Steve Gunderson to Speak at ICF’s LuncheonCelebrating its 20th Anniversary

The keynote speaker at theIdaho Community Foundation’sannual luncheon on May 21 willbe Steve Gunderson, presidentand chief executive officer of theCouncil on Foundations. TheCouncil, based in Washington,D.C., is a nonprofit membershipassociation of more than 2,000grant-making foundations andcorporations.

The luncheon, which also willcelebrate ICF’s 20th anniversary,will be at the Boise Centre on theGrove from noon to 1:30 p.m.Tickets are $50 and $60 each,and may be purchased by callingICF at 208-342-3535 or 1-800-657-5357. Patron tables andreserved tables also areavailable. For the first time thisyear, reservations also may bemade over the Internet atwww.idcomfdn.org.

A native of Wisconsin, Mr.Gunderson served three terms inthe Wisconsin state legislatureand in the U.S. Congress from1980 to 1996. He subsequentlywas managing director of theWashington office of TheGreystone Group, a Michigan-based strategic managementand communications consultingfirm. He joined the Council onFoundations in 2005.

“Steve Gunderson is one ofthe most dynamic speakers onthe subject of philanthropy,”

ICF Leadership: Board Members: John Bennett, Grangeville; Mark Buckalew, Pocatello; Doug Chadderdon, Coeur d’Alene; Larry Cope, Buhl; Sandra Fery, Boise; RalphM. Hartwell, Idaho Falls; Sus Helpenstell, Nampa; Richard Hutter, Sandpoint; Dan Keller, Preston; Irv Littman, Boise; Patsy Lodge, Caldwell; Todd Maddock, Lewiston;Joe Marshall, Boise; Michael T. McBride, Twin Falls; Douglas R. Nelson, Idaho Falls; Diane Plastino Graves, Boise; Ron Sali, Eagle; Jordan P. Smith, Salmon; Kiki Tidwell,Hailey; Alan Van Orden, Pocatello; Marc Wallace, Hayden Lake. Officers: Douglas R. Nelson, Chairman; Cathy R. Silak, President and CEO; Diane Plastino Graves,Secretary; Irv Littman, Treasurer. Staff: Cathy R. Silak, President and CEO; Holly Motes, Controller; Hilarie Engle, Donor Relations/Development Officer; StewartEdwards, Accountant; Marc Orcutt, Systems Specialist; Tracy Bresina, Executive Assistant; Jaime Browning, Administrative Assistant.

Spring 2008

IDAHO COMMUNITYFOUNDATION NEWS

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

President's Message . . . . . . . . . 2

Welcome to Our Members. . . . 3

Donor-Advised Funds. . . . . . . . 4

Online Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Gear Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

New Board Member . . . . . . . . . 7

Southwestern Grants . . . . . . . . 8

Mike Crapo Scholarships . . . . . 9

Memorials and Gifts . . . . . . . . 10

New Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

said Cathy Silak, president andchief executive officer of ICF. “ICFis delighted that he will share withus his perspective on organizedgiving and how it can makepositive change happen incommunities.”

The luncheon also will includeICF’s annual membership meetingand presentation of this year’s“Friend of the Foundation” award.

Steve Gunderson

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The Moments that Remind UsWhy We Treasure ICFA Message From ICF President and CEO Cathy R. Silak

Some days you open

the mail or go to a meeting

and hear a message that reminds you why so many

people have worked so hard over the years to help the

Idaho Community Foundation.

The past few weeks have brought several of

those days.

First came the letter from Timothy P. White,

president of the University of Idaho, who wanted to

let us know how the Walter and Leona Dufresne Fund

in ICF had helped one student in particular.

Samantha Buck, a geology student, is participating

in an extraordinary research project in Antarctica,

along with a team of scientists from Idaho and

universities around the country. They are studying

ancient volcanoes in the Dry Valley region of

Antarctica, hoping to solve the complex problem of

how magma is delivered from chambers deep in the

earth’s crust to eruptions at the surface.

Samantha called this the trip of a lifetime and told

President White that “It means so much to me to be

able to participate in such amazing research. I was

not expecting any opportunities like this as an

undergraduate.”

This is just one example of the students that ICF

has helped. A few days later we presented grants from

the Gladys E. Langroise Advised Fund, ranging from

$120,000 for music programs at the College of Idaho

to $53,000 to the Lillian Vallely School for a bus barn

at the privately funded school that serves Native

American children from Fort Hall.

We’re also watching the Gear Up program, to which

ICF has made one of its largest commitments to date,

to prepare low-income middle school students for

college and provide scholarships once they are there.

(See story on Page 6.) In addition, the Hispanic

Business Association has created a new scholarship

fund. We will announce the details later this spring.

