Community Matters e-News

Sharing the power of compassion and connection

June/July 2014

This month's e-news is departure from the one-topic issues of late. It is full of short juicy "summer reading" stories about Community Foundation people, connections, and grants. Spread the good word and enjoy.

You'N-I Connection Leads to Jobs for Former Foster Youth

CFWN Advisory Board member Nancy Rodriguez wants to connect with job applicants through You'N-I

Advisory Board member Nancy Rodriguez learned during a Program Committee site visit that a monumental challenge for an aging-out foster youth is getting a job. Nancy has been participating with the Foundation's You'N-I (Youth Network Initiative) and understands the gravity of the problem in our area. She also happens to be the head of Human Resources for Nature Made Bakery and is busy recruiting for new entry level positions. Putting two and two together,

Nancy talked with Sierra Association of Foster Families Director Joseph Galata and the good news is fast spreading. See You'N-I facebook page for details.

Choir Member Makes Wise Gift to Church.

Rachel Struve-Mould's Gift Annuity Grew to Give More..

Rachel Struve-Mould, a former Reno school teacher, was a member of the Lutheran Church of Good Shepherd choir for 50 years. Through a Charitable Gift Annuity with the Community Foundation, she was able to support her beloved parish each year and give to the church endowment upon her passing.

In 2003 Rachel invested with the Community Foundation to establish a $25,000 Charitable Gift Annuity.

She received a charitable tax deduction for the charitable portion of her gift that year. Soon she began receiving quarterly annuity checks, which she generously passed on to her church. (Many donors use the quarterly checks as income for themselves or a family member.)

In March 2014, at age 99, Rachel passed away. As agreed upon ten years earlier, the Foundation transferred the residual of her annuity to the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Endowment just as Rachel directed.

Rachel's foresight and generosity is an example of how working with the Community Foundation can help make the most of charitable gifts. One well-planned gift grew and helped our community in several ways:

Rachel's charitable gift deduction in the she established the charitable gift annuity reduced her tax tax burden in that year, giving her more money in her pocket.
The church building fund through regular quarterly gifts totaling $26,500.
The Community Foundation through the annuity's management fees totaling $3,320.
The residual of the gift annuity that was donated to the church endowment fund at the Community Foundation and will be funding Church needs for generations.

The value of Rachel's original gift grew from $25,000 to $32,515 plus the taxes Rachel saved due to her gift deduction.

Learn about Charitable Gift Annuities on nevadafund.org. If you are interested in a Charitable Annuity to benefit your favorite organization, call

Chris Askin, 775-333-5499.

You'N-I Go-To Site will Launch by School Start

Relevant and Useful

Lyndsey Crossley, Community Foundation Executive Assistant is wrangling young people to test the

RenoYouthNetwork.com online youth resource search engine. 30 youth are working with Lyndsey and the searchable database developer.

The You'N-I Steering committee is excited to go live with the database as a website and link in early September. Food, shelter, housing, and jobs are just a few of the numerous basic terms that can be researched. Users will be connected to service providers in our area.

Read & Believe: Partnership Grants Changing our World.

2013 Partnership Grant Impact Reports are touching and real stories about the people and situations affected by your generosity.

Thanks to you, Partnership Grant donors, this young woman in foster care was able to get needed tutoring and graduated on June 17th!

Read the Partnership Grant Impact Reports here.

Believe

The City of Reno Charitable Foundation is asking your help to keep BELIEVE in Reno. Learn more here

Who We Are

Trustees

Linda Smith,

Chair

Thomas J. Hall

Vice Chair

Jim Pfrommer

Treasurer

Butch Anderson

Secretary

Sallie Armstrong

Kathie Bartlett

Rebecca Dickson

Barbara Drake

Matt Gray

Nora James

Brian Kennedy

Diana Kern

Cary Lurie

Jan Rude-Willson

Jennifer Satre

Norma Webster

Advisory Board

Kim Becker

Carina Black

Greg Brower

Steven Brown

Steve Frank

David Geddes

Ray Gonzalez

Gail Humphreys

Craig King

Dong-Joon (DJ) Lee

Lance McKenzie

Teresa Mentzer

Susanne Pennington

Alicia Reban

Beatriz Robinson

Nancy Rodriguez

Beth Schuler

John Solari

Lilli Trinchero

Reggie Valenzuela

Jim Webster

Staff

Chris Askin, CSPG

President and CEO

Lyndsey Crossley

Executive Assistant

Dani Lutzow

Program Officer

Maureen Mensing

Accounting Associate

Margaret Stewart

Communications Director

Melissa Tschanz, CPA

Controller

Tracy Turner, PhD

Chief Philanthropy Officer

Out and About

Tracy Turner,Chief Philanthropy Officer has made 12 presentations to local service clubs in the last few weeks. She is an interesting and powerful speaker on the subject of strengthening our community through charitable giving. If you would like Tracy to speak to your club, give her a call: 775-333-5499.

Make Your Mark

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

Like Rachel Struve-Mould you can do something big for your community.

Talk with your family, your advisor and then talk with Chris Askin 775-333-5499 about leaving a percentage of your estate to benefit the Nevada community you love.

Consider including

The Community Fund,

Partnership Grant Fund,

or any of our nonprofit endowments that improve our quality of life.

Partnership Grant Timeline

Letter of Intent:

Open now.

Letter of Intent Due:

July 8, 2014 at noon

RFP mailed to selected organizations:

July 28

RFP Due:

August 15, 2014 noon

2014 Winners Announced: Sept. 3

Get Partnership Grant

details here.

Community Foundation Events

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Scholarship Send Off Ice Cream Social

Sunday, July 20, 1 to 3 pm

Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum

Community Foundation Annual Meeting

September 16, 5pm

Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows

New Pennington Facility

1300 Foster Drive, Reno

Connecting people who care with causes that matter.

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