Distribution Committee Minutes- Draft Little America, Cheyenne 2800 West Lincolnway Tuesday, March 12, 2019 3:45pm – 5:33pm Distribution Committee (DC): In Person: Scott Sissman (Chair), and Irene Archibald On Phone: Jason Campbell (Vice Chair), Mary Beth Riemondy, Erin Taylor, Kristen Wilkerson Staff: Samin Dadelahi, Anita McLaughlin, Micah Richardson, and Craig Showalter

I. Irene Archibald moved to approve the agenda, Kristin Wilkerson seconded, motion passed unanimously.

II. Mary Beth Reimondy moved to approve the December 2018 Minutes; Irene seconded, and motion passed unanimously.

III. Kristen moved to approve National Standards Nondiscrimination Language, Mary Beth seconded, motion passed unanimously.

IV. Scott Sissman requested staff explain the Interim Grant Report (IGR) and requested the board to declare any conflict of

interest on the IGR. Staff explained that the March IGR is extremely large due end of the year giving and annual 4% Designated Agency Endowment Fund Distribution. Jason Campbell moved to approve the Interim Grant Report in the amount of $2,522,452.99 in grantmaking from Nov. 8, 2018 to Feb. 22, 2019, Irene seconded, motion passed unanimously.

V. Kristen moved to approve Distribution Committee’s recommendation to support 28 Discretionary and Geographic/Field of Interest grants in the amount of $143,656 for December 15, 2018 grant cycle, Jason seconded, motion passed unanimously. Irene moved to decline lowest ranked slate of grants, Mary Beth seconded, motion passed unanimously. Irene moved to approve $571,784 recommended by local advisory boards, fund advisory committees and donor advised funds, Mary Beth seconded, motion passed unanimously. Record of Decision found on Appendix A (ROD).

Grantmaking Conflict of Interest may exist when a director, staff member, or non-board member volunteer on a standing board committee participates in making a decision on the distribution of grant funds on behalf of the Community Foundation while the individual has or previously had other professional, business, or volunteer responsibilities outside the Community Foundation that could cause such individuals to address the issue with less than complete, undivided allegiance to the Community Foundation. Please acknowledge all conflicts of interest during grant review sessions.

Grant discussion follows:

a. Scott explained the process of grant making to the distribution committee including how local boards recommend grants.

b. Irene declared a Conflict of Interest with the Grand Encampment Museum and recused herself from discussion. c. Staff shared that the $75,000 recommended to spend amount is not a static number. WYCF generally has about

$70,000 - $90,000 to spend per cycle. Record of Decision found on Appendix A of this document. d. Jason felt that grants should be made where it can have the largest impact for the longest amount of time in the

community. Irene agreed and DC increased award to full amount requested to The Wind River Development Fund from initial partial award.

e. (FOI) restricted funding. FOI will be discussed during grant review and may be noted in the evaluation.

VI. Staff presented one correction for Edele Pirtle Job’s Daughter’s Scholarship. Committee has conflict of interest, so DC will temporarily make scholarship funding decision for the Job’s Daughter’s committee. Mary Beth moved to approve the scholarship committee list, Jason seconded, motion passed unanimously.

VII. Due to time, staff will follow-up on scholarship tasks via email.

VIII. Due to time, staff will move Fiscal Sponsorships June agenda quarterly board meeting.

IX. Irene moved to adjourn, Kristen seconded, motion passed unanimously. Attached: Appendix A

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Record of Decision December 15, 2018- March 12, 2019

Total Amount Requested $1,320,194.80 Total Amount Recommended $715,440.00

Organization Name Project Name Request Amt Recommended Advocacy for Visual Arts, LLC General Operating $20,000.00 $10,000 recommended Audubon Rockies General Operating $30,000.00 $2,700 recommended Black Dog Animal Rescue, Inc. Preparing for a PACK Graduate $2,400.00 $2,400 recommended Boys and Girls Clubs of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Inc.

General Operating $5,000.00 $5,000 recommended

Cheyenne Interfaith Hospitality Network DBA Family Promise of Cheyenne

Beyond the Walls-Aftercare $5,000.00 See under Samuelson DA Fund

Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra Giving the Gift of Music $5,000.00 $2,500 recommended match with Samuelson DA Fund

Climb Wyoming Empowering Gillette Area Low-Income Single Mothers

$15,000.00 $10,000 recommended from FOI (CCOF)

Fremont County Alliance Against Domestic Violence

Outreach and Collaboration on the WRIR $10,000.00 $5,000 recommended from FOI

Grand Encampment Museum, Inc. GEM Textile Preservation Project $5,695.76 $4,000 recommended Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton area

Habitat RV Care-A-Vanners Volunteer Program 2019

$5,880.00 $5,880 recommended

Healthy Kids Rx General Operating $10,000.00 $2,500 recommended match with Frenchcreek DA Fund - Sustainability

Hunting with Heroes Inc. General Operating $25,000.00 $2,000 recommended Lander Community Foundation 2019 Challenge for Charities (C4C) $5,000.00 $5,000 recommended Lovell, Inc. Downtown Revitalization $5,000.00 $2,500 recommended with 1:1 match

requirement from board and community by July 15

National Inventors Hall of Fame Camp Invention Summer STEM Programs in Gillette and Wheatland

$10,000.00 $10,000 recommended

Peak Wellness Center, Inc. Mental Health First Aid Training $4,577.00 $4,577 recommended Solstice Acre Grain Mill Upgrade $1,099.00 $1,099 recommended St. Joseph's Children's Home Equine Therapy Program Upgrades $5,000.00 $5,000 recommended

Sue Jorgensen Library Foundation Wyoming Reads $10,000.00 $5,000 recommended match with Casper LB

