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FOUNDATION
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40 Years of Giving
1975
- 2015
1975-2015
■ Foundation Ambassadors
■ Joseph J. Sanchez Memorial Fund
■ Emergency Relief Fund
■ John P. Winston Sr. Memorial Fund
■ Medical Grants
■ Survivors Relief Fund
■ Frank E. McCarthy Memorial Fund
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Forty Years and
Counting
When it comes to foundations, it’s easy to count the
money. But it’s really the number of people who have
been positively affected that is the preeminent issue in any
humanitarian quest.
So it is with the utmost pleasure that we report the
National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation has
witnessed 40 years of phenomenal achievements.
Robert P. Mallon
Chairman of the
Board of Trustees
More than 2.5 million people have received
cardiopulmonary resuscitation training as a result of CPR
manikins presented to organizations in all 50 states over these past 40 years.
Children with disabilities and wounded veterans have been the recipients of highly
trained assistance dogs. Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) has been a
superb organization to be associated with in this grand effort.
More than 8,700 new-car and -truck dealership employees have received financial
support from the Emergency Relief Fund after such devastating natural disasters
as hurricanes Andrew, Katrina and Sandy.
More than 120 spouses and children of victims of the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001, have received scholarship grants as a result of the
Foundation’s participation with Scholarship America.
So whom do we thank? The bulk of our gratitude goes to the new-car and -truck
dealer members of NADA, their state and metro associations, and the National
Automobile Dealers Association itself! And how are we looking to help in
the next 40 years?
The Ambassadors program alone will one day generate more than $500,000 of gifts
to worthy organizations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia—annually! We’re
on our way to achieving that!
The next 40 years are sure to be greater because of the past 40.
To so many of you, thank you for your support and “Godspeed!”
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Milestones 2
40
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Foundation Ambassadors 6
Frank E. McCarthy Memorial Fund 10
Joseph J. Sanchez & John P. Winston Sr. Memorial Funds 11
Medical Grants Program 12
Road Safety Program 13
Emergency Relief Fund 14
Survivors Relief Fund 15
Programs and Contact Info 16
NADA Foundation News is published by the National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the National
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40 Years of Giving
1975
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B
egun in 1975, the National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation celebrates its
40th anniversary this year. The Foundation has donated nearly $13 million to a variety
of organizations, causes, and people in need. Here are some of the major highlights.
1975
The National Automobile Dealers Charitable
Foundation is founded as a tax-exempt,
nonprofit organization devoted to raising and
distributing funds to health and
educational institutions.
1979
The John P. Winston, Sr.,
Memorial Fund is established
in memory of the longtime
corporate secretary of NADA
to provide grants to private,
independent colleges
and universities.
More than 50 grants are made under the
Foundation’s flagship Emergency Medical
Services program, providing Resusci-Anne
CPR training units to organizations
in 37 states.
1985
The Joseph J. Sanchez
Memorial Fund is
established in honor of
the former vice president
and general manager of
Oldsmobile to provide
grants to private-sector colleges.
1990
The Foundation board of trustees is expanded
from nine members to 21, giving more individuals
the opportunity to participate in directing the
Foundation’s good works.
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The Foundation produces a public service
announcement, “CPR: Don’t Be a Dummy. Learn
It.” It is distributed nationally to more than 600
television stations.
40 YEARS
1992
The Emergency Relief Fund is created to aid
the victims of deadly Hurricane Andrew in South
Florida and along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Since
then, the program has come to the aid of more
than 8,700 dealership employees with financial
assistance totaling almost $5 million.
1994
More than $100,000 is distributed to dealership
employees affected by the earthquake in
Southern California and severe flooding in
Georgia and Houston.
The Ambassadors Program is established to
give the Foundation’s major donors the
opportunity to make a difference in their own
communities with $1,000 gifts every three years.
Ten ambassadors and 20 sustaining ambassadors
sign up in the program’s first year.
1995
The Foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary.
A special donation of $7,500 is made to the
Salvation Army’s Oklahoma City Victims Relief
Fund following the bombing of the
Alfred P. Murrah federal building.
1997
The Legacy Program is established to recognize
those who have committed to the Foundation in
their estate planning.
