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Jeetu Nanda, President
Letter From The PresidentDear Friends,
Another year is going to end soon and this has been another very interesting year.
I would like to take the opportunity to wish you all Happy Holidays as you spend time with your loved ones.
KFI has been specially blessed this year due to the support of all of you.
Gifts to KFI have increased over the previous year. It is a welcome sign of our alumni becoming more engaged. We have invested in some software programs to better connect with alumni and keep track of donors.
The biggest achievement this year was that after several years of trying, KFI submitted a grant request to USAID for the development of the school’s Poondi property as an Environmental Education Center that would be one of a kind in South Asia. We are awaiting the decision and will keep you posted. If we get the grant, the grantee will be KFI on behalf of Kodai School. There has been a lot of discussion and planning towards realizing the vision for the Palani Environmental Education Center and also the mechanics of administration of the grant.
KFI has continued to award scholarships using accrued interest and funds for projects from the donations you have given towards such endeavors. In order to continue to give meaningful scholarships to the academically exceptional students in need of financial support, KFI has envisioned named funds to have enough seed money that we can give scholarships while preserving the capital into perpetuity. Kodai School continues to give financial aid to students with financial need. Each year KIS sets aside approximately 8-10% of its Operating Budget to ensure students are able to study at KIS irrespective of their financial ability. While offering financial aid continues to be a significant historical commitment of KIS, the school has recognized its need to establish a fund for scholarships and has taken the step to designate funds for scholarships using the same process as KFI.
Kodai School has now become a member of the Green School Alliance and our alumni through KFI are supporting efforts to raise environmental awareness by sponsoring programs promoting this in and around Kodai School.
As for KFI, we are blessed to have a robust Board of Directors who generously give of their time and resources to support KFI and KIS. I never thank them enough for their service. Julie has been a wonderful addition to KFI and she has built upon the strong foundation secured by her predecessors: Jerry Nichol, Peter Jenks, Ellie Carman MacDonald and Jane Cummings. As a Board, we remain committed to building and advancing the work of the past to ensure KFI remains a strong resource for Kodai School and our alumni.
We would encourage all of you to get involved, engage and support our Alma Mater. The better KIS becomes, the prouder we are as alumni.
Sincerely,
Jeetu Nanda ‘83 President KFI
2015-16
Annual Report
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From Our Executive Director
Julie Nichol Stengele ‘80
Dear Alumni and Friends of Kodai School,
Over the past year it became clear that KFI’s existence still causes confusion, the mission is unclear and KFI’s relevance is not understood. To give a little perspective, the largest number of Kodai School alumni are in the United States and India. Kodai Woodstock International (KWI) was established as a North-American based alumni organization to serve both Kodai and Woodstock Schools
by raising funds, marketing and providing administrative help for the schools - interviewing staff, being a resource for admissions questions, to name a few. KFI also created and maintained the alumni database, produced an annual alumni magazine, arranged alumni reunions, and submitted grant proposals on behalf of the schools. Ten years ago, KWI devolved into Kodai Friends International and Friends of Woodstock School, to better aid each school and their alumni in North America.
2015/16 was a significant year: it marked the end of the first decade for KFI; however, it is apparent that the message of KFI’s relevance is still unclear. To help clarify KFI’s position, one big step taken this past year was that KFI redefined its mission and adopted a new logo:
KFI serves to enhance the mission of KIS and other educational organizations in Tamil Nadu that strengthen the values of KIS through financial and administrative aid, as well as supporting KFI alumni and friends in North America.
The website was redesigned to facilitate keeping friends and alumni informed of current and relevant events. KFI renewed its commitment to donors by adopting the Donor Bill of Rights and creating a Gift Acceptance Policy. KFI has committed to assisting North America alumni with current and accurate information and is building a database so that communication through newsletters and direct mailings can be better managed. A few years ago the Board considered the question of KFI’s relevance, affirming the need for and existence of KFI. An additional step was taken in this direction, making the Executive Director position full-time.
