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braille institute annual report
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Raising the bar… how often we use that phrase in sports,
in business, even in our own lives. Usually it refers to “upping our
game,” higher expectations or a higher level of performance. At
Braille Institute, “raising the bar” is all about how our students and
clients have discovered that they can live a full, active life despite
sight loss. And for our organization, raising the bar means that we are
meeting the challenges of today’s changing world to provide services
that really touch the lives of individuals and their families at our
centers, in the community and through technology.
Fiscal Year 2011-2012 has indeed been another banner year for Braille Institute. You will see
throughout the pages of this Annual Report statistics on numbers of people served through
various programs. You will also see our financial report summarized.
All this information points to the health and vitality of the organization. But the heart of the
report is in the stories of Luna, Jaydn,Vejas, Petras, and Bernard. They tell us the real impact and
purpose of Braille Institute.They show dramatic results in the lives of real people.
Each of these people represents literally thousands of others, whose lives have been enriched
through counseling, rehabilitation training, low vision rehabilitation, talking books and a host of
other programs and services.
Another way to view our results is to peruse our annual outcomes study. It can be seen on our
website – www.brailleinstitute.org. On our home page, click on “About Us.” There you will
find “Our Goals and Achievements.” Under “Measurement of Progress” you will find our
complete outcome study by area of service.
mission
Braille Institute is a nonprofit organization
whose mission is to eliminate barriers to
a fulfilling life caused by blindness and
severe sight loss.
At a glance
These outcome measures help our staff to keep focused, not on statistics, but on real results
in the lives of our clientele – of fulfilling our mission. They indicate the real return on the
investment for our donors and volunteers of their time and financial support in the work of
Braille Institute.
• Volunteers: 3,680
We are proud to be able to continue offering all of our services at no charge despite these
historically challenging economic times. Along with that fact, nothing reported in these
pages would have been possible were it not for the generosity and kindness of our donors
and volunteers. So, it is to them that we express, on behalf of all those thousands of blind and
visually impaired men, women, children and their families, our profound gratitude.
• Volunteer/Staff Ratio: 13:1
Sincerely,
• People Assisted: 81,250
• Staff: (282.5 FTE) 275
• Facilities Managed: 426,000 sq. ft.
• Administrative Costs: 3.0%
• Fundraising Costs: 10.5%
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Braille Institute Leslie E. Stocker Jr.
Lester M. Sussman
Chair
Annual Report President
PROGRAMS & SERVICES
for adults
LUNA EDWARDS
Imagine the gentle sounds of reggae
lilting through your car speakers on your
drive to deliver fresh fruit to market in
the foothills of Jamaica—an idyllic life, a
Our free low vision wellness programs
help adults who are living with fading
vision, through classes, workshops
and one-on-one instruction. We offer
personal advisement to determine the
best curriculum to meet each student’s
individual needs, as we help them to
regain their independence.
world away from the city, and even further
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from Southern California. This was Luna
Edwards’ life until well in her forties when a
tumor on her optic nerve cost her most of
her vision, and her livelihood.
“I was very fortunate that my son brought
me to California to live with him, which is
where I found Braille Institute,” she said.
With her easy smile and melodic accent,
Luna has flourished at the San Diego
Center, where she’s become part of a
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community that has impacted her as
much as the classes she’s taken for the
past two years.
“I’ve learned from all of the friends I’ve
made at Braille Institute, that if they can
do it, I can, too,” she said. “It’s like one
big family. I’m okay with my blindness
now, but I’m not okay with sitting still.” On
the contrary, Luna is already well on her
way to mastering the braille code and is
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determined to go back to school so she
As the Baby Boomer generation continues to age, the number of Americans experiencing
age-related vision loss is expected to double in the next two decades.
others, just like Braille Institute helped her.
can become a braille instructor and help
(Family Caregiver Alliance, 2008)
LOW VISION
rehabilitation
Our trained specialists help our clients
to adapt, both their lifestyle and their
thinking, when it comes to making the
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most of their remaining vision. They
determine the best assistive devices
for each of our low vision clients,
offering free consultations at our
Centers, and out in the field on our
fleet of Mobile Solutions vehicles.
Low Vision Consultations in the field through
Mobile Solutions vehicles
THE NEED
Braille Institute is now providing even more low vision rehabilitation consultations out in the
field to help those for whom travel and transportation is an issue.
Low Vision Specialist Jamie McCallister shows
client Les Hubner how a handheld magnification device
can help him read personal documents more easily.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
services
Jaydn Gardner
Jaydn Gardner is undoubtedly one of the
most adventurous three year olds you’ll
ever meet. The fact that she’s almost
completely blind doesn’t figure into the
equation. But when her parents Contessa
Through our in-home program, we
offer training and resources to help
families prepare for the challenges of
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455*
and Chris first learned their daughter was
born with leber’s congenital amarosis, and
almost no usable vision, their world was
filled questions and fears.
parenting a young child who is blind or
visually impaired. We work hands-on
“We worried about what our daughter
with parents to aid in the development
would be able to do,” Contessa said.
of preschoolers, getting them ready
“But Braille Institute and their child
for kindergarten, fostering both their
development consultants showed us the
physical and emotional growth.
light at the end of the tunnel. We learned
that there were alternatives for acquiring
the skills she needed and that there is still
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so much she can still achieve. Jadyn is
very determined and we are, too.”
Jaydn loves to explore, socialize, and
practice her climbing skills, just like the rest
of her peers. She’s already curious about
reading braille and, thanks to our Child
Development Program, Jaydn is poised to
*106 additional families not enrolled in Braille Institute’s
programs were served through parent groups
THE NEED
In the United States, one out of 20 preschool-aged children will have a vision problem
that affects their ability to learn.
(Prevent Blindness America, 2010)
enter a mainstream school environment,
on-time and with her own signature flair.
YOUTH SERVICES
We work with children and teens (ages
6-18) to develop daily living and life
preparation skills. From challenging
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physical activities such as rock climbing,
skiing, and surfing, to participation in
choral groups and more, we bolster
their confidence, and, in turn, brighten
their future, leading to educational
achievement and employment.
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Total Youth Contact Hours
THE NEED
Research shows that as many as 50% of blind students never finish high school.
(National Federation of the Blind, 2009)
Braille Institute youth Alfred Babayan and David Sandoval
made waves and reeled in a dozen fish between them
on a recent deep sea fishing expedition.
CHILDHOOD LITERACY
VEJAS & PETRAS VASILIAUSKAS
Meet Vejas and his little brother Petras. Vejas
is 15, has already surfed the waves of Hawaii,
and plans to become a writer someday.
Petras is 11, enjoys tending to his family’s
garden and looks forward to becoming a
We motivate school-age braille readers
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to excel through The Braille Challenge®,
a nationwide literacy contest designed
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doctor like his father. It goes without saying
then, that they’re both excellent students
and voracious readers. Yet, for them, reading
involves their trained fingers, flying across
to celebrate their talents and abilities,
the page in a dizzying blur of movement.
as well the production and distribution
of the Braille Special Collection, several
Vejas and Petras have been blind since birth
book series designed to foster a love of
and rely on braille, to not only compete,
reading in children.
but excel academically. “Life is mainstream,
and we have to be, too,” said Vejas. His
parents realized early on that there would be
challenges along the way, but failure wasn’t
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an option. “When you’re blind you have to
be even better than the competition,” their
father Eric said.
