2019-2020 Community Foundation Annual Report

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on Foundations. This affirms our commitment to financial accountability, an open grant-making process that
addresses the changing needs of our community, and our commitment to working with our donors to help them
fulfill their charitable objectives.
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Cover photo: Thomas Delgado
2019-2020 ANNUAL REPORT

Mission
Our mission is to offer
people effective ways to
engage in advancing the
well-being of our
communities.
lone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
These words by Helen Keller ring true when reflecting
on the incredible amount of work accomplished by
the Community Foundation this year. As we were
rebuilding the final homes of our 3-year fire recovery
effort, the COVID-19 pandemic launched us into
another year of dedicated collaboration with our
community of donors, non-profit organizations,
and volunteers. We are celebrating these essential
partnerships more than ever this year.
Vision
We envision a thriving
Mendocino County, with
communities that appreciate
their special sense of place
and the unique beauty of
their natural environment,
and that provide growing
opportunities for people of
all ages to lead healthy lives
and to work, learn, create,
contribute, and prosper.
With our donors, such as those who launched the
COVID-19 Relief Fund (page 3), we are serving our
community as it manages another crisis. With the
Keffeler family who came together to honor their loved
ones (page 5), we are supporting the next generation of
students pursuing careers in the medical field. With an
individual who believes in the value of the arts and created the
Fund for the Visual and Performing Arts (page 9), we are inspiring
artists countywide. And, with our Partners in Philanthropy (page 15), we are
continuing all of this important work into the future with planned giving.
Our leadership projects (page 13) are also intensive collaborations with many community partners. In addition
to our disaster relief work for wildfires and now COVID-19, we have also been working hard to secure an accurate
count for Mendocino County in the Census 2020 and strengthening the leadership of local non-profits
through our Executive Director Leadership Institute.
The pandemic has forced us each to work from the solitude and chaos of home, but the partnerships we have
built over the past 26 years continue to carry us into a strong future. This annual report reflects our gratitude to
the many people and organizations who partner with us to do wonderful things for Mendocino County.
Board Chair Win Bowen
President/CEO Megan Barber Allende

On March 18, 2020 the County of Mendocino issued a shelter-in-place order in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic which grew into something larger than most of us predicted. Gratefully in
those first few days of working remotely our phones rang with the generosity of donors who
anticipated the need that would come. Sonoma Clean Power and the Savings Bank of Mendocino
County asked if we would establish a fund to help those impacted by the crisis. Their lead gifts
began our journey.
Food and housing insecurity were among our immediate concerns, so we made grants to nearly
30 food-relief organizations countywide to ensure no one would go hungry during the crisis.
Grants to community partners to help people with rent and utilities soon followed.
As the pandemic continued, our relief efforts grew from a single fund to a multi-sector program
supporting residents throughout Mendocino County. The COVID-19 Relief Program is now comprised of:
• COVID-19 Relief Fund to provide basic needs to individuals and families countywide.
• COVID-19 Non-Profit Relief Fund to mitigate the difficulties faced by the non-profit sector
in Mendocino County and enable them to continue to serve the community.
• Business Innovation and Resiliency Fund to provide small grants through West Business
Development Center to enable micro-businesses to adapt to the restrictions of the pandemic
economy.
We are all impacted; no one is exempt from this pandemic. Together we can support our
neighbors and friends to ensure our communities not only survive the crisis but continue
to flourish.
Funds Raised: $1,912,533
• COVID-19 Relief Fund and Response
$1,090,508
• CalFresh/FEMA Food Relief
$246,406
• Business Innovation and Resiliency Fund
$240,342
• Non-Profit Relief Fund and Programs
$335,277
Funds Granted: $682,846
Many thanks to our lead and significant donors who have made this work possible: George and Ruth Bradford
Foundation, The Candelaria Fund, The Cleo Foundation, DeLucia Family Fund, Otto and Jean Graham, Harvest Market,
Harold and Vivienne Henderson Family Fund, J-Olivanti Fund, Jantzen and Romelli Donor-Advised Fund, Robert Wood
Jim and Babbie Mayfield Fund, John and Sandra Mayfield Family Economic Development Fund, Eileen Mitro and Joel
Levine, MLH Fund, Jim and Arlene Moorehead, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, the Poseley and Allende families, Rebuild
NorthBay Foundation, Rotary Club of Ukiah, Savings Bank of Mendocino County, Sonoma Clean Power, South Ukiah
Rotary Foundation, Tarbell Family Foundation, Ted and Wilma Westman Fund, and anonymous donors.
