Gifts Received: $468,104 994 total donations Most frequent gift size: $250 Smallest gift size: $5

Total Assets: $9.1 Million Total Awarded in Grants: $312,580 63 Organization recipients

New Legacy Society Members: Four

New Funds: Thirteen

February 3, 2014, 4:00 pm2014 Grant Applications DueEau Claire community Foundation Office

April 24, 2014, 11:30 am - 1:00 pmChildren’s Legacy LuncheonFlorian Gardens

May 5, 2014, 4:30 - 6:30 pmWGC Spring GatheringEau Claire Golf & Country Club

June 5, 2014 11:30 am - 1 pmECCF Annual MeetingHoliday Inn Eau Claire South - NEW LOCATION4751 Owen Ayres Ct - Eau Claire

Upcoming Events/ DeadlinesSnapshot: January 1 - November 30, 2013

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Jane Lokken, ChairMark Faanes, Vice ChairLaura Talley, SecretaryLois Krause, Treasurer

Suzanne AshleyJill Barland

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Good Winter!At the Eau Claire Community Foundation your support warms our heart in this winter season.Thank you and please contact us if we can help you in any way.

Message from Jane Lokken, Chair of the Board of TrusteesThanks to you, 2013 has been a great year for the Eau Claire Community Foundation. We have made grants to many deserving and exciting projects in the greater Eau Claire area. We have seen the generosity and support of many wonderful donors who started new funds and contributed to established endowed funds.Gifts to the Foundation postmarked or made online by December 31st are tax deductible in 2013. Donors who wish to start a fund and make a donation before that deadline may complete the paperwork in 2014 and take a 2013 tax deduction for their year-end gift.Thank you again. Your generosity allows the Foundation to support our community and make it a better place for all of us. Best wishes for a healthy and prosperous new year. For Good. For Eau Claire. Forever.

New Funds at the FoundationBuzz and Mary Ann Minton Pass-Through and Designated Funds: These funds were founded by Buzz and Mary Ann Minton. The Pass-Through fund awarded $11,000 to the Pinehurst Project and the Designated fund will grant future dollars to the project.

Draper Hills Scholarship Fund :This fund was founded by Dr. Eldon Hill with the purpose of providing annual scholarships to students who have graduated or will graduate with one year from Loyal High School, in Loyal, Wisconsin.

Mattoon Family Fund:This family fund was founded by Dan and Lisa Mattoon with the purpose of engaging the family in recommending grants to organizations which are important to the family.

2014 Children’s Legacy Honorees AnnouncedThe 2014 Children’s Legacy Luncheon Honoree committee is pleased to anounce their selections for the 2014 Honrees. They are Chris Hambuch-Boyle, Christopher Stratton, Colleen Bates, Lisa Walter and Vicki Hoehn. These Chippewa Valley honorees were selected for their positive and long-lasting contributions to the lives of children in the Chippewa Valley through innovative work, leadership, or philanthropy. The Children’s Legacy Luncheon will be on April 24, 2013 at the Florian Gardens.

New Face at the Foundation! Serena Wagner is the 2013-2014 Graphic Design Intern for the Eau Claire Community Foundation. As an Eau Claire native and senior at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, she has had many wonderful opportunities here in the field of art and design. She's very grateful for her opportunity to work with the Foundation and is proud to be apart of such a wonderful organization!

Winter2013-2014

Feed My People Food BankFeed My People established an agency fund with the Eau Claire Community Foundation in 2006. “Our organization is somewhat unique in that when our services are needed most may coincide with when donors are least able to donate,” explains Emily Moore, executive director. “When funds are tight for everyone is the worst time for us to cut back.” In order to assure that those in need of food will have access to it regardless of temporary changes in economic conditions, the FMP board felt it was prudent to establish a fund at the ECCF. The funds will likely be used when there is a spike in need or for significant capital improvements that are the result of sustained high levels of need. The agency fund is an import-ant tool for assuring access to food in our neighbor’s greatest time of need.

Paul Bunyan CampThe Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum was searching for a unique event to raise money for the Camp and showcase the Chippewa Valley. In 2011, it brought the US Open Chainsaw Sculpture Championship to Eau Claire. The US Open features the best chainsaw carvers from around the world who create amazingly detailed pieces of artwork during the four-day event. The event also includes guest carvers who carve smaller pieces auctioned off daily, a variety of children’s activities, family entertainment, and food vendors. The Camp, celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2014, found a national event which helps keeps the Camp financially solvent, brings a significant amount of tourism money to Eau Claire and provides visitors with the chance to acquire beautiful works of art. In 2013 we are pleased to report that we raised $28,000 from this event for our endoment fund.

