Crowe Horwath LLP Community Investment Report

Crowe Horwath LLP
Community Investment Report
Fiscal Year 2014
April 1, 2013 – March 31, 2014
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One of the ways we at Crowe Horwath LLP live the firm’s core values – we care,
we share, we invest, we grow – is through serving and supporting our communities.
One of the nation’s largest public accounting and consulting firms, Crowe strives to
make a difference in our communities. We do this by providing thought leadership,
volunteerism and monetary contributions to key not-for-profit organizations – focusing
on those opportunities that align with the firm’s strategy and embrace the passions
of our people. This commitment not only makes a positive impact on our local
communities, it also creates leadership development opportunities for our people.
In the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2014, Crowe Horwath LLP contributed $1.5
million in Crowe Horwath Foundation grants, charitable donations, community
sponsorships, pro bono services and local contributions to more than 300 not-forprofit organizations nationwide. This represents an increase of seven percent over
fiscal year 2013 totals. Our charitable giving includes:
■■ Volunteer Investment Program grants, which are provided to organizations where a
Crowe person volunteers 30 hours or more annually
■■ Board Member Match grants, which allow individuals serving on not-for-profit
boards to earn a $3-to-$1 match to their personal financial contributions for the
organizations where they serve
■■ Charitable grants, which are awarded to not-for-profit organizations where our
people demonstrate leadership and team volunteerism
■■ United Way gifts, which are provided in support of our employee giving campaigns
■■ Disaster relief grants, which are provided as a match to gifts made by Crowe
personnel during firmwide campaigns
■■ College and university department sponsorships, individual scholarships and
matching grants
Although this report cannot capture all of the ways those at Crowe give back to their
communities, it does provide an overview of our giving and involvement during the
last fiscal year. We are proud of the firm’s involvement and contributions, and we look
forward to serving our communities for many years to come.
Charles M. Allen
Chief Executive Officer
Crowe Horwath LLP
Cynthia A. Pierce
Trustee Chair
Crowe Horwath Foundation
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Crowe Foundation Guiding Values
Consistent with the firm’s core values, the foundation’s values are We care, We share, We invest and We grow.
We care
We care for our communities and see value in
supporting civic organizations that provide the
backbone for economic progress and the charitable
organizations that provide the support and safety net
for our communities’ citizens.
We share
We share with our communities through the financial
support of and volunteer participation with community
organizations that demonstrate values reflective of our
people, clients and the firm.
We invest
We invest in our communities by offering our
resources where appropriate in support of the causes
and needs of civic and charitable organizations.
We grow
We grow through leadership development
opportunities, the satisfaction of making a difference
and from our increased sense of firm and team.
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Charitable Giving
The Crowe Horwath Foundation, Crowe Horwath LLP
and local Crowe offices’ charitable contributions to
not-for-profit organizations totaled $1.5 million in
fiscal year 2014 (April 1, 2013 – March 31, 2014).
This represents a seven percent increase over
charitable contributions in fiscal year 2013.
Other*
3%
Firm
Contributions
21%
Colleges and
Universities
14%
Charitable
Sponsorships
26%
Pro Bono
Support
9%
Foundation
Grants
22%
Local Office
Contributions
5%
History of Charitable Giving – Past Three Years
FY12 – $1.2M Total Charitable Contributions
FY13 – $1.4M Total Charitable Contributions
FY14 – $1.5M Total Charitable Contributions
* “Other” includes gifts made on behalf of retiring partners, memorials and disaster relief funding
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The Crowe Horwath
Foundation
Unlike many traditional foundations,
the Crowe Horwath Foundation only
accepts grant requests from our
people on behalf of the not-for-profit
organizations they support – rather
than the organizations submitting the
requests. This enables our dollars to
follow the passions of our people. The
foundation carefully considers the
following attributes of requests:
■■ Mission of the organization and
the impact that a contribution
might have on the organization and
the community
■■ Volunteer involvement of our people
■■ Leadership development
opportunities for our people
■■ Alignment with the firm’s strategic
direction and priorities
Crowe Horwath
Foundation Trustees
■■ Cindi Pierce, Trustee Chair
■■ Chuck Allen
■■ Chuck Frayer
■■ Sydney Garmong
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Volunteer Investment Program
and Board Member Match Program
The Crowe Horwath Foundation Volunteer Investment Program (VIP) supports many not-for-profit
organizations for which Crowe individuals volunteer their time. To honor a Crowe individual who has
completed at least 30 hours of service a year with an eligible organization, the foundation can grant a
$250 VIP award to the not-for-profit organization. An individual can request VIP funding for up to four
separate organizations in a fiscal year, and the foundation will award a maximum of $1,000 in VIP funding
per organization per fiscal year.