Johnson Foundation, Diana Coryat and Ashok Khosla, Kevin & Bree Klotter Charitable Trust,
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Gabe Madrigal
Keffeler Family Medical Scholarship recipient
Ukiah High senior Gabe Madrigal knows the medical
system first-hand. “My sister was diagnosed with
lupus at twelve,” Gabe said. “We lived and went to
school through the Ronald McDonald house for a
year so my sister could get the right care at Stanford.”
The financial strain became too much for the family
to remain in the Bay Area and they moved to Willits.
This experience locked in Gabe’s desire to practice
medicine. He completed EMT courses in high school,
and begins at Mendocino College this fall to prepare
for a career in nursing.
His sense of purpose is what spoke to the Keffeler
family. By providing financial support and the
encouragement to pursue their dreams, Gabe and
the next generation can reach their goals rather than
opting out of college when it seems out of reach.
Keffeler Family Medical Scholarship Fund
“Over the past six years our mother interacted with a lot of medical professionals,” says Tim Keffeler. “From the
paramedics to the nurses and doctors who cared for her, she was so grateful for them.” This is why it was important
to the Keffeler children to include a broad range of medical professions in the criteria for the scholarship they
established as a way to remember their parents.
Like the Keffeler family, Gabe is driven by a desire to
give. “Becoming a nurse will fulfill my passion to
help others live their lives to the fullest,” he said.
Through the generosity of many people, Gabe’s
journey will begin right when the world most needs
more nurses.
Medical careers come in many forms. For Larry Keffeler, it comprised of the countless prescriptions he and his wife
Joyce, a pharmacy technician, filled over 29 years at the family-owned-and-operated Harris Pharmacy. Joyce’s love
and dedication to her family and friends was also a balm of its own, nurturing her three children and seven
grandchildren with a special joy that radiates still. Now Larry and Joyce will be forever remembered through the
generosity of the many friends and family who have donated to the Keffeler Family Medical Scholarship Fund.
With each contribution to the fund this legacy grows, and the annual scholarship guarantees generations of future
Ukiah High graduates will carry on their dedication to care for others. “We hope this scholarship will encourage
young people in our community to pursue a degree in medicine, and hopefully return to Ukiah to support the local
community,” says Missy Keffeler Schat. This legacy of caring is perhaps the best medicine of all.
2019/2020
$215,000
in scholarships
awarded
68
student recipients
TO DATE:
778 students
have received scholarships
$1,667,781
in scholarships awarded
36
scholarship funds
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Our Funds
The Community Endowment is a collection of gifts of all sizes, as well as
named endowment funds, that support discretionary grant programs and
technical assistance. Grants respond to current needs and opportunities
as they change over time.
Named funds within the Community Endowment include:
• Cantus Foundation Fund
• Fraeda Dubin Trust
• Claire Ellis and Chuck Greenberg Fund
• The Gardiner Family Endowment Fund
• Jonathan Gibbs Memorial Fund
• Charles and Olivia Hasty Fund
• The Leavens Foundation Fund
• Mathey Fund
• CC and Tomek Ulatowski Fund
Designated and Agency Funds support specific organizations through a
perpetual endowment. This category also includes agency endowment
funds opened by non-profit organizations.