1999
The Foundation’s treasury reaches $5 million,
thanks in part to contributions from more than
150 ambassadors in 43 states.
2001
The late Ebe S. Townsend, Sr.,
becomes the Foundation’s
200th Ambassador.
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40 YEARS
2001
The Survivors Relief Fund is created
to provide aid for the survivors of those
killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The fund collects more than $1.6
million, including a $500,000 donation
from the National Football League to
thank the association for switching
the dates of the 2002 Super Bowl
with the NADA convention, both held
in New Orleans.
The Frank E.
McCarthy
Memorial Fund is
created in memory
of the longtime
NADA president.
2002
The Sanchez
Memorial Fund surpasses $300,000
in grants to private, independent
colleges with the presentation of
$7,000 to Westminster College in Salt
Lake City, Utah.
2003
A check for $1 million from the Survivors Relief
Fund is presented to Scholarship America,
the nation’s largest nonprofit educational
support organization, at NADA’s convention
in San Francisco.
2004
DCH Auto Group president and CEO Shau-wai
Lam enrolls all 27 of his dealerships in the
Ambassadors Program.
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Trustees choose Canine Companions for
Independence, a pioneer in training dogs to assist
people with physical disabilities, to receive
grants under the McCarthy Memorial Fund.
Johanna Benthal, eight, and her golden retriever/
lab mix, Taffy, become the first pair to benefit
from a Foundation grant.
40 YEARS
2005
NADA raises and distributes nearly $4 million to
more than 6,000 dealership employees affected
by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama and Texas – the largest
outpouring of aid in the Emergency Relief Fund’s
13-year history.
2008
NADA Chairman Annette Sykora presents New
Orleans Saints Drew Brees’ Dream Foundation
with $400,000 to restore the hurricane-ravaged
athletic fields at Lusher Charter School.
2010
Kathryn Reynolds Wayland becomes the NADA
Foundation’s 500th Ambassador.
2011
The Foundation donates $100,000 to the Japan
Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief Fund of
the American Red Cross.
2012
More than $500,000 is distributed to nearly
700 dealership employees affected by
Hurricane Sandy.
2013
The NADA Foundation assists dealership
employees affected by various disasters
in Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Iowa
and West Virginia.
2015
The Foundation celebrates its 40th year.
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THE FACES OF A FOUNDATION
Foundation
Ambassadors
T
he National Automobile
Dealers Charitable
Foundation welcomed 44 new
Ambassadors in 2014, bringing the total
number to over 700.
“Dealers and associations across the
country are setting a great example
by utilizing the Ambassadors program
as part of their charitable giving,”
said Bob Mallon, chairman of the
NADA Foundation. “I cannot thank
them enough for their support. The
Foundation would not be what it is
today without them.”
Al Lotspeich (in memoriam), Jake
Lotspeich and Matt Lotspeich from
Lotspeich Automotive in Warrensburg,
Mo., were named Ambassadors of
Distinction by Dale Willey, NADCF
trustee and Ambassador of Distinction
from Lawrence, Kan.
Les Eck, president of Rusty Eck Ford in
Wichita, Kan. has added three additional
ambassadorships for a total of six. Eck
created an annual scholarship fund to
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THE FACES OF A FOUNDATION
Greater New York Auto
Dealers Chairman Bob
Vail (left) Honoring
John LaSorsa of
LaSorsa Chevrolet
Buick Mitsubishi
benefit college-bound students from his
high school alma mater in Haven, Kan.
Don Hicks of Aurora, Colo., named his
grandson, Decker Thomas Kohler, as an
Ambassador. At only a few months old,
Decker is the youngest Ambassador.
The Greater New York Auto Dealers
Association named past chairmen Leon
Geller, Neale Kuperman, John LaSorsa,
and its president Mark Schienberg
as Ambassadors.
Several state and metro dealer
associations, recognized as Ambassadors
of Distinction, including the Ohio
Columbus, Dayton and Toledo
groups, which have collectively
contributed $120,000.
To become an Ambassador, a dealer,
company, association or individual
makes a tax-deductible contribution
of $10,000, sometimes in recognition
of a loved one, living or deceased.
Ambassadors are then eligible to
provide $1,500 grants every three
years in perpetuity.