Individuals serving on not-for-profit boards are also eligible for the Board Member Match program, which
provides a $3-to-$1 match for personal contributions up to $250 (maximum match of $750). The Board
Member Match does not require 30 hours of service. Individuals serving on the boards of eligible not-forprofit organizations can pursue both the Board Member Match and VIP awards. In fiscal year 2014, the
Crowe Horwath Foundation awarded 106 VIP awards and 95 Board Member Match awards to eligible
not-for-profit organizations. These awards totaled nearly $100,000. The individuals who secured these
awards for their organizations were:
Crystal Adams
Greg Dougherty
Jennifer Kary
Kevin Morrison
Matt Stallkamp
Chuck Allen
Steve Driver
Dave Keever
Thomas Murphy
Bob Staszewski
Sarah Allen-Anthony
Jason Eaves
Rich Kloch
Jena Myers
Tony Allison
Kelly Faehr
Tim Kolar
Sally Ann Nicewander
Jen Aras
John Farrell
Cory Kronheim
Scott Nickerson
Brian Baker
Mark Feldman
Stacey Kuharic
Jeff Nywening
Dan Balla
Kathy Fledderman
Chuck Laetsch
Nick Oberhouse
Joe Tomaszewski
Kathy Bazzell
Kelli Foley
Judy Lehner
Kevin O’Sullivan
Austin Tucker
Stephen Bedell
Chuck Frayer
Jerry LeVine
Gary Peric
Pete Ugo
Bruce Belman
Katherine Gallagher
Jessi Levine
Andrew Perry
Mark Ulishney
Bob Benson
Sydney Garmong
Angie Lewis
Cindi Pierce
Lanny Berlingieri
Debbie Haaker
Vicky Ludema
Stephanie Pischalko
TJ Brecht
Greg Hahn
Joe Magyar
Kevin Powers
Cody Brown
Mike Harmless
Raymond Marchica
Janell Raisanen
Jason Warner
Michael Budinger
Brian Hecker
Ben Matherly
Ed Reinhard
Billie Jo Wawrzynski
Blake Burgess
Kathy Herbig
Kevin McCarl
Marci Reynolds
Seth Weener
Meghan Burns
Mindy Herman
Chris McClure
Jennifer Richards
Jason Whitmer
Andrea Castle
Jennifer Hill
Marc McKerley
Courtney Scott
Vicky Cheng
Dave Holets
Paul Merchant
Marsi Shelton
Julie Collins
Zonia Horn
MJ Meyering
Patrick Singleton
Amy Dermody
David Jarrett
Ridge Miller
Martin Sniewski
Dwayne Dillard
Steve Jennings
Randall Miloszewski
Laura Snyder
Dustin Dixon
Alan Kahn
Betty Morris
Todd Spaanstra
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Greg Stump
Andrew Szczechowski
Angela Thomas
Aaron VanSoest
Shannon Walkowiak
Barry Wilson
Jennifer Wilson
Leslie Yates
Jon Zeiler
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Living Our
Values Award
The Living Our Values Award program
recognizes people who successfully
bring our values to life on a daily basis
through their attitudes, behaviors and
choices. In fiscal year 2014, the Crowe
Horwath Foundation trustees nominated
exceptional individuals for Living
Our Values Awards for exhibiting the
Crowe “care” value through a selfless
commitment of time and personal
financial contributions to strengthen the
not-for-profit organization, the clients it
served and our communities at large.
