Gamma Phi Beta Foundation | 2004-20j(^Annual Repor %> Gamma Phi Beta/ ,, 2004-2005 GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION HIGHLIGHTS diitriBiited in grants jgiate leaders attended derShape Institute� m�s and 35 l<>c^l camps 6l fel scnoiarship winne ntributions ase in i^lMMpHi Society giftf J i^ciiuers al^^3 ^^^ membi ase m The 1874 Society gitts neweniowments established COVER PHOTOS Front coven Taryn Molnar (Oklahoma City University) receives a $1,000 scholarship from the new Katie Woodard/Tari Vickery Scholarship Endowment Back cover: Kay Marovich (Kansas State) and Joan Meagher (Southern California) with some campers i:ri^ Chair, Gamma Phi Beta Foundation for of you your many gifts Other important fiindraising successes included: Since we are sisterhood to the Gamma Phi Beta � always looking ^^7 Seven new 1874 members who ^^^^HL Foundation this Your continued Society Thank year. forward, our gave at least $1,874 of unrestricted funds; makes us shine for our sisters! generosity Trustees are and, for the first time, two members who Your tax-deductible gifts enabled us to excited about gave $10,000, The 1874 $530,000, another record, for the boosting Society provide new programs, contributions 1 1 % over the previous year. Sorority's leadership, philanthropy and endowments and � scholarship programs. 183 members, eight collegiate chapters and electronic com 15 alumnae chapters contributed to the munications that MM In the fiscal year, gifts from sisters and friends A Laurel Blair Salton Clark, M.D. Memorial we will be � offering totaled $1.2 million double our gifts in the Leadership Endowment, bringing our total in the coming last non-Convention year of 2002-2003. to $238,104 for leadership programming. months. We recently expanded our Board with Our total net assets grew $636,600 to nearly three new Trustees the Annual � (see Report's $7.7 million, moving us closer to our Five new educational or leadership inside back cover), and we $10 million goal. endowments. regretfully accepted the resignation of Carolyn Craddoek McEntee The star was the 227 increase shining percent Despite making the largest grants ever to the (Idaho) in the spring. We so appreciate in Founders due to our focus on Society gifts, Sorority, worthy requests outstripped our Carolyn's contributions and generous gifts Gold Leaders, our tier in this resources: we had a highest giving 43% jump in scholarship during her two years as a Trustee. Together, We had 64 Gold Leaders and Society. generous fellowship applications alone. our Trustees gave $121,700 in 2004-2005. who provided $1,000 or more in unrestricted We provided $111,000 to the for Your wonderful of sisterhood have funds, including 24 sisters who made their Sorority gifts collegiate leadership consultant grants, The enabled us to and alum first gift to the Founders Society. In 2003- help many collegians LeaderShape Institute*, the Crescent Values nae, but we are asked to do so much 2004, we had 14 Gold Leaders. being program, advisor training and the Leadership more to support leadership and scholarship A effort this was the Elizabeth special year Development Institute. We sent 20 collegians opportunities and to continue our over Endowment to Ahlemeyer Quick Scholarship The LeaderShape Institute (see page 6). Wfe 75-year tradition of providing camping for in honor of Gamma Phi Beta and Betty also underwrote 1 1 collegiate chapters' par girls. At this time, there is another critical who became chair Quick (Indiana), ofthe ticipation in a pilot AlcohoLEdu program in need for our sisters in the Gulf Coast. We National Panhellenic Conference October the of 2005. In we spring addition, paid out have set up the Hurricane Katrina Emergency 22. Spearheaded by Trustee Karen Wander $165,500 in area grants to several chapters. Education Fund for the anticipated educa Kline we (Iowa State), raised over $86,000 by tional needs of collegiate and alumnae sisters For our philanfhropy, we provided year end, toward a $100,000 to endow funding goal aflfected by the hurricane. Your generous gifts for 5,088 girl-days at 28 Camp Fire USA two scholarships in Betty's name. One will to this and other funds will be and 35 local in the United States and greatly appreci be to camps given annually the NPC Foundation to ated. We have so to Canada. Gifts from and the many ways help, please award to many chapters any deserving NPC member involved with the sisters and friends who Foundations increased join give in Panhellenic and the other supplemental grants activities, will generously to our Foundation. 