The question remains: why is KFI relevant and necessary? The reasons are many and I’ll most likely continue this conversation in future communication. However, let me start by sharing the ways alumni and friends have supported and given to KFI over the past ten years. The donor base has been relatively small (800 since 2006); however, you have helped to make the following possible:
• Numerous scholarships have been awarded to qualifying students, making it possible for them to study at KIS and participate in field trips and conferences.
• Aid and assistance has impacted the local community through initiatives like the smokeless stoves project and installing solar panels.
• You have supported the exchange of ideas, protected the school’s archives, encouraged professional development, promoted leadership, ensured the arts are promoted, enhanced technology, promoted fitness, added to the beauty of the campus, ensured cultural diversity – making it possible for students and staff to broaden their horizons in numerous ways.
Most recently, through your generous support you have enabled KFI to respond to grant requests to fund and support KIS students and the Kodai community as pictured on page 3.
Truly, you have made a significant impact and made a difference in the life of our school, Kodai School. Thank you for your generosity of faith and belief in the mission of KIS, and for the dollars you have sent. It is remarkable what we have been able to accomplish together! I look forward to seeing what 2016/17 has in store and what might be possible with your help.
Sincerely,
Julie Please note our new email address: [email protected]
2015-16 KFI Supported Scholarships & Projects at KIS
Student Scholarships
Aung-Thwin/Reble Memorial
Marilyn Scudder Memorial
MinHo Heo ‘16
Triyansha Biswas ‘16
Yukta Sinha ‘16
Ishika Shahi ‘16
Dev Selarka ‘18 Subadra Sudhir ‘17 Triyansha Biswas ‘16
Augustine Paul of the Madras Musical Association conducting the combined MAA and KIS Orchestra and KIS Choir
Dress Rehearsal
Clement Shastriar Concert Master for the
MMA Orchestra
Projects
Manikrishna Gopalakrishnan at the Poondi lakeshore
Bhutanese Dzongkha teacher, Pema Tashi, instructing Mendrel Wanddi and Jonathan Saldanha
The zip line is a favorite activity
Smokeless Stove Solar panels installed at Poondi
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Russell De Valois Memorial
Kodai Alumni International
Kodai Friends International
Proposed Poondi Site Palani Environmental Education Center
Keith & Marcine DeJong MusicDeJong Music Award
DeJong Music Scholarship: Chennai Field Trip
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Kodai Friends International, Inc.— Statement of Financial Position —
June 30, ________________________________ 2016 2015 ____________ ____________
ASSETSCash and Cash equivalents $ 45,391 $ 32,967Contributions receivable - 2,750Prepaid expenses 1,458 1,458Investments 2,328,954 2,456,512Beneficial interest in charitable trust 72,182 76,062Cash surrender value of life insurance 13,585 13,206 ____________ ____________TOTAL ASSETS $ 2,461,570 $ 2,582,955 ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETSLIABILITIES $ 781 $ 2,912 NET ASSETS Unrestricted 2,209,347 2,317,107 Temporarily restricted 148,117 159,611 Permanently restricted 103,325 103,325 ____________ ____________Total Net Assets $ 2,460,789 $ 2,580,043 ____________ ____________TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS $ 2,461,570 $ 2,582,955 ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
Kodai Friends International, Inc.— Statement of Activities —
For Year Ended June 30, ________________________________ 2016 2015 ____________ ____________
SUPPORT AND REVENUE Contributions $ 65,134 $ 62,519 Investment gain (35,513) 78,025 Gain on beneficial interest in charitable trusts (3,500) (1,047) ____________ ____________ Total Support and Revenue $ 26,121 $ 139,497 ____________ ____________
EXPENSES Program $ 72,677 $ 58,275 General and administrative 49,702 63,674 Fund Raising 22,996 – ____________ ____________
Total Expenses $ 145,375 $ 121,949 ____________ ____________
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS (119,254) 17,548NET ASSETS - BEGINNING OF YEAR 2,580,043 2,562,495 ____________ ____________
NET ASSETS - END OF YEAR $ 2,460,789 $ 2,580,043 ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________
Board of Directors
2015-16
Jyotirmaya Nanda ‘83 | President
David Otten ‘69 | Vice President
Mary Coleman Lowry ‘64 | Treasurer
Anju Taneja FS | Secretary
Directors
Akshay Birla
Robert Fletcher ‘65
Stan Kuruvilla ‘93
William Martin ‘70
Vijay Naidu ‘86
Glenn Rogers ‘74
Julie Nichol Stengele ‘80 FS
KFI Executive Director*
Corleigh Stixrud ‘86 | KIS Principal*
Kai Weise ‘83 | KIS Council Chair
*Ex-Officio
For a copy of KFI’s audited financial report, contact [email protected] or 603-998-7471.
