Looking Forward. Giving Back. Report to the Community

Skykomish Valley Indian Education Parent Organization 1 Strong communities are built by generosity. WE CAN HELP YOU. HERE'S HOW. Whether through small acts of kindness, donations or Explore your giving options for a specific type of charity. Learn about new programs that you volunteerism, the human desire to belong and contribute may not know existed. Discuss ways to support your own city, school or church. Let us work is essential. with you to tailor a giving plan that meets your charitable goals now or in the future. Contact us at 425-212-4056. The Community Foundation is at the center of local generosity. We build charitable funds for families and individuals, so that people can provide grants to their favorite charities, much like a private foundation. We fan the flame of passion for community and help people, feed families, support new parents, buy books, restore rivers, build affordable housing, and create art. We help connect our local nonprofits, donors, and community. Le We are a FREE and trusted…. a g • mentor to community groups just starting e a • charitable consultant to families and individuals seeking knowledge about v c where to give a Leave • funder and colleague to our local nonprofits y • partner with professional advisors who work with families to leave a e . charitable legacy L % Explore. www.cf-sc.org 99 of your estate to your children, family, friends and... %

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2 3 CURRENT FUNDS YOUR DREAMS. OUR MISSION. Funds that support Designated Funds (continued) Donor Advised Funds (continued) The Community Foundation provides a way for an individual or family to give to specific • Koffski Fund Nysether Family Foundation Nonprofits • Myrna and Bob Overstreet Fund for R. Smith Family Collection Excellence charities, communities or causes. Anything is possible. Just tell us what you care about and Agency Endowments (25) Randy & Maddy Utt Family • Phil Johnson Collection we will help create a plan tailored for you. Established by a nonprofit. The agency Richard & Nancy Wendt receives one grant per year from • Robert M. & Agnes F. Humphrey & Robin Humphrey Rick Steves' Europe the earnings. Hazen Collection • Simon & Vada A. Newland Collection Terry & Cheryle Earnheart for Children Cocoon House - Board Designated • Walter C. & Hazel R. Sand Collection Terry & Phyllis Buckridge Cocoon House - Donor Designated • Woman’s Book Club William & Barbara Savery Domestic Violence Services of Everett Rowing Association William C. and Eleanor E. Butler Trust Snohomish County Gollman Fund: Assistance League, East County Senior Center Legacy North Everett Boys and Girls Club, Scholarship Endowment Edmonds Driftwood Players Everett Gospel Mission Funds (13) Everett Senior Center Foundation Jeannie and David Brenner: Quilceda Donors select the criteria and committee ow ive Friends of Domestic Violence Services Community Services, Warm Beach Camp members to award annual scholarships N G La to local youth. e Start a t Friends of the Coupeville Library Norma Kruger Student Education: iv e Friends of the Marysville Library Edmonds Community College Foundation charitable fund r Arlington Rotary/Chester Williams G Granite Falls Historical Society Nysether Collection at Sno-Isle Libraries Bill & Patty Dunn today with $25,000 using Josephine Quilceda Community Services Bob Cummins School Service Award cash, securities or other Make a gift to a charity or Homage Senior Services Schack Art Center Clint Thomason Memorial assets for immediate tax specific cause in your will. Monroe Public Schools Foundation Scholarship Dick Rowley savings. You can also build a Sky Valley Food Bank Funds for Active Donors Everett High School Class of 1963 fund over 5 years Snohomish Community Food Bank Donor Advised Funds (39) Flat World with $5,000 Here’s how Snohomish County Music Project/Schack Donors establish a fund and use a portion of Granite Falls Historical Society per year. the Community Snohomish Seniors the balance each year to make grants. Herald Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation