 This issue of Community Matters is dedicated to the Community Foundation Legacy Society members, past and present. The staff and Board of the Foundation are grateful to each of them. They are responsible for future Foundation growth and for yet-to-be imagined good works that will happen because of their generosity, confidence and love for our region's communities. |
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Couple with Zest for Life Boost College-Bound Nevadans
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Stegelmeyers hiking in Alaska |
Eugene Stegelmeyer, a middle school teacher and his wife Nadine, a librarian, lived long lives enjoying Nevada, traveling, and exploring the world in a VW bus. Eugene and Nadine were both born in 1917, just months apart-in June and August. They met when they were 2 years old and living in Granite City, Illinois. They were childhood playmates and later, husband and wife.
The couple never had children and left 80% of their estate to the Community Foundation to establish scholarships for students majoring in education or geriatrics.
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One look at Nadine Segelmeyer's face will tell you how meaningful it was to help Shelby Fowlkes attend the University of Nevada, Reno. |
Nadine was referred to the Community Foundation by her financial advisor, Andrea Knapp. Because of that referral, Nadine was able to joyfully participate in a life changing gift and generations of students will recieve a boost from the estate of two vibrant, imaginative and caring people.
Nadine outlived Eugene by nine years. Towards the end of her life she decided she wanted to participate in giving scholarships during her lifetime. She funded an annual scholarship, the second of which was given to Shelby Fowlkes in 2011. Tracy Turner, Foundation Program Officer, arranged for Shelby and Nadine to meet at Nadine's assisted living apartment in Sparks.
Nadine Stegelmeyer died early in 2012, but her legacy lives on through good work the "Stegelemeyer students" accomplish improving lives on either end of the life spectrum in the fields of geriatrics and education.
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Robyn Ballentyne's House Funds Preschool Tuition for
Generations of Children.
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Robyn S. Ballentyne believed in the limitless potential of the human mind. |
Robin Ballentyne's abiding passion was the love of learning and intellectual growth. He believed young children have unlimited potential that is not nurtured by today's television society and education system. To do what he could to promote childhood development, Robin established the Read with Me Foundation at the Community Foundation of Western Nevada in 2003.
Through this foundation, Robin funded scholarships to pay the tuition to academic pre-schools for bright youngsters from families with financial need.
It is satisfying and lots of fun for the Foundation staff to meet the
children and see the last 8 years of preschool scholars grow up at the annual Read With Me reunion each summer. Robyn enjoyed the reunion and would personally furnish the pizza and rootbeer while Chris Askin, President and CEO of the Community Foundation led the group in a game of "Duck Duck GOOSE!"
Robyn died in February 2012.
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A thank you card from a grateful mother. |
He left his house to the Community Foundation to sell and fund this scholarship as a permanent endowment.
The Read with Me Foundation is his unending legacy, improving the lives of young children in Reno for generations to come. Through his foundation, one man acting on his best nature changed the world for the better.
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Geneva Springmeyer Dedicated her Estate to Help Women Preserve their Independence.
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Geneva Springmeyer expressed her life's values through the Jeff and Geneva Charitable Foundation |
Geneva Springmeyer was introduced to the Community Foundation in 2010 through her hospice counselor. An entrepreneur and former owner of a secretarial service, Geneva was a fiercely independent person. She lived the life she wanted to live under her own terms, until her death in April 2012. Her independent attitude has become her charitable legacy.
Geneva Springmeyer used her home and rental property, through a bequest to the Community Foundation of Western Nevada, to create a charitable foundation. Her estate is in the process of being settled and, when it is, the community of Carson City will be enriched.
Under her specific direction, the primary grantees of this foundation will be organizations in the Carson City area that help elderly women remain
their own homes as long as possible.
Recognizing that nursing care is an inevitable and needed option for women with Alzheimer's disease, Geneva wrote in her agreement that the Springmeyer Foundation will make grants to help nonprofits that care for Alzheimer's patients in a home-like small group setting.
