2014 - 2015 Annual Report
The Columbus Area Community Foundation Fund provided a grant for the Columbus Area Philanthropy Council’s 24-hour day of giving “Columbus Big Give” this year. Read more on page 6.
LOOKING FORWARD.
G I VING BAC K .
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“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. What an exciting time to be a part of the Columbus area community! Everywhere you look you can see change— new buildings going up; new faces joining our community. But beyond what’s visibly progressing, there are also many other changes happening—for instance, continued growth in our ‘culture of giving’ through successful events this year such as the Youth Philanthropy Contest and the Columbus Big Give. The Columbus Area Community Foundation Fund, an affiliated fund of the Nebraska Community Foundation, is proud to
be a part of this progress by providing valuable funding for community improvement projects, and building partnerships with other community organizations and nonprofits. On behalf of the Fund Advisory Committee, I would like to thank all of the donors who make this work possible. We hope you will enjoy this year’s annual report: a snapshot of what CACFF has been able to accomplish this year, and our priorities for the future. Sincerely, Matt Gotschall CACFF Chair
2014-2015 Fund Advisory Committee: K.C. Belitz Jan Curry Bud Fleischer Bill Flint Matt Gotschall Karen Gomez Erik Hash Dennis Hirschbrunner Jesse Jackson Molly Reinecke John Lohr Jason Mielak Jordan Mueller Kurt Shevlin Adam Urkoski
Honorary Members: Jim Fehringer Tom Maul Whitey Walgren The mission of the Columbus Area Community Foundation Fund is to financially empower the Columbus area to enhance its own quality of life by encouraging charitable donations that establish and ensure lasting legacies.
Coordinator: Amanda Polacek
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Estate Planning Workshop 1
Peer Learning Session
Senior Festival
The second best time is now.� -Chinese Proverb Donor Spotlight: Jordan & Jennifer Mueller
2015-2016 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES CACFF has identified the following as strategic priorities for 2015-2016. Community & Capacity Building: Utilize the $300,000 from the Quality of Life Projects grant (see page 5) to help the four partners with their campaigns, build capacity, continue to improve quality of life, and increase inclusiveness in the community.
Youth Philanthropy Contest 2
Expand Childcare Options: Partner with other organizations to create increased opportunities for affordable, quality, early childhood care in Columbus. Grow the Unrestricted Endowment: Continue to grow the unrestricted endowment through outright, planned and memorial gifts.
NCF Annual Training
When Jordan Mueller returned to his hometown of Columbus in 2010, he knew he wanted to give back. So when the opportunity arose to join the Columbus Area Community Foundation Fund Advisory Committee, he jumped at the chance. This year Jordan and his wife Jennifer took their commitment to the Columbus area even futher by adding the CACFF as a beneficiary on a life insurance policy. This simple and smart way to give will help create opportunities in their hometown -opportunities that one day will benefit the couple’s first daughter, Brooke.
Chamber Visit
CACFF DONORS: JANUARY 2014 - JULY 2015 Sustaining Members
These members contribute $100 annually to CACFF. Larry & Jean Anderson ARL Credit Services Inc Mark & Kara Asmus James & Gloria Ball BankFirst K.C. & Colleen Belitz Bierman Contracting Inc. Bob’s U Save Pharmacy Gary & Cheryl Bock Brett & Penny Bonwell Rick & Tracie Chochon John & Marlene Cimpl Columbus Family Dentistry Columbus Otolaryngology Clinic Columbus Physical Therapy, PC Columbus Woman’s Healthcare Commonwealth Electric Company Ken & Robin Curry Jan Curry DUO Lift Manufacturing Co. Inc Jerry & Glenna Engdahl Mimi Ernst Ernst Auto Center First Nebraska Bank Bob & Sandie Fischer Bud & Rita Fleischer Mike & Sandy Fleming Flexcon Bill & Charleen Flint Marlin & Mary Frauendorfer Russ & Shari Freeman Bob & Marilyn Gangel Gene Steffy Ford Clay & Hope Gibbs Matt & Michele Gotschall 3