Angie Weber Memorial Joe Richer Foundation can help • Gellerson Memorial Program for Sno-Isle Libraries Anne & Mary Arts & Environmental Education Mahood Family • Create an agreement that spells out the • Passey/Marshall Best Family Metzger Family • Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation Operating Bill & Patty DeGroodt Michael Shaler Memorial details of your donation including which • Sno-Isle Library Circle of Friends Collection Blair Foundation causes you’d like to support. • Trudy J Sundberg Memorial Community • Ulla Britta Larson Memorial Brad & Kathy Nysether Foundation Funds • Your fund is invested to grow over time. Stillaguamish Valley Pioneers Museum Brent's Fund for Disabilities Debora Valis & Steve Shapiro Family Our 10 year average rate of return is 6.95%. Work Opportunities Cascade Coffee Giving George & Sheila Moy Saul Family Close to My Heart Designated Funds (30) • Receive annual earnings from your fund Coastal Community Bank Employee Giving Started by a donor to support a specific Community Funds to make grants to the charities of Collins Family nonprofit or public agency. your choice. De Spain Family for Anyone City of Everett Doug and Peggy Burton Family Anyone can donate to these funds, which • Aqua-Marine support a specific area. Grant applications Ed & Andi Hansen • City of Everett Cultural Arts are reviewed by committees of community George Kauffman • Everett Parks volunteers who decide on funding. Funds for Nonprofits Funds for • Everett Performing Arts Center Goldfinch Family Arts & Culture • Joe Richer Golf Gunderson Family Designated Funds the Community • SCMP Travel Fund Everett High School Blue & Gold Club Harry & Jeanne Metzger Started by a donor for a specific nonprofit of Anyone can donate any amount • Visual Arts Hill Street their choice for whatever purpose the donor to help grow the community Community Grant • Bill Baker Book Club Jack Grant chooses. These funds can be named in honor Funds for impact funds. Grant applications • Emergency Fund, 530 Mudslide • Clyde & Judy Pitcher Collection or memory of a loved one. The nonprofit are accepted by the staff and James/Pascale Education Active Donors • Corinne N. Powers and Ruth H. Nesse receives a grant once per year from the fund. reviewed by community Jo Metzger-Levin Family Environment & Animals Donors who start these funds • Enid Nordlund volunteers who decide on John & Ellen Middleton Geographic Agency Endowments make grants to their favorite • Everett Public Library Endowment in Honor of funding. Grant criteria changes Leone-Fronheiser Family • Everett Youth Impact Established by a nonprofit with its own money local nonprofits, schools or Mark Nesse as community needs shift. Mallonee Family • Health & Education Fund for Whidbey Island from savings or donations. The nonprofit can parks. Our staff provides the • Friends of the Everett Public Library for Collection Excellence Mark & Vickie Nysether • Sky Valley Human Services request the fund be returned by a vote of their administrative work, much like • Genette Brocken Fund for Contemporary board. a private foundation. Mike & Maggie Faulkner Health & Wellness Fiction & Music Appreciation Mountain Pacific Bank Employee & Human Services • Harriet & Ross Winde Director’s Giving • John & Idamae Schack Collection Newland Family for Giving Questions or ideas for your own private family fund? Learn more. • Kay Norris Collection Norma J. Kruger Contact Elena Pullen-Venema at [email protected] or 425-212-4056. J Robert Leach & Vickie K. Norris 4 5 GRANTS GIVEN 2001 – 2017 Arts & Culture Concordia University Whitworth University Down Syndrome Association Seattle Children's Hospital Darrington Recreation & Your Place Afterschool Eagle Wings disAbility Ministries Sky Valley Food Bank 5th Ave Theatre Education Foundation East County Senior Center Sky Valley Resource Center- VOA GRANTS GIVEN 6th Day Dance Darrington School District Environment & Animals Edith Bishel Center for the Blind and Snohomish Community Food Bank ACT Theatre Eastern University Visually Impaired Snohomish County Health & Arlington Arts