We respect Geneva Springmeyer's unique take on life and will honor her charitable intentions for generations. |
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100% Board Giving Nominations Due November 1.
Talk to your Board about giving a gift to your organization's Operating fund. Recognition for nonprofit Boards' 100% financial leadership will be given at the AFP Cornerstone Luncheon Philanthropy Day 2012. Download a nomination form here.
AFP 2012 National Philanthropy Day  25th Cornerstone Awards Presentation Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
2nd Floor Convention Center, Reno,
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The Community Foundation office will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on
Thursday November 22 and Friday November 23.
The Staff and Board wish each of you a happy Thanksgiving and want you to know that we are grateful for the work you do, the generosity you show, and the love you have for Nevada families, land and communities. |
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Who We Are
Board of Trustees
Linda Smith
Board Chair
Butch Anderson
Vice Chair
Jim Pfrommer
Treasurer
Thomas J. Hall
Secretary
Sallie B. Armstrong
Kathie Bartlett
Seth Berry
Rebecca Dickson
Nora James
Brian Kennedy
Diana Kern
Cary Lurie
Janice Rude Willson
Jennifer Satre
Norma Webster
Advisory Board
Kim Becker
Greg Brower
Barbara Drake
David Geddes
Matthew Gray
Gail Humphreys
Craig King
Dong Joon "DJ" Lee, CAIA
Lyle Martin
Magda Martinez-Hoffman
Lance McKenzie
Teresa Mentzer
Tina Nappe
Doug Nelson
Susanne Pennington
Alicia Reban
Beth Schuler
John Solari
Lilli Trinchero
Jim Webster
Emeritus Board
Robert Armstrong
Richard Barnard
Fred Boyd
Kathie Dees
Mendy Elliott
Nancy Fennell
Mark Knobel
John Mulligan
David Turner
Ronald Zurek
Staff
Chris Askin,CSPG, CFRE President and CEO
Dani Lutzow
Program Associate
Maureen Mensing
Accounting Associate
Margaret Stewart
Communications Director
Tracy Turner, PhD.
Program Officer
Ralph Vroman, CFA
Controller
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Partner with Us.
Yes - Count on me.
I will contribute to the Partnership Grant Program:
By contributing:
- By check - Over the phone - Through the website - By including the Partnership Grant fund in my will or trust. |
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Message for You
The Community Foundation 2011 Annual Report
It Starts with an Idea
is published.
Email or call us at
775-333-5499
and we will send you a copy or read online. |
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Legacy Society 
George and Mary Aker
Elaine Alexander and
Robert Moore Jane Kimberly Becker David and Janet Bingham
David E. Book and
Lucy Moreton-Hall Fred and Jane Boyd
Carol Ann Carroll and
G. Douglas Voelz Caeron Clarkson Jim and Suzy Davenport Shayne Del Cohen Arthur and Shirley DiSalvo Regina L. Dunbar Debra Finnell Steve Finnell Karen Y. Foissotte Robert and Monica Hemsath Bruce R. and Nora James David and Deedee Jenson Paul M. and Janet Laxalt Thomas J. Livoti
Sue McIntosh and
Steve Jones Dieter and Hedwig Meun Michael and Theresa Meyer Elizabeth Mollath Rachel L .Mould Maureen Mullarkey Alfred and Lola Ouska Frank and Kay Partlow Rosalie K. Quesnoy Alice Ramlow Jack Randall Phil and Jennifer Satre Patti Snyder Larry D. Struve
George and Arleen
Summerhill Lilli Trinchero Maurcie White Jill M. Winter
William B. and Vivian Lee
Wright You can build powerful gifts with a relatively modest share of your estate. Like the people listed here, when you join the Legacy Society you will be a fulcrum for change, goodness and hope.
Count your community as one of your heirs. Include a bequest to the Community Foundation in your will or trust.
Talk with your family. Talk with you advisor. Then talk with us. |
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