THE GREATER KANAWHA VALLEY FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY TO ANNUAL REPORT FOUNDATION VALLEY KANAWHA THE GREATER 1600 Huntington Square • 900 Lee Street, East • Charleston, WV 25301 P: 304.346.3620 • F: 304.346.3640 • Toll Free 800.467.5909 tgkvf.org Confirmed in Compliance with National Standards for U.S Community Foundations 2015 Forward thinking and fearlessly working together to promote the prosperity of all President & CEO’s Message 1 Strategic Plan: Education 4 Strategic Plan: Health 8 Strategic Plan: Civic Engagement & Community Building 14 Arts & Culture 20 Basic Needs 21 Affiliates 22 Grants 26 Contributors 33 Scholarships 36 Professional Advisors 38 Why Donors Give 40 Types of Funds 41 New Funds 44 Funds Administered by The Foundation 45 Funds Held in TGKVF, Inc. 49 Board of Trustees 53 Foundation Staff 57 Committees 59 Investment Portfolio Allocation Schedule 60 The year 2015 was transformative for The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation (TGKVF). After several years of strategic planning, the Foundation piloted full implementation of its new community wealth-building approach. This approach will continue to guide the Foundation’s investments by focusing its discretionary funds on building the seven forms of community wealth that address specific root cause issues. Also in 2015, the Foundation put this new theory of change to work on Charleston’s West Side through its “Investing in Our Communities- West Side of Charleston” initiative. This place-based strategy utilizes all of the devices in TGKVF’s toolbox: grants and investments, leveraging assets, leadership and advocacy, convening stakeholders, and building community capacity. TGKVF’s community wealth-building strategy takes a systems approach to community change by understanding the existing forms of capital already present within a community, respecting and building on existing efforts, and engaging other partners to help grow local wealth. This work requires an investment in strong collaborative efforts and thus the Foundation no longer supports single organizations working alone, but instead advances the projects and programs that build connectivity amongst various stakeholders across multiple sectors. Through our root-cause analysis, TGKVF realized that the urgency of our region’s challenges required combined efforts, shared resources, and unified priorities. To achieve real and lasting impact, we must all work together to change complex and dynamic systems; no single organization can succeed in this work on its own. In addition to this emphasis on collaboration, TGKVF’s community wealth-building approach requires more strategic participation in the proposal development process. In 2015, the Foundation’s program officers coached 24 collaborative efforts and recommended 15 grants for funding. Those grants include: Appalachian Reading Center’s reading services coalition with Mission WV and Clay County Schools; CADCO Foundation’s Leadership Kanawha 1 Valley program; CAMC Health Education & Research Institute’s nutrition-based KEYS for Healthy Kids Coalition; Children’s Therapy Clinic’s behavioral therapy partnership with Bright Futures, Inc.; Coalfield Development Corporation’s Refresh Appalachia local foods collaboration with Unlimited Future, Inc. and Lincoln County Schools; College Summit’s post-secondary guidance Future Corps program; DuBois on Main Museum’s Youth Media and Leadership Academy; East End Family Resource Center’s work with Education Alliance and Kanawha County Schools in the AmeriCorps on the Frontline Dropout Prevention program; Lincoln County Schools’ Afterschool Program at Duvall PK-8 and West Hamlin Elementary; Human Resource Development Foundation’s healthy lifestyles collaboration with Bob Burdette Center, Girl Scouts of Black Diamond, and PRO-Kids, Inc.; Mission West Virginia’s academic and life skills support partnership with TEAM for WV Children; Southern Appalachian Labor School’s Accent Education program for at-risk youth in Fayette County; WV Health Right’s oral health collaboration with Women’s Health Center; WV Healthy Kids and Families Coalition’s civic engagement initiative; and WVU Foundation’s Extension Services’ six-county STEM Ambassador program. In addition to supporting a multitude of projects across our region, TGKVF dedicated particular focus to a nine-block area of Charleston’s West Side. To gain a better understanding of the assets and opportunities within the neighborhood, and to provide residents with a platform to directly express their vision, TGKVF commissioned the Kanawha Institute for Social Research & Action, Inc. (KISRA) to conduct a needs assessment study of the target area. The assessment was conducted between July and December 2015 and included a review of secondary data, a