Two individuals recognized were Melissa
Reinbold and Joe Tomaszewski.
Melissa Reinbold,
Senior Manager,
Federal Tax
Services
Joe Tomaszewski,
Partner
“Giving back to the community through volunteer work
has been a constant in my life since junior high, so it
is only natural that I continue to serve now through
various boards, committees and organizations. While
I am excited to serve to meet a need for organizations
with missions that I am passionate about, the sense
of accomplishment and the genuine gratitude from
those individuals who are directly impacted is so
overwhelmingly rewarding and humbling that it drives
me to do more. Most rewarding, though, after bringing
my young daughter with me several years ago to a
volunteer event, was her enthusiasm in each following
year to join me in volunteering.”
“Since I began my career at Crowe, volunteering
in the communities where we live and work has
always been an area of emphasis. Volunteering is
a great way to assist the community where you live
and to make it better for others in need and future
generations. It also allows you to meet other peers
and leaders in the community that you may not have
exposure to on a daily basis.”
Disaster Relief
Upon Crowe Horwath Foundation trustee approval, the firm
offers a match program to raise funds for disaster relief efforts. In
FY14 more than 120 people participated in the Crowe matching
donation program to raise money for those impacted by Typhoon
Haiyan in the Philippines and tornadoes in the Midwest. Overall,
Crowe and our people have donated more than $580,000
through firm-sponsored matching donation programs, dating
back to our first official program following the 9/11 terrorist
attacks in 2001. Over the years, we’ve held matching donation
programs in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the Asian
tsunami in 2005, the Myanmar tsunami and Sichuan province
earthquake in 2008, the Haitian earthquake in 2010 and
Hurricane Sandy in 2012, among others.
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John Kurkowski, office managing partner, presents a check on behalf
of the firm to Steve Birkhauser and Andrea Cedusky of the American
Red Cross to benefit victims of the typhoon in the Philippines and
tornadoes in the Midwest.
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Local Office Highlights
In 27 offices across 12 states, Crowe people raised funds, held donation drives and volunteered
their time to give back to their communities. Below are a few examples of local office efforts:
California
Los Angeles and Orange County – Crowe personnel in Los Angeles and Orange
County supported Closing the Hunger GAAP, a three-part campaign in which more
than 50 individuals volunteered nearly 100 hours, collected 150 pounds of food and
raised more than $4,000 for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.
Sacramento – Crowe personnel in Sacramento served in numerous leadership
positions with charitable organizations including Shriners Hospital for Children, March
of Dimes, Kids Helping Kids and Stanford Youth Solutions. They also participated in
the Salvation Army Angel Tree and collected Christmas gifts and food for families.
San Francisco – Volunteers in San Francisco gave their time and services to many
charitable organizations including Junior Achievement, the Women’s Initiative Gala
and the San Francisco lesbian gay bisexual transgender Annual Soiree. They also
volunteered with Tax-Aid to help low-income taxpayers prepare their returns.
Los Angeles office volunteers spent an afternoon sorting and packing food items
during their annual day of service at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.
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Crowe conducted 14
United Way employee
giving campaigns across
the firm and contributed
$325,000 in firm and
employee contributions.
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Fort Lauderdale – Crowe personnel in Fort Lauderdale participated in two Junior
Achievement (JA) in a Day events, volunteering in the classroom to help students
in kindergarten through sixth grade learn about personal economic issues. They
also participated in JA of the Palm Beaches and JA of South Florida Bowl-A-Thon
fundraisers to support JA programming.
Lakeland – Personnel in Lakeland held a Thanksgiving food drive to support
Metropolitan Ministries and Lighthouse Ministries. They also sponsored the Lakeland
Regional Medical Center Foundation’s Lights for Life annual fundraising campaign for
pediatric services.
Tampa – Volunteers in Tampa collected donations and participated in the American
Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. The office also
sponsored numerous community events including the University of Tampa Fellows
Forum, University of South Florida Foundation Accounting Circle and the Women
Making Connections event at the Tampa Museum of Art.