• Anderson Valley Health Center Endowment Fund
• Jack T. and Chatter C. Bishoff Funds
• Board Endowment Fund for the Community Foundation
• William H. Carter Trust
• Huldie Schoener Clark Fund of the Mendocino Coast Audubon Society
• Erma C. Conant Endowment Fund
• Eva Dunnebeck Memorial Fund
• Delbert E. and Maradyl T. Facklam Endowment Fund
• Maradyl T. Facklam Memorial Endowment Fund
• Don Farrell Fund
• Friends of Drug Court Fund
• Lloyd W. Hamlin and Gladys Hamlin 1991 Trust Fund
• Hospice of Ukiah Fund
• Frederick T. Johnson Endowment Fund
• Mae Lauer Endowment Fund for the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
• Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Agency Fund
• Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference Endowment Fund
• Mendocino County Museum Endowment Fund
• Mendocino Unified Schools Enrichment, Inc. (MUSE) Fund
• Beverly Morby Fund
• Harold and Mary Selim Memorial Campership Fund
• SPACE Designated Fund
• Ukiah Senior Center Endowment Fund
Donor-Advised Funds enable donors to contribute assets to their funds
at any time and then to make recommendations to the Community
Foundation regarding grants from their funds. Donor-advised funds are a
flexible and personal way to support non-profit groups in Mendocino
County and beyond.
• Elmer Albertson Fund
• Mabel Albertson Fund
• Patricia and Albert Beltrami Family Fund
• Becky and Winston Bowen Donor-Advised Fund
• The Bowman Family Fund
• Matthew Coleman Fund for Environmental Education and Conservation
• The Community Assistance Fund
• Frank and Maxine Crane Memorial Fund
• Meredythe G. and Clayton C. Daley, Jr. Family Fund
• DeLucia Family Fund
• Guilford and Gudrun Dye Family Fund
• Family Medicine Education for Mendocino County Fund
• Full Circle Family Fund
• Harold and Vivienne Henderson Family Fund
• Hudson Family Fund
• Jantzen-Romelli Donor-Advised Fund
• J-Olivanti Fund
• Klein Family Fund for South Coast Opportunities
• Lowery Family Fund
• Sandy Mailliard Donor-Advised Fund
• Mathey Charitable Fund
• Jim and Babbie Mayfield Fund
• MLH Fund
• Pacific Redwood Medical Group Charitable Fund
• John Pack and Linda Francis Family Fund
• Pearson Family Fund
• Rodrigue Family Fund
• Rotary Club of Ukiah Fund
• Paul and Linda Shimmin Fund
• Ted and Wilma Westman Fund (Sandy Mayfield)
Field-of-Interest Funds make grants in a specified area of interest, or a
specified geographical area, or both.
• A.D. Abramson Endowment Fund for the Visual Arts (North Coast)
• Jane Anderson Developmental Disability Fund
• The Anderson Valley Fund
• The Sandy Mailliard Endowment Fund
• Angel Endowment Fund
photo: AlessandraRC
• Animal Welfare Fund for Inland Mendocino County
• Arts in the Schools Endowment Fund
• Donna Baxter Memorial Fund for STEM Education
• Blood Bank of the Redwoods Legacy Fund
• Broadband Development Fund
• Business Innovation and Resiliency Fund
• County of Mendocino CalFresh/FEMA Fund
• Community Resiliency and Disaster Preparedness Fund
• COVID-19 Relief Fund
• COVID-19 Non-Profit Relief Fund
• Pat Denny Endowment Fund
• Disaster Fund for Mendocino County
• Fraeda Dubin Endowment Fund
• Economic Development Fund
• Environmental Education and Conservation Fund
• Charles F. Flinn and Walker B. Tilley Fund for Sustainable Forestry
• Foster Fund
• The Fund for Animal Welfare
• The Fund for Homeless Services
• The Fund for Round Valley
• The Fund for Sustainable Agriculture {pending}
• The Fund for Trails and Open Space
• The Fund for the Visual and Performing Arts
• Haigh-Scatena Youth Leadership, Empowerment & Advocacy Fund
• Beverly Hudson Fund for the Developmentally Disabled
• Hunger Express Poverty Fund
• Jim Levine Youth Endowment Fund
• Vivian Martin Fund
• John and Sandra Mayfield Family Economic Development Fund
• Mendocino Coast Healthcare Fund
• Mendocino Coast Youth Mentorship Fund
• Mendocino County Endowment for Community Health Projects
• Moorehead Endowment Fund for Seniors
• Poverty Program Fund
• Judy Pruden Historical Preservation Fund
• Releaf Tree Planting Fund
• Evelyn G. Smith Science Fund
• Textile and Fiber Arts Endowment Fund
• Ukiah Saturday Afternoon Club Endowment Fund
• Women’s Legacy Fund
• Deborah E. Barber Fund
• Workers’ Memorial Fund
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Scholarship Funds are created by donors who want to help students
pursue university, college, or vocational educations, using criteria of the
donors’ choosing.