The Downtown Clinic Diagnostic and Service Enhancement Medical Equipment

$8,100.00 $5,000 recommended

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Washakie Museum and Cultural Center WM 2019 Youth Art Camps $5,075.00 $3,000 recommended Wind River Development Fund (WRDF) Scholarships for Univ. of Wisconsin - Oshkosh,

Human Services Leadership B. S. Degree Program

$19,500.00 $19,500 recommended

Wyoming 2-1-1, Inc. Wyoming 2-1-1 Awareness and Resource Building Program

$5,000.00 $2,000 recommended

Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroom Wyoming Stewardship Project $10,000.00 $5,000 recommended Wyoming PBS Foundation "Home from School: The Children of Carlisle" -

Documentary Film Project $5,000.00 $5,000 recommended

Wyoming Restorative Justice Council General Operating $25,000.00 $15,000 recommended with match grant requirement. Release $10,000, must raise 2:1 match by July 15 to get remaining $5,000

Wyoming Singer Songwriters Wyoming Singer-Songwriter Competition Compilation Album

$3,500.00 $1,500 recommended

Wyoming Youth in STEM General Operating $2,500.00 $2,500 recommend Distribution Committee- Decline List

Albany County School District #1 Laramie High School Mock Trial $4,000.00 Decline Best Buddies International, Best Buddies Wyoming Expansion Best Buddies Wyoming Expansion $5,000.00 Decline

Bighorn Restoration Group Providing Selenium to Bighorn Sheep in an Effort to Improve Health and Increase Lamb Recruitment

$5,000.00 Decline

Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum Internship Scholarships $10,000.00 Decline Cheyenne Little Theatre Players Cheyenne Little Theatre Players: Youth

Summer Stock Program $10,000.00 Decline

City of Cheyenne Community Recreation and Events - Civic Center

Arts Access Scholarship Program - Not for operating

$10,000.00 Decline

COMEA Inc Mental Health Support Services $5,000.00 See under Samuelson DA Fund Cornerstone Christian School Cornerstone Before-School Tutoring Program $10,000.00 Decline Crisis Prevention and Response Center New Beginnings: Housing Assistance for

Victims of Violence of Washakie County $5,000.00 Decline

Developmental Preschool & Day Care Center Tuition Assistance $5,000.00 Decline Friends of Pathways Friends of Pathways Youth Trail Crew $5,000.00 Decline Good Samaritan Mission Remodel Community Bathroom $5,000.00 Decline

Help for Health Hospice Restructuring Staff to Strengthen Operations $17,159.00 Decline Lander Art Center Host Dancer's Workshop in Lander, WYO $5,000.00 Decline Moose Corner Children's Academy General Operating $5,000.00 Decline

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Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championship & Bluegrass Festival

general operation $5,000.00 Decline

Reformation Dance Company Reformation Dance Company 2019 Touring and Performance Opportunity

$1,000.00 Decline

Teton County Pet Partners Read to Me $5,000.00 Decline Wind River Development Fund (WRDF) Restoration of Arapaho Historic Mansion $20,000.00 Decline Wyoming Children’s Law Center (WCLC) Juvenile Data and Technical Assistance

Project $20,000.00 Decline

Youth Emergency Services, Inc. (Y.E.S.) House

Impact Youth Mentorship Program, General Operating

$35,000.00 Decline

Local Boards Casper Area Local Board $177,710

307 Dance Academy 2019 "Inspire the Fire" Spring Recital $4,000.00 Decline

Audubon Rockies General Operating $30,000.00 $5,000 recommended from Amspoker CASA of Natrona County Advocate Recruitment and Retention $10,000.00 $7,500 recommended from Schneider Casper Artists' Guild, Inc. General Operating $25,000.00 $12,500 recommended from Schneider Casper Chamber Music Society, INC. Missincinatti Workshop $1,000.00 $1,000 recommended from Schneider Child Development Center of Natrona County, Inc.

Improving Education for CDC Children and Staff

$15,715.00 $15,715 recommended from Cate

Climb Wyoming Helping Casper Area Low-Income Single Mothers Overcome Poverty

$20,000.00 $20,000 recommended from Cate and Schneider

Crest Hill Elementary School Library Little Free Libraries from Crest Hill $1,865.00 See under MAC Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming Educational Anti-Bullying Program, Be a Friend

First. $7,500.00 Decline

Greater Wyoming Big Brothers Big Sisters General Operating: GWBBBS Youth Mentoring Natrona County

$10,000.00 $5,000 recommended from Schneider

Greater Wyoming Council, BSA General Operating $20,000.00 $7,500 recommended from Cate and Amspoker

Hunting with Heroes Inc. General Operating $25,000.00 Decline Mother Seton Housing, Inc Building Connections to Success in Natrona

County $4,630.00 $4,630 recommended from Schneider

and Neighbor National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped dba Dental Lifeline Network

Donated Dental Services $5,000.00 $5,000 recommended from McNamara

Natrona County Restorative Justice General Operating $21,375.00 $15,000 recommended from Schneider: $10,000 match for remaining $5,000

Nicolaysen Art Museum General Operating $25,000.00 $17,500 recommended from Schneider Parents Helping Parents of Wyoming, Inc General Operating $10,000.00 $10,000 recommended from Cate and

Amspoker Platte River Trails Trust General Operating $8,000.00 $8,000 recommended from Cate

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Proud to Host the Best General Operating $8,000.00 Decline Raising Readers in Wyoming, Inc. Books for Children in Wyoming, and 2 mth

books for Public Health collaboration $10,000.00 $7,500 recommended from Cate and

