Annual Report 2013

Annual Report 2013

women together... changing lives

The success of the Women’s Giving Alliance is a result of a continuous weaving of ideas, relationships and resources from multi-talented women committed to the concept of strategic philanthropy and bettering the lives of women and girls in Northeast Florida. Every year, our organization’s fabric becomes richer and more textured, thanks to the vision of our founders and membership. The Women’s Giving Alliance is much more than our collective dollars – it’s our collective thinking, voice and actions that change the lives of women and girls in Northeast Florida. 2013 was no exception. The year began with several initiatives at the forefront, among them were the following:

Membership/Diversity: We welcomed 50 new members in 2013, bringing our membership to a record total of 293. Seeking to involve all women who embrace our mission, WGA strives to be a diverse organization, representative of a wide range in ages, ethnicities and religions, all of which bring different perspectives and value to our work. We recognize this is a long term objective, but one that will make us stronger and more effective. Collaboration: Our efforts to formalize the concept of partnership funding are two-fold: to increase revenue sources and to assist donors in linking their interest to programs we have already vetted. Ongoing discussions with a diverse group of women are shaping our outreach, especially in our current focus area of mental health. A first time convening of our grantees provided us with useful information about our grants process, as well as our focus area of mental health.

Advocacy: In 2013, we continued to incorporate advocacy by addressing it on two levels:• Making our members aware of the power of their individual voices• Recognizing that programs alone cannot solve problems; we must also address systemic change to be effective Endowment: From the beginning, our endowment has distinguished WGA from other giving circles around the country. It ensures WGA will live on and also provides additional funds for annual grant making through endowment earnings. In 2013, members who endowed their memberships through the Legacy Program helped increase our endowment from $1.4 million to $1.9 million.

We began our second decade with a new look and a logo that better reflects who we are and how we have evolved. The logo is comprised of five pieces - representing the five counties WGA serves in Northeast Florida. Together, the individual pieces form a stylized “W”. The purple-based color palette is rooted in the existing WGA brand, providing continuity from old to new. The logo is anchored by two separate fonts - a modern font balanced with a more traditional font. The difference in fonts illustrates that while WGA is an initiative of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, it is also very much its own organization.

This year’s successes are because of you, your continued commitment, the support of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida and our history, all richly woven into a tapestry of creative ideas and action. The coming year promises to continue to build momentum. To the membership and our partners, I sincerely thank you for your continuing belief in our mission and our work.

FROM THE PRESIDENT Strategic Philanthropy in our Second Decade

WGA Funds Justice for Girls: Duval County Initiative

Justice for Girls Leadership Council formed

The Justice for Girls: Duval County Initiative Strategic Plan adopted

At a WGA Education program, Dr. LaWanda Ravoira shared the Justice for Girls initiative and needed changes in policy for girls in the juvenile justice system.

WGA provided a grant to the Children’s Campaign which funded efforts to address the issue.

2007

The Leadership Council, led by Dr. Ravoira, was an outgrowth of WGA’s grant to the Children’s Campaign. The council, including WGA representatives, examined research and data on girls both in the justice system and at risk of entering it, with the goal of recommending strategies to address the issue and provide solutions.

On behalf of the Leadership Council, Joan Van Vleck, a community advocate and WGA member, along with Dr. Ravoira, provided testimony at a joint House and Senate Hearing in the Florida Legislature.

Department of Juvenile Justice adopts Girl Matters, a training and gender responsive protocol assessment, as the cornerstone for transforming all state-wide residential commitment programs.

2008 2009

A MODEL OF SUCCESS:

Justice for Girls Initiative

By strategically weaving research, collaboration, program and advocacy together, this model highlights WGA's role in the success of the initiative.

Julia W. Taylor

2013 GRANTS

Betty Griffin House: $130,000C.A.R.E. Program (Counseling, Advocacy, Recovery, Empowerment)

Betty Griffin House is the only agency in St. Johns County that provides free services to victims of domestic violence and/or sexual abuse. This two-year grant for the C.A.R.E. program increases Betty Griffin’s capacity to provide timely counseling to victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse by adding 950 hours of counseling. Included will be outreach to the growing population of female veterans and spouses of veterans in need of C.A.R.E. services.

Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center: $100,000Girl Matters: Giving Girls a Voice

The Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center, established 2013, provides a permanent resource to support girls in the juvenile justice or child welfare systems, and girls whose circumstances are likely to bring them into contact with these systems. The two-year grant will enable DBWPC to provide psychoedu-cational group therapy, and if needed, family and individual therapy, for girls who are already in Juvenile Detention in Duval County, or who are at risk of significant judicial involvement. One hundred girls who have been court-ordered to attend a two-hour “scared straight” lecture because of first time

misdemeanors will instead be routed to DBWPC, where they will participate in a specifically tailored version of the five-session SAVVY Sister© and Girl Matters curriculum. Additionally, SAAVY Sister© Groups at Duval Regional Juvenile Detention Center will serve another 100 girls. All girls will have the option of continuing in DBWPC programs beyond their first program and/or beyond their incarceration, and will be offered individual and family counseling and crisis intervention as needed.

Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare: $110,000Needs of Women-Today (NOW-Today)

Starting Point (formerly known as Sutton Place Behavioral Health) is Nassau County’s primary nonprofit provider ofoutpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment services. NOW-Today is a collaboration between Starting Point and two other Nassau County nonprofit agencies — Barnabas (crisis and healthcare services) and Micah’s Place (shelter and support for domestic violence victims). This two-year grant allows 170 women who seek crisis assistance to receive ongoing behavioral health prevention and intervention services. NOW-Today will also address the need, identified by Micah’s Place, for parenting education by providing ongoing parenting classes for 60 women.

$340,000 totalFocus on: Mental Health

Florida ranks 49th in the nation in per capita mental health funding

Girl Matters: It’s Elementary, a four year pilot program, was implemented in two Duval County elementary schools

The Safe Harbor Act (HB99/SB2012) is passed; protecting victims of sex trafficking

At a WGA education program, members were introduced to “Shackling of Pregnant Women and Girls in the Correction Systems” which resulted in individual advocacy efforts by WGA members.

WGA founder and member of the Leadership Council, Delores Barr Weaver, nominated a program developed by Dr. Ravoira for a $500,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). WGA contributed to required matching funds through a grant.

Provided opportunity for individual advocacy for interested WGA members.

2010 2012 2013

Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center opens in Jacksonville

Delores Barr Weaver provided funding for a policy center to conduct research, develop model programs based on research, provide training to help expand quality programming, and advocate for the policies and practices to best support the complex needs of girls.

WGA Funds “Girl Matters: Giving Girls a Voice” model programming.

WGA Grantmaking 2002-2013 Improving the Lives of Women & Girls

BUILDING A LEGACY FOR WOMEN & GIRLS

2002-2013

$1,338,618 (37%) Education & Life Skills Training

$908,142 (25%) Violence & Justice System

$1,072,206 (29%) Counseling & Mental Health

$345,065 (9%) Economic Empowerment

2002-2013

$1,338,618 (37%) Education & Life Skills Training

$908,142 (25%) Violence & Justice System

$1,072,206 (29%) Counseling & Mental Health

$345,065 (9%) Economic Empowerment

Barnabas CenterBeaches Women PartnershipBetty Griffin HouseCathedral Arts Project, Inc.Catholic CharitiesCommunity Connections of JacksonvilleCommunities in Schools, St. Johns CountyContinental Societies, Inc.Cultural Center at Ponte VedraDelores Barr Weaver Policy CenterFCCJ FoundationGirls, Inc. of JacksonvilleGirls on the RunGirl Scouts of Gateway CouncilHealthy Mothers Healthy BabiesHubbard HouseJacksonville Film FestivalJAX Women’s Business CenterJewish Family & Community ServicesJohn E. Ford Elementary

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Junior AchievementKesler Mentoring ConnectionLutheran Social ServicesMicah’s PlaceNational Council of Negro WomenNCCD Center for Girls and Young WomenNE FL Aids NetworkNE FL Healthy Start CoalitionPACE Center for GirlsPlanned ParenthoodQuigley HouseReed Education CampusThe Bridge of NE FloridaThe Children’s Campaign, Inc.Starting Point Behavioral HealthcareThe Sulzbacher CenterThe Way Free Medical ClinicThe Women’s CenterVolunteers in MedicineYouth Crisis Center

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GRANTEES

Since 2002, the members of the Women’s Giving Alliance have demonstrated the power of collective giving, pooling their resources to benefit women and girls.

