1st quarter 2005.pub - International Community Foundation

News for Contributors and Friends of the International Community Foundation 

FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION 

COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS, SCHOOLS, CORPORATIONS & CIVIC 

GROUPS COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORTS: 

Over $1 million has been raised to date 

On December 26, 2004, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter 

scale hit of the coast of Indonesia triggering a massive tsunami that resulted 

in a loss of over 280,000 lives and over 5 million people left 

homeless across 11 countries with Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand 

among the hardest hit. In response to this crisis, ICF partnered 

with the United Nations Foundation and other community foundations 

around the country to establish the UN Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund at 

ICF. 

The UN Foundation matched ICF contributions on a 1:2 basis. Private 

contributions totaled over $512,000 for the UN Tsunami Disaster Relief 

Fund, yielding $737,744 including UNF’s matching contribution. An 

additional $300,000 has been granted to the Indonesian Red Cross Soci- 

Inside this issue: 

Featured Grantee: BSCC 2 

ICF: How It All Began 2 

Laguna San Ignacio cont. 3 

ICF GRANTEES 4 

ICF DONORS 5 

NEW FUNDS AT ICF 5 

TSUNAMI FUND PARTNERS 6 

TSUNAMI FUND DONORS 7 

ICF Tsunami Relief Efforts cont. 9 

ICF Board Member, Alan Rubin, 

Visits Grantees in Baja Sur 

c·o· n· n· e· c· t· i· o· n· s 

10 

ICF Advisory Board Created 11 

ICF: A Timeline of Beginnings 11 

ICF 2005 GALA UPDATE! 12 

SEE COMPLETE DONOR LIST ON PAGES 6-8 

Refugees in Banda Aceh are receiving vital aid. Photo provided 

by the British Broadcasting Corporation. 

(Continued on page 9) 

PROTECTING THE GRAY WHALES OF LAGUNA 

SAN IGNACIO: A new campaign for ICF donors 

Laguna San Ignacio in Baja California Sur, Mexico is a well-known destination for many 

adventurous travelers. Dirt roads lead to a remote coastal area, which is the last and 

most pristine whale birthing lagoon on the planet. Here, visitors can spot hundreds of 

whale spouts during the January-March migration season, and sometimes, can even 

touch a curious whale. Thousands of tourists have experienced the overwhelming sensation 

of looking a gray whale in the eye, but few realize how fragile the lagoon’s surroundings 

really are. 

248 miles of coastline, including 198 miles of wetlands and mangroves, comprise the 

one-million-acre Laguna San Ignacio Wetlands Complex. Green sea turtles, peregrine 

falcons, and hundreds of thousands of migratory waterfowl and shorebirds use the mangroves, 

wetlands, and beaches. Laguna San Ignacio is designated as a UNESCO World 

Heritage Site, Ramsar site (wetland of international importance), and is part of the Vizcaino 

Biosphere Reserve, one of Mexico’s largest protected areas. 

(Continued on page 3)

1ST QUARTER 2005 ANNIVERSARY EDITION 

How it all began... 

This year, the International Community 

Foundation (ICF) celebrates 

its 15 th anniversary increasing 

charitable giving and volunteerism 

across U.S. borders to 

benefit overseas nonprofit organizations 

and communities primarily 

in Baja California, Mexico. 

ICF has come a long way since the 

Pacific American Foundation was 

formed by the San Diego Foundation 

to respond to donors wishing 

to make charitable gifts across 

borders. Renamed the International 

Community Foundation in 

1997, over $8 million has been 

granted by the foundation to nonprofits 

and charitable causes internationally 

with over $7.5 million 

granted in the last 3 years. 

The importance of ICF’s mission is 

affirmed by the fact that less than 

2% of charitable giving in the 

United States goes internationally. 

In this sense, ICF is helping to 

meet a critical need in assisting a 

growing number of individuals, 

companies, family foundations 

and even other community foundations 

to give across borders. 

We hope you’ll join us on May 

14 th , 2005 to help us celebrate! 

(See Page 12 for Gala Information) 

(Continued on page 11) 

FEATURED GRANTEE: 

BILATERAL SAFETY CORRIDOR COALITION 

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The first Annual Trafficking in Persons Report, 2001 released by the State Department noted 

that human trafficking is recognized as a worldwide phenomenon. Marisa Ugarte, president 

of the Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition (BSCC) stated that of the 50,000 people 

annually trafficked into the United States, a third are Latin American. In response to this, 

Ms. Ugarte established the BSCC in 1997 to help coordinate governmental and nongovernmental 

organizations working to address the complex challenges presented by human 

trafficking in and throughout the U.S.-Mexico border region. The mission of BSCC is 

to prevent the trafficking of persons; educate the community and social service providers 

on the issues of trafficking, commercial and sexual exploitation; and intervene to protect 

victims and provide them with the appropriate care and services. 

The greatest danger for forced prostitution, forced labor and child sexual exploitation occurs 

along the U.S.-Mexico border. As Ms. Ugarte mentioned, “while the impact of this 

horrible practice on victims is well documented and increasing attention has been paid to 

the difficulties in the prosecution of traffickers, witness development, and establishing legal 

status for victims, [there is still a lack of recognition for] suitable legal remedies.” Part of 

the problem resides in victim “mistrust” toward current legal remedies, partly because past 

encounters with law enforcement have resulted in deportation, leading to reinforced 

mechanisms that traffickers use to control victims and prevent them from disclosing details 

vital to building a case. 