Council Adopt a Stream Foundation Since 2001, we have awarded more than 3,000 grants totaling $9.8 million to more than EdLab Group Edmonds Senior Center Safety Network Cascade Symphony Camano Animal Shelter Association Edmonds Community College Enso House Snohomish County Legal Services Centrum Foundation Cascadia Green Building Council 400 nonprofits and organizations. Edmonds School District Everett First Presbyterian Church Snohomish Senior Center City of Everett Cultural Arts Center Valley Animal Rescue Eisenhower Middle School Everett Gospel Mission South Everett Neighborhood Center City of Lynnwood - Arts Commission Chez Chevaux Elks National Foundation Everett Medic One Foundation St. Mary Magdalen Parish/ Dorothy Jayne Foundation for Circle Green Healing Arts Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Faith Action Network St. John's Mission the Arts EarthCorps University Familias Unidas Latino St. Vincent de Paul Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation EquiFriends Emerson Elementary School First Presbyterian Church Stanwood Community & Edmonds Center for the Arts Evergreen Arboretum and Gardens Evans Scholars Foundation Food Lifeline Senior Center Edmonds Driftwood Players Farmer Frog Everett Community College Forgotten Children's Fund Stanwood-Camano Area Foundation Emily Dickinson Museum Giraffe Project Everett Elks Lodge #479 Freeborn Church Stanwood-Camano Food Everett Museum of History Jefferson Land Trust Everett High School Fresh Start Housing Bank Everett Music Initiative Methow Conservancy Everett Public Library Friends of Youth Stillaguamish Senior Center Everett Recovery Cafe Monte Cristo Preservation Everett Public Schools Full Life Care Sunshine Physically Everett Women's Film Festival Association Everett Rotary Youth Foundation Futurewise Challenged Foundation Everett Youth Symphony Orchestras Mukilteo Community Garden Evergreen Middle School Gertrude Jackson Memorial Fund Take the Next Step Historic Everett Theatre Frank Wagner Elementary Girl Scouts TeamChild Imagine Children's Museum NOAH Animal Adoption Center Friends of the Everett Public Library Good Cheer Food Bank Salvation Army Marysville/Tulalip g International Puppetry Museum North Cascades Institute lin to ringt Friends of the Jefferson Goodwill Smile Train nwo r n r o Intiman Theatre Northwest Watershed Institute a o a County Library NW Straits Foundation Granite Falls Community Coalition Tears Foundation t d A n Last Leaf Productions Friends of the Monroe Library Hand in Hand Tools for Organizations S 60 Grants D 19 Grants Lowell Art Works Outdoors for All Foundation 76 Grants Garfield Elementary School Healthy Start Treehouse Monroe Arts Council Pacific Northwest Giant $174k $129k George Fox University Helping Hand of South Whidbey Trinity Lutheran Church $240k North Lakewood Instrumental Pumpkin Growers Georgetown University Henry M. Jackson Foundation Trinity Lutheran College Music Boosters People for Gonzaga University Homage Senior Services VGAL Program Northwest Junior Pipe Band Progressive Animal Welfare Society Jackson Elementary School Homeschool Alternative Program Victim Support Services Northwest Recreation of Washington Project Seawolf Coastal Protection James Monroe Elementary Hope Creek Charitable Foundation Village Community Services Northwest Savoyards Musical Purrfect Pals Jefferson County Library Hope Unlimited Volunteers of America Theater Society Sarvey Wildlife Care Center ysv Lakeside School Housing Consortium of Everett & Warm Beach Christian Camps & r i Northwind Arts Center Skagit Fisheries a ll Lakeside School Parents Snohomish County Conference Center e Olympic Ballet Theatre Enhancement Group Association Housing Hope Wellspring Family Services M Olympic Music Festival Snohomish Conservation District 60 Grants t Lakewood School District Hub, Youth Central WithinReach S ev Open Air Cinema Snohomish County Master Gardener $225k e e Langley Middle School Snohomish County Surface Human Services Council of Wonderland Developmental Center k Open Door Theatre n Lemmon Public Library Water Management Snohomish County Work Opportunities