In the past 12 years, WGA has invested more than $3.6 million in organizations and initiatives that improve the lives of women and girls. This important work is made possible through the annual contributions made by members, partnership funding and by the earnings generated by the Women’s Endowment Fund at The Community Foundation. Through gifts and wise fiduciary oversight, this endowment has grown from $78,552 in 2002 to over $1.9 million.

By making a one-time gift of $25,000 or more to the Women’s Endowment Fund at The Community Foundation, WGA members:

• Have their membership in WGA funded for life;• Have an annual gift made in their name - in perpetuity - to the WGA grantmaking pool.

Gifts may be made in lump sum or pledged over as many as five years.

To learn more about opportunities to Build A Legacy, or to make a gift to the Women’s Endowment Fund, contact Vice President Philanthropic Services Joanne E. Cohen, J.D., at 904-356-4483 or jcohen@jaxcf.org.

$1,338,618 (37%) Education & Life Skills Training

$908,142 (25%) Violence & Justice System

$1,072,206 (29%) Counseling & Mental Health

$345,065 (9%) Economic Empowerment

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2002: $78,552 27 endowed memberships

Women’s Giving Alliance Endowment

2013: $1,900,000

2002: 163 membersGrant Pool: $162k

2013: 294 membersGrant Pool: $346k

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COMMITTEES WGA encourages each member to consider joining a committee

WHO SHOULD JOIN We welcome women interested in promoting the mission of the Women’s Giving Alliance. We strive to attract a membership that is diverse and inclusive.

HOW IT WORKS Each WGA member contributes a minimum of $1,500 annually. Of that amount, $1,000 goes into the funding pool for grantmaking, $350 goes towards building the endowment and $150 covers administrative costs. Gifts to the Women’s Giving Alliance are tax deductible.

For the individual member of the Women’s Giving Alliance, a single annual gift of $1,500 has the impact of more than $300,000 through the power of collective giving. Nowhere else can relatively modest gifts do so much to assist organizations and the women and girls they serve. Members also have the comfort of knowing that the WGA endowment will ensure that the needs of women and girls will be addressed for years to come.

We invite you to join today.

245 Riverside Ave, Suite 310Jacksonville, FL 32202

904.356.4483 womensgivingalliance.org

How to Join WGA

ADVOCACY The Advocacy Committee explores ways WGA and individual members can extend the impact of WGA grantmaking by learning about relevant public policies and how to advocate for change that will improve the lives of women and girls. Committee members plan workshops and other activities to help members learn how to make their voices heard on issues. When appropriate, the committee will propose strategies to the Steering Committee for influencing policy making connected with current and past WGA grants.

COMMUNICATION The Communication Committee keeps WGA members informed and up-to-date on WGA news, events and activities through the WGA E-News which is emailed to members throughout the year. The Communications Committee also manages social media, coordinates media relations and prepares the annual report.

EDUCATION The Education Committee offers programs and activities that help expand members’ knowledge of strategic philanthropy, community issues and the impact of WGA’s grants. Committee members assist with the implementation of each event.

FINANCE The Finance Committee meets quarterly to review financial statements, prepare budgets and to address other financial issues that may need to come before WGA’s leadership team.

GRANTS The Grants Committee solicits and assesses applications for grants, monitors progress and coordinates with the Advocacy Committee in outreach efforts. Coordination of the three teams (Decision, Evaluation and Advocacy) is the responsibility of the Grants Leadership Team (GLT). GLT members include the co-chairs of each team, a secretary, the WGA president and vice president, and occasionally, additional members whose expertise relates directly to grant-making.

Decision Team is responsible for conducting a thorough assessment of the grant proposals and recommending agency funding to the WGA Steering Committee and Membership to address the current focus area. The team is assisted in the assessment process by Volunteer Readers who read all proposals.

Evaluation Team monitors the implementation of grants by learning more about the focus area and the work of the agency. In pairs, members make scheduled on-site visits. At the conclusion of each visit, the members prepare a report identifying the agency’s progress toward the project’s objectives which provides the basis for periodic payment of grant funds.