• “Ain’t Noth’n Ever Been Got That Ain’t Been Went Out After” Jack
and Ruby Terwilliger Scholarship Fund
• The Viola L. Allen and Oscar A. Allen Scholarship Fund
• Nash Bartolomie Industrial Arts Scholarship Fund
• Warren “Ed” Brown Math/Engineering Scholarship Fund
• California Retired Teachers’ Association (CRTA) Division 55 Bessie
Scott Scholarship Fund
• California Retired Teachers’ Association (CRTA) Division 55 Hilmer
Finne Music Scholarship Fund
• Walter Camp STEM Scholarship Fund
• Jean Cannon Scholarship Fund
• Randy Clark Memorial Vocational Scholarship Fund
• Community Foundation of Mendocino County Scholarship Fund
• M. Cecil and Alice M. Gowan Memorial Scholarship Fund
• Hammond Trust Emergency Services Scholarship Fund
• John Haschak Public Service Scholarship Fund
• Todd Hudson Memorial Basketball Scholarship Fund
• The Jonathan Family Scholarship Fund
• Jerry Juhl Fund for the Arts
• The Keffeler Family Medical Scholarship Fund
• Chris P. Lo Pinto Memorial Scholarship Fund
• McCarthy and Whitcomb Inland Performing Arts Scholarship Fund
• MCHC Health Centers: Linnea Hunter Scholarship Fund
• Mendocino Agricultural Families’ Scholarship Fund
• The Alma and August Mendosa Scholarship Fund
• Marge Pardini Philanthropy Scholarship Fund
• The Bill Pavioni Memorial Scholarship Fund
• Penserra Founder’s Scholarship Fund
• Fionna and Richard Perkins Scholarship Fund
• Ryan and Collin Petitte Memorial Scholarship Fund
• Jesse Pittman Scholarship Fund
• Paul and Linda Shimmin Scholarship Fund
• Skye Scholarship Fund
• Dr. Charles O. and Harriett C. Smith Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award
Scholarship Fund
• David Joseph Talamo Memorial Athletic Scholarship Fund
• Ukiah High School Alumni Association: Warren "Ed" Brown
Scholarship Fund
• Ukiah High School Class of 1960 Scholarship Fund
• Ted and Wilma Westman Vocational Scholarship Fund
• Woman’s Opportunity Scholarship Fund
For full fund descriptions visit www.communityfound.org.

Our Donors
The Fund for the Visual and
Performing Arts
Getting to know our donor partners and helping
them realize their philanthropic goals is one of
the joys of our work. Patricia Scott was born two
months before the stock market crash of 1929, just
a decade after the Spanish Flu.
Now in her nineties, Pat’s life has been filled with
social work, music, sculpture, and community.
While working at UCSF Children’s Services, Pat
befriended supervisor Shirley Reece, sharing a
passion for classical music.
When Shirley passed away recently, Pat desired a
way to remember her friend and the music they
loved. Pat called the Community Foundation to
discuss her planned giving and discovered there
wasn’t a visual and performing arts fund for the
entire county. She knew it was meant to be that
she create the Fund for the Visual and Performing
Arts as a memorial for her friend.
“I went to the Foundation because Mendocino has
really been my family since I moved here in 1972,”
she says. “I’m not married and don’t have a family. I
give to the community and they give to me. That is
what I value. But the whole county needs art. I
want this to be open and wide enough for everyone,
amateur and professional artists alike.” By
supporting and honoring what she most treasures,
Pat is able to create a meaningful philanthropic
legacy.
Our Grantees
Willits Community Theatre
The non-profit organizations that sustain our communities are essential partners, allowing
us to realize our mission of a thriving Mendocino County. Willits Community Theatre (WCT)
is in its 43rd year creating art for Northern California. This year WCT was awarded a
Community Enrichment grant to support a youth performance arts summer camp. “The arts
are essential to the well-rounded development of children,” says executive director Chrystina
Patterson. “Our Youth Camp program provides the opportunity for our youth to experience
the variety, inspiration, and fun of dramatic arts. It helps children empower themselves as
they find confidence in materializing their creativity.”
