Spring 2011 Newsletter of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation

Heritage Agency on Aging: Making the most of a small grant

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COMMUNITY

F r o m t h e P r e s i d e n t / C EO

Spring 2011

board of Directors Nancy Kasparek, Chair Ron Olson, Past Chair Chris DeWolf, Vice Chair/Chair Elect Kay L. Hegarty, Treasurer Dr. Ruth White, Secretary Directors Gary Bartlett John Bickel John Chaimov Loren Coppock Tiffany Ann Earl Sara Fitzgerald Ruth Hairston Elizabeth Hladky Cheryle Mitvaksky

Thomas Moore Katie Oberbroeckling John Osako Carrie PowickiKaufman Chris Skogman Fred Timko Kevin Welu

Chair Emerita Nancy G. McHugh President & CEO Les Garner Jr. Foundation Staff Emmylou Ball, Accountant Wendy Blood, Office Manager Jean Brenneman, director of Finance Elizabeth Cwik, Program associate Katie Giorgio, marketing assistant, Linn County Nonprofit Resource Center Amber A. Mulnik, director of Communications Rochelle Naylor, Scholarship Coordinator & Program Assistant Deb Orr, Administrative Assistant Karla Twedt-Ball, vice president of Programs Robert Untiedt, executive director, Linn County Nonprofit Resource Center Josie Velles, Foundation Services manager Peggy Whitworth, director of Resource Development Special Programs Staff Kimberly Beals, Engineering Experiences volunteer coordinator Barbara Klawiter, REACT Center administrator Community is published triannually by the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, 324 3rd Street SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Please write, call (319.366.2862) fax (319.366.2912), or e-mail info@gcrcf.org.

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Servant Leadership

Les Garner Jr.

As a young faculty member some 30 years ago, I was introduced to the work of Robert Greenleaf. Greenleaf’s book, Servant Leadership, was much discussed then and has influenced thinking about leadership development in the decades since. His basic premise is that those who lead most effectively are those who serve others most generously. I have been reminded of his work recently as the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) has embarked on a year-long process of strategic review. The GCRCF wants to assure that it will continue to serve this community effectively as it faces a new chapter in its history.

The extraordinary generosity of this community has resulted in dramatic growth for the Community Foundation in recent years. Total assets at the end of 2010, $112 million, are more than double the assets held in 2005. In 2005, we were stewards of 300 funds. Today, that number is more than 500. In addition to administering more funds, we awarded more grants and more grant dollars than in 2005 — $5.9 million in 2010.

As we look forward, the questions of the day are: 1. How can we enhance services to donors in order to broaden the commitment to philanthropy across the community, building resources that will provide community benefits now and into the future?

2. What future for the Linn County Nonprofit Resource Center will best support the capacity of nonprofit agencies to deliver services effectively and efficiently and enable them to adapt to changing circumstances?

3. What leadership role is appropriate for the Community Foundation to play as the community seeks to position itself post-flood as an economically – and socially – vibrant place to live and work?

4. How can our grant making programs best serve the needs of the community, help donors realize their goals and provide support for nonprofits and the citizens they serve?

5. What investment management strategy will provide the best opportunity for the Community Foundation to provide reliable income to serve the community’s current needs and build resources for future generations?

The Community Foundation’s Board of Directors is deeply engaged in discussion of these issues and is reaching out to a cross-section of community members to help us arrive at conclusions that will guide our actions over the coming years. I invite your comments.

The GCRCF is not just a community foundation. We are the community’s foundation. I look forward to hearing from you.

Les Garner Jr.

Cover Story

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Heritage Agency on Aging: Making the most of a small grant

Sometimes it’s thinking big, more than major funding, that induces change.

Thinking outside the box to address a major community need led the Heritage Agency on Aging to host a unique conference on hunger and aging. The goal? To initiate state-wide discussion of hunger-related issues that elderly Iowans face every day, and how to better address this growing problem.

Not only did the May 2010 conference, “Hunger and Aging: A Conversation for Iowans,” achieve that goal, it is credited with changing federal policy to better fight senior hunger.

