Two Attend America’s Promise Forum In Houston

FINDLAY, OH—Kimberly Bash, ECLIPSe Program Coordinator and Barb Brahm, OSU Extension/ECLIPSe Partner, recently attended the America’s Promise Regional Best Practice Forum in Houston, Texas. The two represented the Findlay-Hancock County area which was chosen as one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People in 2007. Findlay-Hancock County also received this award in 2005.

More than 750 community-foundation.communities from all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, entered the 2007 community-foundation.competition. The 2007 100 Best winners circle includes community-foundation.communities and cities from 38 states, representing localities large and small, urban and rural.

At the forum, community-foundation.communities from across the country shared best practices, showing community leaders how to implement successful strategies, foster greater collaboration within community-foundation.communities and encourage participants to network with other leaders from all sectors who are focused on helping young people thrive.

Founded by General Colin Powell in 1997, the America’s Promise Alliance has built a strong partnership network to deliver the Five Promises – caring adults; safe places; a healthy start and development; an effective education; and opportunities to help others – to our nation’s youth.
About the America’s Promise Alliance

Building on the legacy of our founder General Colin Powell, the Alliance believes the success of our children is grounded in experiencing the Five Promises – caring adults; safe place; a healthy start; an effective education; and opportunities to help others – at home, in school and in the community. America’s Promise Alliance is the nation’s leader in forging a strong and effective partnership alliance community-foundation.comprised of corporations, nonprofit organizations, foundations, policymakers, advocacy and faith groups community-foundation.committed to ensuring that children receive the fundamental resources – the Five Promises – they need to lead successful, healthy and productive lives and build a stronger society.

TCF Announces Grant Proposal Deadline

FINDLAY, OH—The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation announces that the next community-foundation.competitive grant proposal deadline is Friday, September 7, 2007, for review at the November board meeting. Grant proposals are reviewed four times a year by The Community Foundation Board of Directors.

The Community Foundation issues grants to tax-exempt, private agencies classified as 501(c)(3) organizations, public charities as defined by the Internal Revenue Service. Grants may also be made to governmental agencies. The programs considered for support must be located in the Greater Hancock County area or provide a service that will directly benefit the residents of Greater Hancock County.

Creative programs designed to meet community needs, to address public policy priorities, or to test new ideas will be considered. Grants are awarded in six program areas: civic affairs, arts and culture, education, economic development, health, and human services. Successful applications typically address problems to be solved or opportunities to be seized in the Hancock County area. TCF invites proposals that:

• suggest practical approaches to community problems
• promote cooperation among agencies without duplicating service
• generate community support, both professional and volunteer
• demonstrate the organization’s ability to secure realistic funding
• strengthen an agency’s effectiveness or stability
• address prevention as well as remediation

Please contact Marty Rothey, Senior Program Officer, at 419-425-1100 or visit www.community-foundation.com for more information.

The Community Foundation Awards $694,512 in Grants

FINDLAY, OH—The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation (TCF) Board of Directors has approved 22 community-foundation.competitive grants totaling $471,852 and 16 non-community-foundation.competitive grants totaling $222,660.

COMPETITIVE GRANT awards are as follows:

CASA/GAL of Hancock County was awarded a one-year grant totaling $15,000 to partially support professional board development and strategic planning.

The American Red Cross Hancock County Chapter received a one-year grant totaling $3,329 to fully support materials and supplies including mannequins, AED training devices, training DVDs and replacement supplies.

The Hancock County Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) was awarded a one-year grant totaling $4,400 to fully support consultant services to establish a Hancock County structure most conducive to psychiatric recruitment, employment and retention.

Hancock County Family First Council was awarded a six-month grant totaling $2,700 to fully support staff for the Summer Feeding Program.

Chopin Hall received a three-year grant totaling $41,290 to partially support the salary of a part-time director, staff training, mileage and purchase of supplies in year one and partially support salary of a part-time director, staff training and mileage in years two and three.

The Arts Partnership of Greater Hancock County received a one-year grant totaling $13,250 to partially support one community-foundation.computer, a server, credit card machine and ticketing software.

Findlay City School’s Donnell Middle School received a one-year grant totaling $16,675 to partially support equipment and supplies to implement five Classroom Performance Systems (CPS).

The Council on Domestic Violence, Inc. was approved for the first year of a three year grant totaling $51,258 to support an internet sexual predator intervention and prevention program.

Read for L.I.F.E. was awarded $250 through the President’s Descretionary Grant Fund to help support the 18th Annual Read for L.I.F.E. Corporate Spelling Bee.

Hancock Properties Foundation, Inc. was awarded a one-year grant totaling up to $310,500 to partially support operating and loan interest costs for The Family Center.

