2017 Annual Report Ensuring the Future
Dedicated to promoting education by fostering supportive relationships with Eau Claire Area School District and the community; raising funds to provide learning opportunities for students, teachers and staff; and awarding grants for value-added projects.
ECPSF, an independent nonprofit 501(c)(3), is a supporting organization of the Eau Claire Community Foundation.
500 Main Street, P.O. Box 511 • Eau Claire, WI 54702 • Office: 715.852.3015
Fax: 715.852.3019 • www.ecpsfound.org
Letter From the ECPSF Chair 2017 has been an exciting year for the Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation as we continue to grow and expand opportunities for the kids in our district. ECPSF continues to provide funding to support innovative projects, hands-on experiences, new extracurricular opportunities, and much-needed materials for the students and classrooms of Eau Claire Area School District; 2017 was no exception. Because of your partnership and support, the Foundation was able to grant funding for: a STEM day on UWEC campus, a history research field trip to Madison, a theatre field trip to Minneapolis, an in-service opera experience, sustainable and educational gardening, a new mountain biking club, a new robotics club, and so much more. Enclosed, you can view the list of all of the year’s grants, and see the impact that more than $78,000 was able to provide. As a physician in Eau Claire, and a parent to children in our schools, I have the privilege to see first-hand the partnerships created through ECPSF and how they benefit our kids. I encourage you to make a difference today with a gift or a pledge to the Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation. Planned and endowed gifts create an impact forever, and gifts at any level can benefit our students today. It is an honor to chair the board, and I welcome your partnership with our schools! Together, we can ensure the future.
2017 - 2018
Board of Trustees Dr. Blenda Yun, Chair Dustin Wiesner, Treasurer Grant Beardsley Ned Donnellan Mike Emberson Ken Faanes Jenny Postlewaite Fesenmaier Michelle Harris Kimberly Hill Jeff Jones Heather Market-Sullivan Jim McDougall Dave Morley Becky Noland Peggy O’Halloran Flo Sheridan Ex-Officio Mary Ann Hardebeck Kathryn Proctor Duax Past Chairs Charles Grossklaus (2015-17) Dan Market (2011-15)
Contact: Sarah C. French, Executive Director 500 Main St., P.O. Box 511 Eau Claire WI 54702
Dr. Blenda Yun, Chair Physician, Mayo Clinic Health System
The Golden Apple is awarded annually in April by nomination of peers and distinguishes one outstanding educator in each of the Eau Claire Area School District’s schools. ECPSF partners with generous area businesses to sponsor unrestricted grant funding for each honoree and school. Cheryl Moss, special education assistant, was honored for Northwoods Elementary School in 2017. She used her Golden Apple grant funding to create a new sensory room, referred to as the “ZEN” room, a space for all students to utilize!
sfrench1@ecasd.us
Featured Grant STEM Makers Space Robotics Club Each year, countless faculty and staff write in to the Foundation with funding requests to support new and innovative projects. In 2017, one of the grants approved was for technology education teacher Rob Beese to launch a new STEM Makers Space robotics club for Northstar Middle School, offering hands-on, applied learning opportunities for students to build and program robots together. With additional funding for added robot kits, more students were able to participate in what Mr. Beese called “a positive/challenging environment”, and the club expanded to offering Blugold Beginnings to partner as well. The club is an engaging and fun educational experience for the students. “Without this grant, we would not have been able to have multiple teams compete against each other in robot challenges,” Beese shared. “The generous grant from the foundation helped lay the groundwork!”
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2017 ECPSF Grants Eau Claire Area School District Border Battle fundraising expenses Fifth grade track meet expenses Homeless Program - winter gear & shoes
Memorial High School All-Night Graduation Party Musical instruments for special education Old Abe Hall of Fame
DeLong Middle School Foreign language books
North High School All-Night Graduation Party Circle of Friends event at Metropolis Live-streaming kits Music stands Prom tickets for Circle of Friends
Flynn Elementary School Playground equipment, swings & ball toss Lakeshore Elementary School Opera for the Young Longfellow Elementary School LF Mile T-Shirts Manz Elementary School Classroom supplies Govin's field trip Odyssey of the Mind state tournament McKinley Charter School All-Alum McKinley reunion gathering Dig It Garden
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Northstar Middle School Christmas Carol Guthrie Theatre field trip Eau Claire Children’s Theatre field trip New robotics club STEM Day at UWEC Prairie Ridge Early Learning Center Cooking with Crockpots Project Fight Against Hunger Program Food shelf supplies Home meals for food pantry crockpots Putnam Heights Elementary School Foreign language books
Robbins Elementary School Art class weave project Sam Davey Elementary School Blugold Beginnings Como Zoo / Minnesota Orchestra class field trip South Middle School New mountain bike club Feed My People Food Bank Food orders; Prairie Ridge Fight Against Hunger Program
Scholarships Lawrence University Ross Proctor Music Scholarship for Hayden Guckenberg University of Minnesota Ruth Girnau Scholarship for Emma Lauer UW-Madison J Murphy STEM Scholarship for Mikaela Walters
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Funds for Today
Endowed Funds for the Future
The Funds for Today support projects and initiatives that meet current student needs. They include a Greatest Needs Fund for each school in the district; these Funds house unrestricted gifts to the school to be used for the school’s greatest needs, as assessed by the school principal and then approved by the ECPSF Board of Trustees. Gifts to these Funds for Today have an immediate and beneficial impact on ECASD students.