Crowe Fort Lauderdale personnel participated in the JA of
the Palm Beaches and JA of South Florida Bowl-A-Thons.
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Georgia
Atlanta – Volunteers helped build a Habitat home and donated holiday stockings to
the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree. Crowe personnel in Atlanta also held a Halloween
costume fundraiser and decorated and packed 100 shoeboxes for Mother’s Day to
help underprivileged women and children in support of their local United Way.
In support of the United Way shoebox project, volunteers in Atlanta decorated and filled
shoeboxes with toiletries to be given to homeless women and children.
Interns from the Atlanta office volunteered at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore.
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Illinois
Chicago and Oak Brook – Volunteers in the Chicago and Oak Brook offices participated
in the Shamrock Shuffle to raise money for PAWS Chicago, collected toys for Toys for Tots
and supported Junior Achievement by teaching in 56 classrooms and participating in the
bowl-a-thon fundraiser. Nearly 40 volunteers from these offices participated in the Chicago
Cares serve-a-thon, Chicago’s largest day of service. Volunteers painted hallways, built
benches and helped with playground cleanup at Nightingale Elementary School.
Chicago, Oak Brook and Springfield – Crowe personnel in Chicago, Oak Brook and
Springfield participated in the Illinois CPA Society’s Day of Service event. Nearly 90 Crowe
volunteers supported Ronald McDonald House, Family Shelter Service, DuPage Children’s
Museum, Animal House Shelter and Habitat for Humanity.
The volunteer time
contributed by Crowe
personnel to all organizations
in FY14 was equivalent
to the time worked by 10
full-time employees.
Crowe volunteers from Oak Brook and Chicago split their time between sanitizing play
equipment and enjoying interactive displays with children at the DuPage Children’s Museum.
Crowe members from the African-American People Resource Network in Oak Brook
volunteered at a Toys for Tots facility.
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Indiana
Elkhart – Twenty-five volunteers participated in the Indiana CPA Day of Service
supporting LaCasa, Church Community Services and Junior Achievement. The office
also conducted fundraisers to support numerous organizations including Wellfield
Botanic Gardens, which promotes the importance of water, plants and animals, and
Father Ted’s Annual 5K, which raises money for student scholarships.
Fort Wayne – Crowe personnel in Fort Wayne completed their 25th year of volunteering
for the Fort Wayne Community Schools’ Study Connection program, where volunteers
provide one-on-one tutoring for kindergarten through 12th grade students each
week. They also participated in the Indiana CPA Day of Service to support the Rescue
Mission’s Treasure House thrift store.
Indianapolis – The Indianapolis office held a volunteer fair to help match individuals with
available volunteer opportunities and held fundraisers to benefit assorted organizations
including Horizons at St. Richard’s, Get Your Rear in Gear, Chaucie’s Place and the
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Team members also volunteered at Gleaners Food
Bank checking expiration dates and helped build a Habitat for Humanity house.
Crowe Fort Wayne personnel
participated in a CPA Day of Service
event to support the Rescue Mission
at the Treasure House thrift store.
South Bend – More than 120 volunteers participated in the office’s annual community
days of service supporting Food Bank of Northern Indiana, Pet Refuge, Potawatomi
Zoo, Junior Achievement of St. Joseph County, Center for the Homeless, Habitat for
Humanity and YMCA.
Crowe Elkhart personnel participated
in the Indiana CPA Day of Service to
support LaCasa, Church Community
Services and Junior Achievement.
Crowe people in Indianapolis got out of the office and into the
community for a Habitat for Humanity build event.
Volunteers from the South Bend office
helped build a Habitat for Humanity house.
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Kentucky
Lexington – Volunteers in the Lexington office worked on exterior home repairs with
Lexington Habitat for Humanity. They supported numerous organizations through jeans
day fundraisers including Hospice of the Bluegrass, American Diabetes Association
and Project AIDS Orphan, which supports the health and education needs of orphans
in Kenya. They also supported the LexArts Fund for the Arts campaign.