a Paradise Theatre School 45 Grants s Lewis-Clark State College Immaculate Conception & Our Lady Workforce Snohomish Poetry Northwest Snow Leopard Trust

L Little Cedars Elementary School of Perpetual Help YMCA $103k Sound Salmon Solutions Lowell Elementary School Impaired Driving Impact Panel of YWCA Port Townsend Aero Museum Stanwood Therapeutic Riding Matthew House Island County Portage Bay Big Band Summit Academy Monroe Public Schools Foundation Interfaith Association Health and Wellness Potlatch Fund Take a Vet to Lunch Mountain Way Elementary School Jefferson Community School hom Pratt Fine Arts Center View Ridge Elementary Avon Walk for Breast Cancer ere o i Mukilteo School District Josephine Sunset Home v tt s Puppetry Arts Institute Washington Trails Association Joe Richer Golf E n h North Middle School Junior Achievement Quilcene Historical Museum Whidbey-Camano Land Trust North Everett Little League S 54 Grants Northern State University Kaitlin's Mobility Foundation kilt 861 Grants Riverside Neighborhood Association Alzheimer's Association u e Northwest College Human Services Kid's Kits Program o $100k Schack Art Center American Cancer Society M $1.9m Northwest Educational Service KSER Foundation Seattle Pro Musica Society American Legion Post 6 American Judicature Society onro District 189 Lake Stevens Boys and Girls Club 18 Grants e Seattle Shakespeare Company Arc of Snohomish County Citrine Health M Northwest University Lake Stevens Family Center $65k Seniors Making Art Arlington Community Food Bank Community Health Center Oregon State University Life House Ministries 95 Grants Skykomish Valley Indian Education Arlington Community Resource Downtown Everett Association ultan Pacific Lutheran University Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center S Parent Organization Center - LCSNW Community $236k Pacific Science Center Mark Rypien Foundation Snohomish Artist Guild Arlington Kids' Kloset Everett Hoop Club Page Ahead Children's Marysville Community Food Bank 7 Grants Snohomish County Music Project Arlington United Church Legion Memorial Golf Course Literacy Program Matthew House The Dance School Assistance League of Everett Living the Dream Foundation $35k Pennsylvania State University Mercy Housing Northwest UW School Of Music Bethany of the Louis Braille School Penny Creek Elementary Mercy Watch Village Theatre, Everett Northwest Foundation Make a Wish Foundation Readiness to Learn Foundation Mockingbird Society Wooden O Theatre Productions Big Brothers Big Sisters Medical Teams International Rhodes College Boistfort Valley Monroe Gospel Women's Mission Mercy Corps nwo Community Impact Saint Martin's University Community Foundation North Counties' Family Services MS Society n o Seattle Pacific University Boy Scouts of America Office Moms & Dads Nancy's House Fieldtrips y d ACLU Seattle University Boys & Girls Clubs Opportunity Council National Multiple Sclerosis Society L 501 Commons 74 Grants Sequoia High School Our Savior's Lutheran Church NEO Philanthropy Leadership Snohomish County Bread for the World Institute Skagit Valley College Pacific Treatment Alternatives Northwest Burn Foundation $346k League of Snohomish County Bridgeways Snohomish County Packs for Kids Northwest Parkinson's Foundation Heritage Organizations Bright Stars of Bethlehem Literacy Coalition Parkview Services Optimal Hospice Leave 10 C.A.S.T. for Kids Snohomish Education Foundation Peoria Home Pacific Medical Centers United Good Neighbors of Camano Center Snohomish High School Philanthropy Northwest Pioneer Human Services on Jefferson County Camp Fire m d Snohomish School District Planned Parenthood Providence General Foundation d s United Way of Snohomish County Cascade Gleaning Association Snohomish Senior High School Pregnancy Aid Providence Hospice & Home Care E Washington Nonprofits Cascade Seniors 11 Grants Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation Casino Road Kids Ministries Project Access Northwest Seattle Children's Hospital $16k Education Sno-Isle Technical Skills Center Catholic Community Services Project Linus Foundation Southern Oregon University Children’s Association of Providence Protect-A-Child Today Smith Child Care Center Inc. All Aboard Springfield College General Medical Center Providence Everett Sexual Snohomish County Volunteer Search • Only 15% of our grants have Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy St. Mary Magdalene School ChildStrive Assault Center and Rescue High School Stanford University Choice & Consequence Puget Sound Christian Clinic Special Olympics Washington been awarded outside of Archdiocese of Seattle Stanwood-Camano School District Christmas House Puget Sound Kidney The Conscious Elders Network Arlington Education Foundation Sultan School District City of Arlington Centers Foundation The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Snohomish County Arlington Public Schools University of Alabama City of Darrington Puget Sound Labor Agency Valley General Hospital Foundation Bastyr University Clinical University of Hawaii Clothes for Kids Quilceda Community Services Washington Healthcare Research Center University of Idaho Cocoon House Quilts from the Heart Access Alliance Bellevue Community College • More than $4 million has been University of Illinois at Chicago Community Resources Foundation Red Cross Washington State Hospice & Beta Omega Foundation University of Montana Compass Health Rotary Club of Monroe Foundation Palliative Care Beverly Public Library awarded for county-wide programs. University of Puget Sound Cross International Rotary First Harvest Young Life West Snohomish County Map courtesy of Housing Hope Bison Public Library University of Rochester Catholic Outreach Ryan's House for Youth Youth Suicide Prevention Program Boise State University University of Tennessee, Knoxville Darrington Community Safe Harbor Free Clinic Brown University • Our annual grant-making has Services Center Seattle Area Youth For Christ Campbell University US Naval Academy Dawson Place Child Salvation Army Carroll College Utah State University Advocacy Center Secret Harbor doubled since 2015. Cascade High School Valley View Middle School Deaconess Children's Services Senior Safety Cedarville University Washington State University Denney Juvenile Justice Senior Services of Island County Central Washington University Western Oregon University Center Sharing Security City of Everett, Parks & Recreation Western Washington University Domestic Violence Services Sharing Wheels Colorado State University Whitman College Sherwood Community Services 6 7 Nonprofits are a community’s great equalizer. They tackle inequities and help our most vulnerable populations. They enrich our health and well-being. They are an essential partner NONPROFIT SERVICES in all aspects of community life.

