R EP O R T TO T H E CO M M U N I T Y

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You stand up for causes. You take on challenges. You lead by example.

The stories on these pages are your stories. Together, you made them happen.

Thank you for making this a can do, will do place to live.

You are helping Tim stay in his own apartment with Ulysses as a helper and companion. Tim’s life changed drastically at age 19. Doctors found and removed a tumor on his spine, and later one on his brain. He went from riding everywhere on his mountain bike to needing help with everyday tasks.

Ulysses is one of three Trinity In-Home Care direct support professionals who help Tim with personal care, housekeeping and cooking.

“But there is so much more to it than that,” said Ulysses. He is there to share a laugh, to encourage, and to offer companionship. He and Tim recently caught the opening night of Amazing Spider-Man 2. They enjoy going to movies, downtown, and to community events together. And they are huge sports fans, following the Chiefs and KU basketball religiously.

Your financial support provides training for Ulysses and 130 other direct support professionals who help Tim and 230 others in Douglas County maintain as much independence and quality of life as possible.

started donatedIn 2013

20 $11Mnew charitable funds. Now we have 147.

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$2.7Mof $15M in all years.

of $41M in all years.

Thanks to you, “champion” is a verb in Douglas County.

You are helping Shaniya navigate the digital divide. Shaniya carefully types her grandmother’s address into Google Maps on a new computer in the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority’s youth center. She navigates through Street View until she finds the house, and then uses the touchscreen to zoom in on the front porch.

Having access to current technology helps Shaniya and other kids living in subsidized housing keep up with students who have nice computers, tablets and the latest software in their homes. The children use the computers to complete homework and play educational games. They also learn to install software updates and trouble-shoot computer problems.

Chris Lempa, who manages the Full Circle Youth Program, says of the so-called digital divide, “Access to a computer isn’t the issue any more. It’s really about knowing how to use it and learning from other people who know how to use it.”

Your gifts to DCCF helped Douglas County Housing, Inc. acquire touchscreen computers and educational software that give kids a chance to master the tools that will help them succeed in school and later in the workplace.

stewardedIn 2013

$33M in charitable capital to make life better for every person in Douglas County.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Earl Richardson

You are helping Liana cook fresher, more healthful foods for her kids while stretching her food dollar.Liana, a single parent of two kids who works full-time as a housekeeper, used to hate making dinner. “I was so worn out at the end of the day,” she said. She leaned on a few easy-to-make standards including processed boxed dinners.

Then Just Food, Douglas County’s food bank and pantry, offered a free adult cooking class for clients and Liana signed up. She started learning cooking techniques like making salad dressings and marinades with three simple ingredients and freezing chopped onions and peppers for later use. Soon she was whipping up orange chicken, curries and other dinners for less than $2 per serving.

The Just Cook classes are now a fundamental way that Just Food provides access to nutritious food and encourages its clients to be more self-sufficient. Many families attend together, with up to three generations learning side by side.

Because of your generosity, 316 people have graduated from Just Cook classes so far this year. Just Food is distributing more fresh fruit and vegetables, and fewer foods that are linked to diabetes, heart disease and other chronic health conditions.

Thanks to your endowed gifts to community foundation funds, the Kansas Health Foundation invested $141,000 in matching grants to DCCF in 2013. It also provided $238,000 in direct grants to area community organizations to support health.

You are helping Ms. Linda teach kids from all over the world to treasure reading.Lawrence Public Library’s Ms. Linda kicks off story time by showing kids a treasure chest. “Can you guess what’s inside?” she asks.

As the kids’ eyes grow wide, she opens the lid. The chest is filled with story books about the evening’s theme: Treasure. While the kids listen to tales of pirate adventure, some of the parents use smartphones or cameras to record Ms. Linda’s animated performance.

Many of the families who are regulars at Thursday evening story time are English language learners.

A mom from Taiwan explains afterward that she uses the recordings to help her six-year-old daughter Hannah master English. Then she confesses that she enjoys listening to the recordings as much as Hannah does. Other parents laughingly agree.

Ms. Linda, whom Hannah describes as “a master of storytelling,” is exuberant about the July 26 opening of the expanded and renovated library, where the Children’s Room will include a Readers’ Theater space for story times and other educational activities.

Your gifts to the Lawrence Public Library Foundation Fund are helping make the new Children’s Room a place where all kids find stories that expand their world.

Gill-Harrison family legacy gift sets a record

The largest legacy gift in DCCF’s history resulted from estate planning

by the late Bob and Pauline Harrison and their late son Phil Harrison. Phil’s wife Beth carried out the gift plan, which honors the ninety-year history of the Gill and Harrison families in the Lawrence real estate and insurance businesses, and their committed involvement in civic affairs.The gift will support community causes in perpetuity. An early grant went to the Lawrence Public Library capital campaign.

