Gratitude70th Anniversary / 2017 Annual Report

GratitudeLETTER

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Dear Friends,

When Norton Clapp founded the Medina Foundation in 1947, he had a vision to give back to his community and help create a place where all people are given the opportunity to attain independence and dignity. More than 70 years later, we continue this work in his footsteps. As we celebrated our 70th anniversary in 2017, we passed another important milestone: $100 million granted out into our community. We are proud of the far-reaching impact that the Foundation continues to have today.

The past 70 years have seen a great deal of change for both our community and the Medina Foundation, but our core values remain the same. In its very first year of grantmaking, the Foundation awarded seven grants totaling $3,800 — among them $100 to the Seattle Chapter of the Girl Scouts of America. In 2017, we made 232 grants totaling $3,888,010, including a $20,000 grant to Girl Scouts of Western Washington. The scale of the Foundation has changed, but our purpose remains the same.

As we considered how to honor this anniversary, we were clear that we wanted it to be about celebrating the work of our many grantees. The following pages describe the special grant opportunities the Foundation offered in recognition of our 70 years, all of which were funded above and beyond our usual annual grantmaking.

In reflecting on 70 years of the Medina Foundation, our primary feeling is one of gratitude. We give thanks for the opportunity to partner with so many amazing organizations working to make our region a better place, and for the impact this work has had on us personally, as we grow alongside the Foundation. We share these stories of impact throughout this report, from both our Trustees and our grantees.

In the words of our founder, “Use those things that have been given to you for the benefit of others. Go out into the world and do something. Don’t be discouraged if things go slowly. Just try to keep things moving forward.”

Here’s to another 70 years of moving forward.

Gail Gant, Board President Jennifer Teunon, Executive Director

1947Norton Clapp holds a meeting

on Christmas Eve to organize

the Medina Foundation.

1948The Foundation makes its first

seven grants, totaling $3,800.

1961Total Foundation giving

surpasses $1 Million.

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1971Program guidelines are

formalized for the first time

by the board, and geographic

giving area is solidified to focus

on the Puget Sound Region.

Guidelines vary over the next

several decades, but continue to

focus around the general area

of human services.

As a part of the Foundation’s 70th Anniversary celebration, each Trustee received

$10,000 to designate to the Medina grantee(s) of their choice (in increments of

$1,000 or more) throughout the year. These special awards were sent to grantees

with a commemorative thank-you card designed for the occasion, expressing

the deep gratitude that the Medina Foundation has for the work of our partner

organizations. These gifts were primarily designated as unrestricted operating

support, with a few select programs receiving project funding as well.

Over the course of the year, the Trustees allocated 38 of these special grants,

totaling $97,000, to 36 different organizations. These grants were over and

above any regular grants made to the organizations in 2017, and they came

as a surprise to those who received them. The special grants were a great way

for the Foundation to celebrate the anniversary, while honoring the nonprofit

organizations that carry out the work of uplifting our communities every day.

Surprise70TH ANNIVERSARY GRANTS

GIFTS OF SUPPORT

1973Trustees develop the

first grant application

form. Greg Barlow

is hired as the

Foundation’s first

Executive Director, and

stays until 2002.

1974Norton Clapp helps to organize

The Pacific Northwest Grantmakers

Forum (now Philanthropy Northwest),

as a way for local foundations to

gather and learn from each other. The

Medina Foundation provides staffing

for the first five years.

1975Medina initiates a project with a state

representative to identify social priorities in the

Puget Sound area. The work results in a report

identifying ten areas of concern, distributed to

the State Legislature for use in evaluating the

DSHS budget. As a result of one of the findings

of this report, Economic Opportunity is added

to Foundation guidelines.

“Just wanted to say thanks for the wonderful surprise that arrived in my mailbox

today! It couldn’t have come at a better moment, as we had just returned from the

Yesler satellite, which is now nearly ready to open! The extra support will be a boon

to us as we finish the last touches and prepare to welcome new students and families!