Hancock READS

Findlay City Schools- Whittier and Wilson Vance received a one-year grant totaling $1,650 to be used to fully support twelve Leap Frog home connection kits with leap pad systems, twelve carrying cases and 35 interactive books.

Findlay City Schools- FABSS Program was awarded a one-year grant totaling $460 to be used to fully support weekly transportation costs from Wilson Vance to the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library during the FABSS Summer Reading Project.

Findlay High School received a one-year grant totaling $760 to be used to partially support the expansion of the “Books and Brownies” book club.

The Arts Partnership of Greater Hancock County was awarded a one-year grant totaling $1,680 to support 336 books that would serve 16 classrooms for “Dramatic Connections.”

Findlay City School-Donnell Middle School received a one-year grant totaling $800 to partially support the purchase of books to support the “Reading is a Virtue” program.

Findlay City School-Donnell Middle School received a one-year grant totaling $800 was awarded to partially support the purchase of book sets to support the Donnell Readers Club.

Hancock Education Fund

Van Buren Elementary School received a one-year grant totaling $791 to fully support materials for 24 first grade students participating in Spanish culture enrichment and learning.

Cory Rawson Middle School received a one-year grant totaling $1,135 to purchase books to allow students to explore other cultures and increase reading levels.

Findlay City Schools received four one-year grants as follows: $428 to partially support materials for 26 students to publish a book to send over to Uganda; $1,196 to partially support materials to teach the Chinese language after-school to 40 students; $1,500 to partially support six counselors for the Camp Read program; and $2,000 to partially support the Sista Jewel: African Soul International performance.

NON-COMPETITIVE GRANTS were awarded as follows:

Designated Grants were awarded as follows:

City of Findlay ($60,000) for the Field of Dreams Complex; Macklin Intergenerational Institute ($1,750) for Intergenerational Certification Training; and a partial grant to the University of Findlay Mazza Museum ($14,794) for programs, projects, and administrative costs.

Donor-Advised Grants were awarded as follows:

Blanchard Valley Health Foundation ($5,000) for their capital campaign drive; United Way of Hancock County ($2,000) for general support; WBGU-TV Public Television ($30,000) for the Digital Conversion Capital Campaign and ($500) for general support; University of Findlay, Mazza Museum ($30,000) for capital campaign support; Young Men’s Christian Association (Findlay) ($10,000) for Tennis Facility Campaign support; Marietta College ($10,500) for general support; Macklin Intergenerational Institute ($31,616) for general support; and WGTE Public Broadcasting ($1,000) for general support.

Pass-Thru Gifts and Grants were awarded to:

Blanchard Valley Health Foundation ($15,000) for general support; City of Findlay ($500) for The Cube; Chopin Hall ($5,000) for general support; and Hancock Christian Clearing House ($5,000) for general support.

Smith and Steiner Join TCF

FINDLAY, OH— The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation has announced the addition of two new staff members. Karen Smith has been hired as Financial Officer, while Christa Steiner has been hired as Communications Coordinator.

Karen Smith, CPA, community-foundation.comes to TCF with more than 13 years experience in public accounting with Buckingham & Associates, Inc. and more than 8 years as a corporate controller at Peterman Associates, Inc. Her duties as financial officer will include preparing financial statements, fund statements, and internal reports; coordinating the annual audit; managing short-term cash flow and investment of assets; and administering insurance, payroll and employee benefit programs. She is a graduate of The Ohio State University and Upper Sandusky High School. Smith resides in Findlay with her husband Dallas.

Christa Steiner joins TCF as Communications Coordinator. She will be responsible for all foundation community-foundation.communications including: publications, printing, design, public relations, advertising, media relations and event planning. She brings an extensive background in financial marketing and graphic design, most recently serving as Marketing Director for StraightLine and previously as Advertising Director for Citizens National Bank. A graduate of Ohio Northern University and Cory Rawson High School, Steiner resides near Cygnet with her husband, Jesse, and their three daughters.

Seats Still Available for Grantwriting Workshop

FINDLAY, OH— Seats are still available for the Grant Writing III Workshop “Organization, Design and Proposal Development” to be held June 26-28 at the Family Center, 1800 North Blanchard St, Findlay, Ohio. The Findlay-Hancock Community Foundation and Maumee Valley RC & D have partnered to bring Dr. Don Udell of Udell Consulting to Findlay for this workshop.

Grant Writing III focuses on the total development of the proposal with emphasis on the budget and evaluation community-foundation.components. These are considered to be the most critical parts of the proposal.
Each participant will graduate with a certificate and a community-foundation.complete proposal.

