Thank2016-2017 Gratitude Report you EVERY STUDENT. EVERY SCHOOL. EVERY OPPORTUNITY. Contents 3 Introduction 4 Your Funds in the Classroom 6 Financial Overview 7 Our Generous Donors 31 Board of Directors and Staff 2 Better Because of You Dear Friends, Every day, your support makes incredible things possible in our Santa Monica-Malibu public schools. Thanks to you, each SMMUSD student has access to an enriched, vibrant education. Students explore the world and their own creativity in visual arts, dance, music and drama. They engineer, code and test hypotheses in science and technology classes. They benefit from small group instruction led by highly trained instructional assistants. In the 2016-2017 school year, 3,094 of you contributed to fund the outstanding programs above and so much more. Thanks to you, the Ed Foundation funded $2.5 million in programs in our schools for the 2017-2018 school year. This report is a celebration of your dedication to our students. Thank you for being our partner to provide an exceptional education for each of them. With your ongoing commitment, we are delivering on the promise of excellent, equitable public education. With sincerest gratitude, David Vukadinovich Linda Greenberg President Executive Director 3 Your Funds in the Classroom $2,661,274 for programs, thanks to you! Programs Funded by Annual Donations Elementary Arts Education High-quality arts programs for all elementary students distinguishes SMMUSD as one of the few districts in the state to have a comprehensive TK-12 visual and performing arts program. Instructional Assistants Well-trained instructional assistants at all elementary schools enable small group and individualized instruction. Stretch Grants Each school receives a grant to provide academic enrichment programs that are unique to its school community. These grants are often used for science and technology, additional arts education, and student health and well-being programs. Fifth Grade Ballroom Dance Children learn social dances as they build health, self-esteem and interactive social skills. Programs Funded By Endowments Secondary Dance Classes A visiting dance instructor teaches over 500 students in Santa Monica and Malibu middle Molly loves her art classes funded by your schools, promoting fitness while giving students a chance to explore different types of dance. donations! She put her lessons into action when she visited Yayoi Kusama’s exhibit at The Broad. Dream Winds, Dream Strings and Dream Voice Additional music coaches assist in wind and string classes at John Adams and Lincoln “She told me all about Kusama’s self-portraits Middle Schools, and in the 4th and 5th grade wind and voice classes at the four Title 1 and about how she liked making a lot of dots. She elementary schools. also discussed negative space in a painting. She is definitely getting a lot out of the program and is Guitar and Music Performance Classes enjoying learning more about art and artists.” Two music classes are offered to students at Olympic High School with 10 hours of -Molly’s mom instruction per week. 4 Middle and High School Theatre Programs Over 500 students perform in theatre programs at Santa Monica High School, Olympic High School, Malibu High School, John Adams Middle School (including SMASH students) and Lincoln Middle School. Visual Arts Grants Middle and high school visual arts teachers enhance their curriculum with equipment, materials and supplies. 3rd Grade Recorders All third graders receive recorders and accompanying music books in their general music classes, the foundation of the District’s internationally recognized music program. A wonderful note to donors from Martin Music Lessons and Instruments for Qualifying Students Ledford, Chair of Samohi’s Photography and Students grades 4 through 12 enrolled in the free and reduced lunch program are eligible to take Art Department and recipient of an Ed music lessons in strings, voice and winds, and are eligible for free instruments. This gives interested Foundation Visual Arts Grant: music students the opportunity to further their love of music and excel in the district’s award-winning music program. This funding comes from the Peggy Bergmann Arts Endowment Fund, in memory of “Thank you so much for making our film scanners Lenore Bergmann and John Elmer Bergmann. happen this year! They have opened a new element to our photography classes: scanning Library Grants negatives. Two years ago, when Nico Young started shooting color film negatives for the New Support for all 16 school libraries is available through the American Book Drive partnership. York Times publication, he sparked a revival in color film photography among students. Fee-Based Programs However, we had no way to do professional scans of our negatives. Now we do – thanks to Summer Adventure Ed Foundation donors!” Co-sponsored with the Santa Monica-Malibu Council of PTAs, Summer Adventure is a summer enrichment program for over 900 students in elementary and middle schools. Scholarships The Ed Foundation manages three scholarship funds. The Jimmy Bromberg Memorial Fund provides computers for qualifying students, the Samohi Scholarship Fund provides college scholarships for graduating Samohi students, and Dun & Bradstreet Scholarships provide college scholarships for Dun & Bradstreet SMMUSD summer interns. 