A $434 President’s Fund grant from the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation helped fund the conference, offered in response to a Meals on Wheels Association of America report showing that one in 20 older adults in Iowa go hungry and are at high nutritional risk every day. Between 2001 and 2007, the percentage of older adults in Iowa struggling with hunger increased by 47 percent.

“We found that quite shocking,” says Ingrid Wensel, Director of the Heritage Agency. “We felt we were in a good position to use this report as a flashpoint. It was a good chance to seek new partnerships and collaborations within our current networks.”

Inviting representatives from local, state, regional and federal agencies working with hunger issues to the conference, the Heritage Agency rallied participants to find new ways to collaborate.

“In Iowa, we have a very large older adult population, so this is very relevant,” Wensel notes. “Right here, there are people struggling to figure out where their next meal will come from.

The most critical thing an older adult can do for their health is to eat food. The impact of poor nutrition significantly affects their health.”

More than 200 participants attended the conference, including Kevin Concannon, undersecretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who was so moved by the discussion and evidence presented that he reversed his earlier decision to not allow older adult nutrition programs access to bonus supplemental food commodities.

“This conference enabled us to apply public pressure, and we did,” Wensel says. “We actually made national impact that will significantly affect older Americans’ access to food assistance.

It was pretty incredible.”

A Meals on Wheels Association of America report shows that one in 20 older adults in Iowa go hungry and are at high nutritional risk every day. Between 2001 and 2007, the percentage of older adults in Iowa struggling with hunger increased by 47 percent.

Since then, communications among community agencies has improved and a new coalition has developed to seek grants, collaborate and raise awareness among seniors of programs and services available. That includes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps, Wensel points out, “because many seniors don’t understand that they’re eligible for food assistance.”

The momentum the conference generated continues.

Wensel credits that small GCRCF grant with helping it happen.

“We’re grateful the GCRCF enabled us to host and make this available to the community,” she says. “We couldn’t have done it without the Foundation.”

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nonprofit profile

Endow Iowa: Encouraging & rewarding philanthropy by individuals, corporations or financial institutions

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Building endowments helps build – and strengthen – community and quality of life.

That’s the philosophy behind the Endow Iowa Tax Credit Program, established in 2003 to promote philanthropy. Endow Iowa encourages individuals, businesses and organizations to make lasting investments in their communities by establishing permanent, endowed funds during their lifetime. In exchange, donors can claim state income tax incentives worth 25 percent of the amount of their gift.

Qualifying gifts include: ▪▪ New funds established in the individual’s own name. The funds may be donor-advised, designated for specific organizations or unrestricted.

A $10,000 minimum is required to establish a new fund.

▪▪ Contributions of any amount to any

eligible endowed fund at an Iowa community foundation, such as the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF).

Endow Iowa Facts ▪▪ Iowa is first in the nation in offering tax credits for charitable giving. It’s effective investment in the future; for every $1 of tax credit given by the state, community foundations leverage $5 in donations to support efforts to improve our quality of life.

▪▪ The local impact of gifts made through Endow Iowa is impressive. Through such gifts, the GCRCF is able to support good works that local donors care about to strengthen Linn County.

▪▪ Since 2003, more than $6 million has been given to endowed funds with the GCRCF.

▪▪ Donors making those gifts received more than $1.2 million in Iowa income tax credits and nonprofits benefited from annual support from the fund.

▪▪ Over five years, donors have given more than $50 million to community foundations across Iowa through the Endow Iowa program alone.

▪▪ Endow Iowa has spurred the development of more than 250 endowed funds at the GCRCF since 2003.

The most recent legislation on tax credits allows for $3.7 million in tax credits annually on a first-come, firstserve basis. Eligible gifts made now will qualify for credits for the 2011 tax year.

For more information on Endow Iowa, including a tax credit application form, go to www.iowalifechanging.com/ endowiowa or www.gcrcf.org in the Resources for Donors section.