Each year, more than $250,000 in
grants are donated to organizations in
the public or private sector, supporting
a variety of causes, from emergency
and medical services to educational
programs. Last year, 218 Ambassadors
were eligible to present grants to
organizations of their choice.
“Dealers and associations across the country are setting
a great example by utilizing the Ambassadors program
as part of their charitable giving,” said Bob Mallon,
chairman of the NADA Foundation. “I cannot thank
them enough for their support. The Foundation would
not be what it is today without them.”
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2014
NEW
AMBASSADORS
James G. Barney*
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Catherine and John
Campbell
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2014
NEW
Lloyd B. Carlson*
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
San Diego, California
Paul Conant
Harry “Andy” Crews
Huntington Beach, California
Bedford, New Hampshire
AMBASSADORS
Chrysler Minority Dealers
Association, Inc.
Miami, Florida
Dayton Area Auto Dealers
Association
Stephen P. DeMitri
Marlton, New Jersey
Dublin, Ohio
Ethos Group in honor of
Brian Hamilton
Steve Everett
Vicki G. Fabré
Leon Geller
Valdosta, Georgia
Renton, Washington
Yonkers, New York
Margaret Kathleen Genthe
Joan W. Goebel
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Charlottesville, Virginia
Greater Cincinnati
Automobile Dealers
Association
Spokane Valley, Washington
Irving, Texas
Marlene K. Hollenback
West Chester, Ohio
Not Pictured
Michael Baillargeon
Greenland, New Hampshire
Alene Gilchrist*
Tacoma, Washington
* In memoriam
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Susan M. Kelly
Steve Klein
Lumberton, New Jersey
Everett, Washington
2014 NEW AMBASSADORS • 2014 NEW AMBASSADORS
Neale Kuperman
John LaSorsa
J. Theodore Linhart
Blauvelt, New York
Bronx, New York
Richmond, Virginia
Al Lotspeich*
Jake Lotspeich
Matthew L. Lotspeich
Frank J. McCarthy
Warrensburg, Missouri
Warrensburg, Missouri
Warrensburg, Missouri
Chantilly, Virginia
Diane M. Ogle
Janet L. Perini
Darrell G. Reynolds
Renton, Washington
Marlton, New Jersey
Milan, Illinois
Robert P. Ross, Sr.*
Decker Thomas Kohler
Aurora, Colorado
Dayton, Ohio
Rusty Eck Ford, Inc.
Mark Schienberg
Thomas C. Smith
Edward C. Tonkin
Wichita, Kansas
Whitestone, New York
Wilmington, Delaware
Portland, Oregon
Vincent F. Tulley, Sr.*
Mary Lynde Way
Nashua, New Hampshire
Hawkinsville, Georgia
* In memoriam
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McCARTHY MEMORIAL FUND
Canine Companions
I
n 2014, Joe Verde, president of
the Joe Verde Group in San Juan
Capistrano, Calif., was the top
bidder on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle
auctioned at the NADA convention
in New Orleans.
Verde’s winning bid of $27,000, which
was donated by ADESA, went to benefit
the Wounded Veterans Initiative of
Canine Companions for Independence
(CCI). CCI trains companion dogs
for wounded veterans, a cause long
supported by the nation’s new-car
and -truck dealers.
“These wounded veterans give so
much. We really appreciate the NADA
Foundation for making us aware of
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Canine Companions and for giving us
the opportunity to contribute to such
a worthy cause,” said Verde, an Army
veteran who served in Vietnam.
This is the third year ADESA has held a
live auction at the NADA convention.
Proceeds from the auction and the
grant go to the NADA Foundation’s
Frank E. McCarthy Memorial Fund, in
whose name the CCI donation is made.
McCarthy was chief executive of NADA
from 1968 to 2001.
Since 2002, the NADA Foundation’s
Frank E. Memorial Fund has contributed
$250,000 to Canine Companions for
Independence. McCarthy served as
NADA president for more than 30 years.
SANCHEZ/WINSTON FUNDS
Memories Live On
T
he Joseph J. Sanchez Memorial
Fund was established in 1985
to honor the memory of the
former vice president and general
manager of Oldsmobile Division of
General Motors and first president of the
Saturn Corporation. Sanchez overcame
many hardships, including childhood
polio, to achieve great success in the
auto industry.
