From the President

On behalf of the Board and staff of ICF – Happy New Year! With the New Year come resolutions, changes and opportunities. We hope one of your resolutions will be to stay informed about the many ways people like you partner with ICF to enrich the quality of life throughout Idaho.

You are receiving @ICF because you are already our partner in building community. That means you have given a gift to one of ICF’s funds such as the Women’s Gift Alliance, the Wood River Women’s Foundation, the John William Jackson Fund or one of our other 550+ funds, or that you are an ICF member, fund advisor, volunteer or grant recipient. Maybe you are more than one of these things, for which are very appreciative! No matter your affiliation, we appreciate that you are part of ICF’s collective philanthropy movement.

We expect 2017 to bring many good things, including surpassing $100 million in grants distributed since our founding nearly 30 years ago. That’s a powerful demonstration of people coming together to support the issues and organizations that they care about and bringing positive changes to communities across our great state.

Headlines ICF expands subscribers to @ICF, our monthly e-bulletin

ICF expands subscribers We’re making our e-bulletin available to more people beginning with this issue. to @ICF, our monthly e- ICF members, fund holders, Legacy Society members, many of our grant bulletin recipients and donors to our nearly 550 charitable funds will now receive monthly updates about ICF news, events and grant deadlines. The e-bulletin is ICF welcomes Tina Therp! an easy and convenient way to stay in touch with ICF.

ICF fund statements now We’ve changed the way we compile the list of @ICF subscribers so people who available previously received the e-bulletin may not receive it now (only one person in a married couple, for example). Bistline Fund gives almost $45,000 in grants for arts Anyone who wishes to receive @ICF can click here. If you don’t wish to receive the e-bulletin, click here. Upcoming Deadlines For more frequent ICF updates, you can like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. ICF's New and Renewing Members ICF welcomes Tina Therp!

Month Year We are pleased to announce that Tina Therp has accepted the position of Eastern Idaho Regional Development Officer. New Member | Renewing Member Tina has lived in Pocatello and southeast Idaho for 25 years and is an experienced development and nonprofit Benefactor ($1,000 and management professional. above) Rex Backman, Eagle She’s had her own independent consulting firm for more than Karen Bilowith, Boise five years and was the interim development director at Idaho State University’s College of Education prior to that. Ford and Jean Elsaesser, Priest River “I look forward to telling the story of ICF,” Tina said. “The most rewarding part Ralph and Mary Lynn of my job is to see a donor’s wish come to fruition.” Hartwell, Idaho Falls Tina is involved in the community, including as a longtime Rotarian and member of the League of Women Voters in Pocatello. She has been a certified N. Charles and Polly Hedemark, Boise National Rifle Association instructor for 15 years and specializes in teaching self-defense to women both with and without a firearm. Alice Hennessey, Boise Her hobbies include reading and taking online classes. She’s currently finishing Nick and Sharon Purdy, her certification in social media content and is taking an advanced class in Picabo making gumpaste flowers for cake decorating. Ron Sali, Eagle Her fiancé Joe Murphy recently moved to Pocatello from Boston and is a Kathleen Tomich, Post Falls computer engineer for NBCSports/Olympics. They have two cats, Mabel and Loki. Patron ($500-$999) John and Martha Arrington, Idaho Falls “I was never a cat person, but now I have to admit I got a great package deal!” Tina laughs. Thomas and Marilyn Beck, Boise Tina begins her ICF job on January 23. She can be reached at [email protected] or (208)982-1448. William Berg and Melinda Cameron, Sagle

Larry Cope, Buhl

David and Judith Hinman, Emmett

Dirk and Patricia Kempthorne, Boise

Michael and Kathryn McNichols, Lewiston

Phillip and Anita Murelaga, Boise

Caroline and David Troy, ICF fund statements now available Genesee Third quarter fund statements are now available. Please go to ICF’s Marc and Nancy Sue Wallace, homepage and click the Login button for your fund statement. Hayden Lake

Sponsor ($250-$499) Donald and Trudy Anderson, Bistline Fund gives almost $45,000 in grants for arts Boise The F.M. and Anne G. and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fund in the Idaho Betty Carr, Idaho Falls Community Foundation is providing $44,820 in grants to arts-focused nonprofits in southeastern Idaho. Steven and Cindy Carr, Idaho Falls The Bistline Fund, which became an ICF fund in 2011, gives grants twice a Tim and Kate Coiner, Twin year. Previously it was the F.M. and Anne G. and Beverly B. Bistline Falls Foundation, a private foundation founded in 1999 by Pocatello philanthropist Beverly Bistline and named in honor of her parents. Roy and Frances Ellsworth, Boise Recipients of the fall grant cycle are: Bear Lake High School (Montpelier) – $820 to buy equipment and Andrew and Shannon Erstad, Boise costumes to create a student-produced story that will be filmed against a green screen and shared with the student body and community Kenneth and Valaree Estep, Arbon Bear Lake High School (Montpelier) – $2,400 to purchase a euphonium

Kent and Kim Fletcher, Burley Idaho Public Television (Boise) – $3,000 to sponsor the Great Allan and Fran Frost, Twin Performances program on Idaho Public Television Falls Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Inc. (Boise) – $3,000 to support the eastern Irv and Trudy Littman, Boise portion of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival’s educational outreach programs, Renee and Patrick Miller, Idaho Theater for Youth and Shakespearience Coeur d’Alene Malad Middle School (Malad City) – $1,100 to purchase components for a Walter and Patricia Nelson, sound system for the gymnasium in Malad Middle School Gooding Marsh Valley Performing Arts Committee (Arimo) – $2,500 to support the R. Bruce and Judith Owens, Hayden Lake band, drama and choir programs at Marsh Valley High School by purchasing equipment and supplies, and to present Shakespeare in the Schools to Danielle Quade, Coeur Lava/Downey Elementary d’Alene Musicians West, Inc. (Pocatello) – $4,000 to provide an honorarium for the Richard and Georgiann Raimondi, Boise primary adjudicator, pay for piano tuning and provide trophies and medals for pre-college winners of the Musicians West Piano Competition John and Enid Runft, Boise North Gem Education Foundation (Bancroft) – $3,000 to pay for Randy Smith, Pocatello workshops, performances, uniforms and travel expenses for the choir Fred and Charlotte Thompson, Boise Old Town Actors Studio (Pocatello) – $8,000 to continue and expand the theatre for youth, and bring theatre to the community Sustainer ($100-$249) Richard and Sharon Allen, Oneida Stake Academy Foundation (Preston) – $4,000 to produce the Scottsdale, AZ musical “If These Walls Could Talk” Don and Judy Atkinson, Hailey Pocatello Art Center – $5,000 to create a visiting artists program where notable artists will teach master classes to supplement existing classes, Norman and Ellen Batt, workshops, presentations and lectures Caldwell

Irv Baldwin and Betsy Hill, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (Fort Hall) – $1,000 to rent a room at the Boise Shoshone-Bannock Hotel & Events Center and provide a meal to attendees for a photography exhibition Ernest Blackwelder and Sheila Hennessey, Laguna Beach, Snake River School District #52 (Blackfoot) – $5,000 to support the 2017 CA production of Lion King, Jr., and to purchase a soundboard and audio snake Barbara Botsch, Sandpoint Southeast Idaho Reading Council (Pocatello) – $2,000 to assist with the Barbara Brown, Idaho Falls costs of the honorarium for featured author/illustrator S. D. Nelson for the Bellon Visiting Author Series Bill and Bernadean Daniels, Boise Upcoming Deadlines Fred and Susan Faulkner, Gooding For the latest updates on ICF grant opportunities, follow us on Facebook and Allen and Raina Frei, Twitter. Ferdinand Two grant cycles open in north Idaho Klara Hansberger, Boise ICF has two grant cycles open for the north Idaho counties of Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce and Hope Hayward, Ketchum Shoshone. Deadline for each is Jan. 15. Tom and Shana Hennessey, Mountain Home The Idaho Future Fund grant cycle is beginning its third year and will provide $100,000 in north Idaho grants in 2017. Mark and Lynn Hofflund, Boise Idaho Future Fund grants are in these categories: preschool scholarships, Ronald and Mary H. Hughes, charter schools, public schools and public school libraries, and supplemental Boise educational programs.

Bill and Jackie Jackson, Boise For more information about Idaho Future Fund eligibility and the application, go to ICF’s homepage under Deadlines, or contact ICF Director of Community Carolyn Johnson, Boise Impact Elly Davis by email or at (208) 342-3535. Richard and Richard and Jill Jurvelin, Coeur d’Alene The second ICF grant cycle is the Northern Region Competitive Grant Cycle, which provides grants of up to $5,000 to nonprofits and public entities, Kenneth and Dawn Kees, including educational institutions, in the areas of: Lewiston Arts and culture Daniel and Pamela Keller, Preston Education Emergency services James and Carole McWilliam, Libraries Pocatello Conservation/environment Health James and Kathryn Mertz, Caldwell Recreation Social services Vicki Murphy, Boise Public projects

Steven and JoAnn Peterson, Earlier this year, ICF awarded more than $209,000 to 97 organizations in north Twin Falls Idaho through the Northern Region Competitive Grant Cycle. Marvin and Dianne Pett, For more information or to apply, go to ICF’s homepage under Deadlines. Malad City

Allen and Jolean Quimby, ICF Scholarship Opportunities Boise We have more than 70 scholarship opportunities for students seeking assistance with the cost of higher education. The deadline to submit the ICF Bonnie Quinn, Boise Scholarship Application is April 1. William and Sheila Richards, Hayden In 2016, ICF awarded more than $425,000 in scholarships to over 230 students throughout Idaho. Jim and Mary Schmidt, Grangeville The application and information about all ICF scholarships is here. For more Kathy Scott, Boise information, email Community Impact Assistant Lisa Bearg or call her at (208) 342-3535. Jerry and Ann Shively, Idaho Falls Newly Created Funds Mary Fran Soltman, Grangeville Amanda Rose Smith Fund (Endowed Donor Advised) – Created by Jordan P. and Mary K Smith of Salmon in memory of their daughter, Amanda Rose Jordan and Mary Smith, Smith, to support Salmon-area charities and causes. Salmon

David and Lara Stone, Copple Family Fund (Endowed Donor Advised) – Created to honor the Ketchum memories of Robert H. and Helen C. Copple and their son, Dr. Brian Copple.

Alan and Sherry Van Orden, David and Laurie Wall Fund (Designated) – Created by David and Laurie Pocatello Wall to help ensure a legacy of excellence in mathematics, science and Stephen Wagner, Idaho Falls technology education for the students of Bonner County.

Gerald and MaryEllen Dennis and Peggy Downer Fund (Non-Endowed Donor Advised) – created Woodworth, Rupert by Dennis and Peggy Downer of McCall to support local charities and causes.

Supporter ($50-$99) Cynthia Bambic, Boise Laura M. Bettis Advised Fund (Non-Endowed Donor Advised) – created by Laura M. Bettis to benefit mainly Valley County with a focus in educational Fred Belzer and Theresa resources and programming in rural Idaho. Kaufmann, Pocatello Salmon Education Foundation Nep and Mary Ellen Lynch Scholarship Howard and Carol Burnett, (Agency) – Created to help fund scholarship opportunities for graduating Pocatello seniors from Salmon High School and/or Salmon Alternative School in memory Gregory and Paula Culet, of Nep and Mary Ellen Lynch. Nampa Susan Gardner Memorial TCS Tuition Assistance Fund (Designated) – Ryan Erstad, Boise created by Dr. Richard Gardner to forever support tuition assistance for the William and Gay Fruehling, Children’s School of Boise in memory of his wife and longtime Idaho educator Ketchum Susan Gardner.

Ellie and Kerry Goebel, Boise Memorials and Honors Garney Hardy, Idaho Falls The Idaho Community Foundation welcomes gifts sent as memorials or in Tom and Haley Hennessey, honor of individuals on their birthdays, anniversaries, retirement, or other Boise special occasions. Such gifts may be added to any individual fund in the Foundation. Virginia Kelly, Pocatello

Paul and Katie Link, Pocatello The following gifts were received November 24, 2016 through December 31, 2016: Professor Jill Manny, New York, NY In Memory of Thomas Abbott Robert Abbott Michael and Martha McMurray, Eagle In Memory of Gary Barnes Christopher and Pam Moore, Debbie Barnes Lewiston In Memory of Katy Benoit Cameron Morfit and Ellen Gerald and Lorene Guentz McFadden Morfit, Boise

Buddy Paul and Beverly In Memory of Dallas Blake Lingle, Hayden Fernando and Brenda Veloz

Steven Pearson, Boise In Memory of Bob Black and Leslie Ruth Gary and Marjorie Pietsch, Nancy Jardine Sandpoint In Memory of Ira Burton Stephen and Julie Rice, Gwen Greenfield Lewiston In Memory of Brett Carlson Hopi and Kate Salomon, Idaho Falls Janet Parks

Sandy Shaw, Ketchum In Memory of Martin Dailey Shirley Dailey Richard and Marsha Smylie, Meridian In Memory of Jan Fulton James and Sandra Turner, Chris Hays Woodside, CA In Memory of Francisca Gomez Robert and Lori Ward, Twin Elena Gomez Falls

J. Stanley Williams, Pingree In Memory of Tip Hennessey Alice Hennessey Cindy Wong, Meridian In Memory of Tom Hennessey Friend ($25-$49) Rex and Marilyn Dorman Margaret Duncan, Lewiston Robert and Donna-Marie Hayes Hilarie Neely, Ketchum Carolyn Hjort Ronald and Mary Hughes Carolyn Patrick, Emmett Guy and Linda Hurlbutt Blaine and Dixie Lenon Susan Phillips, Elk City Robert and Kathleen Pingree Richard Stallings, Pocatello Michael Roach Shelton and Lois Williams Corporate and Nonprofit Partners In Memory of Jardo, the K-9 Officer Emmett Community Playhouse, Inc., Emmett Scott and Sue Ackleson Anonymous Family Health Services R. Terry and Deborah Buchen Corporation, Twin Falls Richard Dierks Greg and Marilyn Frederick Gem County Recreation Gem Crest Kennels, LLC District, Emmett Nancy Halouska Idaho Academic Decathlon Hennessey Family Inc., Sagle Jo An Lothrop Saundra McWilliams Minidoka Soil and Water Robert and Catherine Paxton Conservation District, Rupert Daniel Price Michael and Janet Rush Spokane Police K-9 Unit David and Susan Wirshing

In Memory of Gordon Lassahn Charles and Frances Jeffery

In Memory of Bonnie Luboviski Janet Wygle

In Memory of Joe Marshall Anonymous Tom and Marianne Blomstrom Cathy Gwin Carolyn Johnson Irv and Truy Littman Gene Rose

In Memory of Joe and Carolyn McElhinney Tracy McElhinney

In Memory of Michael McKinley Mary McKinley

In Memory of Don Newell Dennis and Laura Warren

In Memory of Kitty Olson Curtis Olson

In Memory of Jack Peterson Janet Horning

In Memory of Robert Reed Eileen Reed

In Memory of Jeanne Sahlberg John Sahlberg

In Memory of Michael Shelton Joanne Hoag In Memory of Barbara Simon Amy Jeppesen

In Memory of Shawn Marie Smith Shanane Smith

In Memory of Steve (last name not provided) Carrie Dubert

In Memory of Theresa Tooman Sheila Henke

In Memory of Sandra Tyner Rene Hopkins

In Memory of Norma Wygle Janet Wygle

In Honor of All Veterans Dale Chesnut

In Honor of John and Jean Allan Alice Hennessey

In Honor of Bonner County Residents Shirley Gleason

In Honor of Howard Bradeen Desirae Briggs

Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702 Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected]

Today I write in sorrow and awe. ICF’s founder and one of Idaho’s larger-than-life philanthropists, John Fery, passed away on Saturday.

Many local organizations including the Treasure Valley YMCA, Idaho Shakespeare Festival and the Boise Art Museum, benefited from the generosity of John and his wife Dee. At the Idaho Community Foundation, we owe our very existence to him. The story below includes John’s reminiscences of ICF’s earliest days.

I would also like to report that we’re closing the books on 2016 and we had a very successful year, thanks to all of you who are partners in ICF’s mission to improve the quality of life throughout Idaho. Here’s a snapshot of what you have helped us accomplish. John Fery would be proud:

We made an impact in communities across Idaho with grants and scholarships:

We distributed 1,550 grants to nonprofits throughout Idaho (and beyond), which will go to support low- income families, senior citizens, education, art and music programs, animal welfare and much more. We awarded 230 scholarships to help Idaho students reach their educational goals.

We were effective stewards of philanthropy:

Our endowment earned a gross preliminary return of 11 percent on investment for 2016. We established 27 new charitable funds that will support nonprofits throughout Idaho. Of those, 20 were endowed funds which will provide support forever.

We facilitated collective giving:

We are thrilled to have more than 750 members across the state supporting ICF’s work. Every region of Idaho increased its membership revenues over 2015. We are so grateful for your support! See our story below for more details.

I remain honored to be a part of this movement and grateful to people like John Fery who led the way. Thank you all for the role you play.

Headlines ICF Founder John Fery passes away ICF Founder John Fery We are saddened to report the passing of our founder, passes away steadfast supporter and dear friend John Fery. Fery passed away on Saturday, February 11 at his home in Rancho North Idaho wins Sept- Mirage, California, where he had been ill. member! The idea for the Idaho Community Foundation came from Tina Therp starts work at Whit Jones of the Whittenberger Foundation in Caldwell. ICF Jones brought the idea to Fery who immediately saw the positive impact a community foundation could have in Idaho. News Briefs

Upcoming Deadlines “At the outset it was obvious to me and others that the community foundation concept was sound and would enhance charitable giving in Idaho,” Fery said in

a 2013 interview for the ICF Annual Report. ICF's New and Fery and Jones put together an exploratory committee in 1987, which quickly Renewing Members grew into a Steering Committee to establish ICF. Fery recalled that while the January 2017 idea was almost universally supported, it still wasn’t easy.

New Member | Renewing Member “Any new concept takes a little selling,” he said. “But there are a lot of charitable minded people in Idaho and they could see that this would enrich the Sponsor ($250-$499) quality of life throughout the state.” Richard and Pamela Tucker, Hailey It was a concept that resonated. By the end of the first year, ICF had assets of nearly $1 million and distributed $164,000 in grants throughout the state. In James and Marlene Wogsland, Hayden Lake less than five years, ICF’s assets totaled $5 million.