Amspoker Special Olympics Wyoming, Inc. Communication and Marketing upgrade

through web-site development and integration. $9,000.00 $9,000 recommended from Cate and

Ampsoker Sue Jorgensen Library Foundation See under DC $10,000.00 $5,000 recommended from Amspoker-

Match request from DC Trinkle Brass Works, Inc. Casper Mountain Music Institute and Festival

(CMMIF) $5,000.00 Decline

Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps General Operating $20,000.00 Decline Wyoming Food for Thought Project General Operating $40,000.00 $20,000 recommended from Schneider

Dubois Area Local Board - $51,000 Casting for Recovery Casting for Recovery 2019 WY Retreat $1,000.00 $1,000 recommended

Dubois search and rescue Advanced search and rescue capabilities $4,990.00 $5,000 recommended Dubois Rodeo Association Bleachers for arena $10,000.00 $10,000 (condition: bleachers remain

within the Clearance Allison Memorial Arena)

High Country Senior Citizens General Operating $8,000.00 $10,000 recommended; $5,000 release with another $5,000 after 1:1 match raise

National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Assoc., Inc.

Bighorn Classroom Expansion $25,000.00 $25,000 recommended as challenge grant; 1:1 match

Evanston Area Local Board $21,000 Bridger Valley Interdenominational Food Pantry

General Operating $2,000.00 Decline

Evanston Splash Pad Fund, Inc. Construction $10,000.00 Decline Sexual Assault Family Violence Task Force, Inc.

General Operating $5,000.00 $5,000 recommended

Uinta County Business Leadership Network 21st Annual UCBLN Awards Celebration $6,000.00 Decline Uinta County Public Health Healthy Evanston Incentives & Event Project $2,500.00 $2,500 recommended Youth Alternative Home Association General Operating $12,000.00 $8,000 recommended Young Musicians Inc. dba The Arts Inc. Equipment Purchase $5,500.00 $5,500 recommended

Rock Springs Area Local Board $15,250 Audubon Rockies See under DC $30,000.00 Decline Boys & Girls Club of Sweetwater County General Operating $8,000.00 $8,000 recommended from Larsen Greater Wyoming Big Brothers Big Sisters General Operating: Youth Mentoring

Sweetwater County $2,500.00 $2,500 recommended from Larsen

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Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County Foundation

General Operating- Post Partum Hemorrhage Cart

$4,110.04 $2,500 recommended form Endowment

Raising Readers in Wyoming, Inc. See under Casper LB $10,000.00 $750.00 recommended from Samuels Youth Alternative Home Association See under Evanston LB $12,000.00 $4,000 recommended from Opportunities

Sheridan Johnson Area Local Board - $44,000 Absaroka, Inc. Head Start New classroom furniture for Buffalo Head Start

Center $5,000.00 $5000 recommended

Buffalo Children's Center Inc Active Play $3,045.00 $2,500 recommended Children, Horses and Adults in PartnerShip for Therapeutic Riding

Scholarship Funding $10,000.00 $10,000 recommended

Downtown Sheridan Association General Operating $10,000.00 Decline Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming See under Casper LB $7,500.00 Decline Greater Wyoming Big Brothers Big Sisters General Operating: Youth Mentoring Sheridan

County $10,000.00 $5000 recommended

Greater Wyoming Council, BSA General Operating $20,000.00 Decline Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Big Horns Affordable Housing Solutions for Families in

Need $10,000.00 $10,000 recommended

Hoofprints of the Past Museum Metal Soffits and Fascia $3,000.00 $2,000 recommended Joeys Fly Fishing Foundation General Operating $5,000.00 $2,500 recommended as match with

Kirven DA Fund Johnson County Friends Feeding Friends General Operating $5,000.00 $2,000 recommended Johnson County Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum

2019 Native American Cultures History Conference

$3,176.00 Decline

New Museum at the Bradford Brinton Ranch dba The Brinton Museum

Hunt for the Horned Toad $8,000.00 Decline

Raising Readers in Wyoming, Inc. See under Casper LB $10,000.00 Decline Sheridan Artists' Guild, Et al Strengthening the Local Creative Economy $6,500.00 Decline Sheridan County Historical Society General Operating $20,000.00 Decline The Food Group, Inc. Teen Pantries $5,000.00 $5,000 recommended The MoneyCulture Initiative Pilot Programs $25,000.00 Decline Volunteers of America Northern Rockies Homeless Outreach Program $7,500.00 Decline WYO Theater, Inc. Dance Studio Sprung Floor $13,000.00 Decline

Sublette Area Local Board $66,800 Audubon Rockies See under DC $2,307.00 2,300 recommended Bighorn Restoration Group See under DC $5,000.00 Decline Children's Discovery Center General Operating $21,500.00 $21,500 recommended Greater Wyoming Big Brothers Big Sisters General Operating: Youth Mentoring Sublette

County $10,000.00 $5,000 recommended

Hunting with Heroes Inc. General Operating $25,000.00 $3,000 recommended

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Pinedale Fine Arts Council General Operating $2,270.00 $2,000 recommended for supplies Sublette County Historical Society, Inc. MMM Structure Tent $5,000.00 $5,000 recommended Sublette County Sexual Assault Family Violence Task Force

General Operating $11,500.00 $11,500 recommended

Sublette County Visitor Center General Operating $5,000.00 Decline Sublette Group for Community Initiative General Operating $5,000.00 $5,000 recommended Town of Big Piney General Operating $38,500 or

$10,500 $10,500 recommended as a 3-year grant- Staff needs to encumber annually

Wilderness Church Fishing Outreach $2,333.00 $1,000 recommended Fund Advisory Committees