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$5000 and UpRobert Dudley & Louise ‘43Nancy & Alan Giehl F (daughter)Norman Thoms & Anna ‘51
$1000-$4999Hailson Bose ‘94 Class of 1966Louise Cummings FS, GPdcp MidstreamJames & Evelyn Estes CoD &
FS | PDale Gronberg ‘66Nelson Hoffman ‘66John MacKay ‘52, KFI, CoDMiriam Naumann McCreary ‘51Sanjeev Pandey ‘82John Rittmann & Lorraine ‘54Glenn Rogers & Dominique Harre
‘74, KFIKenneth & Lynn Schoeninger F
(brother)Martha Thompson Wilcox &
John ‘61
$500-$999Leonard Betz ‘71Jacquelyn Brooks FSDavid & Lois Thoms Dickason | ‘55Robert Fletcher & Denise ‘65, KFIKunal Kapoor & Monica ‘93Carol Zigler Kusserow & Ralph ‘55Eleanor Carman Macfarlane
MacDonald ‘53, KFIKathryn Johnson Narney & Steve ‘71Gerald & Roxanna Nichol KFI |
FS, P, GPDavid & Laurie Otten ‘69, KFI | PSarah Nichol Reindel & Andrew
‘86 | PShyama Pillai Rosenfeld & Scott ‘86Constance Dudley Rumely ‘42Sandra Schoeninger FS, KFILori Tauring FS
$250-$499Akshay Birla KFINancy Fisher Thoms Block &
Russell ‘48Camp Kirchenwald Reunion 2015Sten & Stephanie Carlson FFrank Emerson & Mary ‘56Michael Gass & Carol ‘50Michael & Alice Hallaran FSSteve Holler & Margaret ‘74Sheriar Jamshedji ‘86Jyotirmaya Nanda ‘83, KFI, CoDSanjay Pingle ‘89Joseph & Martha Grubbs Rittmann
‘66, FS & ‘69 | PSher Emerick Safran ‘74August Schmitthenner & Alice ‘43Pete Schmitthenner & Pamela
Forsyth ‘74 & FS | PAlice Graham Silver ‘55Donald & Julie Nichol Stengele KFI
| ‘80, FS, PDavid Swan ‘55Edwin & Margaret Carman
Tegenfeldt ‘56 & ‘55 | FS, P, GPMark Tegenfeldt & Kathrin ‘90
$100-$249George & Anne Althouse FS, P
Michael Aung-Thwin ‘65Zubin Avari ‘91Wayne & Kathy Beckwith | FS, PCarsten Bjornstad FS, PJudith Staal Blackbourn ‘65L Daniel Bulkley ‘36Grace Bunker ‘59Patricia Moore Burlee ‘51Jennifer Grant Busam ‘66Robert & Lucile Carman ‘48, CoD
& FS | PJohn Carman & Ann ‘47John Chatfield & Elizabeth ‘59Joan Ramer Chrastek ‘76Jon Closson ‘54Nicholas Coward & Victoria ‘70Mary DeJong F (spouse/partner)Christopher Binod Devadas &
Grace ‘83Alfred Doermann & Evelyn ‘51Ralph Doermann & Laurel ‘48Barbara Ruzicka Doody & Alan ‘53Elizabeth Updegraff Dyson ‘41Theodore Essebaggers & Maja ‘59Euxine Dolbeer Faix & Richard ‘54Paul Folmsbee ‘79Gerald & Marjorie Ford | FSFreeport-McMoRan FoundationRobert Frykenberg & Carol ‘48Mark & Nancy Lindell Garrison
‘58 | FS, PJohn E. Gault ‘48Charles Gosselink & Charlotte ‘53Janice Green & Paul Patton II FSDiane Hoffman ‘62Martha Vreeland Ifland ‘74Michael Jackets ‘51Emily Grumm Jeske & Marvin