door-to-door survey of 241 residents, and multiple focus group discussions. As a part of the “Investing in Our Communities – West Side of Charleston” initiative, TGKVF supported two intersecting projects in 2015: 1) Project West Invest which incentivizes neighborhood home ownership/renovation for law enforcement 2) Second Avenue Community Center Restoration which targets renovation of a historic center in the heart of the neighborhood 2 “TGKVF realized that the urgency of our region’s challenges required combined efforts, shared resources, and unified priorities. To achieve real and lasting impact, we must all work together to change complex and dynamic systems; no single organization can succeed in this work on its own.” The support of these projects demonstrates the Foundation’s commitment to cross-sector collaboration as each utilized resources from a variety of partners including government entities, nonprofits, businesses, residents, and other funders. While we have come a long way, our work is far from complete. The Foundation will continue to refine our approach to suit the needs of the communities we serve. As we move forward, TGKVF will strategically measure the impact of our investments by working with grantees to ensure that their programs are effectively planned and implemented in ways that build community wealth as well as collect and evaluate the data necessary to achieve evidence-based results. We look forward to 2016 as we continue to invest in projects that are working to transform our region. Michelle Foster, Ph.D. Melvin Jones President and CEO Chairman 3 TGKVF Strategic PLAN TGKVF’s long-term Over the next few years, we believe the Foundation can help make education goal is the biggest strides toward this long-term goal by investing our for our community funds, leadership, and influence toward accomplishing the following to be a place where medium-term objectives. To this end, TGKVF will work to: students, from early childhood to 1 Increase access to proven out-of-school time tutoring, mentoring, and/or learning programs that emphasize Science, Technology, post-secondary, Reading, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STREAM) education build the skills, knowledge, and 2 Deepen the impact and scale of programs at home, school, credentials to and/or community centers that connect families to their children’s development become productive and successful. 3 Expand the efforts of proven post-secondary guidance, career advisory, and/or vocational programs that train students for jobs in promising economic sectors To accomplish these objectives, TGKVF seeks to invest in collaborative efforts that help grow the following forms of wealth and meet the associated indicators of success. Individual Wealth: Skills, Health, Confidence & Income TGKVF will measure the growth in individual wealth using the following indicators of success: A. Improved STREAM skills and knowledge among youth B. Increase in summer learning among youth C. Increased access to educational resources for families living in marginalized communities 4 SPECIAL $158,316Special EDUcatiON $347,199 Education FIELD OF INTEREFieldST of $137,750 Interest HEHealthALTH $276,187 BASIC NEEDBasicS Needs$388,658 CIVIC/LEADERSHIP $74,805 Civic/Leadership Arts/Culture Arts/CULTURE $180,001 D. More youth from marginalized communities Social Wealth: Trust, Relationships, & attending and graduating from vocational Mutual Support programs and college E. Parents with more skills and capacities TGKVF will measure the growth in social wealth to participate in their child’s educational using the following indicators of success: development K. More youth attending out-of-school time F. More children prepared for kindergarten and programs demonstrating school readiness L. A rise in family participation and volunteerism in educational and/or Intellectual Wealth: Community-Wide recreational youth programs Access to Knowledge, Innovation, & Technology M. Higher rates of family involvement in the development, governance, management, TGKVF will measure the growth in intellectual and/or evaluation of youth programs and/or wealth using the following indicators of success: organizations that serve youth G. More qualified tutors, mentors, and teachers Financial Wealth: Community Investments working in out-of-school time programs & Household Savings H. Increase in the capacity and reach of proven programs that assist families to become TGKVF will measure the growth in financial vital partners in children’s education and life wealth using the following indicators of success: success N. Increase in the number of vocational and I. Increase in the capacity and reach of proven college graduates who are employed in vocational programs that train students for promising sectors and earning enough