Kemmerer Foundation Fund - $107,350 City of Kemmerer General Operating $102,850.00 $92,850 recommended with conditions Original Oystergrass Incorporated Cable Cord Protectors $3,000.00 $3,000 recommended South Lincoln Hospital District Community Board Room $15,467.00 $11,500 recommended

McMurry Library Endowment Fund $7,198 Crest Hill Elementary School Library See under Casper LB $1,865.00 $1,865 recommended Albany County Library Foundation Library Safety and Security $5,333.00 $5,333 recommended Fremont County Library System Riverton Branch Library Mural $4,250.00 Decline

Sykes Endowment Fund $38,800 Big Horn County School District #4 21st Century Continued $5,000.00 $5,000 recommended Big Horn County 4-H Learning Enhancement Through Big Horn

County 4-H $9,000.00 $9,000 recommended

CASA of the 5th Judicial District General Operating $5,000.00 $5,000 recommended Community Outreach, Inc. General Operating $4,800.00 $4,800 recommended Greybull Recreation District Community Hall Improvements $17,000.00 Decline Greater Wyoming Council, BSA General Operating $20,000.00 Decline Powell Health Care Coalition- dba Heritage Health Center

General Operating $20,000.00 $15,000 recommended

The SHACK General Operating $20,000.00 Decline Donor Advised Funds

Frenchcreek Donor Advised Fund - $7,500.00 Healthy Kids Rx See under DC $10,000.00 $2,500 recommended WyoFile General Operating $5,000.00 $5,000 recommended

William J. Kirven Donor Advised Fund - $9,676.00 Hoofprints of the Past Museum See under Sheridan Johnson $3,000.00 $1,000 recommended Joeys Fly Fishing Foundation See under Sheridan Johnson $5,000.00 $2,500 recommended- for Johnson

County

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Johnson County Friends Feeding Friends See under Sheridan Johnson $5,000.00 $3,000 recommended Johnson County Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum

See under Sheridan Johnson $3,176.00 $3,176 recommended

Kim and Mary Kay Love Donor Advised Fund - $8,000 New Museum at the Bradford Brinton Ranch dba The Brinton Museum

Hunt for the Horned Toad $8,000.00 $8,000 recommended

Susan McMurry Samuelson Donor Advised Fund - $12,500 Cheyenne Interfaith Hospitality Network DBA Family Promise of Cheyenne

See under DC $5,000.00 $5,000 recommended

Cheyenne Little Theatre Players See under DC $10,000.00 Decline Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra See under DC $5,000.00 $2,500 recommended City of Cheyenne Community Recreation and Events - Civic Center

See under DC $10,000.00 Decline

COMEA Inc See under DC $5,000.00 $5,000 recommended Peak Wellness Center, Inc. See under DC $4,577.00 Decline

Annie E. Casey Budget - $5,000 Wind River Native Advocacy Center Native Advocacy Days at the Wyoming

legislature $10,000.00 $5,000 recommended

Interim Grant Report February 22, 2019 through May 20, 2019

Total: $270,582.13

Grantee Program Amount Date Presidential and Initiative Grants: $52,124.00 Western Wyoming Community College 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee Sponsorship $ 1,850.00 2/28/2019 By Western Hands February Match $ 13,164.00 3/4/2019 Converse County Human Resource Council MKE Immediate Needs - health $ 560.00 3/14/2019

Sweetwater Events Complex Foundation Fair Sponsorship 2019 $ 3,500.00 3/26/2019

Wyoming Cancer Resource Services Region I WBCI Voucher to WCRS R1 $ 2,000.00 4/5/2019

Wyoming Breast Cancer Initiative Innovative Grant $ 15,000.00 4/5/2019 Developmental Preschool and Day Care Center 2019 Boots & Pearls Platinum Sponsorship $ 850.00 4/25/2019

Rock Springs Renewal Fund Inc. 2019 Sweetwater Blues n' Brews White Mountain Sponsorship $ 1,000.00 4/25/2019

Sheridan County Library Foundation Inc In memory of Marilyn Fuller $ 500.00 4/30/2019 YWCA of Sweetwater County BP Communities Fund Sponsorship $ 1,000.00 5/1/2019 Rene Kemper 2019 Tony Cate Award $ 5,000.00 5/3/2019 Margaret Salisbury 2019 Tony Cate Award $ 5,000.00 5/3/2019 Boys & Girls Club of Sweetwater County Unrestricted $ 500.00 5/6/2019

Climb Wyoming Unrestricted $ 100.00 5/6/2019 YWCA of Sweetwater County Unrestricted $ 100.00 5/6/2019 Uinta County Fire District In honor of Bryson Quinney $ 1,000.00 5/6/2019 Grace Anglican Church Garden of Grace $ 1,000.00 5/7/2019 Donor Advised Grants: $214,088.13 The Food Group, Inc. Dining for a Cause $ 14,100.00 2/22/2019 Colorado School of Mines Foundation Ruble Family Endowed Scholarship Fund $ 25,000.00 2/26/2019 University of Wyoming Foundation American Heritage Center, Discretionary $ 1,000.00 3/4/2019

University of Wyoming Foundation American Heritage Center, History Day Student Travel $ 2,000.00 3/4/2019

Newcastle High School Choir Stoles $ 2,500.00 3/5/2019

Houston First Church of God Trinity Mission School and Children's Home, Hall/Worship Center $ 42,500.00 3/6/2019

Wyoming Historical Foundation Unrestricted, WyomingHistory.org, and Wyoming History Day $ 2,250.00 3/14/2019