Dianna Peterson, Paul Bunyan Logging Camp

Chippewa Velley Council - Boy Scouts of AmericaThe Endowment Fund for the Chippewa Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America provides operating income that helps the Chippewa Valley Council to offer special programs including after-school Cub Scouting, programs for at-risk youth, and the Empowered Leadership Program.This year we have focused on increasing participation from the Hmong youth in our community. One of the many partnerships that the endowment fund supports is the Chippewa Valley Council’s partnership with the Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association (ECAHMAA). The Chippewa Valley Council offers a leadership development program to youth at the ECAHMAA. Recently, youth participated in activities related to team building, problem solving, conflict resolution, and ethical decision-making. This spring the group will also have the opportunity to visit Camp Phillips to participate in team building activities on the ropes courses.

Pinehurst ProjectWork began at the Pinehurst site this fall with the first donations that came in. First, several acres of trees were removed (about 40 acres of woods remain at the park). Next, stumps and rocks were removed from the hill. Just before the ground froze, volunteer crews planted grass seed and took measures to prevent erosion until the new grass takes hold. Having the Foundation as a partner very early in the process was a smart move for the Pinehurst Project’s leadership team. The strength and reputation of the Foundation communicates to potential donors that we are legitimate, capable, and trustworthy. ECCF is also provid-ing us with invaluable guidance as we take Pinehurst from a dream to reality.Pinehurst Park 2.0 is taking shape, go check it out!

Board Members:Dan Market, ChairDr. Tom Fiedler, Vice ChairJef Munger, Secretary/TreasurerJames HankeKen FaanesCharles GrossklausJack KaiserPeggy O’HalloranKathryn Proctor DuaxDave Richie Sue TietzDr. Skip Van Gordon

For more information, please contact the Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation:Mary Beth Kelley-Lowe, Executive DirectorEau Claire Public Schools Foundation500 Main St.Eau Claire, WI 54701Phone: 715.852.3015

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2013 Fund Hightlights

Andrea Blaeser, Chippewa Valley Council - BSA

Emily Moore, Feed My People Food Bank Michael Paul, Pinehurst Project

Women’s Giving Circle News2014 WGC Grant Recipients AnnouncedThe Women’s Giving Circle, a fund of the Eau Claire Community Foundation, is thrilled to announce the followiing grant awards for 2014:Boys and Girls Club – Club Tech Digital Art Suite: The Club Tech Digital Arts suite provides lessons in web and graphic design, digital photography, and music and movie making. Feed My People, Inc – Fruit for Children: Feed My People has been providing food to an ever-increasing number of children in the Eau Claire Area School District. This grant will pay for fruit for weekend meals.Joshua’s Camp Corporation – Spring Program 2014: Money from this grant will be used to fund single mothers and their children to attend the Spring 2014 session of Joshua’s Camp. Trinity Lutheran Church – Boots for Special Souls: Boots for Special Souls will provide disadvantaged children receive a voucher for winter boots. The child submits the voucher as payment for a pair of winter boots of their choice at Kmart in Eau Claire.

Welcome New MembersThe newest members of the Women’s Giving Circle are Mary Edna Hagen, Karolyn Hulke, Caroline Majak, Sonja Rathbun and Judy Wood. Thank you for your commitment!

2014 WGCCircle Advisory Team:

Chair: Marianne KlinkhammerCo-Chair: Linda BohacekPast ChairKaren HommeSecretary: Karen EisenbarthEducation Program Team Chair: Sue TienorCo-Chair: Petey AhnemanGrants Team Chair: Mary Ann OganCo-Chair: Bobbie LenzMembership/Outreach Chair: Jan HappeCo-Chair: Penny Graham

Gifts Make Added Wishes Come TrueEau Claire Public Schools wishes do come true thanks to gifts and pledges from individuals, businesses, PTA’s PTO’s, and Booster Clubs. This winter the ECPSF Grants Committee will award 13 grants totaling more than $7,000. ECASD projects and programs range from arts and culture to an anti-bullying project and a Bridge to College Success program at McKinley High School.Gifts come in all sizes to fit all kinds of needs. North High and Memorial High Booster Clubs have funded after school strength and conditioning programs through ECPSF. A North High Performing Arts Fund is being established to support the first musical at North High in 20 years. A committee is working to build baseball dugouts at NHS, and the list goes on. The foundation receives gifts, bequests, and pledges of any amount. There are projects and needs to meet every donor’s interests. Schools maintain “Wish Lists” of greatest needs. Take a look at what that they are ‘wishing for” at www.ecasd.k12.wi.us/foundation. If you care about education and our community consider making a gift to the ECPSF and know that your gift matters to our students and teachers and that it truly makes a difference to the community. Because of the generosity of so many, Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation holds funds and makes grants for value added projects, and some of the greatest needs of Eau Claire students.

Mary Beth Kelley-Lowe,Executive Director, Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation

FORM FUTURES

North High School Dugout Project North High Performing Arts