Moments in Philanthropy || January, 2010
In this issue
Letter from Kathleen Woit,
President, Madison Community Foundation
New Funds Established in December
2009 at Madison Community Foundation
Madison Community Foundation Helps
Seniors in a Crisis
Putting Food on Family Tables – St. Vincent de
Paul
Columbus, Middleton, and Rio Affiliate Funds Have New Website Pages
A Fund for Women: Successful Fundraising – Impactful
Grants
Waunakee
Business "Gives Back"
Rich Lynch and Kathleen Woit Receive Best of Madison Business
Awards
Upcoming Events for Agencies Supported by
MCF
The
following was published as a letter to the editor of the Wisconsin State Journal
on December 25, 2009. It was also published online by AllBusiness, a Dun and
Bradstreet company.
Letter to the Community
Each year, the Madison Community Foundation endeavors to build on Dane County
community assets in ways that are especially meaningful. In 2009, the MCF Board
of Governors and staff forged a special grants relationship with 14 charitable
organizations. The outcome of these grants was extraordinary. We thank the
staffs from Bethel Lutheran Church Food Pantry, Community Action Coalition, East
Madison Community Center, Energy Services, Inc., First United Methodist Church
Food Pantry, Habitat For Humanity (HFHDC), Independent Living, Inc.,
North/Eastside Senior Coalition, Porchlight, Inc., The River Food Pantry, Second
Harvest Foodbank of Southern WI, and Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
Their quick and smart implementation of projects helped to plant
community gardens, build food pantry infrastructures, construct low cost
housing, expand food delivery and transportation services to the elderly, and
increase capacity for energy assistance and leverage state funds for the Dane
County Food Share program.
Kudos to MCF fundholders for joining in with
gifts to support the MCF 2009 grantmaking program. What a generous community we
all live in.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Woit, President
Madison
Community Foundation
New Funds at Madison Community
Foundation
Charles M. Himel Fund
Central WI Center Education Fund
Escher
Family Fund
Mary P. Burke Education Fund
Lodi Area Community
Endowment
Lodi Area Community Passthrough Fund
David John LeMahieu
Fund
Donna McDowell Beestman Acorn Fund for A Fund For
Women
Madison Community Foundation Helps Seniors in a
Crisis
In early December, staff at Madison Community Foundation learned that the
Independent Living Homelessness Prevention program budget was cut by $30,000,
and they stepped in quickly with a plan to fill the gap.
“We heard about
the necessary budget cut on Thursday evening and by Friday afternoon were able
to identify $20,000 from a restricted fund that is a part of the Madison
Community Foundation Community Impact Grant Funding,” said Tom Linfield, Vice
President, Grantmaking & Community Initiatives. “An MCF fundholder who
wishes to remain anonymous provided an additional $10,000 to help restore the
entire amount.”
The funds will assist Independent Living in subsidizing
interim rent payments for very low-income elderly in the Dane County community
waiting for Section 8 vouchers or other public funding and in danger of becoming
homeless.
Independent Living Inc. is a nonprofit, multi-service agency
that assists people with disabilities and older adults, enabling them to live
with dignity and independence while maintaining health and well-being. For more
information about the Homelessness Prevention program call (608) 274-7900 or
visit www.indepenliving.com.
Putting Food on Family Tables –
The St.
Vincent de Paul Challenge Grant
Putting food on otherwise empty tables is the major goal of the St. Vincent
de Paul food pantry, located in a brand new building on Fish Hatchery Road in
Madison.
The largest and busiest food pantry in Dane County, it served
over 220,000 households in the last fiscal year – over 10% of the total
households in Dane County. Originally a $4 million project with an opening date
of February 2009, an additional $500,000 was needed to finish paying for the
building. This fall, MCF offered a $100,000 challenge grant to assist St.
Vincent de Paul in raising $400,000 to finish their campaign.
“We got
where we are today with the help of tremendous community leadership, including
Bob Koch as the Honorary Campaign Chair,” said Ralph Middlecamp, Executive
Director at Society of St. Vincent de Paul – District Council of Madison. “We
are so appreciative of the challenge grant from MCF. It has helped re-energize
our campaign, allowing us to approach donors who had not been in a position to
help us before. We have to raise about $170,000 more in order to meet the
match.”
Middlecamp talked about how lucky they were to have the building
in place just as the need increased. “This building provides expanded capacity
and the ability to serve our clients with dignity and privacy. The upsurge in
numbers of families served this past year has been phenomenal, and we have been
able to meet the demand.”
Read all about the fundraising campaign here:
St. Vincent de Paul Website
And see a
video about financing and building the center here.