Mary Lee Wood, Parma “There was such a sense of purpose and camaraderie between the Steering Committee and the first Board of Directors,” Fery said. “They were wonderful, Sustainer ($100-$249) dedicated people who all became friends.” Jerry Asker, Grangeville

Lisa and Rich Bearg, Meridian John and his wife Dee established one of ICF’s first charitable funds in 1989 and have been longtime members of ICF. In 2014, their children made the lead Joann Cissel, Idaho Falls gift to remodel and modernize the Victorian home where ICF’s offices are located. The home was christened the “John and Dee Fery House” in Patricia Krug, Coeur d’Alene recognition of their years of support and efforts on our behalf. James and Geraldine Lewis, Sandpoint John is survived by his wife Dee, three sons Brent, Bruce and Mike and their spouses and families. Sylvia and Nicholas Miller, Hailey To read the Idaho Statesman brief about John, click here. Margaret Plastino, Idaho Falls

Thomas and MaryLou Puckett, North Idaho wins Sept-member! Nez Perce

Earl and Carrie Reed, Twin Falls

Corporate and Nonprofit Partners City of Emmett

Memorials and Honors

The Idaho Community Foundation welcomes gifts sent as memorials or in honor of individuals on their birthdays, anniversaries, retirement, or other special occasions. Such gifts may be added to any individual fund in the Foundation. Congratulations to our members in North Idaho for maintaining your lead in The following gifts were our annual membership drive and turning it into a win! received January 1, 2017 through January 31, 2017: All of our Idaho regions increased membership revenue over last year, so all are deserving of thanks and congratulations. North Idaho had the largest In Memory of Art Anderst increase, so when the Northern Region Competitive Grants Panel meets in Idaho Youth Education April, they will have an additional $5,000 to grant to nonprofits. Great work! Recycling Partnership We sincerely thank all of you who renewed your membership or joined the In Memory of Frank Brown Idaho Community Foundation during the first year of our Sept-Member Stanley and Patricia Harwood membership drive. Your membership gifts support our operating expenses and mean we can focus on enriching the quality of life throughout Idaho. In Memory of Barbara Cook Idaho Youth Education Tina Therp starts work at ICF Recycling Partnership Our new Eastern Idaho Regional Development Officer Tina Therp started work late last month in our Idaho Falls office. In Memory of Tom She can be reached at (208) 982-1448 or Hennessey [email protected]. Robert Gremp

We tried to host a welcome reception in Tina’s honor and we In Memory of Jardo, the K- thank all of you who planned to attend. Unfortunately, we 9 Officer had to cancel at the last minute due to significant winter Robert and Catherine Paxton weather in the region. We hope to reschedule when the weather becomes a little more reliable. In Memory of Colleen Magnuson Idaho Youth Education Tina has lived in Pocatello and southeast Idaho for 25 years and is an Recycling Partnership experienced development and nonprofit management professional. In Memory of Jim and She’s had her own independent consulting firm for more than five years and Maureen McFadden was the interim development director at Idaho State University’s College of David and Ann McLaughlin Education prior to that.

In Memory of Harry “I look forward to telling the story of ICF,” Tina said. “The most rewarding part Roberts of my job is to see a donor’s wish come to fruition.” Nancy Chaney Tina is involved in the community, including as a longtime Rotarian and In Honor of Bonner County member of the League of Women Voters in Pocatello. She has been a certified Residents National Rifle Association instructor for 15 years and specializes in teaching Shirley Gleason self-defense to women both with and without a firearm.

In Honor of Janet DeBard Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harter, Jr.

In Honor of Dede Huish Patricia and Edward Petrick

In Honor of Stacy Seyb St. Luke’s Maternal Fetal Medicine Upcoming Deadlines

For the latest updates on ICF grant opportunities, follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

New ICF grant available for social service providers in east Idaho The newly created Lassahn-Worrell Fund for Community Support Services is now accepting applications for grants of $500 to $1,000 for social service providers in the east Idaho counties of Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou, Clark, Custer, Franklin, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison, Oneida, Power and Teton. Deadline to apply is March 1.

Applicants must do at least two of the following:

Develop and/or provide direct support services to disenfranchised populations Educate stakeholders, consumers, service providers or the public about disenfranchised populations with the aim to remove the stigma and/or discrimination generally surrounding those populations; and/or Provide advocacy on behalf of disenfranchised populations

Disenfranchised populations include, but are not limited to, those facing poverty, homelessness, domestic violence, mental illness, or substance abuse disorders, or populations that have historically faced discrimination based on race, gender identity, etc.

Where applicable, grant applicants must demonstrate that people receiving direct support services have already had their basic needs (like food and shelter) met to ensure that recipients have the best possible chance of success. Applicants do not necessarily need to provide these services themselves.

This fund was created by Price L. Worrell and his mother, Pamela Henry Lassahn, to support organizations and projects that give a hand up to those in need in east Idaho.

For eligibility criteria and application guidelines, visit the ICF homepage www.idcomfdn.org under Deadlines.

Ifft Foundation Fund The Ifft Foundation Fund in ICF is seeking grant requests for projects that will provide landscaping, beautification and public recreation in southeast Idaho. Grant requests will only be considered from the following counties: Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power.

For more information, including eligibility and application, click here. Deadline for submission is March 15.

Bonner County Human Rights Task Force Fund The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force Fund in ICF is seeking grant requests from organizations whose activities reflect commitment to the ideal that everyone is equal under state and federal laws and the Constitution, regardless of race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation or disability.

Grants up to $8,000 will be considered. Grant requests will only be considered from Bonner County.

For more information or to apply, click here. Deadline to apply is March 31.

ICF Scholarship Opportunities We have more than 70 scholarship opportunities for students seeking assistance with the cost of higher education. The deadline to submit the ICF Scholarship Application is April 1.

In 2016, ICF awarded scholarships to 230 students throughout Idaho.

The application and information about all ICF scholarships is here. For more information, email Community Impact Assistant Lisa Bearg or call her at (208) 342-3535.

Idaho Future Fund The Idaho Future Fund is accepting applications from eastern Idaho for preschool scholarships, charter schools, public schools and public school libraries, and supplemental educational programs. The grant cycle is open for the eastern Idaho counties of Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou, Clark, Custer, Franklin, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison, Oneida, Power and Teton counties. A total of $100,000 will be distributed in eastern Idaho.

For more information, including eligibility and application, click here. Deadline for submission is April 1.

Eastern Region Competitive Grant Cycle ICF’s Eastern Region Competitive Grant Cycle, which provides grants of up to $5,000 to nonprofits, is now open for the counties of Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou, Clark, Custer, Franklin, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison, Oneida, Power and Teton.

For more information, including eligibility and application, click here. Deadline for submission is April 1.

Bonner County Fund for Arts Enhancement The Bonner County Fund for Arts Enhancement in ICF is seeking grant requests for projects that demonstrate how the arts encourage creative and critical thinking, stimulate economic vitality and enhance the quality of life in a community.

Grants up to $10,000 will be considered. Grant requests will only be considered from Bonner County. For more information, including eligibility and application, click here. Deadline to apply is April 30.

News Briefs Idaho Nonprofit Center hosting regional Nonprofit Forums in March Registration is now open for the Nonprofit Forums, which are a day-long opportunities for nonprofit leaders to increase their skills and knowledge, network with colleagues and find ways to collaborate to increase the impact of their nonprofit and the nonprofit sector across the region.

Topics will include fundraising techniques, volunteer recruiting and retention programs, information on the new Idaho Gives platform GiveGab, and information on how to be successful in an online giving campaign.

Dates are: March 7 – Pocatello

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Idaho Central Credit Union in the Idaho Room, 4400 Central Way, Chubbuck Click here to register

March 8 – Boise

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. University of Idaho Water Center in the Legacy Point Room, 322 E. Front St., Boise Click here to register

March 10 – Coeur d’Alene

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Best Western Plus in the Idaho Room, 506 W. Appleway Ave., Coeur d’Alene Click here to register

Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702 Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected]

It’s hard to believe that just one year ago I wrote my first update for @ICF. One of the greatest privileges of being at a new foundation, and in a new place, is that I get to hear new stories of generosity.

At ICF, we are fortunate to have hundreds of these stories. Inspired by their commitment to community and their strong sense of place, our donors have partnered with ICF to accomplish their philanthropic goals, and have helped ICF enrich the quality of life in every corner of the state. You can read some of the stories about these donors who have created funds at ICF through legacy gifts here.

We also have so many people who have made a difference during their lifetimes. Each year we honor ICF’s Friends of the Foundation at our annual luncheons throughout the state. The Friend of the Foundation is ICF’s highest award and is given to the individual, couple, family or group to recognize their exceptional contribution to ICF and to Idaho. The recipients are those who embody our mission to enrich the quality of life throughout Idaho.

This year we will honor:

Jim Kissler and Nicole Kissler of Boise at our luncheon on May 2 John and Karen Rosholt of Twin Falls at our luncheon on May 17 Alan Van Orden of Pocatello at our luncheon on June 6 Bob and Leslee Hoover of Coeur d’Alene at our luncheon on September 13

Details about the May 2 luncheon are below and we’ll keep you posted on the others as well. I hope you will join us at one of more of these events. Stories about people who give are always uplifting, but even after a year here at ICF, I’m still experiencing the “oh wow” moments that help me understand the unique and wonderful qualities of our donors.

Headlines ICF annual fund statements now available!

ICF annual fund ICF annual fund statements have been finalized and include available statements now available! distributions for 2017 and pledge balances. Fund statements will be emailed or mailed, depending on the contact information that ICF has for fundholders. SAVE THE DATE: ICF Southwest Idaho Fundholders can also view their fund statements online by going to the ICF Luncheon is May 2 homepage and clicking the Login button.

Passages: Duane Jacklin For funds that are in pledge mode, the regional officer from your area will and Rosie Hill contact you with your remaining pledge balance.

Gladys E. Langroise If you have any questions, please contact: Advised Fund awards Southwest Idaho, including the Magic Valley and Wood River Valley: more than $455,000 Kris Kamann, [email protected], 208-342-3535 North Idaho: Charlie Miller, [email protected], 208-699-4249 News Briefs East Idaho: Tina Therp, [email protected], 208-982-1448

Upcoming Deadlines

ICF's New and Renewing Members February 2017

New Member | Renewing Member

Benefactor ($1,000 and above) Anne Voillequé, Idaho Falls

Patron ($500-$999) SAVE THE DATE: ICF Southwest Idaho Luncheon is May 2 Park and Sharon Price, Idaho Falls It's time for the Idaho Community Foundation’s 28th Annual Luncheon! Our keynote speaker is Boise Mayor Dave Supporter ($50-$99) Gail LeBow, Garden City Bieter and we’ll honor Jim Kissler and Nicole Kissler as the Friends of the Foundation. Nonprofit Partner Mayor’s Scholarship Fund, Our theme is Understanding Homelessness. You’ll have an Idaho Falls opportunity to learn about the work of three local nonprofits that are working to help the homeless in the Treasure Valley. You’ll vote for one to receive an On The Spot Grant of Memorials and $1,000! Honors Individual seats: $52 Reserved tables of 10: $500, includes table The Idaho Community captain/company name listed in event program Foundation welcomes gifts Patron tables of 10: $600, table placement in front of sent as memorials or in honor the room, table captain/company name listed of individuals on their prominently in event program birthdays, anniversaries, retirement, or other special The RSVP deadline is Tuesday, April 25. Click here to occasions. Such gifts may be register. added to any individual fund in the Foundation. Passages: Duane Jacklin and Rosie Hill The following gifts were received February 1, 2017 Duane Jacklin, a North Idaho philanthropist and longtime through February 28, ICF supporter passed away on March 9 at the age of 72. 2017: Duane served on the ICF Board for nine years, including In Memory of Jeanette K. three years as Board Chair. He and his wife Susan Jacklin Duane and Susan Abbott received the Friend of the Foundation award in 2012, ICF’s Jacklin Hancock Enterprises highest honor.

In Memory of Frank The Jacklins first became familiar with ICF when they offered to host the “Nash” and Lorene Northern Region Competitive Grant Cycle awards at their nonprofit, now called Arambarri the Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center. Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partnership “The building had no heat, there was a huge thunder and lightning storm, and rain was coming through leaks in the roof into buckets on the floor, but the In Memory of Lou Bunting awards went on!” Susan recalled in a 2012 interview with ICF. Sally and Scott Soltman Duane was born and raised in Spokane, Wash. He graduated from Washington In Memory of Bernice State University in 1967 with a BS in agriculture economics and from Purdue “Bea” Comstock University in 1969 with a MS in industrial management. He later received an Ronald Graves and Diane honorary doctorate from the University of Idaho. Plastino Graves Duane served in the U.S. Navy as a systems analyst from 1969 until 1972. In Memory of John Fery When he left the Navy, he joined Jacklin Seed Company. Thomas and Marilyn Beck In his professional life, Duane worked in various capacities, including as Doug and Deidre Chadderdon President of Jacklin Seed Company until 1997. He was later managing partner of Riverbend Commerce Park, an industrial development in Post Falls; Boyd and Ann Givan managing partner of Jacklin Land Company, a real estate leasing and development company; vice president of I & W, Inc., a leasing and Ronald Graves and Diane management consulting firm; managing member of Bighorn Ventures, LLC, an Plastino Graves investment company; and managing partner of Jacklin Investments, LP, an investment company. Christina and Arlen Healy

In addition to his service on the ICF Board, Duane served on the board of Alice Hennessey directors for Washington Trust Bank, Empire Airlines, the Jacklin Family Foundation, Gonzaga Preparatory School and the Idaho Association of Tom and Shana Hennessey Commerce & Industry. He also served on the advisory board to the president of the University of Idaho and the advisory board for the UI Research Park in Post Bob and Leslee Hoover Falls.

Jackson Jet Center His hobbies were fishing, hunting, gardening, reading and golfing. He was active in Boy Scouts and served as committee chairman for Boy Scout Troop Robert Jones #13 in Post Falls.

W. and Gaynelle Jordan The Jacklins met at a Super Bowl party at Schweitzer Basin Ski Area and were married for more than 30 years. Jody and Mark Meier

The Coeur d’Alene Press published a story about more of Jacklin’s Mark and Holly Motes accomplishments. You can read it here. Ronald and Regina Nachbar

Skip and Bee Pierce Rosie Hill Rosie Mae (Sheppard) Hill passed away Feb. 24 of Alzheimer’s disease in Boise, Park and Sharon Price at 85 years old. She was the wife of Carl Eugene (Gene) Hill, who was on the steering committee that established the Idaho Community Foundation. Allen and Jolean Quimby Rosie and Carl married in 1949 at the Ysleta (Texas) Methodist Church. They James and Shirley Reed met there while participating in the Methodist Youth Fellowship program. She worked at El Paso First National Bank until their move to Roswell, NM where Diane Responte their first child, Stephen Eugene was born. After subsequently returning to El Paso, their second son, David William was born. Rosie and Gene were married Joseph Uberuaga for 66 years.

In Memory of Susan Gene worked for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company and its Rutledge Hill successor firms throughout most of his career. They retired in Boise. Gene Sharon Rutledge Lawrence considered Rosie his greatest partner and asset throughout his career, and they made great friends everywhere they lived. In Memory of Jardo, the K- 9 Officer Rosie volunteered much of her adult life including work at numerous charitable Robert and Catherine Paxton organizations. She golfed and played bridge for many years at Crane Creek Country Club, and helped care for her grandchildren who were her greatest joy. Norma Stevlingson Rosie was preceded in death by Gene, who passed away in April 2016. Valley Wide React Gladys E. Langroise Advised Fund awards more than In Memory of Rich Meehan $455,000 John and Susan Bennett The Gladys E. Langroise Advised Fund in ICF has In Memory of Marilyn awarded grants totaling $455,415 to nonprofits in every Shuler region of Idaho. The Langroise Fund advisors also agreed to Bob and Leslee Hoover allow ICF to distribute an additional $151,805 through its three regional grant cycles. In Memory of David Van Engelen The Boise Philharmonic, The College of Idaho and the Idaho Society of CPAs Children’s Home Society received the largest grants of $80,000 each, followed by the St. Labre Indian School In Honor of Bonner County (Ashland, Mont.) at $50,000. The Mentoring Network Residents received a $7,500 Shirley Gleason In addition, the following Langroise grants were awarded: Langroise grant.

In Honor of Carole Clark Judi Koch Ada County Ballet Idaho – $10,000 Donald Wisdom and Donna Boise Art Museum – $15,000 Brown Wisdom Boise Contemporary Theater – $5,000 Boise Public Schools Foundation – $10,000 In Honor of Carl D. Lawson Boys and Girls Club of Ada County – $5,000 Roy Crawford Discovery Center of Idaho – $7,475 Education Foundation for the West Ada School District – Elizabeth and John Lawson $8,000 Friends of Zoo Boise – $10,000 Garden City Library Foundation – $5,000 Giraffe Laugh Early Learning Centers – $5,000 Girl Scouts of Silver Sage – $5,000 Idaho Youth Ranch – $10,000 Learning Lab – $5,000 Teach for America Teach for America – $7,500 received a $7,500 Langroise Grant

Bingham County Lillian Vallely School – $3,610 Shoshone-Bannock Tribes – $10,000

Blaine County The Hunger Coalition – $5,000

Bonneville County Idaho Falls Symphony – $5,000

Bonner County Kinderhaven – $15,000

Canyon County Middleton Public Library – $4,830 Nampa Salvation Army – $5,000 The Mentoring Network – $7,500

Latah County University of Idaho Foundation (4-H outreach to military kids) – $1,500

The Gladys E. Langroise Advised Fund was established through a generous $15 million bequest to the Idaho Community Foundation from Boise philanthropist Gladys Langroise. It supports the health, education and welfare of children, including college students. Langroise died in early 2000, just prior to her 100th birthday.

The fund advisers annually recommend grants that address what they believe Mrs. Langroise would have considered areas of special interest or greatest need.

Upcoming Deadlines

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For more information or to apply, click here. Deadline to apply is March 31.

In 2016, ICF awarded scholarships to 230 students throughout Idaho.

The application and information about all ICF scholarships is here. For more information, email Community Impact Assistant Lisa Bearg or call her at (208) 342-3535.

For more information, including eligibility and application, click here. Deadline for submission is April 1.

F.M., Anne G., and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fund The F.M., Anne G., and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fund in ICF is accepting applications for projects related to the arts in the southeast Idaho counties of Bannock, Bingham, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power. Grants may fall under two categories:

Supporting arts activities that will provide entertainment or art-related education to the general public. Supporting the education, skills training, performance, or display opportunities for local artists.

For more information, including eligibility and application, click here. Deadline for submission is May 1.

News Briefs

Benevon hosting free seminar about nonprofit fund raising Benevon, a company that trains and coaches nonprofits to implement a system for fund raising using its Benevon Model, will be in Boise next month hosting a free seminar to learn more.

Date: Wednesday, April 5 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12 noon Location: Women’s and Children’s Alliance, 720 W Washington St, Boise RSVP: http://www.benevon.com/intros/register-boise Cost: Free to attend; please RSVP as space is limited Who Should Attend: Key organizational leadership, including board members, executive director or CEO, development director, and volunteers Questions: Contact Bianca Galam at 206-428-2150 or [email protected]

Newly Created Funds

The Cancer Connection of Idaho Fund (non-endowed donor advised) – Created by the board of directors of The Cancer Connection Idaho, Inc., an organization built on the need for support during an experience with cancer. The founders intend to create a community that provides education, support and resources to anyone touched by cancer, including family and friends.

Hailey Rotary Foundation - Bud Purdy Agriculture Scholarship Fund (designated) – Created by the Hailey Rotary Foundation of Bellevue to forever support the Bud Purdy Agriculture Scholarship Fund.

Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702 Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected]

ICF is listening!

At ICF we strive to be representative of local communities. We work toward this goal by relying on volunteers from every county as grant reviewers, by ensuring that our Board of Directors represents all regions of Idaho and by encouraging people from all geographic areas and experiences to be members of ICF.

We also are committed to listening to and learning from communities across the state. A hallmark of community foundations is that we are about the community. Listening to our broad base of constituents is critical to our ability to continue that commitment.

We have initiated a Grantee Feedback Survey to ask for feedback from grant applicants and recipients. Research shows that grantmakers who are more connected to their grantees are more likely to provide support in ways that help nonprofits succeed. If you have applied for or received an ICF grant and would like to participate, please click here.

We also have a Communication Survey to hear how you feel about ICF communications, our events and how you support your favorite causes and organizations. This information will let us know what you like and what you think we could improve. Please click here to complete the Communication Survey.

