DeKalb County Community Foundation

Report to the Community 2014

DeKalb County Community Foundation Mission:

To enhance the quality of life in DeKalb County by proactively addressing community needs and expanding, managing, and distributing philanthropic resources.

FOUNDATION FAST FACTS: Growing Philanthropy Date Established: 1993 Value of Assets 9/30/14: $45,356,054 Number of Separate Funds: 285 Grants & Scholarships Awarded During 2014: Approximately $1,500,000 Grants & Scholarships Awarded 1993-2014: $17.4 Million

About the

Youth Engaged in Philanthropy

DeKalb County Community Foundation

Youth Engaged in Philanthropy

475 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 748-5383 (815) 748-5873 fax • www.dekalbccf.org DCCF Mission

To enhance the quality of life in DeKalb County by proactively addressing community needs and expanding, managing, and distributing philanthropic resources.

DCCF Vision

To be a philanthropic leader as we partner to build strong communities throughout DeKalb County.

DCCF’s Core Values

In our work we commit ourselves to: • Tradition - honoring meaningful traditions while also learning and seeking new approaches • Humility - reaching the vision of the Foundation in the original spirit of generosity and humility Integrity in our managing and distributing of charitable funds • Inclusiveness - governance that is diverse, inclusive, representative of DeKalb County, and that puts community above self • Collaboration - encouraging, contributing to, and leading effective partnerships in support of our vision and mission • Respect - our donors, grant recipients, and community at large at all times • Optimism - we believe in the greatness of DeKalb County and the power of working together to make even greater things happen

Youth Engaged in Philanthropy (YEP) is beginning its 6th year as a DCCF initiative. All high school students in DeKalb County are eligible to join. Members participate in monthly meetings, leadership activities, and volunteer events to understand the need for philanthropy in DeKalb County. Through youth led meetings, the YEP committee learns to evaluate grant applications and identify a proposal’s potential impact on other youth in DeKalb County. YEP grants support projects and programs that grow the 40 Developmental Assets™ in youth in DeKalb County. The youth executive committee members lead their peers through an allocation process to distribute approximately $10,000 each year to local nonprofits.

Learn more about Youth Engaged in Philanthropy on the DCCF website.

YEP Grants Awarded in May 2014:

DCCF’s Core Services/Roles Endowments & Donor Services - We help connect people who care with causes that matter by providing donors with a broad variety of interests a flexible and cost effective vehicle for carrying out their charitable objectives, regardless of the size of their donation.

Organization Name Adventure Works of DeKalb County, Inc. Barb Food Mart Big Brothers Big Sisters of DeKalb County DeKalb County Community Gardens DeKalb Public Library Hope Haven of DeKalb County Kishwaukee Family YMCA Kishwaukee Special Recreation Association (KSRA) Voluntary Action Center Youth Outlook

Total YEP Dollars Granted

YEP Funding $ 227 $ 1,873 $ 1,725 $ 2,475 $ 2,000 $ 1,400 $ 1,500 $ 2,500 $ 1,750 $ 350

$ 15,799

Stewardship - The Foundation is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and oversees the investment and management of charitable funds for individuals, families, non-profit organizations and corporate donors. Professional staff work with many stakeholders to ensure the mission of the Foundation is met.

Grantmaking - We distribute over $1.3 million every year in DeKalb County in support of Arts & Culture, Education, Community Development, Environment & Animal Welfare, and Health & Human Services through several different grantmaking mechanisms/programs.

Community Initiatives - DCCF helps to identify community needs and partners with others through our grantmaking and community leadership resources to bring about positive change.

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Endowments & Donor Services Richard Ryan, DeKalb

How do I create a Fund at the DCCF?

The Community Foundation is a family of funds, endowed and non-endowed, established by donors like you to address your charitable and philanthropic interests. All of the Foundation’s Funds represent gifts from individuals, families, corporations, trusts, private foundations and other not-for-profit organizations.

Today, the Foundation includes over 250 funds that, collectively, provide great flexibility to address changing community needs.

1. Decide When to Give

You can create your fund now, establish it in your will, or through a trust arrangement that benefits your family as well as charity.

2. Decide What to Give

Almost any kind of asset can be used to start your fund, such as cash, publicly traded securities, closely held stock, real estate, life insurance, and tangible personal property.

3. Choose the Name for Your Fund

Most of our funds are named for the donor or the donor’s family, or as a memorial to someone special.

4. Choose a Type of Fund

We offer a variety of funds that are flexible to meet our donors’ different charitable interests: Undesignated Funds offer the broadest giving option, allowing grants to be made to wherever our board and professional staff determines our community’s needs are the greatest Field-of-Interest Funds create grants that meet needs in a particular field or geographic area that is of interest to you Donor-Advised Funds enable you to recommend specific eligible organizations to receive grants Scholarship Funds enable students to pursue academic goals. You may define guidelines for candidacy, the advisory committee, the school and announce the award recipient.