To address this issue, ICF granted the BSCC $20,000 to begin addressing the legal facets in 

combating human trafficking and commercial and sexual exploitation along the San Diego- 

Tijuana border. The project focuses specifically on assisting victims to obtain legal status, 

and advocates for the prosecution of traffickers and trafficking consumers. 75% of these 

funds will support a new legal resource center through which new training models on identifying 

trafficking victims, witness development, prosecution, ORR certification and visas will 

be implemented for NGOs, legal practitioners, attorneys and law enforcement agents. The 

remaining 25% will be used for organizational capacity building, as well as increasing the 

outreach and promotional activities of BSCC along the border to facilitate bilateral cooperation 

in the extradition and prosecution of traffickers. 

In the long-run BSCC hopes to implement the program in three additional sites along the 

U.S.-Mexico border: Nogales, Arizona/Nogales, Sonora; Laredo, Texas/Nuevo Laredo, 

Tamaulipas; and El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. These sites were chosen by the 

BSCC because of the number of unaccompanied minors and immigrants crossing the border 

at these points, indices of violence, the presence of bustling tourist industries, available 

social capital, the number of social service providers, and the proximity of military installations. 

For more information on BSCC you may visit their website at www.bsccoalition.org, or to 

learn how you can contribute to their cause, contact Amy Carstensen at amyc@icfdn.org.


SAN IGNACIO FUND CAMPAIGN... 

(Continued from page 1) 

Despite these international and national protection designations, 

Laguna San Ignacio was the proposed site for the Mitsubishi 

industrial salt facility that was scheduled to be built on the 

lagoon shores a few years ago. Rumors of new industrial projects 

are common, especially as new port facilities, liquid natural 

gas terminals, and coastal development projects are announced 

further north. A new road, marina, and resort are proposed 

for the north shore of Laguna San Ignacio right now, which invites 

a frenzy of land speculation. Recent changes to Mexico’s 

mangrove regulations leave Laguna San Ignacio’s protected 

status weak if development projects are approved for the area. 

Gray whales migrate to Laguna San Ignacio each winter, generating 

There is a way to protect Laguna San Ignacio forever. Ninety- ecotourism revenue for local residents. Photo by Wildcoast. 

nine percent of the land is owned by ejidos (an ejido represents 

communally-owned lands by a large group of rural residents). To protect their way of life and their income from tourism, 

local ejido leaders have decided to take matters into their own hands, with the help of Pronatura, a national-level conservation 

organization in Mexico, and Wildcoast, a conservation group based in San Diego that focuses on protecting wild lands in 

the Baja California peninsula. 

Ejido Luis Echeverria Alvarez has just negotiated a large-scale conservation easement of 140,847 acres. This easement will 

restrict development activities on lands that the ejido controls, and will establish zoning for economic uses, buffer areas, and 

protected sites. This transaction is being closely monitored by the other five adjoining ejidos, who will soon decide if they 

would like to participate in a conservation easement in the future. 

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Between 2005-2007, Pronatura and Wildcoast will work to protect over one million acres of pristine coastal lands in the Laguna 

San Ignacio region through conservation easements with ejidos and private property owners. The fundraising goal is 

$8.6 million, of which the majority will go to paying the easements in annual installments (or one-time cash payments); Phase 

One’s fundraising goal is $1.7 million. 

***NEW CAMPAIGN AT ICF*** 

The International Community Foundation is launching a campaign to raise $125,000, which will help acquire the 

first conservation easement with Ejido Luis Echeverria Alvarez. ICF hopes to raise this funding by Earth Day, 

March 21st 2005 along with other organizations, foundations, and individuals. If you are interested in learning 

more about this campaign, please visit http://www.icfdn.org or contact Anne McEnany at 858-677-2915.


ICF GRANTED OVER $641,000 LAST QUARTER 

$1,000 to Asociación de Artes Mar de Cortez, A.C. (Los Barriles, Mexico) to finish the plaster and cement 

work for their art building. 

$20,000 to Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition (Tijuana, Mexico) to help combat human trafficking, commercial 

and sexual exploitation along the US-Mexico Border. 

$4,900 to California Institute of Technology to provide travel scholarships to China for the Avery China Program. 

$50,000 to Comunidad y Biodiversidad (COBI) (Guaymas, Mexico) for general operating support. 

$15,000 to Fundación Internacional de la Comunidad (Tijuana, Mexico) to increase its program capacity in 

the field of environmental health. 

$9,682 to Fundación La Puerta (Tecate, Mexico) to purchase computers and software for community outreach. 

$104,222 to Fundación Miguel Batista (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) for general operating expenses 

for a youth baseball league, retirement home and medical clinic. 

$10,000 to Liga MAC, A.C. (San Jose del Cabo, Mexico) for the Family and Elder Care project, emergency 

medical aid, educational support and Palo Escopeta Dormitory/School. 

$10,000 to Los Niños del Capitan (Cabo San Lucas, Mexico) for general operating support of a daycare center. 

$970 to the North Coast Cetacean Society (Qualicum Beach, BC, Canada) to support their Humpback Identification 

Project. 

$4,290 to Pomona College to provide travel scholarships to China for the Avery China Program. 