Our preliminary results show that many of ICF’s grantees and supporters appreciate and value their interactions with ICF, and also that some there are opportunities for us to better serve you.

Finally, we mailed proxy ballots to all ICF members to vote for the ICF Board Directors who are up for election. The deadline to return proxies is April 24. If you’re not an ICF member, we invite you to join by clicking here!

Headlines ICF Southwest Idaho Luncheon is May 2; Central Idaho Luncheon May 16 ICF Southwest Idaho Luncheon is May 2; Central It’s time for the Idaho Community Foundation’s 28th Annual Idaho Luncheon May 16 Southwest Idaho Luncheon! The luncheon will be Tuesday, May 2 from 11:30-1:30 p.m. at the Riverside Hotel in News Briefs Boise.

Upcoming Deadlines Our theme is Understanding Homelessness. Our keynote speaker is Boise Mayor Dave Bieter and we’ll honor Jim Newly Created Funds Kissler and Nicole Kissler as the Friends of the Foundation. You’ll also hear about the work of three local

nonprofits that are working to help the homeless in the New Legacy Society Treasure Valley – Charitable Assistance to Community’s Homeless (CATCH), the Home Partnership Foundation and Members Salvation Army Nampa Corps. Members of the ICF Legacy Society are generous donors Individual seats: $52 who will continue to support Reserved tables of 10: $500, includes table captain/company name listed Idaho communities through their estate planning after in event program they’ve passed. We sincerely Patron tables of 10: $600, includes table placement in front of the room, thank them for enriching the table captain/company name listed prominently in event program quality of life throughout Idaho. For more information: The RSVP deadline is Tuesday, April 25. Click here to register. www.icflegacy.org. Central Idaho Luncheon Anonymous (1) The Central Idaho Luncheon will be held Tuesday, May 16 from 11:30- 1:30 p.m. at Stone House & Co., in Twin Falls.

Memorials and Our theme is Educating Young Children. The keynote speaker is Dr. Evin Fox, Honors a professor at the College of Southern Idaho. Three nonprofits that work to educate young children will give presentations. The Idaho Community Foundation welcomes gifts sent as memorials or in honor Individual seats: $40 of individuals on their Reserved table of 8: $300, includes table captain/company name listed in birthdays, anniversaries, event program retirement, or other special Patron tables of 8: $400, includes table placement in front of the room, occasions. Such gifts may be table captain/company name listed prominently in event program added to any individual fund The RSVP deadline is Wednesday, May 10. Click here to register. in the Foundation.

The following gifts were received March 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017:

In Memory of Robert D. Bolinder Idaho Society of CPAs

In Memory of the father of Steve Childer Heidi Rogers In Memory of John Fery Terry Curtis and Linda Grable-Curtis

John and Jane Francis Upcoming Deadlines

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Gregory Garlick and Marcia Wing Bonner County Fund for Arts Enhancement The Bonner County Fund for Arts Enhancement in ICF is seeking grant Ralph and Mary Lynn Hartwell requests for projects that demonstrate how the arts encourage creative and critical thinking, stimulate economic vitality and enhance the quality of life in a Patsy Lodge community.

Bill and Lori McCann Grants up to $10,000 will be considered. Grant requests will only be considered from Bonner County. For more information, including eligibility and Alan and Royanne Minskoff application, click here. Deadline to apply is April 30.

Richard and Robin Navert F.M., Anne G., and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fund The F.M., Anne G., and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fundin ICF is Thomas Reeb accepting applications for projects related to the arts in the southeast Idaho counties of Bannock, Bingham, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Nancy Sue and Marc Wallace Power. Grants may fall under two categories:

In Memory of Bob Halliday Supporting arts activities that will provide entertainment or art-related Alice Hennessey education to the general public. Supporting the education, skills training, performance, or display In Memory of Tom opportunities for local artists. Hennessey For more information, including eligibility and application, click here. Deadline Ryan Erstad for submission is May 1.

Ralph and Mary Lynn Hartwell News Briefs

In Memory of Duane Idaho Gives, hosted by the Idaho Nonprofit Center, is a Jacklin statewide, 24-hour giving day taking place on May 4, and Mark and Holly Motes it’s all online. Since the inaugural event in 2013, Idahoans have raised more than $2.3 million for participating Nancy Sue and Marc Wallace organizations. In Memory of Jardo, the K- 9 Officer The deadline for nonprofits to register is April 15. Registration is free for Robert and Catherine Paxton Idaho Nonprofit Center members and $50 for nonmembers. For more information or to register, click here. In Memory of Joe Marshall Ralph and Mary Lynn Hartwell New features this year include a simple, one-step registration process, donations received in 1-3 days, and a clear, easy way for donors to cover In Memory of Gary processing fees. Peterson Boise Philharmonic Association, Inc. Newly Created Funds

In Memory of Jan Peterson Community Cancer Services Fund (agency) – Created to forever support the Mark and Holly Motes mission of Community Cancer Services, Inc., to benefit the citizens of Bonner and Boundary counties by helping improve comfort and quality of life through In Memory of Penny information, emotional support and financial support to those diagnosed with Robson cancer. Heidi Rogers Guy E. and Mary D. Butterfield Fund (field of interest) – Created by Guy and In Memory of Rosie Mae Mary Butterfield to support the Wood River Valley, with preference given to Sheppard Hill charitable activities of The Nature Conservancy, Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Alice Hennessey Church, Sun Valley Center for the Arts & Humanities, Hospice of the Wood River Valley and Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley. In Memory of Dr. Arthur Zaltzman Orson Bowler Fund (designated) – Created in memory of Dr. Orson Bowler, Sarah Kim who served as superintendent for the Preston School District #201 for 26 years. During his tenure, he created a fund to support programs in the Preston Dana Lossia School District. He lived the principles that he taught and was a man of honor and respect. Elizabeth Oh The Giving Home Fund (non-endowed donor advised) – Created to provide In Honor of Bonner County support for families in need in the Treasure Valley. The fund was created as a Residents conduit for the local real estate community, our clients, associates, and friends Shirley Gleason to give back to the community where we live and work to help create “Bigger Lives for All.” In Honor of Carole Clark Helen Karn Wise Family Fund (non-endowed donor advised) – Created by Tyson and Janelle Wise of Boise to provide their children with the opportunity to support John and Paula Miller local charities and causes.

Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702 Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected]

Last week, I was absolutely thrilled to see nearly 300 of ICF’s donors, members, past and present board directors and nonprofit partners come together in Boise for our 28th Annual Southwest Idaho Luncheon.

The theme was Understanding Homelessness and it was a great program! Boise Mayor Dave Bieter was our keynote speaker and we had On The Spot Grant presentations from Charitable Assistance to Community’s Homeless (CATCH), the Home Partnership Foundation and The Salvation Army Nampa Corps, which runs the Nampa Community Family Shelter.

We were very proud to present the Friend of the Foundation award to Jim Kissler and Nicole Kissler. The Friend of the Foundation is our most significant award and is given to an individual, a couple or a group to recognize their outstanding achievement in enriching the quality of life throughout Idaho. Jim and his daughter Nicole are longtime supporters of ICF and they are a wonderful example of generational philanthropy.

This event coincided with ICF’s Annual Meeting of Members and Annual Board meeting at which we elected new board members and officers for ICF.

With this transition, we say thank you to ICF’s Board Chair, Bill Berg, for his leadership over the past two years. During Bill’s tenure, ICF experienced a period of great growth. Our assets are nearly $160 million and we broke the $100 million grant distribution mark.

We also have more than 200 Legacy Society members who have included ICF in their estate plans. As an attorney in Sandpoint, Bill helped secure many of these legacy commitments, including a gift of land that ICF will convert to cash to fund the Max & Wilma Owen Memorial Fund.

Bill also led ICF through a national search for a new President and CEO, and I am fortunate to be the one who got to assume this role and to work with Bill during my first year at ICF. Bill’s leadership and vision inspired ICF board directors and staff to begin envisioning ICF’s short- and long-term future and we are excited about our progress.

As a demonstration of our appreciation, ICF has made a grant to the Panhandle Alliance for Education Founders Fund in ICF in recognition of Bill’s leadership. We now welcome Sue Thilo as ICF’s next chair. Sue is from Hayden Lake and has been on the ICF Board since 2011.

She has served on boards for numerous community and statewide organizations, including the North Idaho College Foundation Board, Salvation Army/Kroc Center Advisory Board, Coeur d’Alene Rotary Endowment Foundation Board (Chair), Kootenai Health Foundation Board, Women’s Gift Alliance, past member of the Idaho State Board of Education and many other nonprofit boards in Kootenai County. We look forward to Sue’s guidance as we continue our work to enrich the quality of life throughout Idaho.

Headlines East Idaho Luncheon is June 6; RSVP by May 30

East Idaho Luncheon is It’s time for the Idaho Community Foundation’s 8th Annual June 6; RSVP by May 30 East Idaho Luncheon! The luncheon will be Tuesday, June 6 from 11:30-1:30 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn in Idaho Central Idaho Luncheon is Falls. tomorrow; limited seating available for walk-ins The luncheon will focus on low-income working families in east and southeast Idaho. Our keynote speaker is Jessica New ICF Board Directors Sotelo, executive director of Partners for Prosperity and co- chair of the Idaho Asset Building Network. We’ll honor Alan ICF grant cycle provides Van Orden of Pocatello as the Friend of the Foundation. more than $209,000 in north Idaho The On the Spot Grant presenters will be three local nonprofits that are working to help support low-income working families in the region. Idaho Future Fund awards $98,000 for education projects in north Idaho Individual seats: $40 Reserved tables of 8: $300, includes table captain/company name listed Ifft Foundation Fund in in event program ICF selects spring grant Patron tables of 8: $400, includes table placement in front of the room, recipients table captain/company name listed prominently in event program

ICF Affiliate: Grangeville The RSVP deadline is Tuesday, May 30. Click here to register. Community Foundation Central Idaho Luncheon is tomorrow; limited seating Upcoming Deadlines available for walk-ins

The Central Idaho Luncheon will be held Tuesday, May New Legacy Society 16 from 11:30-1:30 p.m. at Stone House & Co., in Twin Members Falls. There are a limited number of seats for those who would like attend as walk-ins. Cost is $40 and we can only Members of the ICF Legacy accept cash or checks (no debit or credit cards). Society are generous donors who will continue to support We will honor John and Karen Rosholt as Friends of the Idaho communities through Foundation. their estate planning after they’ve passed. We sincerely thank them for enriching the The theme is Educating Young Children and the keynote speaker is Dr. Evin quality of life throughout Fox, a professor at the College of Southern Idaho. The On the Spot Grant Idaho. For more information: www.icflegacy.org. presenters are the College of Southern Idaho Early Learning Center, Murtaugh School District’s preschool program and The United Way of South Central Idaho New Legacy Society which runs Ready! for Kindergarten in the region. Members April 1-April 30, 2017:

Bev Martin, Ola

New and Renewing Members: March - April 2017

New Member | Renewing Member New ICF Board Directors Sustainer ($100-$249) Sandra Ashworth, Bonners Five people joined the ICF Board of Directors in May – Emma Atchley of Ferry Aston, Steve Masterson of Coeur d’Alene, Doug Oppenheimer of Boise, Walt Sinclair of Boise and Susan Swetnam of Pocatello. Carolyn Johnson, Boise Emma Atchley Supporter ($50-$99) Emma Atchley of Ashton operates the Flying A Ranch, a Virginia Kelly, Pocatello diversified operations that includes seed potatoes, cattle, hay, wheat and canola. The ranch has been recognized by Kellie Lavigne, Wallace the National Potato Council and the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry for environmental excellence. Friend ($25-$49) Shirley Atteberry, Cambridge An Idaho native, Atchley has a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Idaho and a master’s degree from Leonard Parenteau, Priest Claremont Graduate School. She taught school the Fremont County Joint River School District and served on the district’s board of trustees. She also helped establish the North Fremont Education Foundation and served as its president. Heidi Rogers, Coeur d’Alene Atchley currently serves as President of the Idaho State Board of Education. She has also been involved with Girl Scouts of America, the University of Idaho Memorials and Alumni Association and Foundation, the Teton Regional Land Trust, National Honors Potato Promotion Board and the Ashton Rotary Club.

The Idaho Community Steve Masterson Foundation welcomes gifts Steve Masterson of Coeur d’Alene is a consultant to trustees sent as memorials or in honor and other fiduciaries. Masterson has a bachelor’s degree in of individuals on their political science and history from Dallas Baptist University. birthdays, anniversaries, He also holds certificates of completion from the Texas retirement, or other special Bankers Association’s Trust Banking School at Southern occasions. Such gifts may be Methodist University and the Fulcrum Institute’s Interest added to any individual fund Based Mediation Program. in the Foundation. In addition to ICF’s board, Masterson serves on the North The following gifts were Idaho College Foundation Board and is chair of the NIC Foundation’s planned received April 1, 2017 giving committee. He has served twice as president of the Coeur d’Alene Estate through April 30, 2017: Planning Council. In Memory of Tim He and his wife Kim moved to Idaho in 2001. They have been married for 32 Armstrong years and have three grown children. Virginia Ackley

Doug Oppenheimer Elinor Anderson Doug Oppenheimer is president and co-owner of Oppenheimer Companies, Inc. His parents Arthur and Jane Bert and Pat Armstrong Oppenheimer established ICF’s first charitable fund in 1988. Michael and Val Burke

Oppenheimer is a community leader who has served on Kristen DeBoer many nonprofit boards. He currently serves as treasurer for The Alturas Institute (formerly the Sun Valley Institute), is a director on the Idaho Diane DeChambeau Shakespeare Festival Advisory Board, director on the Idaho Business for Education Board and several others. Greg and Jan Eby

Oppenheimer has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Robert and Betsy Idaho. He also received an honorary doctorate from the UI in 2012. Gudmundsen

Walt Sinclair Kirk Jensen Walt Sinclair is a partner at the law firm of Holland & Hart, who is also a community leader and active on many Warren and Janice Jensen nonprofit boards.

James Lafferty He is past president of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, past chair of the Idaho Chapter of the American Heart Blaine and Dixie Lenon Association, a member of the Learning Lab Advisory Committee, board member of the FACES of Hope Foundation Matt and Mali Murphy and many others.

Paul and Amy Pemberton Sinclair has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Stanford University and a J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law. Tom and Charlene Ripke

Susan Swetnam Gay Simplot Susan Swetnam of Pocatello is a retired ISU English Professor, widely published writer and owner of Balsamroot Phil Soulen Massage.

Southwest Hide Company Swetnam has been active on many nonprofit boards and recently received the Outstanding Achievement in George and Charlotte Vehrs Humanities Award from the Idaho Humanities Council, of which she is a past board member and chair. She has also Jim and Cinda Volger been a panelist for the National Endowment for the Humanities and board member of Silver Sage Girl Scout Council. Kimberley Young

In her massage practice she specializes in work with geriatric clients and she is In Memory of Mark Arstein an independent contractor for Heritage Health Services for hospice massage. David and Diane Myklegard

Swetnam has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from the University of In Memory of Rick Barton Delaware and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Michigan. Heidi Rogers In Memory of Tom ICF grant cycle provides more than $209,000 in north Blessinger Idaho David and Diane Myklegard ICF’s Northern Region Competitive Grants Panel has selected In Memory of Barbara 62 north Idaho nonprofit organizations to receive more than Brown $190,000 through its annual competitive grant cycle. Dieter and Margaret Knecht Grant recipients are from Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Bobbe Crapo Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce and Shoshone counties. In Memory of Frank Brown Paul and Mary Pemberton This year’s recipients of the Northern Region Competitive Grant Cycle are: Panhandle Alliance for In Memory of Lou Bunting Education Mary Fran Soltman Benewah County Benewah County Humane Society - $3,500 to purchase a refurbished autoclave In Memory of Earl used to sterilize veterinary surgical instruments and buy “Spay Packs” that Chandler contain surgical tools David and Diane Myklegard

Coeur d’Alene Tribal School - $5,000 to purchase and install playground Karl and Sheila Klages equipment for the younger children

Alfred Janssen Bonner County Bonner Community Food Center, Inc. - $2,300 to purchase non-perishable Kristen DeBoer healthy foods that are staples for families

In Memory of Carole Clark Bonner County Emergency Medical Services - $1,500 to purchase medical David and Diane Myklegard equipment

In Memory of Monica Community Cancer Services - $1,000 to help provide financial assistance to Connolly help meet the practical needs for medically under-served cancer clients in David and Diane Myklegard Bonner and Boundary counties

In Memory of Florence East Bonner County Free Library District - $5,000 to provide early literacy, Davidson Delton skills development and lifelong learning opportunities to all ages and social David and Diane Myklegard segments of the community

In Memory of Margaret Memorial Community Center, Inc. - $2,000 to build storage cabinets for tables Davison and equipment David and Diane Myklegard

Panhandle Alliance for Education Inc. - $5,000 to purchase READY! for In Memory of John Fery Kindergarten parent tool kits David and Diane Myklegard

Priest River Ministries Inc. - $5,000 to provide immediate and long term care to In Memory of Gene Foster women and children affected by domestic abuse, sexual assault and trafficking Shirley Atteberry

West Bonner County Food Bank, Inc. - $2,500 to redo electrical wiring to come Patricia Heldt into compliance with a Bonneville Power Administration easement

In Memory of Laurie Gates West Bonner County School District #83 - $1,950 to partially compensate the David and Diane Myklegard dance instructor for instruction hours and purchase a CD player In Memory of Dorothy Mae West Bonner County School District #83 - $3,000 to purchase children books Gestrin which will be distributed to students in grades K-6th at Idaho Hill Elementary David and Diane Myklegard

West Bonner Library District - $1,000 to purchase a six-person computer In Memory of Bernie station and chairs for the Blanchard Branch Library Gratton David and Diane Myklegard Boundary County Boundary County 4-H - $3,205 to pay for volunteer background checks, In Memory of Bud reimburse volunteers for mileage, and provide support materials and resources Hammack for volunteer-led activities David and Diane Myklegard

Boundary County Habitat for Humanity - $2,500 to finish House #10 in In Memory of Ted Hard Boundary County David and Diane Myklegard

Curley Creek Volunteer Fire District Inc. - $2,400 to purchase truck-based radio In Memory of Stan Henry transceivers David and Diane Myklegard

Trinity Lutheran Church, Inc of Bonners Ferry - $5,000 to purchase three-day In Memory of Donald weekend supplemental food kits for school-age children served by the Hezeltine Boundary County Backpacks program David and Diane Myklegard

Clearwater County In Memory of Marie House Clearwater Historical Society Inc. - $2,497 to purchase fire proof cabinets to David and Diane Myklegard secure priority collection items In Memory of Leslie Clearwater Memorial Public Library Foundation - $2,500 to purchase building Horsager materials for the Phase 1 library extension David and Diane Myklegard

Weippe Community Club - $4,890 to purchase two commercial grade In Memory of Duane basketball hoops and backboards for the newly constructed basketball court on Jacklin the Weippe Community Club, Inc park grounds Alice Hennessey

