working together - El Paso Community Foundation

WORKING TOGETHER
$165,110,139
back into
the Community
since 1977
For Good. For El Paso. For Ever.
P.O. Box 272
El Paso, Texas 79943
333 North Oregon Street, 2nd Floor
El Paso, Texas 79901
(915) 533-4020
Fax: (915) 532-0716
www.epcf.org
WORKING TOGETHER
“Individually, we are one drop.
Together,
we are an ocean.”
– Ryunosuke Satoro
EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
P.O. Box 272
El Paso, Texas 79943
333 North Oregon Street, 2nd Floor
El Paso, Texas 79901
(915) 533-4020
epcf.org
A MESSAGE
TO THE COMMUNITY
For Good. For El Paso. Forever.
That is more than just a motto to the donors, board, and staff of the El Paso
Community Foundation. We live and breathe those words. Partnerships are
vital to moving the El Paso region forward – partnerships in health, education,
the arts, the environment, civic affairs, and human services. The El Paso
Community Foundation has embraced that belief since it began in 1977.
ARTSPACE EL PASO
On The Cover
OUR MISSION:
To establish permanent charitable funds
To provide a vehicle for donors-varied interests
To promote local philanthropy
To provide leadership and resources
in addressing local challenges and opportunities
Artspace El Paso Lofts is
a project of the El Paso
Community Foundation
that will serve as a
catalyst for downtown
El Paso and the arts
community. It will create
an economic boon to
the heart of our city by
providing affordable
housing for artists on
what is now a vacant lot
at Oregon and Missouri
streets. It will include
51 apartments, and
studio, gallery and
performance space.
As the Japanese poet’s words on the previous page suggest, the key is working
together. The El Paso Community Foundation certainly has been doing that.
Leigh V. Bloss
Chairman of the Board
With the Artspace El Paso Lofts, which broke ground this year, we are
working with Minnesota’s Artspace to move people downtown by providing
low-cost housing for local artists. We teamed with area experts to grow
Cultivate, a monthly forum on healthy food systems and sustainability.
We partnered with El Paso Live and the UTEP theater department to save
“Viva! El Paso.” Last fall, we launched the El Paso Community Foundation
Jewel Box Series at the Philanthropy Theatre, which showcases local
performing arts groups and the studio theater we developed as part of the
Plaza Theatre restoration.
Several relationships are behind the El Paso Community Foundation’s Plaza
Classic Film Festival, a major economic driver that attracts 40,000 people a
year to downtown El Paso.
That is just a sample of what we have been working on with our community
partners. The El Paso Community Foundation represents different things to
different people. Our donors’ interests are as diverse as their beliefs. They
share an interest in making El Paso a better place to live.
Eric Pearson
President
The El Paso Community Foundation strives to build partnerships that add to
the quality of life in our region. We will continue to do the quality work we
have been doing for 38 years – and counting.
For Good. For El Paso. Forever.
Community Foundation
National Standards Board
EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(Our version of the Good Housekeeping seal)
Joe Alcantar, Jr.
EL PASO COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION STAFF
Vice Chair
John T. Kelley
Eric Pearson
Jonathan W. Rogers, Jr.
Dr. Joe Kidd
Secretary
Betty Moor MacGuire
The El Paso Community Foundation is recognized by National Standards
for operational excellence.
Leigh V. Bloss
What does that mean? The National Standards are philanthropy’s most
rigorous, with some of the highest measuring sticks for accountability,
transparency, and continuous self-improvement.
Marylee Warwick Jurecky
The El Paso Community Foundation is among more than 700 community
Foundations in the United States. We are a member of the Council of
Foundations and are confirmed to be in compliance with the National
Standards for U.S. Community Foundations.
Community foundations provide a simple, powerful, and highly personal
approach to giving. As a public charity devoted to our community, we offer
a variety of giving tools to help you achieve your charitable goals.