36% over the previous year. Camp Fire USA, go to a Gamma Phi Beta collegian who has the philanthropy adopted by the Sorority in In IIKE, made significant contributions to her local 2002, received $75,325. Panhellenic organization. This effort received a major boost with a $22,000 lead gift from a We provided $118,600 in scholarships and former National Panhellenic Delegate, Gloria fellowships to help 61 members pay for their c:^ Swanson Nelson (Oklahoma). We thank education (see our winners on page 10). Gloria and the other 63 women, including Several restricted grants lacked suitable seven non-members, who have given so far. applicants, and we will market more to those chapters this fall. AU gifts to the Gamma Phi Beta Foundation are | 1 [ fully tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law JENNA HAMMONDS Texas A&M University - College Station Barbara Hurt-Simmons Leadership Award Recipient 'All fWHKWs one individual's VISION and PASSION to make an everlasting, positive impact on society. I have the motivation...to start MAKING A DIFFERENCE on world." my Texas A&M campus, and eventually, the Gamma Phi Beta Foundation [ 2 | 2004- 2005 Annual Report "1 would have been the person applying for this award.. now I have the OPPORTU N ITY to give back by SUPPORTING the future leadership ofour sorority!*^ BARBARA HURT-SIMMONS University of Nebraska - Kearney Created new endowment in 2005 All gifls to the Gamma Phi Beta Foundation are | 3 | fully tax-deduclihle to the extent allowable b\- lau m^i :iiui>j 'i'i in 2004-2005. This The Gamma Phi Beta Foundation's For that reason, the Gamma Phi Beta Endowment $25,000 as endowment will enable one member to attend first priority is to provide leadership Foundation sees leadership development its first we more than The LeaderShape Institute or other training development opportunities. priority. Today, manage 10 leadership endowments to support Sorority^ in perpetuity. of programs. In 2004-2005, the generosity LEADERSHIP...LEADERSHAPE�... "I would have been the person applying for our members enabled us to give $11 1,000 to LETTING SISTERS CROW this award," said Barbara, who served as deliver on our promise to support the leaders "I can't believe it's been over 1 2 years since I house manager, Panhellenic rush chairman of tomorrow achieve their potential. was a CLC (collegiate leadership consultant)! and student body vice president as a collegian Much has since then. I couldn't "The Omaha alumnae mentored me and now happened In our second year of participation, we have done any of it without the love, encour doubled the number of grants to The I have the opportunity to give back by sup agement, support, education, experience LeaderShape Institute at the University porting the future leadership ofour sororit)'." and knowledge gained from being a member of Illinois Conference Center. Twenty COLLEGIATE LEADERSHIP of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority!" Stephanie emerging leaders from our chapters had Duncan Evelo sent this CONSULTANT PROGRAM (Indiana State) a six-day experience with university peers after the first As of Gamma Phi Beta's commitment to message in September receiving and corporate interns to learn to "lead with part and of col Crescent Reflections electronic newsletter. integrity." Thanks to several alumnae who leadership development support the hires $1,000 leadership grants, we could legiate chapters, Sorority annually She continued: "Little did I know how my provided recent as leader realize this increase in participation. Our seven graduates collegiate life would be forever. .and my eyes changed consultants to travel to our U.S. ultimate is to be able to send one ship (CLC) would be to so wonderful goal opened many things and Canadian member of each collegiate chapter annually chapters. Providing grants and . ..that I didn't know opportunities. really for CLC travel and is a to The Institute. training, technology existed outside of little community in LeaderShape my major commitment ofthe Foundation. Thanks Lapel, Indiana! Thank you for giving me that NEW LEADERSHIP ENDOWMENT to the Ruth Andrea Seeler, M.D., Collegiate back then." now opportunity way Stephanie we have A scholarship from the Omaha Alumnae Leadership Consultant Endowment, has two sons and owns a successful real estate a source of for one made a huge difference to Foundation permanent funding with her husband. are one of Chapter business They Grants Trustee Barbara Hurt-Simmons when she was consultant. Dr. Ruth, Foundation the real estate in top agent/teams Indianapolis. members to consider putting herself through school at the University Trustee, encourages Leadership development gives women the of Nebraska-Kearney. She is happy that she endowing the remaining CLC opportunities. confidence to be and do more than they ever can give back to Gamma Phi Beta by endow ALCOHOL.EDU dreamed possible. ing the Barbara Hurt-Simmons Leadership The Foundation also underwrote 1 1 collegiate chapters' participation in a pilot AlcohoLEdu program in the spring of 2005. Several sisters made gifts so the Sorority could move forwani quickly with this effort to increase awareness and reduce the use of alcohol by collegians. Ik pilot involved one chapter from each region.