Louisville – Home of the Innocents provides support services to children who have
been abused, abandoned or neglected. To support the organization, personnel in
Louisville provided board leadership, conducted fundraisers and held a holiday gift
drive for the organization’s residents.
Crowe provided
volunteer and financial
assistance to more
than 300 not-for-profit
organizations nationwide.
Michigan
Grand Rapids – Grand Rapids personnel supported 26 not-for-profit organizations
including the American Cancer Society, Bissell Pet Foundation, Habitat for Humanity,
Toys for Tots and the Grand Rapids Symphony. For the sixth consecutive year, the office
collaborated with local schools and businesses to support the Read n’ Give campaign,
an annual program that promotes literacy and book sharing. The office supplemented a
book collection with funds from popcorn sales to purchase used books. The campaign
collected nearly 65,000 books statewide.
New Jersey
Livingston – Crowe personnel in Livingston raised funds and participated in the
American Heart Association’s Heart Walk. They also collected donations to purchase
toys for the Financial Managers Society’s Toys for Tots drive and Boys & Girls Clubs.
New York
New York – The New York office supported JA New York by hosting a youth leadership
day for Academy of Finance and Enterprise students. Crowe volunteers held a résumé
and interviewing workshop to prepare the students for college and job interviews. Team
members also supported the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer fundraiser walk.
New York volunteers enjoyed a brisk morning walk in Central Park to support the
American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer fundraiser.
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Ohio
Cleveland – Crowe personnel have supported Junior Achievement of Greater
Cleveland for 11 years by participating in the annual bowl-a-thon fundraiser, providing
board leadership, teaching in the classroom and sponsoring the annual golf outing.
Columbus – In support of the Columbus office’s 25-year anniversary, Columbus
personnel volunteered their time and raised $25,000 to support Childhood League
Center, Columbus Children’s Theatre, Flying Horse Farms, Huckleberry House and
LifeCare Alliance.
Columbus volunteers put away their laptops and pulled out their paint brushes
to help clean up a playground area at the Childhood League Center.
Tennessee
Knoxville – Knoxville personnel collected school supplies to support Knox Area
Rescue Ministries’ Stuff the Bus campaign, which helps underprivileged children in the
community. The office also collected jars of peanut butter to benefit Second Harvest
Food Bank and collected stuffed animals for Comfort Bears, an effort led by firefighters
and emergency medical technicians to comfort children who have been traumatized.
Nashville – In support of Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee, Nashville team members
participated in Walk For Wishes, a fundraising event to help grant wishes to children
with life-threatening medical conditions. The office also held a non-perishable food
drive that collected 221 lbs. of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank.
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During the year, Crowe
Horwath Foundation,
Crowe Horwath LLP
and local Crowe offices
awarded $1.5M in total
charitable giving.
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Texas
Dallas – Twenty-two individuals participated in the office’s first Habitat for Humanity
team build. Dallas personnel also collected donations and participated in the
American Heart Association’s Dallas Heart Walk.
Volunteers from the Dallas office helped build a Habitat for Humanity house.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. – Crowe personnel in Washington, D.C., supported the Women in
Housing & Finance (WHF) Foundation through board participation and fundraising.
WHF is dedicated to helping low-income women and children with basic financial
literacy skills, housing assistance, transition services and economic empowerment.
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Support of Colleges and Universities
In fiscal year 2014, Crowe contributed
more than $185,000 toward higher
education, assisting nearly 100 institutions
through charitable contributions and
funding 111 scholarships.
The firm also matched contributions
made by firm personnel to academic
programs at colleges and universities
from which they graduated. During fiscal
year 2014, those participating in the
program contributed $24,238, which was
matched by the firm for a total impact
of $48,476.