Rothstein ‘63Alfred Johnson ‘43Benjamin & Mary Johnson ‘47 | FSBarbara Jones ‘77Grace Jones ‘76Marion Johnson Karl ‘45Yuna Kim ‘99John D. King & Jean ‘53Beth Grumm Kroger ‘64Sharon Foster Lanteigne &
Marcel ‘75SoYeon Lee ‘04Mary Coleman Lowry & David
‘64, KFIJohn Lutz ‘54April Dennis Lyon ‘63Rajit Malhotra & Rashna Mistry ‘90Basil Manns ‘63William Martin & Christine ‘70,
FS, KFI | PHarold Mondol & Dorothy West
‘50 | FSMary Essebaggers Morris ‘62Harrison Moyer & Gladys ‘44Robert E & Momo Nebel | PBetty Lou Wood Nelson & John ‘48Dalton & Deanne Noack | FS, PJoel Otten ‘77Mary Lynn Parks F (sister)Richard Patton & Joanna ‘57Jay Perrine FJean Towle Reed ‘55Patricia Wood Remias & John ‘56Linell Roccaforté ‘87David Rogers & Lois ‘60Chris Rolles & Toni ‘56Nina Sartori FS
Hans Schmitthenner & Joan Potenza ‘70
Sharon Woelfle Schotsman & Chris ‘85
Steven Scruggs & Tammy ‘80Nell Kincaid Semel ‘54Muriel Elizabeth Hagen Smith &
Wade ‘54Rebecca Trautmann ‘68, KFIStanley & Darlene Vander Aarde
CoD | PCynthia Warner FEileen Staal Westenberg ‘64David & Lorma Wiebe ‘56 & FSJohn & Dorothy Yoder Nyce | FS, PPaul Zorn & Janet Petrie ‘68
Under $100AMen‘s Group FKarl Anderson ‘58Anne Betts ‘61Kenneth Brannon & Rachel ‘86James Burt & Jill FSMargaret Caldwell-Ott & Derek ‘75Gerald Carner ‘60Catherine Carter FJanet Chandler FSPatricia Cobey FMaura Cody & Will Taylor FSLawrence Collins Jr. & Maureen ‘65Clayton Cowles FSusan Hollinshead Dalton ‘58Dale De Wild FSDia DeHaan FSDeborah Althouse Dubendorff ‘79John & Martha Easter | FS, PCharles Emerson & Norma ‘59Edwin Erickson ‘53David Evans ‘48Robert Gass ‘81Franca & Michael George PVictoria Gray ‘70Harriet Varney Hays & Marc
Sonny ‘48Robert & June Hempfield FJames Hestand ‘62Jeffrey Hewitt & Pam ‘63Peter & Lisa Lindell Hoh FS & ‘81Milton & Barbara Hostetter | FS, PPaul & Lois Howe | FS, PJudith Kessler FS, PMuriel Nichols King ‘53Sara Gesler Klemmer ‘63Shirley Wood Kocher & Robert ‘49David & Helen Krouse FPamela Hoefer Lialias ‘88Mary Jean Linn ‘77Merrick & Sara Ann Emerson
Lockwood ‘59 & ‘61, FS | PMarion Chute Malcolm FSRoland & Mary Helen Miller
CoD | PClara Rittmann Mueller & Orval ‘57Elaine Lomperis Olson & Wayne
‘67, FSMona Oommen ‘83Susan Pandak FStanley Panickaveetil PNehal Rahim & Emily Kay ‘93Eve Ricketts & David Howard FSDavid & Christi Rudiger FJohn & Ruth Ruggiero | FSCarl Schiefer FSChristine Schmitthenner ‘72
Barbara Schramm & Pieter Timmermans | FS
David Scott & Corinne CoDMark & Julia Shull FJacqueline Smith FClarice Soppe FNeal & Annette Stixrud | FS, P, GPJoseph Toone FClaudia Trautmann & Ted Christner
