Building Connections Toledo Community Foundation, Inc

2016 Annual Report building connections Toledo Community Foundation, Inc. 300 Madison Avenue, Suite 1300 Toledo, OH 43604 Telephone: 419.241.5049 Email: [email protected] Inspiring and Connecting Thoughtful Giving Website: www.toledocf.org About Us We are a community of donors committed to making our region and the world a better place to call home. The Foundation is a public charity, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, with more than $241 million in charitable assets composed of more than 760 individual funds. Each fund represents a unique charitable giving partnership with an individual, family, business or nonprofit organization. The Foundation consistently demonstrates a unique capability to connect donors with the opportunity to make a real difference through charitable giving. Since 1973, Toledo Community Foundation has helped area citizens put charitable dollars to work addressing the issues most important to them in the communities they care most about. Information about planned giving and more information about the Foundation can be found at www.toledocf.org. Our Mission Toledo Community Foundation, Inc. — a public, charitable foundation — exists to improve the quality of life in the region by: • Providing a flexible, informed, effective means for donors to achieve their charitable goals in perpetuity .• Addressing the changing needs of the region through efficient, prudent, high impact grant making .• Serving as a source of information about and as a catalyst in shaping the region’s response to those needs, and .• Facilitating the work of other grant making organizations in order to achieve effective and efficient grant making practices Let us show you just how easy, flexible and effective your charitable giving can be. We can help you with the details. Contact us at 419.241.5049 to start making your community a better place. Dear Friends, n her memoir, the author Pearl S. Buck said: “.. the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.” So many great thinkers have expressed this sentiment, quoting them could fill the rest of this page. I The question is: how do we go about doing it? Our own society is in the midst of a shift away from relying primarily on public funding for the care of its helpless members. Many of the public-service institutions in northwest Ohio who once depended heavily on government funding to do their work are having to look elsewhere for support. In this environment, the generosity of private individuals and enterprises is increasingly essential to provide for the public good. We in this region are blessed with a history of families and corporations who have provided for the good of the whole, and Toledo Community Foundation is the steward of many of those resources. As such, we recognize more than ever the leadership role the Foundation has in using those resources wisely. David F. Waterman CHAIR Our cover story that follows on page 2 demonstrates how seemingly intractable problems like human trafficking can be successfully addressed. PATH’s model of convening teams of knowledgeable, experienced people and using data to improve their methods is impressive. It is also our vision for successful nonprofits of the future. As the connecting point between donor and grantee, the Foundation is uniquely positioned to convene and support similar groups to address our area’s most pressing needs. With this role in mind, Foundation leadership has established funds to provide grant resources for three major areas of community need: women and children, education, and economic development. Our stories on pages 4 and 5 showcase the importance of women’s and children’s concerns to two of our donors. A sidebar describes how our recently established Women’s Fund can support Foundation-driven efforts to promote the well-being of women in Keith Burwell our community. PRESIDENT We recognize that without our contributors, whether through funds like these or through any one of the many fund options described on pages 8 and 9, the work done by the Foundation would not be possible. We extend our heartfelt thanks for your gifts — not only of revenue, but often time and talent as well — to care for those in our community whose needs are the greatest. Sincerely, David F. Waterman Keith Burwell CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRESIDENT 1 building connections Left to right: Chris Dziad, Program Officer, Toledo Community Foundation; Brett Loney, Associate Vice President of Central Development, University of Toledo; Celia Williamson, Director, University of Toledo Human Trafficking Institute; Jared Rose, PhD, Co-Chair, Lucas County Human Trafficking Coalition; Fanell Williams, PATH Coordinator in 2015Toledo Community Two decades ago, victims of human trafficking in northwest Ohio — and indeed, in Foundation considered a proposal from The most of the nation — faced bleak prospects. Labeled as criminals, they had little hope of escaping those who exploited them, as their alternative to slavery was University of Toledo Foundation to support a usually imprisonment. new community effort called Partners Against Trafficking in Humans, or PATH. In the late ‘90s, as the public began to better understand the real nature of human trafficking, the criminal justice system likewise began to change its approach, and The two grants that were ultimately awarded for area social service agencies got involved. But while the goals were admirable, the shadowy nature of human trafficking made it hard to identify those in need, and the PATH fostered an innovative model of collaborative various groups working on their behalf were not well coordinated. intervention that has transformed the region’s approach to human trafficking and its victims. To improve the situation in northwest Ohio, stakeholders came together to form the Lucas County Human Trafficking Coalition (LCHTC). It brought together key partners This is the story of how that model came to be in law enforcement, health care, social services agencies, and education to improve applied to one of our society’s most troubling prosecution of traffickers and assistance to their victims. But process issues persisted. problems, and how this approach has potential Enter PATH to improve the efficacy of other social service “PATH — Partners Against Trafficking in Humans — is both a network and a meth- agencies, not just in northwest Ohio but across odology,” explained Chris Dziad, program officer for Toledo Community Foundation. 2 the country. “The network includes more than 60 area agencies and individuals who work with A community joins forces to battle human trafficking what is PATH? victims of human trafficking on everything from legal PATH also has a mission-critical training component that A 4-way coalition of 60+ organizations services to housing to job training and placement. PATH’s was Dr. Williamson’s innovation. “To succeed, we must methodology is to find victims of human trafficking, link first prepare the community,” said Williamson. “Upon and individuals in... them with services, and use data from those services to joining PATH, all participating agencies receive training in n Law enforcement improve outcomes.” human trafficking issues, trauma-informed care, and the n Social service agencies PATH model — so we are all on the same page.” n Health care providers PATH was the product of collaboration between the n LCHTC and Dr. Celia Williamson, director of UT’s Human A well-conceived plan UT’s Human Trafficking Institute opens funding doors Trafficking Institute (see related story on TCFs website: How does PATH work? www.toledocf.org/ and click on grantee success stories), When PATH needed startup funding, Loney thought it n Victims receive case managers by and PATH coordinator Fanell Williams. “I had been serving might be a fit for the Toledo Community Foundation. as an evaluator of a program called Pathways, developed • Court referral in Mansfield, Ohio by Dr. Sarah Redding,” said Williamson. “When I first learned of PATH, I thought it fit the Toledo • Medical provider referral “Pathways was incredibly successful in improving out- Community Foundation way of doing things,” said Loney. • Word-of-mouth referrals comes for low-birth-weight babies. I saw that it could be “It involved community collaboration with established • Provider outreach efforts applied to the human trafficking issue with similar results.” participants who had proven track records, and it was n Case managers coordinate interventions well-visioned.” Data-driven feedback and report outcomes through the PATH “hub” improves outcomes Loney also noted that PATH had already obtained both n UT’s Human Trafficking Institute private and public grants, and had excellent prospects analyzes data to identify what works “What’s different about PATH is the academic compo- for continued funding once the program was established. and what doesn’t nent,” explains Brett Loney, UT Foundation Associate “The evidence-based approach of this program is very n Provider subcommittees utilize data Vice President of Central Development, who brought attractive to supporters,” he added. to improve processes the project to TCF’s attention. “UT’s Human Trafficking Institute provides both teaching and research to analyze Chris Dziad agreed. “Human trafficking was an issue the What are PATH’s strengths and improve outcomes.” Toledo Community Foundation had established a decade for supporters? ago as a priority,” she said. “So, when the UT Foundation Commenting on the Institute’s role in PATH, Dr. William- n Addressing a critical community

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