Idaho County Bob and Leslee Hoover City of Riggins - $2,500 to assist with the renovation of the Riggins City Park stage In Memory of Jardo, the K- 9 Officer Idaho Diabetes Youth Programs, Inc. - $3,225 to underwrite the cost of Robert and Catherine Paxton participation in Camp Hodia for north Idaho children with type 1 diabetes In Memory of Esther Klein Kootenai County David and Diane Myklegard Boys and Girls Club of Kootenai County - $3,500 to implement a new language component to the education programs In Memory of Beverly Silva Kunert CDA 2030, Inc. - $1,150 to create a no- to low-cost event to promote public, Alice Hennessey private and learning institution partnership in first aid, CPR and Automated External Defibrillation training In Memory of Esther Montgomery Gizmo-CDA, Inc - $4,898 to continue the development of the Girl Revolution in David and Diane Myklegard Technology program In Memory of Victoria Human Rights Education Institute, Inc. - $4,079 to develop, plan and Ochoa implement a Teen Human Rights Symposium with experienced facilitators and David and Diane Myklegard well-renowned speakers that have tested deliveries with youth and young adults, focusing on key issues human rights issues In Memory of John Rademacher Idaho Public Health District 1 - $2,500 to support low-income senior volunteers Bill and Barbara Tonkin who provide transportation and companionship to isolated, elderly individuals in the five north Idaho counties In Memory of Bud Roach David and Diane Myklegard Inland Northwest SIDS Foundation - $5,000 to provide lifesaving education to parents and caregivers and essential tools to help ensure babies live to see In Memory of Kent Romrell their first birthday Pamela Lassahn

Lake City Community Church - $5,000 to purchase food for weekly and In Memory of Juanita Mae supplemental food packs Sale David and Diane Myklegard Lake City Highland Dance Inc. - $2,000 to assist in purchasing a dance floor for a Scottish dance studio In Memory of Marilyn Shuler Lutherhaven Ministries: Camp Lutherhaven & Shoshone Mountain Retreat - David and Diane Myklegard $4,830 to get north Idaho kids into the outdoors to study water quality using curriculum that aligns with district learning objectives In Memory of Tony Stopello NAMI Coeur d’Alene - $2,000 to strengthen the online website, help fund David and Diane Myklegard programs, and provide the required training for new presenters and facilitators to replace those lost due to attrition In Memory of Ayako Takasugi National Inventors Hall of Fame, Inc. - $2,500 to allow underserved students to The Estate of Ayako Takasugi experience the Camp Invention program at Fernan STEM Academy in Coeur d’Alene during one week in the summer In Memory of Raymond Van Order North Idaho College Foundation Inc. - $4,876 to purchase supplies to create Shirley Atteberry tool kits that will be made available for check-out by students enrolled in career and technical education courses who are unable to afford required tools Patricia Heldt and supplies In Memory of Clifford Vold North Idaho STEM Charter Academy - $5,000 to purchase a ground station, to David and Diane Myklegard be used by the high school’s Project DaVinci as they design and launch a CubeSat satellite in conjunction with NASA In Memory of James Hardy Ward Post Falls School District #273 - $5,000 to purchase Chromebooks Alice Hennessey

Ramsey Magnet School of Science - $5,000 to purchase a Google Expeditions In Honor of Bonner County Virtual Reality field trip bundle to help school-wide science and social studies Residents lessons come to life Shirley Gleason

Second Harvest Inland Northwest - $2,300 to provide food via Mobile Food In Honor of Jim Giuffre Banks in five north Idaho counties Healthwise, Inc Specialized Needs Recreation, Inc. - $2,500 to provide scholarships for low- In Honor of Holly Motes income children with special needs and help provide transportation for our Judy Ramos campers

Latah County American Lung Association of Idaho - $2,056 to provide asthma education materials and tools to school nurses (or other staff members in schools without a nurse)

Community Health Association of Spokane - $2,000 to provide prescription medication vouchers for low-income, uninsured patients at Latah Community Health in Moscow

Families Together For People With Disabilities - $5,000 to educate parents of children with special needs about the importance of advocating for school services, transition planning and life preparations

Festival Dance and Performing Arts Association, Inc. - $5,000 to provide free educational outreach arts enrichment programs by professional artists to schools in Latah County, plus Coeur d’Alene Tribal School and Nez Perce elementary and middle schools

J/K Good Samaritan Food Bank - $2,000 to stock the foodbank shelves

Latah County 4-H - $1,500 to purchase Safe Sitter curriculum, leather craft tools and supplies, general art supplies and to provide snack during programming

Lena Whitmore Elementary School - $750 to purchase the Learning with Lucky reading program for first-grade students

Rendezvous in Moscow, Inc. - $1,000 to elevate the educational impact of the children's arts festival and to raise the quality of the concert programs Saint Vincent de Paul Society, Conference of Saint Francis - $5,000 to provide emergency shelter or utilities assistance for individuals and families in the rural areas of Latah County

Sojourners’ Alliance Inc. - $1,272 to purchase folding cot beds

Viola Community Club Inc. - $5,000 to complete a play station for the younger children of our area

Lewis County Highland Joint School District #305 - $1,762 to purchase equipment that will allow 3-D printing, milling and engraving for students in grades 9-12

Kamiah Joint School District #304 - $963 to buy equipment to start an after school martial arts program

Kamiah Senior Citizen's Society, Inc. - $2,400 to replace the Kamiah Senior Center’s roof and its heating/air system Nez Perce Joint School District #302 - $5,000 to purchase guitars and other string instruments suitable for “Modern Band” curriculum

University of Idaho Lewis County 4-H Camp - $1,300 to purchase Science and Technology, Environmental Education and Healthy Living class supplies

Upper Clearwater Community Foundation - $2,389 to pay for specialized dual- purpose dog training and travel costs for the Kamiah Marshal’s Office K-9 dog and officer handler

Nez Perce County Idaho Foodbank Warehouse - $2,300 to support the Mobile Pantry program in north central Idaho, which provides food assistance to rural communities that do not have permanent food pantries

Nez Perce County Historical Society - $1,945 to buy materials for the trolley car shelter

Southwick Community Center - $2,000 to tear out the front porch at the Community Center and replace with a new concrete porch that is wheelchair accessible, and safer and more accessible for all

St. Vincent de Paul Salvage Bureau - $5,000 to provide best practice child sexual abuse prevention workshops to adults in north central Idaho

Shoshone County City of Wallace - $5,000 for repairs to the city pool

Shoshone County Community Concert Association - $1,500 to help offer live concert performances to the community and outreach to K-12 schools

Idaho Future Fund awards $98,000 for education projects in north Idaho

The Idaho Future Fund in ICF is providing $98,000 in grants to eight education projects in north Idaho.

The Idaho Future Fund was established at ICF in 2015 by an anonymous couple from Blaine County. In 2015, the Fund awarded $196,000, and this year it will award nearly $295,000. Grants from the fund are intended to create, sustain or reinvigorate impactful educational programs throughout the state in the areas of preschool scholarships, charter schools, public schools/public school libraries and supplemental educational programs.

Recipients of Idaho Future Fund grants in the north are:

Lake Pend Oreille School District #84 (Bonner County) - $20,000 to expand an innovative math leadership model where staff co-plan and co-teach lessons with a math instructional coach in order to increase teacher content and pedagogical knowledge and student learning in mathematics

Lapwai School District No. 341 (Nez Perce County) - $19,872 to hire a fulltime Intervention Specialist and purchase language acquisition/vocabulary development program to implement a Response to Intervention (RTI) Program, which is preventive and provides immediate support to students who are at- risk

Lewis-Clark State College (Nez Perce County) - $11,025 to award 40 half- and full-session and single class scholarships to children from low-income families in the region who would not otherwise be able to afford to attend classes

Memorial Community Center and Preschool (Bonner County) - $4,635 to provide local families the opportunity for affordable, quality early childhood education and enable the organization to upgrade math and science education

Moscow School District Adventure Club (Latah County) - $11,352 to purchase high-interest books for students in the K-5th grades and iPads to engage students in creating literacy related projects

Nezperce School District #302 (Lewis County) - $17,000 to purchase Promethean InterActive Boards and a set of Apple iPads to extend the integration of technology into the classrooms of the elementary school in Nezperce

Sandpoint Waldorf School (Bonner County) - $4,635 to provide scholarships for children to attend preschool

West Bonner County School District #83 - $9,480 to support 24 weeks of after-school club during by supporting stipends and transportation costs

Ifft Foundation Fund in ICF selects spring grant recipients

The Ifft Foundation Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation has selected seven grant requests totaling $51,380 for projects that will provide landscaping, beautification and public recreation in southeast Idaho. Grant recipients are: Pocatello High School

City of Blackfoot - $10,000 to purchase supplies to establish Blackfoot’s first dog park

NeighborWorks Pocatello - $10,000 to decorate trees and the NeighborWorks Pavilion at Caldwell Park with Christmas lights during the holiday season

North Gem Education Foundation - $3,880 to beautify the Bancroft City Rodeo grounds Pocatello High School - $10,000 to purchase and install custom metal benches throughout the school

Pocatello Senior Center - $2,500 to purchase a natural rock with the business name and year of inception

Portneuf Greenway Foundation, Inc. - $10,000 to buy benches, picnic tables, and other amenities for a paved multi-use path in Pocatello

Valley Pride, Inc. - $5,000 to finish landscaping unfinished berms along the west side of Garret Way (Highway 30) near the northwest entrance of Pocatello

ICF Affiliate: Grangeville Community Foundation

The Grangeville Community Foundation (GCF), an ICF community affiliate, has provided more than $20,000 to fund projects in Grangeville since it first began making grants in 2013. Grangeville Community GCF helps support a wide variety of organizations and Foundation founding projects, including Camas Prairie Quilts of Valor to make board members Andrea quilts for service members and veterans, Grangeville Youth Solberg, Jane Spencer, Soccer for equipment, supplies and a storage trailer, and Mary Jahn, John Grangeville Rural Fire Department for training equipment. Bennett and Mary Schmidt.

They partnered with the City of Grangeville and the Grangeville Swim Team to purchase new lane ropes and rope covers for the Grangeville Swimming Pool in 2016.

“We were so proud to be involved with this project,” said Jane Spencer, a founding member of the GCF Board. “It affects hundreds of people young and old and makes our community a better place to live.”

Community affiliates are “mini ICF’s” that establish charitable funds at ICF to support their communities. Affiliates have their own advisory boards and make recommendations on their own grants. Other ICF affiliates include Lemhi Valley Community Foundation in eastern Idaho and Priest River Community Foundation in north Idaho.

GCF grew out of Grangeville Horizons, a grant the community received from 2003-2011. “We saw the impact that a small amount of funding could make in Grangeville and decided to create a permanent endowment with the remaining grant funds,” said Andrea Solberg, a founding member of the GCF Board.

ICF now offers a modified version of its community affiliate program. Cities, counties or regions can establish what’s called a “community fund.” Community funds function much the same way as community affiliates. They have their own advisory boards and make recommendations about grants in their region. Upcoming Deadlines

For the latest updates on ICF grant opportunities, follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Idaho Future Fund and Southwestern Region Competitive Grant Cycle now open ICF has two grant cycles open for the southwestern Idaho counties of Ada, Adams, Blaine, Boise, Camas, Canyon, Cassia, Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, Owyhee, Payette, Twin Falls, Valley and Washington. Deadline to apply for both is July 1.

The Idaho Future Fund grant cycle will provide $100,000 in grants in these categories: preschool scholarships, charter schools, public schools/public school libraries and supplemental educational programs.

The second ICF grant cycle is the Southwestern Region Competitive Grant Cycle, which provides grants of up to $5,000 to nonprofits, government entities and public educational institutions in the areas of:

Arts and Culture Education Emergency Services Libraries Conservation/Environment Health Recreation Social Services Public Projects

Grant awards will be recommended by the Southwestern Region Grants Panel, which is composed of community volunteers from all counties in the southwestern region. Distribution of grants is scheduled to begin in November.

For more information about either grant cycle, go to ICF’s homepage under Deadlines, or email ICF Community Impact Officer Elly Davis at or call her at (208) 342-3535.

Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702 Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected]

In the last month, ICF has brought together more than 200 of our donors, members, past and present board directors and nonprofit partners for the ICF Annual Luncheons in Twin Falls and Idaho Falls.

At each event, we had a room filled with people who care about their communities – the donors whose generosity supports the work of nonprofits they care about most and the representatives of organizations who deliver important services. ICF is proud to be the connection between the two.

In Twin Falls, Dr. Evin Fox spoke about the important role of early childhood education. The On The Spot Grant presenters provided examples of the research Dr. Fox spoke about in action, and underscored the importance of family, community and environment in nurturing healthy development and early learning.

In Idaho Falls, Jessica Sotelo spoke about the strategies that help struggling families increase financial and tangible assets (such as savings or a home) in order to improve their lives. The On The Spot Grant presenters talked about the importance of partnership in addressing issues of health care, food insecurity and ensuring basic needs so that individuals and families are able to focus on building their assets.

At ICF, we are proud that our charitable dollars are spread across education, arts and culture, social services, community improvement projects and other areas that are important to our donors and volunteers. We were also pleased to take a closer look at specific issues affecting different regions of our diverse state at our annual events.

We thank all of you for your support of ICF and for helping us enrich the quality of life throughout Idaho!

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Annual Report now ICF’s Annual Report – which features profile stories and available! photos of some Legacy Society members, charitable funds that were established at ICF in 2016 and our 2016 financials Annual Luncheon wrap-up; – is now available by mail or online. North Idaho Sept. 13 We have two clarifications for this issue of the Annual Passage: Lucile Bickett Report: ICF Board Director Tim Hamilton is from Ketchum and ICF Board Director Steve Parry’s name is misspelled. We Upcoming Deadlines regret the errors.

Memorials and Honors Annual Luncheon wrap-up; North Idaho Sept. 13 We sincerely appreciate the more than 200 people who attended our annual luncheons in Twin Falls and Idaho Falls. ICF's New and Renewing Members The Central Idaho Annual Luncheon was held on May 16 at Stone House & Co. in Twin Falls. The theme was Early New Member | Renewing Childhood Education and the keynote speaker was College of Member Southern Idaho Professor Evin Fox. We were honored to Benefactor ($1,000 and present John and Karen Rosholt with the Friends of the above) Foundation award. Robert and Mary Kay Yuditsky, Coeur d’Alene The On The Spot Grant presenters in Central Idaho were Ellen Neff and Jennifer Patterson from College of Southern Idaho Early Learning Center, Patron ($500-$999) Murtaugh School District Superintendent Michele Capps, and Sonya Haines Charlotte Unger, Ketchum from United Way of South Central Idaho. Each nonprofit received a $500 grant Sustainer ($100-$249) thanks to our generous sponsors Norco, US Bank, Mary Abercrombie, DL Evans Lawrence Halvorson, Boise Bank and Brenda and Terry Sanford.

Jessica and Mark Aguilar Gier, The East Idaho Luncheon was held June 6 at the Hilton Boise Garden Inn in Idaho Falls. The theme was Helping Low- Income Working Families and the keynote speaker was Supporter ($50-$99) Jessica Sotelo of Partners from Prosperity and the Idaho Jude and Adrienne Trapani, Asset Building Network. Alan Van Orden accepted the Boise Friend of the Foundation award. Friend ($25-$49) The On The Spot Grant presenters in East Idaho were Kristina Jordan from Judy Ahrens, Nampa the Pocatello Free Clinic, Jim Beitz from The Idaho Foodbank, and Peggy Virginia Dunn, Boise Sharp from St. Vincent de Paul Idaho Falls. Each nonprofit received a $500 grant thanks to our generous sponsors Norco, US Bank, DL Evans Bank and The Hartwell Corporation. Memorials and Our final luncheon of the year will be in Coeur d’Alene on Sept. 13. The Honors keynote speaker is Bruce Reed, former chief of staff for then-Vice President Joe Biden and president of the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. Details and The Idaho Community registration information will be available beginning in August. Foundation welcomes gifts sent as memorials or in honor of individuals on their birthdays, anniversaries, retirement, or other special occasions. Such gifts may be added to any individual fund in the Foundation.

The following gifts were received May 1, 2017 through May 31, 2017:

In Memory of Tim Armstrong Trish Armstrong Passage: Lucile Bickett

William and Margi Babcock Mary Lucile Stevens Bickett, 103 years of age, passed away on May 10 at Stonebridge Assisted Living in Wendell. Lucile Dennis and Jodell Barber had two ICF funds – one that benefits nonprofits in each county in the Magic Valley and another that supports Marshall and Connie Boyd nonprofits in Gooding and Lincoln counties.

Judd and Diane DeBoer Lucile was born on January 18, 1914 in Marley, Idaho, a small community west of Richfield to Walter and Grace Jack and Patricia Ely Crowther Stevens. She attended the one-room school in Marley. Lucile’s mother suffered a severe heart attack in Scott Ferguson 1926 and Lucile took time away from school to assume the household duties for her father, mother and six siblings. Her Robert and Dorothy mother died 1930. Lucile graduated from high school in Greenwood 1933.

J. Patrick and Karen McGahan Lucile had a lifelong love affair with horses. She drove a horse and buggy to grade school with her younger brothers and sisters. During the winter, she Martin and Linda Murphy would drive a team of horses pulling a covered bobsled to high school, picking up other students on the way. In the spring and fall she would ride on Terry and Connie Rogers horseback.

John Everett and Kristin Lucile met Harvey Bickett at her senior prom. Harvey was a farmer/rancher Vehrs from Dietrich. He was a widower with three small children. They courted through the winter and summer and married October 1, 1933. Tom White

They farmed in Dietrich and raised sheep. They sold the Dietrich farm and Jerry and Mary Jo Wray sheep in 1947 and moved to Gooding.

In Memory of Susan Eiden Lucile took up horse jumping in 1955 at age 42, both as a trainer and rider. Bick She competed in the Intermountain Horse Show Association which promoted Tony and Gail Park events in Idaho, Utah, Montana and Nevada. She won many trophies and ribbons on horses she trained. In Memory of Barbara Brown During the winter, Harvey and Lucile traveled by automobile, sightseeing in Timothy Brockish Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Canada and Mexico. By plane, they traveled to Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, Pamela Lassahn Kenya and Greece.

Karen Young After Harvey’s death in 1979, Lucile continued to travel and visited all seven continents and the major attractions in the United States. She traveled by car, In Memory of Warren and truck, bus, train, plane, ship, steamboat and horse. Jayne Brown Karl and Sheila Klages Lucile was preceded in death by her parents Walter and Grace Stevens; five of her siblings, Frank, Ruth, Dave, Hellen and Grant; two children Emlynnetta and In Memory of Earl Polly, and one grandchild, Bruce. Chandler Mike and Patty Fery Lucile is survived by: her sister Fay of Twin Falls; sons, Harvey (Myrna) of Boise and Walter (Gay) of Carson City, NV; eight grandchildren and seventeen The Campbells: Rosa, Cathy, great-grandchildren. Connie, Bill and families

In Memory of Amy Dunn Upcoming Deadlines Kate Nyormoi For the latest updates on ICF grant opportunities, follow us on Facebook and In Memory of John Fery Twitter. Roy and Frances Ellsworth

Idaho Future Fund and Southwestern Region Competitive Grant Cycle In Memory of Darol now open Forsythe ICF has two grant cycles open for the southwestern Idaho counties of Ada, Robert and Carol Hamlin Adams, Blaine, Boise, Camas, Canyon, Cassia, Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, Owyhee, Payette, Twin Falls, Valley and Washington. In Memory of Donald Deadline to apply for both is July 1. Oliver Knodell Alice Hennessey The Idaho Future Fund grant cycle will provide $100,000 in grants in these categories: preschool scholarships, charter schools, public schools/public In Memory of Fran school libraries and supplemental educational programs. Uberuaga Cindy Schaffeld The second ICF grant cycle is the Southwestern Region Competitive Grant Cycle, which provides grants of up to $5,000 to nonprofits, government In Honor of All Bonner entities and public educational institutions in the areas of: County Residents Shirley Gleason Arts and Culture Education In Honor of Bill “Action” Emergency Services and Jackie Jackson Libraries Nicholas Miller and Cathy Conservation/Environment Silak Health Recreation In Memory of Jardo, the K- Social Services 9 Officer Public Projects Roger and Pamela Bauman Grant awards will be recommended by the Southwestern Region Grants Panel, Robert and Catherine Paxton which is composed of community volunteers from all counties in the southwestern region. Distribution of grants is scheduled to begin in November. Paulette Penzes For more information about either grant cycle, go to ICF’s homepage under In Honor of Melissa Nelson Deadlines, or email ICF Community Impact Officer Elly Davis at or call her at Ataraxis Accounting & (208) 342-3535. Advisory Services, Chtd.