All this support for Idaho’s students would not be

possible without the foresight of those who created

the Idaho Community Foundation 20 years ago. We

will honor those men

and women,

corporations and

organizations at our

annual luncheon on

May 21 by naming all

of the founding

donors, directors and

incorporators as this

year’s recipients of the

Friend of the

Foundation award.

(See story on Page 1.)

One of our founding donors, The Whittenberger

Foundation, has a special place in the hearts of my

family. My late father-in-law, Dean Miller, was Mrs.

Whittenberger’s attorney, and helped her craft the

plan for her foundation long before the efforts to

establish ICF began.

It has been a personal privilege for me to help carry

out the founders’ early dreams for ICF. As we

celebrate the 20th anniversary, it is an appropriate

time to thank those who have done so much to help

ICF advance its mission of enriching the quality of life

throughout Idaho.

I look forward to seeing you at our luncheon.

Dear Friends,

Sincerely,

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ICF Welcomes New & Renewing MembersICF welcomes new and renewing members who have joined us between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2007. To become a

member and help the Foundation better serve Idaho, please return the membership form in this newsletter or visitour website at www.idcomfdn.org.

EasternAndrew and Debra AkersBill and Elizabeth AllenJohn and Martha ArringtonFrederick Belzer and Theresa

KaufmannW. Kurt and Lin BirkenhagenGeorge and Susan BlodgettRonald R. BolingerSusan H. BowerRichard and Aris BoyleTrish CheckettsLinda J. CookMichael and Kerrie CopeRobert R. DargatzO. Keener Earle and Karen MooreKenneth and Valaree EstepMary FreundJoseph H. GrobergTodd and Angela GrobergRalph and Mary Lynn HartwellJune E. HeilmanThomas J. HolmesWilliam HouseSara IfftErnest M. JensenDaniel and Pamela KellerVirginia KellyDieter and Margaret KnechtLeo M. KnudsonArthur and Annaliese KullElliott and Candice LarsenPaul and Katie LinkDonald and Nancy LongwithRobert and Ann LoucksPatrick and Karen McGahanRichard L. NapierDoug and Billie NelsonRich E. OrmeDeRay PerryRobert and Hayley PotterMarie H. PutnamLinda RasmussenLawrence and Marsha RigbyPaul and Alexis RippelGail and Nannette SiemenJordan and Mary SmithJohn G. St. ClairDan and Tana StahnRalph SteeleSpencer and Evelyn StrandCraig ThomasGloria Jean ThomasStephen WagnerAlan J. WhiteRoger and Louise WoolleyPaul and Judy Yochum

NorthernMarty and Teresa BeckerJohn and Susan BennettMichael BogeSusan BorowiczBarbara A. BotschW. M. and Lynn CalhounEdith M. CampbellDouglas and Deidre ChadderdonJulie ChenowethLee and Lori CullenTeresa DeshonRick DinningFord and Jean ElsaesserJohn Pennings and Terese FandelMark Kubiak and Susan Fenton

KubiakDebra A. HeiseDonald and Dorothy JacklinDoyle JacklinDuane and Susan JacklinMary JahnGregory E. Johnson

Monica J. JonesJune E. JuddJon and Sharon KimberlingEdward and Marjorie KuchynkaShelley KutherDale and Rose LavigneElsie LillibridgeArthur and Dorothy LongJohn Lundeby and Marci SchreiberTodd MaddockHarry and Colleen MagnusonJohn W. McHughMichael and Kathryn McNicholsJim McReynoldsMichelle MitchellBasil and Susan MooreJoseph and Lynn MorrisMarcella NelsonRoger and Sharon NelsonMike and Annina NielsenJim NiemanDennis O'BrienBonnie K. PardenLeonard ParenteauWalter and Genevieve ParoniGary and Carol PietschThomas and MaryLou PuckettRichard and A. Anita RognasMarilyn SabellaFather Joseph F. SchmidtGary T. SchneidmillerGladys SchneidmillerLouise ShadduckRichard A. ShafferMarion and Lorena ShinnPatsy L. SorensonCraig and Jane SpencerNorman C. SteadmanBruce and Marilyn SweeneyWilliam and Patricia TaylorRobert and Mary TemplinTito TiberiThomas F. TrailSteve VerbyPeter and Anne WagstaffMarc and Nancy Sue WallaceRichard WandrockeBarry WatsonMichael and Carol WilsonRichard and Dawn WittmanLucille Zanetti

Out of StateRichard and Sharon AllenErnest Blackwelder and Sheila

HennesseyDavid and Teresa DucharmeOrval and June HansenNorbert and Eileen HartmannAlbert and Mildred HuberChris and Kris MikkelsenRyan and Barbara NelsonJack and Katherene StarrRobert and Brittany StrebelJohn F. TateJohn and Jan ThorntonRobert and Michele WilliamsThomas C. Wright