$1,500 for Pro Peninsula to support their work on the 7th Annual Grupo Tortuguero Conference in Loreto, 

Mexico. 

$91,200 to Pronatura Noroeste (Ensenada, Mexico) to complete conservation easement transactions on four 

private properties in the Guadalupe wetlands in Bahía de los Ángeles, Mexico and $40,000 for the conservation of 

marine resources in Bahía de los Ángeles, Mexico. 

$15,000 to PVO Mexico, A.C. (Mexico City, Mexico) to build a computer classroom for the community of San 

Jose Soto in Michoacan, Mexico. 

$10,000 to Red Fronteriza de Salud y Ambiente, A.C. (Hermosillo, Mexico) to write a report of the pesticides 

used in NW Mexico and to advance alternative pest management in the region. 

$1,000 for the San Diego Museum of Man to help purchase the Seri art and artifact collection. 

$4,400 to Siempre Semillas, A.C. (La Ribera, Mexico) for general operating support of the Botanical Garden 

Buena Fortuna. 

$30,000 to Sociedad de Historia Natural de Niparajá (La Paz, Mexico) for a down payment for the Tepentú 

acquisition in the San Cosme-Punto Mechudo Conservation Corridor as well as for general operating expenses 

and $10,000 to cover contract, field and laboratory expenses to analyze arsenic, boron, nitrates, salinity, and bacteria 

levels in 500 wells in Baja California Sur, Mexico. 

$9,150 to UCSD Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies to provide charitable 

support for the first Charles Nathanson Memorial Lecture November 2004. 

$200,000 to the United Nations Foundation to support tsunami disaster relief efforts in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, 

and Maldives. 

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ICF DONORS* 

ICF appreciates our donors’ generous contributions 

(December 25, 2004 – February 1, 2004) 

NEW FUNDS AT ICF! 

Baja Land Fund 

Coastal Lands Conservation Fund for the Gulf of California 

To acquire priority conservation areas and/or protect them through conservation easements in Baja California. 

Border Advocacy Fund 

To support US-Mexico Border related research to foster public advocacy. 

Friends of Lake Atitlán Library Fund 

To support Lake Atitlán Library operations in Guatemala. 

New World Archaeology Council Fund 

To organize, hold or sponsor educational seminars, symposiums and/or workshops for the general public that deal with archaeology, 

anthropology or culture of ancient or new world civilizations outside of North America. 

San Ignacio Whale Conservation Fund 

To help acquire the first conservation easement with Ejido Luis Echeverria Alvarez. 

(See related article on page 1) 

UN Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund 

To support UN relief efforts throughout Tsunami affected areas across Asia. 

(See related article on page 1) 

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Anonymous (4); Dr. Alice C. Tang; Bay Investment Co.; Mr. Alan Bersin and Ms. Lisa Foster; Mr. Bert Ball; Mr. and Mrs. Craig 

Bloom; Ms. Kathryn Boccardi; Ms. Juliet Brosing; Mr. Carlos Carrera; Dr. and Mrs. Robert Chang; Cimas Family Foundation Inc.; 

Ms. Jean Cooper; Ms. Lynn P. Coutts; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Crawford; The David and Lucile Packard Foundation; Mr. and Mrs. 

Gary Edwards; Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund--The Bie Family Trust; Ms. Beverly Fuller; The George A. Binney Conservation Fdn.; 

Dr. Irma Gigli; Mr. Martin Goldsmith; Ms. Jacqueline M. Grinnell; Mr. Daniel Hammang and Ms. Laura Sutter-Hammang; Harbor 

Investments; Helps International; Mr. Eugene Hutain; Inter American Dialogue; Jewish Community Foundation; Mr. and Mrs. 

Yervant Kaprielian; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kelly; Ms. Marilyn Kern; Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Kildee; Mr. David Kinninger and Ms. 

Nancy Kinninger; Mr. James Kinninger; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kiy; Lampl Family Foundation; Ms. Anne McEnany and Mr. David 

Younkman; Mr. John B. McNeece and Mrs. Suzanne Cahill; Miguel Batista World Sports Agency; Ms. Laurie T. Mitchell; Mr. David 

Moore; Mr. David C. Morse, Jr. and Ms. Janice Marchbanks; Mr. William L. Orcutt; Organics Unlimited; The Parker Foundation; 

Pasero Abogados, S.C.; Peninsula Community Foundation; Mr. Christopher Petch; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Pfister; Mr. and Mrs. Karl 

H. Pintar; Mr. Roy Place; Ms. Nancy Plaxico; Ms. Susan Randerson; Ms. Jackie Reeves; Ms. Andrea Rogers; Mr. Henry H. Rushing; 

Mr. Russell Block; The San Diego Foundation--Barbara Bry and Neil Senturia Fund; The San Diego Foundation--Anonymous Fund; 

Dr. Jerry Schrader; Sempra Energy; Dra. Georgina Serrano and Mr. Guillermo Romero; Mr. Dan Silver; Ms. Christine Slaughter; 

Mr. Wendell Smoot. M.D.; Mr. Joe Santen; State of California Coastal Conservancy; Ms. Launa Stayer; Mr. and Ms. Gene Stein; Ms. 

Ann Brownlee Sykora; Mr. Eddie Taylor; Ms. Gloria Taylor; The California Endowment; Mr. Cameron Thieriot; U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency Region IX; Mr. Edward Vernon; The Walton Family Foundation, Inc.; Mr. and Mrs. James Williams; Mr. and Mrs. 