Wyoming Community Foundation Unrestricted and Wyoming Women's Foundation $ 1,000.00 3/14/2019 Weston County Children's Center Preschool Tuition $ 471.00 3/14/2019 Town of Upton To plant trees in the park $ 440.00 3/14/2019 Upton Senior Center, Inc. Quarterly grant $ 500.00 3/14/2019 Spring Island Trust Unrestricted $ 10,000.00 3/25/2019

Interim Grant Report February 22, 2019 through May 20, 2019

Total: $270,582.13 San Diego Police Officers Association Charitable Fund Widows and Orphans Fund $ 5,000.00 3/26/2019

Machik Corp In honor of Rebecca Martin $ 1,000.00 4/1/2019

Newcastle High School Future Business Leaders of America trip to San Antonio $ 4,000.00 4/9/2019

Laramie Legion Baseball Club Inc Unrestricted $ 250.00 4/16/2019 Cheyenne Alano Club General Operating $ 10,000.00 4/17/2019 Wyoming Stock Growers Endowment Trust Unrestricted $ 10,000.00 4/19/2019

Science Zone Elemental Evening/General Operating $ 5,000.00 4/19/2019 Greater Wyoming Council, BSA Friends of Scouting $ 250.00 4/19/2019 Wyoming Public Media Unrestricted $ 2,777.63 4/19/2019 Weston County Children's Center Preschool Tuition $ 549.50 4/19/2019 Upton Senior Center, Inc. Quarterly Donation $ 500.00 4/19/2019 Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroom Unrestricted Support $ 15,000.00 4/30/2019 Community Pride Foundation Goshen County Rooster Boosters $ 5,000.00 4/30/2019 Upton Gun Club School Trap Club $ 2,500.00 4/30/2019

Upton Gun Club Wyoming State Youth Hunter Education Challenge $ 500.00 5/1/2019

Wyoming Department of Workforce Services Dads Making A Difference $ 20,000.00 5/3/2019

Climb Wyoming Sweetwater County, Rock Springs program $ 25,000.00 5/3/2019 Boys and Girls Club of Dubois Unrestricted/General Operating $ 5,000.00 5/20/2019 McMurry Continuing Staff Education Grants: $4,370.00 Judi Boyce March 31, 2019 CSE Grantee $ 1,095.00 4/19/2019 Laura Langberg March 31, 2019 CSE Grantee $ 1,750.00 4/19/2019 Shari Haskins March 31, 2019 McMurry Library Grantee $ 1,525.00 4/19/2019

2019-2021 Wyoming Afterschool Alliance Shaping Wyoming’s Leap to the Future through Afterschool

PROPOSAL SUMMARY

IN ADDITION TO THE ONGOING CORE WORK OF THE WYAA, THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE THREE-YEAR PLAN THAT ADVANCES AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS IN THE FOLLOWING CORE AREAS: 1) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE STATE; 2) JUVENILE JUSTICE: REDUCING THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE; 3) STEM STRUCTURE FOR CAREER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE READINESS; 5) SCHOOL-COMMUNITY-BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS FOCUSED ON THE STATE ENDOW GOALS AND OBJECTIVES; 6) OPENING CCDBG FUNDING FOR AFTERSCHOOL; 7) INTEGRATED CIVIC EDUCATION WITH STEM CAREER EDUCATION AND; 8) REENGAGE IN ADVANCING THE AFTERSCHOOL AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CREDENTIAL AS A POWERFUL ASSET FOR PROFESSIONALIZING THE AFTERSCHOOL FIELD. THIS EXPANSION DEFINES THE CURRENT AND FUTURE WORK OF WYAA TO CREATE A HIGH-LEVEL, MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO TRANSFORMING AFTERSCHOOL EDUCATION INTO A CRITICAL RESOURCE IN PROVIDING CAREER EDUCATION AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WYOMING STUDENTS.

Figure 1: WYAA’s braided approach creates a synthesis of ideas.

IT IS OUR GOAL TO: Develop future leaders, changemakers and professionals that are highly skilled and prepared to create and thrive in the new economy through entrepreneurship, careers and leadership development, improving lifelong outcomes for Wyoming’s youth.

INNOVATION PROJECT As depicted in Figure 1, our current work makes the “Transforming Learning into Enterprise” project an ideal expansion plan. WYAA is now positioned to leap to the next level of activities that will further develop a system of services and initiatives that not only align with the state’s goals but augment the current work. What is not visible in Figure 1, but is truly an innovation for the next three years, is our focus on connecting expanded learning to Social Emotional Learning (SEL). You will see that woven throughout the “Look Forward”

portion of this proposal are concepts from the work that has come out of the National Commission in Social Emotional and Academic Development. From A Nation at Risk to A Nation at Hope, the paper, the website and associated materials, has given WYAA a way to reframe the language we are using in afterschool. A significant portion of our work in the next three years will be using the afterschool landscape to launch this language and these ideas through all current programming. The underpinnings of Juvenile Justice, high quality STEM activities, and building a ready to engage work force, are making sure that we are educating the whole learner.

GOAL AREA 1: POLICY and PARTNERSHIPS WYAA will execute dual roles, educating afterschool providers to embed their current teaching methods with explicit practices that support whole child development. Concurrently, WYAA will use the forum we have created with business and industry to educate our new partners in what educating the whole learner means to creating a skilled workforce. WYAA is partnering with WyoKids First and Wyoming Children’s Trust Fund on the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Master Train the Trainer Program. WYAA will work with these two entities to ensure that we are building adult expertise within early childhood, afterschool, schools, and beyond. Community education is directly linked to establishing new policies and practices like collaborative decision making.