Our Foundation for the Future: Planning the Next Phase of Our Mission DCCF Strategic Plan | 2014-2017 Beginning in 2013, the DCCF Board and Staff engaged in a Strategic Planning process to hear from community stakeholders and shape our priorities in the years ahead. While the full plan is more detailed, the following highlights the core elements.

Goals, Objectives, and Strategies: Area: Endowments & Donor Services Goal: Increase the amount of philanthropic activity occurring in partnership with the Foundation.

Objective: Grow the Total Assets of the Foundation by at least 20% (based on 12/31/13 Total Assets of $44M) by the end of 2017 (to a total of $52.8M), including growing the Unrestricted Endowed Assets of the Foundation by at least 50% (to a total of $17M; adding approx. $5.7M in value based on 12/31/13 totals).

Area: Stewardship Goal: Expand the Foundation’s capacity to meet the growing charitable needs of the community.

Objective: Increase the engagement of Fund Donors and Beneficiary Organizations to their respective Funds at the Foundation; and Board Members engagement so that 100% of members feel at least ‘satisfied’ with their participation in the mission of the Foundation.

Area: Grantmaking Goal: Maximize the impact of Foundation grants.

Objective: Enhance the DCCF grant process by modifying grant programs, grant applications, and administration process and guidelines to increase the DCCF’s efficiency and responsiveness to community needs.

Area: Community Initiatives Goal: Proactively address critical challenges in DeKalb County through community initiatives.

Objective: Engage community leaders in a collective impact process, with at least one major initiative identified by the end of 2015; and increase the impact of current community initiative commitments (CommunityWorks, Youth Engaged in Philanthropy and DeKalb County Nonprofit Partnership).

Designated Funds let you support specific organizations while we make sure that grants to these groups remain relevant over time and responsive to changing circumstances Organizational Endowment (Agency) Funds are established by nonprofit organizations to provide income to them. We handle all administrative and investment responsibilities, freeing the organization to pursue its charitable mission.

The Foundation prides itself on its flexibility in meeting the needs and interest of each donor. We will work with you and/ or your financial advisor to create a fund with the terms and conditions designed to carry out your philanthropic intent.

Please contact Dan Templin, Executive Director of the DeKalb County Community Foundation, at (815) 748-5383 or dan@dekalbccf.org to get started on fulfilling your philanthropic vision.

CommunityWorks Initiative:

Early Care and Education, Land Use and Workforce Development The CommunityWorks initiative invests in DeKalb County by cultivating young learners, developing wise use of its natural resources and growing a proficient and skilled workforce.

Nineteen separate CommunityWorks endowment funds together generated $99,715 during 2014 to support CommunityWorks Initiatives.

DeKalb County Wades Into Watershed Planning In 2007 when the DCCF decided to focus its resources on developing reliable tools and resources that DeKalb County decision makers could use to inform wise land use decisions, they didn’t imagine that they would be instrumental in piloting watershed planning in DeKalb County. DCCF’s $30,000 cash match grant secured an additional $58,615 from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in the form of a Watershed Planning Grant through the DeKalb County Stormwater Management Planning Committee. The planning process culminated in June and was adopted by the DeKalb County Board in October 2014. The watershed plan provides best management practices and recommendations for Cortland, Maple Park, Sycamore and surrounding communities. DCCF is poised to partner with schools, governments and nonprofit entities to implement prioritized projects that are identified in the watershed plan. An additional $4,000 grant is being used to update DeKalb County’s wetland maps throughout the county.

DeKalb-Ogle Workforce Development Consortium With its goal to enhance “essential/soft skills” among middle school and high school youth while working to improve employer participation in youth workforce preparation, DCCF partnered with the DeKalb-Ogle Workforce Development Consortium with a grant of $25,000 to help pilot the Industrial Workforce Coordinator program starting in August 2013. DCCF is seeking opportunities to work with educators to issue minigrants up to $2,500 to help them implement curriculum designed to enhance the development of “essential skills” among their students. Contact Anita Zurbrugg: anita@dekalbccf.org.

OVER $17 MILLION IN GRANTS

Grantmaking is the most visible activity of the DeKalb County Community Foundation. It represents a balance of our donors’ interests with community needs. Since our inception in 1993, we have assisted hundreds of organizations with total grants over $17.4 million.

Below are the grants from our Community Needs Grant program in 2014.

Arts & Culture

Repair foundation water leaks and purchase a new $10,136 furnace and air conditioner

DeKalb Area Agricultural Heritage Association Purchase educational banners to share with the community $1,675

DeKalb Area Women’s Center

Companions Journeying Together Implement parenting classes with prisoners at the $375 DeKalb County Jail.