Darrell & LaVonne Grassmeyer Dennis & Coni Grennan Randy & Lisa Grossnicklaus Thomas Grubaugh Erik & Melinda Hash Don & Pat Heimes Dennis & Terri Hirschbrunner Home Real Estate William & Rita Ingold J P Schmeits P C Jackson Services Inc. Rob & Linda Johnson JP Trucking Inc Dan & Belinda Keiter Logan & Anne Kinnison James & Ivy Klug Doug & Ramona Kluth Lester Krings Kruse, Schumacher, Smekel, & Brockhaus PC Kurt & Carrie Kuhlman Ron & Charlotte Lambert Bob & Jan Lauterbach John & Kathy Lohr Doris & Norman Lux Master Care Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Joe & Margaret Matejka John & Linda McPhail Bill & Bonnie McPhillips Mark & Marjorie Mercer Jason & Lynette Mielak Scott & Patricia Mueller Jordan & Jennifer Mueller Mike & Hollie Olk Cletus & Christine Pillen Nate & Amanda Polacek Ray’s Appliance Sales & Service Molly Reinecke Steve & Theresa Seipel Sipple, Hansen, Emerson,
Schumacher, & Klutman Dann & Stacy Smith Richard & Jamie Snyder Dean & Colleen Soulliere Robert & Jane Stachura Neal & Jo Suess Marge Trent Tuls Dairies Adam & Mandy Urkoski Allan & Melinda Vyhnalek Whitey & Shirley Walgren Weber Insurance Agency West Point Implement of Columbus Inc. Gail Wurdeman
Unrestricted Endowment
K.C. & Colleen Belitz Chris & Amy Blaser Matt & Michele Gotschall Lester Krings Jim & Kathryn Lohr Lost Creek Industries Michael & Hollie Olk LaVonne & Jerry Schultz Landon Wietfeld
General Account
Century 21 Realty Team Fehringer, Mielak & Fehringer, LLP First National Bank Gene Steffy Ford Kevin & Stephanie Johnson Pinnacle Bank Thomas Maul Law Office Richard & Cindy Vandenberg
Memorials
Donations in honor of:
Marv Bender Leyon Brestel Dale Gonka Jim Holmberg Ginny Lehmkuhl Betty Miller Ken Schaefer Alvina Schumacher LaVerne Joseph Torczon
Youth Foundation
K.C. & Colleen Belitz Columbus Board of Realtors Alan & Carol Dostal Ed & Linda Fusselman Lowell & Susan Jepsen Pinnacle Bank Richard & Paula Casey Fund Strehle Building Solutions Inc Superior Industries Ryan & Jaci Tessendorf
National Day of Prayer
Estate of David Johnson
Thank you to everyone who has donated to the Columbus Area Community Foundation Fund. You are helping to create more opportunities and an enhanced quality of life for future generations!
THE POWER OF AN UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENT
What if your investment could provide for the Columbus area not just in your lifetime, but forever? Giving to the Unrestricted Endowment will do just that! An endowment is a permanent fund where
the principal is invested and a portion of the earnings are distributed annually for grantmaking. An unrestricted endowment provides the most opportunity as it
allows for flexibility as our Below: Graph shows community’s needs and growth of and dreams change. cumulative amount available to be granted To learn more about from a $100,000 giving to the CACFF endowment over 20 Unrestricted Endowment, years. visit cacffund.org.
Cumulative Grants Endowment Balance
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$100,000
$23,891 $115,927
$51,587 $134,391
$83,695 $155,796
Beginning Balance
Years 1-5
Years 1-10
Years 1-15
$120,916 $180,611 Years 1-20
Example uses following assumptions: 7.5% return net of fees, 4.5% annual endowment payout and 75% equity / 25% fixed income asset allocation.
CATALYTIC INVESTMENT: COLUMBUS QUALITY OF LIFE PROJECTS Years in the Making
Press conference announcing the Campaign.
A new health department; a new YMCA/Wellness Center, a new S.T.E.M. (science, technology, engineering and math) Academy to be located in a new high school facility, and a new library/ cultural arts center. Most communities would be happy to have one of these projects in-progress. In Columbus, plans are in place for all four. Helping catalyze this progress is a $2,300,000 million investment from two local families and The Sherwood Foundation.
The Columbus Area Community Foundation Fund hosted a community visioning session in 2008 called “Vision 20/20.”