SouthwesternMary AbercrombieKay AlspaughJohn and Shirley AtteberryIrv Baldwin and Betsy HillJohn Ballenot and Susan ReinhardA.J. and Susie BalukoffBritt and Cynthia BambicLouise BarneyNorman and Ellen BattThomas and Marilyn BeckRobert Lantz and Cyndy Berlin-LantzJean Betebenner

William and Wendy BinegarDan and Brenda BlitmanSigrid BoieCarl and Kathleen BontragerMary BooneMichael and Laurie BorkDorothy BrasseyNicole BrownStephen and Anne BrownDean and Judy BuffingtonFelicia BurkhalterRobert and Elaine CarpenterKathleen M. CarrPete and Freda CenarrusaDon and Dolores ChapmanElbert and Edith CleavelandLarry and Marilyn CopeGordon Williamson and Helen

Copple-WilliamsonNate Dallolio and Jennifer PetersonBill and Bernadean DanielsJudd and Diane DeBoerThomas and Linda DixonDel and Arlene DoddMarcia L. DonnerSteve and Pam DoucettePaul Dubman and Diane NewtonTed E. EllisRoy and Frances EllsworthCarl and Joanna EngleTed EpperlyBelen ErstadAndrew and Shannon ErstadReeta R. FarrMichael and Brenda FeltonJohn and Delores FeryJ. Brent and Sandra FeryKent and Kim FletcherWayne and Susan FriedersWilliam and Gay FruehlingMyron and Elfriede GabbertGregory Garlick and Marcia WingBetsy GerdemanJoseph and Karen GetuskyDavid GilesRonald Graves and Diane Plastino

GravesJames and Pirie GrossmanLeo and Pauline HarfDonald and Jan HaworthRobert and Donna Marie HayesLeland and Brenda HeinrichPatricia J. HeldtFred and Sus HelpenstellTom and Alice HennesseyTom and Shana HennesseyGene and Rosie HillJohn Hockberger and Velma

MorrisonConstance G. HoglandRobert and Leslee HooverSharon L. HublerRonald and Mary HughesRichard and Trudy JacksonBill and Jacqueline JacksonHeather JaureguiLarry and Susan JenkinsPeter and Carolyn JohnsonDaniel and Carmelyn JohnsonLarry JohnsonJoseph and Cynthia JordanGeorge and Sondra JuettenStephen and Cheryl KaatzMarion KalbusRay and Effie KaufmanDallas Peck and Cynthia Keller-PeckDonald and Mary KnodellVic and Nancy KobeLex and Celia KunauJames and Sandra LancasterRobert and Deborah LawGail LeBow

David A. LittleIrv and Trudy LittmanWilliam and Patricia LodgeJoshua and Margene LunnGary and Kathleen MahnJoseph and Patricia MarshallRoger and Claudia MartellWarren and Bernie McCainCamille McCrayKevin and Debbie McDonaldJohn and Mary McGownJosephine N. MillerDonald MitchellLeon Smith and Janice

Mittleider-SmithBob and Jeanie MooneyWilliam and Mary MooreRobert and Mary Lee MorrellPhillip and Anita MurelagaVicki MurphyHilarie NeelyF. Craig and Carolyn NelsonRandall and Melissa NelsonWalter and Patricia NelsonHerald and Donna NokesPeter and Barrie O'NeillSkip and Esther OppenheimerF. Edward and Jeanne OsborneJerald and Carolyn PankoRichard and Susan ParrishSteven and JoAnn PetersonDale and Mary Ellen PetersonTom and Michelle PraggastisDonald and Rose PriceLeonard PurdyAllen and Jolean QuimbyRichard and Georgiann RaimondiTod and Dani RasmussenWilliam and Lynda RawlingsPhilip and Jill ReedEarl and Jodi ReynoldsDon and Barbara ScottCatherine ShalzDavid B. ShawAlan and Laura ShealyKenneth and Janet ShermanMarilyn T. ShulerCathy Silak and Nick MillerRose SilakGay C. SimplotJane N. SlatteryRichard and June SmithMartha H. SmithJack Stillinger and Dorothy SnowballNeal and Mary Lu SpencerJames A. SteeleHarry and Suzanne StegerOsborn and Shirley StenbergAlan and Gayle StevensonEdward and Dorothy StimpsonJoan E. SullivanCarolyn A. TertelingKiki TidwellPamela TuckerLois UkropinaThomas and Charlotte UngerCatherine ValentiDiane Van EngelenJuno Van OckerIrene V. VictoryKatherine S. VogelRobin and Mimi WallisJess and Harriet WaltersConnie WeaverBeverly WilliamsDavid and Betty WillmanMonte and Helen WilsonRosemarie WimerJack and Mary Pat WinderlMary Lee WoodWilliam and Virginia Woolley

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Gifts from People with a Passion: Donor-Advised Funds in ICF

If you’ve ever wanted to see a long list of peoplewith a passion for helping others, just look atpeople behind the more than 120 donor-advisedfunds in the Idaho Community Foundation.