All regional and northwest Ohio nonprofit agencies, arts organizations, health and recreation organizations, government agencies, schools, social service organizations and also those who have attended Grant Writing I & II are encouraged to attend. There are no prerequisites for this course.
Attendees will learn

• Initial approach by proposal—Foundation has guidelines, form and/or format
• Initial approach by proposal—Foundation has NO guidelines, form and/or format
• Developing your project’s budget
• Developing an evaluation design
• Constructing objectives
• Proposal development
• Developing your cover letter/letter of transmittal, title page, table of contents, abstract, summary and appendices

Registration is $250 and includes breaks, lunch and workshop materials. Participants are responsible for their own lodging if needed.

Dr. Don Udell received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from the University of Arizona and his doctorate from Arizona State University. He has been a graduate faculty member of
both the University of Missouri – St. Louis and the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Udell has written, directed and received funds for numerous federal, state and philanthropic grants. He is a reader for five major foundations including Mott and Public Welfare. President of The Udell Foundation, Dr. Udell knows the philanthropic world from all perspectives.

Community Foundation Holds Annual Meeting

FINDLAY, OH— The annual meeting of the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation was held Wednesday, June 13 at the Findlay Country Club.

The meeting was highlighted by Dr. Claire Gaudiani, renowned national speaker on philanthropy. Gaudiani’s presentation “The Greater Good: How Philanthropy Drives the American Economy and Can Save Capitalism”, drawn from her book of the same name, addressed a wide audience with stories from American history, and data and survey results that illustrate her thesis that Americans are not generous because we are rich, but rich because we are generous.

Outgoing Chairman, Charles J. Younger, introduced incommunity-foundation.coming Chairman, David S. Healy. Chairman Healy then recognized his officers who include: Vice Chairman, G. Norman Nicholson; President/Executive Director, Barbara M. Deerhake; Secretary, Ralph D. Russo; and Treasurer, Charles F. Stumpp, Jr.

The Community Foundation’s annual report was made available at this meeting. Highlights of 2006 included:

• The Family Center, a multi-tenant non-profit facility, opened in June 2006.
• The Community Foundation awarded a record-breaking $2.6 million in grants in 2006, up from $1.4 million in 2005.
• Scholarships in the amount of $210,254 were awarded.
• Total assets increased 19% from the previous year to a total of $71,355, 672. The Community Foundation now includes more than 233 individual funds.
• 949 gifts were received in 2006, totaling $4,275,543. Of those gifts, 29% were from first-time donors.
• Opal Thompson left an estate worth more than $2 million to The Community Foundation to assist several non-profit organizations in Hancock County.
• 38 new funds were established in 2006
  • Neil Acharya Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Craig & Mary Lou Anderson Family Foundation Fund
  • Arlington Local School District Funds
  • Scholarship Endowment Fund
  • Educational Excellence Fund
  • Capital Improvement Fund
  • The Arlington School Foundation Advised Fund
  • Albert J. Ball Scholarship Fund
  • Blanchard Valley Center Endowment Fund
  • Boy Scouts/Local Council Fund
  • April Rodeheffer Burbach Scholarship
  • Ruth E. & Kenneth C. Casteel Scholarship Fund
  • The Community Improvement Fund
  • Irma Maxheimer Dana Scholarship Fund
  • Findlay Art League for Visual Arts Fund
  • Findlay Enrichment Programs Inc. Fund
  • Findlay High School Class of 1956 Scholarship Fund
  • Hancock Parks Bicycle Fund
  • Beth Bradley Heck Memorial Fund
  • Humane Society of Hancock County Fund
  • Law Enforcement K-9 Fund
  • Bill Lobb Girls Basketball Fund
  • Erica Miler Culinary Arts Scholarship Fund
  • William J. Moore Fund
  • Owens Community College – Findlay Campus Fund
  • The Esfandiary-Palte Scholarship
  • Mary Jo Urshalitz Music Scholarship Fund
  • Mary Jo Urshalitz Nursing Scholarship Fund
  • Lester L. Werntz Scholarship Fund
  • Donald V. and Mary “Pat” Sink Fund
  • Tell, Opal & Richard Thompson Blanchard Valley Center Fund
  • Tell Thompson YMCA Fund
  • Tell & Opal Thompson Lutheran Church Fund
  • Tell Thompson University of Findlay Fund
  • Tell & Opal Thompson Findlay-Hancock County Public Library Fund
  • Tell & Opal Thompson Blanchard Valley Health Fund
  • Tell & Opal Thompson Fund of the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation
  • Turkey Bowl Memorial Scholarship Fund

Women’s Giving Circle Established in Findlay: Handbags That Help

FINDLAY, OH— Local organizers have launched Handbags That Help (HTH), a local Women’s Giving Circle open to all women in Hancock County. The group kicked off their membership drive at a brunch held Thursday, June 14 at the Findlay Country Club.