2011 Endow Iowa Gift Examples Donor receives a 25% Iowa income tax credit but no Iowa income tax deduction.

Gift Amount*

Federal Income Tax Deduction

Iowa Income Tax Iowa Income Tax Net Cost of Gift* Grants Made Deduction Credit (25%) After 10 Years

Grants Made After 50 Years

$10,000

$3,500

$2,500

$4,000

$6,241

$62,566

$25,000

$8,750

$6,250

$10,000

$15,602

$156,416

$50,000

$17,500

$12,500

$20,000

$31,203

$312,832

$100,000

$35,000

$25,000

$40,000

$62,407

$625,655

$1,000,000

$350,000

$250,000

$400,000

$624,068

$6,256,648

Non-Itemizers Gift Amount*

Federal Income Tax Deduction

Iowa Income Tax Iowa Income Tax Net Cost of Gift* Grants Made Deduction Credit (25%) After 10 Years

*$1,000

$250

$750

$624

Grants Made After 50 Years $6,257

Assumptions: ▪▪ Federal income tax bracket computed at 35% (assuming individual taxpayer utilizes Schedule A – itemized deductions on their federal tax return).

▪▪ Iowa income tax bracket computed at 8%.

▪▪ Grant assumptions are made based on an 8.5% rate of return from GCRCF investment pool and an annual distribution of 5% from the fund.

▪▪ This is for illustration purpose only. Please contact your advisor to determine exact tax benefits. *Using appreciated stock lowers the net cost of your gift even further.

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2011 Board of Directors News

The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation welcomes seven new board members whose terms begin in 2011:

John Chaimov

Chris Skogman

Associate professor of German, chair of the Department of Foreign Language and Director of Off-Campus Study, Coe College

President, Skogman Realty

Tiffany Earl

2011 Officers

Agent, Skogman Commercial Group Cedar Rapids

Nancy Kasparek Chair of the board of directors President, US Bank Cedar Rapids Market

Sara Fitzgerald Vice President and trust officer, Guaranty Bank and Trust Company

Other incoming officers include:

Chris DeWolf Vice chair President and CEO and Co-owner, Lil’ Drug Store Products, Inc.

Katie Oberbroeckling Director of finance, St. Luke’s Hospital Cedar Rapids

Kay Hegarty Treasurer Managing Director, RSM McGladrey, Inc.

John Osako Co-founder and vice president of development, Informatics, Inc.

Dr. Ruth White Secretary Executive Director, The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success

Carrie Powicki-Kaufman Senior attorney, Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an AEGON Company

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A sincere thanks goes to outgoing board members Rich Altorfer, Lorna Barnes, J. Scott Bogguss, Swati Dandekar, Jerry Matchett, whose terms ended in 2010.

We appreciate their commitment to and support of the Community Foundation.

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Youth POWER: Enriching programs, involving teens in grant-making

The 2010-2011 Youth POWER Board Members (left to right): Back row: Alham Al-Yassiri, Senior at Jefferson; Amanda Ellenberger, Intern, Senior at Coe; Kerstin Flugum, Junior at Prairie; Isaac Halyard, Senior at Washington; Quincy McGee, Sophomore at Washington; Max McGee, Senior at Washington; LeBon Mulangaliro, Senior at Jefferson Middle row: Amanda Smith, Junior at Prairie; Britt Bergquist, Senior at Washington

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Take a dozen high school kids, give them the power to award $10,000 in grants for community projects and what do you get?

A remarkable validation of Youth POWER, a program started in 2001 by the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF), with initial funding provided by a donor advisor.

Each September, a group of teens from Linn County schools is chosen to act as the Youth POWER Board, funding projects and organizations working to address community needs. After reviewing grant applications, board members conduct interviews with applicants and then choose which groups will receive funding from a $10,000 budget. Projects that involve youth in their planning and implementation are given priority. Student-led groups can apply for funding.

This year’s group of 12 is a mix of sophomores, juniors and seniors, boys and girls, from several schools and different cultural backgrounds, says Amanda Ellenberger, a GCRCF intern from Coe who works with the Youth POWER Board.

“We start in the fall with learning the basics: what is philanthropy? What are nonprofits?” she explains. “Then they learn about making strategies, budgeting and the financial process nonprofits follow.”

The group meets monthly. By this February, the board had 15 grant applications. Board members reviewed them

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Front row: Stephanie Wenclawski, Junior at Kennedy; Kerry McCartan, Junior at Xavier; Jenny Vestle, Junior at Washington; Emily Baker, Senior at Linn Mar; Nathalie Folkerts, Senior at Linn Mar

together, with each board member providing summaries of the applications they studied.

