Women`s Fund of Santa Barbara

Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara
www.womensfundsb.org
Women’s Fund Highlights •
The Women’s Fund has donated more than $3 million to Santa
Barbara area non-profits since 2004.
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We’ve grown from 67 members in 2004 to more than 500 individual and group members in 2010.
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Our expenses never exceed 3% of our donations. In 2010, generous underwriters paid ALL expenses so that every dollar donated
is applied to community needs.
Thanks to $100,000 remaining from Betty Elings Wells’ 2010
matching grant, every dollar donated in 2011 (above
$350,000) will be matched 2-for-1, up to $100,000.
Since the Women’s Fund granted a lead gift of $150,000 to the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy (DPEA), this program has received regional and national awards
for its robotics competitions. The director, Amir Abo-Shaeer, became the first public
school teacher to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. The students in this program (50%
are girls) develop analytical and critical thinking skills that benefit them in whatever
career or academic path they choose to pursue.
What is the Women’s Fund?
The Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara is a collective volunteer
donor group that enables women to combine their charitable
dollars and provide significant grants focused on the critical
needs of women, children and families in Santa Barbara,
Goleta and Carpinteria.
The concept is simple:
• Women join as individual members for $2,500 or more
a year (or as part of a group totaling $2,500 or more).
• We identify
researched.
critical
community
issues
to
be
• We research local non-profits addressing selected
issues and create a ballot of possible grants for
members to consider. The research process includes
a thorough review of non-profits’ goals, financials,
leadership, sustainability and measurable results.
• We vote on how to distribute the collected funds.
• We celebrate the announcement of recipients at an
awards luncheon in the Spring.
• We tour grantee sites in the Fall to learn how Women’s
Fund gifts are changing lives.
The Women’s Fund is committed to educating and inspiring
women to become leaders in philanthropy and demonstrating
the impact of collective giving.
For more information about the Women’s Fund and how to
join, please visit www.womensfundsb.org.
Women’s Fund Recipients
2010-11 $565,000
Carpinteria Children’s Project at Main
$135,000
Channel Islands YMCA
$100,000
The Children’s Project Foundation
$75,000
Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) $95,000
Mobile Waterford
$95,000
WillBridge of Santa Barbara
$65,000
2009-10
$365,000
Casa Esperanza Homeless Center $90,000
Catholic Charities of Santa Barbara $85,000
Domestic Violence Solutions $75,000
Sarah House $40,000
St. Vincent’s of Santa Barbara $75,000
More women have
been helped at the
Breast Cancer Resource Center because
of the Women’s Fund
grant of $30,000 for a
new computer system
to aid in providing peer
support and information to cancer patients
and their families.
Women’s Fund Recipients 2008-09
$725,000
AllforOne Youth and Mentoring $65,000
Breast Cancer Resource Center $30,000
Casa Serena $75,000
CORE at Santa Barbara Junior High $70,000
Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy
$150,000
Future Leaders of America $65,000
The Parent Project $35,000
PathPoint $75,000
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics $80,000
United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara $80,000
2007-08
$600,000
Angels Foster Care of Santa Barbara $85,000
Casa Pacifica $55,000
Family Service Agency $95,000
Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara $55,000
Isla Vista Youth Projects $60,000
People’s Self-Help Housing $50,000
Storyteller Children’s Center Transition House $150,000
$50,000
More than $3 million donated since 2004.
Please visit www.womensfundsb.org for descriptions of grants and photos.
Women’s Fund Recipients 2006-07
$485,000
Court Appointed Special Advocates, CASA $180,000
Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center $100,000
Child Abuse Listening and Mediation, CALM $100,000
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, CADA $105,000
2005-06
$200,000
Domestic Violence Solutions $50,000
Noah’s Anchorage $20,000
Adelante Amigas - Planned Parenthood $40,000
Santa Barbara Teen Center $90,000
2004-05
$140,000
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics $105,000
St. Vincent’s of Santa Barbara $35,000
In 2004, the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics received $105,000 to complete
their capital campaign for the Eastside Family Dental Clinic. This first Women’s Fund
grant was followed in 2008 with $80,000 for a health tracking system to aid in stimulating preventive care for underserved women and their families.
Thank You
Thank you to our generous 2010 special contributors,
underwriters and members.
2010 Special Contributors:
• Betty Elings Wells
• Orfalea Foundations
• Santa Barbara Foundation – our fiscal home and source of
counsel and administrative support
Applause to Betty Elings Wells for her $250,000 matching
grant, which provided $2 for every $1 raised above
$350,000 in 2010.