Repair the DAWC’s porch and roof, and prevent water leakage in to the basement $6,000

Cortland Community Library

Hinckley Historical Society

DeKalb Police Department

Improve displays and facilitate fast information gathering and sharing $1,800

Just Make It Happen - DeKalb, Inc. Fund a student learning arts performance for preschool children $2,000

NIU-Visual and Performing Arts School of Music Support the Arts Midwest World Music Festival

$2,500

Sandwich Opera House (ARCH) $15,000

Repair and restore seating

Midwest Museum of Natural History Purchase automatic door openers, a changing table, and exhibit seating $6,866

Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Museum Install a handicapped parking area $5,000 Sycamore Fire Preservation Company Ltd. Restore the Sycamore Fire Department’s 1923 Stutz antique fire engine $2,500

Arts & Culture Total

$43,341

Community Development

B’Y.O.N.D. Sportz (Bettering Youth for Opportunity & New Dreams)

Support B’Y.O.N.D. Sportz fees and academic workshop supplies $2,800

DeKalb County Community Gardens

$7,996

Install storage shelves and craft space

Purchase computer software to help the domestic $1,300 violence unit track calls and responses

Somonauk Summer Recreation Corp

$2,375

Kishwaukee United Way Purchase a new desktop computer

$769

Maple Park Police Department Provide a drop-in center for youth in the Maple Park community $2,500

Northern Illinois Food Bank Fund the Take 50 Food for Health program

$15,000

Somonauk Summer Fest Resurface the walking path in Somonauk Community Park

$5,000

Fund a hospice staff person’s “Powerful Tools for Caregivers” training $602

Install a panic button and scanning system upgrade

$1,500

Sycamore Public Library

Pay-It-Forward House, NFP

$71,276

Community Development Total

$2,655

Create a sensory riding trail

Fox Valley Older Adult Services $3,000

Replace computer network

Replace the refrigerator, microwave, and dinette in the kitchen $1,950

RAMP Purchase workstations and office equipment

$3,000

The Gracie Center

Education

Build job boxes to assist with skill development for participants $1,824

Hiawatha CUSD 426

Purchase a projector and screen for district wide use $3,000

Indian Valley Vocational Center

$55,000

Construct a health wing

NIU-Campus Child Care Purchase fall zone material for a climbing structure in the infant/toddler outdoor environment $10,319

Purchase technology tools for the science department

$2,260 $9,000

Aid in the repair of the old gym roof

Purchase a projector for the Spanish classroom

Children’s Learning Center Inc.

Ben Gordon Center $10,000

Update computers and software

Children’s Home + Aid Fund doula services for young low-income women in Sycamore $610

DeKalb County Health Department Purchase educational displays and equipment to support community wide health education $1,555

Sandwich High School

Elder Care Services of DeKalb County Purchase computers and furniture for the Aging Resource Center waiting area and classrooms $4,500

Family Service Agency of DeKalb County $1,500 $23,500

Replace the school bus

Kirkland Public Library

DeKalb County Hospice DBA KishHealth System Hospice

Add an access path to the varsity softball field at $2,500 Somonauk High School

Replace public use computers for adults and children $2,200

$2,434

Health & Human Services

Fox Valley Family YMCA

St. Mary’s Catholic School - DeKalb

Replace and expand the Genoa Skate Park

$10,000

Environment & Animal Welfare Total

Purchase supplies for a part-time intake coordinator position to provide community legal education $1,325 presentations

DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation – Genoa Soaring Project

Genoa Park District

Purchase surgical equipment for the veterinary clinic

$2,434

Equine Dreams

Somonauk High School

Fund a strategic planning process to promote economic development in Genoa $3,000

TAILS Humane Society

Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project

Purchase capital items to enable DCCG to reach more DeKalb County residents in need $4,000

Upgrade computer systems

Environment & Animal Welfare

Clinton Township Public Library

Launch a Neutral Exchange program for court ordered custodial exchanges between parents

$7,300

Greater Elgin Family Care Center Purchase vision screening equipment

$5,000

Cornerstone Christian Academy Purchase an interactive KidzBoard, Mobile Stand, $500 and Ultra-Short Throw Projector Bundle

Hope Haven Convert a portion of the shelter to single room occupancy units for mentally ill homeless individuals

$20,000

DeKalb High School Music Department Purchase a harp and rebuild pianos $4,486

Kishwaukee Family YMCA

Jerry L. Johns Literacy Clinic NIU

Toward the YMCA’s capital campaign to expand the YMCA parking and exercise facilities $80,000*

Support a community-wide family literacy event $1,400 called Literacy on the Lawn

Kishwaukee Special Recreation Association

Neighbors’ House

Assist in funding an Adult Day Activities program

$2,500

Purchase a copy machine and supplies

$1,800

Health & Human Services Total

New Hope Baptist Church

$145,996

Assist with the establishment of the Good Life $1,990 Academy’s nonprofit status

Education Total

$114,755

Total Community Needs Grants Awarded in 2014 $377,802 *A multi-year grant to be distributed over two years

The DCCF Board continued its commitment to community leadership and proactive grantmaking by allocating $15,500 in 2014 to coordinate the DeKalb County Nonprofit Partnership (DCNP). DCNP strengthens the nonprofit community through leadership, professional development and collaboration. Member benefits include free workshops, access to resources, discounts from participating local venders and networking opportunities.

