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2019 IMPACT REPORT ENGAGE. EDUCATE. EMPOWER. Women changing lives both locally and globally.

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  • 2019IMPACT REPORT

    ENGAGE. EDUCATE. EMPOWER.Women changing lives both locally and globally.

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    WHO WE AREFive friends who wanted to change their way of giving.

    Together, they dreamed of multiplying the impact of their individual giving, so they created IMPACT GIVING, a women’s collective giving organization dedicated to effecting positive social change and transforming lives in our communities, our

    nation, and around the world.

    Today, we are over 125 women who have awarded 65 grantsfor nonprofits, both locally and globally for a total of $1.3 million dollars.

    MISSIONWe believe we can accomplish greater things

    together than we can individually.

    We build leadership in philanthropy by engaging, educating, and empowering our Partners.

    We effect positive sustainable social change through the impact of collective giving.

    We provide opportunities for connectedness amongst our Partners and with our grant recipients.

    VISIONWomen changing lives around the worldthrough the power of collective giving.

    OUR STORY

  • MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR

    BOARD CHAIRJennifer Lipinski,Wells Fargo

    ENGAGEMENT CHAIRTania Bhattacharyya,New Directions for Women Foundation

    MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS CHAIRMia Costa, M Marketing Strategies

    MENTOR CHAIREileen Hunt,Attorney

    FINANCE CHAIRTina Kreditor,Tina Kreditor Accounting

    FUNDRAISING CHAIRAmy Larson,Poppyfield Consulting

    GOVERNANCE CHAIRChris Mandell,Financial Services Executive

    CORPORATE LIAISON CHAIRSusan Marx,Cradlepoint

    OPERATIONS CHAIRKatie Milette, Pango Group

    GRANTS CHAIRLynette Miller,HR Executive, Retired

    SECRETARYRandi Pinckes Outwater,Outwater & Pinckes, LLP

    STRATEGY CHAIRAnh Tran, Modern Wealth Law

    What a year 2019 has been! Thank you to Impact Giving’s Partners and contributors as we celebrate a decade of experiencing the power of women and the impact of collective giving. In those 10 years, we have helped us award $1.3 million through 65 grants to local and global nonprofit organizations.

    In 2019, Impact Giving grants supported:

    My heartfelt gratitude is extended to those who continue to make Impact Giving a priority in their busy lifestyles. We are excited about the growth of Impact Giving and look forward to further grow our organization over the next decade. The amazing work we have achieved over the years would not be possible without all of our supporter’s passion, dedication, and hard work.

    • The purchase of a new Cleveland Tilt Brazier for Bracken’s Kitchen, which has helped provide over 150,000 additional healthy meals for the hungry people of Orange County

    • Training for 296 Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), who support 296 transitional age foster care youth, providing guidance, education, life skills and a consistent presence as they move to self-sufficiency

    • 4 of 20 Dragon Kim Foundation fellowship teams that provide youth leadership training and 1-1 mentoring to a diverse group of 41 young adults looking to better their community in Orange County

    • The launch of the Corneal Blindness Prevention Program in 2 districts of Nepal, providing cutting-edge corneal blindness prevention programs and health education with the help of 142 female volunteers through SightLife

    • The building of local well in Kenya, in partnership with The Samburu Project, to help improve the lives of over 1,000 women, children and families, as well as providing education to about 150 women on health, leadership, the importance of education and rights to equality

    • The renovation of Warrior Foundation Freedom Station II, which is a transitional housing opportunity for warriors who sustained injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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    Jennifer Lipinski, Board Chair

  • BETTER TOGETHER

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    10 YEARS OF IMPACT

    The numbers tell the story of how we can accomplish greater things together than we can individually.

    WHERE YOU’VE SEEN USThe word is getting out! Our local community loves hearing about the work

    we’re doing together. It’s an exciting time to be part of our organization.

    PODCAST

    10YEARS OF ACTIVITY

    In just 10 years, Impact Giving has

    changed millions of lives across the world

    65 1.3 125GRANTS

    AWARDED

    65 grants have been awarded to deserving people and organizations across the globe

    MILLIONDOLLARS

    1.3 million dollars has been donated o our many life changing

    grant recipients

    WOMENPARTNERS

    125 women Partners collaborating

    together to change lives locally and

    globally

  • SPRINGMARCH-APRIL-MAY

    • Grant Committee Site Visits• Grant Finalists Determined• Partner Voting• Annual Awards Event

    SUMMERJUNE-JULY-AUGUST

    • Summer Mixer

    Coffee ConnectionsLunch & Learn Speaker SeriesWine MixersVolunteer EventsBook ClubsNewsletters

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    MONTHLY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

    The collective Partnership of Impact Giving thrives under our warm, Welcoming, and inclusive values. We invite you to select any area of

    engagement and experience the joy of collaborative learning among like-minded philanthropic women. Join our team!