The funds are for people with a cause, whetherit is as broad as improving the quality of life or asfocused as helping teens who struggle withsubstance abuse.

Many donors advise ICF on grants from theirfunds, and ask close friends or family members totake over the responsibility after their death. Twopeople who donate untold hours to funds withvaried missions are Lynn Campion-Waddell andKathleen W. (Kitty) Gurnsey.

Campion-Waddell is an advisor to the DeerCreek Fund, which makes grants in Blaine Countyand nearby areas. She is one of the fund creators,along with her first husband, Thomas B. Campion,Jr., their two daughters, and the Helen K. andArthur E. Johnson Foundation (a Coloradononprofit corporation).

Gurnsey is an advisor to the Perc H. Sheltonand Gladys A. Pospisil Shelton Foundation,created by the late McCall couple to make grantsin Valley County. She describes herself as “thedaughter they never had,” and works to carry out

their wishes with thethree other fundadvisors, Allen R. Derrof Boise and ThomasW. Kerr and W. DavidKirk of McCall.

Campion-Waddellwas inspired by thework of Colorado’sJohnson Foundation,where she serves aschair.

“My husband andmy children havelived in Idaho formore than 30 years,and although the Johnson Foundation primarilygives to organizations in Colorado, I thought itwould be wonderful to give something back to ourown community,” she said.

Campion-Waddell herself has been a long-timeresident of the Sun Valley area. She was a skiinstructor, a volunteer fireman, and an emergencymedical technician in Ketchum where she helpedadd more advanced training. She also is aphotographer and author of books on rodeo andcutting horses. Her current project is a photo essayabout women in the West. She is married to artistTheodore Waddell, and they live on a farm south ofKetchum.

Her reasons for setting up a fund in the IdahoCommunity Foundation were very practical.“Legally, it’s smarter to be under the umbrella ofICF instead of acting alone, because they take theresponsibility of verifying the tax status of grantapplicants. Financially, ICF manages our assets anddistributes the grants in a timely manner.

“A lot of people don’t realize that they and theirfamilies can take part in the giving process and stilltake advantage of ICF’s services,” she pointed out.“I’m a hands-on person, and I like to be veryinvolved in choosing the organizations we wouldlike to help.

“Later on, I may become less involved and turnthe decision process over to ICF board members. Inthat case, I could direct monies toward an area of

Gladys A. Pospisil andPerc H. Shelton

The Shelton family on an outing

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interest or location, yet allow them to make thedistribution decisions.

“The Deer Creek Fund covers a lot of bases,”she continued. “We follow the guidelines of theJohnson Foundation, which are very general:Relieve suffering, meet basic human needs,promote self-sufficiency and enrich the quality oflife. In carrying out these guidelines, the DeerCreek Fund usually makes grants to more thantwo dozen organizations.”

The Shelton Fund also came under ICF forpractical reasons. “We started as an independentfoundation, investing the money ourselves, andwe found that it was very hard,” Gurnsey said.

“It’s difficult to find people who will volunteerfor this sort of responsibility. We pay ICF a smallfee for managing the fund, and it is very good atmanaging money and maintaining a balancebetween our assets and our grants so that thefund can continue in perpetuity. It’s great to havea source of funds that is always available for ourcommunity projects,” she added.

The Sheltons opened one of the earliest realestate offices in McCall and operated it togetheruntil the 1980s. In addition, Mrs. Shelton was ahigh school English teacher, which is howGurnsey met her.

“I was on the schoolpaper and she was theadvisor. The Sheltonsbecame almost a partof my family, and viceversa. I was evenmarried in their homein McCall in 1950,” she added.

Gurnsey went on tobecome a member ofthe state legislature,where she was co-chairof the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee for 16 of the 22 years sheserved. Now a resident of Boise, she is a member ofthe Idaho Board of Pharmacy and the IdahoCommission on the Arts.

“If the Sheltons could see how their money isbeing used today, they would be smiling,” she said.“Their dollars are at work and are helping youngpeople, which was a particular interest of theirs.We’re also setting aside funds for a special project atthe YMCA camp in Valley County. We haven’tdecided what it will be yet. But we do know that itwill be a memorial to the Sheltons, as well as a greatthing for the kids in the world.”

Online Technology Attracts New Donors

Donors contributed more than $8,000 to the IdahoCommunity Foundation during the first two weeksthat the technology for online donations wasoperational.

The technology for accepting online donationswent operational two weeks before the end of 2007,helping people making last-minute, year-enddonations.

Many of the donations have come from first-timecontributors, said President and CEO Cathy Silak,giving proof of the power of the Internet to reach outto diverse groups.

Donations also came in from the link to the Divasfor A Difference (divasforadifference.com) Web site,

which writes about people,organizations and events ofcharitable significance in Idaho’s Treasure Valley.