The National Standards Board guides the sound policies and practices that
help community foundations achieve results and impact. It is our version
of the Good Housekeeping seal and distinguishes us as a smart investment
for philanthropists.
Intended as a blueprint for internal organizational development and as
a tangible set of benchmarks for external assessment of performance,
the 41 National Standards address six key areas of community
foundation operations:
Chairman
Joe Alcantar, Jr.
Treasurer
HONORARY VICE CHAIRMEN
Dr. Laurance N. Nickey
Guillermo Ochoa
Janice Woods Windle
Senior Advisor to the President
Carmen Maria Vargas
Chief Financial Officer
Kathrin Berg
David W. Dick
Vice President of Donor Relations
Jack Eisenberg
Amanda Fernandez
Ruth E. Gillett
PAST CHAIRMEN
Executive Assistant
Tom G. Hussmann
John Schweitzer
Bonita Johnson
Laura Karam
H. M. Daugherty, Jr.
Chris Lane
Hugh K. Frederick, Jr.
Betty Moor MacGuire
Richard H. Feuille
James Magee
Betty Moor MacGuire
Dr. John S. McKee, Jr.
Richard Hickson
Dorothy E. Murray
John T. Kelley
Dr. Roger G. Ortiz
Guillermo Ochoa
Program Director
Maggie Sanchez-Mercado
• Mission, structure, and governance
• Resource development
• Stewardship and accountability
• Grant-making and community leadership
G. Paul Porras
Mary Carmen Saucedo
• Donor relations
Mary Carmen Saucedo
Joe Alcantar, Jr.
• Communications
In the words of Vikki Spruill, President and CEO of the Council on
Foundations, “Each of us knows where a grant has made a difference,
a donation jump-started an initiative, or a contribution catalyzed a
movement.” This is where the El Paso Community Foundation’s efforts
to improve our region come to fruition.
President/Chief Executive Officer
Frances Roderick Axelson
Grants Manager
Luz Maria Méndez
Office Coordinator
Rosemary Neill
Program Officer
Stephanie Otero
Special Projects Coordinator
Doug Pullen
Executive Assistant/Event Director
Asia Saucedo
Office Assistant
Dr. Roger G. Ortiz
Josefina Solis
Sharon Smith Kidd
Accounting Assistant
Gary L. Williams
Senior Program Officer
Leadership
The El Paso Community Foundation believes in leading by example, taking the lead
on a number of initiatives designed to promote a better quality of life in El Paso.
Whether it is the Community Foundation’s popular Plaza Classic Film Festival
or new efforts, such as Cultivate, the Board of Directors uses its deep well of
knowledge and expertise to fill voids in the community.
CULTIVATE
Cultivate is a lightning forum on food systems and sustainability
that is sponsored by the El Paso Community Foundation.
Through these quarterly forums, we hope to convene, educate,
and provide impetus for collaboration on food systems and
sustainability efforts around the border region. Past speakers
include restaurateur Robert Ardovino, historian Mark Cioc-Ortega,
and Stephanie Neghan of the City of El Paso recycling department.
GREAT LADIES OF PHILANTHROPY
The El Paso Community Foundation celebrates the many women
who donate to funds in the Foundation with festive luncheons
in the spring and during the holidays. In addition to honoring
their contributions to the community they love, the 2014 El Paso
Community Foundation Great Ladies of Philanthropy luncheon
tasked attendees with handing out grants to six nonprofit
organizations and participating in the Community Foundation’s
annual Spirit of Giving campaign, which provides Christmas gifts
to those who might not otherwise get one.
Joe Alcantar, Jr.
“The Community
Foundation
reinforced my love
for El Paso...
helped me step back
and look at the
bigger picture.”
Joe Alcantar, Jr. loves
El Paso. A native son and
customs broker whose
involvement in local trade
organizations helped him
see “the bigger picture,”
Joe joined the El Paso
Community Foundation
Board of Directors in 1994.