Entering its third year as a network of nonprofit organizations and community supporters, DCNP is partnering with the Doug and Lynn Roberts Family Foundation to offer exciting new programs including: • Nonprofit Board Excellence Program, offering board member orientation and continuing education opportunities throughout the year • Undergraduate internship program – a joint program with NIU Center for Non-Governmental Organization Leadership & Development (NGOLD) in which nonprofit organizations and undergraduate students (receiving $575 stipends) mutually benefit.

• DeKalb County’s second online giving day on May 5, 2015, Give Local DeKalb County.

Are you Interested in supporting DCNP or becoming a member? Contact Gretchen Ahrens, DCNP Coordinator Intern, 815-748-5383 or gretchen@dekalbccf.org.

On May 6, 2014, DCCF and DCNP joined forces to raise $119,443.14 for 48 local nonprofit organizations through an inaugural on-line day of giving called Give Local DeKalb County. Donations from 868 generous individuals coming from 21 states were inflated with a $20,000 grant from DCCF in celebration of its 20th anniversary.

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BOARD of DIRECTORS – 2014 Our 21-member volunteer Board of Directors is geographically-representative of DeKalb County.

Marcy Billington, Kingston

Kevin Buick, Sycamore

Amie Carey, Hinckley

Micki Chulick, DeKalb

Latricia Dawkins, DeKalb

Patricia Foster, Shabbona

Kevin Fuss, DeKalb

Kristina Garcia, Sycamore

Marcia Goodrich, DeKalb

LaVerne Gyant, DeKalb

Alethia Hummel, Sandwich

Donna Larson, Sycamore, Vice President

Kevin McArtor, Malta

Charles McCormick, Sycamore

Frank Roberts, DeKalb, Treasurer

Penny Rosenow, DeKalb

Tim Suter, DeKalb, President

Dana Stover, DeKalb

Donna Turner, Kirkland

Dick Underwood, Somonauk

Beth White, Waterman

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Dan Templin Executive Director

Barb King Administrative Manager

Becky Zantout Grants & Community Initiatives Manager

Anita Zurbrugg Program Director

New funds - 2014

Agency

Field of Interest

Marian Elliott SEF Sycamore High School Fund

To provide financial support for projects that enhance student learning experiences at Sycamore High School.

To provide unrestricted supplemental operating support to the Sycamore History Museum to assist them in their services in fulfillment of their mission.

Designated

Wiegele Family Early Childhood Literacy Fund

Pat Humo Nursing Fund

Contributes to the educational expenses of a graduating senior from Sycamore High School.

Pass Through

Marian Elliott Scholarship Fund

With a mission to host great cycling events, support local bike advocacy, and promote a community of awesomeness.

DeKalb County Community Development Fund

Established by the DCCF Board, this Fund will allow a variety of donors to support time-limited community development projects throughout DeKalb County.

Contributes to the educational expenses of a graduating senior from Sycamore High School pursuing a degree in Education, who are eligible to re-apply for a renewal scholarship.

Lucille and Darryl Strack Scholarship Fund

Contributes to the educational expenses of a graduating senior from Sycamore High School pursuing a degree in Education, who are eligible to re-apply for a renewal scholarship.

DeKalb County Civil War Monument Fund

Makes an annual distribution to Kishwaukee College for the purpose of funding an annual scholarship award to a student enrolled in the nursing program at the College.

Donor Advised

Donald & Rosemary Redmond Fund

Supports early childhood literacy outreach direct services to underserved populations of children in DeKalb County.

Axletree Fund

Sycamore History Museum Endowment Fund

Scholarship

Provides a depository for public contributions to support the renovation and upkeep of the DeKalb County Civil War Monument.

Undesignated

Victor F. Barresi Memorial Fund

In memory of Vic, his family established this Fund in order to continue his practice of giving back to the community that he loved.

DeKalb Rotary Club Charitable Impact Fund To support charitable projects that are of interest to the DeKalb Rotary Club

Sycamore Rotary Club Charitable Impact Fund

To support charitable projects that are of interest to the Sycamore Rotary Club.

DeKalb County Community Foundation 475 DeKalb Ave • Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 748-5383 • (815) 748-5873 fax www.dekalbccf.org

Ronald G. Klein Community Fund In honor of DCCF’s first Board President, this fund supports the grantmaking priorities of the DCCF Board.