5 Financial Overview The Ed Foundation supports programs for students through annual contributions, ANNUALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS events, endowment income and other earned income sources. Elementary Visual and Performing Arts, Instructional Assistants and Stretch Grants 61.2% SCHOLARSHIPS AND $2,010,102 ENDOWMENT-FUNDED PROGRAMS $651,172 Scholarships and Other Academic Grants 10.3% $339,627 Music 7.3% $240,984 Secondary Visual and Performing Arts $3,286,467 2.1% $70,561 2016-2017 Expenditures* Fundraising and Operating Expenses 19% $625,193 * Unaudited financials. Diagram represents Ed Foundation funding allocations, not total program costs. Some programs listed here receive additional district funding. 6 Our Generous Donors: July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017 CORPORATE PARTNERS $100,000 Linwood Ventures & $2,500 - $4,999 Santa Monica Travel & Tourism Dun & Bradstreet* Lincoln Property Company Bob Gabriel Co. Insurance in memory Southern California Disposal & Santa Monica Daily Press of Bob and Louise Gabriel Recycling Company $50,000 - $99,999 Sir Speedy Santa Monica Code Rev Kids Inc. ThatTutorGuy.com Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows/ Wells Fargo Foundation DFH Architects WNMS Properties, Inc. MSD Capital Diane Dorin - Agent, DBG Saint John’s Health Center Foundation $5,000 - $9,999 Group, Compass $1,000 - $2,499 Community Impact Fund Bob’s Market Downtown Santa Monica Inc. Atkins North America Inc. DLR Group DZ Solutions Enterprises, Inc. Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost LLP $25,000 - $49,999 Edison International Element Consulting, Inc. Ivory Capital on behalf of Edwin Shen Kaiser Permanente Law Office of Joel C. Koury Erickson-Hall Construction Steaven Jones Development Santa Monica Place/Macerich MINI of Santa Monica Frozen Fruit Co. Company, Inc. RAND Corporation Gelson’s Markets $10,000 - $24,999 Santa Monica-Malibu Classroom Green Brooms Music Academy $500 - $999 ArcLight Santa Monica Teachers Association Harley Ellis Devereaux Glassybaby White Light Fund Cedars-Sinai Skydance Media Khedr Management Company Halton Pardee & Partners, Inc. on DK Broadway, LLC Software Management Payden & Rygel behalf of Aurora Delaney FreeAssociates Consultants Inc. Santa Monica Dental Arts by Dr. Koshki Harding Larmore Kutcher & Kozal, LLP* Stifel Santa Monica Music Center Huntley Hotel The Plaza at Santa Monica Santa Monica Police Officers UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica Association, Inc. SUPERINTENDENT’S CIRCLE Ambassador: $100,000+ Dovel/Sullivan Family* Patron: $5,000 - $9,999 Steaven and Jacquelyn Chen* RGK Foundation Lahave Family Anonymous (3) Crandall Family The Lenart Art Education Foundation Joyce Abbott and Robert TeSelle* Dennis and Lauri Crane* Leader: $25,000 - $49,999 Laurie Lieberman and Chris Harding* John Adler and Gerda Newbold* Kim and Steve Eyler* Chris Albrecht and Tina Trahan Nimish and Nancy Patel* Arezou and Jeff Appel* Faculty Association of Nisha and Ravi Asnani* Nadya Scott* Baracy Family Santa Monica College Shen Family Baron Family* Pavel Gatynya and Tatiana Melnik Benefactor: $10,000 - $24,999 Dr. Arthur M. Southam and Jennifer and Tom Bevan* Guggenheim Family Axel Andre and Victoria Briggs* Dr. Cornelia B. Daly* Boccella Family* Kate and Mike Hanssens* Grant and Virginia DeVaul* Cat and Jon Wray* Canale Family Alison and Derek Havel* *Donors who have contributed for 4 or more consecutive years. 7 Holden Family* The Squid & Squash Foundation Somaini Family* PTA Contributions Deb and David Javerbaum* Munjal Family* Marilyn and Gary Speakman* $10,000 - $24,999 Amy and Ted Kahan* Hien Nguyen and Fred Kipperman Sullivan Family* McKinley Elementary School PTA* Moujan and Alex Kazerani* Tom and Edie Ortenberg Beck Taylor and Ted Winterer* Roosevelt Elementary School PTA* Joel Koury and Yolanda Lewis* Louise Piacentini* Chris and Roger Thornton* Will Rogers Learning Community PTA* Edward and Nancy Kummer* Piacentini-Pataki Family* Phil and Lindsay Traill* Zuzana Riemer Landres and Tom and Jody Priselac* van Rensburg Family $5,000 - $9,999 Shawn Landres* Michael Reznick and Anne Cartegnie* Varo Family* Edison Language Academy PTA* Tom and Karon Larmore* Duncan Rolph and Eileen Chin Mira Velimirovic and Max Pross* John Adams Middle School PTSA* Deb Love and