‘70Lydia Rittmann Volz ‘50May Korteling Votaw ‘48Barbara Donaldson Walker &
George ‘68Richard Wechter FSRichard Welles & Betty ‘59Andrew Wilch ‘47Beverly England Williams &
Wallace ‘55Elaine Schuster Woodcox ‘53
In Memory of:Richmond Karl Anderson early
1900s Karl Anderson ‘58Margaret Aung-Thwin FS, P Michael Aung-Thwin ‘65Karen Bjornstad FS, P Carsten Bjornstad FS, PDorothy Bulkley ‘35Dwight Bulkley ‘37Mary Bulkley ‘39Margaret Bulkley ‘41 L Daniel Bulkley ‘36Ruth Bunker FS, CoD, P Grace Bunker ‘59Jim Fassett Carman ‘78 Bob & Lu Carman ‘48, CoD & FS | PPaul Carman ‘83 Bob & Lu Carman ‘48, CoD & FS | PBruce Cummings ‘53 FS, GP Elaine Schuster Woodcox ‘53G. Edward DeJong ‘54 Mary DeJong wifeRussell De Valois ‘43 Bob Dudley & Louise ‘43 Barbara Schramm & Pieter
Timmermans FSJames J. Duncan FS Patricia Cobey wifeTheodore & Helen Essebaggers
parents Ted Essebaggers & Maja ‘59 Mary Essebaggers Morris ‘62Roger Evans ‘43 David Evans ‘48Rev. Finley FS Susan Hollinshead Dalton ‘58Shirley Foster P Sharon Foster Lanteigne &
Marcel ‘75Theodore William Fritz ‘48 AMen‘s Group F Catherine Carter F Alfred Doermann F Robert & June Hempfield F David & Helen Krouse F Susan Pandak F David & Christi Rudiger F Mark & Julia Shull sister Jacqueline Smith F Clarice Soppe F Joseph Toone FThe Frykenberg Family Robert Frykenberg & Carol ‘48
James Gosselink ‘49 Charles Gosselink & Charlotte ‘53Eric Gass ‘52, P, CoD Michael Gass & Carol ‘50 Robert Gass ‘81Mrs. Geraldine N. Harington FS Dave Rogers & Lois ‘60Norbert & Ruth Hattendorf ‘49
| FS, P dcp Midstream Nancy & Alan Giehl familyGene Hennig ‘65 Beth Grumm Kroger ‘64 John MacKay ‘52, KFI, CoD Miriam Naumann McCreary ‘51 Gerald & Roxanna Nichol KFI |
FS, P, GP Donald & Julie Nichol Stengele
KFI | ‘80, FS, P Claudia Trautmann & Ted
Christner ‘70 Rebecca Trautmann ‘68, KFINelson & Marjorie Hoffman Nelson Hoffman ‘66Peter J. Hoffman ‘66 Diane Hoffman ‘62Gerhard T. Johnson FS, P Kathryn Johnson Narney & Steve
‘71Johanna & Martin Lutz P John Lutz ‘54Don Oberdorfer ‘53 FS P Elaine Schuster Woodcox ‘53Jeevan Paul ‘86 Linell Roccaforté ‘87 Neal & Annette Stixrud | FS, P, GPJohn Gordon Peery ‘53 Eleanor Carman Macfarlane
MacDonald ‘53, KFIVirginia Schiefer FS Carl Schiefer FSRuth Schmitthenner ‘49 Charles Gosselink & Charlotte ‘53Sam Schmitthenner ‘44, FS, P, GP Harrison Moyer & Gladys ‘44 Christine Schmitthenner ‘72Marilyn Scudder ‘56 Jean Towle Reed ‘55 Patricia Wood Remias & John ‘56 Chris Rolles & Toni ‘56 Alice Graham Silver ‘55 Ed & Miggie Carman Tegenfeldt
