamie Jago Ryan Boman Keir Johnson Mary Johnson Silver Bay Charitable Matt Cartier Pam Kramer Steve Overom Lana Fralich, Chair Erik Finstad Linda Krug Sandi Peterson Lyle W. Northey, Chair Jennifer L. Carey, Vice Chair Abbot G. Apter, Treasurer Howard Klatzky, Secretary Donald L. Wallgren Donna Blomberg Jon Heyesen Kris Larson Wade Petrich Community Representative Shareholder President President Immediate Past Chair Joanne Johnson Kelly Mullan Mary Mathews Lonnie Swartz Hanft Fride, A Professional Mercury Investment H.T. Klatzky & Associates, Inc. Managing Director Howard T. Klatzky Don Ness Crystal Pelkey Association RSM McGladrey, Inc. Lucy Ludolph Nicholas Olson Heather Rand Two Harbors Area Fund Susan Michels Branden Robinson Matt Schoeppner Russell H. Conrow, Chair Vickie Thompson Mia Thibodeau Cheryl Skafte Gordy Anderson Nancy Viola Laura Whittaker Jen Smith Anna M. Bradley Sarah Wilcox Phoebe Smith-Ellis Dean Croft Small Business Education Scholarship Barbara Hamilton Robert S. Mars, Jr., Chair Community Initiatives Affiliate Funds Peter F. Jeronimus Abbot G. Apter Task Forces Apostle Islands Area Community Fund Terry B. Johnson Jerry Lehman Paul R. Buckley theDuSu.com Oversight Committee Marcia Henry, Chair Nicole Lovold Larry L. Kappes Jeff Borling Kathy Bergner, Vice Chair Dennis Moen Ilene F. Levin Tony Cuneo Patty Carver Gary Olsen Heidi Timm-Bijold Danielle Kaeding Ray DePerry Michael Cowles Larry L. Kappes LeRoy T. Kolquist Amy Kuronen Lisa L. Mandelin Bob Olund Mike Malone Alan Fischlowitz Shareholder Retired President and CEO President Managing Director Wealth Management Specialist Lake Superior Medical Society Tilderquist Jamie Swensen Kelly Mullan Fritz E. Grutzner Fryberger, Buchanan, National Bank of Commerce Kolquist, Seitz & Goldman, Ltd. U.S. Bank Private Client Group and Vice President Scholarship Joseph F. Zastera Crystal Pelkey Kathryn L. Jensen Smith & Frederick, P.A. Wells Fargo Bank Thomas H. Wiig, MD, President Walter Raschick Barbara McCann John D. Ispen, MD, President Elect Manny Rivas Beth Meyers Staff Theresa Smith, MD, Secretary-Treasurer Branden Robinson Connie Ross Holly C. Sampson, President Lyle W. Northey Jerree Small John Foschi, Financial Officer Heather L. Opsahl Trish Stinnett Cook County Community Fund Katie Gellatly, Community Lillian Repesch, MD Sarah Wilcox Howard Hedstrom, Chair Philanthropy Officer Jim Boyd David Hammer, Chief Administrative and Robert B. and Sophia Whiteside Knight Creative Communities Initiative Mike Carlson Scholarship Officer Scholarship Tara Alfonsi Cindy Hansen Madelaine Karwoski, Affiliate Officer for the Jan Akervik Gary Banker Brian R. Johnson Apostle Islands Area Community Fund Charles Bell Henry Banks Michael LaVigne Claudia Lundquist, Executive Assistant Tom Boman, Chair Kathy Bartsias Leigh Mathison Beth Probst, Communications Officer Ted Johnson Fariba Pendleton Claudia Scott Welty Chani Becker Richard J. Olson Becky Byers Strand, Development Officer David A. Nasby Marjory Ryan Retired Executive Professor Retired Senior Vice President Jen Bertsch Mary Petz Daphne Steele General Mills Foundation University of Wisconsin- of Business Support and Bob Browne Beth Rogers Kennedy Amy Kuronen, Trust Officer Stephen Surbaugh Extension Chief Administrative Officer ALLETE 36 / Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation 2009 Annual Report / 37 Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation Vision The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation will be the Financial Status leading force for improving our region by fostering generosity, civic engagement and inclusiveness. 2009 2008 TOTAL ASSETS $46,802,169 $37,961,483 Public Support and Revenue Core Values Contributions $2,020,624 $4,053,018 Donated services 15,079 13,820 Community Stewardship Integrity Interest and dividends 449,941 600,761 Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)-net of 8,716,024 (16,417,759) Mission Statement Investment management fees Refunds of grants 28,446 16,979 The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation encourages Miscellaneous 4,193 5,591 private giving for the public good. The Community Foundation brings Total Public Support and Revenue 11,234,307 (11,727,590) together people who need assistance and people who are able to give. Grants, Fees, and Operating Expenses Through its board of community leaders, the Foundation: Grants and scholarships* 1,481,211 2,082,960 Loss on disposition of fixed asset - 1,032 • attracts and manages a growing endowment for our area’s future; Miscellaneous 26,768 33,404 Functional expenses • provides customized services for donors with varied Program 319,191 334,511 charitable interests; Fund-raising 124,310 130,606 Public education 274,930 321,905 • identifies and effectively responds to emerging and changing Management and general 175,529 153,767 community needs; and Total functional expenses 893,960 940,789 Total Grants, Fees, and Operating Expenses 2,401,939 3,058,185 • serves as a resource and catalyst for philanthropy.

Change in net assets 8,832,368 (14,785,775) Less agency contributions/change of value (678,233) 984,845 For further information, please contact: Less agency grants 76,745 118,424 Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation Net Assets, beginning of year 34,076,263 47,758,769 Net Assets, end of year $42,307,143 $34,076,263 Holly C. Sampson, President Medical Arts Building 2009 Financial statements are unaudited. Audited financial statements are available at the Community Foundation office. 324 West Superior Street, Suite 212 • Duluth, MN 55802 The IRS Form 990 is available for review at the Community Foundation office. Telephone: 218.726.0232 • Fax: 218.726.0257 *Affiliated trust scholarships provided an additional $410,000 in 2009 and $345,000 in 2008. E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.dsacommunityfoundation.com

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