2010 Underwriters:
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Kathryn Calise
Jo Gifford
Dale Kern
Carole MacElhenny
Carolyn Novick
Regina Roney
Meredith & John Scott
Sarah de Tagyos
Lynda Fairly
Gainey Vineyards
Stina Hans
Carol Hicks
Christy Kelso
Barbara Lowes
Billie Maunz
Joetta McClintock
Carol Palladini
Nikki Rickard
Bette Saks
Parm Williams
Santa Barbara Airbus
Special thanks to Kathryn Calise for covering all costs
associated with the May 2, 2011 Awards Luncheon.
Women’s Fund Members
Individual Members
Anonymous Connie Kennelly Barbara Hauter Woodward # Pat Aptaker #
Dale Kern *
Fritzie Yamin *
Laurie Ashton Kath Lavidge
Linda Yawitz Jan Baxter Lillian Lovelace *
*
Denotes Founding Member
Jill Bellowe *
Cindy Lyons *
# Denotes Both Group and
Leslie Bernstein
Evelyn Lyons Individual Member
Alberta Binns Carole MacElhenny *#
Nori Brown*
Patricia MacFarlane # Catherine Brozowski Marilyn Magid Mary Burnham Pam Maines Kathryn Calise Judy McKee *
Susan Case Lois Mitchell Louise Casey Valerie Montgomery
Jane Catlett Phyllis Mozillo Robin Cederlof Natalie S. Myerson *
Zora Charles*
Nanette Nevins Linda Clough Carolyn Novick NancyBell Coe Linda Odell Sallie Coughlin # Barbara Offerman *#
Carolyn Croft Carrie Ohly-Cusack #
Sheila Davidson Sheri Overall *
Deanna Dehlsen Carol Palladini *#
Ginni Dreier *# Sue Parker *
Jettie Edwards Susan Plumer Sharon Felder Claudette Roehrig #
Vasanti F. Fithian Kyra Rogers # Mary Ann Froley #
Regina Roney #
Jo Gifford *#
Susan Rose *
Nancy Goldsholl *
Sally St. John Melissa Gough #
Maryan Schall *
Peri Harcourt *#
Elna Scheinfeld *
Anne Harte Sonya Schroeder
Pamela Hawes Judy Stapelmann *
A Women’s Fund grant of $65,000
to Future Leaders of America enVicki Hazard Margaret Staton *
ables Latino students to receive
Judith Hopkinson *
Ann M. Steinmetz leadership training and mentor
Shirley Ann Hurley *
Anne Smith Towbes *#
ing. As a youth-led organization,
Anne Hutchins Jo Beth Van Gelderen students identify, plan, implement
and participate in several activities
Jackie Inskeep
Dianne Vapnek *
throughout the school year. The
Katy Jenks Sue Vincent program fosters college-educat
Diana Katsenes Betty Wells # ed, civic-minded role models who
Elaine Kendall
Parm Williams # give back to their communities.
Women’s Fund Members
Groups
AAGLOW
BUTTERFLY
CAREGIVERS 1 (contd.)