“They were really excited to see the organizations applying because they’re organizations that we all know,” Ellenberger says. “That makes them realize they’re doing something real, making these decisions.”

The GCRCF funds four different areas: Arts and Culture; Community Development and the Environment; Education; and Health and Human Services. Youth POWER Board members agreed to consider grant applications representing all four areas.

“They didn’t want to decide or assign priority to just one area or another,” Ellenberger says.

In March, the group hears presentations from grant applicants. That helps focus the decision-making, Ellenberger notes, “because it puts a face to the application, the process.”

Once the grants are awarded, a new board is chosen for the next year’s round of grants.

Ellenberger was impressed with the dynamics of this year’s Youth POWER Board, which included returning and new board members.

“It’s fun to see their enthusiasm,” she says. “I was astonished at how knowledgeable and wise they were. They were learning, but taking ownership. That’s the biggest reward.”

Applications for serving on the Youth POWER Board are due April 4. www.gcrcf.org/page10004396.cfm

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Growing by Leaps and Bounds

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Unrestricted endowment growth spurs grants planning and expansion

The unrestricted endowment of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) has more than tripled in the last five years, from $8.9 million in 2005 to $27.1 million in 2010, thanks in part to gifts from William Quarton, Joe Kacena and William Whipple among numerous others. These resources help the foundation address the changing needs and opportunities in the community in a flexible and timely way.

Over the past few months, the Community Foundation has reviewed the use of the unrestricted endowment and proposed changes that will accommodate current and future growth of the endowment, with the overall goal of improving the quality of life in Linn County. A grants planning task force has guided this process. Members include: Gilda Boyer, Mary Lou Erlacher, Cathy Gullickson, Elizabeth Hladky, Jerry Matchett, Tom Moore, Rich Patterson, John Wasta and Ruth White.

The task force identified the following goals: 1. Ensure GCRCF grant programs optimally support nonprofits in delivering effective programs and developing and maintaining strong, vibrant organizations both now and in the future.

2. Increase the GCRCF’s ability to share organizational and programmatic knowledge with donor-advisors to better serve both donor-advisors and nonprofits.

The task force identified that the Community Foundation’s discretionary grants help organizations: 1. Innovate to meet new circumstances and expanding opportunities.

2. Sustain on-going effective programs.

3. Build the capacity of organizations to adapt to a changing environment.

Using these three functions, the Community Foundation developed a framework that incorporates some existing unrestricted grant programs while providing additional flexibility and room to grow. One new element includes a matching grants opportunity, helping organizations meet match requirements from regional and national funders, leveraging additional resources to our community. Other changes include the way nonprofits would access small “field of interest” funds to lessen the number of applications a nonprofit would need to prepare each year.

On February 17 and 18, the GCRCF held “Framework for the Future” conversations with more than 80 local nonprofit representatives. The peer-led affinity groups presented their thoughts and solicited ideas and feedback. The conversations provided the Community Foundation with numerous suggestions for review by the task force.

The Community Foundation will use 2011 to complete the planning process, and will implement the changes in 2012.

Growth of unrestricted endowments from 2005 to 2010

$30,000,000 $25,000,000

$26.4 M

$27.3 M

2009

2010

$20,000,000 $15,000,000 $10,000,000 $5,000,000

$8.7 M

$9.6 M

$10.2 M

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2006

2007

$7.1 M 2008

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Community Foundation Update

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Community Foundation Initiates Technology Improvement Project The Community Foundation is working to enhance services to donors, nonprofits and the community through a significant technology project that, by year’s end, will streamline many aspects of the organizations operations.

“Our mission at GCRCF is to serve donors and nonprofit organizations by connecting them to each other and to the needs of the community,” said Les Garner, Jr., President and CEO. “Part of our intent with this technology investment is to improve the efficiency of our administrative processes for our donors, funders and grantees while providing our donors, grantees and partners with the knowledge, tools and advice they need to accomplish their goals. The new technology capabilities will help support our mission by providing online tools to our constituents while enhancing our services in administering their funds.”

The GCRCF selected Stellar Technology Solutions’ iPhi Product Suite® that integrates donor services, resource development, finance and grants. The system includes donor management, an online grant application and review process, financial and investment management, workflow management, document management, online content management and selfservice online portals for donors, grantees, local nonprofits, and the board of directors and committees.