Braille Institute has been there to encourage
the boys’ growth from their early days in
our Child Development program, to their
standout performances as competitors in
The Braille Challenge® literacy competition,
and their avid consumption of free reading
material through our Special Collection
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book series. It’s all about preparation for a
Studies show that blind and visually impaired youth who are braille literate are nearly three
times more likely to find employment than those who don’t read and write braille.
(Ranalli, “A Boost for Braille,” The Boston Globe, 2008)
successful life in school and beyond, and the
Vasiliauskas brothers are poised to triumph.
DIGITAL LITERACY
Braille Institute continues to provide
our students with access to the latest
information and services to enrich
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their lives. With the world’s movement
toward digital technology, Braille
Institute is keeping our clientele
plugged in, ushering in this new
era through the development of
exciting smartphone applications and
specialized instruction on the latest
mobile devices, such as the iPad, and
smartphones, such as the iPhone.
Total Mobile App Downloads
THE NEED
By the year 2016, the number of smartphones and mobile devices in use worldwide is
expected to exceed the number of human beings on the planet.
(Cisco Visual Networking Index, 2012)
Braille Institute access technology specialist Cathleen Kim shows client Estee Boggs
how to use an iPad to make life with low vision easier and more fulfilling.
LIBRARY SERVICES
BERNARD REzNICK
Life’s unpredictable road has taken
Bernard Reznick from the Ukraine, where
he escaped religious persecution and the
deadly Russian pogroms, to sunny
Los Angeles, where he built a successful
We provide adults and children alike
with more than 100,000 individual titles
on cassette, in digital format and in
mail delivery business from the ground
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up. At 98 years old, Bernard has seen a lot,
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and accomplished a lot, too.
braille. And it’s all available for free, from
But Bernard was unprepared when life
popular fiction and informational titles,
took another turn: macular degeneration.
to hundreds of descriptive videos, to
“As such an avid reader and writer, it was
more than 40 of today’s most popular
very difficult,” he said. No longer able
periodicals.
to read the print in books, even with a
magnifier, Bernard felt lost and alone.
“Being visually impaired at my age can feel
like being stranded on a desert island,” he
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Fortunately, Bernard was aware of Braille
Institute. He registered as a library patron
and within days, began receiving free
audio books in the mail. Life’s road took
another turn, and this one for the better.
Bernard is a mystery and science fiction
fan and finds the stories help him stay
connected with world around him. “I can’t
tell you how much the audio books mean
THE NEED
Two-thirds of America’s legally blind population are seniors who have lost vision as a
result of age-related eye diseases.
(AFB, Special Report on Aging and Vision Loss, 2012)
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to me,” he said. “Braille Institute gives you
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a reason to live.”
Annual Report
SERVICES
July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012
GENDER
WHO WE SERVE
FROM A TOTAL ENROLLMENT OF 6,642, THERE
WERE 3,517 ADULTS, YOUTHS AND INFANTS
ENROLLED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.
YOUTH SERVICES: 6 TO 18 YEARS OF AGE
CENTER
YOUTHS
PRIMARY CAUSES OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
Diabetic Retinopathy 7%
68%
Female
cataracts 7%
Retinitis Pigmentosa 3%
AGE
NATURE OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
72%
18,926
Orange County
145
10,304
Rancho Mirage
48
1,805
Santa Barbara
42
1,871
41
515
3,433
36,339
San Diego
TOTAL
CENTER
Los Angeles
Orange County
Rancho Mirage
Santa Barbara
San Diego
TOTAL
8%
(Blind Since Birth)
22%
65 and Over
92%
Adventitious
(Formerly Sighted)
STUDENTS ENROLLED
808
634
379
273
CONTACT HOURS
57,077
45,231
37,484
19,416
451
25,979
2,545
185,187
MOBILE SOLUTIONS
(Los Angeles, Rancho Mirage and Santa Barbara Centers)
CHILD DEVELOPMENT: INFANTS THROUGH 5 YEARS OF AGE
Early Intervention (Birth to 3 Years)
In-Home Services
Number of infants/families
Hours of service
Pre-School Support and Transition Programs
Number of families/children over age 3
Hours of service
Medical Visits with Families
Consultations
Short term (no. of families served for up to 6 months)
Long term
Total children and families served*
*106 Additional families not enrolled in Braille Institute’s programs were served through parent groups.
CONTACT HOURS
1,037
519
1,782
1,040
720
5,098
REGIONAL CENTER ADULT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
congenital
20 to 64
239
YOUNG ADULTS: 19 TO 30 YEARS OF AGE
CENTER
YOUNG ADULTS
Los Angeles
53
Orange County
142
Rancho Mirage
99
Santa Barbara
14
San Diego
5
TOTAL
313
glaucoma 10%
Male
up to 19
Los Angeles
Macular Degeneration 25%
32%
CONTACT HOURS
Sites
visited
Low vision rehab
consultations
No. of
visitors
470
1,507
2,731
CAREER SERVICES:
All Centers
Job
Referrals
Paid
Internships
162
4,924
186
3,286
515
122
227
349
Employer
Contacts
106
Employment
Nondiscrimination Policy Statement:
Braille Institute declares and affirms a policy of equal opportunity and nondiscrimination in providing our services to
the public. Braille Institute admits students and clients of any
race, color, national and ethnic origin, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status,
to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally
accorded or made available to students and clients of Braille
Institute. We do not discriminate on the basis of any class
protected by California or federal law in the administration
of our educational policies, admission policies and programs.
Part
Time
Full
Time
7 7
27 27Job
Saves
7
7
124
106
139
LOW VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES: TOTAL 4,436
COMMUNITY TRAINING PROGRAMS (NUMBER OF PEOPLE TRAINED)
CENTER CLINICIANS CAREGIVERS
OTHER
PROFESSIONALS
PUBLIC
EDUCATION
EYE DISEASE
SEMINARS
TOTAL
109
3,396
299
4,319
1,430
1,496
242
3,521
LA
515
OC
172
RM
257
337
1,660
197
2,451
SB
39
210
3,410
206
3,865
SD
447
160
2,833
260
3,700
CD
162
664
316
2,910
13,111
TOTAL
181
1,592
181
1,204
SITES VISITED
CONTACT HOURS
1,045
Rancho Mirage
706
Public Response
1,131
Santa Barbara
616
Service Calls Made
2,775
San Diego
733
Service Calls Received
5,104
TELE SERVICES
Los Angeles
740
65
14,781
Orange County
548
61
2,779
Rancho Mirage
134
21
164
Santa Barbara
580
52
12,012
San Diego
918
56
8,195
2,920
255
37,931
BRAILLE SPECIAL COLLECTION
Books Distributed
7,967
Dots-for-Tots Kits Distributed
1,916
Tac-Tales Kits Distributed
1,019
Top Dots Distributed
1,072
TOTAL BOOKS & KITS DISTRIBUTED
11,974
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®
™
THE BRAILLE CHALLENGE®
VOLUNTEER SERVICES
Preliminary contests returned
912
Teachers administering contests
41
VOLUNTEERS
HOURS
Regional events hosted
39
1,777
70,728
U.S. States & Canadian Provinces represented
42
Orange County
646
23,822
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Rancho Mirage
147
16,932
Speaking engagements
257
Santa Diego
188
7,691
Group tours
456
Santa Barbara
922
28,672
Film & TV consultations
19
3,680
147,845
CENTER
Los Angeles
TOTAL
PROGRAM
PARTNERS
LIBRARY SERVICES
Readers
registered
461
TOTAL 1,455
302
251
165
127
LOS
AngeLeS
Orange County
18,998
STUDENTS ENROLLED
TOTAL
1,336
1,142
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
CENTER
Los Angeles
ORAnge RAnchO
SAntA
cOUntY MiRAge BARBARA
149
Regional/national media coverage (feature stories & media announcements)
Individual titles
101,535
Books available
1,406,072
Books circulated
302
Machines
supplied
1,217,472
Machines
repaired
4,034
Cassettes
produced
28,105
Deposit libraries
1,510
*
Including CMLS & Ill Books (Nls)
SAn
chiLD
DiegO DeVeLOPMent
164
Online/social media coverage
444
Southern California media coverage (feature stories & media announcements)
31,756
69,841
Print and television
*
Print and television
120
Online/social media coverage
275
Website visits
(www.brailleinstitute.org, www.institutobraille.org, www.elpodersinver.org, www.braillelibrary.org,
www.braillechallenge.org, www.solutionsinsight.org, www.braillepublishing.org,
www.cinemawithoutsight.org and www.canequest.org)
92,514
Individuals assisted
1,579
Downloads
21,019
Social media engagements
1,863
YouTube Hits this year
34,603
Apps
VisionSim™ downloads on IOS devices
VisionSim on Android devices
9,853
™
940
Total app downloads
10,793
To download a full report of our Outcomes go to www.brailleinstitute.org
OUR VOLUNTEERS
GREG SHANE
The first thing you notice when you step
into Greg Shane’s acting class is the energy.
