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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