The technology project also includes a newly designed public web site (www.gcrcf.org) that will go live later this summer. The GCRCF is working with Metro Studios in Hiawatha to design the look and feel of the site.

Summer Grant Cycle The GCRCF is accepting grant applications for the Linn County Endowment Fund, the Momentum Fund and various Competitive Donor-Advised Funds until June 15 at 4:30 p.m.

The Linn County Endowment Fund gives priority to enhancing quality of life and community development outside the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area.

The County Endowment Fund is funded by a distribution of the state’s gambling revenues to non-gambling counties.

The Momentum Fund makes grants to existing programs that have demonstrated successful outcomes. Projects must have been in existence for a minimum of two years and must demonstrate that the program is successfully achieving its stated outcome goals. Grant awards are given for a two-year period.

Grants are made in two categories – small grants for up to $5,000 per year for two years and large grants for up to $25,000 per year for two years.

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The GCRCF administers competitive grant programs for a number of local corporations and family foundations. Funding priorities and grant award sizes vary by fund. The following Competitive Donor-Advised Funds are available for the summer grant cycle: ▪▪ Altorfer, Inc. ▪▪ Bloomhall Family Fund ▪▪ Diamond V Mills ▪▪ The Gazette Foundation ▪▪ Lil’ Drug Store Products, Inc. ▪▪ McGrath Automotive Group

For more information on the summer grant cycle, please contact Elizabeth Cwik, grant program associate, at 319.366.2862 or elizabeth.cwik@gcrcf.org.

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grantee spotlight

Hancher-Orchestra Iowa project: artistic outreach across the state

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Inspiration. Changing lives. If the performing arts and the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) have anything in common, it’s those two goals.

A one-of-a-kind outreach project last year accomplished just that, thanks to a remarkable collaboration of Hancher Auditorium, Orchestra Iowa and Tomas Kubinek, an awardwinning physical comedian from Connecticut. Among the grant support from foundations, individuals and corporations for the project was a $5,000 grant from the GCRCF, which helped cover artists’ fees for Linn County performances.

The Tomas Kubinek Symphony Project, commissioned

by Hancher, was a statewide performance effort targeting traditional orchestra audiences as well as families and new audiences. Hancher had worked before with Kubinek, sparking a sharp connection, says Charles Swanson, Hancher’s Executive Director.

The idea for this project blossomed from a conversation between Swanson and Tim Hankewich, music director of Orchestra Iowa, soon after the 2008 flood. Iowa City’s and Cedar Rapids’ arts venues were devastated by the flood; recovery was slow.

“We were talking about working together,” Swanson says. “We really want to try to make a difference in the lives of Iowans, especially young families.”

Shortly afterward, Swanson received an email from Kubinek outlining a performance he was developing to help orchestras draw new audiences. Kubinek was seeking the right maestro.

“The timing was so perfect,” Swanson recalls. He brought Kubinek and Hankewich together, “and immediately, the chemistry was there.”

Hancher commissioned and choreographed the performance, in which Kubinek and Orchestra Iowa led audiences in examining traditional orchestras, offering new perspectives on the relationship between orchestra and audience.

The goal was to reach 6,000 Iowans, from Iowa City and Cedar Rapids to Council Bluffs/Omaha and Decorah, broadening Iowans’ exposure to the arts and strengthening the partnership between Hancher and Orchestra Iowa.

Audiences included K-12 students in each tour location, including workshops at Four Oaks in Cedar Rapids. Curriculum

Tomas Kubinek

Tomas Kubinek of The Tomas Kubinek Symphony Project interacts with Tim Hankewich, music director of Orchestra Iowa in November 2010.

Most performances included attendance by K-12 students across Linn County.

developed by Hancher and Kubinek was provided to schools and other education centers hosting the project.

Its focus? Inspiration.

“Tomas has a real passion for working with kids, especially kids at risk,” Swanson adds. “He uses comic elements to relate to them.”

The world-premiere performance and two-week tour in November was, by all measures, a shining success.“It exceeded our expectations,” Swanson says.

Feedback from audiences and educators was glowing.