Dennis O’Brien

Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702 Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected]

Last month, we were thrilled to launch the Nonprofit Leadership Summit in partnership with the Idaho Nonprofit Center (INC).

This program emerged from a “what if” discussion between INC Executive Director Amy Little and me when we were both new in our respective positions. We asked how we could work together to help our local nonprofits thrive – how could we accomplish more together?

The result is a program designed to strengthen and support Idaho nonprofits through training in leadership, board development, strategic planning and fiscal management so they can deliver more effective programs and better sustain their operations.

The program is designed for participants to share their strengths and experiences, learn from experts in the field and to provide space for productive discussion between board members and executives. The first session was led by Terry Stokesbary of the MJ Murdock Charitable Trust and focused on building leadership within organizations. Here’s some of what we heard from participants:

“I am leaving with actionable items, not only as a board member, but also to share with my employer, my team and other partnerships.” "Thank you for a wonderful day. GREAT training topic. Leadership and board development is so essential and yet we spend such little time on this. Can I bring my entire Exec committee next time?”

At ICF we recognize that great programs need strong organizations behind them, and we are excited that we can offer more than financial support to local organizations through the Nonprofit Leadership Summit. We look forward to offering this program in north and east Idaho in future years!

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Passages: Ralph Hartwell and Sara Ifft

Bistline Fund in ICF gives over $70,000 in grants for arts

ICF awards more than $44,000 to Bonner County nonprofits

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Upcoming Deadlines Passages: Ralph Hartwell and Sara Ifft

Ralph Hartwell ICF's New and Ralph Hartwell, an Idaho Falls businessman and Renewing Members philanthropist, died June 26 in his home at age 85. Month Year Ralph first made his mark as an entrepreneur, founding The New Member | Renewing Hartwell Corporation, a local firm focused on insurance, real Member estate and risk management, in 1963. Starting with only a Benefactor ($1,000 and handful of employees, he steadily grew the business into above) one of the state’s largest independent insurance agencies Dorothy Kidd, Caldwell with offices in Idaho Falls and Caldwell.

Sponsor ($250-$499) James and Carole McWilliam, Both Ralph and his wife Mary Lynn Hartwell served on ICF’s Board of Pocatello Directors. They also have three ICF funds that support nonprofits in Bonneville County and east Idaho. Dale and Victoria Smith, King Hill Ralph was a generous supporter of the arts, including the Idaho Falls John and Helen Yuditsky, Symphony. “Ralph was a pillar of strength for the Idaho Falls Symphony for Coeur d’Alene many, many years,” said Tally Adler, the symphony’s executive director. “He was a man with a big heart, a broad, infectious smile, and grace and dignity. Sustainer ($100-$249) He was unfailingly helpful to me, and was always there with words of Art and Nancy Flagan, Coeur d’Alene kindness, warmth and support. The Idaho Falls Symphony will dearly miss him.” Donald and Nancy Longwith, Idaho Falls Carrie Scheid said Hartwell was a careful but generous philanthropist. When she was working on a campaign to raise $4 million for the Colonial Theater, Bruce and Darlena Moberly, Ralph initially was skeptical that goal could be met. Boise

Arnold and Denise Silva, But once it became clear the goal was in sight, he stepped up in a big way, Boise donating the last $80,000 needed to finish the project.

Jack and Mary Pat Winderl, “He was the most elegant of gentlemen,” she said. “He was a good Eagle businessman. He was compassionate, good with people, generous with the community.” H. Norman and Kathryn Wright, American Falls Friends and colleagues also remember a man who was dedicated to the Supporter ($50-$99) welfare of his employees. Park Price, board chairman for the Bank of Idaho Virginia Kelly, Pocatello where Ralph served as a founding board member, said Ralph chose to forgo Adam and Laura Swift, Boise higher profits from the sale of the business he had spent a lifetime building, choosing instead to prioritize the interests of those he worked with. Corporate and Nonprofit Partners “When he was thinking about retiring, there were quite a number of offers to AmeriTitle, Bend, OR buy the company, but Ralph felt it would be a better option if he could sell the Boise Skateboard Association, company to his employees,” Price said. Boise So Ralph chose to divest himself of the company by selling his shares into an Interlink Volunteer employee stock ownership plan in 2012, and today The Hartwell Corporation Caregivers, Inc., Twin Falls continues on as an employee-owned company. Sixth Judicial District CASA Program, Pocatello “The employees continue to grow the company and benefit from the business Ralph developed. That’s typical of Ralph,” Price said

Sara Ifft Memorials and Sara Ifft passed away at the age of 88 after complications Honors following surgery to repair a broken hip. Sara’s son, Bill Ifft, said his mother had Alzheimer’s and in 2010 they The Idaho Community relocated her from Pocatello to a care facility in Logan, Foundation welcomes gifts Utah, to be closer to family. sent as memorials or in honor of individuals on their Sara was the wife of George Nicholas “Nick” Ifft III, the birthdays, anniversaries, former president and general manager of the Idaho State retirement, or other special Journal newspaper in Pocatello, which the Ifft family owned occasions. Such gifts may be for decades. added to any individual fund in the Foundation. Sara and Nick were well-known community philanthropists. Nick Ifft was one of ICF’s founding donors and served on ICF’s very first board of directors. The following gifts were received June 1, 2017 They established the Ifft Foundation in 1984. The Iffts transferred the through June 30, 2017: foundation into an ICF fund in 2001.

In Memory of Jerry Asker Since then, the Ifft Foundation Fund has granted nearly $1.7 million to more Susan Bennett than 300 southeast Idaho nonprofits through ICF – more than $100,000 per year. In Memory of Susan Eiden Bick Born and raised in Wallace, Idaho, Sara moved to San Francisco during World M. Neal Newhouse War II. After graduating from Washington State College, now known as Washington State University, Sara moved to Bozeman, Montana when she In Memory of Dallas Blake married Nick in 1955. Fernando and Brenda Veloz The Ifft family started the Pocatello Tribune newspaper in 1893 not long after In Memory of Barbara the city was initially settled. The Iffts operated the Tribune and its successor Brown the Idaho State Journal in various capacities until 1984. That’s when Nick sold Lois Benedict the family interest in the paper to his partner, James G. Scripps. Nick also managed papers in Bozeman and Havre, Montana, and five weekly papers in G. and Kathleen Smolik Oregon.

In Memory of Marvin D. Even after selling his stake in the Journal, Nick retained the title of publisher Chamberlain emeritus and kept a close eye on the Journal, visiting the newsroom almost Stevens Pierce & Associates, daily to drink coffee, chat with editors and read the news. CPAs Sara and Nick were avid outdoor enthusiasts, spending time together training In Memory of Ralph Labrador retrievers to hunt and attending trials in which the canines would Hartwell compete. The couple also spent time together at their cabin along the Henrys John and Kathryn Bush Fork near Island Park.

Ray and Chris Cammack Sara belonged to Trinity Episcopal Church, one of Pocatello’s oldest houses of worship and was a member of the P.E.O. Foundation. Chesbro Music Company Nick passed away in 2003. Sara is survived by Bill and his wife Barbara Ifft; Alice Hennessey her daughter Martha Jean Ruby and her husband Rusty Ruby; three grandchildren, Andrew Ifft, Nora Ifft and Lance Ruby; and her sister-in-law Mark and Holly Motes Margot Goetz.

The cloudnine Agency Bill said that even though his parents are deceased, the Ifft’s generosity will continue through their ICF fund, as will the Ifft name through the grizzly bear In Memory of Nina Hurst exhibit at Zoo Idaho, Terrell Ifft Lilac Park near Ross Park and more. Freda Cenarrusa

In Memory of Sara Ifft Bistline Fund in ICF gives over $70,000 in grants for arts Alice Hennessey The F.M. and Anne G. and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation In Memory of Jardo, the K- Fund in ICF is providing $71,949 in grants to arts-focused 9 Officer nonprofits in southeast Idaho. Robert and Catherine Paxton The Bistline Fund, which became an ICF fund in 2011, gives In Memory of Scott grants twice a year. Previously it was the F.M. and Anne G. Kissinger and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation, a private foundation Mary Fran Soltman founded in 1999 by Pocatello philanthropist Beverly Bistline and named in honor of her parents. The Lillian Vallely In Memory of Wayne School in Blackfoot MacGregor Recipients of the spring grant cycle are: received a grant to bring Susan Bennett A.J. Winters Elementary School (Montpelier) – $9,310 artists to the school to teach Native American Phil and Mary Jahn to buy audio performance equipment to help control sound during school performances. students. Mary Fran Soltman Century High School (Pocatello) – $5,000 to help purchase music lockers In Honor of Melissa Nelson for each instrument in the band program (including student’s personal American Institute of Certified instruments). Public Accountants Empower Humanity (Pocatello) – $6,500 to provide a performance piano Shane and Dianna Bartlome for the main stage, four practice pianos to expand the group piano program and two additional pianos to provide additional scheduling flexibility and P. LaVern and Marian Gentry reduce wear and tear from moving. Bob and Sally Long Idaho Falls Arts Council – $10,000 to support transportation, staffing, and supplies for field trips to ARTitorium on Broadway for schools in southeast Tyler and Tawnya Nyman Idaho that otherwise would not be able to visit.

Idaho State University (Pocatello) – $10,000 to hire Lenny Banovez, the artistic director of TITAN Theatre in New York, to direct students and faculty in “The Taming of the Shrew,” provide departmental masterclasses and use the show as educational outreach in the community.

Idaho State University (Pocatello) – $11,800 to support a full performance of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” by Opera Idaho, and have professionals from that company engage in outreach performances throughout southeastern Idaho.

Idaho State University (Pocatello) – $1,874 to pay teacher fees for three piano duet and trio coaches, tune pianos, and offer three $150 scholarships for qualified students.

Lillian Vallely School, Inc. (Blackfoot) – $5,500 to pay for various artists to come to the school and teach Native American students. The remaining amount would purchase an embroidery machine which will be used to make the intricate designs for the native regalia.

NeighborWorks Pocatello – $5,000 to buy mold materials to create wax handprints of 4th-grade students and animal paw prints for casting in aluminum and bronze, including modeling and casting materials as well as foundry costs to design, cast and finish 80 elements.

Nell J. Redfield Memorial Hospital Foundation (Malad) – $800 to purchase banners and retractable display signs with changeable figures.

Pocatello Valley Educators, Inc. – $1,165 to purchase eight portable keyboards with stands and to tune the upright piano.

Portneuf Greenway Foundation, Inc. (Pocatello) – $5,000 to solicit proposals for and install a piece of public art celebrating families and fishing along the Greenway at the Edson Fichter Nature Area.

ICF awards more than $44,000 to Bonner County nonprofits

Two funds in the Idaho Community Foundation – the Bonner County Endowment Fund for Human Rights and the Bonner County Fund for Arts Enhancement – have awarded $44,502 to local nonprofits.

The Bonner County Endowment Fund for Human The Pend Oreille Arts Rights is for organizations whose activities reflect Council received a commitment to the ideal that everyone is equal under our recent grant. state and federal laws and constitution regardless of race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation or disability. It distributed $18,002 to eight nonprofits. Recipients are:

Bonner County Partners in Care Clinic, Inc. – $4,300 to pay the master’s level mental health clinicians and the crisis line director to answer the after- hours crisis line and support the volunteers by conference call when needed as coverage expands to 24/7.

Human Rights Education Institute, Inc. – $630 to develop, plan and implement a highly motivating Teen Human Rights Symposium focusing on key human rights issues with experienced facilitators and quality, well- renowned speakers that have tested deliveries with youth and young adults.

Lake Pend Oreille School District #84 – $2,500 to support all aspects of the Sandpoint High School Model United Nations program, in particular student financial ability to participate in the experience at the national level.

Panida Theater Committee, Inc. – $2,000 to present four films free for the public to attend that highlight a human rights concern correlating that with an educational component, showcasing available community and state resources and to educate/inform on the issue.

Pend Oreille Arts Council, Inc. – $2,000 to present a live performance, “Living Voices - Klondike, The Last Adventure,” fund the 13th Annual Art for Human Rights gallery show and produce a local, environmentally themed play called “Walden” (based on Thoreau’s “Walden”).

Sandpoint Community Resource Center – $1,000 to pay for supplies necessary for the Annual Spring Symposium, including rent, printed material, postage, advertising and food/beverages.

Sandpoint High School – $4,572 to train the new Sandpoint High School mentors and purchase supplemental materials to prepare them for their role in leading a school of 1,000 students.

Sandpoint Waldorf School – $1,000 to show the documentary “Screenagers” to the Sandpoint community – specifically adolescents and their parents – and to facilitate a discussion afterwards.

The Bonner County Fund for Arts Enhancement is for projects that demonstrate how the arts encourage creative and critical thinking, stimulate economic vitality and enhance the quality of life in a community. It distributed $26,500 to seven nonprofits. Recipients are:

Academy of Northwest Writers and Publishers – $5,000 to pay the honorarium for the Montana Shakespeare in the Parks actors, as well as an honorarium to support a performance of the nonprofit Music Conservatory of Sandpoint’s theater students, who will provide the opening act this year

Arts Alliance, Inc. – $500 to expand scholarships for local youth to attend Creative Hands Expand the Mind art education classes and to support the Imagine Special Needs art class

Carousel of Smiles – $2,500 to encourage Bonner County artists to participate in a collaborative project creating 28 unique art scenes on the panels of a classic Golden Age Carousel which will be located in Sandpoint

City of Sandpoint – $2,500 to help purchase a significant piece of public artwork for permanent installation in downtown Sandpoint

Festival at Sandpoint, Inc. – $9,000 to support The Festival at Sandpoint’s educational mission including the 5th-grade outreach program, Instrument Assistance Program, Youth Strings Orchestra, Family Concert at The Festival at Sandpoint, community orchestra and scholarships

Music Conservatory of Sandpoint, Inc. – $2,000 to expand the Music Matters! after-school outreach and summer camps to accommodate 200 local students into four ensemble groups (orchestra and choir), one children’s opera and musical theater

Pend Oreille Arts Council, Inc. – $5,000 to help fund the Ovations performing arts and educational outreach program

News Briefs

Idaho Nonprofit Center Statewide Conference is Sept. 7-8 The 14th Annual Nonprofit Statewide Conference, hosted by the Idaho Nonprofit Center, is Sept. 7-8 at the Riverside Hotel in Boise. The Early Bird registration deadline is Aug. 11 and conference registration ends Aug. 30.

This year’s conference includes training, panel discussions and speakers on topics that include:

Marketing Fundraising Grant Writing Volunteer Management Board Development Strategic Planning Budget and Financials

New this year will be a one-day Pre-Conference Training on Sept. 6, followed by an informal networking happy hour.

Cost for the conference is $155-$405, depending on whether an organization is a member of INC and how many days they plan to attend. For more information: www.idahononprofits.org.

Upcoming Deadlines For the latest updates on ICF grant opportunities, follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Grant requests sought in southeast Idaho by Ifft Foundation Fund The Ifft Foundation Fund in ICF is seeking grant requests for projects that will provide landscaping, beautification and public recreation in southeast Idaho.

Grant requests will be considered from Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power counties.

Deadline to apply is Aug. 15. For more information or to apply, visit our homepage, email Community Impact Officer Elly Davis or call (208) 342-3535.

Shelton Fund in ICF offers grants for Valley County projects The Perc H. Shelton and Gladys A. Pospisil Shelton Foundation Advised Fund in ICF is currently accepting grant applications for projects that benefit Valley County. Organizations don’t have to be based in Valley County.

Deadline to apply is Sept. 1. For more information or to apply, visit our homepage, email Community Impact Officer Elly Davis or call (208) 342-3535.

North Idaho Action Fund The North Idaho Action Fund, a new grant cycle to support organizations and projects working to improve the accessibility and quality of behavioral health programs in Bonner and Boundary counties, is now open. Grants of $5,000 to $30,000 are available.

Deadline to apply is Sept. 30. For more information or to apply, visit our homepage, email Community Impact Officer Elly Davis or call (208) 342-3535.

Newly Created Funds

Egyptian Theater Organ Fund (special project fund) – Created by Dr. Paul Collins and friends to renovate and maintain the 90-year-old Morgan Organ, located in the historic Egyptian Theater in downtown Boise.

Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702 Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected]

Libraries and animals have always been a source of great joy for Lewiston’s Pam Howard. Her estate plans include establishing an endowed fund through ICF that will forever provide support for the public libraries in Nez Perce, Lewis, Clearwater, Idaho and Latah counties and for the Lewis- Clark Animal Shelter.

“During my lifetime, I have had so many advantages, so many opportunities and so many rich experiences,” she says. “I want to pay forward some of what I have been given, and the ICF Legacy Society seems an ideal way to do that.”

She chose ICF as a partner in her estate planning in part because she was familiar with the foundation’s helpful staff. “But more than that, Idaho is where I live, Idaho is the state I love, and I want my legacy to remain in Idaho.”

Always an avid reader, Pam became a librarian by accident. She took a break from her studies at the University of Colorado and got a job at a library on campus. She soon realized that her organizational skills, love of books and willingness to find answers to tough questions were the qualities of a good librarian. She left the job, returned to school and received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in library science.

Her first job in Idaho was as the Culdesac branch librarian in Nez Perce County and she saw firsthand the importance of libraries in rural communities.

“They are a safe place for children to congregate, a provider of free entertainment and a partner with the local schools,” Pam says. She said the libraries she chose as beneficiaries of her fund have limited budgets but “their librarians are very creative in finding ways to expand their services and offerings.”

ICF funds are flexible and can accommodate people like Pam who want to provide support to more than one organization or interest area. That’s how Pam was able to benefit the libraries as well as the animal shelter.

Pam’s love of animals began when she was a young girl. She and her sisters joke that they were raised by the family dog, a collie named Lady.

“My mom was busy taking care of the house and its large yard and garden. She gave us the freedom to explore, knowing that Lady would stay with us and keep us from harm. Lady did her job well, and none of us ever had a serious injury,” Pam recalls.

Her love of animals has lasted her entire life. She currently has two dogs and three cats. “I credit them with helping me age gracefully.”

For information on how you can benefit your favorite nonprofits and causes through your estate, please visit www.icflegacy.org or contact:

East Idaho: Tina Therp, 208-982-1448 North Idaho: Charlie Miller, 208-699-4249 Southwest Idaho: Kris Kamann, 208-342-3535

Headlines ICF quarterly fund statements now available!