    FALLSEPT-OCT-NOV

    • Grant Season Kick Off• Grant Committee Sign Ups• Grant Application Requests

    WINTERDEC-JAN-FEB

    • Grant Application Submissions

    • Grant Committee Training• Grant Committee Meetings

    ONGOINGMay 28, 202011th Annual Awards Event

    SAVE THE DATE

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  • FINANCIALS

    Partner Contributions - Grants $114,300

    Partner Contributions - Admin $28,900

    Increasing the Impact $41,400

    Awards Event Ticket Sales $19,100

    Income from Other Sources $8,700

    Sponsors and Donors $46,500

    Interest Income $800

    Grant Awards $154,100

    Administrative Overhead $69,900

    Awards Event Costs $29,200

    * Reflective of 2018/2019 fiscal year ending 7/31/19

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    EXPENSES – FISCAL YEAR 2019: $253,200*Operating Costs

    REVENUE – FISCAL YEAR 2019: $259,700*Funds From Our Partners and Fundraising

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    2019 GRANT RECIPIENTS

    $25,000 GRANTCorneal blindness is a preventable loss ofsight caused by damage to the surface ofthe eye. It is particularly prevalent anddevastating in developing countries.SightLife is currently running two cutting-edge corneal blindness preventionprograms in Nepal and India. An ImpactGiving grant funded two new sites outsideof Katmandu.

    Funds are being used in the building ofFreedom Station II in San Diego, which willprovide transitional housing to warriors whohave sustained injuries in Iraq andAfghanistan, and are either active duty orrecently medically retired military personnel.

    $25,000 GRANT

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    2019 GRANT RECIPIENTS

    $24,400 GRANT$22,000 for a water well supporting andproviding to a community of approximately1000 people. $2,400 provides SamburuSisters Workshop (SSW) for that community.Mandatory hygiene and sanitationworkshops are completed by each wellcommunity. SSW provides education forabout 150 women on health, leadership,importance of education, rights to equality.

    Purchased a Cleveland Tilt Brazier with a40-gallon capacity to create more stewsand soups, a new hood and kitchenexhaust system build-out that facilitatescooking 90 chickens simultaneously (in anoven purchased with other funds) whichallows them to meet 2019 goals to increasetheir food service program by 100%.

    $21,000 GRANT

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    2019 GRANT RECIPIENTS

    $20,000 GRANTFunds are supporting the Dragon KimFellowship Program, providing financialsupport, leadership training, and 1-1mentoring to a diverse group of 41youth to develop and implementimpactful community service projectsestimated to serve over 2,000underserved individuals within ourcommunity.

    CASA of OC currently has a waitlist of 225foster children that are seeking the supportof a specially trained advocate. The largestgroup are Transitional Age Youth (TAY). Themoney provided will directly correlate to anincrease in the number of youth that areable to be served. Money will be used totrain the CASAs, match them with youth,and provide direct support to CASAs bytrained supervisors.

    $15,000 GRANT

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    2019 – $130,400Brackens Kitchen $21,000 CASA of Orange County $15,000 Dragon Kim Foundation $20,000 SightLife $25,000 The Samburu Project $24,400 Warrior Foundation $25,000

    2018 – $130,000Concern America $23,000 Giving Children Hope $25,000 International Orphan Care $10,000 Lotus Outreach International $22,000 WISEPlace $36,000 With My Own 2 Hands $14,000

    2017 – $144,000Bracken's Kitchen $20,000 Families Forward $29,000 Give a Child Life $30,000 IEFT (Tanzania) $20,000 Solutions for Urban Agriculture $25,000 WisePlace $20,000

    2016 – $125,000Voices for Children $23,000 Families Forward $20,000 Free Wheelchair Mission $22,000 Give a Child Life $24,000 IEFT (Tanzania) $16,000 Just in Time for Foster Youth $20,000

    2015 – $125,000Alzheimer Association of OC $10,000 Concern America $15,000 Family Promise of OC $10,000 Give a Child Life $12,000 Giving Children Hope $30,000 Monkey Business Café $13,000 The Wooden Floor $25,000 Voices for Children $10,000

    2014 – $131,000Action Kivu $13,000 Chhahari $13,000 Family Promise of OC $15,000 Lotus Outreach $30,000 OC Child Abuse Prevention $20,000 Voices for Children $25,000 Women Helping Women $15,000

    2013 – $130,000Access OC $20,000 Chhahari $17,000 Families Forward $15,000 Just in Time for Foster Youth $40,000 KidWorks Community Dev $13,000 Lotus Outreach $25,000

    2012 – $130,000Families Forward $30,000 International Princess Project $20,000 Just in Time for Foster Youth $30,000 Lotus Outreach $20,000 OC Child Abuse Prevention Ctr $10,000 R Star Foundation $20,000

    2011 – $125,000International Princess Project $30,000 Just in Time for Foster Youth $18,000 Miracles for Kids $17,000 The Wooden Floor $20,000 Voices for Children $15,000 WISEPlace $15,000 Women Helping Women $10,000

    2010 – $90,000American Soc for Cataract &

    Refractive Surgery $15,000 Ethiopian Family Fund $7,000 Free Wheelchair Mission $15,000 Girls Incorporated of OC $10,000 Human Rights USA $10,000 The Helping Hands Project $13,000 The Hunger Project $20,000

    10 YEARS OF GRANT MAKING

    2010 – 2019 GRANT RECIPIENTSWomen can accomplish greater things together than we can individually.