Teresa Allison
Jean Harfenist Bernice Gelberg
Debra Arneson
Marty Karoff Jane Honikman Barbara Ben-Horin
Marj McKean
Michel Nellis
Laurel Cleary
Carol Parkus
Caroline Grange
Barbara Hauter Woodward #
CAREGIVERS
2
Pamela Hamlin
Karen Bunker Denise Hinkle
CALM GROUP 1
Calla Gold Victoria Juarez
Rebecca Anderson
Eve Senn Lynn Karlson
Laura Barella
Leah Temkin Ellen Rockne Beverly Brier
Carol Thompson Christine Saunders
Sharon Bifano
Claire Van Blaricum Phyllis Cox
Pat Wheatley
BENEVOLENT
BABES
Kathryn Dinkin
Jean Rogers Diane Dukes COYOTE
CREW Kyra Rogers #
Patricia Durham Paula Bruice Trudy Smith Barbara Flanigan
Lori Daffron Ann Hammond Janean Daniels BIRDS
OF
A
FEATHER(hill
) Robyn Howard-Anderson Judi Anderson CALM
GROUP
2
Jette Schuh
Jo Gifford *#
Shirley Hobson Missy Sheldon Susan Gulbransen * Monica Intaglietta Susan Wennerstrom
Susan Henry Anna Kokotovic Virginia Larson Marianne Kugler
THE
EDUCATORS Charity Masters Maria McCall Anna di Stefano Pat Moser Zoe Schultz Jane L. Galbraith Carrie Ohly-Cusack #
Caroline Sweet Barbara Gillette Marla Phillips Sissy Taran Susan Gleason Ann Tro Sunny Thomas Carol Kosterka
Shirley Waxman Lynn Luft BUENA VISTA
Beth Weinberg Polly Lundahl SOCIAL CLUB 1 Pegeen White Elizabeth Newman-Smith Patricia Aptaker # Marty Silverman CARABINERS Charlene Broudy Angela Torin Jan Campbell Kathleen Cooper Julie Capritto
Joan Crawford ESPERANZA
Mary Clement Jane Eagleton
Susan Dingman Terri Dowen Joan Dinaberg BUENA VISTA
Shari Isaac Jill Nida SOCIAL
CLUB
2
Alixe Mattingly Andrea Pfister Leila Carpenter Wendy Read Paula Smith Nancy Even Lisa Schlagel
Lynn Wells Marilee Gordon Heidi Stilwell Barbara Hilaire Margie Yahyavi
EXCELLENT
PARTNERS
Jo McClintock ,
Barbara Allen Amanda McIntyre CAREGIVERS
1
Jan Freeman Carol Palladini *#
Elly Bajor Cindy Harris Claire Snyder Jane deSelm Joan Kidder
Lilli Tragos
Jeri Eigner
Betsy Manger
* Denotes Founding Member
Both Group and Individual Member
# Denotes
Captains names are in bold
Women’s Fund Members
Groups
FRIENDS
(contd.)
EXCELLENT
PARTNERS (contd.)
INSPIRED (contd.)
Patty Fligsten Joni Meisel Sara Peri Lylie Francis Carol Newman Norine Petroni Lisa French Barbara Offerman *#
Karen Ring Marilyn Gilbert Gail McMahon Persoon Julie Sorenson
Jan Kelleway Eleanor Reiner Sona MacMillan Annette Robson INSTEAD
OF SHOES Karen Robinson
Kimberly Blankenhorn Mimi Veyna FABULOUS
FIVE PLUS Stacey Fell Linda Baumann Tiffany Foster FRIENDS
OF
THE
FUND
Diane Doiron Winifred Lender Fran Adams Dian Gabriel Debbie MacKall Fleurette Barsom-Janigian Frances Hanna Kristin McWilliams Elena Horak Elizabeth Peus Patricia Kruse Carrie Randolph FUNDING
FRIENDS
1
Diane Pannkuk Julia Rodgers Roxana Anson Alice Sykes Julie Schuetz Sallie
Coughlin
#
Rachel Stein Ruth Matuszeski
FANTASTIC
FIVE
Charmian Tallman Leasha Barry
Daphne Tebbe FUNDING
FRIENDS 2 Susan Day-Hosea Kim Thomas Linda
Armstrong
Marjorie Palonen Laura Zolton
Christine Riesenfeld Meredith Scott Bette
Saks
Melinda Staveley LAS
LUCES Kathleen Weber Donna B. Fisher Yates Susan Deacon Judy
Writer
Karen Engberg FEARSOME
FOURSOME
Barbara Herr Harthorn GK
GROUP
Barbara L. Elliott Martie Levy Chita Ginberg
Mary Henson Peggy Lubchenco Kitty
Peri
Sue La Cabe Carrie Lundquist Bernadette Mangaser HOPE
FIVE
FRIENDS
Kate Parker Melissa Brooks Cynthy Ardell Carol Roe Louise
La
Mothe
Patty Jacquemin Sue Wang Rose Louie Mavis Mayne Margaret Weeks Linda
Lorenzen-Hughes
Regina Roney #
Marlene Riemer Laurie Tumbler LAS
MISSIONISTAS Parm
Williams
#
Tracey Artiss FOUR
4 GOOD
Connie Buxton INSPIRED
Irene Macias Brigitte Hesper Nancy Boger Sabina Netto Nancy Mormann Conny
Clark
*
Myra Nicholas Claudette Roehrig #
Linda Cowen Kay Stern *
Tracy Sanginiti Kristina Cuevas
Heike Tennant Diane Goba FRIENDS
Nancy Trotter Jennifer
Laferty
Rose Arnold Pamela VanderHeide Vickie McCracken Ginny Bliss Bonita Wilson
Kelly
Merritt
Donna Carvey
Irene Milton Claire Engel
Judy Osterhage Women’s Fund Members
Groups
LAS
PASSIONISTAS
READING
&
TALKING
SHARING
THE BLESSINGS Brier Allebrand BOOK
GROUP
(contd.)