GOAL AREA 2: SUSTAINABILITY

WYAA has many new goals for the coming year including internal development plans and governance restructuring. WYAA will be losing an experienced knowledgeable Director but will be gaining a talented new Director. With the change in leadership, we anticipate transition time in year one taking priority over some other work as the new Director learns about network goals, current projects and the expertise of the advisory board. However, with succession also comes opportunity for new partnerships and change. We will focus on b

board training, strategic organizational growth and creating a realistic fund development plan based on the Community Foundation model.

Another focus for our field will be aligning resources and goals of providers with current research. There is a tremendous amount of information available on www.ANationAtHope.org on the nexus between quality workforce development and whole child learning that provides new opportunities to speak with funders and legislators about reallocating current financial resources (CCFD) for best use.

GOAL AREA 3: QUALITY AND PARTNERSHIPS

The plan set forth in this proposal develops a framework designed to support and advance career education, exploration and entrepreneurship through afterschool programs. Moreover, it uses SEL as the catalyst that intersects with all aspects of our core work. STEM education opportunities for middle and high school students are already underway through the award of the 2018 Opportunity Grant entitled “Innovations in Learning for an Emerging Workforce in Wyoming’s Changing Economy.” Knowing that STEM education is an essential ingredient in all high-quality afterschool programs, professional development and training is critical. Therefore, a key component of this proposal is to prepare afterschool professionals and their programs to be skilled in delivering high-quality STE(A)M career education and exploration to K-12 students, through this proposal.

WYAA is also looking at opportunities to work with national partners to develop a Social and Emotional curriculum allowing afterschool educators methods to infuse those SEL skills throughout their program practices.

BUDGET AND BUDGET NARRATIVE

BUDGET WYAA NETWORK BUDGET

Year One

(2019/2020) Year Two

(2020/2021) Year Three (2021/2022)

Salaries (2 FTE) $151,656 $155,606 $159,674 Year Indirect Cost % Consulting $67,000 $67,000 $67,000 2019/2020 2.68% Travel $17,230 $14,570 $17,230 2020/2021 2.85% Participant Travel $4,660 $7,320 $4,660 2021/2022 2.62% Supplies/Materials $3,000 $3,000 $3,000 Printing $8,200 $6,000 $6,000 Communications/Postage $3,500 $3,500 $3,500 Other Direct $500 $500 $500 SUBTOTAL $255,746 $257,496 $261,564 Indirect Costs x% $6,850 $7,350 $6,850 TOTAL $262,596 $264,846 $268,414

SOURCES OF FUNDING

WYAA NETWORK SOURCES OF FUNDING

Year One (2019/2020)

Year Two (2020/2021)

Year Three (2021/2022)

Total $ 333,450 $ 264,846 $ 268,414 Mott Foundation $ 125,000 $ 25,000 $ 25,000 Ellbogen Foundation $ 26,200 $ 33,450 $ - Sargent Foundation $ 20,000 $ 20,000 $ 20,000 WY Comm Foundation $ 20,000 $ 20,000 $ 20,000 Wy Dept of Family Serv WY Dept of Education $ 75,000 $ 75,000 $ 75,000

Earned Income/Special Events $ 57,250 $ 38,500 $ 38,500

Gifts & Bequests $ 10,000 $ 15,000 $ 20,000 Admin Reserve $ 37,896 $ 69,914 Total $ 333,450 $ 264,846 $ 268,414

WYAA NETWORK BUDGET NARRATIVE:

• Salaries FTE. WYAA employees two FTE. Full time staff receive benefits that include health insurance, dental and vision, employer retirement contribution and Flex spending plan with employer contribution of $250. Annual increases at 3% have also been included in the calculation.

• Consulting. Annual costs for working with NIOST for work with programs on APAS ($25,000) and our two other special events: the annual conference ($35,000) and the annual Juvenile Justice Summit ($7,000).

Travel and Travel Questions.

The WYAA is a priority fund of the Wyoming Community Foundation. In this sense, the WYAA and the Foundation are no longer in a fiscal sponsor/sponsored program relationship. Legally, the WYAA is a component fund of the Foundation and WYAA staff are full time employees of the Foundation focused on a fund and working with an advisory board. In the proposal, WYAA staff, foundation staff and Foundation Board of Directors are covered under Travel. Expenses related to the WYAA Board of Advisors, special guests and volunteers are covered under Participant Travel.

• Travel. Note: Foundation staff and members of the Board do not travel to National meetings at the expense of the WYAA. Other items that are incorporated into this line item include:

o SAN Meeting: Costs for up two staff to participate in 2 of the 3 years o Network Lead meeting estimate based on 1 staff member o Statewide travel for two staff members including mileage, state meetings, lodging and meals o WYAA Advisory Board Meeting expenses based on 3 in person meetings including one 2-day

annual planning retreat • Participant Travel. This line item is based only those expenses anticipated for WYAA advisory board,

guests and volunteers. o SAN Meeting: Expenses associated with one guest attending every year and two guests

attending 1 of the 3 years o WYAA Advisory Board Meeting expenses are an estimate and mostly focused on meals for the

two-day retreat. Advisory board members typically pay their own expenses. In some cases, the WYAA will support lodging and mileage reimbursement.

WYAA NETWORK SOURCES OF FUNDING

FOUNDATIONS $354,650

Mott Foundation is, of course, pending. Ellbogen Foundation funds are committed. The Sargent Foundation is likely to continue supporting WYAA. The group continues to be impressed with the juvenile justice work that WYAA is doing and they have a relationship with the incoming Director.

Wyoming Community Foundation funds are pending the approval of the board but the foundation has supported WYAA since inception as a match funder. It is critical to the Mott grant that the applicant foundation shows support. It is also important that WYCF shows the other local foundations like Sargent and Ellbogen that we are committed funders.