Thank you again for all of the Foundation’s support, and for this extra gift!”

— LOUISE MCKAY, DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC GROWTH, THE GREATER SEATTLE BUREAU OF FEARLESS IDEAS

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Amara

Bellarmine Preparatory School

Beyond Survival

Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County

Catherine Place

CCS* - Grays Harbor Youth Center

CCS - Spirit Journey

Charles Wright Academy

Cocoon House

Connections

Everett Recovery Cafe

Financial Beginnings

*Catholic Community Services

Foundation for Private Enterprise Education

Grays Harbor County CASA

Grays Harbor Youth Works

Juma Ventures

Mother Mentors of Whidbey Island

New Horizons Ministries

NW Furniture Bank

Potlatch Fund

Project Feast

Puyallup Valley St. Francis House

Rainier Scholars

Recovery Cafe

Renton Area Youth & Family Services

Rescue Mission

Summer Search

Tacoma Area Youth for Christ

The Answer For Youth

The Coffee Oasis

The Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas

Vashon Youth & Family Services

WestSide Baby

Wonderland Developmental Center

Year Up Puget Sound

YMCA of Pierce & Kitsap Counties

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RECIPIENTS

“The gift was a surprise, the thoughtfulness and partnership it suggested was not. We treasure our long association with the Medina Foundation and so appreciate the continuous trust and confidence you and your board express to Amara with your generous support.” — JOHN MORSE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMARA

“...Because of you, island kids have opportunities at the Funhouse to make their first friend, learn how to say sorry, explore science and art, and connect with caring adult mentors for additional social and academic support.”

— FUNHOUSE COMMONS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, STAFF,

VOLUNTEERS, AND FAMILIES

1982Medina institutes the Management

Excellence Program, providing

incentives for Medina-funded

organizations to improve

administration and fiscal management

for the next 14 years.

2004Medina begins a Rural Initiative

to increase Foundation giving in

the more rural counties within its

geographic funding region, working

with knowledgeable community

members to help identify strong and

effective organizations.

2009Medina launches Express Advantage,

a nonprofit affiliated with Express

Credit Union and BECU, to provide fair

and affordable banking options and

alternatives to payday loans for low-

income people.

2011The Domestic Violence Stable Housing

Initiative is started, demonstrating

that flexible funding and a focus

on survivor-driven solutions can

immediately and positively impact the

stability of survivors and their families.

2017Medina celebrates 70 years of service

to our community (and surpasses $100

million granted).

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“As a board, we are passionate about

our mission and are determined

to follow Norton Clapp’s vision of

supporting people. Our focus on

youth and families is extremely

important, and it’s gratifying to know

that people are surviving and thriving

because of the work of our grantees.” — JEAN GARDNER, MEDINA TRUSTEE

To mark Medina’s 70th Anniversary, the Foundation honored grantees by issuing a

Request for Proposals (RFP) to fund professional development. Knowing professional

development is something that is valued, but often challenging to pay for, the

Foundation wanted to support grantees’ efforts in this area by committing funds

above and beyond the Foundation’s regular grantmaking. The RFP was sent to

approximately 230 current and recent grantees.

The RFP was intentionally kept simple and straightforward. Nonprofits were invited

to apply for up to $5,000 toward any opportunity they needed to strengthen their

organization, such as a conference, training, or consultant of their choice. The goal

was to be as responsive as possible to the unique needs of each organization.

The need was great. The Foundation received almost 150 proposals totaling over

$688,000 for a wide variety of professional development opportunities. Proposals

came from all over the Foundation’s 14-county region and represented all six of

Medina’s issue areas. While the Foundation originally allocated $90,000 for this

initiative, the large number of compelling requests ultimately led to funding for

30 proposals totaling $139,541.

These requests highlighted that investments in professional development are

desperately needed, yet can rarely be prioritized over program and basic operating

funds. The result is a vacuum within organizational infrastructure where vital

leadership development, and even basic staff training and support, are often

passed over.