Individuals who participated in the
college match program included:
Jen Allen
Karen Messersmith
Rick Anderson
Brian Murray
TJ Brecht
Brian Myers
Tim Bryan
Tomohiko Nakamura
Ian Burnett
Jim O’Laughlin
Stephanie Cerney
Steve Pelletier
Bruce Cobern
Beth Platek
Jackie Coburn
Linda Poeschel
Andre Comparini
Brandon Reed
Patrick Corcoran
Shannon Reed
David Cullers
Suzanne Robinson
Steve Driver
Eric Russell
Kathy Fledderman
Bret Schenewerk
Dan Gerber
Renee Shaul
Eric Grant
Chris Siddons
Bart Granvold
Michael Stolz
Melinda Haag
Jessica Stopczynski
Michael Keil
Rex Voorheis
Jolene Kirsch
Todd Welu
Kate Leichty
Jason Whitmer
Christine List
Steve Wojcicki
Jine Liu
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Going Green
Crowe is committed to bringing environmentally conscientious practices to as many
facets of our business as economically practical. Real estate and travel are the
two largest sources of carbon emissions for most firms and Crowe has a number
of practices in place to help reduce our output. Some of those practices include
supporting an alternative officing (or hoteling) program to help us manage the
amount of real estate needed and reduce space and energy requirements. We also
encourage teleconferencing and video conferencing to reduce the need to travel,
thereby decreasing travel emissions.
We continue efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle the amount of disposable products
we use in our offices. Through Cintas Document Management, our shred vendor,
we provide shred bins at each of our locations for paper destruction and recycling.
In FY14, Cintas shredded 293 tons of Crowe paper waste. According to Cintas, the
environmental impact of our shred efforts equates to saving more than 7,000 trees,
6 million gallons of water, 20 garbage trucks full of waste and the cooling and heating
of 100 homes per year.
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SOAR Serves
Summer interns across 23 offices
participated in the SuccessOpportunities-Achievement-Results
(SOAR) internship program’s “day
of service” event in July 2013. With
support from local Crowe people, 250
volunteers served at a variety of local
not-for-profit organizations, including
food banks, shelters, city parks and
child and adult services centers. They
did everything from tutoring young
people and serving and packaging
food to landscaping, painting and
helping with building repairs. Their
efforts supported the organizations
listed at right.
■■ Atlanta – Habitat for Humanity
■■ Chicago/Oak Brook – PAWS Chicago
■■ Cleveland – Cleveland Metroparks
■■ Columbus, Ohio – Dress for Success
■■ Dallas – United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
■■ Fort Lauderdale – Boys & Girls Clubs
■■ Grand Rapids – Habitat for Humanity
■■ Indianapolis – Indianapolis Zoo
■■ Knoxville – Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee
■■ Livingston, N.J. – Habitat for Humanity
■■ Lexington – God’s Pantry Food Bank
■■ Los Angeles (Sherman Oaks/Costa Mesa) – LA Food Bank
■■ Nashville – Nashville Rescue Mission
■■ New York – Materials for the Arts
■■ Oak Brook – St. James Farm Preserve (Forest Preserve of DuPage County)
■■ Sacramento/San Francisco – Stanford Youth Solutions
■■ South Bend/Elkhart, Ind. – Boys & Girls Clubs
■■ Springfield, Ill. – Helping Hands Foundation
■■ Tampa – Feeding America
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New Jersey interns helped build a
Habitat for Humanity home.
Chicago interns made a difference at PAWS Chicago,
the city’s largest no-kill animal shelter.
New York interns helped sort and organize collected
donations at Materials for the Arts, New York’s
premiere reuse center for unneeded art supplies.
Indianapolis interns spent their Day of Service
volunteering at the Indianapolis Zoo.
Nashville interns clean up after serving
lunch at the Nashville Rescue Mission.
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CHAN Healthcare Community Service in FY14
CHAN Healthcare became a Crowe Horwath subsidiary on Oct. 15, 2013. Community
service is a part of the culture at CHAN and CHAN associates actively give back to
the communities in which they live and work. In doing so, CHAN is committed to
representing the character, ethics and compassion inherent to the mission and values
central to CHAN’s existence.