He took part in projects
like the Plaza Theatre
restoration, and eventually
became board chairman.
“I believe it reinforced my
love for El Paso,” he says.
That love inspired the
Jose and Olga Alcantar
Family Fund for general
charitable purposes in the
Community Foundation,
to support the city he loves,
for years to come.
Leadership
JEWEL BOX SERIES
VIVA! EL PASO
In 2014, the El Paso Community Foundation created a new
performance series to showcase local performing arts groups
in the Philanthropy Theatre, a gem that the Community
Foundation donated to the City of El Paso as part of the
Plaza Theatre restoration. In partnership with El Paso Live,
the first El Paso Community Foundation Jewel Box Series
at the Philanthropy Theatre launched in October with the
homegrown musical “Lacy.” The first season, which ended in
May, included a new play by Mark Medoff and performances
by Border Theatre, Kids-N-Co. and others.
The El Paso Community Foundation stepped in to save one
of the area’s beloved summer traditions, “Viva! El Paso.”
The popular musical about the city’s first 400 years has been
retooled in partnership with the University of Texas at El Paso
theater department and El Paso Live. After a year off, it returned
to its home in the picturesque McKelligon Canyon Amphitheater
in June 2015.
Beverly and
James Dick III
One constant thread
between Beverly and Jim
during their 60 years of
marriage is their love of
El Paso, second only to
their love for one another
and their family. He
continues to run his
grandfather’s business, the
James A. Dick Company.
She is a member of the
Board of Directors of the
Cardwell Foundation,
an affiliated organization,
and a past President of
the Junior League of
El Paso. “I have complete
confidence in anything the
Foundation does,” Beverly
says. The couple, married
in 1955, gave the James A.
Dick Company Centennial
Fund for general charitable
purposes and the Beverly
and James A. Dick III Fund,
a charitable remainder
trust, a tax-exempt fund
that provides income until
their deaths, when the
remainder of the fund
goes to the El Paso
Community Foundation.
How to Start a Fund
You don’t have to be rich
to be a philanthropist
Anyone can contribute to any of the funds in the El Paso Community
Foundation. They are listed in this annual report. You can start your own
fund. It’s easy.
Name Your Fund
Funds are usually named for people, places and things. Pick a name that
makes sense to you.
Mary M. Holguin
In a 44-year career,
Mary Holguin taught
everything from first grade
to college classes. After
retiring, she wanted to
do something for future
educators. Mary met
with El Paso Community
Foundation staff, who
helped her create the
Mary Mendoza Holguin
Scholarship Fund. It is a
testamentary gift to support
students pursuing teaching
careers. “I wanted to open
the scholarship fund so that
when my time is over on
this earth, it can give out
scholarships to students
who are serious about going
into the education field,”
Mary says.
“We all have to help each other
in order to exist.
Our gifts come
from hard work.
Our rewards come
from hard work
for others.”
– Bea Brag
donor and former
El Paso Community Foundation employee
Make Your Initial Gift
It can be a few dollars, a few hundred or a few thousand. Some people
donate land, property or other valuable items. You and others can add to
it as often as you like.
Choose The Type of Fund
There is a fund type for every need. They can support organizations,
causes, areas of interest, or the community needs in general. Everything
from the arts to wildlife rescue can be helped. See below for a list of funds
in the El Paso Community Foundation.
TYPES OF FUNDS
The Fund for El Paso
Also known as a General Charitable Purpose (GCP) fund, donations to this
type of fund may be used to address a wide variety of needs in the community.
Designated Funds
Allows the donor to support one or more specific organizations.
Field of Interest Funds
The donor indicates an area of interest, such as animals or the arts, to which
they want the funds directed.
Donor Advised Funds
The donor suggests specific uses of the fund.
Charitable Remainder Trust Funds
Irrevocable charitable trusts that provide income to the donor during
their lifetime and support charitable work after.