Professional development is a critical need, bolstering staff and leadership capacity

to grow, adapt, and thrive in the constantly evolving and highly demanding field

of nonprofit operations. Without proper support, training, and encouragement for

staff and leadership, nonprofits face high turnover rates that ultimately diminish

their programmatic goals and structural sustainability. By supporting a wide range

of professional development opportunities, foundations can ultimately strengthen

the organizations that provide the critical services to communities in need and see

greater results from their programs in the future.

Investing

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

IN LEADERSHIP

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RECIPIENTS

If you’d like to learn more about this RFP, more information is under the

“What We Fund” tab on our website at www.medinafoundation.org.

The variety of requests was impressive.

Organizations applied for local trainings,

national conferences, and sabbaticals. More

than 20% of the requests were to support

equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts,

which shows the growing recognition of

the importance of this work.

Amara

Brigid Collins Family Support Center

Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services of Whatcom County

DOVE Project

Downtown Emergency Service Center

El Centro de la Raza

Friends of the Children Seattle

Garden Raised Bounty

Hopeworks Social Enterprises

Lopez Island Family Resource Center

Mary’s Place

Mother Mentors of Whidbey Island

Neighborhood House

Opportunity Council

Pacific County Youth Alliance

Peace Community Center

Readiness to Learn

Recovery Cafe

Refugee Women’s Alliance

Renton Area Youth & Family Services

Rochester Organization of Families

Serenity House of Clallam County

Sound Learning

Southwest Youth & Family Services

The Mockingbird Society

Ventures

Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Way Back Inn Foundation

WestSide Baby

YWCA of Olympia

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Economic Opportunity

Apprenticeship & Non-

traditional Employment for

Women

$20,000

Bike Works Seattle $15,000

CASA Latina $25,000

CCS* - ASSET Program $15,000

Center for Inclusive

Entrepreneurship

$15,000

Educurious Partners $10,000

FareStart $40,000

Financial Beginnings $15,000

Grays Harbor Youth Works $7,500

Hopeworks Social

Enterprises

$50,000

Juma Ventures $3,600

Partner in Employment $15,000

Project Feast $12,000

Sound Outreach $3,600

Ventures $40,000

TOTAL: $286,700

Opportunities that help people become

economically self-sufficient, such as

financial literacy, asset building, or

skills-building programs

Education

CCS - Youth Tutoring

Program

$23,600

Communities in Schools of

Washington

$68,000

Eastside Academy $30,000

Lutheran Community

Services Northwest

$20,000

Rapid Resource Fund for

the Roadmap Project

$10,000

Regional Alliance for Youth $15,000

Seattle Arts & Lectures $15,000

Seattle Education Access $25,000

Sound Learning $10,000

South Sound YMCA $20,000

Technology Access

Foundation

$25,000

Thrive Washington $25,000

YMCA of Greater Seattle $20,000

Zeno $25,000

TOTAL: $331,600

Birth to 12th-grade educational

opportunities, adult literacy, and other

programs that enhance academic skills

Housing & Homelessness

CCS - Benedict House $25,000

CCS - Drexel House $25,000

CCS - Family Housing

Network

$25,000

CCS - Grays Harbor Youth

Center

$10,000

CCS - HOME/ARISE/

Reach Out

$15,000

CCS - Katherine's House

& Rita's House

$20,000

CCS - Nativity House $30,000

CCS - Sacred Heart

Shelter

$20,000

CCS - Spirit Journey $10,000

CCS - St. Martin de Porres

Shelter

$20,000

CHS** - Noel House $25,000

Housing and related services to support those in need, with the goal of helping people achieve housing stability