It bubbles out of the volunteer instructor
and bounces off the dozen blind and
visually impaired students in the room
Braille institute has thrived on the
support of its volunteers for nearly one
hundred years. We wouldn’t be able
creating an electric environment. And this
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is just rehearsal. That energy becomes a
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harnessed force several times a year when
Shane directs his students in acclaimed
to maintain the scope of our services
performances throughout Los Angeles.
without the dedicated contributions of
the thousands of talented and diverse
Born partially blind in one eye and
volunteers who answer our telephones,
classically trained in theater, Shane
collate brailled reading materials, and
decided several years ago that he wanted
teach classes in areas ranging from
to work with students at Braille Institute to
enhance their lives through the dramatic
martial arts to ceramics to salsa dancing.
arts. “I’ve had people come into class
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who are barely willing to speak above a
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whisper, simply due to their own anxiety
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and self-consciousness,” Shane said.
“But through our training exercises, live
performances, and the encouragement
they receive from the other students, I’ve
seen amazing transformations.”
Shane and his company recently wrapped
another successful run in West Los Angeles
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Volunteers outnumber staff 13:1 at Braille Institute and nearly half of our classes are taught
by talented and dedicated volunteer instructors.We couldn’t do it without you!
Visit our website at www.brailleinstitute.org or
GregLight
Shane’s website
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to find out when Braille Institute’s talented
Braille
Institute next. You’re guaranteed
cast will
be performing
an emotional
that you won’t
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want to miss!
and are already gearing up for their next
show. “I love what I do,” said Shane. “I get
as much out of volunteering as my students
get out of being in the class.”
Revenues & Expenses
Financial Highlights*
Years Ended June 30
INCOME ($000)
Public Support
Bequests from
Wills & Trusts
Other
Contributions
Total Public Support
Other Revenue
Royalties
State Library
Appropriation
Net Investment
Income
Total Other Revenue
Allocation from
Reserves
Total Funds Received
EXPENDITURES ($000)
2012
2011
9,343
12,009
4,238
6,317
13,581
18,326
2012
4,315
2011
3,086
808
725
1,058
1,484
6,181
5,295
6,339
2,233
26,101
25,854
Braille Publishing
Child Development
Library Services
Los Angeles Center
Orange County Center
Rancho Mirage Center
Santa Barbara Center
San Diego Center
Volunteer Services
Total Program
Services
Administration
Development
Public Education
Support Services
Total Operating
Expenditures
Before Depreciation
Capital Expenditures
Total Expenditures
Total Net Assets
For complete financial results, prepared in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles in the USA, refer
to the report on Audited Consolidated Financial statements
for Braille Institute which is available on our website at
www.brailleinstitute.org.
Income Sources
Bequests from Wills & Trusts
2012
1,293
768
3,053
4,380
2,794
1,896
2,056
1,955
664
2011
1,244
751
3,020
4,286
2,632
1,731
1,869
1,894
611
18,859
18,038
827
2,838
1,380
1,827
701
2,883
1,363
1,901
5.4%
4.1%
State Library
Appropriation
Net Investment
Income
Operating
Expenditures*
25,732
Program Services
Development
21.8%
Support Services
47.3%
25,731
24,886
370
26,101
128,651
968
25,854
148,085
21.4%
5.1%
3.0%
6.8%
Management
Chair
Lester M. Sussman, C.P.A.**
Managing Director, Resources Audit
Solutions, Resources Global
Leslie E. Stocker, Jr.
President
Members
James B. Boyle Jr., Esq.
Boyle, Olson & Robinson,
Attorneys at Law
Sally H. Jameson
Vice President of Programs
and Services
Thomas K. Callister
Resource Management &
Marketing Solutions
Michael C. Corley*
KPMG L.L.P.
Caryl O. Crahan
Nancy N. Davis
Percy Duran III
James H. Jackson*
Vice President & COO,
Alisal Guest Ranch
74.6%
Including Depreciation
of 1,742
*
David L. Burkhardt
Vice President of Development
Anthony J. Taketa
Vice President & General Counsel
Adama Dyoniziak
Director of Strategic Programs
Nancy N. Niebrugge
Assistant Vice President of
Programs and Services
Michael R. Lazarovits
Santa Barbara
Support Group Presidents
Jan Powell
Braille Institute Auxiliary
Anna Phipps
Braille Institute Auxiliary –
East San Gabriel Valley
Joanie Kelly
Braille Institute Auxiliary of
Santa Barbara
Denise Sunseri
Friends of Braille Institute San Diego
Beverly Adair
Associates of the Desert
Jamie Aung
Financial Services
Milliman
Actuaries
Michael J. D. Lindsay*
Henry C. Chang, Ph.D.
Library Services
Poindexter & Doutré, Inc.
General Legal Counsel
John F. Llewellyn*
Chairman, Forest Lawn
Sally M. Cullman
Development
Pricewaterhouse Coopers, L.L.P.
Auditors
Rick Nelson*
Alison B. Dirstine
Website & Publications
REGIONAL COMMITTEES
Richard C. Larson*
John G. Nuanes*
Jeanne Olenicoff
James J. Rhodes*
Managing Partner,
Proteus Environmental
Technologies
George E. Thomas*
Thomas Partners Investments, LLC
David J. Wiegand
Diane Wilkinson
Howard O. Wilson*
FINANCIALS
Reza Rahman
Vice President of Finance
Richard M. Ybarra
San Diego
Advisors
Philip V. Swan*
Private Trustee
10.5%
Peter A. Mindnich
Executive Vice President
Lisa Jimenez
Rancho Mirage
Department Directors
Harvey Strode
Public Education
Administration
Board Of Directors
Richard C. Lawton
Other Contributions
Royalties
Our Leadership
* Executive Committee Member
** Executive Committee Chair
Janice Herzberg
Human Resources
Ryan Honey
Digital Media Productions
Courtney Kassel
Marketing & Public Relations
Ruth McKinney
Braille Publishing
Sidney H. Metcalfe
Facilities
Susan K. Parker-Strafaci
Child Development
Mohamed M. Yassin
Business Services
Suzanne Zolfo
Planned Giving & Major Gifts
Orange County
Charles Caldwell
Thomas K. Callister
Ted Konoposis
Richard A. Nelson*
Williard S. Voit
David J. Wiegand
Howard Wilson
Santa Barbara
Caryl O. Crahan
James A. Jackson*
*Chairman
ANNUAL REPORT
Scott Kassel
Concept & Editorial
Regional Directors
Tony Garzio
Art Direction/Design
Anita Wright
Los Angeles
Ken Merfeld
Photography
Gene Mathiowetz
Orange County
Southern California Graphics
Printing
OUR DONORS
JEANETTE & CARL GOLDBAUM
Braille Institute donors Jeanette and Carl
Goldbaum recently celebrated their 40th
wedding anniversary by renewing their
vows. Incredibly enough, the Goldbaums
have been supporters of Braille Institute
Donors are the heart and soul of the
magic that happens inside the doors of
Braille Institute. Funded almost entirely
for even longer.