Especially touching was the response from the more than 3,000 students who participated in pre- and post-performance discussions and workshops with the artists.

“In 25 years, this was one of the most satisfying projects I’ve been involved in,” Swanson says. “It’s very far-reaching. It’s all about collaboration and building relationships. This created a piece that’s going to live on.”

Using video recordings of the performance, a documentary on the project is now in the works. Kubinek plans to include it in his repertoire and other orchestras are expressing interest.

“It’s inspirational work. That’s what Hancher is all about: transformative artistic experience,” Swanson says. “It’s a lofty goal, but a good one. Through the arts, you can change lives.”

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Trees Forever: Partnering with GCRCF to grow trees and goals

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Forever is a long time. But the impact an agency can have in beautifying and strengthening community truly can be long-term. Maybe even forever.

It’s that sort of forward thinking that motivates Trees Forever, a Marionbased nonprofit working to connect people to their environment through planting and tending trees, prairie and other natural areas. Such work requires commitment, vision, planning – and good fiscal management.

That’s where the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) comes in. By establishing agency endowment funds with the GCRCF, Trees Forever has been able to diversify its funding, allowing more flexibility in reaching goals and responding to community needs.

That’s especially important given the scope of Trees Forever’s efforts throughout Iowa and Illinois. Founded in 1989, the group’s mission – “to plant and care for trees and the environment by empowering people, building community and promoting stewardship” – is a daunting task unless partnerships are formed. Fortunately, Trees Forever has established several agency endowment and memorial funds with GCRCF.

One example is the Jack Shaffer Memorial Fund, established last year to help support tree plantings. Shaffer, who died two years ago, was the husband of Shannon Ramsay, Trees Forever Founding President and CEO.

“Many individual donors contributed to that fund and our family matched the total that was raised,”

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Ramsay says.

“He loved trees.

That fund has helped us plant trees in our memorial grove at Squaw Creek. It will help with a beautiful limestone sign being dedicated there this spring.”

Trees Forever has two grant funding cycles each year, but those funds are restricted in use.

“Our endowed funds allow us to fund projects that don’t fit in our traditional grant program cycle,” Ramsay says.

Participants in Trees Forever’s Stewards of the Beautiful Land program help plant a “They give us demonstration rain garden at a home in the Czech Village. Rain gardens help reduce more freedom and storm water runoff which, in turn, helps reduce future flooding. flexibility to do

It’s also a great benefit to have special projects, like the investment expertise the GCRCF plantings for the Linn County provides, Signs says: Peace Society, or in honor of AIDS and

“The Community Foundation does crime victims.” a good job on investment return.”

That flexibility has included

The Trees Forever agency responding to immediate need, adds endowment established several years ago Mark Signs, the group’s Development with GCRCF has grown. The nonprofit and Marketing Director. is committed to growing its endowment.

“We need to have a source of A special board of trustees monitors unrestricted funds we can tap into for and manages those funds. A year ago, things that come up suddenly,” Signs the board decided that any memorial notes. “We used some income to help donations now go into the endowment. with flood recovery in neighborhoods.

One fund’s interest income helped cover the cost of trees.”

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William Quarton

Heritage Society

William Quarton Heritage Society as of March 1, 2011

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If you have remembered the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation in your estate plans, or if you have established an endowed fund at the Community Foundation, you are eligible to become a member of the William Quarton Heritage Society.

We will not list your name without your permission. Please contact us at 319.366.2862 or info@gcrcf.org for more information.

Anonymous (8) Robert W. and Elizabeth M. Allsop Anna O.* and William G. Anderson Gary L. and Alice Anderson Thomas J. and Sarah E. Anderson Marian J. Arens Carl and Topsy Aschoff Jean H. Ashby* Daniel R. Baldwin Lorna M. Barnes Gordon and Jann Baustian Helen (Skippy) Bell Bob V. Bengtson Peter F. Bezanson* Barbara Bloomhall and William A. Bloomhall, Sr.* Bill and Jan Bloomhall Wilma J. Blosser Katheryn Boatman Scott and Joann Bogguss Barry and Gilda Boyer Jean Brenneman Ruth L. Hastings Brown* David H. and Rose Marie Burke Steven and Joanne Carfrae Richard* and Judith Chandler Ivan and Mary Bess Chester Barbara Christiansen Larry H. Christy Lee and Jay Clancey Brent and Dawn Cobb Loren L. and Patricia A. Coppock Paul and Sara Corbin John P. Curran Tom and Beth DeBoom Dr. and Mrs. Robert K. Dennis Ann Dorr Tiffany A. Earl John R. and Cheryl G. Elliott John M. Ely, Jr.* and Polly Ely* Norman and Floy* Erickson Peggy Fashimpaur Kahr John P.* and Jean W. Ferring