As a “community treasure chest” the Foundation has always believed in supporting many
areas of interest, including arts and humanities, youth and education, environment,
economics, sense of place, healthy communities, animals, and disaster relief. Supporting
WCT is just one way in which the Foundation helps local communities thrive.
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Photo: Mathew Caine
2019/2020
460
grants made
$3,187,519
granted
TO DATE:
$21,855,312
total granted

Our Grants
The Community Endowment Fund Grant Total: $144,511
Community Enrichment: $115,500
• Action Network
• Alex Rorabaugh Recreation Center
• Anderson Valley Community Services District
• Arena Theater Association
• Children's Garden Preschool
• Coastal Seniors
• Covelo Fire Department Auxiliary
• Fort Bragg Band Boosters
• Laytonville Skate Park (Harwood Memorial Park)
• Mendocino Area Parks Association
• Mendocino Ballet
• Mendocino County Historical Society
• Mendocino Food and Nutrition Program-Fort Bragg
Food Bank
• Mendocino High School
• Mendocino Spartan 4-H
• Reef Check Foundation
• Round Valley County Water District
• Round Valley Indian Health Center, Inc.
• School of Performing Arts and Cultural Education
(SPACE)
• South Valley High School
• Willits Community Theatre
• Willits Elementary Charter School
• Yoga Mendocino
Save-the Day Grants: $23,405
Strategic Grants: $5,606
Field-of-Interest Funds Grant Total: $1,917,034
A.D. Abramson Endowment Fund for the Visual Arts
• Big Picture Learning Native American Initiative
Blood Bank of the Redwoods Legacy Fund
• Cancer Resource Centers of Mendocino County
• South Valley High School
• Ukiah High School
Freda Dubin Endowment Fund / Pat Denny
Endowment Fund
• Safe Passage
Environmental Education & Conservation Fund
• Mendocino County Public Broadcasting
• Sanhedrin Chapter, California Native Plant Society
Charles F. Flinn and Walker B. Tilley Fund for
Sustainable Forestry
• Mendocino Land Trust
Haigh-Scatena Youth Leadership, Empowerment
and Advocacy Fund
• Jughandle Creek Farm and Nature Center
The Fund for Homeless Services
• MCOE Foster and Homeless Youth Services Program
• Plowshares Peace and Justice Center
Hunger Express Poverty Fund
• Ford Street Project – Ukiah Food Bank
• Laytonville Healthy Start (Harwood Memorial Park)
• MCOE Foster and Homeless Youth Services Program
• Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center
• Mendocino Food and Nutrition Program – Fort
Bragg Food Bank
• Plowshares Peace and Justice Center
• Potter Valley Youth & Community Center
• Round Valley Indian Health Center, Inc.
• Sueño Latino
• Willits Daily Bread
John and Sandra Mayfield Family Economic
Development Fund
• Leadership Mendocino (North Coast Opportunities)
• West Business Development Center
Judy Pruden Historical Preservation Fund
• Arts Council of Mendocino County
• Kelley House Museum
ReLeaf Tree Planting Fund
• The Oak Granary (North Coast Opportunities)
Textile and Fiber Arts Fund
• Art Center Ukiah
• Mendocino-Lake Community College District
photo Matt Tilghman
Community Resiliency and Disaster Preparedness
Fund (with financial support from the California Fire
Foundation)
• Action Network
• Anderson Valley Community Services District
• Anderson Valley Health Center
• Coastal Seniors
• Comptche Volunteer Fire Department
• Friends of the Round Valley Public Library
• Laytonville Healthy Start (Harwood Memorial Park)
• Leggett Fire Protection District
• Long Valley Health Center
• Mendocino Coast Healthcare District
• Mendocino County Fire Safe Council
• Mendocino County Public Broadcasting (KZYX)
• Mendocino-Lake Community College District
• Plowshares Peace and Justice Center
• Redwood Community Services
• Renewable Energy Development Institute
• Ukiah Valley Association for Habilitation
• Westport Volunteer Fire Department
Disaster Fund for Mendocino County
• Hope Crisis Response Network/Hope City
• Mennonite Disaster Services
• North Coast Opportunities
• Rebuilding Now (Rebuild NorthBay Foundation)
COVID-19 Non-Profit Relief Fund
• Boys and Girls Club of Ukiah
• Planned Parenthood Northern California
• Project Sanctuary
• West Business Development Center
• 51 micro-grants for Zoom license fees
Business Innovation and Resiliency Fund
• West Business Development Center
COVID-19 Relief Fund
(with financial support from the County of Mendocino)
• Action Network
• Anderson Valley Senior Center
• Caring Kitchen (North Coast Opportunities)
• Coastal Seniors
• Ford Street Project- Ukiah Food Bank
• Hopland Band of Pomo Indians
• Indian Senior Center Inc.