Janet Garufis Beth Geiger Diane Morgan Christine Garvey
Juliane Heyman Diane Sylvester Sybil Rosen
Kristi Lupoli Betty Wells #
Alice Willfong
Brenda Reiter Evan Turpin
SB
GALS
TAKE FIVE x 1 Yvette Giller Jo-Anne Brown LES
FEMMES
DU
MONDE
Marisa Grimes
Bobbi Kroot
Pat Andersons Dawn Lafitte Doloras Manclark Lida Light Blue
Kristin Linehan Regina Roney Nancy Gregory Jo Saxon *
Patty Zucherman Cindy Hughes
Jocelyne Meeker SB
PARENTS
TAKE FIVE x 2
Joann Rodrigue Katya Armistead
Nancy Brock
Gloria Slaughter Carolyn Chandler Lilyan Cuttler Barbara Smith Leslie Dinaberg Nancy Patchen Cynthia Thoreson Jennifer Guess Sandy Schoolfield Elaine Toledo Natalie Guttentag Carol Spungen Louisa Hyatt
PHILANTHROPY
Myla Kato TAKE
FIVE x 3
MADE
SIMPLE
1
Diane Koornwinder Nancy Edebo Christine Allen Patricia MacFarlane #
Kate Godfrey
Anita Bradford Rachael Steidl Sheila McGinity Dr. Julie Chacko Mary Lee Wren Carol Lee Skinner Marni Cooney Grace Yoon
Robbie Faeh SANTA
BARBARA
Sue Kadner PARTNERS
TEAM LA CUMBRE Beryl Kreisel Sarah de Tagyos Nancy Falberg Judy Messick Barbara Gowans Melissa Gough #
Molly Millman
Nancy Knight Peggy Guy Barbara Lowes Stina Hans PHILANTHROPY
Sally Smith Cynthia Krueger
MADE
SIMPLE
2
Linda Thompson
Annetta Patrick Ellen Bialis Lynn Pearl
SARAH
HOUSE
Jane Litchfield Laurie Recordon SWEETHEARTS
Joan Murdoch Susan Robeck
Hallie Anderson Sandra O’Meara Candy Short Karen Borick Lisa Rader Hilary Sims Jean Lange Davis Sandy Seale Erin Eamer
Pam Strickfaden TEN
FOR ONE
Anna Johnson Carla Whitacre Judy Egenolf
Kerrie Kilpatrick-Weinberg Joy Williams Lynda Fairly *
Jennifer Lamberts Muriel Zimmerman
Carol Fell Caron Miller Mary Ann Froley #
READING & TALKING
Susan Pitcher Judy Gough
BOOK
GROUP
Denise Platt Carole MacElhenny *#
Donna Coldren Kate Rotman Natalie McFadden Roberta Gersho Cathie Walker Cheryl Miller Carol Griessen Joann Younger
Sherri Montgomery Lorna Kemmerer Women’s Fund Members
Groups
WOMEN ON A MISSION
TEN
FOR ONE (contd.)
TISH
& MARY 2
(contd.)
Joan Rocco Diane Cavanaugh Jane Herthel Liz Skaar Debby Ciambrone Judy Markline Peggy Wiley Jane Craven Nancy Martz *
Char Williams
Jill Dexter Martha Townsend
Mary Garton TEN FOR
Mindy Wolfe
Cecia Hess TRANSFORMATION
Carol Hicks Judy Egenolf WOMEN’S FORUM Sarah Kass
Diane Giles Ginni Dreier *#
Sally Hamilton Nori Francis TISH
&
MARY
3
Rhea Hayes Stina Hans Karen Kawaguchi Vickie Johnson Perri Harcourt #
Mimi Michaelis Julie Lopp
Peggy Hodson Charlene Nagel Marsha Marcoe
Christy Kelso Sally Nazerian Barbara Margerum Diana Langley Yvonne Neumann Florence Michel Melody Parker Fran Piacente Barbara Sanchez
Lynn Scarlett Ann Pless Teri Suding TEN HELPING HANDS
Virginia Randolph Anne Towbes *#
Virginia Benson Gayle Reisenbach Carolyn Butcher
Nikki Rickard YES
WE CAN!