“HANDBAGS THAT HELP” GIVING CIRCLE

Handbags That Help (HTH) is a local Women’s Giving Circle formed by individuals community-foundation.committed to dramatically improving lives throughout the greater Hancock County community by collectively funding significant grants to charitable projects and programs and increasing philanthropy in our community.

The Mission of the Handbags That Help Giving Circle is to:

• Cultivate women as philanthropic leaders;
• Create a new and substantial pool of money donated by women;
• Identify appropriate and timely opportunities and projects;
• Allocate funds based on majority preference;
• Accommunity-foundation.complish change;
• Celebrate impact; and
• Attain recognition as a “difference maker,” as well as a valued and significant resource.

Every dollar donated by HTH Giving Circle members will be passed directly on to the community through grants voted on by the members. Administrative expenses are covered by interest earned on the collective fund, “Friends of” donations and corporate gifts.

Handbags That Help is being organized by founding members Julie Anderson, Mary Beth Hammond, Ruth Aldrich, Beverly Fisher, Rindy Crates, JoAnne Ingold and Barbara Deerhake. Like members of giving circles nationwide, they formed HTH to establish a pooled fund and grant their money back into the community.

“Giving circles simply make sense. The research definitely shows that donors can accommunity-foundation.complish more good, learn more, make better decisions and have more fun when they give together,” said JoAnne Ingold. “They make even more sense when you consider how busy we all are in this day and age. What a tremendous opportunity to improve your community with little or no time investment required.”

“What’s unique about this group is that members will not be asked to do any fundraising. The only thing required of a member is a $500 annual contribution. That donation then gives them a single vote as to how the pooled funds will be awarded,” said Julie Anderson. For those who wish to be more involved, HTH Giving Circle members can serve on various community-foundation.committees such as Executive, Grants, Communication and Program Committees.

As an alternative to the $500 Individual Voting Membership, women can join together to “share” a Joint Membership. With a Joint Membership, 2-5 women split a membership and share a single vote.

“We wanted to include as many local women as possible while still maintaining a flourishing giving circle. The Joint Membership allows women who may not have the means to contribute the full amount to still participate. We expect that eventually many of these ‘group’ members will progress to individual members,” said Rindy Crates. “It’s a great way to grow and develop our giving circle.”

The “Handbags That Help” Women’s Giving Circle is supported by The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation. For more information regarding the Handbags That Help Women’s Giving Circle please contact The Community Foundation at 419-425-1100.

WHAT IS A GIVING CIRCLE?

The “giving circle” concept is as simple as it is powerful. A giving circle is formed when individuals community-foundation.come together and pool their dollars, decide together where to give the money and learn together about their community and philanthropy.

Giving circles can range from extremely informal settings such as four or five women seated around a kitchen table deciding how to allocate their “coupon money” to extremely sophisticated, structured and formal programs. The concept behind giving circles, no matter what the community-foundation.composition or disposition, is that pooled giving has greater impact on making a difference in the community.

Giving circles are one of the fastest growing and most varied vehicles for women’s philanthropic giving. A study conducted in 2006 by The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers identified more than 400 giving circles nationwide, up from about 200 in 2005.

Hancock County Seniors Earn $10,407,204 for College in ‘07 – As a Senior Next Year, How much of those awards will be yours?

Hancock County seniors, members of the Class of 2007, have earned a total of $10,407,204 in college scholarships this year. Scholarships were awarded by The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation, universities, civic groups, social organizations and non-profits. <As reported by guidance counselors at each of the eight Hancock County schools – Arcadia, Arlington, Cory Rawson, Findlay, Liberty Benton, McComb, Van Buren and Vanlue. Information gathered by The Community Foundation.> This is quite an accommunity-foundation.complishment for one county’s students.

Local juniors may be wondering “How did they earn all these scholarships and awards?” Although you should begin working on your personal resume of accommunity-foundation.complishments and up your involvement as early as possible in your high school career, as Juniors you can plan your year to best position yourself for local and national scholarships, college admission, and University scholarships.