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“Living in Los Angeles as a young woman,
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I was aware of Braille Institute and the
through private donations, all of our
great work they do,” Jeanette said. She
programs and services remain free of
passed along her love of the organization
charge, thanks to the continued support
to her husband, Carl, who spent much of
of foundations, businesses, service clubs,
his life as a high-level engineer working
and individuals just like you. Thank you
on groundbreaking projects such as the
for your support!
very first Atlas missiles. “We’ve been so
impressed by the amount of resources
allocated directly to programs and services
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at Braille Institute,” he said.
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Heritage Society Members*
The Goldbaums have been instrumental
donors and proponents of childhood
literacy, sponsoring three Braille Challenge
Award Banquets to honor the best and
brightest young braille readers, as well as
* The J. Robert Atkinson Heritage Society is our
special recognition club for those donors who have
allocated gifts for Braille Institute in their estate plans,
providing long-term security for the organization.
including Braille Institute in their estate
plan.” Attending the awards banquet
* In Memoriam *
THE NEED
Bequests from wills and trusts provided 47% of our operating income last year.We can’t do
it without you!
It is with great sadness that we report the
passing of Carl Goldbaum on July 25, 2012.
His legacy will live on through his wife,
Jeanette, his two sons, Jesse and Barry, and
the many people whose lives he touched,
including those at Braille Institute.
each year is such a thrill,” Carl said. “It’s
so amazing the things that these kids
accomplish.” We think Jeanette and
Carl are pretty amazing, too.
DONOR HONOR ROLL
Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred E. Haick
Miss Yolanda Martinez
Mr. Kay Tamaki
Mrs. Ruth B. Hanshe
Mr. & Mrs. Felton P. Targan
Mrs. Barbara Hayden
Mr. & Mrs. Orlando
Martinez-Miller
Mr. Rufus L. Hayden
Mr. & Mrs. David A. McGrath
Mrs. Oliver R. Henrickson
Mr. & Mrs. Paul F. Mehegan
You Have Made It All Possible!
Mona Hewitson
Mr. Jose L. Mignone
Mr. Daniel J. Hicks
Mr. Wallace V. Mills
Braille Institute is built upon a strong tradition of philanthropy dating back to 1919, the year of our founding, when
Mrs. James R. Horst
Mr. Oscar L. Monroe
Mary and John Longyear’s gift first made the work of Braille Institute possible. And that same spirit of philanthropy
Mr. Hans Inpijn
Ms. Martha Jo Morehouse
carries on today through donations made by individuals, foundations, businesses, service clubs, volunteers, students,
Mr. Richard Jilovsky
Mr. Neil W. Motter
Mrs. Iris Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Myerson
Mr. Gregory S. Jones
Ricardo & Julia Pena
Mr. Philip D. Jontz
Ms. Margrett L. Persley
Mr. & Mrs. Erik A. Jorgensen
Mrs. Mary Lois Peters
Dr. Solomon Kaplan
Mrs. Margaret Petrus
Mr. Stanley N. Karakawa
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Pryor
Mrs. Hal Kassner
Mr. Jerry Rapport
Mr. & Mrs. Russell W. Kirbey
Mr. & Mrs. Fred D. Ritter
Mr. Neal Kleiner
Mr. Jack Rogo
clients and staff – people like you, whose gifts continue to sustain and grow our vital programs and services.
We do not seek government funding nor do we charge for any of our services. And the one constant since our
founding is that the impact we have on the lives of blind and visually impaired men, women, children and their
families each year would not be possible without our generous donors.
We would like to offer our heartfelt thanks to everyone who gave gifts of time or money to Braille Institute between
January 1 and December 31, 2011. We could not provide benefits to blind and visually impaired people, without you!
As we give recognition for support, space limitations allow us to list only those donors whose gifts qualified them for
membership in one of the following donor recognition clubs.
PILLARS
Pillars are donors who, in addition
to their current gifts of cash,
securities or property made in
2011, have made donations to
Braille Institute for at least five
previous years. Year after year, it
is this group of generous friends
that helps provide the strong
financial foundation that has made
it possible for Braille Institute to
continue to provide its programs
and services – free of charge – for
the past 93 years. Braille Institute is
blessed to have hundreds of loyal
donors who belong to this club.
Space limitations, however, allow
us to only list donors who have
given gifts from January 1 through
December 31, 2011, and who
have made at least one donation
a year for 30 or more years, not
necessarily in consecutive years.
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Aaron
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Deutsch
Mrs. Marjorie Kniep
Ms. Helen P. Salin
Mr. & Mrs. Tway W. Andrews
Ms. Doris E. Dosser
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Lambert
Mr. & Mrs. Saul M. Salka
Anonymous
Mrs. Edmund Dubois
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Landler
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Schrimmer
Mrs. Virginia O. Beckett
Mr. John D. Duffin
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Larsen
Dr. Irwin M. Schultz
Dr. Richard W. Berlin
Ibrahim Eltorai
Ms. Patricia A. Laubacher
Mr. Charles Schwab
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight E. Bishop
Mr. & Mrs. John L. Endicott
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Lauter
Mrs. Sherwood Schwartz
Mr. Walter J. Bloch
Mr. Armand Field
Mr. Uri Leder
Mrs. Kurt D. Seelman
Ms. Mary Jane Brown
Ms. Shirley L. Fifield
Mr. W. Stanley Lisiewicz
Dr. Joan Shipley
Ms. Dorothy Brown
Mrs. Paul B. Fisher
Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Lozano
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Simon
Mrs. Edith N. Brownstone
Mr. Stanley Fishfader
Mr. & Mrs. Nuell C. Lunde
Bernard & Gwen Sklar
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Christopher
Mr. Herb Friedenthal
Ms. Natha R. Lusk
Mr. Yoram Stav
Mr. Paul J. Corigliano
Mr. Arnold Friedman
Nancy Lusk
Mr. & Mrs. Burt Stern
Ms. Vivian R. Cummings
Mr. Stanley L. Gendler
Ms. Kathryn W. Madara
Ms. Bunny Barbara Stivers
Ms. Gloria Darmour
Mrs. Sylvia H. Goldsmith
Mrs. Alice Maher
Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Strauss
Dr. Alvin Davis
Mrs. Muriel Green
Dr. & Mrs. Harold S. Marcus
Herbert & Elaine Strickstein
Mrs. Mary S. Vickie De Grazio
Ms. Evelyn B. Greenwald
Mrs. Estelle Markowitz
Mrs. Mary T. del Rio
Mr. Robert B. Griffith
Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Martin
Pearl M. Stuckwish &
Michael R. Ito
Mr. John L. Tallis
Miss Grace H. Thomas
Miss Lourene E. Vail
Mr. Elmer Vollnogle
Mr. Ted Tetsuo Waki
Mr. Ivan Warshawsky
Mrs. Harry E. Weaver
Ronald & Roberta White
Ms. Joan Wiseman
Mr. & Mrs. Akito Yasuna
1919 Circle
Mr. Herbert S. Abrams
Mrs. Pearl Courson
Ms. Eloise C. Goodhew Barnett
Mr. Richard C. Lawton
Mary & Joseph Payden
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Lue Cramblit
Mr. Fred W. Griggs
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry G. Leigh
Mr. William R. Payden
Mr. Jefferson W. Asher, Jr.