NETWORK CENTRAL (WGA Connects!) Network Central (formerly Membership) has specific responsibility for recruitment and retention. At its heart is a network of neighborhood-based “connectors” that grew out of members’ interest in getting to know one another better in small, close-to-home settings. Connectors facilitate that process and provide a direct link to WGA’s leadership team. They organize small gatherings where members share ideas about WGA’s grantmaking and other activities, and learn more about issues affecting women and girls in our community.

MISSION To inspire the women of North-east Florida to be strategic philanthropists and to improve the lives of women and girls through collective giving.

VISIONThe Women’s Giving Alliance transforms how Northeast Florida addresses the needs of women and girls.

GUIDING PRINCIPLESThe Women’s Giving Alliance commitment is to:

• Reach out and welcome all women who wish to join.

• Build relationships among women united in their desire to improve the lives of women and girls.

• Develop a membership of educated philanthropists who understand community needs and become informed, pioneering grantmakers.

• Collaborate with funding partners and community organizations to empower women and girls.

• Conduct our grantmaking with integrity, fiscal responsibility and respect for our grant recipients.

WOMEN’S GIVING ALLIANCE 2013 MEMBERS

WOMEN’S GIVING ALLIANCE245 Riverside Ave, Suite 310Jacksonville, FL 32202904.356.4483 womensgivingalliance.org

Founding Members- BoldLegacy Members- Italics as of 3/15/14Steering Committee Members- *

Kathleen D. AdamsBrenda AdeebLinda R. AlexanderSybil B. AnsbacherCaren B. AppelVicki G. ArnoldEleanor J. AshbyHilah H. AutreyMaria AyalaPhyllis C. BachandLaura L. BailetLinda Ann BainbridgeAnn M. Baker (Deceased)

Anne BakerMartha Frye BakerChris B. BallCarole V. BanksKris B. BarnesMartha E. BarrettClaire BarryMargaret G. BartonNorma S. BasfordJacquelyn BatesJudith S. BeaubouefCatherine G. BeckhamRoberta BerenbergLynn H. BertramSusan A. BirkJanet H. BlackstoneSandra W. BondMary Miller BowerEleanor M. BowsMichelle M. BoyntonLinda BrimmerAnna L. BroscheJacqueline B. BrownMargaret “Peggy” BryanMary Ann S. BryanTressa BryanElizabeth R. BucciLee Ann D. BuchananMarla K. BuchananDebbie BucklandSandra S. BurnamanConnie S. ButlerConnie J. ByrdDiane CannonJudi CarneyMarilyn R. CarpenterMary Carr PattonSusan W. CarrollMary F. CarterNancy ChartrandDale L. Clifford*Linda L. ClyneSandy L. CookStephanie CostAgnes E. DancigerSarah B. DannMary Ellen DarrettaLaura DiBella HealyElana E. DietzCeleste DonovanDorothy S. DorionChristina L. DossBarbara J. Drake

Nancy DreicerGracia M. DrewDeborah Pass Durham Diana A. DyerCindy Edelman*Nancy C. EdwardsKatie EnsignSusan ErdelyiJana Ertrachter*Helen EustonMarty EvansLisé E. Everly*Karen A. FairbairnRenee M. FarrellNancy FeltonEileen P. FerlandAnn R. FlipseSusan ForsterAmy FoxSusan L. FraserCrystal L. FreedPatricia S. FreemanMeredith Chartrand FrischMarion D. GallagherPeg GangerSusan R. GentryHeather A. GeraghtySunny L. GettingerSusan GoldenDoris GoldsteinMargaret GomezSusan GoodallSusan Greene*Judith R. HaberkornSally Larkin HallTerry Hallihan*Diane M. HalversonBarbara H. HarrellGlenda HarrisJo Ann HartJoan S. HaskellBarbara S. HaugenCris P. HayesJanet S. Healy*Donna M. HeffnerLindsay D. HelmsMignonette W. HicklinAnn C. HicksRenate W. HixonZena K. HodorDayle HoffeckerJanet B. HogsheadJo Hoskins*Linda L. HossenloppPatricia M. HoulihanLinda HullSharon T. HuntToni HuntPamela B. IngramMonica A. JacobyGenie JamesPat S. JamisonMarian “Penny” Z. JenkinsJennifer JohnsonRebecca JohnsonMartha A. Jones