STATE AGENCIES $225,000

At the time of submission, approximately 50% of funding sources are secure. 2020 is a budget session for the Wyoming legislature. We have been successful in the past at retaining the 75,000 from WDE so we believe that we will continue to be fortunate however the Department of Education has taken tremendous funding cuts so it will be a battle.

There is a possibility that we will be able to move the Department of Family Services into a positive position on the CCDBG funds over the next three years. If so, that will generate earned income for us. We have not included that as a revenue item under DFS or earned income but we do see it as a possibility and have discussed it in the proposal.

EARNED INCOME $134,250

This number is likely to stay stable or increase with contract income.

GIFTS & BEQUESTS $45,000

This is might be a bit aggressive considering anticipated turnover on the advisory board and a new director but it is achievable.

ADMIN RESERVE Carryover from Year 1 will be used to help buffer years 2 and 3. Additionally, the WYAA holds and administrative reserve fund like all Foundation priority funds.

WYCF Dubois-Crowheart Local Board

$10,000 Match Challenge

History: In 2014 the WYCF Dubois Local Board created the Dubois Challenge, a one-to-one

match of $10,000. In 2019, the local board had a 5:1 challenge.

Goal: To raise the profile of the local board and illustrate to the community what a strong local

community foundation can do. The local board also hoped to open the conversation to

endowment donors and planned giving donors in the community.

Current Request: $10,000 WYCF match for the next three years – 2019, 2020, 2021

Past Results:

Year #Gifts Donation Totals Largest Non-match Gift Grants Made

2018 57 $70,100 $25,000 $68,550 to 13 orgs

2017 56 $64,705 $3,000 $46,150 to 12 orgs

2016 44 $42,708 $5,000 $27,000 to 4 orgs

2015 38 $27,890 $5,000 0

2014 16 $15,475 $1,000 0

*Three large gifts that typically come in

Organization Program All BHS Deer Elk Moose WWHC Recommended Project LeadAudubon Rockies Wyoming Community Naturalist Program $ 10,000.00 10,000.00$ Downey

Bighorn Restoration Group Salt Blocks on Summer Range of the Temple Peak/Wind River Indian Reservation Bighorn Sheep Herd -$ Smith

City of Casper First Street Wetlands Project $ 10,000.00 10,000.00$ Martinez

Jackson Hole Land Trust Jack Creek Conservation Easement $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 20,000.00$ Potter

Jackson Hole Land Trust Gun Barrel Flats Conservation Easement $ - $ 10,000.00 10,000.00$ Potter

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Grand Canyon of the Black Hills Acquisition $ 5,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 18,000.00 33,000.00$ Clarke

SER Conservation District Encampment River Restoration Riverside, WY Phase III $ 1,954.00 1,954.00$ Parsons

Trout Unlimited Lower Swift Creek Stream Restoration and Stabilization Project $ 10,000.00 10,000.00$ Steen

Bureau of Land Management Sherwood Restoration Project $ 5,000.00 $ 8,050.00 13,050.00$ Jost

University of Wyoming Sierra Madre Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse $ 5,000.00 5,000.00$ Beck

University of Wyoming Resource-selection Overlap Between Feral Horses and Pronghorn $ 2,552.00 2,552.00$ Beck

University of Wyoming Statewide CWD Genetic Susceptibility for Wyoming Mule Deer: Prion Protein Gene $ 5,000.00 5,000.00$ Ernest

University of Wyoming Evaluating the Efficacy of Treatments for Enhancing Moose Habitat $ 10,000.00 10,000.00$ Monteith

University of Wyoming Effect of coyotes and coyote control on sympatric ungulates in southwest Wyoming $ 4,000.00 4,000.00$ Monteith

University of Wyoming Deer-Elk Ecology Research Project $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00 10,000.00$ Monteith

University of Wyoming Ontogeny of migration in mule deer and consequences for habitat occupancy $ 2,500.00 2,500.00$ Monteith

University of Wyoming Summer nutrition, disease, or predation? Quantifying causes of poor lamb survival $ 135,000.00 135,000.00$ Monteith

University of Wyoming Mortality Causes and Habitat Use of Moose in the Snowy Range $ 25,000.00 25,000.00$ Monteith

University of Wyoming Ecology of Male Mule Deer in the Wyoming Range $ 5,000.00 5,000.00$ Monteith

University of Wyoming WY Range Mule Deer Project: Carryover Effects/Factors Limiting Recovery from winter $ 7,500.00 7,500.00$ Monteith

University of Wyoming Assessing public knowledge of big game ecology to improve outreach and education $ 10,000.00 10,000.00$ Monteith

University of Wyoming Deer 139 $ 5,000.00 5,000.00$ Monteith

University of Wyoming Effects of Harvest Intensity on Size and Quality of Pronghorn $ 3,000.00 $ 1,500.00 $ 3,000.00 7,500.00$ Monteith

University of Wyoming Identifying the recipe to maintaining a robust elk population in a high-desert ecosystem $ 3,000.00 3,000.00$ Monteith

University of Wyoming Development thresholds for big game migrations in Wyoming $ 8,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 28,000.00$ Merkle

Water for Wildlife Water for Wildlife® Foundation 2019 Water/Habitat Projects Program $ 10,000.00 10,000.00$ Hutchinson

Western Bear Foundation Wyoming Black Bear Monitoring $ 5,000.00 5,000.00$ Kondelis

Wyoming Coop Fish & Wildlife Research Un Red Desert Mule Deer Migrations $ 5,000.00 5,000.00$ Kauffman

Wyoming Coop Fish & Wildlife Research Un Moose demography, browsing interactions: Bighorns $ 40,000.00 40,000.00$ Kauffman