Mr. James R. Creighton
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Grube
Ms. Betty B. Letteau
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Payse
Mrs. Jane Ayres
Ms. Alene Cutsinger
Ms. Jeri A. Guensler
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J.D. Lindsay
Mr. Robert M. Pedraglia
Mrs. De Ette Barner
Mr. John C. Darnall
Ms. Dowrene Hahn
Dr. & Mrs. George Lobley
Mrs. Audrey Perkal
Ms. Charmaine Blatt
Mrs. Alice E. Dart
Ms. Emma B. Hanke
Mrs. Laurel Logan
Mrs. Joseph J. Pinola
Mrs. Tybe Blink
Mrs. Meryl David
Iwalani Harris
Lee & Megan Loughnane
Ms. Laverne Pitzer
Dale & Rosemary Bohlka
Ms. Lisa Davidson
Mrs. Edmund P. Harrison
Lucas & Helyne Loukides
Mr. Frederick Pitzman
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Boone
Mr. Alvin Davis
Ms. Lenora Harth
Doris T. Luster
Homer A. Ralles
Mr. William A. Bowles
Ms. Sara I. Davis
Mr. Robert S. Hawes
Mr. & Mrs. John Magnuson
Mr. William Rapien
Mr. James B. Boyle, Jr.
Bertha De Gregory
Mr. Rufus L. Hayden
Mr. Parker Mahnke
Mr. Jerry Rapport
Mr. John Brelsford
Ms. Cherie Degen
Catherine L. Hazlett
Mrs. Jeanette Malin
Mr. Albert Rea
Ms. Lynn Brooks
Mrs. Kristina Linn Dendinger
Ms. Nancy G. Hendrickson
Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Mallory
Ms. Pauline Roberts
Gary D. Brown
Mr. & Mrs. A.E. Dotson
Ms. Helen E. Hoag
Mrs. Phyllis Margolies
Ms. Patricia Robertson
$50,000 and More
Gerald & Mary Jo Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dowd
Ms. Lynn Ellen Holden
Mr. & Mrs. John Martinez
Mr. & Mrs. George D. Robison
Ms. Ruth Stasneck
Mr. Windford R. Brown
Raymond & Sally Duncan
Mr. & Mrs. George Hoogeveen
Ms. Janet Martin
Mrs. Hilda Rolfe
$25,000 to $49,999
Mr. & Mrs. David Burkhardt
David Dunn
Mr. E. Gregory Hookstratten
Mrs. Adelina McAndrews
Kenneth Rothschild
Franklin D. & Phyllis M. Halladay
Mary E. Burson
Mr. & Mrs. James B. Elmlinger
Mr. Michael Kai Hung Leung
Ms. Alice McConnell
Mrs. Mary C. Sandage
Palmer Langdon
Mrs. Carole Buss
Mr. Donald Elo
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Jaffy
Ms. Beverly McDonald
Mrs. Shirley G. Saxon
Lucile McVey Dunn
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Cadman
Mr. & Mrs. John L. Endicott
Mrs. Sally H. Jameson
Ms. Ann McKenzie
Mr. Bernard Schecter
$10,000 to $24,999
Mr. Charles B. Caldwell
Mr. Steven A. Farrar
Ms. Dolores C. Johnson
N. Jeanine McMahon
Mr. William H. Schnieders
Thomas K. Callister
Mrs. Evelyn M. Feintech
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Jolles
Ms. Eileen Miller
Ms. Sarah Scholle
Dr. Catherine F. Canada
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Field
Mr. William D. Jones & Family
Ms. Mary F. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Schrimmer
Ms. Margaret Casey
Mrs. Patricia Fischer
Dr. Solomon Kaplan
Mr. Peter Mindnich
Ms. Louise Schultz
Carl Champion
June Fisher
Mr. Arnold Karlson
Burckhard Mohr
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Scully
Ms. Aimee Chan
Mr. Max Freilich
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Karlson
Mrs. Lorene Moran
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent E. Scully
Amnart Charoensukvanich
Mr. Herb Friedenthal
Mr. & Mrs. Leon E. Kent
Mr. Wilbur Morley
Mrs. Arlene Sgueglia
Dean & Darcy Christal
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Fuller
Ms. Betty Kiker
Mr. James Mosher
Dr. Joan Shipley
Ms. Marian K. Chuan
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Gant
Mr. Dan Kilmer
Betty M. Nance
Mr. Stephen Sicard
Tracey D. Clarke
Mr. Richard Gausewitz
Mr. James F. Kincaid
Mr. John S. Niendorff
Dr. Yossi Sidikaro
Jane P. Clark
Dr. Lily George
Mr. & Mrs. Russell W. Kirbey
Dale & Michael Nissenson
Mr. Mace Siegel
Mr. Robert Clary
Ms. Florencine W. Gerard
David & Mary Koop
Mr. Bernard M. O’Donnell
Barbara Siniscalchi
Robert & Sue Clayton
Mr. Dennis Gillard
Mr. David A. Kourlas
Ms. Jeanne Olenicoff
Mrs. Pauline Smith
Mr. Randall S. Cline
Enid Gleich
Mr. Paul T. Kozaki
Gerald S. O’Loughlin
Mr. & Mrs. William Sornborger
Ms. Donna B. Cloninger
Mr. Barry S. Goldbaum
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kwan
Ms. Maria Otero
Mr. Samuel Rush Spaulding
Mr. Gregory Richard Corallo
Carl & Jeanette Goldbaum
Richard & Shirley Larson
Ms. Virginia Covell Parham
Mr. Milton F. Stevens
A giving circle, named after
the year of our founding,
that includes all donors who
made gifts of cash, securities,
or property, regardless of
gift purpose, in a calendar
year. (Excludes planned gifts
and bequests, which are
recognized separately.) As we
give recognition for support,
space limitations allow us to
list only gifts of $1,000 or more
(cumulative) between January 1
and December 31, 2011.
Individuals
Anonymous
Thomas & Arloah Artingstall
Mr. Jack Bechtel
Mrs. Betty Bufkin
Mr. Louis L. Colen
Jean Dewdney
Judge Meredith A. Jury
Mrs. Yoko Ono Lennon
Mr. & Mrs. H. Austin Mahr
Dot & Rick Nelson
Mrs. Marianne Nicols
Mr. D. Kenneth Richardson
Mr. & Mrs. David Wiegand
$1,000 to $9,999
Ms. Ruth T. Abraham
Leon and Toby Gold
Foundation
Pasadena Showcase House for
the Arts
Gordon Weiss Schanzin Vision
Institute
Pomona Host Lions Club
Mr. Chien Feng Sun
Foundations,
Corporations &
Special Groups
Lester & Linda Sussman
$1,000,000 and more
Bob Swaile
Henry L. Guenther Foundation
Friends of Braille Institute
San Diego
$100,000 to $999,000
Frank and Joseph Gila Fund
The B.P. Moser Trust
Josephine Herbert Gleis
Foundation
The Louis L. Borick Foundation
The Karl Kirchgessner
Foundation
Walter Lantz Foundation
Byram Memorial Trust of the
California Community
Foundation
Callie D. McGrath Charitable
Foundation
The Champions Volunteer
Foundation
Dan Murphy Foundation
Church at Pleasant Hill
National Federation for the Blind
City National Bank
The Gerald M. & Elizabeth A.