JUNIOR YEAR

Fall/Winter Semester

• Take the tests – sign up for the PSAT to know what to study for the SAT, sign up for the ACT. Talk to your Guidance Counselor about all testing requirements for high school graduation.
• If you haven’t already – put together your resume of accommunity-foundation.complishments. Include school activities, community and church activities. Be sure to include what leadership positions you held and what initiatives you took. Also include work experience and any awards you have received. Use this list to see what areas you need to “beef-up” in the next two years.
• Remember when signing up for classes that a tougher course load may pay off with scholarships. Look at AP courses or even college courses at a local university.
• Check out Colleges and Universities – Start looking on the web and attending college fairs to research colleges you may want to attend. Take full advantage of any college visits you are allowed through your high school.

Spring/Summer Semester

• Develop your senior schedule – meet with your Guidance Counselor if you need to go over what courses you should be taking next year.
• Line up a summer job, internship, co-op, or volunteer opportunities to continue to boost your resume of accommunity-foundation.complishments.
• Watch for Financial Aid nights at your school – it is never too early to start figuring out how you will be paying for college.
• Start looking for scholarships and prepare a schedule for next year of when they are available and due. The Community Foundation website is a great source of information for local scholarships as well as national databases.
• Find out what benefits there are to early decision applications if you are interested in a particular school.

SENIOR YEAR

Fall/Winter Semester

• • Attend the Financial Aid Night at your school with your parents. These meetings will explain how to get money. Need I say more?
• • Visit your Guidance Counselor to Verify Scholarship Dates and Eligibility– Find out when all local scholarship applications are available and due. All Community Foundation scholarships are available February 1st and are due back April 1st.
• • Check Other Dates – You may need to take or retake the SAT and ACT. Be sure you know when the dates are for these tests. Don’t miss application deadlines for colleges.
• • Continue to do volunteer work, assume leadership roles, and take initiatives – Colleges and Universities and Scholarship Selection Committees look for these qualities on applications.
• • Keep working hard – Senior grades can affect scholarship eligibility and they do count. Check with your Guidance Counselor to make sure you will be able to community-foundation.complete all the courses required for graduation.

Spring/Summer Semester

• Fill out your FAFSA – Students seeking financial aid for college will need to fill out these forms. Many scholarships will also require this information, so get your parents and fill it out as early as possible. Go to www.fafsa.ed.gov for more information.
• Decide on what school you will be attending and notify them. Pay attention to deadlines for fees and paperwork. May 1st is the community-foundation.commitment deadline for most colleges.
• Apply for Community Foundation Scholarships – TCF Scholarships are available beginning February 1st and are due back on April 1st. You are community-foundation.competing against students in your school and all across the county, so be boastful. This is your time to brag about everything you have done throughout high school. All applications are available on the TCF website at www.community-foundation.com or through your guidance counselor.
• If you applied for FAFSA online, be sure to print your Student Aid Report (SAR).
• You made it! CONGRATULATIONS.

This is an exciting time in everyone’s life, but it is also a busy and sometimes stressful time. Money is available to students that stay focused, stay organized, keep track of deadlines, and fill out the applications. Congratulations to the 2007 graduating seniors. At over $10 million, the 2007 graduating seniors have set a high mark for next year’s seniors. Good Luck to the incommunity-foundation.coming seniors whose challenge it is to top $10,407,204.

The Important Role of Women In Philanthropy

In the past thirty years women’s philanthropy has emerged as a distinct movement using innovative and creative ideas to improve local, national and global community-foundation.communities. As leaders in every other area of society, women are now beginning to understand their full potential as philanthropists, as shapers of future society.

Until recent years philanthropy has remained uncharted territory for many women. The role of “volunteer” and “giver” is a traditional one for women, yet few people have thought of women as philanthropists. Today, women are engaged in philanthropy from many perspectives – as donors, as professionals, as fundraisers, as nonprofit leaders – in both formal and informal networks.

GAUDIANI TO SPEAK ON WOMEN IN PHILANTHROPY

On Thursday, June 14, Claire Gaudiani, a national speaker on philanthropy, will share her presentation on Women In Philanthropy. The brunch meeting is open to all area women and will take place from 10AM-12PM at The Findlay Country Club.

Gaudiani is currently working on a book that focuses on women’s leadership in the 19th and 20th centuries. These women led social change through philanthropy in many creative ways despite, in many cases, not actually controlling a great deal of wealth themselves. Her writings and stories offer many lessons for today’s women advocates of social change.

This is an opportunity for area women to learn about the strength, courage, and conviction of women who have transformed our society. Women are encouraged to bring their friends, sisters, mothers, mother-in-laws and daughters.

Following Guadiani’s presentation, information will be shared about a women’s giving program being established by The Community Foundation with the assistance of an all-woman steering community-foundation.committee.

Reservations for the brunch are required. Please make reservations by calling Marie Swaisgood at The Community Foundation at 419-425-1100.