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITIONAs of December 31, 2013Current assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,111,457Cash held on behalf of others 124,605Investments, at fair value 26,940,072Investments held on behalf of others, at fair value 2,844,214Grant receivable 120,000Total current assets 32,140,348

Equipment, net of depreciation 4,297

Other assetsInvestments, at fair value” 621,317Investment in land 65,270Assets held in charitable remainder trust 120,555Cash value life insurance 48,433Intangible asset, net of amortization 1,538Total assets $33,001,758

Current liabilities Accrued salary and taxes $ 10,595Liability related to split interest agreements 106,644Agency funds payable 2,968,819Total current liabilities 3,086,058

Net assets Unrestricted 8,518,930Unrestricted - donor advised 18,189,314Unrestricted - field of interest 2,287,160Total unrestricted net assets 28,995,404Temporarily restricted 238,741Permanently restricted 681,555 Total net assets 29,915,700Total liabilities and net assets $33,001,758

2014 COMMUNIT Y GR A NTSThese organizations received funding through our annual Community Grants program:

Americana Music Academy

Baldwin Retirement Apartment Complex

Ballard Community Services

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County

Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas

Community Mercantile Education Foundation

Dads of Douglas County

Douglas County CASA

Douglas County Child Development Association

Douglas County Dental Clinic

Douglas County Housing, Inc.

Family Promise of Lawrence

Housing and Credit Counseling, Inc.

iCan Shine for the Baldwin City iCan Bike Camp

Junior Achievement of Kansas-Douglas County District

Just Food of Douglas County

Kansas Audio-Reader Network

Kansas Head Start Association

Lawrence Arts Center

Lawrence Children’s Choir

Lawrence Community Nursery School

Lawrence Community Shelter

Lawrence Habitat for Humanity

Lawrence Meals on Wheels

Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department

Midland Care Connection

Social Service League

Spencer Museum of Art

The Salvation Army of Douglas County

The Willow Domestic Violence Center

Theatre Lawrence

Trinity In-Home Care

Trinity Interfaith Food Pantry

Visiting Nurses Association

Fairy Godmothers mark ten years of helping womenFor a woman living on the brink, a car break down can throw her life into chaos. As can a bad tooth, a sewage back-up or a refrigerator that stops working.

The Fairy Godmother Fund is there to help with such immediate, short term, critical needs not covered by other funding sources.

Since 2004, thanks to your generosity, the Fairy Godmothers have distributed $114,270, helping 447 local women and children. Your help has allowed women to keep jobs, maintain habitable homes, and meet other urgent family needs.

As an endowed fund, the Fairy Godmother Fund will produce income to distribute for decades to come.

The United Way of Douglas County leads the distribution of funds through applications received by local social service organizations.

10 years

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF

Chip Blaser Executive Director

Dan SabatiniArchitect, Sabatini

Architects, Inc.

Dolph Simons, Jr.Chairman, The

World Company and Editor,

Lawrence Journal World

Evan WilliamsChef/Owner, Evan Williams Catering

Marilyn HullProgram and

Communications Officer

Stuart BoleyAdministrative

Officer

Web Golden, Chair

Attorney, Stevens and Brand, LLP

John Elmore Vice Chairman

Community Banking and

Branch Delivery, US Bank

Pat LongPresident,

Baker University

Mike McGrewChairman and CEO, McGrew

Real Estate

Vickie RandelSenior Vice

President, First State Bank & Trust

Reggie RobinsonDirector, University of Kansas School of Public Affairs and

Administration

Harry GibsonRetired executive,

Exxon Mobil

GiveYou can make an unrestricted gift or donate to one of our 147 charitable funds at www.dccfoundation.org or by mailing a check to DCCF at 900 Massachusetts, Suite 406, Lawrence, KS 66044. If you would like to give stock or other assets, please call us at 785-843-8727.

Right now, unrestricted gifts and donations to the LiveWell Community Wellness Endowment Fund generate a 50% match from the Kansas Health Foundation. Other endowed gifts generate a 25% match.

If you would like to learn about establishing a new fund, visit www.dccfoundation.org or call us at 785-843-8727.

Apply for FundingFor information about applying for a grant, visit www.dccfoundation.org.

Do you see an opportunity to do some good and want to seize it? If so, you will fit right in at DCCF.

All kinds of people work with and through us. Some fund good work. Some manage good work. Some do both.

Here are two ways you can do good through your community foundation.

How to do good through DCCF

900 Massachusetts, Suite 406

Lawrence, KS 66044-2868

R E P O R T TO T H E CO M M U N I T Y

On these pages, you will find stories you set in motion through your community foundation. Your gifts create opportunities that touch lives in every corner of the county.

Let us introduce you to Tim, Shaniya, Liana and the spellbound kids in Ms. Linda’s story time.

Thanks to you, “champion” is a verb in Douglas County.