Jennings Foundation
Nichols Enterprises, L.P.
Arnold & Kay Clejan Charitable
Foundation
KPMG LLP
Mr. & Mrs. Leslie E. Stocker, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Eduardo Suastegui
Mr. Philip V. Swan
Ms. Agnes Tam
Mr. J. Arnold Teasdale
Mrs. Allie E. Tegner
The Irvine and Irma Robbins
Foundation
George & Bonnie Thomas
Weingart Foundation
Mr. Loren E. Thompson
$50,000 to $99,999
Mrs. Daniel M. Tolmach
Ms. Rita J. Traub
Braille Institute Auxiliary of
Santa Barbara
Mrs. Susan Treiman
Johnny Mercer Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. John D. Vandevelde
$25,000 to $49,999
Ms. Marilyn Vandever
AS&F Foundation
Mr. Arnold Aubert Vernon
Frances C. Berger Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Wallace
Braille Institute Auxiliary
Mr. Robert C. Wanzong
Braille Institute Auxiliary of East
San Gabriel Valley
Mr. James Washington
Mr. & Mrs. John S. Welch
Mr. & Mrs. Pierce Wenthur
Mr. Truman B. White
Mr. Frank Whiting
Ms. Beverly Whitmore
Goldbaum Charitable
Foundation
The Bruce Ford & Anne Smith
Bundy Foundation
Almex USA, Inc.
City of Laguna Woods
David S. Ascher Charitable
Foundation
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The Kenneth T. and Eileen L.
Norris Foundation
Pasadena Tournament of Roses
Association
The Patron Saints Foundation
San Manuel Band of Mission
Indians
The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey The Lucille Ellis Simon
Foundation
Foundation
Ann Peppers Foundation
Sisters of St. Joseph Healthcare
Foundation
Alzheimer’s Association
The Augustyn Foundation Trust
The Cecile and Fred Bartman
Foundation
Carol Young Brooke Foundation
Betty Corradini Endowment Fund
of the California Community
Foundation
Cushman Foundation
Delta Gamma Foundation
Catherine C. Demeter
Foundation
Desert Regional Medical Center
Auxiliary
Florence R. Devine #1 Fund of
the California Community
Foundation
Hayford Family Foundation
The Heller Foundation of
San Diego
Rancho Park Rotary Club
Hemet Ramona Valley
Lions Club, Inc.
The John C. Hench Foundation
Rotary Club of Studio City
Philip Hohnstein Family
Foundation
The Simon-Strauss Foundation
Horizon Scripted Television Inc.
The Ann Jackson Family
Foundation
La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary
Club Foundation
La Jolla Kiwanis Foundation
La Vista Foundation for the Blind
and Physically Handicapped
The Ruth Lane Charitable
Foundation
Lark Ellen Lions Charities
Livingston Memorial Foundation
The Los Angeles Breakfast Club
Foundation
Ms. Judith B. Whitsit
Meta & George Rosenberg
Foundation
Mrs. Diane Wilkinson
Ullman Foundation
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Robert N. Williams
Wood-Claeyssens Foundation
Karen Williamson
$10,000 to $24,999
The Walter J. and Holly O.
Thomson Foundation
Florence R. Devine #2 Fund of
the California Community
Foundation
United Agencies, Inc.
Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation
I. N. & Susanna H. Van Nuys
Foundation
Elks of Los Angeles Foundation
The Lluella Morey Murphey
Foundation
Emerald Court Residents
Association
NBC, MSNBC, KNBC Universal
Foundation
Farbstein Family Charitable
Foundation
The Northrop Grumman
Foundation
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Olympic Maintenance of America
Georges & Germaine Fusenot
Charity Foundation
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Ayjay & Nancy Y. Wilson
Lon V. Smith Foundation
Mr. Howard O. Wilson
The Beverly & Frank Arnstein
Foundation
James L. & Shirley Wood
The Auen Foundation
Mr. Philip P. Woodward
Aussie Nads U.S. Corporation
$1,000 to $9,999
Ms. Nancy Wulkan
Boand Family Foundation
Aberdeen Foundation
Ms. Effie C. Yamano
Braille Institute Associates
of the Desert
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla
Indians
Mr. Gordon C. Zwirtz
The Allergan Foundation
Ramona’s Mexican Food
Products, Inc.
Garnette & Lloyd McVey Family
Foundation
Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Muller Family Foundation
Reseda Women’s Club
San Clemente Villas by the Sea,
LTD.
Sidney Stern Memorial Fund
Thoren Family Charitable Trust
UCSB Judo Club
Union Pacific Foundation
Planned Gifts
Planned gifts, also known as
deferred gifts, help to secure
Braille Institute’s future. We wish
to thank and recognize those
individuals who made irrevocable
planned gifts to Braille Institute
during calendar year 2011.
Ms. Nancy Anderson
Anonymous
Loraine I. Barr
Ms. Margaret Beetham
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Brende
Ms. Aimee Chan
Dr. P.N. Danailov
Mr. Robert W. Lloyd
In Memoriam &
Tribute Gifts
Gifts in Kind
Gifts in kind are non-monetary
By making a gift in memory of or gifts of tangible goods that
either in themselves, or from
in tribute to a friend, associate
or family member, you can honor proceeds resulting from their
sale, help support the mission
a special occasion, pay tribute
of Braille Institute. We wish to
to someone you care about or
celebrate the memory of a loved thank all those who made donations of gifts in kind during
one. Recognized below are
calendar year 2011. However,
individuals who had gifts made
in their name totaling $1,000 or space limitations allow us to
only list those whose gifts were
more in calendar year 2011.
estimated to be of a value of
In Honor of:
$1,000 or more.
Inger Coleman
Frances Cammer
Geoffrey & Melinda Grotz
Community & Senior Services
Sharon Kohn
Department
In Memory of:
Ms. Shirley J. Dudley
Ms. Remedios Pacquing
Dorothy Adoor
Mr. William B. Paullin
Richard J. Casey
Lucille M. Rice
Ardra Chin
Marjorie H. Roberts
Everett Clark
S. Roguin
Columbus B. Courson
Ms. Audrey C. Smith
Frances C. Dobney
Thibiant International
Ms. Lois M. Callon Smith
Ms. Phyllis Wicks
Belle E. Dotseth
Shirley Durbin
Mickey Flicker
Donald Freeberg
Troy Fred Griggs
John & Lowry Hench
Ray Huffaker
Joan Levy
Garnette & Lloyd McVey
Marshall M. Mosher
Alfred Nicols
Frances Paelian
Ruby H. Pinker
Dr. David S. Saxon
William Van Wyck
Rose Venuto
Edlund Wuorie
Ms. Beverly J. Hanson
Ms. Alice Morrow
Mrs. Marianne Pinchot Nicols
Employers with
Matching Gift
or Employee
Directed Giving
Programs
Braille Institute received gifts
from the following companies
in 2011, through either an
employer gift matching program
or an employee-directed giving
program.