Each member of the CHAN leadership team, which includes
executives, vice presidents and directors, is required to perform
a minimum of 60 hours of community service each year. All
other CHAN associates are encouraged to contribute an average
of 15 hours of community service each fiscal year. In FY14,
CHAN associates provided 24,464 hours of volunteer service to
communities across the country.
■■ CHAN leadership averaged 96.5 hours.
■■ CHAN associates, excluding CHAN leadership, averaged
35.1 hours.
Each year CHAN selects a new annual community service focus.
The focus for FY14 was to serve special needs organizations.
CHAN associates across the country volunteered more than 620
hours in FY14 for the following special needs organizations:
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CHAN associates in Denver prepared meals
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For the past several years, CHAN has selected a worthy organization each quarter to
support through volunteer efforts and a $1,000 donation. The quarterly recipients in
FY14 were:
■■ Hats of Hope, which provides handmade hats to cancer patients and
others in need
■■ Corner of Love, a Christian organization that serves impoverished people in
northern Nicaragua
■■ Amblicab Transit, which provides transportation services for people with physical,
emotional and cognitive challenges
■■ Kids Against Hunger, a humanitarian food-aid organization whose mission is to
feed starving and malnourished children and their families throughout the world
One organization is also selected to receive a $5,000 award.
The FY14 winner was The Senior Hub, an organization that aims
to advance the quality of life for older adults.
Edgewood Children’s Ranch was the beneficiary of the 2014
CHAN Annual Conference community service project. Combined
with CHAN associates’ donations, CHAN donated $27,500 and
volunteers created care packages for residents.
CHAN associates in St. Louis organized a Thanksgiving
food drive for the Center for Women in Transition.
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CHAN associates in Tulsa volunteered with The Salvation Army.
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Not-For-Profit Organizations Receiving Support
The following pages provide a list of many of the organizations supported by Crowe Horwath LLP, the Crowe Horwath Foundation and
local offices in FY14.
Academy for Global
Citizenship Charter School
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater
Sacramento
Dallas Area Habitat for
Humanity
Grand Rapids Art Museum
ACE Mentor Program of
America
Boys & Girls Clubs of
Indianapolis
Dallas Leadership Foundation
Active Heroes
Greater Los Angeles Zoo
Association
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Boys & Girls Clubs of
Rutherford County
Deliver the Dream
Habitat for Humanity
International
Advocates for Adolescent
Mothers
Boys & Girls Clubs of
St. Joseph County
Diocese of Norwich Outreach
to Haiti
Downtown Elkhart
Alcohol & Addictions
Resource Center
Boys & Girls Clubs of Union
County
Habitat for Humanity of
Kent County
American Cancer Society
Broadway Grand Rapids
American Heart Association
Cabrini Green Legal Aid
American National Red Cross
CalCPA Institute
American Pianists
Association
Capital Area Humane Society
Answering the Cry of the Poor
Carmel Symphony Orchestra
Aquinas College
Catholic Charities of
Tennessee
Association of Notre Dame
Clubs
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Central Indiana
Carin for Nurses
Catholic Charities West
Michigan
DuPage Children’s Museum
DuPage Homeownership
Center
Hannah’s House
Dynamic Dance Force
Hello Gorgeous! of HOPE
Educational & Memorial
Foundation
Hesed House
Elkhart County 4-H Beef Club
Home of the Innocents
Elkhart Memorial High School
Eskenazi Health Foundation
Hospice Foundation
Ethos
Humane Society for
Hamilton County
Fair Housing Center
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Elkhart County
Chicago Bar Foundation
Family & Children’s Center
Family Shelter Service
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Greater Chattanooga
Chicago Cares
Childhood League
Father Ragan Charitable
Foundation
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
St. Joseph County
Bissell Pet Foundation
Blessings in a Backpack
Blue Grass Trust for Historic
Preservation
Blue Hill Troupe Ltd.
Bluegrass Chapter of the
American Red Cross
Civic Federation
Columbus Children’s Theatre
Columbus Zoological Park
Association
Community Foundation
Greater Winter Haven
Community Support Services
Community Tax Aid
Cornerstone Foundation
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