Donors can visit the Web site at www.idcomfdn.orgto make donations to any of ICF’s more than 370funds or they may ask ICF to put the contribution inone of its three geographic “greatest need” funds.

This year, too, ICF members will be able to reserve specific seats, as well as purchase tickets, onthe Web site for the May 21 annual luncheon.

“The success of the Web site shows that people are willing to adapt to new technology, “ Silak said. “We’re extremely pleased with the results of onlinedonations.”

Lynn Campion-Waddell

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Helping Low-Income Students “Gear Up” for Success

Cathy Silak, left, president and CEO of ICF, andHilarie Engle, donor relations/development officer, present a check—one of the largest in ICF history—to Decker Sanders, Gear Up program manager.

If almost none of the people you know went tocollege, you probably wouldn’t have given muchthought to your own plans —particularly in theseventh grade.

But with today’s increasing competitivenessfor college admission, the chances are slim forstudents who don’t think about collegerequirements until the last year of high school.

Programs to change this have been successfulin other states, and this is why the IdahoCommunity Foundation in November made oneof its largest commitments to date - $200,000 lastyear and another $200,000 over this year andnext year to fund Gear Up. The program is aimedat preparing low-income middle school studentsfor college and providing scholarships once theyare there.

Idaho was the 47th state to institute theprogram, beginning in 2006 with a six-yearbudget of $36 million in state and federal funds.Last fall the state was having difficultiesidentifying funds for its share, so the IdahoCommunity Foundation and several otherfoundations stepped forward to make theprogram possible.

Gear Up is designed for public schools wherehalf or more of the students qualify for free orreduced-price lunches under federal guidelines.It begins in the seventh grade with activities thatinclude after-school tutoring, job shadowing,

student-led conferences, integrating technologyinto the curriculum, and individual academicintervention and family education nights.

For example, William Thomas Middle School inAmerican Falls had a program with the theme,“Dream Big.” Each student wrote a career dreamon a label, attached it to a balloon and let theballoons float across the sky. Site CoordinatorJennifer Simpson quoted a line from Jo in themusical Little Women to the students, “I may be

The Idaho Business Review has selected Idaho Community Foundation President and CEOCathy Silak as one of 50 women to be honored as 2008 Idaho Women of the Year honorees.

The women will be honored at an awards dinner and featured in a glossy magazine publishedby the newspaper.

Idaho Business Review Honors Cathy Silak

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Mark Buckalew, branch manager and vice president of A.G.Edwards, a division of Wachovia Securities LLC, in Pocatello andTwin Falls, has been named to the Board of Directors of the IdahoCommunity Foundation, Idaho’s only statewide communityfoundation.

Buckalew has a long record of community involvement. He is a past president of the PocatelloChamber of Commerce, Pocatello Rotary Club and Portneuf Medical Center Foundation. He alsowas a board member of the Ifft Foundation, continuing as a fund advisor when the foundation’sassets became an advised fund in the Idaho Community Foundation.

He grew up in Pocatello, but left to attend college at Idaho State University, Northern ArizonaUniversity and the University of Utah. He became a stockbroker while he was still at the Universityof Utah. When he had the opportunity to open a brokerage firm in Southeastern Idaho in 1978, hechose Pocatello.

“I have gotten to know the Idaho Community Foundation over the years through my work withthe Ifft fund, as well as the Foundation’s grants to many of our community projects,” he said. “It isa privilege to be able to play a larger role.”

“We are very pleased to have Mark Buckalew on our board,” said Doug Nelson, Board Chair.“One of the strengths of our Foundation is our talented board, whose members know firsthand theneeds of the different areas of the state. Mr. Buckalew knows both ICF and the City of Pocatello,and this combined knowledge will be very valuable to us.”

Pocatello’s Mark Buckalew Named to Board of Idaho Community Foundation

small but I’ve got giant plans to shine as brightlyas the sun.”

In Salmon the Elks donated food for anintroductory dinner attended by 225 people—farexceeding expectations of 100 in attendance.

Participants so far include schools inAberdeen, American Falls, Boise, Buhl, Burley,Clark Fork, Coeur d’Alene, Cottonwood, Dayton,Emmett, Homedale, Kellogg, Lapwai, Malta,Priest River, Salmon, St. Anthony, St. Maries,Twin Falls and Worley.

The hope is to expand Gear Up to more than40 schools across the state, reaching a minimumof 5,500 students.

The success rate of the program elsewherehas been remarkable. For example, in San Jose,Calif., 94 percent of 12th grade students at the

three high schools participating in Gear Upapplied for college. Ninety percent were accepted,and 52 percent qualified for four-year colleges.

“Gear Up shows that we can bring hope and anopportunity for success tostudents who mightotherwise set their goals farbelow theirabilities,” said Cathy Silak,president and CEO of the IdahoCommunityFoundation. “It offers the ability to makefundamental change happen for many studentswho otherwise would not have the educationalsupport or dollars they need to go to college.”