Legacy Society Profile: ICF quarterly fund statements have been. Fundholders can view their fund Giving back after a lifetime statements online by going to the ICF homepage and clicking the Login button. of opportunity If you have any questions, please contact: ICF quarterly fund statements now available! East Idaho: Tina Therp, 208-982-1448 North Idaho: Charlie Miller, 208-699-4249 News Briefs Southwest Idaho: Kris Kamann, 208-342-3535

Newly Created Funds Upcoming Deadlines

For the latest updates on ICF grant opportunities, follow us on Facebook and ICF's New and Twitter. Renewing Members Grant requests sought in southeast Idaho by Ifft Foundation Fund Month Year The Ifft Foundation Fund in ICF is seeking grant requests for projects that will New Member | Renewing provide landscaping, beautification and public recreation in southeast Idaho. Member Grant requests will be considered from Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Patron ($500-$999) Franklin, Oneida and Power counties. Michael and Kathryn McNichols, Lewiston Deadline to apply is Aug. 15. For more information or to apply, visit our Tom and Sue Thilo, Hayden homepage, email Community Impact Officer Elly Davis or call (208) 342-3535. Lake Shelton Fund in ICF offers grants for Valley County projects Sustainer ($100-$249) Sheila Gary, Hayden The Perc H. Shelton and Gladys A. Pospisil Shelton Foundation Advised Fund in ICF is currently accepting grant applications for projects that benefit Valley Pamela and Bruce Lake, County. Organizations don’t have to be based in Valley County. Blackfoot Deadline to apply is Sept. 1. For more information or to apply, visit our Chris and Kris Mikkelsen, Spokane, WA homepage, email Community Impact Officer Elly Davis or call (208) 342-3535.

Ron and Susan Rope, Idaho North Idaho Action Fund Falls The North Idaho Action Fund, a new grant cycle to support organizations and projects working to improve the accessibility and quality of behavioral health Supporter ($50-$99) programs in Bonner and Boundary counties, is now open. Grants of $5,000 to Megan and Juan Perez, Boise $30,000 are available. Robert and Nancy Russell, Salmon Deadline to apply is Sept. 30. For more information or to apply, visit our homepage, email Community Impact Officer Elly Davis or call (208) 342-3535. Friend ($25-$49) Earl Dodds, McCall

David Facer, Rexburg News Briefs

Marcella Nelson, Sandpoint Idaho Nonprofit Center Statewide Conference is Sept. 7-8 The 14th Annual Nonprofit Statewide Conference, hosted by the Idaho Mary Obray, Soda Springs Nonprofit Center, is Sept. 7-8 at the Riverside Hotel in Boise. The conference registration deadline is Aug. 30. Kathy Ray, Malad

Mary Vagner, Pocatello This year’s conference includes training, panel discussions and speakers on topics that include:

Marketing New Legacy Society Fundraising Grant Writing Members of the ICF Legacy Society are generous donors Volunteer Management who will continue to support Board Development Idaho communities through Strategic Planning their estate planning after Budget and Financials they’ve passed. We sincerely thank them for enriching the New this year will be a one-day Pre-Conference Training on Sept. 6, followed quality of life throughout by an informal networking happy hour. Idaho. For more information: www.icflegacy.org. Cost for the conference is $155-$405, depending on whether an organization New Legacy Society July 1, is a member of INC and how many days they plan to attend. For more 2017-July 31, 2017: information: www.idahononprofits.org.

Rhonda Millick, Eagle Idaho Philanthropy Days seeks award nominees! Nominations for Idaho Philanthropy Days awards open Aug. 15. Local awards will be presented at the 2017 Idaho Philanthropy Days events and trainings in Idaho Falls (Tuesday, Nov. 14), Boise (Wednesday, Nov. 15) and Coeur d’Alene (Thursday, Nov. 16).

Award categories are:

Philanthropic Company/Foundation – An outstanding company/foundation that demonstrates commitment to philanthropy, knowledge of the industry and leadership capabilities. This company/foundation brings philanthropic work to the core of their mission. Nonprofit Collaboration – Organizations with a proven record of exceptional collaboration that work together to grow their resources, solve a problem and improve their community. Nonprofit Innovation – An organization that is a leader in its field, is vocal and visible in its community and sets examples or sets trends for others to follow. Outstanding Adult Philanthropist – An individual (21 years and older) who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in philanthropic efforts and/or projects benefiting charitable organizations. (Excludes presidents, CEOs and/or executive directors) Outstanding Youth Philanthropist – An individual youth (under 21 years) who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in philanthropic efforts and/or projects benefiting charitable organizations.

To learn more or to submit a nomination, click here.

ICF is partnering with the Idaho Association of Fundraising Professionals, Idaho Nonprofit Center and Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation to host Idaho Philanthropy Days.

Newly Created Funds

Bingham County Mayors Scholarship Fund (designated) – Created by the mayors of Aberdeen, Blackfoot, Firth and Shelley and the chairman of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes to support scholarships for students graduating from the seven Bingham County high schools who have enrolled in post-secondary educational programs.

Memorials and Honors

The Idaho Community Foundation welcomes gifts sent as memorials or in honor of individuals on their birthdays, anniversaries, retirement or other special occasions. Such gifts may be added to any individual fund in the Foundation.

The following gifts were received July 1, 2017 through July 31, 2017:

In Memory of Ralph Hartwell In Memory of Dick Areitio John and Martha Arrington Dave and Diane Myklegard Frank and Faye Bowles Robert and Nancy Carpenedo In Memory of Jerry Asker Arthur and Antoinette Denison Phil and Mary Jahn Bob and Leslee Hoover Craig and Jane Spencer Terry Payne Park and Sharon Price In Memory of Mike Baker Earl Whetzel Dave and Diane Myklegard Ray and Janice Wolfe

In Memory of Ralph Baldrica In Memory of Peter Helming Dave and Diane Myklegard Alice Hennessey

In Memory of Jacqueline Cooney In Memory of Jardo, the K-9 American Association of University Women, Officer Boise Branch Robert and Catherine Paxton

In Memory of Doris Irene Cruzen In Memory of Janie Miller Alice Hennessey Dave and Diane Myklegard

In Memory of Aileen Dawson In Memory of Arnult Mitchell Idaho Youth Education Recycling Dave and Diane Myklegard Partnership In Memory of Kitty Olson In Memory of Leslie Dieter Curtis Olson Alice Hennessey In Memory of Shirley Savaria In Memory of Robert Early Dave and Diane Myklegard Dave and Diane Myklegard In Memory of John Shewmake In Memory of Ranger Engle Alice Hennessey Ben and Lauren Tassos In Memory of Roger In Memory of Dan Ferguson Swanstrom Idaho Youth Education Recycling Dave and Diane Myklegard Partnership In Honor of All Bonner County In Memory of Jerry Ferguson Residents Idaho Youth Education Recycling Shirley Gleason Partnership In Honor of Melissa Nelson In Memory of Charlie Gumulcak James and Diane Crawford Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partnership In Honor of Jim Thompson Idaho Conservation League In Memory of Carol Homer Hanes Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partnership

Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702 Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected]

It’s time for ICF’s annual Sept-Member campaign! More than 700 of you were members in 2017 and we sincerely thank you for your contribution. Our members support ICF operations, so your gift helps us do our work throughout the state.

In honor of ICF’s 30th Anniversary in 2018, we’re asking you to consider making a $30 gift to ICF, in addition to your membership renewal. This additional gift, like all of our membership dollars, will directly support the infrastructure that makes possible all of the good work we do statewide. Last year, ICF provided more than $13 million in grants and community improvements in all 44 counties from Boundary to Bear Lake.

Like last year, we will track renewals in each of our three regions (North, East and Southwest), as well as out-of- state. The region with the largest percentage of growth over last year will be rewarded with an extra $5,000 for grants in their regional competitive grants pool. Last year, the North captured the top prize. Best of luck to all regions!

You can renew your membership online or using the return envelope that will arrive with your renewal letter. Details are below.

I’d also like to remind everyone that nominations for Idaho Philanthropy Day are due this Friday, Sept. 15. Idaho Philanthropy Day is a collaboration between ICF, the Idaho Association of Fundraising Professionals, Idaho Nonprofit Center and Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation.

Please take a few minutes to submit a nomination for a company, nonprofit and/or person in your community who is making a difference. Categories are:

To learn more or to submit a nomination, click here. We are so excited about this event, which will take place in Idaho Falls on Nov. 14, Boise on Nov. 15 and Coeur d’Alene on Nov. 16!

And finally, to all of our friends, grant recipients and other supporters in North Idaho, I look forward to seeing you at our 8th Annual North Idaho Luncheon on Wednesday!

Headlines Sept-Member is here!

Sept-Member is here! The hotter-than-normal weather and worse-than-ever smoke may prevent us from pulling on our long sleeves and fully enjoying something flavored with Final ICF luncheon of 2017 pumpkin spice, but it doesn’t keep us from launching Sept-Member, our annual is Wednesday membership campaign!

Newest ICF family More than 700 of you were members in 2017 and we sincerely thank you for member: Linden Grace your contribution. Our members support ICF operations, so your gift helps us Miller do our work throughout the state.

News Briefs In honor of ICF’s 30th Anniversary in 2018, we’re asking you to consider making a $30 gift to ICF, in addition to your membership renewal. This Upcoming Deadlines additional gift, like all of our membership dollars, go directly to support the infrastructure that makes possible all of the good work we do statewide. Last year, ICF provided more than $13 million in grants and community ICF's New and improvements in all 44 counties from Bonners Ferry to Preston. Renewing Members August 2017 Like last year, we will track renewals in each of our three regions (North, East and Southwest), as well as out-of-state. The region with the largest percentage New Member | Renewing of growth over last year will be rewarded with an extra $5,000 for grants in Member their regional competitive grants pool. Last year, the North captured the top prize. Sustainer ($100-$249) Kay Alspaugh, Boise To renew your membership online or to purchase a new membership, click Robert Barclay, Boise here. Membership renewal letters are on their way so you can also renew by mailing a check in the return envelope included with your letter. Gerald and Connie Schroeder, Boise If you didn’t get a renewal letter, you can mail your membership to: Idaho Jerry and Ann Shively, Idaho Community Foundation, 210 W. State St., Boise, ID 83702. Memberships can Falls be for any amount $25 and above. Please note on the check that it’s for membership. Supporter ($50-$99) Carlos Roundy, Rupert

New Legacy Society

Members of the ICF Legacy Society are generous donors who will continue to support Idaho communities through their estate planning after they’ve passed. We sincerely thank them for enriching the quality of life throughout Idaho. For more information: www.icflegacy.org. Final ICF luncheon of 2017 is Wednesday New Legacy Society Members August 1, 2017- ICF will hold our fourth and final Annual Luncheon of the year on Wednesday, August 31, 2017: Sept. 13 from 11:30-1:30 p.m. at the Hagadone Event Center in Coeur Anonymous (2) d’Alene. There may be a few seats left – please call 208-342-3535 or email [email protected] to check availability. Seats are $45 each.

Our keynote speaker is Kiran Ahuja, new CEO with Philanthropy Northwest, Memorials and and we’ll recognize Bob and Leslee Hoover as our Friends of the Foundation. Honors Kiran began her career as a civil rights lawyer at the U.S. Department of The Idaho Community Justice, litigating longstanding desegregation cases, and filing the department’s Foundation welcomes gifts first student racial harassment case. sent as memorials or in honor of individuals on their Most recently, Kiran was chief of staff at the U.S. Office of Personnel birthdays, anniversaries, Management, where she managed a $2 billion dollar budget and 6,000 retirement, or other special employees and broadly supported more than two million employees across the occasions. Such gifts may be federal government. added to any individual fund in the Foundation. Kiran’s family immigrated to the United States from India and England and she grew up in Savannah, Georgia. Her parents ran a medical clinic in the inner The following gifts were city, which showed her the challenges faced by impoverished communities. received August 1, 2017 through August 31, 2017: Bob Hoover was president and CEO of the Idaho Community Foundation for nearly seven years until he retired in 2016. He and his wife Leslee have In Memory of Doris Cruzen continued their strong support of ICF and they recently came out of retirement Trish Armstrong to move to Caldwell, where Bob will be the interim president of The College of Idaho while the college searches for a full-time leader. Junior League of Boise

In Memory of Jardo, the K- Newest ICF family member: Linden Grace Miller 9 Officer Robert and Catherine Paxton We are proud to announce the newest member of our ICF family – Linden Grace Miller was born Aug. 10 to Charlie In Memory of Steven and Amanda Miller. She weighed five pounds, 11 ounces James Lane and joins big brother Weston in the Miller family. Charlie is Alice Hennessey our North Idaho Development Officer. In Memory of Norman Upcoming Deadlines “Tubbo” Lodge Trish Armstrong For the latest updates on ICF grant opportunities, follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Blaine and Dixie Lenon North Idaho Action Fund Patsy Lodge The North Idaho Action Fund, a new grant cycle to support organizations and projects working to improve the accessibility and quality of behavioral health In Memory of Richard programs in Bonner and Boundary counties, is now open. Grants of $5,000 to Phennegher $30,000 are available. Don and Sally Allen Deadline to apply is Sept. 30. For more information or to apply, visit our In Memory of E. Ray homepage, email Community Impact Officer Elly Davis or call (208) 342-3535. Rogers Idaho Society of CPAs Bistline Fund deadline is Nov. 1 The F.M., Anne G., and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fund in ICF is accepting In Memory of John applications until Nov. 1 for projects related to the arts in the southeast Idaho Shewmake counties of Bannock, Bingham, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Patsy Lodge Power. Grants may fall under two categories:

In Memory of Anne Veseth Supporting arts activities that will provide entertainment or art-related Bridget Johnson education to the general public. Supporting the education, skills training, performance or display In Honor of All Bonner opportunities for local artists. County Residents For more information about eligibility and to apply, go to www.idcomfdn.org. Shirley Gleason

The Bistline Foundation was founded by Beverly Bistline of Pocatello to pay special tribute to her parents and their commitment to the arts, as well as to further her own support within the field. She passed away in October 2010 and her foundation became an ICF fund in 2011.

News Briefs

Idaho Philanthropy Day seeks award nominees! Nominations for Idaho Philanthropy Day awards close Friday, Sept. 15. To learn more or to submit a nomination, click here.

Awards will be presented at the 2017 Idaho Philanthropy Day events and trainings in Idaho Falls (Tuesday, Nov. 14), Boise (Wednesday, Nov. 15) and Coeur d’Alene (Thursday, Nov. 16).

ICF is partnering with the Idaho Association of Fundraising Professionals, Idaho Nonprofit Center and Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation to host Idaho Philanthropy Days.

John William Jackson Fund in ICF reaches milestone The John William Jackson Fund in ICF will soon mark its 17th anniversary and will have granted more than $1 million after its next grant cycle.

The fund was established by Bill “Action” Jackson and his wife Jackie Jackson in remembrance of their son John William Jackson who lost his life in a climbing accident on Aug. 29, 2000 in Kyrgyszstan in Central Asia along with his climbing partner Shou Te Wang of Taiwan.

The fund provides grants that support the interests of John William Jackson, including music, academics and outdoor sporting opportunities. For more information: www.johnwilliamjacksonfund.org.

ICF quarterly fund statements available Fundholders can view their fund statements online by going to the ICF homepage and clicking the Login button.

If you have any questions, please contact:

East Idaho: Tina Therp, 208-982-1448 North Idaho: Charlie Miller, 208-699-4249 Southwest Idaho: Kris Kamann, 208-342-3535

Newly Created Funds

Thomssen Family Fund (Non-endowed donor advised fund) – Created by Jim and Melissa Thomssen of Nampa to enhance the cultural, recreational and educational opportunities in southwest Idaho.

Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702 Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected]

Registration is now open for Idaho Philanthropy Day and I encourage our grant recipients, members, fund holders and other supporters to attend the event in their area for a half-day of learning, socializing and celebrating philanthropy!

This year’s events will be held in Idaho Falls, Boise and Coeur d’Alene on Nov. 14-16 and will include two workshop sessions, a lunch that includes a multi-generational panel discussion about philanthropy, and an awards ceremony recognizing nonprofits and philanthropists for their good work in our communities.

Idaho Philanthropy Day is part of National Philanthropy Day, which is held every year on Nov. 15. This year’s event is a collaboration between ICF, the Idaho Association of Fundraising Professionals, Idaho Nonprofit Center and Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation. More details are below.

Speaking of events, I’d like to thank all of you who attended one or more of our Annual Luncheons this year! We wrapped up our final event for 2017 in Coeur d’Alene last month.

It was great to see our Friends of the Foundation Bob and Leslee Hoover and hear about their new adventure in Caldwell where Bob is interim president of The College of Idaho while the college conducts a national search for a new president. And our keynote speaker, Philanthropy Northwest CEO Kiran Ahuja, gave a warm, funny address that reminded all of us about the importance of nonprofit work and in being engaged with our communities.

And finally, I’d like to give a quick shout out to our ICF Board Director Brenda Sanford and the leadership at DL Evans Bank! We co-hosted an event with them in Burley last month and appreciated the opportunity to talk about our grantmaking and how we can help generous, community-minded individuals set up charitable endowments.

Best wishes to all of you for a beautiful fall!

Headlines The calendar says October, but we know it’s Sept- Member! The calendar says October, but we know it’s Sept- It’s time for ICF’s annual Sept-Member campaign! More Member! than 700 of you were members in 2017 and we sincerely thank you for your contribution. Your membership supports Registration for Idaho our operations so we can provide grants to terrific nonprofits Philanthropy Day now like the Minidoka County 4-H. open To renew your membership online or to purchase a new New grant opportunity: membership, click here. You can also mail your membership The Cancer Connection of to: Idaho Community Foundation, 210 W. State St., Boise, Idaho ID 83702. Memberships can be for any amount $25 and above. Please note on the check that it’s for membership. Idaho Future Fund awards nearly $100K to 8 eastern Idaho nonprofits In honor of ICF’s 30th Anniversary in 2018, we’re asking you to consider making a $30 gift to ICF, in addition to your membership renewal. This ICF grants more than additional gift, like all of our membership dollars, directly supports our efforts $160,000 in eastern and to enrich the quality of life throughout Idaho. Last year, ICF provided more southeastern Idaho than $13 million in grants and community improvements in all 44 counties from Boundary to Bear Lake. Upcoming Deadlines

Like last year, we will track membership sign-ups in each of our three regions (North, East and Southwest) as well as out-of-state. The region with the ICF's New and largest percentage of growth over last year will be rewarded with an extra Renewing Members $5,000 for grants in their regional competitive grants pool. Last year, the North September 2017 captured the top prize. Best of luck to all regions!

New Member | Renewing Member

Benefactor ($1,000 and above) Mark Kubiak and Susan Fenton Kubiak, Dover

Dallas Peck and Cynthia Keller-Peck, Boise

Dorothy Kidd, Caldwell

Roger and Claudia Martell, Eagle Registration for Idaho Philanthropy Day now open Richard and Susan Parrish, Boise Registration is now open for Idaho Philanthropy Day! This Kelly Turk and Debra Riedel, year, events will be held throughout the state: Boise Tuesday, Nov. 14 – Idaho Falls, ISU Bennion Student Patron ($500-$999) Union, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Mary Abercrombie, Boise Wednesday, Nov. 15 – Boise, Red Lion Downtowner, 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. William Berg and Melinda Thursday, Nov. 16 – Coeur d’Alene, Best Western Cameron, Sagle Coeur d’Alene Inn, 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Douglas and Deidre Chadderdon, Coeur d’Alene Cost for the full celebration is $60 or you can register for workshops only ($30) or lunch, panel discussion and award ceremony only ($40). Armand and Vicki Eckert, Buhl We are excited to partner with the Idaho Association of Fundraising J. Brent and Sandra Fery, Professionals, Idaho Nonprofit Center and Idaho Women’s Charitable Boise Foundation to host Idaho Philanthropy Day! For more information or to register, click here. Clark and Sydney Fidler, Boise

Tim and Sue Hamilton, New grant opportunity: The Cancer Connection of Idaho Ketchum We are pleased to offer a new grant opportunity for health and human services Bill and Lori McCann, organizations. The Cancer Connection of Idaho (TCCI) Fund in ICF is offering Lewiston grants up to $5,000 to nonprofits, public educational institutions, governmental entities and others that provide programs for those affected by cancer. James and Willa McLaughlin, Ketchum Grant applications should support TCCI’s mission to “empower people touched Skip and Esther by cancer to find support, resources, education and a sense of community.” Oppenheimer, Boise Past grants have supported a writing contest for teens that had cancer or a loved one with cancer, wellness programs such as gentle yoga and movement DeRay and Carol Perry, Idaho classes, mind-body skills and more. Falls

Alan and Wendy Pesky, Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with deadlines four times per year: Ketchum February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1.