CHS - Rose of Lima $10,000

Cocoon House $45,000

Community Youth

Services

$25,000

Compass Housing

Alliance

$55,000

Congregations for the

Homeless

$20,000

Crossroads Housing $15,000

Family Promise of Skagit

Valley

$12,000

Housing Hope $50,000

Imagine Housing $35,000

Jubilee Women's Center $30,000

Kitsap Rescue Mission $10,000

Low Income Housing

Institute

$30,000

2017 GRANTS

Lydia Place $25,000

New Horizons Ministries $35,000

North Olympic Regional

Veteran's Housing

Network

$15,000

Northwest Youth Services $50,000

Opportunity Council $30,000

Panza $15,000

Plymouth Healing

Communities

$15,000

Shared Housing Services $20,000

The Coffee Oasis $30,000

The Sophia Way $3,600

Vision House $40,000

YouthCare $40,000

TOTAL: $880,600

Other

Employee Matching Gifts $3,181

Grantmakers for Effective

Organizations

$1,920

Jefferson Community

Foundation

$20,000

MultiCare Health

Foundation

$75,000

National Center for Family

Philanthropy

$2,400

Philanthropy Northwest $23,655

Rainier Valley Corps $15,000

Rural Development

Initiatives

$20,000

Seattle Foundation $50,000

Statewide Capacity

Collaborative

$16,000

Washington Nonprofits $7,813

Partners for Rural

Washington

$10,000

TOTAL: $244,969

Trustee requests, memberships, etc.

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Family Support

Amara $35,000

Asian Counseling and

Referral Service

$20,000

Assistance League of

Everett

$20,000

Boyer Children's Clinic $40,000

Catherine Place $12,000

CCS - Hope House $20,000

Center for Human

Services

$35,000

Centerstone of Seattle $20,000

Chief Seattle Club $25,000

Dawson Place $25,000

Child Care Action

Council of Thurston

County

$25,000

Childhaven $25,000

ChildStrive $25,000

Connections $20,000

Crisis Clinic $25,000

DOVE Project $10,000

Eatonville Family Agency $15,000

El Centro de la Raza $25,000

Everett Recovery Cafe $5,000

Exodus Housing $25,000

Family Education and

Support Services

$15,000

FamilyWorks $20,000

Grays Harbor County

CASA

$10,000

HopeSparks $50,000

Kindering Center $50,000

King County Sexual

Assault Resource Center

$30,000

Kitsap Community

Resources

$20,000

Kitsap Strong $15,000

Little Bit Therapeutic

Riding Center

$20,000

Lopez Island Family

Resource Center

$15,000

Market Foundation $50,000

Mother Mentors of

Whidbey Island

$15,000

New Beginnings $25,000

New Phoebe House

Association

$15,000

NW Furniture Bank $15,000

Olive Crest $40,000

Open Arms Perinatal

Services

$15,000

Organization for

Prostitution Survivors

$20,000

Parent Trust for

Washington Children

$25,000

Puyallup Valley St. Francis

House

$10,000

Refugee Women's

Alliance

$35,000

Renton Area Youth &

Family Services

$25,000

Rochester Organization

of Families

$25,000

Scarlet Road $7,500

Skagit Domestic Violence

& Sexual Assault Services

$15,000

Solid Ground $55,000

Somali Youth and Family

Club

$10,000

The Answer For Youth $8,500

Turning Pointe Survivor

Advocacy Center

$25,000

Vashon Youth & Family

Services

$25,000

Vine Maple Place $35,000

Volunteers of America

Western Washington

$30,000

Washington State

Coalition Against

Domestic Violence

$30,000

Wonderland

Developmental Center

$20,000

Youth Eastside Services $25,000

YWCA Kitsap County $25,000

TOTAL: $1,323,000

Programs for those suffering from the effects of domestic violence or sexual assault, services to support child welfare,