Allstate Giving Campaign
America’s Charities
Arrowhead United Way
AT&T United Way
Employee Giving Campaign
Bank of America Foundation
Matching Gift Program
Bank of America Volunteer
Grants Program
Bank of America United Way
Campaign
Capella University
Inspire Giving Program
Chevron HumanKind Matching
Gift Program
Coachella Valley & 29 Palms Area
Combined Federal Campaign
ECHO, Northrop Grumman
Employees Organization
Edison International Employee
Contributions Campaign
Employees Community Fund
of the Boeing Company
Greater Los Angeles Combined
Federal Campaign
IBM Employee Charitable
Contribution Campaign
Liberty Mutual’s
Give With Liberty
Macy’s Foundation
Macy’s Workplace Giving
Medco Employees Giving
Campaign
Bequests from
Wills and Trusts
From Braille Institute’s very
beginning, bequests have been
Microsoft Matching Gifts
essential to our financial wellProgram
being. In fact, they are the most
Orange-San Bernadino Counties significant means by which we
Combined Federal Campaign
receive financial support. Since
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts 1919, hundreds of friends,
Program
volunteers, students, and clients
have chosen to make bequests
The Prudential Foundation
to Braille Institute through their
Matching Gifts Program
wills or trusts as a meaningful way
Scitor Corporation Charitable
of being permanently identified
Gift Matching Program
with the significant work of the
Sempra Employee Giving
Institute.
Network
The Charles Schwab Foundation The income received from
bequests through wills and trusts
Matching Gifts Program
helps to ensure that for years to
SoCal Tri-County Combined
come thousands of blind and
Federal Campaign
visually impaired people of all
Union Bank Employee
ages will have a brighter future.
Workplace Campaign
It is with deep gratitude, that we
United Way of Central &
honor the memory of the following
Northeastern Connecticut
individuals whose bequests
United Way of the Columbia provided income during calendar
Willamette
year 2011.
United Way of Orange County
Mr. Richard H. Abarta
United Way of San Luis Obispo
County, Inc.
Ms. Mary Joaquina Abascal
Edwin B. Altman & June B. Altman
United Way of Santa Barbara
Anonymous
County
Ms. Ruth Appleby
United Way of Ventura County
Ms. Imelda L. Aron
United Way, Inc.
Ms. Helen Phillimarie Austin
UPS Workplace Giving Campaign Ms. Sonia L. Badia
Verizon Foundation
Mr. James A. Baker
Pauline Hudson Barnett
Wells Fargo Community
Support Campaign
Albert D. Berard & W. Douglas
Steinmetz
Yahoo Matching Gifts Program
Mrs. Cecile Betts
Zurich American Insurance
Mr. Hal J. Blase
Company
Ms. Margaret Boston
James B. & Jane R. Bradford
Mrs. Muriel Cameron
Mrs. Helen Camnitzer
Mrs. June R. Chapin
Gladys & Jack Chapman
Mr. Harry Mitchell Clement
Kay & Sydney Cole
Ms. Mary F. Comerford
Ms. Margaret A. Conley
Mr. Carl W. Connell
Charlotte Hatfield Cox
Ms. Thelma J. Cryst
Ms. Lucille L. Cuvata
Mr. George S. DeHesus, Sr.
Mrs. Stella Dickinson
Ms. Gladys Bruce Dilley
Frank Hart Dlouhy & Dorothy
Desiree Dlouhy
Mr. John Thruston Duffy
Mrs. Neva H. Easton
Mr. Ludwig G.B. Erb
Mr. Joseph B. Farkas
Mr. Laurence B. Flaws
Mrs. Lucille Fleming
Ms. Jean Fox
Mrs. Esther F. Gendall
Ms. Inez S. Gerloff
Mrs. Elsinore Machris Gilliland
Ms. Myrtle M. Glendenning
M. Neal & Barbara
Keenan Goff
Miss Ruth D. Goodman
Ms. Pearl A. Gray
Mr. Wilbur C. Grosse
Dr. John A. Haberland
Dr. Massih Hakami
Mrs. Rosemary Hancock Smurr
Ms. Marilyn J. Hanna
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Calvin
Hartman
Mr. Jeffrey D. Hibbard
Fred & Lucille Hirsch
Ms. Pearl Hoag
Agnes & Aubrey Hopkins
James & Margaret Howard
Miss Dorothy Camilla Howe
Mr. Rock Hudson
Mrs. Jo Anne C. Jones
Mr. Marvin D. Kahn
Clyde G. Kaufman &
Marilyn C. Kaufman
Ms. Minna Kaye
Ms. Margaret Kenny
Mrs. Joan E. Koski
Mr. Gerard L. Le Beau
Mrs. Mary C. Lepkin
Franz & Eileen Lilloe
Ms. Linda L. Lindgren
Mr. Edward M. Lipsett
Mr. Alfred P. Little
Ms. Jean Urchael Littledyke
Mrs. Bertha Lorch
Mrs. Lillian Luisi
Ms. Anita A. MacKenzie
Mrs. Alyce D. Madigan
Jeanne R. & William A. Mallet
Mr. Claude A. Martin
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Matheny
Mr. William R. May
Mrs. Virginia S. McCallum
Florence V. & Francis L. McGraw
Ms. Peggy Jane McMahon
Mr. Roy Daniel McPhail
Mr. Harry M. McQuigg
Mrs. Louise F. Mollath
Mr. John E. Mooar
Mr. Fred Munoz
Mrs. Gladys Nicholl
Joseph G. & Pearl S. Noh
Mr. Albert Nyquist
Mr. Harry W. Ofshay
Mrs. Emilie Oppenheim
Mrs. Freda Palmer
John R. & Elizabeth S. Parker
Joseph & Evelyn Pertusati
Miss Anna K. Pfeiffer
Mrs. Mary J. Phosky
William & Jani Poindexter
Lt. Col. Robert D. Price
Ms. Hildegarde Princiotta
Miss Ruth M. Reed
Mrs. Sylvia H. Robb
Mr. Laurence Tanner Robbins
Mrs. Grace S. Robinson
Mrs. Pearl E. Rogers
Ms. Barbara M. Ross
Edwin R. and Wanda M. Roth
Benjamin & Esther Sharer
Ms. Margaret S. Sharp
Ms. Marjorie Leu Skala
Mrs. Lillian C. Smith
Mr. Roger C. Smith
Mrs. Valeria Elizabeth Smith
Ms. Virginia Stabler
Mrs. Elaine F. Stepanek
Mrs. Frederica Stumpf
Mrs. Carlyne Sudrann
Mr. William Earl Swisher
Ms. Isabelle Terzian
Herbert & Libby Tobin
Mrs. Patricia A. Tyner
Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Van Degrift
Emily & J. Benton Van Nuys
Mr. Jacque E. Wallace
Ms. Charlotte Wayno
Mr. Thomas L. Williams
Mr. Daniel L. Winter
Mrs. Cecile Woods Lewis
Ms. Nancy Woskow
Mr. Burton Zoul
The J. Robert Atkinson Heritage Society
When you leave a bequest to Braille Institute through a will, trust,
retirement plan, savings account, life insurance policy, charitable
gift annuity or other instrument, you are helping to ensure that
thousands of blind and visually impaired people of all ages will have a brighter future. If you
wish, you can also be recognized as a member of our prestigious J. Robert Atkinson Heritage
Society. Named for our founder, the Heritage Society honors those who have notified us
that they have set aside gifts for Braille Institute in their estate plans. It is our great pleasure
to recognize all active members of The J. Robert Atkinson Heritage Society.