Kristin F. KarpenJoyce E. KarskoDuffy KoprivaJean C. KruegerBarney E. LaneHelen M. LaneKathleen LangfordIrene LazzaraKay M. LearySarah B. Lee*Chris LesterMary O. LesterIlene S. LevensonMary M. LeverJane A. LewisPaula LiangKathleen M. LigareNoel D. LilesCarolyn M. LindsayTerry C. LorinceJean W. Ludlow*Anne L. LufranoMeta MagevneySherry P. MagillCarla MarlierSharon P. MarrsMarchant N. MartinCarolyn MathisVeronica A. Maybury*Karen B. Mayfield*Elizabeth McAlhanyAlison McCallumCarolyn S. McClanahanKaren M. McCombsScott McGeheeKristin McLauchlanBarbara McTiernanGayle S. MedillChristine W. MeehanTrisha E. MeiliRoxie H. MerrillJoAnn F. MeyerBarbara P. MillerSuzanne A. MillerBernadette MironElizabeth G. MontisMarcy M. Moody*Audrey M. Moran*Sharon MorrisseyHelen MorseLinda Crank MoseleyRosanne MurdockCathleen Murphy*Marianne M. MurraySherry L. MurrayMarsha MyersBarbara B. NellsonJennifer W. NewmanJoan W. NewtonKatherine NewtonSusan NormanSherry NusbaumSue NussbaumMarsha G. Oliver*Pamela K. OnsteadDonna Orender

Nancy J. OvertonLisa Page*Patricia D. PageLaureen PagelAnne K. PajcicLyn PannoneDavalu C. ParrishJane M. PartridgeSarah PatentGail A. PatinAudrey B. PattersonPamela D. PaulPamela Y. PaulDanielle D. PayneKathryn Pearson PeytonBrooks H. PenningtonSuzanne C. Perritt*Renee M. PetersMary F. Pietan*Gayle P. PittsCarole J. PoindexterSusan Ponder-StanselJane D. PorterCaroline C. PowellLaWanda RavoiraBarbara Lane ResnickAmanda RhodesJulie RiceMarianne RizzoBeth RobbinsAllison RobinsonSusan Lutton RodgersEllen RosnerSusan M. RowleyNadine RubinSusan Remmer RyzewicAnn SabbagCynthia Spence SadlerColleen SanchezSusan Schantz*Peggy S. Schiffers*Melody Shacter*Allison K. SheltonHelen E. Short*Pamela M. SigulerLaine S. SilverfieldSharón L. SimmonsAnn H. SimsSally SingletaryKerrie SlatteryAnn SmithAshley Smith Juarez*Pamela J. SorensonIsabelle Owen SpenceLinda B. SteinDiana StewartElizabeth H. StoddardSally H. SurfaceErlane D. TaitPatricia A. TancrediJulia W. Taylor*Louise D. TaylorMari TerbrueggenCarol C. ThompsonMarion E. TischlerGwynne G. Tonsfeldt

Neely P. ToweSusan B. TowlerCarol C. TurbowMary Jane UibleJudith Landers UrbachJoan Amery Van VleckAnita ViningJacqueline E. VosburghRobin M. WahbyAmy WallmanTheodora C. WaltonJeanne L. Ward*Kim WardNina M. Waters*Lisa Strange WeatherbyDelores Barr WeaverShirley K. WebbBarbara C. WengerCecelia W. WerberTracey WestbrookCathy A. WichertMargaret WilchekLinda F. WilkinsonMary E. WilliamsCourtenay Sands WilsonKaren A. WindJennifer R. WindleyEllen WissLeigh L. WohlfarthDonna C. Zahra

FoundersAnn M. Baker (Deceased)

Doris Carson (Deceased)

Helen M. LaneDelores Barr WeaverCourtenay Sands Wilson

2013 WGA LeadershipPresidentJulia W. Taylor

Vice PresidentsMary F. PietanDale L. Clifford

SecretaryVeronica Maybury

TreasurerMarcy Moody

Nominating ChairSusan Schantz

WGA gratefully acknowledges the expertise and financial support it receives from The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, with special thanks to their Board and Staff: Paul Perez- Chair, Board of Trustees; Nina Waters- President; Grace Sacerdote- Executive Vice President and CFO; Joanne Cohen- Vice President, Philanthropic Services; Susan Edelman- Vice President, Strategic Communications.