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$307,543 in Grants Goes to 133 Southwestern Idaho Projects$307,543 in Grants Goes to 133 Southwestern Idaho Projects

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The Idaho Community Foundation last fallawarded $307,543 in grants for 133 nonprofitorganizations or projects in 17 counties inSouthwestern Idaho.

Grants ranged in size from $250 for a new firepump in Bliss to $5,000 to refurbish the children’scenter at the Little Wood River Library District in Carey.

Other grants went for gas to operate a bus witha wheelchair lift in Grandview, an improvedtrailhead in Weiser, equipment to extricate persons

from vehicle accidents in Lowman, sewingmachines for a class in clothing alterations inNampa, chairs for a senior citizens dining hall inGooding, and enhancements to programs in morethan two dozen school districts.

The J. A. and Kathryn Albertson FoundationEducation Fund in ICF provided $122,500 infunding for various educational programs,including $3,500 to the Friends of the DonnellyLibrary to purchase books for a summer readingprogram for young people and $2,500 to Boise’sDiscovery Center of Idaho to help underwriterental costs for a feature exhibit on DNA.

Grants are awarded by the ICF Board, primarilyon the recommendation of the Foundation’sSouthwestern Region Advisory Panel, which iscomprised of local community leaders whovolunteer their service as grant reviewers. The nextSouthwestern region competitive grant cycle willopen May 1.

Southwestern region directors include LarryCope of Buhl; Sandra L. S. Fery, Diane Plastino

Graves, Irving Littman and Joe Marshall, all of

Boise; Sus Helpenstell, Nampa; Patsy Lodge,Caldwell; Michael T. McBride, Twin Falls; Ron Sali,Eagle; and Kiki Tidwell, Hailey.

Southwestern Region Advisory Panel membersinclude Cyndy Berlin-Lantz, Rupert; SandraLancaster, Emmett; Laura Bettis, Sydney Fidler, BillGilbert, Lynda Rawlings and Tom Killingsworth, allof Boise; Don Liebich, Frances Nagashima andJulie Oxarango-Ingram, all of Hailey; Sherry Colyer,Bruneau; Jan McBride, Twin Falls; Mike Felton,Buhl; Shawn Miller, McCall; Kim Fletcher, Burley;

Pat Nelson,Gooding; NormaOdiaga, Jerome;Sergio Gutierrez,Nampa; RichardRoberge, Caldwell;Joe Holmes, Indian Valley; Amy Roe, Payette;

and Dale Smith, King Hill. Board member SusHelpenstell also serves on the panel.

A complete list of grants is available atwww.idcomfdn.org/pages/grants_recent_SW.htmon the ICF website.

See the ICF website at www.idcomfdn.org/pages/grants_recent_SW.htm for a complete list of grants.

Remember the IdahoCommunity Foundation in

your will, trust, lifeinsurance policy and/or

retirement plan.

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The first college scholarships from the MikeCrapo Math and Science Scholarship Fund in theIdaho Community Foundation will be awarded this

year—four years afterthe senator began acampaign to helpIdaho students excel in science.

Senator Crapo ischair of the RepublicanCapital Markets TaskForce, which advisesthe Republican caucus on U.S. businesscompetitiveness. Hestarted the fundbecause of his concern

about the relatively small numbers of Idahostudents majoring in science and technology, andthe country’s need to remain competitive in these areas.

He not only spearheaded a campaign to endowthe scholarship fund, but also pledged to donate allhonoraria from his speaking engagements.

“I am constantly impressed with the excellentmath and science programs at Idaho’s colleges anduniversities,” Senator Crapo said. “I wanted tocreate a fund that makes it easier for Idaho’s topstudents to pursue math and science degrees closeto home.”

This is the first such fund ever established by anIdaho member of Congress.

The fund in ICF has received more than $70,000in donations, meaning that distributions can beginthis year. The scholarships will be a minimum of$1,000 each, with the number of scholarships andthe dollar amounts depending on the growth of theendowment.

“The United States has led the world intechnology development for many years, but wehave begun to see that lead erode as we havebegun to lose students in the math and sciencestudy areas,” Crapo said.

“As part of my responsibilities in the U.S. Senate,I have become very involved in globalcompetitiveness issues and recognize that we have

to do all we can to promote study in these twocritical fields. Since this scholarship fund wascreated in 2004, my concerns about this issuehave only increased as we face formidableinternational competition in technologydevelopment,” he added.

“We need to direct a strong effort to educate anew generation of scientists, engineers andmathematicians to continue leading the world inscience and technology. This scholarship fundwill make it easier for some of our best studentsto pursue math and science at any one of Idaho’suniversities. It is exciting that the scholarshipfund is poised to begin awarding scholarships toIdaho students this year,” he said.