Administered by the Columbus Area Community Foundation Fund, this will create incentive for the completion of the four projects. Through December 31, 2017, each partner will receive a proportionate amount of the pool. For every $2 raised for their project, they’ll earn $1 more from the pool. After all partners reach their goal amount, an additional $500,000 from The Sherwood Foundation will be distributed $1 given for every $2 raised by partner org. until each reaches fundraising goal
$300,000 utilized for training and other quality of life improvement projects/programs
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proportionally to each project. An additional $300,000 investment from Sherwood and local donors will also be utilized by the Columbus Area Community Foundation Fund for training for all partners during the campaign, as well as to provide smaller grants for other quality of life projects and inclusiveness promotion throughout the community.
LIBRARY & ARTS CENTER fundraising goal: $2,720,000 CPS S.T.E.M. ACADEMY fundraising goal: $600,000 EAST-CENTRAL DISTRICT HEALTH DEPT. BUILDING fundraising goal: $340,000 WELLNESS/YMCA FACILITY fundraising goal: $340,000
This led to feasibility studies and greater collaboration between the Quality of Life project partners at the time. CACFF also provided a $1,000 grant for the Quality of Life Centers Study in 2009 comissioned by the City of Columbus.
CACFF members present a $1000 check in 2010 for the Quality of Life Center.
IMPACT GRANT: COLUMBUS BIG GIVE WEBSITE As planning began for the 2nd Annual Columbus Big Give (a 24-hour time of giving organized by members of the Columbus Area Philathropy Council) event, it became clear that a more sophisticated online giving platform was needed. Through a grant of $2,500 from the Columbus Area Community Foundation Fund, the Columbus Area Philanthropy Council was able to hire a local web developer to build a website to enable donors to seamlessly give via PayPal or credit card.
Concert during National Day of Prayer event 2015.
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2015: 566 donations; 2014: 234 donations; $23,395 raised benefiting $62,610 raised benefiting 38 nonprofits 17 nonprofits
donations by 34 percent. The new website This in turn helped to (columbusbiggive.org) more than double the helped to increase online number of donations
made, and triple the amount of funds raised for nonprofits serving the Columbus area.
The National Day of Prayer account within the Columbus Area Community Foundation Fund helped bring William Paul Young to Columbus for the local National Day of Prayer event, “Prayer in the Square” on May 7, 2015. Young is the author of the New York Times Best Seller, The Shack, which has sold over 18 million copies to date.
LEAVE A LEGACY: DONATE TO CACFF
Clip out this card and mail to: Columbus Area Community Foundation Fund 3020 18th Street Box #2 | Columbus, NE 68601 | OR donate online at cacffund.org Name: ____________________________________ □ I would like to give $_____________________ □ today □ monthly □annually Address: ___________________________________ for: □ operations □ endowment Phone: ____________________________________ □ I would like to become a Sustaining Member: $100/year annual gift to support CACFF. Email: ____________________________________ □ I would like to include CACFF in my estate plan. The Columbus Area Community Foundation Fund is an affiliated fund of the Nebraska Community Foundation. Your gift is tax-deductible and will help support worthwhile projects and programs addressing the emerging needs and future opportunities of our community. Thank you!
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Columbus Area Community Foundation Fund 3020 18th Street Box #2 Columbus, NE 68601 402-562-6255 An affiliated fund of the Nebraska Community Foundation and a founding member of the Columbus Area Philanthropy Council.
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John McKnight, founder of the world-renown AssetBased Community Development Institute, was the featured speaker at the 2014 Nebraska Community Foundation Annual Banquet. CACFF members create a ‘graphic history’ with others at the 2014 Nebraska Community Foundation Annual Training.
SAVE THE DATE: COLUMBUS TO HOST NEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ANNUAL EVENTS On Thursday, November 5th, Columbus will host the 2015 Nebraska Community Foundation Annual Training at the Ramada Inn River’s Edge
Convention Center. More than 250 foundation fund supporters and volunteers from across the state are expected to gather during the day for
training. In the evening there will be a banquet highlighting stories of success of the Nebraska Community Foundation and affiliated funds.
If you would like to attend the banquet, please contact Amanda Polacek at 402-562-6255.