J.L. and Pat Scott, McCall For more information or to download an application, click here and scroll to Cancer Connection Idaho Fund. Gay Simplot, Boise

Thomas and Rosamond Turnbull, Carbondale, CO Idaho Future Fund awards nearly $100K to 8 eastern Idaho nonprofits Mitch and Linda Watkins, Twin Falls The Idaho Future Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation is providing nearly $100,000 in grants to education projects Linda Wilkins, Swan Valley in eastern and southeastern Idaho. Richard and Dawn Wittman, Culdesac The Idaho Future Fund was established at ICF by an anonymous couple from Blaine County. Grants from the fund Raymond and Janice Wolfe, are intended to create, sustain or reinvigorate impactful Caldwell Gem Prep Pocatello educational programs throughout the state in the areas of received $20,000 from preschool scholarships, charter schools, and public Sponsor ($250-$499) the Idaho Future Fund Randy and Candi Allphin, schools/public school libraries. Boise

Carl Bontrager and Kathleen Lynn, Ketchum Recipients of Idaho Future Fund grants in east Idaho are: Bear Lake County School District #33 – $17,460 to update and replace Betty Carr, Idaho Falls furniture, technology, and physical and digital information resources in the Bear Lake High School library for the school and the community Julie Chenoweth, Orofino

Thomas and Linda Dixon, Challis Joint School District #181 (Custer County) – $5,000 to expand Boise opportunities in the district and community using student-centered, hands-on activities that expand thinking, creativity and problem solving with STEM- Roy and Frances Ellsworth, related learning activities to nurture and strengthen skills needed for 21st Boise century careers Robert and Anne Hay, Boise Gem Prep Pocatello Inc. (Bannock County) – $20,000 to expand the school by Guy Hearon and Cheryl purchasing student curriculum, technology and furniture for the fifth-grade Stewart, Sandpoint class

Donald and Dorothy Jacklin, Post Falls Georgetown Elementary School (Bear Lake County) – $16,000 to buy a supplemental reading program for kindergarten through second-grade students Doyle Jacklin, Coeur d’Alene Grace Joint School District #148 (Caribou County) – $12,000 to purchase 20 Alan and Royanne Minskoff, new computers for the library at Grace Elementary School Boise

David and Pamela Shaw, Lemhi County Economic Development Association (Lemhi Education Project) – Emmett $3,040 to purchase new computers in the testing lab and upgrade them to support the testing platforms used to offer the GED to community members Michael and Diana Thomas, Weiser Oneida School District #351 – $12,000 to purchase a secure interactive web Alan and Sherry Van Orden, conferencing platform for Idaho Home Learning Academy, provide professional Pocatello development for IHLA teachers and fund scholarships for students to take virtual classes Click here to see more New and Renewing The Learning Academy of Teton Valley Inc. (Teton County) – $12,500 to offer Members. preschool scholarships to families demonstrating financial need or other hardships that make the cost of preschool difficult

Memorials and ICF grants more than $160,000 in eastern and Honors southeastern Idaho The Idaho Community Foundation welcomes gifts ICF’s Eastern Regional Grants Panel has selected 61 eastern sent as memorials or in honor and southeastern Idaho nonprofit organizations to receive of individuals on their more than $160,000 through our annual competitive grant birthdays, anniversaries, cycle. retirement, or other special Whitewater Therapeutic occasions. Such gifts may be Grant recipients are from Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, and Recreational Riding added to any individual fund Bonneville, Butte, Caribou, Custer, Franklin, Fremont, Lemhi, received $2,500 to in the Foundation. Madison, Oneida, Power and Teton counties. connect its equine facility to city water to The following gifts were Nonprofit organizations can apply for grants of up to $5,000 provide fresh, clean received September 1, 2017 through the competitive grant cycle. The Eastern Region water to horses, riders through September 30, 2017: Grants Panel, which includes representatives from each and volunteers. county, meets every July to review the applications and In Memory of Flora make recommendations. The ICF Board of Directors makes Allington the final decision about the grants. Freda Cenarrusa To see the full list of recipients, click here. In Memory of Governor Cecil Andrus Upcoming Deadlines Robert Bilow and Jeanne Mehrhoff For the latest updates on ICF grant opportunities, follow us on Facebook and Twitter. In Memory of Barbara Brown Bistline Fund deadline is Nov. 1 Jocelyn and Holly Sedney The F.M., Anne G., and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation Fund in ICF is accepting applications until Nov. 1 for projects related to the arts in the southeast Idaho In Memory of Frances counties of Bannock, Bingham, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Freeman Power. Grants may fall under two categories: Tom and Bonnie Stitzel Supporting arts activities that will provide entertainment or art-related In Memory of David education to the general public. Henderson Supporting the education, skills training, performance or display Freda Cenarrusa opportunities for local artists. Alice Hennessey For more information about eligibility and to apply, go to our homepage. In Memory of Jardo, the K- 9 Officer The Bistline Foundation was founded by Beverly Bistline of Pocatello to pay Robert and Catherine Paxton special tribute to her parents and their commitment to the arts, as well as to further her own support within the field. She passed away in October 2010 and In Memory of Leslie Kiehn her foundation became an ICF fund in 2011. Jeremy Gray and Bron Roberts New and Renewing Members continued

In Honor of All Bonner Sustainer ($100-$249) County Residents William and Karla Bodnar, Boise Shirley Gleason Henry and Deborah Boomer, McCall Richard and Connie Bowen, Boise Stewart and Mary Butler, Hayden Lake Freda Cenarrusa, Boise

Donald and Dolores Chapman, McCall Harold and Penny Coe, Bellevue, WA Lee and Lori Cullen, Hayden Lake Leroy and Barbara Custer, Boise Bill and Bernadean Daniels, Boise John and Carey Dondero, Sun Valley Jim and Judith Eisses, Coeur d’Alene Terry and Anne Freund-Ross, Hudson, WI William and Melissa Gilbert, Boise Eloise Helbling, Nampa Nancy Ives, Boise D. Blaine and Cynthia Jacobson, Boise James and Wendy Jaquet, Ketchum Richard and Lucinda Jardine, Twin Falls Kenneth and Dawn Kees, Lewiston R. Stanwood and Sharon Kohls, Hayden Lake Jeanette Laster, Coeur d’Alene Edward and Siwen Hu Lieskovan, Arcadia, CA Grace and Clark Lusk, Hayden John and Mary McGown, Boise Robert and Rita Mecham, Spokane, WA Kay and JoAnn Nelson, Coeur d’Alene Mona Noble, Mountain Home Owen and Stephanie Orndorff, Boise P.T. and Sherry Rathbone, Marsing Earl and Carrie Reed, Twin Falls Robert and Beth Rohe, Ketchum H. Thad and Judith Scholes, Twin Falls James and Susan Shelledy, Sagle Marion Shinn, Lewiston Philip Shinn, Lewiston Don and Andrea Solberg, Grangeville Craig and Jane Spencer, Grangeville Norman Steadman, Weippe David and Lara Stone, Ketchum Kenneth and Karma Taylor, Idaho Falls Wayne and Peggy Thiessen, Boise Stephen Weeg and Nancy Greco, Pocatello Dick and Joanne Wetherell, Sun Valley H. James and Stephanie White, Boise Neil and Ann Wimberley, Hope David and Shannon Wimer, Grangeville Gregory Garlick and Marcia Wing, Boise H. Norman and Kathryn Wright, American Falls Clement Yonker and Lori Getts, Sandpoint

Supporter ($50-$99) Gary and Janet Benoit, Boise Jean Betebenner, Boise Barbara Botsch, Sandpoint Donald Carleton, Moscow Annie Chalfant, Boise Ernest Jensen, Idaho Falls Larry and Sharon Johnson, Meridian Virginia Kelly, Pocatello David and Kelsey Little, Emmett Mike McHargue, Boise Linda Milam, Idaho Falls Christopher and Pam Moore, Lewiston Randall and Melissa Nelson, Boise Mark and Eva Nye, Pocatello Dennis O’Brien, Wallace Carol Pintler, Ketchum Margaret Plastino, Idaho Falls Harold E. Rumsey, Boise LeAnn Simmons, Boise Edward and Susie Skinner, Twin Falls Jane Slattery, Boise Patricia Taylor, Moscow Kristen Thompson, Meridian

Friend ($25-$49) Sonia Beard, Rexburg Kris Beckstead, Preston Christine Bishop, Blanchard Susan Borowicz, Elk City Kevin Dunn, Boise Reeta Farr, Ola Garney Hardy, Idaho Falls Caryl Johnston, Hayden Chris Knox, Bancroft Marcella Nelson, Sandpoint Robert Rainville, Boise Debra Vis, Caldwell Viki and Ken Wood, Heyburn

Corporate and Nonprofit Partners Feed the Gap, Boise Gem County Recreation District, Emmett Fifth Judicial District CASA Program, Inc., Twin Falls Sixth Judicial District CASA Program, Pocatello

Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702 Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected]

At the Idaho Community Foundation, we are in the business of bringing people who care together with the organizations that are making a difference in their communities. So it is only natural that this month we join with the Idaho Nonprofit Center, Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation and Association of Fundraising Professionals Idaho Chapter to celebrate Idaho Philanthropy Day!

National Philanthropy Day has been celebrated every year since November 15, 1986 when President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Philanthropy Day. Here in Idaho, we will recognize the people and organizations that come together to make our communities better by supporting food pantries, arts programs, education and much more.

As a statewide organization, ICF celebrates the uniqueness of each of Idaho’s regions and we recognize that they have their own set of nonprofit organizations, supporters, community leaders and ways to enrich the quality of life throughout Idaho.

We appreciate and thank all of our donors, members and nonprofit partners for your support of ICF and hope you will join us at the Idaho Philanthropy Day event in your region. Details are below.

Headlines We’ve made changes to our Regional Grant Cycles We’ve made changes to We asked, you answered and we listened! In response to feedback to our 2017 our Regional Grant Cycles Grantee Survey, ICF has made several important changes to our Regional Grant Cycles in all three regions. Idaho Philanthropy Day events are this week In an effort to be more flexible and responsive, all three grant cycles will now be open year-round and recipients will be announced within three months of We’re at the Sept-Member the deadline. halfway point! The application deadlines for all three cycles have also changed: north Idaho is Ifft Foundation Fund in Feb. 15, east Idaho is June 15 and southwest Idaho is August 15. ICF selects grant recipients We have also updated our application and provided our grantees with better questions, more space for answers and additional information and tools for Shelton Fund in ICF submitting a top-notch application. announces recipients For more information, please visit our new page here. For questions and to Memorials and Honors submit input, please contact Community Impact Officer Elly Davis at [email protected]. New Legacy Society Idaho Philanthropy Day events are this week ICF’s New and Renewing Idaho Philanthropy Day events will be held throughout the Members state this week: New Legacy Society Tuesday, Nov. 14 – Idaho Falls, ISU Bennion Student Members of the ICF Legacy Union, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Society are generous donors Wednesday, Nov. 15 – Boise, Red Lion Downtowner, who will continue to support 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Idaho communities through Thursday, Nov. 16 – Coeur d’Alene, Best Western their estate planning after Coeur d’Alene Inn, 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. they’ve passed away. We sincerely thank them for Cost for the full celebration is $60 or you can attend the workshops only ($30) enriching the quality of life throughout Idaho. For more or lunch, panel discussion and award ceremony only ($40). You can register information: and pay at the door. www.icflegacy.org. We are excited to partner with the Idaho Nonprofit Center, Idaho Women’s New Legacy Society Charitable Foundation and Idaho Association of Fundraising Professionals to Members October 1, 2017- October 31, 2017: host Idaho Philanthropy Day! For more information, click here.

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Memorials and Honors The Idaho Community Foundation welcomes gifts sent as memorials or in honor of individuals on their birthdays, anniversaries, retirement, or other special occasions. Such gifts may be added to any individual fund in the Foundation or to the We’re at the Sept-Member halfway point! Idaho Community Foundation Unrestricted Trust Fund We’re midway through our annual Sept-Member campaign and as of Oct. 31 North Idaho is in the lead with a renewal The following gifts were and new membership rate of 48 percent! received October 1, 2017 through October 31, 2017: The other regions are close behind: Southwest Idaho – 41 percent In Memory of Governor East Idaho – 37 percent Cecil Andrus Out of State – 36 percent Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partnership The region with the largest percentage of renewals and new memberships will be rewarded with an extra $5,000 for Grants from ICF are In Memory of Shirley grants in their regional grant cycle. Last year, the North supporting the Atteberry captured the top prize. resoration of Gooding's Raymond and Kathy Van Schubert Theater Order To renew your membership online or to purchase a new membership, click here. You can also mail your membership In Memory of Robert to: Idaho Community Foundation, 210 W. State St., Boise, Westley Clapp ID 83702. Memberships can be for any amount $25 and Idaho Youth Education above. Please note on the check that it’s for membership. Recycling Partnership

In honor of ICF’s 30th Anniversary in 2018, we’re asking you to consider In Memory of John Fery making a $30 gift to ICF, in addition to your membership renewal. This Idaho Youth Education additional gift, like all of our membership dollars, directly supports our efforts Recycling Partnership to enrich the quality of life throughout Idaho. Last year, ICF provided more than $13 million in grants and community improvements in all 44 counties In Memory of Jardo, the K- from Boundary to Bear Lake. 9 Officer Robert and Catherine Paxton See New and Renewing Members in this e-bulletin for a list of everyone who renewed in October. Best of luck to all regions! In Memory of Lawanda Kingery Steven and Denise Roberge First Nonprofit Leadership Summit shares resources and experiences In Memory of Linda Stith Thirteen Treasure Valley nonprofits recently became the first Idaho Youth Education “graduating class” of the Nonprofit Leadership Summit, a Recycling Partnership five-month, five-session interactive educational experience for executive directors, CEOs and board members. In Memory of George The Nonprofit Weick Leadership Summit The Leadership Summit, which was a partnership between Idaho Youth Education Class the Idaho Nonprofit Center and ICF, focused on different Recycling Partnership aspects of leadership, including building leaders from within an organization, collaborating with other nonprofits and In Honor of All Bonner creating a strategic plan. County Residents “This was a great group of participants,” said ICF President and CEO Karen Shirley Gleason Bilowith. “Having board members and executive directors in the same room really benefited everyone because they could share their successes and learn In Honor of Melissa Nelson from experts and from colleagues about how to deal with struggles they may Idaho Society of CPAs have felt were unique to their organization.”

Dale and Jackie Phillips Amy Little, President and CEO of the Idaho Nonprofit Center, said the idea for the Leadership Summit grew out of the nonprofit center’s sustainability Treva Pline initiative a few years ago, which was designed to help new nonprofits find success. Leah Rourke “We realized we needed something for nonprofits that were out of their start- In Honor of Mark Peterson up phase,” she said. “We wanted to create a cohort of organizations that were Idaho Society of CPAs established and growing to help them move forward.”

Leslie Yoest, Giraffe Laugh board chair, said learning from the other

nonprofits that participated was valuable for her.

“Everyone who participated was willing to share their resources and experiences and make this a true collaboration,” she said. Jessica Ruehrwein, executive director of the Treasure Valley Education Partnership said that even though participants represented organizations that don’t seem connected, they were still able to find common ground.

“There’s a common connectivity because we are all mission driven, and interacting with each other keeps us from getting in the weeds,” she said. “It’s nice to know we’re walking along with others and we’re not alone.”

Anselme Sadiki, executive director of the Children’s Home Society, said he was impressed as he learned more about the work of his nonprofit peers and how everyone’s efforts benefit Boise and the Treasure Valley.

“Boise has an incredible number of nonprofit organizations that are doing an incredible amount of work with limited resources, and they are successful because of the engagement of their board members and of the community as a whole,” he said.

The Leadership Summit was sponsored by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, Wells Fargo and Norco. In the future it will be offered in north Idaho and east Idaho, but a timeline for those sessions hasn’t been set.

Organizations that participated in the first Nonprofit Leadership Summit were: Basque Museum & Cultural Center – Annie Gavica Children’s Home Society – Anselme Sadiki Create Common Good – Tracy Hitchcock Eastern Idaho Technical College Foundation – Natalie Hebard Education Foundation of the West Ada School District – Bernadette Sexton Family Advocate Program – Jaime Hansen Giraffe Laugh Early Learning Centers – Lori Fascilla Idaho Botanical Garden – Erin Anderson Idaho Diabetes Youth Programs – Lisa Gier Idaho Fish & Wildlife Foundation – Hilarie Engle Idaho Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation – Jay Lugo Selway Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation – Sally Ferguson Treasure Valley Education Partnership – Jessica Ruehrwein

Ifft Foundation Fund in ICF selects grant recipients The Ifft Foundation Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation has selected 11 grant requests totaling nearly $73,000 for projects that will provide landscaping, beautification and public recreation in southeast Idaho. Grant recipients are:

American Falls School District #381 – $6,054 to purchase Grace District Library eight benches for the American Falls Intermediate School will install automatic grounds sprinklers thanks to a grant from the Ifft American Falls School District #381 – $4,000 to purchase 20 Foundation Fund. trees for Hillcrest Elementary School City of American Falls – $4,816 to purchase two benches and three decorative bike racks for downtown American Falls City of Blackfoot – $9,462 to install recreational playground equipment for children at Airport Park (Memorial Field)

City of Chubbuck – $10,000 to complete the landscaping around the new tennis complex

Friends of the Soda Springs City Park – $10,000 to purchase the rubber surfacing of a safe and inclusive playground for children of all ages and abilities

Grace District Library – $4,000 to install an automatic sprinkler system

Malad City Department of Parks and Recreation – $4,500 to construct an outdoor basketball court in Malad City Park

Pocatello Garden Club – $5,000 to create a safe, easy to maintain, water-wise landscape around the Salvation Army facility

Portneuf Greenway Foundation, Inc. (Pocatello) – $5,000 to match a grant received from the Bistline Foundation Fund in ICF for public art celebrating families and fishing at the Edson Fichter Nature area

Valley Pride (Pocatello) – $10,000 to purchase large wire flower baskets, basket brackets, and banner brackets for the street poles around the Chubbuck area

Nick Ifft was the publisher of the Idaho State Journal newspaper in Pocatello from 1966 until 1984. He and his wife Sara Ifft established a family foundation in 1984 to provide grants to benefit projects in southeastern Idaho and the greater Pocatello area. The Ifft Foundation was moved to the Idaho Community Foundation in 2001. Nick Ifft died in 2003 and Sara Ifft died earlier this year.