To contribute to
the St.Vincent de Paul Challenge Grant, please click here: or contact Paul
Houseman, Donor Relations - phouseman@madisoncommunityfoundation.org,
or (608) 232-1763.
Columbus, Middleton, and Rio Affiliate Funds Have New
Website Pages
Columbus, Middleton, and Rio Affiliate Community Funds housed at Madison
Community Foundation can now be accessed through the MCF website. Donors can
make donations to the funds, obtain updates, or see news about the funds on
those webpages.
Each of these Affiliate Funds is an endowment housed at
MCF, but serve a community outside
Madison. Each Affiliate Fund is
represented by an advisory committee of residents from that
community.
Advisory committee members raise resources for the endowment and recommend
distributions from the endowment for charitable causes within that community.
Affiliates partner with MCF to maximize earnings, secure principal and minimize
administrative costs. Endowment principal is held in perpetuity by Madison
Community Foundation for the benefit of that community.
For more
information, to access the webpages of any of the above funds, or to make
donations to any of the funds please visit the affiliate section of our
website: MCF Affiliates or contact Bob Sorge, Vice
President of Strategic Development bsorge@madisoncommunityfoundation.org,
or (608) 232-1763.
A Fund For Women:
Successful Fundraising –
Impactful Grants
The executive committee and staff of A Fund For Women finished 2009 with much
to celebrate.
Two matching challenge grants provided by an anonymous donor,
one for $25,000 in early autumn and another for $25,000 presented at the AFFW
Annual Event in October, spurred donors to give beyond the amount needed to
match the grants before the end of 2009.
“This accomplishment is a prime
example of my belief that no matter what the economy is doing, when people feel
passionate about a cause, they will support it,” said Jan Gietzel, Executive
Director of AFFW. “Our supporters care passionately about women and girls and
the quality of their lives in our local community and proved so by giving beyond
what was asked for.”
A Fund For Women is a component fund of the Madison
Community Foundation.
A Fund For Women Executive Committee grant awards
for 2009:
- Care Net Pregnancy Center of Dane County – The Elizabeth House: $2,300
- The Exchange Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse: $21,500
- Goodman Community Center: $15,000
- Kennedy Heights Community Center: $8,000
- Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc: $10,000
- The Rainbow Project, Inc:$19,700
- Canopy Center, Inc: $23,500
Waunakee Business
“Gives
Back”
Endres Manufacturing Company of Waunakee, a fourth
generation locally owned business, has long been committed to philanthropic
contribution and continued that commitment in 2009. The company gave over
$144,000 in sponsorships and monetary donations to over 60 local organizations,
and donated over $19,200 in labor and materials in job work. The Endres
Manufacturing Company Foundation gave over $75,000 in grant money to local
non-profits. In addition, family members made personal, individual donations
totaling roughly $900,000 in
2009.
“The Endres-Ballweg Family is to be commended for the
exceptional contribution they make to our DaneCounty community,” said Kathleen Woit, President of Madison Community
Foundation. “Not only does the company put its money where its heart is, but it
also supports employee philanthropic activity by matching contributions and
providing generous time off for volunteer
activities."
Rich Lynch and Kathleen Woit Receive Best of
Madison Business Awards
Rich Lynch, President and Partner of J.H. Findorff and Sons and Vice Chair of
the Madison Community Foundation Board of Governors, and Kathleen Woit,
President of Madison Community Foundation, are two of three Madisonians to be
recognized by Madison Magazine with the Best of Madison Business Awards for
2010. All recipients will be honored at a luncheon at Monona Terrace Community
and Convention Center on January 21, 2010.
If you would like to attend the awards luncheon, Contact Nazia Husain,
Marketing Coordinator at Madison Magazine (608) 270-3631 or email nhusain@madisonmagazine.com
Upcoming Events for Agencies Supported by
MCF
Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek: “Writing and Illustrating Children's
Books”
What: Caldecott Award winning
children's book author Kevin Henkes and his illustrator wife Laura Dronzek will
discuss their new picture book, Birds, as part of a series of events to
help you learn more about the Madison Community Foundation’s 2009 Library
Endowment Matching Challenge Grant program.
When: Sunday,
January 24, 2010
Where: Sequoya Library
For more
information click here.
Grand Opening for Urban League
of Greater Madison Center for Economic Development and
Workforce
Training
What: Grand Opening and dedication of
the new building at 2222 S. Park Street
When: Friday,
February 19, 2010
Where: 2222 S. Park Street, Madison
For more information, go to www.ulgm.org