Paul Woo; Mr. and Ms. James Wooden; and Mr. John A. Yates 

*This list does not include donors that gave to ICF’s Tsunami Relief fund. For the Tsunami Donor list, please see pages 6-8.


ICF TSUNAMI RELIEF FUND DONORS 

ICF appreciates the collaboration of partnering communities! 

FORD FOUNDATION 

EMPLOYEE MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM 

An Indian girl forages for driftwood amid 

the debris, as fishing communities try to 

recover. Photo provided by the British 

Broadcasting Corporation 

HITACHI HOME ELECTRONICS 

of AMERICA 

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(Names are alphabetized by first name) 

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Abdul Nafee Idris; Accredited Home Lenders Coorporation; Accredited Home Lenders Employees; Adriana Cuellas; Alan and 

Elisabeth Rubin; Alejandra Frausto; Alexander and Sally Bracken; Alfred and Frances Hoffman; Alice Bahner; Aline G. Hornaday; 

Allen and Jessica Feld; Altic Angie; Amanda J. Halverson; America Bonales; Amy and Erik Carstensen; Amylin Pharmaceutical Coorporation; 

Amylin Pharmaceutical Employees; Ana Gabriela & Felipe Manriquez; Andrea H. Pfister Trust; Andrea Miller and Humbertito 

Corral; Andrew Kinney; Andrew Watson; Angie Payne; Angie Reinoso; Anil Sharma; Ann Tebbetts; Anna Crivici; Anne and 

Robert Rast; Anne Henshaw; Annette Bradshaw; Annette Reigh; Anonymous (64); Anthony Linville; Arianne Rettinger; Arvert and 

Makeiba Minor; Asad and Sakina Bashey; Ashley Collins; Aung Lwin; B.J. and Margaret Polak; Barbara Flagg; Barbara L. & Albert 

Sklar; Bauermeister Family Scholarship Fund; Bea Delgadillo; Bernie Freeman; Bethany Heintz; Bethany Schultz; Betsy Kelly; Bill 

Menzies; Bo Thao; Bo Vongsakoun; Borum Family Fund; Brad Stanard; Brad Wilson; Brendan Ravenhill; Brian and Sandra Calvin; 

Brian Damon; Brian Hearn; Brian Mori; Brian Wright and Lorine Flemons; Bridget Curran; Brooke Salstrom; Bruce Lande; Bruce 

Stuckey; Bryan and Heidi Rockwood; Burt and Helen Neuborne; Byung Park; C. Ben Boyd; Caren Winnel; Cari Mendez; Carol and 

Joel Hoffmeister; Cathy Johnson; Cecilia Cazares; Cecilia Geverola; Cecilia Perez; Central Minesota Community Foundation; Charlene 

Platt; Charles R. Bailey; Charlotte Flahive; Cheryl Middleditch; Chih-Wu Chang; Chris Gillespie; Chris Hamar; Chris Ludlow; 

Christina F. Cooley; Christine Cooley; Christine Du; Christopher and Linda Biwald; Chunli Lei; Claire Tannenbaum; Clint Sheets; 

Colleen Burns; Connie Cantor; Connie Johnson; Crossborder Business Associates, LLC; Curtis B. Wilson; Curtis Carter; Dallas 

Foundation; Dan & Robin Catlin; Dan Silver; Dana Fredericks; Daniel and Annette Bradbury; Daniel and Ingrid Keleti; Daniel Sowa; 

Darcy Lion; Darlene Rowland; David and Barbara Cox; David Brown; David Heglin; David K. Younkman & Anne C. McEnany; 

David Shirk; Dawn Nelson; Deana D. Duffek; Deann Bergh; Debby Moore; Deborah A. and Sean A. Booth; Deirdre Hauser; Denise 

S. White; Dennis and Marion Morris; Derek Kiy; Dessida Snyder; Diana Madsen; Diane L. Sandigo; Diane Spaulding; Donald & Ruth 

Wilson; Dorothy Mitton; Douglas Fenger; Dr. Alvin Snyder; Dr. Sean Coughlin; DST Systems, Inc. Mathcing Gifts Program; Dundeen 

B. Catlin; Edna Lopez; Efrain Gutierrez; Elaine Cohen; Eleanor B. Sharp; Elizabeth Bruen; Elizabeth Chester; Elizabeth Tang; 

Elizabeth Tucker Gessley Charitable Fund; Ellen Lekatz; Emily Tisch; Enrique and Gabriela Hernandez; Eric Cofer; Erica Weiner; 

Erika Wedemeyer; Erin Devine; Ernest and Rachel Kumpf; Eugene A. Coats; Fay L. Crevoshay; Feliciano Cruz; Fronteras Unidas 

Prosalud; Fulton Family Fund; Fundacion del Empresario Chihuahuense (FECHAC); Fundacion Internacional de la Comunidad (FIC); 

Gaddy Gift Fund; Geoff Hill; George Chester; Gerald & Ingrid Hoffmeister; Gerard Lindhall and Gloria J. Walters; Gerardo Ramirez; 

GGM Information Technology Group, Inc.; Glenn and Christine Ziemba; Gloria and Thomas Morgan; Gordon Bedford; Grace 

Henderson; Graham J. MacHutchin; Greg and Catherine Szuba; Greg Salomon; Grigory and Irina Dzyuba; Gwendolen M. & David 