“Senator Crapo deserves both our praise andour thanks for his efforts,” said Cathy Silak,president and CEO of the Idaho CommunityFoundation. “Providing students with highereducation aid is one of the best possible ways to help students as individuals and the state as a whole. We are pleased that Senator Crapoasked the Foundation to work with him on thisworthy project.”

Students interested in applying for thescholarships should go to the scholarship sectionof the ICF website at www.idcomfdn.org.

Sen. Mike Crapo

First Mike Crapo Math and Science ScholarshipsTo Be Awarded to Idaho Students This Year

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The Idaho Community Foundation welcomes gifts sent as memorials or in honor of individuals on their birthdays,anniversaries, retirement, or other special occasions. Such gifts may be added to any individual fund in theFoundation, or to the Idaho Community Foundation Unrestricted Community Trust Fund. The following gifts werereceived between Sept. 1, 2007 and Dec. 31, 2007.

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In Memory of Nat AdamsN. and Nancy AlexanderThomas and Joan CooneyAndrew and Shannon ErstadHelen KaufmanIrv and Trudy LittmanJ. Michael and Theresa

McLeodPhilip and Anita MurelagaQuentin and Barbara

QuickstadEarl and Jodi ReynoldsMichael and Eleanor Smith

In Memory of GeorgeAnchusteguiPete and Freda Cenarrusa

In Memory of Warren andJayne BrownBrian and Kristen O’Morrow

In Memory of Mike BrownAnonymous

In Memory of Glenn ChaneyPete and Freda Cenarrusa

In Memory of Glenn CoughlanRobert and Jeannine Bilow

In Memory of KennethCrawfordAnonymous

In Memory of YolondaCrosslandRobert and Jeannine BilowAndrew and Shannon ErstadJ. Michael and Theresa

McLeodJohn and Rosemary Shewmake

In Memory of Germaine DavisAnonymous

In Memory of Viola DenneyPatricia Heldt

In Memory of VernaEichmann Terry and Linda Grable-Curtis

In Memory of Ann ErstadAndrew and Shannon ErstadB. Hyatt ErstadJohn P. M. ErstadPatrick H. ErstadRyan T. C. ErstadThomas and Alice HennesseyJ. Michael and Theresa

McLeod

In Memory of Byron H. ErstadB. Hyatt Erstad

J. Michael and Theresa McLeodLois HerrWade and Marth Miles

In Memory of Florence FleerKay AlspaughJohn and Jackie ParrishJess and Harriet Walters

In Memory of William ForneyAndrew and Shannon Erstad

In Memory of Rowan FrankPatricia Heldt

In Memory of George FreundPaul D. Freund Special Needs

TrustMarvin and Ruth Pierce

In Memory of Jim GollerPete and Freda CenarrusaJ. Michael and Theresa

McLeod

In Memory of Ed HedgesRay and Linda Stark

In Memory of Chernq HeeAnonymous

In Memory of Helen HoalstB. Hyatt Erstad

In Memory of Gary HublerPete and Freda Cenarrusa

In Memory of Nancy HughesJ. Keith and Carol Ormond

In Memory of Delores HuntEdith Easterbrook

In Memory of Keith HuntPete and Freda Cenarrusa

In Memory of Bob HydeAnonymous

In Memory of Clinton IsenseeKay Alspaugh

In Memory of Richard KadingAndrew and Shannon Erstad

In Memory of David KalangeThomas and Marilyn Kalange

In Memory of Mary AnneKennewick Helen Gebhardt

In Memory of Ellie KingJohn and Jackie Parrish

In Memory of Marcel andJane LearnedS. Del LowGeorge Tonkin

In Memory of Robert LeBowThomas and Dale McMeekin

In Memory of Rita LeightonDale and Bertha CarpenterCarl and Joanna EngleNicholas Miller and

Cathy SilakMark and Holly Motes

In Memory of GlennLungrenEdwin and Louise OldhamRay and Linda StarkWells Fargo Foundation

In Memory of BarbaraMarshallJ. Robert and Sonia

AlexanderB. AllenMajorie ButcherRichard and Lucinda JardineJoyce Spaulding

In Memory of Rand OlsenThe Hartwell Corporation

In Memory of Dipak ParekhAnonymous

In Memory of Bette RoperThomas and Alice HennesseyJohn and Karen Rosholt

In Memory of Grace SabalaJ. Michael and Theresa

McLeod

In Memory of Claude SeeApio, Inc.Richard ArnoldMichael and Susanne BelcherRosalynne BerholdDon and Janice CareyJames and Kellie DeblasioEarthbound FarmFresherized FoodsJanet GravelleRichard and

Darlene GuthmillerJohn and Leone HolmMarcia HumphreyTom and Lorraine KosterDavid LennonMann’s Packing Co., Inc.David MoenGina NucciFrank and Kathryn ReynoldsGeorge and Carol RobinsonBob and Susan SpenglerLawrence and Peggy SmidtLinda Stark