Endowed Funds for the Future safeguard the principal of all the funds in perpetuity, while their earnings are available on an annual basis to support school programs, scholarships, or special projects as well as to assist students in need. Because of these Funds, students now and far into the future will benefit.
ECPSF Fund for Today North and Memorial All Night Graduation Party Dream Act Fund Golden Apple Fund Homeless Children and Youth Fund
ECPSF Endowed Fund for the Future
Market Family Education Fund
ECPSF Fund for Tomorrow
McKinley Charter School Post-Secondary Success Fund
Artist in Classroom Endowed Fund
Math Teachers Circles Fund Border Battle Fund – an extension of Homeless Children and Youth Fund Prairie Ridge Fight Against Hunger Fund
DeLong Middle School Endowment Fund
Memorial Class of '58 Endowment
Eric Mosel Scholarship Fund
The Ross Proctor Music Scholarship Fund
Homeless Children & Youth Scholarship Fund
Ruth Girnau Scholarship Fund
J. Murphy STEM Scholarship Fund
Terry and Flo Sheridan Education Fund
New Fund in 2017
New Fund in 2017
Featured Fund Artist in Classroom Endowed Fund A new fund at the Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation is supporting a hands-on, creative learning experience for young students! The Artist in Classroom Endowed Fund was established by Mitchell and Liz Spencer in order to provide support for an artist to share her/his art and technique with Flynn Elementary students and faculty over the course of an entire semester. "It is important to bring the artist into the school and classroom and for the faculty and students to become involved with the artist. The purpose of the Artist in Classroom program is to expand the experience and knowledge of the both the students and faculty," Mitchell shared.
21.7 AVERAGE ACT SCORE
Eau Claire Area School District (ECASD)
Highlights
EXCEEDING BOTH STATE (20.2) AND NATIONAL (21.0) AVERAGES
ACHIEVED NATIONAL CERTIFICATION FOR
88.9 / 100 ECASD SCORED HIGHEST IN WI ON POST-SECONDARY READINESS
PROJECT LEAD THE WAY
#1
RANKED OVERALL DISTRICT REPORT CARD SCORE COMPARED TO THE TEN LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN WISCONSIN
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Please make checks payable and send to: Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation • P.O. Box 511 • Eau Claire, WI 54702 Credit card donations can be made online at www.ecpsfound.org
For more information, please contact: Sarah French, Executive Director sfrench1@ecasd.us • 715.852.3015
Financial Report Statement of Financial Position (Unaudited)
Statement of Financial Activity (Unaudited)
ASSETS
SUPPORT & OTHER REVENUE
Checking and Money Market
2017 $
Investments Pledges Receivable TOTAL ASSETS
353,876
2016 304,413
Contributions to Funds
1,175,943
991,876
Contributions to Operations
6,000
11,300
$ 1,535,819
$
$ 1,307,589
2017 $
2016
224,210 $
726,690
4,478
102,327
156,963
39,887
5,473
3,075
391,124
871,979
Grants
58,688
55,203
Program Expenses
32,340
71,415
Operating Expenses
43,196
38,262
Administrative Fee Expense
22,363
22,800
Investment Gains (Losses) Administrative Fees TOTAL SUPPORT & OTHER REVENUE
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS Other Liabilities
$
Total Liabilities
$
4,347
2,405
Beginning Balance of Net Assets Change in Net Assets TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
2,405
4,347
1,303,242
621,368
230,172
681,874
$ 1,535,819 $ 1,307,589
GRANTS & EXPENSES
Investment Management Fees Total Grants & Expenses CHANGE IN NET ASSETS
4,365
2,425
160,952
190,105
$ 230,172 $ 681,874
Founding Partners for Education The Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation wishes to thank the Founding Partners for Education who generously established a strong base of support through leadership gifts to the District Wide Fund for Today and the District Wide Endowed Fund for the Future. Anonymous (2)
Mary Ann & Herb Hardebeck
Becky & Dave Wood
Dean J. Arnold
Slavko & Elizabeth Ivankovic
Dr. Blenda Yun & Lane Biggs
Louis G. Arnold
Jerry & Jane Johnson
American Phoenix, Inc.
David & Gail Barnes
Wendy Sue Johnson
William & Beth Blackburn
Jeff & Karen Jones
Eau Claire North High School Athletic Booster Club
Steven Brimmer
Jack & Sally Kaiser
Greg Caucutt & Amy Carr Caucutt
Mary Beth Kelley-Lowe & Scott Lowe
Patricia Cigan Trish Cummins & John Plewa Kathryn Proctor Duax & David L.F. Duax*
Harold 'Diz' Kronenberg Marv Lansing & Nancy Kraft Dan & Debbie Market
Ken & Lori Faanes
Jef & Eileen Munger Family
Mark & Donna Faanes Family
David E. Richie
Jim & Lynn Fering
Terry* & Flo Sheridan
Thomas & Monika Fiedler
Kirk & Wendy Strang
Mike Graf & Lisa Stelter Graf
Susan & Roger Tietz
Charles & Becky Grossklaus
Skip & Jane Van Gorden
Wayne & Carole Halberg
Family & Friends of Michael J. Webb
Christine Hambuch-Boyle & Stephen Boyle Family
Ben & Lori Whitis
Eau Claire Seymour Lions Club First Choice Occupational Medicine & Disability, Hebl Family Ken Vance Motors Lasker Jewelers, Lasker Family Macy's Foundation Market & Johnson, Inc. Micon Cinemas, Mike & Connie Olson Family Northwestern Bank Scheels Wipfli Xcel Energy * Denotes deceased