Winder; Hansen Family Fund; Hao Hu; Heather Hughes; Heather K. Moss; Heather Moss; Hector Lopez; Helen and Dewey Young; 

Helen M. Ranney, M.D.; Helen McIsaac; Henry and Donna Isaacs; Hutch Humphreys; Ian and Ann Campbell; Irene Walton; J. Deann 

Kirouac; J. Lucero; Jacqueline Williams; James and Joanne Konrath; James Baker; James R. Paterniti and Mary B. Drummond; James 

Thomas; James Wessel; Jamie Snow; Jamie Werner; Jane Temple; Janene Marie Montgomery; Janet and George Gastil; Janice Parenteau; 

Jason and Christine Moore Rodriguez; Jay and Sarah Schrier; Jay Zhou; Jean K Tempke; Jean Kluver; Jeanne K. and Lawrence 

C. Gates Family Fund; Jeffrey and Susan Strobel; Jeffrey Crawford; Jeffrey Pudlo; Jennifer A. Johnson; Jennifer and Dann 

Sklarew; Jennifer Hill; Jennifer Rausch; Jennifer Richmond; Jennifer Smith; Jennifer Stearns; Jeremy Lunsford; Jeri Jarnagan; Jerilyn S. 

Jones; Jessica Ronco; Jessica Scott; Jodi Hubble; John & Amy Hearn; John & Sharon Drawbaugh; John Buchanan; John Lawver; John 

Paul Nelson; John Weidenhof; Jon Funabiki; Jonathan Swerdlin; Jonathan Wright; Jose and Belinda Martinez; Joseph and Barbara 

Shulman; Joshua Patterson; Joshua Seno; Josie Maniscalco-Powell; Joyce Mickels; Juan Martinez; Juanita M. Schoen; Juanita Rosenfeld; 

Judith Hubbard; Julie Holdaway; Julie Totero; Julie Wilson; Karen Biancalana; Karen Bradshaw; Karen Yarza; Kari Weidner; Katherine 

Emerson; Katherine Giles; Kathi Diamant; Kathy Berkowitz; Kathy Mulcahy; Kathy Smith; Katy Hudson; Keith Edward Wright; 

Kelley Raymond; Kellie Parham; Kelly Boldy; Kelly Tran; Kenia Albarran; Kenny Cano; Kim Dillon; Kim Maciel; Kim Profeta; Kim 

Seehuus; Kingston and Woodstock Aikido Employees; Kiran Boyce; Larry Newton; Larry Shen; Laura and Lawrence Clague; Laura 

Cedergren; Laura Cole; Laura Featherstone; Laura Minami Memorial Fund; Lawrence A. Herzog; Leevi Olivier; Leon and Randie 

Reinhart; Leonor Cruz; Leticia Guevara; Liana & Jeff Thomas; Linda Bauer; Linda M. Selk; Lindsay Kircher; Linetta J. Gilbert; Lloyd



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and Jane Rowland; Loch & Claire Crane; Lonette and Jeffrey Wesser; Lori and Roger Bunton; Lorraine M. Stiffelman; Lucia Tin; 

Lucinda Gibson; Lucy Killea; Ludy Leal; Luis Nava; Lydia J. Kraniotis; Lynn Allen-Biros; Lynne D'Amico; M. Breslauer; Marc Paul 

DeFrancis; Margaret Chi Yun Song; Margaret Laorenza; Margaret P. Tarbell; Margaret Song; María Elena Martínez Delgado; Marian 

Aguirre; Mariclaire Thomas; Mark Fackler; Mark Kuusik; Mark Kuznitz; Marlowe Berg; Martha Conover; Martha Cox; Martha Davis; 

Martha Vasquez; Marvin Edwards; Mary Ann Deming; Mary Campbell; Mary Davis; Mary Ellen Marshall; Mary L. Blansett; Mary Ruth 

Erickson; Matthew & Stephanie Dathe; Matthew Burt and Kristen A Lachenmeier; Matthew Wintle; Maureen Moss & William C. 

Pultz; Maurice Gloster; Maurice Glouster; Meg & Chris Feguson; Méndez Guzmán Family; Meredith Hasenbein; Mesman Hallman 

Family Fund; Mexicoach, Inc.; Michael & Joy Paeske; Michael and Etta Cannon Family Fund; Michael and Kathy Gordon; Michael and 

Mary Cono; Michael Hanley; Michelle Hendricks; Michelle Pujols; Mike Pegler; Mitzi Gimenez; Mona Kishnani; Mort Comer Foundation 

Fund; Mr Frederick W. Powell and Mrs. Rose E. Sekulovich; Mr. and Mrs. Amir Nilipour; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kahn; Mr. and 

Mrs. Rob Mullally; Mr. and Ms. Charles J. Willin; Mr. and Ms. Dave Phillips; Mr. and Ms. Samaneh Tahbazof; Mr. Keith Sonnier and 

Ms. Charlene Auld; Mr. Mihir Parikh; Mr. Paul Bycott; Mr. Timothy Curren; Mr. Wei Liu; Mr. Xing Jian Ren and Mrs. Bei Xie; ms. 