Students traditionally have received
$7,000 for emergency needs at four
accredited private, independent colleges
or universities in each of the NADA’s
four regions, for an annual grant total of
$28,000. Each school selects the student
recipients based on their own criteria.
To date, a total of $550,000 has been
donated in Sanchez’s memory.
J
ohn P. Winston, Sr., the late
corporate secretary of NADA,
was an accomplished attorney
dedicated to ethical practices and a
man of deep religious conviction and
devotion to his family. In his memory,
the John P. Winston, Sr., Memorial Fund
was established in 1990 for the study of
ethics discipline.
Like the Sanchez fund, $7,000 grants are
presented to four private independent
colleges or universities in the four NADA
regions each year. To date, the Winston
Fund has donated $518,000.
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MEDICAL GRANTS PROGRAM
Saving Lives
S
ince 1975, new-car and -truck
dealers have participated in the
Foundation’s Medical Grants
program to donate cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) training manikins to
organizations across the country.
In 2014 alone, more than 140 units
with an estimated value of $140,000
were donated, including 10 training
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manikins to six schools in New Orleans
and a group representing 14 volunteer
fire departments.
Since the program’s inception, more
than 4,800 manikins with a value of
more than $4 million have been donated
to organizations in all 50 states and
Washington, D.C.
ROAD SAFETY PROGRAM
Road Safety Grants
T
he Road Safety Grant Program
provides funds to help newcar dealers start or promote
road safety in their communities. The
program provides dealers up to $500
to sponsor a safety event at their
dealerships. The grants are provided as
a matching contribution for expenses
incurred by dealers.
Dealers can use these grants to start
programs to install child passenger
safety seats, promote teen and senior
driving safety, educate consumers
about rural road safety, or combat
distracted driving.
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EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND
Emergency Relief Fund
I
t can take months to pick up the
pieces after a natural disaster
strikes. With assistance from
the Foundation’s Emergency Relief
Fund, dealership employees who
suffer losses in emergencies caused by
flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes or other
natural disasters receive immediate
financial assistance.
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In 2014, the Emergency Relief Fund
provided assistance to dealership
employees in Arkansas, Alabama
and Mississippi. Since the fund was
established in 1992, more than $5 million
has been provided to more than 8,700
dealership employees.
SURVIVORS RELIEF FUND
Survivors Relief Fund
T
he Survivors Relief Fund was
created to provide aid for
survivors of those killed in the
Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The Foundation
was among the first organizations to
support 9/11 families with contributions
to Scholarship America, making it
possible for the sons, daughters
and spouses of Americans killed or
permanently disabled during the attacks
in New York City, Washington, D.C., and
Shanksville, Pa., to attend college.
To date, $732,400 in scholarship aid has
been awarded to 122 students.
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FOUNDATION PROGRAMS
About the Foundation
Charitable Funds and Programs
Ambassadors Program
Offers dealers, companies, associations
or individuals the opportunity to
make meaningful contributions to the
establishments that have been the source
of their success: their communities, their
nation and their industry.
Emergency Relief Fund
Offers financial assistance to dealership
employees affected by unforeseen
emergencies and natural disasters.
Medical Grants
Provides CPR training manikins to
organizations in all 50 states and the
District of Columbia.
Frank E. McCarthy Memorial Fund
Supports Canine Companions for
Independence (and its Wounded Veterans
Initiative), a nonprofit organization that
provides highly trained assistance dogs to
people with disabilities.
Road Safety Grants
Provides dealers up to $500 to sponsor a
safety event at their dealership. The grants
are provided as a matching contribution
for expenses incurred by dealers.
Joseph J. Sanchez Memorial Fund
Provides annual grants for students
with emergency financial needs at four
accredited private colleges annually.
John P. Winston Sr. Memorial Fund
Provides annual grants for the study
of ethics at four accredited private
colleges each year.
Survivors Relief Fund
Created to support the educational
needs of 9/11 families, including the sons
and daughters of Americans killed or
permanently disabled during the attacks
in New York City, Washington, D.C., and
Shanksville, Pa.
For more information or to get involved with the Foundation,
visit www.nada.org/cf or call 703.821.7233.
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