• Laytonville Healthy Start (Harwood Memorial Park)
• Mendocino Coast Children’s Fund
• Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center
• Mendocino Food and Nutrition Program– Fort
Bragg Food Bank
• Mendocino Food Pantry (Mendocino
Presbyterian Church)
• MendoLake Food Hub (North Coast Opportunities)
• Mendonoma Health Alliance
• North Coast Opportunities
• Nuestra Alianza de Willits
• Pearl Family Resource Center (Raise & Shine)
• Pinoleville Pomo Nation
• Plowshares Peace and Justice Center
• Potter Valley Youth & Community Center
• Redwood Coast Regional Center
• Redwood Coast Seniors, Inc.
• Round Valley Indian Health Center, Inc.
• Round Valley Indian Tribes Senior Center
• Sueño Latino
• The Arbor Youth Resource Center (Redwood
Community Services)
• Ukiah Senior Center
• Willits Community Services, Inc. – Food Bank
• Willits Daily Bread
• Willits Seniors, Inc.
Designated/Agency Funds Grant Total: $396,945
Donor-Advised Funds Grant Total: $343,079
Scholarship Funds Grant Total: $385,950
Total Grants and Scholarships: $3,187,519
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Our Community Leadership
COVID-19 Relief
The strength of our partnerships is what make us
effective community leaders. When the pandemic
struck, our donors called to ask if we could establish a
COVID-19 Relief Fund. We knew building the program
went far beyond accepting donations. Informed by our
fire recovery efforts, we contacted our community
partners to create a program that would make an
impact in the recovery of our communities from the
pandemic. The County of Mendocino joined us with
CalFresh and FEMA grants to support hunger-relief
efforts. North Coast Opportunities (NCO), the Coast
Children’s Fund, and Mendonoma Health Alliance joined
to provide individual relief to families in need. West
Business Development Center joined to support small
businesses struggling during the pandemic. With these
partners, our donors, and a network of non-profits
doing critical “boots on the ground” work, we have
created the COVID-19 Relief Program and are actively
engaged in providing multi-sector support. We are
holding a long-term vision for COVID-19 relief and hope
to continue to provide critical funding and innovative
support throughout the recovery.
Fire Recovery
Coordinating a collaborative recovery effort has
been the greatest success of Mendocino-Rebuilding
Our Community (M-ROC), the long-term fire recovery
team for the 2017 Redwood Complex and 2018
Mendocino Complex Fires. M-ROC began with
community partners envisioning how to get fire
survivors back home. Now three years later, we are
pleased to share this goal is nearly complete. With
support from our funding partners, including United
Way of the Wine Country and Red Cross, and our
volunteer construction partners, Mennonite Disaster
Services (MDS), Hope City, and Rebuilding
Now/Rebuild Northbay Foundation we have rebuilt
12 homes and contributed to the construction costs
of an additional 124. Collaboratively we have moved
our community from relief, to recovery, to rebuilding.
With financial support from the California Fire
Foundation and our Community Resiliency and
Disaster Preparedness Fund, we are now focusing
on a more prepared and resilient community in the
face of future disasters.
photo: AlessandraRC
Census 2020
By forming the Mendocino County Complete Count
Committee (MCCCC), we convened representatives
from education, local government, tribal leaders,
health care, the LatinX community, and many
non-profits in a county-wide collaborative effort to get
a complete count of local residents in the 2020
Census. Because census-derived funding is essential
for projects and programs in our communities, it made
perfect sense for the Community Foundation to
spearhead the work of engaging our communities on
a grassroots level.