Angela Gavira; Ms. Angela Rohde; Ms. Ann Perry; Ms. Anne Boucher; Ms. Anne Hutchins; Ms. Caroline Blair Bauhaus; Ms. Carolyn 

Galantolo; Ms. Christina Rusconi; Ms. Emily Lim; Ms. Ilona Pollak; Ms. Janet Paul; Ms. Jennifer Lowry; Ms. Jennifer Morey; Ms. Karen 

Novelli; Ms. Karina Wong; Ms. Liane Redford; Ms. Linda Selk; Ms. Lisa Babinet; Ms. Lisa Doharty; Ms. Martha Cox; Ms. Nanci Conniff; 

Ms. Rebecca Fung; Ms. Shirley Schwoerer; Ms. Virginia Bowen; Ms. Virginia Boyd; Ms. Yvonne Sansom; Nancy and Lucien Bonnafoux; 

Nina Thrower; Nurjahan N. & Michael W. Hurst; Nuwan Nanayakkara; Odalis Hernandez; Omaha Community Foundation; 

Orange County Community Foundation; Orlando Bagwell; Pablo Farias; Pacific Athletic Club; Pamela L. Allman & Larry N. Rennacker; 

Patricia Potts; Patrick and Mika Earley; Paul T. Espinosa & Marta E. Sanchez; Pernell Moore; Peter Stockwell; Pius Baur and 

Patricia Frech-Baur; Qing and Ning Zhou Lin; R.V. Thomas Family Fund; Rafael and Cynthia Muilenburg; Ralph Bolton; Ramesh Hakimafzal; 

Raul Flores; Ray and Janice Englert; Raymond W. & Judy Smilor; Rebecca Barson; Reed Vickerman; Renee S. Ulland Zavala; 

Rhina and Juan Ovalle; Richard & Monica Kiy; Richard and Donna Dehn; Richard and Elizabeth Steele Fund; Richard and Gail 

Roberson; Richard and Susan Howe; Richard and Traci Hoops; Richard Dopson; Richard F. Cahill; Richard Harway; Richard Opper; 

Richard Simons; Robert & Dale Fleming; Robert and Anita Feld; Robert and Cheri Manis; Robert and Christine Mendoza; Robert 

and Joyce Chang; Robert C. & Lisa M. Niesley; Robert D. & Shane G. Rose; Robert Dooley; Robert Fitzgerald; Robert Halstead; 

Robert M. Gaan; Roberta & Edward Diamond; Romulo Braga; Ronald and Danette Klein; Ronald E. Manka & Linda I. Bailey; Ruth 

Patterson; Ryan Perry; S.M. Johnson; Sally Nguyen; Sammly Maat; San Diego Children NOW Fund; Sandra Dang; Sarah Finney; 

Sarah Fisler; Sarah McQuaid; Sarah Mirkin; Savat Prasith; Scott and Karen Fleming; Scott Knowels; Scott Morrision; Sean Tompkins; 

Seattle Athletic Club; Seema Patel; Sergio Vinas; Shadi Poustchi; Shailesh Trivedi; Shannon and Sandra Crawford; Shawn Flanagan; 

Shelita Christian; Sherman M. Steinzeig Charitable Fund; Siri Fomsgaard; Smira and Atul Patel; Soma Tekumalla; Soumitra and Huma 

Ghosh; St. Peter's Episcopal Church; Stacey English; Stephanie Mirmina; Stephen C. and Margaret Katz Cann; Stephen Finnerty; 

Steve Arledge; Steve Chapman; Steve Creech; Steve Hennessey; Steve O'Malley; Steve Trudelle; Steven Prestrelski; Sue Rawe; 

Susan A. Crate; Susan Halloran; Susan Minnicks; Susan Noel; Susan Noonan; Susan Sander; Suzanne Greco-Lyons; Suzanne M. 

Mattiello-De Groot; Syed Ahmed Meer; Sylvia Busald; Tanya Fortuna; Tasha Lewis; Terri H. Poon; Terry Lamoria; The Colwell 

Family Fund; The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation; The Howe Family Fund; The Patricia & Christopher Weil Family 

Foundation; The Philadelphia Foundation; The Rabinor Scotti Family Fund; The San Diego Foundation; Theresa Smith; Thomas and 

Kara Swedberg; Thomas and Melissa Crosbie; Thomas Novotny; Tiffany Swygert; Timothy and Marilyn Torchia; Timothy Aurthur; 

Todd Harris; Tom & Jane Johnson; Tracey Trinh; Travis Freeborn; Travis Kemnitz; Trish Hyman; Trisha Jorgensen; University 

Reader Company, Inc.; Ursula E. Salamone; Valorye Ries; Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program; Vern and Dorothy Reynolds; 

Vicki Kirkbride; Victoria Valdez Lacanlale; Vy Baker; Walton Family Foundation; Weingart-Price Fund; Western Athletic Clubs; 

William and Dona Wildman; William and Sara Kobrin; William and Susan Barlow; William Davis; William Eiffert; Yan Wang; Yi 

Ming Helen Harris; Yvonne Pitts; and Zang Duong.


ICF TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORTS... 


ety for disaster relief efforts in Banda Aceh by the Sempra Energy International 

Community Investment Fund at ICF bringing ICF’s total tsunami 

related grantmaking to over $1 million. 

ICF’s “UN Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund” initiative brought together a 

unique collaboration of community foundations including the San Diego 

Foundation, Orange County Community Foundation, Kansas City Foundation, 

Community Foundation for Boulder County, the Central Minnesota 

Community Foundation as well as 

community foundations in Omaha, 

Buffalo, Philadelphia, Dallas, Tijuana 

and Chihuahua. 