Charlotte Abrams
Manuel Acosta
Mary Allen
Marjory M. Alsdurf
Kathy Andre
Anonymous
Carmen Apelgren
Jean Arley
Thomas & Arloah Artingstall
Mrs. Fannie “Bobby” Avrut
Thomas J. Baldwin
Ray E. Barnum
John J. Baro
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Barofsky
Loraine I. Barr
Bernice Barth
Mr. Jack Bechtel
Amelia “Pat” Bianconi
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Billingsley
Harris J. Bloch
Harry Boand, Jr.
Mark S. Bobry
Janice L. Boisclair
Evelyn P. Borden
Daniel & Evelyn Bourne
Mary A. Bowler
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Brende
Basia Bressickello
June Koenig Brouhard
Gerald & Mary Jo Brown
Lori Brown
Mr. Windford R. Brown
Mr. & Mrs. George Buckhalter
Mary G. Bullard
Mr. & Mrs. David Burkhardt
Marvin A. & Maxine L. Burnett
Mary E. Burson
Thomas K. Callister
Harriett Celinscak
Cindy Chan
Venus Devina Charistma
Marion A. Christoffel
Bruce & Jo Ann Clark
Gertha Collins
Charlotte Hatfield Cox
Pauline K. Crawford
Pilar Curren
Shirley Rhode Curtis
Msgt. George DaCorte,
USMC Ret.
Dr. P. N. Danailov
Doris Denning
Margaret J. Doty
Mrs. Lorri Driscoll
Keith & Earline DuFault
Virginia A. Ellis
Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Emery
Florence Esposito
Estelle Fields
Ralph Flood
Jane K. Fox
Bobbe Frankenberg
Eunice Friend
Jeff & C. Chanel Friesen
Mr. Sanford Gerber
Ms. Andrea Giambrone
Lu Gilbert
Thelma Ginzler
Lillian H. Glassman
Carl & Jeanette Goldbaum
Rochelle Gollin
Jean B. Goodwyn
Ron L. Gordon
Mrs. Ida Gottsdanker
Dr. & Mrs. W.N. Guddal
Anna M. Hafeli
Franklin D. & Phyllis M. Halladay
Martha Halstead
Sally M. Hammes
Heinz & Thelma Hanau
Roger J. Harmon
Mrs. Mary M. Hart
Gladys Haynie
Catherine L. Hazlett
Dr. Rosalyn S. Heyman
Dr. Robert V. Hine, Jr.
Mary Hope
Joseph E. Hynes
Alzia Jackson
Ralph & Virginia Jacobs
Norman & Rose Jaffe
Mary Allison Joyce
Milt Kandl
Frances B. Kaplan
Mr. Stanley A. Katapka
Mrs. Rose Kempf
Mr. & Mrs. Russell W. Kirbey
Dr. Rozella S. Knox
Dr. & Mrs. Carl Korn
Arthur Kusuhara &
Marguerite Garner
Mark Lambert
Mr. Joseph K. Landau
Shirley J. Lane
Palmer Langdon
Richard & Shirley Larson
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Lawrence
Lewis Lazarus
Elizabeth B.H. LeMenager
Joan & Henry Levy
Franz & Eileen Lilloe
Kenneth W. Lintz
Nate and Ruth Lipscomb
Mrs. Diana J. Longenberger
Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Lucky
Mr. & Mrs. John Magnuson
Mrs. Jeanette Malin
Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Mallory
Leona Mandelbaum
Helen Marto
Alma Mathias
Natalie McCabe
Mr. Ramsay McCue
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Meyer
Robert Moore
Margaret Moran
Patricia A. Morey
Sydne Morrison
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Murphy
Dr. William Murray
Tracy Nadeau
Betty M. Nance
Dot & Rick Nelson
Angela Nowlin
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Nutt
Ms. Barbara Oberle
Norma G. O’Melia
Ms. Remedios Pacquing
Marvin J. Paffenroth
Glenn T. & Kathleen C. Patmore
Mr. Robert M. Pedraglia
Ricardo & Julia Pena
Josephine Pendino
Mildred Perlin
Robert E. Peterson
Mr. Donald F. Pratt
Helen E. & Jesse W. Proctor
Homer A. Ralles
Jeremy C. Randall
Harold & Joy Rattray
Ralph A. Reinhard
Lucille M. Rice
Joan A. Risse
Linda Robbins
Marjorie H. Roberts
S. Roguin
Kenneth Rothschild
Rose Salomon
Bill & Doreen Sanders
Leonard & Cornelia Sauble
Art & Jean Schroeder
Joann L. Schulwitz
Esther S. Schuster
Mr. Arthur Schwartz
Merle Schwartz
Mrs. Carol Settimo
Judy A. Shackelford
Evelyn Hamil Shopp
Gretchen Sibley
Elayne Sidley
Mrs. Walter E. Simmonds
Barbara Siniscalchi
Ms. Mary Smiley
Richard C. Smith
Ms. Lois M. Callon Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Sherman Smith
Mr. Richard M. Smyser
Ruth Sollet
Mr. Karl Sommer
Julie Anne Soske
Marian Stanley
Pauline W. Stanley
Alida J. Stanton
Milton R. Stark
Mr. & Mrs. Leslie E. Stocker, Jr.
Mrs. Susie Stockton
Shirley P. Struble
Janet Swanson
Robert G. Terry Jr.
Isabelle Terzian
Mr. Sean Thomas
Muriel Thomson
Sharlotte & Frank Tubin
Mrs. Roy C. Turney
Cheryl & Terry L. Tyler
Eileen Fontaine Ulrich
Marie-Louise Van Horne
Paul & Lois Vaughan
Mr. Lloyd Vogelweid
Davis H. & Jean E.
von Wittenburg
Marjorie B. Wahl
Janice E. Wall
Monty & Patricia Waller
Ms. Nancy Wannberg
Catherine Watson
Mrs. Jack L. Watson
Leona Weiss
Dr. Donald M. Weitzman
Mrs. Marie Wickes
Robert N. Williams
Karen Williamson
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Wilson
Murray & Marion Winagura
Mr. Philip P. Woodward
Esther Zabin
Suzanne Zolfo
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raise the bar...
As you consider ways you might contribute to Braille Institute, we suggest you examine the
advantages of a planned bequest. Every year, bequests help ensure that Braille Institute will
be there for thousands of blind and visually impaired children and adults to light their way to
a brighter future.
Bequests from wills and trusts provided 47% of Braille Institute’s
operating income last year!
Perhaps you have thought about making a large charitable gift to Braille Institute, but
decided you could not afford it right now. You may be concerned about your own financial
security and that of your family. But virtually everyone has the resources to give a gift larger
than he or she ever dreamed possible after his or her lifetime – by making a bequest through
a will or trust. And for 93 years, hundreds of friends, volunteers, students and clients have
chosen a bequest to Braille Institute as a meaningful way of being permanently identified with
our mission of eliminating barriers to a fulfilling life caused by blindness and severe sight loss.
Leaving a bequest through your will or trust is easy,
simply include the following language:
I give (X dollars or X percent or all of the residue of my estate) to
Braille Institute of America, Inc., a California Nonprofit Corporation
with principal offices located at:
741 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029-3594
Tax identification number: 95-1641426 • Date of Incorporation: September 20, 1961
For more information on planning a gift for Braille Institute, please call our Planned Giving
office at 1-800-BRAILLE (272-4553), Ext. 1256, or visit us on the web: givetobraille.org
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