programs providing for basic needs, and other human services

Hunger

Bellingham Food Bank $25,000

CCS - Feed the Hungry $8,000

CCS - The Community

Kitchen

$7,000

Emergency Food Network

of Tacoma-Pierce County

$30,000

Food Lifeline $51,000

OPERATION: Sack Lunch $35,000

Rotary First Harvest $35,000

Seashare $25,000

TOTAL: $216,000

Efforts to alleviate hunger, with an

emphasis on distribution and rural

communities

Youth Development

Big Brothers Big Sisters of

Island County

$10,000

Big Brothers Big Sisters of

Puget Sound

$35,000

Boys & Girls Clubs of

Bellevue

$35,000

Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit

County

$20,000

Boys & Girls Clubs of South

Puget Sound

$40,000

Boys & Girls Clubs of the

Olympic Peninsula

$25,000

Boys & Girls Clubs of

Whatcom County

$25,000

Organizations working with underserved youth, offering mentoring,

tutoring, or out-of-school time/enrichment activities

Friends of the Children

Seattle

$30,000

Girl Scouts of Western

Washington

$20,000

Olympic Peninsula YMCA $25,000

Powerful Voices $20,000

SafeFutures Youth Center $20,000

School's Out Washington $20,000

The Boiler Room $3,600

The Greater Seattle Bureau

of Fearless Ideas

$20,000

Youth in Focus $20,000

TOTAL: $368,600

Trustee requests, memberships, etc.

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King$2,239,900

Snohomish$259,500

Pierce$494,600

North Counties$288,900

Olympic Peninsula& South Sound$563,954

58%

13%

7%

7%

15%

By primary geographic area

By primary program area

By funding type

1% Other

6% Capital

25% Project

Uncategorized - Dues, pooled funds, etc. $41,156

Family

Support 37%

23%

9%

6%

11%

8%

6%

Housing &

Homelessness

Youth

Development

Education

Economic

Opportunity

HungerOther/Misc

2017 GRANT SUMMARY

$3,888,010 TOTAL

68% GeneralOperating

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“We have been fortunate to grow our prevention program over the past 5 years due in large part to the support of Medina. We are seeing children come forward sooner when abuse has happened and teens be able to prevent assaults using bystander intervention strategies we teach in our community high schools.”

— MADDIE GRAVES-WILSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,

BEYOND SURVIVAL

2017 FINANCIAL SUMMARY

Qualified Distributions

Foundation Operations $734,000

Grants $3,888,010

Total Distribution

Expenses

$4,622,010

Other Expenses

Investment Costs $228,508

Investment Costs as a

Percent of Assets

0.24%

Total Disbursement $4,850,518

Assets

Total Assets, Dec. 31, 2016 $89,956,000

Total Assets, Dec. 31, 2017 $97,189,560

5%

Investment

Costs

15%

Foundation

Operations

Grants

80%

Unaudited summary from January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017

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“I so enjoy the time together with family, and there’s a true sense of joy when the Foundation helps start a project or when we give to an organization that is really making a difference.” — MARION CLAPP RAWLINSON, MEDINA TRUSTEE

“Being a Trustee has been an incomparable experience. We have always endeavored to support organizations that enhance the quality of life for people in our community. It’s what drives us, and to be part of the Foundation is a great honor.” — PAM HENRY, MEDINA TRUSTEE

“Medina Foundation has helped make Seattle a neighborly place, a safe place, for 70 years.” — REV. RICK REYNOLDS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,

OPERATION NIGHTWATCH

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2017 Board of Trustees

Gail Gant, President

Jill Gardner, Vice President

Jean Gardner, Treasurer

Elizabeth Williams, Secretary

Edelveis Clapp

Margaret Clapp

Matthew N. Clapp Jr.

Tamsin Clapp

Stephen Gant

Patricia Henry

Piper Henry-Keller

Marion Clapp Rawlinson

www.medinafoundation.org | 801 Second Avenue, Suite 1300, Seattle, WA 98104 | 206-652-8783

“I thought that being a Trustee was going to be all about giving back. It’s the complete opposite. I’ve learned so much. It’s so inspiring to go on site visits—to see what incredible work is being done by nonprofits and to see the amazing strength of the people they are serving.” — PIPER HENRY-KELLER, MEDINA TRUSTEE

2017 Staff

Jennifer Teunon, Executive Director

Aana Lauckhart, Program Officer

Jessica Case, Program Officer

Alexia Cameron, Office & Grants Administrator