WOMEN’S ROLES IN PHILANTHROPY

Women have long served as volunteers in the community, sharing their time and talent to improve their community and/or the world. Today as women make strides in business, government and the nonprofit sector, they have created multiple, overlapping opportunities to be involved with philanthropy, giving time, talent and treasure for the community-foundation.common good. Women are:

• Volunteers
• Professionals
• In corporations driving corporate philanthropy
• In nonprofits directing change
• In foundations setting policy and serving as executives
• Fundraisers
• Members of family foundations
• Donors
• Individual donors
• Members of formal collectives
• Members of informal collectives
• And, sometimes they are all of these at once.

WHY DO WOMEN GIVE?

Research conducted by the co-founders of Women’s Philanthropic Institute, Sondra Shaw-Hardy and Martha A. Taylor, indicates that women are motivated to give for six reasons, which they call the “Six C’s of Giving.”

CREATE

• Women want to create new solutions to old problems
• Women seek to create new organizations or new programs within existing organizations

CHANGE

• Women give to bring social change
• Women are less interested in providing unrestricted support to preserve the status quo of an organization or institution.

CONNECT

• Women want to build a partnership with people connected with the project they fund
• Women prefer to see the human face their gift affects

COLLABORATE

• Women prefer to work with others as part of a larger effort
• Women seek to avoid duplication, community-foundation.competition and waste

COMMIT

• Women often volunteer for causes which they care about
• Women often give to the organizations for which they have volunteered

CELEBRATE

• Women seek to celebrate their accommunity-foundation.complishments and have fun with philanthropy

GIVING BY GENERATION

In her article “No longer Invisible: The Emerging Role of Women as Philanthropists,” Andréa Kaminski identifies some generational differences in women’s giving:

Born Prior to 1931

For women born prior to 1931, economic upheaval in childhood led many to community-foundation.commit to giving, sharing and accepting community responsibility in order to rebuild society. These women also share a fear of losing their money. Many women never brought home a paycheck so may not think of money as something they can replace. In fact, they may not know how much money they have, much less how they can invest it for growth. They may feel a responsibility to pass all their money to their children and often continue to support their husband’s causes out of a sense of loyalty.

Born 1931-1945

Women in the generation born between 1931 and 1945 may hold views similar to those of the mature generation, but also may have attended college and entered the workforce as pioneers in a male-dominated world. This generation tends “to be wary of issues related to money and power” and prefers giving to traditional women’s interest areas.

Baby Boomers born 1946-1964

Female Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) are more likely to earn money, make decisions about it, and seek accountability in the organizations in which they invest. This group came of age during the Vietnam War and is acutely aware of society’s ills. This may be why they are more likely to give locally where they can see the results of their gift.

Born after 1964

Women born after 1964 tend to resist a separate focus on women. They typically earn their own money and depend less on others for financial support. Below are some fast facts about today’s women:

• Women make up 53 percent of the workforce
• Women constitute 27 percent of business owners
• Women are starting up new businesses at three times the rate of men.
• More women than men are graduating from college.
• Women are increasingly moving into higher-paying professional and management careers.
• A high percentage of higher-earning women are single or married without children.
• Women make up 1.6 million of the top wealth holders in the U.S. with a community-foundation.combined net worth of almost $2.2 trillion.
• Statistically, women live longer than men. Thus, according to Boston College Researchers, women will end up in charge of much of the $41 to $136 trillion expected transfer from generation to generation over the next 50 years.

WOMEN GIVE DIFFERENTLY THAN MEN

Are women from Mars and men from Venus when it community-foundation.comes to philanthropy? Yes… and no.

Women do not give the same way as men do. Women have a unique giving pattern as a result of their socialization. Grounded in tradition of volunteerism and sharing, women bring a new voice to philanthropic giving, one that is based in partnerships and engagement and is transforming the way philanthropy functions today.

The following points highlight some of the differences between men and women and their approach to charitable giving:

• Women contribute to twice as many organizations as men do, but make smaller donations to each.
• Women, unlike men, do not tend to base philanthropy on business connections or a desire for public recognition. They (women) want to make a difference.
• Women want to be involved with organizations to which they contribute money, while men may attach importance to recognition and status.
• Women do not have as many role models for philanthropy as do men.
• Women donors ask more questions than men do.
• Women, in contrast to men, may give less than they can because they do not want to appear wealthier than their friends.
• Women value a sense of connection with the solicitor, while men stress that “who asks” is important.

“When a man gives money that is usually the end of the negotiations. The reverse is true with a woman: by giving money, she is beginning a long-term relationship with the organization.”