UN Foundation Addresses 

ICF Tsunami Fund Donors 

As a way of saying thank you 

and providing updated information 

to all those ICF donors 

that participated in our recent 

tsunami related fundraising efforts, 

a special donor event was 

held on Friday, March 4 th , 2005 

at the Institute of the Americas, 

UCSD, in partnership with Project 

Concern International, The 

San Diego Foundation, Orange 

County Community Foundation, 

and the United Nations 

Foundation. The event featured 

Kathryn Bushkin, CFO 

and Executive Vice President of 

the United Nations Foundation 

as the key-note speaker. 

SEE COMPLETE DONOR LIST ON PAGES 6-8 

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Children in a refugee camp with their gifts. Photo provided 

by the British Broadcasting Corporation. 

Support also came from several San Diego area companies including Accredited Home 

Lenders, Amylin Pharmaceutical, Hitachi Consumer Electronics, as well as Pacific Athletic 

Club, its parent company, Western Athletic Clubs, and their affiliate clubs along the west 

coast. Grassroots fundraising efforts were also undertaken in several San Diego area 

schools including several campuses of the Del Mar Union School District. At Torrey Hills 

School, for example, over $6,700 was raised by children K-6; another $2,100 was raised by 

the Del Mar Hills Academy; Carmel Del Mar School, $2075; and Del Mar Heights, $3,604. 

100% of all monies raised from the UN Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund at ICF has been targeted 

to support relief efforts of UN agencies in those areas most affected by the tsunami: 

• ICF’s first UN Tsunami Fund grant of $200,000 went to support disaster relief efforts 

in Indonesia, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, matched by an additional $100,000 grant from the 

UN Foundation. Total support resulted in $300,000. 

• A second grant of $300,000 from ICF, matched with $150,000 by the UN Foundation 

is in the process of being issued to support housing re-construction efforts in the most affected 

communities of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This project, with an overall cost of $24 

million is being overseen by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), and is also supported 

by the Governments of Japan, Netherlands and a consortium of twelve major Mexican 

donors, including Fundación Azteca, that formed an alliance called “Alianza para Asia.” 

• Remaining campaign funds will go to support UNICEF’s immunization programs in 

Banda Aceh, Indonesia. 

According to Richard Kiy, “the collaborative efforts of the many community foundations, 

corporations and clubs that came together to support the UN’s tsunami disaster relief efforts 

demonstrates the power of thinking globally while acting locally.”


ICF BOARD MEMBER, ALAN RUBIN, SHARES THE EXPERIENCE OF 

HIS ENCOUNTER WITH ICF GRANTEES IN BAJA SUR 

be in desperate conditions. 

Recently I visited three ICF grantees in the Los Cabos areas: Liga Mac 

from San Jose del Cabo; The Palapa Society from Todos Santos, and 

Los Niños del Capitan from Los Cabos. I was greeted warmly by all 

three groups, and all expressed appreciation for the role ICF and the 

staff has played in their projects. Each was different, but all three had 

one thing in common: strong local leaders who take pride in their 

work and plan to do more fundraising and help more people in their 

communities. Currently, all three groups have “friends of funds” at 

ICF, from which their projects have benefited tremendously. 

In San Jose del Cabo, Liga Mac has developed a referral system to 

identify extremely needy families. Liga Mac volunteers evaluate the 

needs and provide food, clothing, medicine and counseling. I visited 

two of the families, all with many children, who without the help would 

In Todos Santos, the Palapa Society is led by a group of local business people. Their core project is built around a system of 

identifying at least 15 promising young women from poor families and funding the costs to enable them to stay in school 

through high school. The plan is give these girls the education and training they need to fill available jobs in the area. The 

Palapa Society also plans to repair and reopen a community swimming pool, which has been closed due to lack of funds. 

Young people will have a place to learn to swim and a healthy and safe place to gather. I was also shown some wonderful 

old murals on the walls of the Todos Santos Cultural Center. These murals need to be restored and the Society is working 

with the state for funding and has identified a muralist to do the restoration. 

In Los Cabos, I was taken to see the daycare center of Los Niños del Capitan. The group has recently completed building a 

facility that combines a daycare, preschool, nursery, health and dental center in a poor underserved colonia (neighborhood), 

several miles from downtown. The center is in full operation and is as modern, well designed and up to date as it can possibly 

be. The preschool children receive up to 3 meals a day and ongoing health care. The children are carefully selected from 

families whose parents have jobs. The care that the center provides enables the parents to work. The leaders in Los Niños 

del Capitan have many more ambitious plans to provide more service to the community and are implementing a number of 

very creative fundraising campaigns. 

I strongly encourage other ICF contributors to engage in grantee site visits if you’re ever visiting Baja California. Experiencing 

the work that these groups are doing first hand, is inspiring and motivating. 

Alan Rubin 

February 2005 

ICF Board Member Alan Rubin 

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For more information on how you can visit or contribute to these or other ICF grantees please contact Amy Carstensen at 

amyc@icfdn.org, or at 858-677-2914, or visit www.icfdn.org


INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD FORMED 

TO PROVIDE ICF STRATEGIC ADVICE ON 

FUTURE DIRECTION 

ICF has established an International Advisory Board to provide its Board of Governors 

and staff with strategic counsel on how the foundation can better serve its donors and 

nonprofit grantee recipients across the Americas and Asia. Chaired by former ICF 

President and CEO, Lucy Killea, the Advisory Board held its first meeting in early February. 