Robert C.* and Marjorie H. Fletcher Rick and Donna Flynn William B. and Jo Anne F. Galbraith Les and Katrina Garner William and Harriet Gasway Dean and Laura Gesme David and Kathleen Good Rose and LaVern Gordon Gary Grant Joan Greenblatt Kathy L. Hall Ortha R.* and Ken* Harstad Mary Lou and Donald Hattery Ted and Tish Healey Kay and John Hegarty Jason and Susan Hellickson Clifford A. Hendricks Kate Hladky Jim and Ann Hoffman Lee R. Horn Barbara J. and Ralph E.* Hughes Sher Jasperse and Daryl Julich David and Mary Johnson G. Richard and Jackie Johnson Kenneth L. and Mildred M.* Johnson Mildred Joslin and Edward Kemp* Mary and David Junge David and Sherri Justice Vyrl* and Martha Justice Joseph M. Kacena* George* and Louise Kalous Suzanne Rosenbaum Katz Merry and Bob* Kelley Frank and Geri Kintzle Thomas and Clara Kleiman G.T. (Jerry) Knox Peter and Ingrid Kolln David and Chris Kubicek Ted and Margaret Kubicek Robert and Caroline* Kucharski Lawrence and Kimberly Kudej

Sheryl Chehak Lamb* Robert J. and Sue B. Latham Karen Ann Laughlin James* and Susan Lavenz Robert and Carol Lehman Thea and Roger* Leslie Christopher and Jane Lindell Norman G.* Lipsky and Belle M. Lipsky David Mahlke George and Janelle McClain Bruce and Judy McGrath Jo* and Larry McGrath David and Ruth McGuire Nancy Green McHugh Frank and Cheryle Mitvalsky Mike and Ann Mohnsen Tara and Bob Moorman Paul and Jennifer Morf Craig and Deborah Mrkvicka Bill and Cathy Munsell Virginia Myers* Kay and Duane Nesetril Greg and Debbie Neumeyer William and Cheryl Nordstrom John and Christine North Ron and Sue Olson Sarah H. Olson and Tyler Olson Dave and Anne Parmley Richard and Marion Patterson Jay and Bonnie Petersen Ann and David B.* Pickford James A. and Monica M. Piersall Mike Plotz Wendy* and Randy Portz William B. Quarton* and Jean A. Hunnicutt William and Janis Quinby Curt and Sigrid Reynolds Mary E. Rickey Louise G. Roalson Dr. and Mrs. William John Robb Jack and Jackie* Roland Gary Rozek

Judith Whetstine and Bob Rush John M. and Wilma Ann Wallin Sagers Shelley Schultz William D. Severa Larry D. and Claire J. Sharp Paul R.* and Rebecca F.* Shawver Laurie and Robert Silber Marilyn and Dayton* Sippy Drew and Jo Ann Skogman Gary and Robin Skogman Kyle and Susan Skogman LaJuana Skogman Duane Smith Dyan and John Smith Ellen Smith Marty and Julianne Smith Al and Sara Sorensen Sue and Gary Speicher Eleanor Streletzky Robert Synhorst Julie and Byron Tabor Fred and Bev Timko Kathleen Toborg Sara and Dale Todd Terry Trimpe James and Susan Turner Robert Untiedt Michael and Marla Valliere Josie Velles R. Ray* and Barbara Weeks Maxine and Ted* Welch Guy H. Wendler Susanna Wendler William P. and Gayle* Whipple Dorothy J. White and Robert Dean Metcalf* Peggy Boyle Whitworth Esther and Myron Wilson Robert and Charlotte Worley Jason and Leslie Wright Corrine and Robert* Yaw David Zylstra

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