4 Iosco County Community Foundation 2019 Annual Report Iosco County Community Foundation 2019 Grants Grants listed in this shaded box are ICCF Spendable Tobacco Settlement Fund awarded through ICCF’s competitive grant First Baptist Church Tawas City $475 cycles; the Community Improvement Freezer Acquisition Grant program and our Youth Advisory Oscoda Area First Responders $1,000 Council (YAC) program. New Medical First Responder Training Program Iosco County Community Iosco County Youth Improvement Grants Advisory Council Iosco County Community (YAC) Grants Improvement Fund City of Whittemore $1,837 Iosco County Kellogg Youth Fund Above, the second annual Sunrise Solstice Arena and Grounds Improvement AYSO - Whittemore Region $250 Art and Music Festival draws visitors, Develop Iosco $1,000 U12 / U15 Soccer Field residents, families, kids and artists to Tawas Iosco Think Tank City of Whittemore $1,075 Bay for a weekend of the arts. An ICCF First Baptist Church Tawas City $525 Whittemore Arena Community Improvement grant provided Freezer Acquisition Hale Area Schools $300 funds to help the festival be a success. FISH Inc. Oscoda $2,530 8th Grade Mackinac Trip Bridges Out of Poverty Community Iosco County Coats for Kids $2,000 Training Coats for School Distributions 2019 ICCF Tawas Braves Booster Club $292 Northern Michigan Children’s Scholarship Recipients Sunrise Solstice Art and Music Festival Assessment Center $2,500 Staff Training Iosco County Healthcare Initiative Fund Oscoda Area Schools $300 Alzheimer’s Association Greater Richardson Elementary - MSTEP/NWEA Samuel Bacarella Michigan $2,000 Effort Reward Project Analey Bamberger Northern Michigan Alzheimer’s Ronald McDonald House of Brook Barringer and Dementia Education Western Michigan $1,250 Catherine Boensch Pegasus Springs Therapeutic Family Support Program 2019 Riding Center $4,940 Special Olympics of Michigan Alan Bovee Kick Start - Project Pegasus Area 31 $2,000 Lillian Bradley Foothold in Excellence - Area 31 Elizabeth Brown Iosco County Arts & Humanities Fund Athletes Empower Emma Brownell 2019 ANNUAL REPORT Van Etten Lake, Oscoda Tawas Braves Booster Club $208 Tawas Area Schools $1,200 Ethan Cagle Sunrise Solstice Art and Music Festival Tawas Area Middle School - Bailey Chrivia Scholarships for Educational Projects David Erickson Tri-County Agency, Inc. Agency, Tri-County Sara Erickson ` Tawas Plating Company Plating Tawas Sumner Erickson Unrestricted, Donor Advised ICCF Scholarships ` and Agency/Designated Funds The following scholarship funds held within Rudolph Frank ICCF distributed a total of $132,322 to Kaitlyn Gorman Lumber & various colleges, institutions and universities Chelsea Hedglin Hardware Best It Do Tawas William and Marcia Hopcroft Memorial Fund to support Iosco County students. Sophie Hemker ` Alexis Henry Tawas Bay Insurance Agency Insurance Bay Tawas Iosco County Community • Joseph Barkman Scholarship Fund ` Improvement Fund $905 • George E. & Dorothy M. Green Jordyn Katterman • Scholarship Fund Ivy Kokoszka District Service Thomas B. & Nancy E. Huck Charitable • Hale Education Fund Autumn Loeffler Iosco Regional Educational Educational Regional Iosco Gift Fund • Carl & Christine Huebner Bradley Loeffler ` Hemlock Public Schools $1,000 Gabe Martin Edward Jones - Joe Bettega Joe - Jones Edward Scholarship Fund Iosco Exploration Trail Fund $500 ` • Clifford R. Lonsbury Fund Rachel Martin DTE Energy DTE • Nancy Moran Scholarship for Holy Joshua Maynard Tawas Education Foundation ` General Fund Family School Dilon Mochty Bopp-Busch Manufacturing Bopp-Busch Tawas Area Education Foundation $2,500 • Marie Samuelson Scholarship Fund Bryce Moon ` • Tawas Community Concert Band Megan Pintar St. Joseph Educational Foundation • Endowment Fund Campus Shores Huron Abigail Thompson Holy Family School $9,307 • Tawas Education Foundation Erin Toska College Community Alpena • Barkman Fund Dorothy Tyo ` Sheppard Fund • Tawas Education Foundation Coyle Fund U.S. Gypsum Company Gypsum U.S. Emily VanderVeen Lake Louise United Methodist • Tawas Education Foundation ` Camp $1,461 Jensen Fund Above, Ivy Kokoszka speaks about • Tawas Football Alumni Association Fund receiving the Michael Wentworth • Michael Wentworth Scholarship Fund Scholarship at the 2019 Summer Sponsors: Report Annual Our • Elmer & Eliza Werth Fund Scholarship Celebration in Alpena. Support and Thank Please Alpena, MI 49707 MI Alpena, PO Box 495 Box PO RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED SERVICE RETURN Permit No. 20 No. Permit Alpena, MI 49707 MI Alpena, PAID U.S. Postage U.S. Non-Profit Org. Non-Profit 2 Iosco County Community Foundation 2019 Annual Report Iosco County Community Foundation 2019 Annual Report 3 A Message from the Board of Directors Iosco County Community Foundation Impact comes in both large and small grants, and in 2019 those grants touched nearly every corner of Iosco County, and in many areas of need. Because of 2019 Donors - Thank you! your generosity, the Iosco County Community Foundation (ICCF) was able to On behalf of the many community organizations and students that benefit from your generosity, the ICCF Board of Directors thanks you! award grants for a local music and arts festival, support a unique way to address Donors listed here gave during the 2019 calendar year. Mission We will serve as a catalyst and mental health, fund improvements to soccer fields, give a voice to new business Mr. and Mrs. Fred Alati Ms. Susan G. Freel Ms. Rhonda Provoast Debra Bellingham resource to inspire private giving for opportunities, provide scholarships to our local students, and much more. Ms. Sue A. Alexander Freel’s Market Ms. June Pursey Mr. Kenneth R. Bieber the betterment of Iosco County. By Mr. and Mrs. James R. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Rasbury Mr. Nathan A. Blury encouraging thoughtful and Each and every donor is part of making these grants possible. Your generosity and Almo Manifold & Tool Company Friends of the East Tawas Library Real Estate One Oscoda Carolyn Bohmier sustainable philanthropic choices, your foresight of giving for good is securing both the present and the future of Alpena Alcona Area Credit Union Ms. Nancy Frisch Mr. Russel W. Redmond Ms. Kelly Brown we will match charitable interests Iosco County. Community Foundations are safe havens for giving, and we thank you Alumni of Tawas Football Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Fuerst Mr. and Mrs. Ricky R. Rockwell Kelli Carlisle with local needs to enhance the Association Mr. and Mrs. James Gawne Ms. Eva Ruckle Ms. Christine Clauson community’s quality of life whole-heartedly for entrusting us with your charitable donations. Mr. and Mrs. David A. Appler Ms. Martha M. Glauner Mr. and Mrs. Russell V. Sageman Mr. Michael DeMeyere for good, forever. Ms. Sharon E. Arndt Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grabow Mr. and Mrs. Terry Schanbeck Cynthia Donnenwerth With warmest regards and appreciation, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Ban Great Lakes Insurance Agency Scofield Real Estate, LLC Ms. Susan Duncan 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS ICCF Board of Directors Mr. and Mrs. Peter Barbier of Michigan Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James Siegrist Elizabeth Ehinger Tony Johnson, President Ms. Judith Barkman Poger Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Grezeszak Ms. Nina Small Nancy Flood Cliff C. Miller, Vice President Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Barnes Jr. Mr. Gary Gudmundson Ms. Kathleen A. Smart Ms. Shelley A. Gates Mr. and Mrs. David Batdorf-Barnes Hon. and Mrs. John D. Hamilton Ms. Christina P. Smith David & Ruty Golm Patti Casey Grantee Spotlight: Pegasus Springs Mr. and Mrs. Dave D. Beardslee Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hasty Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord N. Smith Ms. Vicky Hadcroft Pauline Ferns Ms. Carol Belson Mr. and Mrs. David T. Hernacki Ms. Jean Smith Mr. Douglas Jager Bill Grusecki Therapeutic Riding Center Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bernard Herrick Plumbing, Heating & AC, Inc. Jordan Smith Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Kemnitz Janel Malone Mr. Bryon Bernard Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Huck Ms. Janet Smith-Flaherty Mr. Timothy P. Kennedy Dana McGrew The Boathouse Beer Co. Ms. Sharon A. Huitema Mr. and Ms. Raymond St. John Ms. Linda B. Kmit Stephanie Mallak Olson & Boozery Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Hunt Mr. Robert F. Stalker II Mr. and Mrs. Ryan E. Ladley June Pursey Mr. and Mrs. Patrick N. Boensch Huron Community Bank Mr. and Mrs. Alan J. Stephenson Ms. Barbara J. Lawwill Robert Stalker Branham’s Jewelry Iosco County Community Foundation Mr. Mark Sterling Ms. Melissa Leeseberg Ms. Deborah Brauer Youth Advisory Council (YAC) Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Stock* Mrs. Darlene Leiva Toll-free: 877.354.6881 Frankie Breslin Mr. and Mrs. Barry Johnson Straits Corporation Mr. Arnold Leriche Jr. www.iccf-online.org Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bronson Ms. Theresa Kehoe Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. Swenson Ms. Anne Martin Ms. Susanne A. Brzakowski Ms. Joy A. Kerr Mrs. Janet A. Swenson Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Martin Iosco County Youth Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Burskey Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Knapp Tawas Bay Insurance Agency Ms. Melanie McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Cameron Mr. John G. Kulhavi Tawas United Fund Nannette McDougall Advisory Council (YAC) Carol Brown’s Tax Service Ms. Glenda L. Laser Mr. David A. Tunney Mr. Alan McGowen Mr. and Mrs. Steven Casey* Ms. Dorothy Lehman Mr. and Mrs. Patrick W. Voelker Denise Hurd & Joe Meyers Mr. and Mrs. Byron Charters Dr. John L. Lesneski D.D.S. Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Wagner Ms. Deborah Miller Mr. and Mrs. Keith J. Charters Ms. Donna Lueken Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Weaver Mr. James D. Miner Mr. and Mrs. Norman L. Charters* Ms. Stephanie Mallak Olson* Ms. Laura L. Webber Terry G. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Chonich Mr. Dana McGrew Mr. and Mrs. David L. Wentworth Ms. Patricia B. Mortimer Ms. Diane Ciecko Ms. Mary McKinley Mr. and Mrs. William Western Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Oesterling City of East Tawas Mr. Richard D. McLellan Mrs. Lillian White Ms. Marilyn A. Overholt Mr. and Mrs. Charles Corcoran Mr. Jerome C. McManus Ms. Sheri J. Williams Rhonda S. Perri Mr. Peter Corcoran Mr. and Mrs. Michael Meagher Ms. Tammie Wilson Mr. Curtis D. Pfeiffer Our YAC awarded $10,875 Ms.