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    Christina AlexanderJudith AndersonAngelique AndrulaitisTeri BassmanZelda BensonTania BhattacharyyaKaren BohanBarbara BowmanMari BukofskyChristina CampbellLynn CapouyaAnne CastonCathy CastonKristina ChatowGina ChironisMaria ChowyeeChristina ColeMia CostaAnne CroninMarie CrossonAnn Cutner FirestoneMary DaweSam DawsonBetsy DenhamRosalie DevineLaurie DubchanskyMarcia DubchanskyDorothy DuncanMaya DunneTamara FarrarInes FranklinShawn FredrickKimberley FryChristina GarkovichCindy Picquelle GibbonsSusan GiustoAnne GlassZina GleasonElizabeth Gosselin

    Janet GrattanMichelle GreenwoodKaren GrundhoferJennifer GrzeskowiakJudy HallShirley HangValerie HardmanJane HenleyEdythe HeusJanice HobbsMaria HoffmanRebecca HoffmanPamela HorowitzEileen HuntKaren JaffeSharon JenningsTrudy JoyceDana KovachTina KreditorAmy LarsonBarbara LesterMarsha LinkJennifer LipinskiSarah LivermoreEllen MainthowChristiane MandellSusan MarxAshley McKenneyKatie MiletteLynette MillerRachel MounceYoshiko O'ConnorColette O'DonnellPatti OhslundCarol Lindquist OlsonKathryn OsannRandi Pinckes OutwaterAnn OwenHolly Padias

    Joy PennerRobin PiersonKelly PooleDonna PotikerSonja RadachElizabeth B RayZoe RockVanessa RyanMarilyn SalinasKim ShepherdJasana SingerCarole SmithMiriam SmithSally StalcupLeslie StewartKaren SunKathy SusaLu Ann TalleyLaura TarboxKelly TaylorKristin ThomasLauren ThomasMonica ThompsonAnh TranSarah VanderveenBrenna WalravenNicole Warne-McGrawCathy WarnerLeslie WeaverPatricia WeierSonya WestermanJoAnne WilliamsMelinda WilliamsJani WilsonJulia WilsonKaren WilsonChristina WinsteadDebi WoelkeBeth WolfeCarrie Woodward

    PARTNERS

    2019 PARTNERSWe are grateful for all our partners.

  • LEGACY CIRCLEJudy AndersonGina ChironisSam Dawson, Founding PartnerCarol Lindquist Olson, Founding PartnerAnn OwenKaren Wilson, Co-Founder

    2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORSTania BhattacharyyaMia CostaEileen HuntTina KreditorAmy LarsonJennifer LipinskiChris Mandell Susan MarxKatie MiletteLynette MillerRandi Pinckes OutwaterAnh Tran

    LEADERSHIP

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    FOUNDING PARTNERSKaren Wilson, Co-FounderAnn Duncan Levy, Co-FounderSam DawsonElizabeth GosselinSusan MarxCarol Lindquist Olson

    2019 GRANT COMMITTEE CHAIRSGina ChironisMarie CrossonChris MandellKathy OsannBetty RaySonya Westerman

    A big thank you to our Operations Manager, Kim Fry for all her dedication and support.

  • “Impact Giving....Your donations are integral inbreaking the vicious cycle of child abuse andneglect. It is because of YOU that many of thesechildren, for the first time in their lives, have foundsomeone who cares for them and guides themthrough the difficult obstacles of life."

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    PAST GRANT RECIPIENTS THANK YOU

    CASA OF ORANGE COUNTY, 2019

    "Impact Giving...Your financial support is having adirect impact on reducing the burden of cornealblindness in Nepal and India. Your compassion isinspiring. Because of your partnership, more casesof blindness will be prevented. That means moreadults can stay at work, more children can remainin school, and more families can stay together."

    SIGHTLIFE, 2019

    "Impact Giving...these funds will be used to furtherour training and accompaniment of communitymembers so that they can provide their own healthcare, build their own water systems, educate theirchildren, and secure economic opportunities fortheir families. Your generosity of spirit and supportgive so much hope to our world."

    CONCERN AMERICA, 2018 & 2015

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  • Our purpose is to make an IMPACT both locally and globally by

    supporting positive sustainable social change where most needed.

    We invite you to partner with us to make an even greater impact in

    our community, in our nation and around the world!

    As we get ready for 2020, we are excited to grow our brand and

    evolve Impact Giving into a household name. We feel that growing

    our Partnership and support base will ensure that we can continue to

    support numerous lives going into our next decade.

    Please consider how you can join us and be involved in this women’s

    movement that is changing our world!

    We would love to hear from you.

    Please reach out to us at [email protected].

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    LOOKING AHEAD

  • 668 North Coast Highway, #1139 Laguna Beach, CA 92651

    501(c)(3), Federal Tax ID 90-0423363 | www.impactgivingnow.org

    (c) Impact Giving 2019