Sugar Foods, Co.Janet SwinefordTeasdale Quality FoodsTwinings North America, Inc.Leroy VardemanTodd WeibleEdward and Nancy WeissGary and Carolyn Willhoit

In Memory of Lance SevernsAnonymous

In Memory of AnnaShanafeltJohn and Jackie Parrish

In Memory of Peter SimonAnonymous

In Memory of Harold SnyderAnonymous

In Memory of Dick ThomasJ. Keith and Carol Ormond

In Memory of Mary AnneThompsonAndrew and Shannon ErstadThomas and Alice HennesseyJosephine Miller

In Memory of Danny UrrestiCynthia Bambic

In Memory of Carolyn AnnVaughanAndrew and Shannon Erstad

In Memory of Dave VaughnLarry and Susan Jenkins

In Memory of Ann WittWilliam and Patsy Lodge

In Memory of ElizabethYoungstromEdith Easterbrook

In Memory of MarieZimmermanThomas and Alice HennesseyJohn and Karen Rosholt

In the Name of Marty andMelissa RoodJohn and Genevieve Godlove

In Honor of Terry and RosieReillyThomas and Dale McMeekin

In Honor of Carroll SellarsBeth Sellars

In Honor of CaroleWhiteleatherJ. Michael and Theresa

McLeod

Memorials and Gifts

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ICF Annual LuncheonICF Annual LuncheonReserve your seat now

Speaker Steve GundersonPresident, Council on Foundations

May 21, 2008, Noon to 1:30 p.m.Boise Centre on the Grove

Buy your tickets and choose your seat online: www.idcomfdn.orgor call 208-342-3535 or 1-800-657-5357

Tickets: $50 and $60 each $500 for Reserved Table of 10$600 for Patron Table of 10

New Funds Established

ENDOWED FUNDS

Bishop Thornton Endowment Fundof the Lillian Vallely School, Inc.

Established in honor of the BishopJohn Thornton, to ensure the long-term sustainability of the LillianVallely School in Blackfoot, Idaho.

Designated Fund for Classical MusicCreated by Laverne P. Winn to

ensure the long-term support ofclassical music programming onBoise State Radio.

Hay Family FundThe Hay family wants to follow in

the footsteps of those whosegenerosity has made the TreasureValley community a great place tolive and raise a family.

Hispanic Business Association—Richard G. Cortez Scholarship Fund

Created by the Hispanic BusinessAssociation to provide scholarshipsto Hispanic students.

Mona Noble Education FundCreated by Mona Noble, a

retired teacher in MountainHome, to help students who areentering their senior year andwho plan to teach business,economic, or marketing.

Phyllis Harris Townsend Fund for Bonner County

This fund was created byPhyllis Townsend to provideunrestricted support toorganizations in Bonner Countythat provide educationalopportunities and animal shelterservices.

The Lindsey Foundation FundCreated by a Boise couple, this

fund will support charitableorganizations and projectsrecommended by the donors’family.

NON-ENDOWED FUNDS

Able Entrepreneurs of IdahoCharitable Fund

By taking an entrepreneurialapproach, persons with disabilitiescan customize their work environmentso they can make full use of their skillsand expertise to achieve genuinefinancial independence.

Baldwin Charitable FundCreated by Don Baldwin to facilitate

his family’s philanthropic giving.

Joe and Celeste Miller Family FundCreated to help the family plan

annual charitable giving.

The Lindsey FoundationPhilanthropic Gift Fund

Created by the Lindsey Foundationto facilitate its philanthropic giving.

Urquidi-Laidlaw Gift FundCreated by Victoria Laidlaw to

facilitate her philanthropic giving.

Eastern Region Opens: February 1Deadline: April 1

Southwestern RegionOpens: May 1Deadline: July 1

Northern Region Opens: November 1Deadline: January 15

Nonprofit 501c3 organizations and governmental agencies(including public educational institutions) may apply during theappropriate Regional Grant Cycle for each county. Applicationsmust be submitted online by midnight of the closing date to beeligible for consideration. To learn more about the grant cycles orto apply, go to www.idcomfdn.org.

Competitive Grant Cycles

Other Grant OpportunitiesFund Deadlines for ApplicationsIfft Foundation March 15 & August 15Deer Creek Fund May 15Shelton Fund September 1Geography Knowledge October 15

For guidelines and applications, go to www.idcomfdn.org, then go to Grants and Distributions.For other grant opportunities, go to Donor-advised Funds, or call 1-800-657-5357.

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Looking for Scholarships?

ICF manages more than 50 scholarship funds, most of which are administered through high schoolcounseling or college financial aid offices. Several have separate processes and different applicationdeadlines. For guidelines, go to www.idcomfdn.org and visit the Grants and Distributions section.