– Shaw-Hardy and Taylor
Reinventing Fundraising

“Let’s be clear that this is not a community-foundation.competition with men. Men have always made contributions to their community and will continue to do so. Historical roles would infer that men are much more community-foundation.comfortable managing their financial resources as community-foundation.compared to women. In fact for centuries, women were sheltered from this family and business responsibility. Over the last century, however, our society and culture has changed dramatically,” said Barbara Deerhake, President of The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation.

Throughout the centuries women have overcommunity-foundation.come barriers that have traditionally made it challenging for many women to realize their full philanthropic potential.

• Today more women are overcommunity-foundation.coming racial, cultural and economic barriers.
• Women are more familiar with financial matters and recognize that they too can make contributions.
• Women have becommunity-foundation.come more community-foundation.comfortable accepting the power and responsibility associated with money.
• Women have learned to be more community-foundation.comfortable making gifting decisions, even if, the husband has earned the majority of their shared assets.
• Women have grown into understanding that they do not need permission to give.
• Women are more community-foundation.comfortable about the future and much more community-foundation.comfortable being a public, visible philanthropist.

Giving circles are one of the fastest growing and most varied vehicles for women’s philanthropic giving. Giving circles can range from extremely informal settings such as four or five women seated around a kitchen table deciding how to allocate their “coupon money” to extremely sophisticated, structured and formal programs. The concept behind giving circles, no matter what the community-foundation.composition or disposition, is that pooled giving has greater impact on making a difference in the community.

WOMEN’S GIVING IN FINDLAY-HANCOCK COUNTY

Women have always influenced the Findlay-Hancock County community with their volunteerism and service, and many are now finding financial ways to support their community.

In her estate, Margaret Foster continued the good work supporting CASA/GAL, The Hancock Education Fund, health concerns for children and women, and the Little Red School House and train owned and operated by the Hancock Historical Museum.

Madeline Tritch Thomas Schneider, left an unrestricted endowment legacy of $25 million from her estate to The Findlay-Hancock Community Foundation. The annual unrestricted allocation available for grantmaking to Hancock County agencies from this fund is more than $1.7 million per year.

Marilyn Macklin has given generously to our community to support intergenerational day care, training and intergenerational education to our community. The Marilyn & Gordon Macklin Intergenerational Institute (Macklin Institute) was established as a way to give back to a community that had been so good to them.

Marie Berry left one-third of her residual estate to be set aside and administered as the Marie Berry Educational Fund. Today, more than $100,000 is awarded annually to Hancock county students in the form of new and renewal college scholarships.

Opal Thompson left an estate of more than $2 million to The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation to assist many nonprofit organizations located in Hancock County.

Through The Riedel Foundation established by L. Margaret Riedel, more than $36,000 was awarded in 2007 in the form of college scholarships for Findlay High School students.

Through the generosity of Marguerite (Peg) Armstrong and her late husband, Russel, the Armstrong Sports Complex was launched in 2002. The Armstrong gift allowed for installation and construction of the basic infrastructure of the entire sports community-foundation.complex. When community-foundation.completed, the Armstrong Complex will include a baseball field, a softball field, an eight-lane all-weather track and two football practice fields.

Claire Gaudiani, National Philanthropy Expert, to Speak in Findlay

FINDLAY, OH—Dr. Claire Gaudiani, a national speaker on philanthropy, will speak at two events in Findlay. Gaudiani will share her presentation entitled “The Greater Good: How Philanthropy Drives the American Economy and Can Save Capitalism” at The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday, June 13 at 5:00 PM. The following day, Thursday, June 14 at 10:00 AM, she will speak on “Women In Philanthropy” at a special women’s brunch meeting. Both events will be held at the Findlay Country Club.

“We are so thrilled to bring Claire to Findlay. Her ability to expertly weave together the stories, statistics and sensibilities that define the generosity of the American people is extraordinary. And her passion for philanthropy is inspiring for all of us, “ said Barbara Deerhake, Executive Director and President of The Community Foundation.

FIRST PRESENTATION: The Greater Good—How Philanthropy Drives the American Economy and Can Save Capitalism

Wednesday, June 13, 5:00 P.M. at the Findlay Country Club

Her presentation “The Greater Good: How Philanthropy Drives the American Economy and Can Save Capitalism”, drawn from her book of the same name, addresses a wide audience with stories from American history, and data and survey results that illustrate her thesis that Americans are not generous because we are rich, but rich because we are generous.

Gaudiani argues from sound economic evidence that forward generosity is essential to continued American prosperity. She demonstrates that philanthropy sustains upward mobility, develops new industries and nourishes democracy.