Shelton Fund in ICF announces recipients The Perc H. Shelton and Gladys A. Pospisil Shelton Foundation Advised Fund in ICF will distribute 18 grants totaling over $41,000 that will benefit Valley County. Recipients are:

Alpine Playhouse of McCall, Inc. – $3,000 to remodel the backstage area The McCall Outdoor Science School Cascade School District #422 – $2,000 to implement a received a grant to suicide prevention, intervention and post-vention program as provide school well as additional wellness programming for junior high and programs. high school students Central Idaho Historical Museum (McCall) – $2,500 to provide partnership funding for a matching grant to complete a drainage project at the Assistant Wardens House

College of Western Idaho Foundation, Inc. (Nampa) – $2,000 to purchase vouchers for GED practice tests and GED testing fees for residents living in Valley County Family Advocates Program, Inc. (Boise) – $2,500 to pay for mileage for a once- a-month training in Cascade or McCall, background checks for volunteers in Valley County, as well as Valley County training materials

Girl Scouts of Silver Sage (Boise) – $2,000 to provide summer camp experiences for girls at Camp Alice Pittenger id Theater, Inc. (Boise) – $2,000 to support fees and travel stipends for artists, specifically those who come from around the region and around the nation to work with local artists and students

Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (Boise) – $2,100 to send in water samples of Payette Lake’s tributary streams to the Idaho Bureau of Laboratories for scientific analysis

Idaho Public Television (Boise) – $2,000 to help Idaho Public Television provide children’s educational television programming and Internet resources to Valley County families

Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Inc. (Boise) – $1,000 to support the Valley County portion of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival’s educational outreach tours, Idaho Theater for Youth and Shakespearience, which travel to elementary and secondary schools presenting theater

Lee Pesky Learning Center (Boise) – $2,500 to provide activities for incoming kindergarten parents to support the learning needs of their students at home

McCall Arts and Humanities Council – $3,500 to implement Art School, a program that serves third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade students in rural schools by placing professional artists in the classroom to provide arts education

McCall Outdoor Science School – $2,500 to underwrite program costs for outdoor science programs that serve McCall and Donnelly schools, including outdoor science week, winter survival, and team building programs so schools can attend at affordable prices

McCall Senior Center Care – $2,500 to purchase a new salad bar to better facilitate a safer, more efficient serving at community meals

McCall Winter Sports Club – $1,674 to purchase six rubber mats for the shooting range, ammunition for the winter season and paper targets

MCPAWS Regional Animal Shelter – $3,000 to provide spay and neuter surgeries to shelter cats and dogs at MCPAWS Regional Animal Shelter

Payette Lakes Community Association, Inc. (McCall) – $1,500 to assemble geographic booklets for all 50 states, and to purchase iPad minis to assist with research on the geographic studies and for ongoing STEM projects

Payette Lakes Ski Club (McCall) – $3,500 to cover bus costs for the afterschool program, which will serve approximately 140 youth in 2018

The Shelton Fund was created in 2004 from a family foundation started by Perc and Gladys Shelton, who were long-time McCall residents. Distributions are made primarily to nonprofit charitable organizations and government entities, including schools. Organizations don’t have to be based in Valley County, but projects must benefit Valley County.

ICF’s New and Renewing Members October 2017 New Member | Renewing Member

Benefactor ($1,000 and above) Alan Dachs, San Francisco, CA Christopher Davidson and Sharon Christoph, Boise Ford and Jean Elsaesser, Priest River Donald and Marcia Liebich, Hailey Ron Sali, Eagle Terry and Brenda Sanford, Heyburn Paul and Judy Yochum, Pocatello

Patron ($500-$999) Robert and Michelle Angell, Boise Kenlon and Carol Johnson, Idaho Falls Dirk and Patricia Kempthorne, Boise John Magnuson and Holly Houston, Coeur d’Alene Marc and Nancy Sue Wallace, Hayden Lake Dick and Jacquie Wilson, Boise

Sponsor ($250-$499) Gregory and Christa Braun, Nampa Gerard and Cindy Connelly, Troy B. Hyatt and Belen Erstad, Boise Terry Curtis and Linda Grable-Curtis, Meridian Richard and Donna Hutter, Sandpoint Jon and Sharon Kimberling, Moscow Arthur and Annaliese Kull, Idaho Falls Robert and Tena Lokken, Boise Richard and Georgiann Raimondi, Boise Jim and Mary Schmidt, Grangeville

Sustainer ($100-$249) Robert Lantz and Cynthia Berlin-Lantz, Rupert Robert and Elaine Carpenter, Caldwell Mary and Thomas Carver, St. Maries Edward and Arita Cleary, Boise Linda Copple Trout, Boise Richard and Peggy Garvin, Pocatello Richard and Lynne Haensli, Caldwell Trenton and Margo Hill, Boise Dean and Marjean Johnson, St. Maries Richard and Jill Jurvelin, Coeur d’Alene Peter Kozisek and Julia Robinson, Boise Andy and Lisa Marshall, Caldwell James and Linda Neeley, Idaho Falls Stephen and Julie Rice, Lewiston Esther Simplot, Boise John and Brenda St. Clair, Idaho Falls Tricia Swartling, Ketchum Kay Swenson, Moscow Robin and Mimi Wallis, Boise Mitch and Jonalyn Whetzel, Mead, WA Dwight and Leann Wicks, Kooskia

Supporter ($50-$99) Joyce and Sidney Brewer, Centerville Felicia Burkhalter, Boise Rich and Betty Jordan, Boise Alan and Mildred Lansing, Lenore Susan Morris, Spokane, WA Arthur and Renee Rammell, Idaho Falls Richard and Donna Sagness, Pocatello Joseph Schmidt, Lewiston Spencer and Evelyn Strand, Challis John Tate, Fairfax Gayle Wilde, Boise

Friend ($25-$49) Alison Boyer, Arco E. Gene Caldwell, Malad City Ranie and John Evans, Twin Falls Barbara Hawkins, Pollock Kenneth Johnson, Boise Gary Klett, Glenns Ferry Mark and Holly Motes, Boise Leonard Parenteau, Priest River Myron Rosenwinkel, Idaho Falls Trish Searle, Burley Kimberley Seitz, Coeur d’Alene Gloria Jean Thomas, Malad City Jennifer Traughber, Jerome Estella O. Zamora, Caldwell

Corporate and Nonprofit Partners Emmett Community Playhouse, Inc., Emmett Picabo Livestock Co., Inc., Picabo Senior Citizens’ Community Center, Inc., Idaho Falls

Idaho Community Foundation 210 West State Street, Boise, ID 83702 Phone: 208.342.3535 | Fax: 208.342.3577 | Email: [email protected] Privacy Policy | Email Preferences © 2016 Idaho Community Foundation From the President

As the year draws to a close, all of us at ICF are appreciative for all YOU do in support of Idaho communities. We know that you volunteer and contribute to worthy causes throughout the year and we thank you for being a part of ICF’s collective giving effort.

Thanks to hundreds of people like you, ICF distributes grants in every county in the state. In 2017, ICF’s Forever Idaho funds (formerly called Greatest Need funds) distributed 222 grants totaling $615,000 to nonprofits, schools and community programs across Idaho in support of education, the arts, the environment, human services, healthcare and more.

You helped ICF become Idaho’s second largest grantmaker and 7th largest foundation and this has significant impact. We are proud to say we have surpassed $100 million dollars in grantmaking since we were founded in 1988! As we celebrate our 30th anniversary in 2018, we look forward to the next milestones.

We are grateful for all you do, and we offer warm wishes for a safe and festive holiday season.

Headlines There’s still time to join our collective giving movement!

There’s still time to join We love the generosity of our supporters and their philanthropic spirit is very our collective giving evident at this time of year because our office is very busy with people making movement! their end-of-year donations, initiating grant distributions and establishing new charitable funds. Mackay FFA Fish Lab: A Science and an Art If you’d like to join Idaho’s collective giving movement with a gift to enrich the quality of life throughout Idaho this holiday season you can: ICF distributes nearly $246K in southwest Idaho Renew your annual ICF membership, become an annual member and/or grants purchase a membership for a family member or your favorite nonprofit organization. Idaho Future Fund awards Invest in Idaho by supporting important programs in your region with a nearly $100,000 in gift to an ICF Forever Idaho Fund. southwest Idaho Give to Forever Idaho East ICF awards over $55,000 Give to Forever Idaho North in behavioral health grants Give to Forever Idaho Southwest in Bonner and Boundary Give to Forever Idaho Statewide counties Open a Donor Advised Fund and simplify your charitable giving. Your gift to establish a DAF is eligible for a tax deduction in 2017, and allows you Cancer Connection Idaho to make distributions to your favorite nonprofit organizations over time. in ICF grants more than $13,000 To ensure that we are able to process your requests by the end of 2017, we’ve established the following deadlines: ICF's New and Renewing Members Last day for grant recommendations (for a nonprofit to receive the grant in 2017) – Friday, Dec. 15 October 2017 Last day for non-cash contributions, including stock transfers, to an New Member | Renewing existing fund or a new fund (must have a signed fund agreement in Member place) – Friday, Dec. 22 Last day for credit card contributions to an existing fund or a new fund Benefactor ($1,000 and (must have signed fund agreement in place) – Thursday, Dec. 28 above) Last day for cash or check contributions to an existing fund or a new fund A J and Susie Balukoff, Boise (must have signed fund agreement in place) – Friday, Dec. 29 Mary Lynn Hartwell, Idaho Falls

N. Charles and Polly Hedemark, Boise

Alice Hennessey, Boise

Walter and Kristin Sinclair, Boise

Patron ($500-$999) Dan and Judith Hinman, Emmett

James and Willa McLaughlin, Ketchum Mackay FFA Fish Lab: A Science and an Art Benjamin Rydalch and Laura Bettis, McCall Mackay Junior-Senior High School teacher Trent Van Leuven says his aquaculture class is as much about Sponsor ($250-$499) Clen and Emma Atchley, plumbing and problem solving as it is about fish biology, as Ashton he shows off a fiberglass shower insert he purchased Teacher Trent Van inexpensively that will be converted into a large fish tank. Leuven and his students Andrew and Shannon Erstad, in the Mackay FFA Fish Boise Van Leuven and his students are raising sturgeon, rainbow Lab. Irv and Trudy Littman, Boise trout, cutthroat trout, arctic grayling and California golden trout in the Mackay FFA Fish Lab. The fish can be stocked in John and Sue Paul, Boise local rivers and lakes for anglers and the work prepares students for careers in aquaculture. Sharon and R.K. Woodhead, Boise “This is fish farms on a budget,” said Van Leuven, whose been teaching at the Sustainer ($100-$249) school for four years. “We don’t have ready-made kits and the kids wouldn’t Norman and Ellen Batt, learn as much if we did have them.” Caldwell

Harvey and Myrna Bickett, Van Leuven relies on grants and partnerships to support his work and the work Boise of his students. Over the past four years, he and his students have received more than $60,000 in grants, including ICF grants of $6,000 since 2016. Fred and Gayle Bieker, Sun Valley Mick Hoover, who has been assistant fish hatchery manager for Idaho Fish & Ernest Blackwelder and Sheila Game in Mackay for 27 years, works closely with Van Leuven and his students Hennessey, Laguna Beach, and is impressed by their work. CA “Raising fish is scientific, but it’s also an art,” Hoover said. The work is hands- James and Nora Carpenter, on and students come to the lab on the weekends and during school breaks to Boise feed the fish, clean the tanks and make sure everything is running smoothly. Judd and Diane DeBoer, Boise “You can’t do this kind of work by sitting in front of a computer,” Hoover said. Michele A. Hansen, Idaho “You have to know your fish and you have to see them every day.” Falls With a population of fewer than 500 in town and about 65 students at the high Tom and Shana Hennessey, Mountain Home school, this is a group of people who knows how to be resourceful.

Paul and Ann Hill, Stanley “It has been a real community effort to make this program what it is today,” Hoover said. “It’s phenomenal now and the potential is limitless." Gregory Kaslo and Anita Kay Hardy, Boise ICF distributes nearly $246K in southwest Idaho grants Patsy Lodge, Eagle ICF’s Southwestern Regional Grants Panel has selected 99 Brian and Karen Loosli, Ashton southwest Idaho and central Idaho nonprofits, educational organizations and governmental entities to receive nearly Todd Maddock, Spokane, WA $246,000 through our competitive grant cycle.

Donald and Rose Price, Recipients are from Ada, Adams, Blaine, Boise, Camas, Nampa Canyon, Cassia, Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Bonnie Quinn, Boise Minidoka, Owyhee, Twin Falls, Valley and Washington counties. The Horseshoe Bend Jordan and Mary Smith, Community Pantry Salmon To see the full list of recipients, click here. received a grant of $2,500 to help them Leslie Tidwell, Hailey move to a new distribution site. Supporter ($50-$99) Dean and Judy Buffington, Boise Idaho Future Fund awards nearly $100,000 in southwest Idaho Gregory and Paula Culet, Nampa The Idaho Future Fund in ICF is providing nearly $100,000 Ryan and Taylor Erstad, Boise in grants to six education projects in southwest Idaho.

Ellie and Kerry Goebel, Boise The Idaho Future Fund was established at ICF by an anonymous couple from Blaine County. Grants from the fund Steve and Donna Guerber, Advocates Against are intended to create, sustain or reinvigorate impactful Eagle Family Violence educational programs throughout the state in the areas of received a grant of preschool scholarships, charter schools, public schools/public Tom and Haley Hennessey, $10,000. Boise school libraries and supplemental educational programs.

Cary Jones, Blackfoot Recipients of Idaho Future Fund grants are: Edward and Marjorie Advocates Against Family Violence, Inc. – $10,000 to assist in covering Kuchynka, Weippe preschool costs for more than 250 children of domestic violence victims in Idaho Kenneth and Janet Sherman, Boise Boys and Girls Club of Nampa, Inc. – $20,000 to support education Edward and Susie Skinner, programs at BGCN, including Summer Brain Gain, an evidence-based program Twin Falls to prevent summer learning loss, as well as after school tutoring, homework assistance and programs that provide direct supplemental educational services Friend ($25-$49) Sarah Brehm, Montgomery, AL Cascade Junior-Senior High School – $12,500 to purchase books and literacy supplies for elementary and secondary school libraries, hold family Steven Fuller, Preston literacy events and help teachers improve student literacy and inspire a love of reading for 260 rural-remote, low-income students Hilarie Neely, Ketchum

Sam Thilo, Spokane, WA Jerome Joint School District #261 - $14,625 to provide a summer school experience for kindergarten through third-grade students that incorporates Rebecca Tuttle, Portland, OR language-rich experiences through hands-on learning

Corporate and Nonprofit Kuna Joint School District #3 – $12,400 to continue the Kuna Middle School Partners Afterschool Program Minidoka Soil and Water Conservation District, Rupert Murtaugh Joint School District #418 – $20,000 to provide preschool to all The Guardians Foundation, 4-year-olds in the district who wouldn’t receive services without the program Inc, Post Falls The Learning and Language Center at Calico, Inc. – $8,475 to provide West Side School District #202, Dayton scholarships for underserved/under-insured, at-risk, refugee, autistic and/or developmentally delayed children to participate in early intervention education services, receive transportation and have access to skilled therapy

Memorials and ICF awards over $55,000 in behavioral health grants in Honors Bonner and Boundary counties

The Idaho Community The North Idaho Action Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation welcomes gifts Foundation is providing over $55,000 in grants to four sent as memorials or in honor projects working to improve the accessibility and quality of of individuals on their behavioral health programs in Bonner and Boundary birthdays, anniversaries, counties. retirement, or other special occasions. Such gifts may be The North Idaho Action Fund was established by an added to any individual fund anonymous Idaho family to support programs including in the Foundation. psychiatric or psychotherapy treatment, substance abuse treatment, suicide prevention and education, therapy and The following gifts were more. The Bonner Partners in received November 1, Care Clinic received a 2017 through November grant of $30,000. 30, 2017: Recipients of North Idaho Action Fund grants are: In Memory of JR Allen Boundary County Youth Crisis and Domestic Violence Hotline – $10,000 David and Diane Myklegard to provide mental health counseling to Boundary County victims of domestic violence or sexual assault In Memory of Shirley Atteberry Bonner Partners in Care Clinic, Inc. – $30,000 to pay the crisis line director Jeffrey and Karen Atteberry and the clinicians who answer the crisis line calls

Lee and Laurel Smith Community Coalition for Families – $12,000 to provide temporary or permanent housing needs – including motels, rental assistance and move-in In Memory of Bill and Mary costs – to people with behavioral health issues Carter Jannus, Inc. – $3,885 to provide an 8-week series of parenting classes at Chris and Marcia Hagenbuch Blue Haven, a transitional housing facility in Bonner County, for parents of children who are striving to address and overcome the factors that contributed In Memory of Kathleen to their homelessness Chandler Alice Hennessey Cancer Connection Idaho in ICF grants more than Karl and Sheila Klages $13,000 Cancer Connection Idaho in ICF has awarded more than In Memory of Gordon $13,000 to programs that support education, social Colburn connections and coping skills for people and families touched Trish Armstrong by cancer statewide. River Discovery David and Diane Myklegard The four grants were awarded to: received $5,000 for a River Discovery, Inc. (Boise) – $5,000 to support the Joe Salmon River adventure In Memory of Clayne & Fran Tonsmeire Salmon River 6-day Adventure trip. Cooper David and Diane Myklegard Community Cancer Services (Sandpoint) – $1,000 to support yoga classes and the services of licensed clinical social workers providing counseling services In Memory of Doris Cruzen David and Diane Myklegard Casting for Recovery of Idaho (Southern Idaho chapter) – $4,800 to help offset the cost of meals and lodging for 12 participants from Idaho attending In Memory of John Fery the 2018 retreat in Challis. Gurnee and Marjorie Hart Treasure Valley Family YMCA – $2,500 to purchase supplies and materials In Memory of Dorothy for the Artist in Residence program Grimaud David and Diane Myklegard The Cancer Connection Idaho has partnered with ICF to expand financial support for nonprofits, public educational institutions, governmental entities In Memory of Ralph and others in Idaho doing the important work of providing cancer support Hartwell programing and education. Donations to the fund can be made here. Patsy Lodge

Jennifer Schmidt Newly Created Funds

Blaine County Education Foundation (Agency) – Created by the Blaine In Memory of Gloria County Education Foundation to support its mission, which is to focus on Hennessey community resources and raise funds for the Blaine County School District, Alice Hennessey promote academic excellence, equitable education and a healthy and sustainable student environment. In Memory of Evan Hopkins Treasure Valley Family YMCA Barbara and Vern Emery Fund (Agency) – Freda Cenarrusa Created by the Treasure Valley Family YMCA and its supporters to forever honor Barbara and Vern Emery for their tireless efforts and years of service to In Memory of Jardo, the K- the organization and Treasure Valley community. 9 Officer Robert and Catherine Paxton

In Memory of T.J. Jones David and Diane Myklegard

In Memory of Myrna Kerby David and Diane Myklegard

In Memory of Lee Kromas James and Alicia Kromas

In Memory of Lucy Oxley Ben and Lauren Tassos

In Memory of Ruth Quinn David and Diane Myklegard

In Memory of Larry Schmelzer David and Diane Myklegard

In Memory of George and Betty Stoops Trish Armstrong

In Memory of Mary Ann Wold David and Diane Myklegard

In Memory of Inez Zahm David and Diane Myklegard

In Honor of Bonner County Residents Shirley Gleason

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