Sharing the power of compassion and connection
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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.
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| You'N-I Connection Leads to Jobs for Former Foster Youth |
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CFWN Advisory Board member Nancy Rodriguez wants to connect with job applicants through You'N-I
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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,
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| Choir Member Makes Wise Gift to Church. |
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Rachel Struve-Mould's Gift Annuity Grew to Give More..
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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!
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The City of Reno Charitable Foundation is asking your help to keep BELIEVE in Reno. Learn more here
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Trustees
Linda Smith,
Chair
Thomas J. Hall
Vice Chair
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
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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.
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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.
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Partnership Grant Timeline
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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
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Community Foundation Events
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
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Connecting people who care with causes that matter.
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1885 South Arlington Avenue, Suite 103 Reno, NV 89509
The Community Foundation of Western Nevada
was established in 1998 as a Nevada 501 (c)3 charitable nonprofit corporation.
EIN# 88-0370179
CFWN encourages philanthropy and strengthens communities in our region.
Your contribution may be tax-deductible under federal law.
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