‘56 & ‘55 | FS, P, GPLois Stewart P Eleanor Carman Macfarlane
MacDonald ‘53, KFIMaj StormoGipson ‘74 Steve Holler & Margaret ‘74 Martha Vreeland Ifland ‘74 Glenn Rogers & Dominique Harre
‘74, KFI Sher Emerick Safran ‘74 Pete Schmitthenner & Pamela
Forsyth ‘74 & FS | PAlan Swan ‘50 David Swan ‘55
In Honor of:The Block, Dickason, Scudder,
Thoms families Nancy Fisher Thoms Block &
Russell ‘48
Yvonne Dovlo ‘88 Marion Chute Malcolm FSBeth Gesler Caldwell & David ‘56 Sara Gesler Klemmer ‘63Mr. TP Hadden S Mark & Nancy Lindell Garrison
‘58 | FS, P Marion Chute Malcolm FSSonia L. George ‘00 Franca & Michael George PGerhard & Elsie Hattendorf Nancy & Alan Giehl familyMiss Bertha Lange FS Margaret Caldwell-Ott & Derek
‘75Clarence Maloney ‘52 Steve Holler & Margaret ‘74Gerald & Roxanna Nichol KFI |
FS, P, GP Sarah Nichol Reindel & Andrew
‘86 | P Donald & Julie Nichol Stengele
KFI | ‘80, FS, PSuvidha Sadasivan staff Marion Chute Malcolm FSCarl & Virginia† Schiefer | FS Paul & Lois Howe | FS, PSandra Schoeninger FS, KFI Zubin Avari ‘91 Kathy & Wayne Beckwith | FS, P L Daniel Bulkley ‘35 Bob & Lu Carman ‘48, FS | P Jody Ramer Chrastek ‘76, FS, P Nicholas Coward & Victoria ‘70 John & Martha Easter | FS, P Ted Essebaggers & Maja ‘59 Jim & Evie Estes | FS, P Paul Folmsbee ‘79 Gerry & Marj Ford | FS John E. Gault ‘48 Janice Green & Paul Patton II FS Steve Holler & Margaret ‘74 Milt & Barbara Hostetter | FS, P Kunal Kapoor & Monica ‘93 John D. King & Jean ‘53 SoYeon Lee ‘04 Dalton & Deanne Noack | FS, P Elaine Lomperis Olson ‘67, FS Dave & Laurie Otten ‘69 | P Stan Panickaveetil P Mary Lynn Parks sister Kenneth & Lynn Schoeninger
brother Sharon Woelfle Schotsman &
Chris ‘85 Donn & Julie Nichol Stengele KFI
| ‘80, FS, P Neal & Annette Stixrud | FS, P, GP Lori Tauring FS Stan & Darlene Vander Aarde
CoD | P Dick Wechter FSOwen Thomas & Meg ‘55 Beverly England Williams &
Wallace ‘55Donald Wilder ‘49 Clayton Cowles grandson
F = FriendFS = Former StaffCoD = KIS Council of DirectorsKFI = KFI Board of DirectorsP = ParentGP = GrandparentGGP = Great Grandparent†Deceased
— KFI Donors, 2015-2016 —
In This Annual Report . . .
From the President ............................1From the Executive Director ...............2Scholarships/Projects Funded ...........3Financial Statements .........................4Board of Directors .............................4KFI Donors ........................................5
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