Federal funding allocations are based on census
numbers. Census-derived funds support school
lunches, mental health services, fire management,
children’s health insurance, education, veteran care,
wildlife restoration, business grants, highway construction,
poverty abatement, water pollution control, and
housing for the elderly. By using our community
connections to ensure all of our “hard-to-count”
neighbors were engaged in this important effort, we
worked together to provide essential funding that will
strengthen our county for the decade to come.
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Executive Director Leadership Institute
The Executive Director Leadership Institute celebrated its
inaugural year, with 19 executive directors participating.
Led by the Community Foundation, the Institute brings
together skilled leaders from throughout the county to
help non-profit directors learn and grow.
Non-profits in Mendocino County have unique struggles
and new executives need a wide array of skills to succeed.
The Institute offers the opportunity to learn new leadership
skills, engage with a network of organizations, develop
deep relationships between participants, and explore ways
we can grow together as a community.
While excited to continue the momentum generated in the
first year of the Institute, due to the pandemic, we are
shifting to an interactive online webinar series for the
foreseeable future. By filling this critical need, especially
with the number of organizations experiencing leadership
turnover due to founding or long-time directors retiring,
the Institute will help to transition the leadership that will
determine the nature of Mendocino County’s non-profit
landscape in the future.

Our Partners in Philanthropy
Hunger Express Poverty Fund
It has been a long-held dream of Carrie Brigham to
have her own fund at the Community Foundation, one
that is now realized. “When the Community Foundation
started 25 years ago, I remember telling (founder)
Bob Armanino, ‘One day I’ll have my own fund there
to help people in need,’” says Carrie. Food insecurity
has always been close to her heart, and it was a natural
fit for her to establish the Hunger Express Poverty Fund
to provide immediate and emergency hunger relief
for the homeless, hungry, food-insecure, and those
affected by natural disasters in Mendocino County.
“I’ve prepared meals for over 50,000 people since 2013,”
she says. “On Christmas day I walk the rails and hand
out sandwiches. As a result, I know almost every person
experiencing homelessness in our community. Because I
talk to them and feed them, I let them know they are
important and someone cares.” Carrie embraces
generosity and kindness every day, and her heartfelt
acts of giving not only impact people now but will
ripple decades into the future.
“Even if I only make an inch of difference, I want to
leave my community a better place and want to
continue to grow my fund,” she says. For this
reason, Carrie became a Partner in Philanthropy
(PIP) and has named the fund as a beneficiary of
her life insurance policy, ensuring it will grow
significantly upon her death. PIPs encourage
others to look toward the future and think about
ways they can create an enduring impact on the
causes they care about, and we are thrilled to
have Carrie among them.
Partners in Philanthropy are people who have arranged for a future gift to the Community Foundation through
their estate plans. Partners in Philanthropy (PIP) exists to acknowledge these individuals and to encourage others to do the
same. To become a PIP, you do not need to let us know what you are leaving to the Community Foundation, but we
encourage you to discuss the gift with us to make sure we have the information we need to comply with your wishes.
Thomas C. Adams and Donald W. Toppenberg
John Andreani
Judy Andreani
K. Andarin Arvola
Judith Bailey
Carole Wolff Barnes
Dan Baxter
Maureen Bowman
Carrie L. Brigham
Nick and Valerie Brownrigg
Renee Comte
Diane Daubeneck
Guilford and Gudrun Dye
Claire S. Ellis and Charles Greenberg
Roger Foote and Holly Brackmann
Katie Gibbs
Tony and Mary Anne Graham
Jill Hannum
Kenneth J. Hoek, MD and Brenda Zelda Hoek, RN
Terri D. Hudson and Jay Hudson
Tina and Jeremy Isenberg
Gwen and Bill Jacobson
E. Jantzen and R. Romelli
Ron and Millie Jensen
Lynne Frances Johnson
Valerie Johnson
John Knapp and Laura Levin
Ruth and Lee Lowery
Sandy Mailliard
Lorna Maslenikov
Judith and Robert Mathey
Jim and Babbie Mayfield
Sallie McConnell Costello
Dennis McCarthy and John Whitcomb
Amaryllis Verne McHenry
Melody Merriman
Jim and Arlene Moorehead
Charles "Mike" Morgan
Ways to Give
Arthur Morley
Susanne and Richard Norgard
Thomas F. Parducci
Diane Pauli
Steve and Jan Pearson
J. Terry Pittman and Ida B. Pittman
Julie and Raven Price
Juanita-Joy and Michael Riddell
Ginny Rorby
Janet Rosen and Stuart Kremsky
Patricia Scott
Francine and Ron Selim
Paul R. and Linda M. Shimmin
Kendall Smith
Paul and Amy Soderman
Patrick Taylor
Benj Thomas and Susan Baird
Patti E. Williams
Former estate plan donors whose gifts in 2019-2020 are now leaving a lasting mark on Mendocino County:
Christopher Lo Pinto • Marcia Rautenstrauch • Donna Vaiano
Retirement Plan Assets:
These assets are first-in-line for charitable consideration since they are
taxable to your heirs, but not to a charitable beneficiary such as
The Community Foundation of Mendocino County (EIN 68-0330462). It is a simple
procedure to contact your plan administrator and add the Community Foundation as a beneficiary.
