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.