Wyoming Coop Fish & Wildlife Research Un Evaluating the Influence of Wind Energy on Pronghorn $ 10,000.00 10,000.00$ Kauffman

Wyoming Coop Fish & Wildlife Research Un Mapping and conserving big game migration in Wyoming $ 4,000.00 $ 4,000.00 $ 4,000.00 $ 8,000.00 20,000.00$ Kauffman

Wyoming Coop Fish & Wildlife Research Un Pronghorn Migration Corridors along Interstate 80 $ 6,250.00 6,250.00$ Kauffman

Wyoming Coop Fish & Wildlife Research Un Ungulate Migrations of the Wind River Indian Reservation $ 5,000.00 $ 10,000.00 15,000.00$ Kauffman

Wyoming Coop Fish & Wildlife Research Un Of mice and birds: effects of primary predator removal on sagebrush songbird nesting $ 10,000.00 10,000.00$ Chalfoun

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Statewide Bighorn Sheep Diet Composition and Quality $ 10,500.00 10,500.00$ McWhirter

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Grand Teton National Park Mountain Goat Translocation $ 25,000.00 25,000.00$ McWhirter

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Gros Ventre Elk and Wolf Interaction Project $ 12,500.00 12,500.00$ Courtemanch

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Yellowtail Area CRM Wildfire Restoration VI $ 5,000.00 5,000.00$ Altermatt

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Black Mountain Juniper Treatment IV $ 1,667.00 $ 1,667.00 $ 1,666.00 5,000.00$ Altermatt

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Inberg-Roy Wildlife Habitat Management Area Fence Conversion $ 8,000.00 $ 2,000.00 $ 3,000.00 $ 11,000.00 24,000.00$ Anderson

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Sunshine WHMA - Dick Creek Diversion $ 15,000.00 15,000.00$ Sobel

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Elk Mtn. Bighorn Sheep Sightability $ 18,000.00 18,000.00$ Sandrini

Wyoming Game & Fish Department LAK Ranch Cheatgrass Retreatment 2019 $ 13,000.00 13,000.00$ Caltrider

2019 WGBGLC Grant Recommendations

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Hardy Pipeline Project $ 2,000.00 2,000.00$ Caltrider

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Stockade Beaver Creek Conifer Removal II (second funding request) $ 5,500.00 $ 5,500.00 11,000.00$ Caltrider

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Oil Creek Cheatgrass Re-treatment $ 2,000.00 $ 5,000.00 7,000.00$ Caltrider

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Southern Bighorn Mountains Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany Restoration II $ 5,000.00 5,000.00$ Caltrider

Wyoming Game & Fish Department 28 Ranch Riparian Planting $ 3,500.00 $ 2,500.00 6,000.00$ Caltrider

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Mooney Ranch Cheatgrass Re-treatment $ 2,000.00 $ 2,500.00 4,500.00$ Caltrider

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Sheridan Walk-In Areas Ventenata Treatment $ 2,500.00 $ 10,000.00 12,500.00$ Caltrider

Wyoming Game & Fish Department South Flat Creek Fish Passage and Channel Restoration $ 3,585.00 $ 10,000.00 13,585.00$ Senecal

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Pasture fence conversion to facilitate pronghorn movement and migration in Central WY $ 833.00 $ 833.00 $ 833.00 $ 833.00 $ 834.00 $ 834.00 5,000.00$ O'Brien

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Britania Cheatgrass Project $ 32,500.00 $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500.00 37,500.00$ Hicks

Wyoming Game & Fish Department Devils Canyon Bighorn Sheep Movement Analysis $ 15,000.00 15,000.00$ Stephens

Nat'l Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Assoc. Bighorn Classroom Expansion $ 25,000.00 25,000.00$ Domek

National Park Service Teton Range Bighorn Sheep Capture and Health Assessment $ 17,000.00 17,000.00$ Dewey

University of Wyoming What is the respiratory microbiome of wild sheep? $ 32,000.00 32,000.00$ Sondgeroth

106,137.00$ 340,833.00$ 98,500.00$ 98,049.00$ 127,834.00$ 44,038.00$ 815,391.00$ All BHS Deer Elk Moose WWHC Total

106,137.25$ 344,203.26$ 98,774.99$ 98,049.82$ 220,858.50$ 44,038.03$ 912,061.85$

Total Recommended:

Total Available (as of 5/17/2019):

2019 WYCF Fiscal SponsorshipsWYCF may partner with local organizations, groups or coalitions that don’t have infrastructure to handle charitable contributions.

Name Mission/ProjectYears of partnership

WYCF's Role Location

Bicentennial Park Park ProjectFunding a public pavilion in Farson, outside of Green River

1 of 1

Collects and distributes funds paid out the City of Farson. As a private foundation, BPP may not pay funds directly to the city.

Farson, outside of Green River

Laramie Public ArtSupports businesses and artists working to create public art in laramie

3 of 3Offering support and means of accepting donations as the org becomes their own 501(c)(3)

Laramie

Pilot Hill ProjectTo secure acreage between Cheyenne and Laramie for public use

1 of 3Accepting donations for the organization

Albany County

Rooted in WyomingBuilds and maintains school and community gardens

3 of 3Offering support and means of accepting donations as the org becomes their own 501(c)(3)

Sheridan

Warrior Up Documentary ProjectDocumentary series following lives of native youth

1 of 1Accepting donations proof of concept reel fundraising

Wind River Reservation

Wyoming Breast Cancer IniativeRaises breast cancer awareness and prevention through running races and grantmaking

Ending!!!Will continue to administer grants process

Statewide

Wyoming Women's ConferenceHosting a conference for and about women

1 of 1Accepting donations for the organization

Statewide