The 16 person advisory board will offer unique knowledge, expertise and contacts to assist 

and facilitate ICF grantmaking in Baja California, as well as other regions served in the 

Americas and Asia; review and provide on-going advice on ICF’s programmatic initiatives; 

identify opportunities for greater community involvement and volunteer engagement 

with the foundation; and assist in furthering ICF’s vision and mission by identifying new 

funding sources and/or donors interested in international giving. According to ICF’s 

Board of Governors’ Chair, Leon Reinhart, “the members of the foundation’s Advisory 

Board will provide ICF with added breadth and perspective as ICF positions itself for future 

growth.” 

Honorable Lucy Killea 

(Chair) 

Alan Bersin 

Malin Burnham 

Claire Crane 

Loch Crane 

Jeffrey Davidow 

David de Baca 

Marta Flores 

Gabriela Manriquez 

Atul Patel 

Jim Polak 

Vince Siciliano 

Deborah Szekely 

Al Williams 

Paul Woo 

ICF’s International Advisory Board Members 

Former President & CEO of ICF and former California 

State Senator. 

Superintendent, San Diego City Schools 

Chairman, Burnham Real Estate Services & President, Burnham 

Foundation 

Local philanthropist and historian 

local philanthropist and former architect 

President, Institute of the Americas and Former U.S. Ambassador 

to Mexico 

Community Representative, National City and real estate 

appraiser 

Community Representative, National City and promotora, 

Hablando Claro 

Director, Government Affairs QUALCOMM Incorporated 

Senior Vice President, Treasury, PriceSmart, Inc. 

Local philanthropist and civic leader 

CEO, First Pacific Bank 

Local Philanthropist, Owner of Rancho La Puerta Resort & 

Spa, Founder of Immigration Museum of the New Americans 

Retired Foreign Service Officer; President, The Amigos of San 

Diego Opera 

Owner, Photo Express 

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A timeline of beginnings... 


1990: The Pacific American Community 

Foundation (PACF) is incorporated. 

1992: First donor advised funds 

include the Casa Eudes Fund to 

benefit the Tijuana home for 

homeless girls. 

1993: The North American Free 

Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is 

passed. 

1994-1995: Mexican peso crash. 

Donors lose trust in Mexican 

agencies. This event hiders the 

performance of the foundation. 

1996: Lucy Killea joins ICF as 

CEO. 

1997: The PACF changes its name 

to the International Community 

Foundation, broadening its mission 

to include philanthropy 

throughout the Americas and 

Asia. 

1999: A total of $156,000 in 

grants are made in this fiscal year. 

2000: ICF’s grantmaking increases 

to $182,000 annually. 

2001: Richard Kiy is appointed 

President & CEO of ICF. 

2002: Grantmaking increases from 

$352,000 to $890,000. 

2003: ICF awards 115 grants totaling 

nearly 2.6 million. 

2004: Over $2.5 million granted.


Fifteen Years 

Richard Kiy 

President & CEO 

Board 

Officers: 

Leon Reinhart 

Chair 

Yolanda Walther 

Meade 

Vice-Chair 

Robert Kelly 

Secretary 

Alan A. Rubin 

Asst. Secretary 

Dr. Irma Gigli 

Treasurer 

For more 

information about our 

newsletter contact 

Julieta Mendez, editor, 

at (858) 677-2916 

www.icfdn.org 

The International Community Foundation (ICF) is pleased to announce 

its 15th anniversary annual gala. The event will be held on Saturday, 

May 14, 2005, beginning at 7:00 pm at the San Diego Sheraton Hotel 

and Marina-East Tower on Harbor Island. 

This special event will feature a VIP reception, Silent Auction, Dinner, 

Award Ceremony, and Dancing to Rico Tumbao, a well-known band 

that frequents Café Sevilla in San Diego. ICF is recognizing three outstanding 

award winners this year: 

Grantee of the Year: Niños de Capitán, A.C. for their successful construction of a day care facility 

and health clinic in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur 

Donor of the Year: Sempra Energy for their long-term commitment to nonprofit organizations in 

the U.S.-Mexico border region 

Collaborative Grantmaking Award: the International Community Foundation’s UN Tsunami 

Disaster Relief Fund, which has currently raised almost $800,000 toward disaster relief in South 

Asia with major contributions from five community foundations in the U.S. and Mexico, three local 

businesses, and hundreds of students, families, and individuals. 

Ticket prices begin at $125 per person, with sponsorship and underwriting opportunities available. Proceeds 

from the evening will benefit ICF’s “Sustainable Communities Fund,” which supports the foundation’s 

programmatic work throughout Baja California, Mexico and beyond. 

For more information or to purchase tickets please contact Anne McEnany at (858)677-2915. 

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Mimí, host of the Mexican 

morning show, “Cada 

Mañana” (Every Morning) 

from TV Azteca will 

be joining us as the Master 

of Ceremonies for 

ICF’s 15 th Anniversary 

Gala. Prior to coming to 

TV Azteca, Mimí’ became 

popular across Mexico as 

a pop singer with the trio 

known as “FLANS”.

1st quarter 2005.pub - International Community Foundation

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