Jane King Mary Rogers Kathleen Barnato Christine Lyon Linda Stephens Susanne Colin Elizabeth Wilson Dannell Stuart Danyel Dean Jo Thompson Ann Diener TERRIFIC
TWOSOME
Barb Toumayan Christine Holland Lorna Hedges
Jean Weidemann
Betsy Ingalls Kathy O’Leary TWO
WOMEN
Jessica Kolbe Patricia Dillon Bliss * Annemari Lillep THE
NEXT
BEST
THING
Joanne Rapp *
Sudi Staub Jean Archer Sarah Stokes Hermine Gallup WOMEN
OF
HONOR
Yolanda Van Wingerden
Jacque Gamberdella Annie de Bruyn Kops Mary Jeffris Irene Falzone CONTRIBUTORS
Meredith McKittrick Sharon Jones Ann Bermingham Gail McMahon Persoon Pat Just Jane Carlisle Karen Peus Lee Marking Audrey Fisher Judy Piper Luann Miller Marla Hanzmann Mary Standlee Dede Nonn Lenore Jacoby Pat Tisdale Kitty Peri Lisa James Mona Rotella Bev Johnson TISH
&
MARY
1
Marilyn Rickard Schafer Jean Kaplan *
Tish Gainey Jeanne West Patricia Lacks Lauren Hanson Penny and Richard Martin
Mary Anne Harrison WOMEN
ON
A
MISSION
Karen McElwain Nancy Harter Barbara Conviser Maricela Mitchell Karen Hickman Anne Bernstein Costello Willa Shull
Susan Johnson Dianne Duva Mimi Slater
Mary Maxwell Cami Ferris-Wong
Leslie Storr Susan McHale
Key Dates on the Women’s Fund Calendar
May 2, 2011
Awards Luncheon
(for funds raised in 2010)
November, 2011
December 31, 2011
Spring 2012 Annual
Site Visit
(touring most recent grantee locations)
Deadline for 2011 membership
(to be eligible to vote for 2011-12 grantees)
Awards Luncheon
(for funds raised in 2011)
The 6th Annual Women’s Fund Site Visit proved to be a popular event again,
as nearly 150 women filled two buses and toured Casa Esperanza Homeless
Center, Catholic Charities and St. Vincent’s of Santa Barbara, and heard
progress reports from Domestic Violence Solutions and Sarah House.
Why Join?
Why should you join the Women’s Fund of
Santa Barbara? Because it is:
Effective: You will improve the lives of thousands of local women, children
and families with larger grants than most of us can afford individually.
Efficient: Your tax-deductible membership will be part of a fund where
annual expenses do not exceed 3% of funds collected. Thanks to generous
underwriters, we had ZERO net expenses in 2010.
Easy: All you need to do is join and vote for where the money goes. (No
ticket selling, no meetings, no auctions)
Educational: You will learn about critical community needs and effective
programs transforming innovative ideas into viable solutions.
Engaging: You will be among the committed women who vote on where
collective funds are donated.
The Program of Affordable Transitional Housing and Services (PATHS)
of St. Vincent’s of Santa
Barbara provides homeless mothers and their
children the tools to create new lives for themselves and their children.
Grants of $35,000 in 2004
and $75,000 in 2009 help
these mothers and children to succeed.
Women’s Fund Committees
Founding Committee
2011 Steering Committee
Carol Palladini, Chair
Sarah de Tagyos, Chair
Perri Harcourt
Tish Gainey
Shirley Ann HurleyJo Gifford
Jean Kaplan
Jennifer Guess
Dale Kern
Stina Hans
Joanne Rapp
Nancy Harter
Elna Scheinfeld
Carol Hicks
Meredith Scott
Christy Kelso
Kay Stern
Carol Palladini
Anne Smith Towbes
Carla Whitacre
Marsha Wayne
Parm Williams
Fritzie Yamin
Barbara Hauter Woodward
At the 2010 annual Mistletoe Ball, the Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara was
honored for its $85,000 grant to Catholic Charities of Santa Barbara for installation of solar panels on the agency’s food pantry, lowering energy costs
and thus increasing their Foodbank budget to feed low-income families.
Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara
c/o Santa Barbara Foundation
1111 Chapala, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805-963-1873
www.womensfundsb.org
info@womensfundsb.org
Thank you to Kathryn Calise for
generously underwriting this brochure