A Charitable Bequest from your Will or Living Trust:
Your attorney can add a provision to your will or trust naming the Community Foundation of Mendocino
County (EIN 68-0330462) for a specific dollar amount, a specific asset, or a percentage of your estate.
Life Insurance Policy:
You can name the Community Foundation as the primary or secondary beneficiary of the policy.
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Our Board and Staff
Condensed Statement of Financial Position
June 30, 2020
The following is a condensed presentation of the Statement of Financial Position.
The complete financial statements, as audited by JJACPA, Inc.
are available upon request and at www.communityfound.org.
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 527,822
Other current assets 217,420
Investments 37,087,638
Property and equipment, net accumulated depreciation 586,922
Other assets 0
Total Assets 38,419,802
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 74,444
Other current liabilities 0
Other Liabilities 1,652,578
Liabilities to beneficiaries from split-interest agreements 378,987
Total Liabilities 2,106,009
2019-2020 Board Members (left to right):
Jim Taul, Zach Stephens, Tom Johnson, Monte Hill, Buck Ganter, Alan Falleri, Winston Bowen,
Judith Bailey, Kathy Wylie, Greg Nelson, Philip Thomas, Gayle Green, and Jim Mayfield
Not pictured: Paula Cohen and Dave Riemenschneider
Emeritus Board Members:
Robert Armanino, Hon. Conrad L. Cox, Sharon DiMauro, Guil Dye, Claire Ellis, James F. King,
John Knapp, Rudy Light, Jim Little, Lee Lowery, Ana Mahoney, Tom Montesonti,
Jim Moorehead, Thomas Parducci, Diane Pauli, Herb Pruett, Francine Selim, Santiago Simental,
Pearl Watts, and Dennis Wilson.
Net Assets
Without donor restrictions 34,073,722
With donor restrictions 2,240,071
Total Net Assets 36,313,793
Total Liabilities and Net Assets $38,419,802
Staff
Megan Barber Allende, CEO
Carolyn Welch, Controller (outgoing)
John Hansen, Controller (incoming)
Allison Findley, Program Officer
Amy Lutz, Grants Administrator
Michelle Rich, Special Projects Manager
photo: Peter Gordon
Neil DiBernardo, Administrative Manager
Rose Bell, Project Manager for Mendocino-ROC
The Community Foundation is grateful for the partnerships which have offered operational support to underwrite this annual report.
and Communications Manager
Adventist Health • Anderson Valley Brewing Co. • Bailey’s • Café Beaujolais • Community First Credit Union • ComputAccount • Crane of Ukiah
Paloma Patterson, Census 2020 Consultant
FEG Investment Advisors • Susan Gordon, Artist • Scott R. Hodges, CLPF, RG • LPL Financial • Law Office of Mannon, King, Johnson & Wipf
Miranda Ramos, Census 2020 Consultant
MCHC Health Centers • Mendocino Forest Products • Jim Moorehead Photography • Nelson Family Vineyards • Penserra • Rainbow Ag
Savings Bank of Mendocino County • Seiler LLP • Selzer Loans and Investments • Sonoma Clean Power • and Valley Quail Vineyards.
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