We believe that an investment in a nonprofit’s infrastructure builds a strong organization. Efficient and well-run nonprofits spend less time on operations and more time on clients. That is why we offer dozens of FREE services, networking and support to help Impact Report nonprofits flourish.

17 350 . C CC Nearly 80 of participants were from small G 67 C and medium-sized organizations often time . with no paid staff.

Leader Link is our new and innovative C service that matches local agencies with potential board members. Show Me the Money Grant Database Candidates come from the community, Fundraising Strategy 101 business sector and through Advocacy: Empowering your Board & Staff Leadership Snohomish County. Facebook for Nonprofits Interested candidates are screened and individually matched with The Overhead Myth nonprofits or public boards that meet Volunteer Management 3-Part Series their interests and passions. Interested Boards on Fire. Helping your Board individuals can sign up on our website Fundraise Joyfully or contact Karri Matau for more Group Process, Group Decisions UNSTUCK information karricf-sc.org Finance Basics

We help volunteer board members understand finances, avoid fraud and raise more money. We connect groups doing similar work and help develop ign up for a list of upcoming workshops and programs. collaborations that avoid duplication www.cf-sc.org/support/workshops-networking of services.

8 9 COLLABORATION We are more than a funder. We are a partner in community work. One of the Community Foundation top priorities is to help nonprofits and community groups work together better. Community issues are complex. However, results are often better through collaboration than through grant funding alone. We offer an outside voice to help groups look at new possibilities, avoid duplication and streamline systems. We also provide facilitation, meeting space, and consulting support. Our nonprofit partners tell us that we are a connector for them. We have the benefit of watching the entire sector in Snohomish County and helping people find others doing similar work.

Being Neighborly Being Neighborly (BeNe) is a community group fostering connection, support, and neighborliness in Lake Stevens. The Community Foundation funded the creation of a website to help launch new BeNe groups across Snohomish County and the state.

Casino Road in Everett We were awarded a three-year, $700,000 grant from the Whitehorse Foundation to partner with schools, government, Neighbors volunteer to help others fix or repair a variety of household items in Lake Stevens. This monthly activity is called a Repair Café. nonprofits, business, and residents to strengthen and support families in the Casino Road area.

10 11 Our Founders The Community Foundation of Snohomish County is endowed with Founding Gifts from: The Newland Family Fund for Giving Phil Johnson John and Idamae Schack The Bargreen Family The Nysether Family Foundation Don and Joyce Tisdel Family East County Senior Center The Roy and Ann Thorsen Family The Harry and Jeanne Metzger Family

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