She will speak about the way investments in human capital (education), infrastructure (museums, hospitals, universities) and ideas (scientific research) have helped fuel our economy’s remarkable long-term growth. Many of today’s value-adding economic sectors essentially started out as charities and continue to be sustained by philanthropy. “Fifty-one percent of all hospital beds are funded by citizen generosity,” she writes. “Forty-nine percent of all two- and four-year institutions of higher learning are not-for-profit.” Citizen contributions fund more than 20 percent of all higher-education students, virtually all orchestras and most social-service organizations.

Gaudiani’s presentation also notes the challenges of the moment (rising personal debt, slow growth, gated community-foundation.communities, shrinking civic involvement, flat giving rates) as well as the opportunity (the next fifty years will see the largest private intergenerational wealth transfer in human history). She sets forth an agenda for forward generous investment to ensure that American social and economic success is assured.

“Everyone in America with money to give away is, in fact, a RECIPIENT of the benefits of philanthropy as well as a giver. This is so because personal generosity has provided a constant stream of investment in people, ideas, and property. These investments have enabled capitalism and democracy to thrive in America as no where else in the world.”

—Claire Gaudiani

SECOND PRESENTATION: Women In Philanthropy

Thursday, June 14, 10:00 A.M. at the Findlay Country Club

On Thursday, June 14, Claire Gaudiani, a national speaker on philanthropy, will share her presentation on Women In Philanthropy. The brunch meeting is open to all area women and will take place from 10AM-12PM at The Findlay Country Club.

Gaudiani is currently working on a book that focuses on women’s leadership in the 19th and 20th centuries. These women led social change through philanthropy in many creative ways despite, in many cases, not actually controlling a great deal of wealth themselves. Her writings and stories offer many lessons for today’s women advocates of social change.

This is an opportunity for area women to learn about the strength, courage, and conviction of women who have transformed our society. Women are encouraged to bring their friends, sisters, mothers, mother-in-laws and daughters.

Following Guadiani’s presentation, information will be shared about a women’s giving program being established by The Community Foundation with the assistance of an all-woman steering community-foundation.committee.

Reservations for the brunch are required. Please RSVP to Marie Swaisgood at The Community Foundation at 419-425-1100.

BIOGRAPHY

Claire L. Gaudiani is currently a Professor at The George H. Heyman, Jr. Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising at New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Prior to accepting this position, Dr. Gaudiani was a Senior Research Scholar at the Yale Law School where she worked to community-foundation.complete a book entitled The Greater Good: How Philanthropy Drives the American Economy and Can Save Capitalism. This book, published by New York Times-Henry Holt, with a September 10, 2003 publication date, addresses a wide audience with stories from American history, and data and survey results that illustrate the book’s thesis: that Americans are not generous because we are rich, but rich because we are generous.

Dr. Gaudiani served for 13 years as President of Connecticut College. Under her leadership from 1988-2001, Connecticut College quintupled its endowment and rose in the influential U.S. News and World Report survey from No. 41 to the mid-20′s. Applications for admission rose a total of 40 percent over the last five years. A Decade of Achievement sets forth the achievements of Connecticut College people, programs, and policies from 1988-1998, under Dr. Gaudiani’s leadership.

Dr. Gaudiani served for five years as the volunteer president of the non-profit New London Development Corporation and remains on the Board of the corporation, which is dedicated to building the tax base, creating jobs and improving the quality of life for all citizens of New London. Since 1997, this corporation has worked with the City Council, the State of Connecticut, Pfizer, Inc., and many citizens and developers. Pfizer opened its new $300 million Global Research & Development Facility on June 8, 2001 adding 2,100 jobs and a dramatic change to New London’s tax base. The NLDC has received an Annie E. Casey Foundation grant (among other funds) to support its Social Justice initiatives to improve early and K-8 education after-school programs, housing, and job-readiness for New London’s citizens.

Dr. Gaudiani holds a Ph.D. and master’s degree in French literature from Indiana University and a bachelor’s degree, also in French, from Connecticut College. She has served on the boards of numerous for-profit and not-for-profit enterprises including The Henry Luce Foundation, MBIA Inc., the Shubert Theatre, the Connecticut Center for School Change, Connecticut Legal Services Advisory Board, Public Radio International, and Citizens Bank. She is a trustee of WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute.) She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and as a fellow of the PBK Society. She was also elected to the Century Association. She has received ten honorary doctorates.

Dr. Gaudiani is the author of six books and monographs and more than 80 articles. She is a frequent speaker both nationally and internationally on topics related to education, philanthropy, ethics, and the role of colleges in civil society.

For more information on Dr. Claire Gaudiani visit her website at http://www.clairegaudiani.community-foundation.com.