If you would like to start a fund or learn more about planned giving to
support causes that you care about, contact Eric Pearson, president and
CEO of the El Paso Community Foundation, at 915-533-4020 or email
Eric at [email protected].
SCHOLARSHIPS
Since the El Paso Community Foundation’s start in 1977, area students
have been given opportunities to succeed through the generosity of fund donors.
In 2014, the El Paso Community Foundation invested $1,076,871 in scholarships
to students from the El Paso region.
Michael C. Bustillos
After their son’s unexpected
death, Robert and Teresa E.
Gallardo wanted to keep
his memory alive. They
created the Michael C.
Bustillos Scholarship Fund,
which benefits music
students at the University
of Texas at Arlington, his
alma mater. “We didn’t
have the money or the
knowledge, but the El Paso
Community Foundation is
local, has a great reputation
and could help us to do it,”
says Teresa E. Gallardo.
She helps lead the family’s
ongoing efforts to raise
money for the fund –
through annual menudo
dinners, garage sales and
other events – and keep
Michael’s memory alive
for years to come.
Al Anderson Music
Scholarship Fund
Alfred Anderson was a mentor and father figure to the
thousands of band students he taught at Bowie and Austin
high schools over a 45-year career. He also led bands at Texas
Western College, including one that greeted the school’s 1966
NCAA men’s championship basketball team at the airport. His
musical legacy lives on with this fund, established by his wife,
Margaret Anderson, after his death in 2013.
Bears Beyond the Border
Scholarship Fund
A group of like-minded college graduates and faculty, all
Bowie High School alumni, felt so passionately about helping
future Bears that they created this fund in 2013. It awards
scholarships to college-bound students from their alma mater,
“La Bowie.”
SCHOLARSHIPS
Mickey Solis
Scholarship Fund
Mickey Solis was an El Paso success story with an unusual twist.
He grew up in the Sherman projects and became a pharmacist,
a job that helped him earn his way through law school. He
became a successful attorney and politician. After his death in
2009, his widow, Felipa Solis, created this scholarship fund for
future lawyers and pharmacists at Jefferson High School and
the Silva Health Magnet High School.
Rosa Guerrero
Scholarship Fund
Named for the local folklorico legend and retired teacher,
who turned 80 in 2014, the Rosa Guerrero Scholarship Fund
honors a woman who has done so much to teach all of us
about tolerance, potential, and education as an empowering
force. This fund awards scholarships to college-bound seniors
at her alma mater, El Paso High School.
STACEY SOWARDS
The well-traveled chair of
the UTEP Department of
Communication wanted
to honor her grandparents
and provide scholarships.
She created two funds in
the El Paso Community
Foundation. The Mary K.
and Donald W. Fleming
Scholarship Fund benefits
communication students
at UTEP. The Harriet and
Edward Sowards Fund
helps students studying
abroad. “The El Paso
Community Foundation
helped me create something
meaningful,” Stacey says,
“while honoring my
grandparents, which is
really important to me.”
SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
Scholarships offer donors a unique
opportunity to directly impact the
youth and the future of
our community.
Debra A. Caldwell
Scholarship Fund
The Cello Fund
Lucy and Abraham Chavez Fund
for String Instrumentalists
Advertising Federation of El Paso
Scholarship Fund
Coronado High School Class
of 1988 Scholarship Fund
Al Anderson Music
Scholarship Fund
Ramon Corral Scholarship Fund
Marian Meaker Apteckar Fund
for UTEP College of Nursing
Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Curtis
Memorial Fund for UT Medical
Branch at Galveston
Marian Meaker Apteckar Fund
for Piano Studies at UTEP
Nora Dove Apteckar Fund
for Creative Writing
Bank of America Scholarship Fund
Bears Beyond the Border
Scholarship Fund
LaNelle Boling Scholarship Fund
for Hearing Impaired
“I am not wealthy,
by any means,
but I see my funds
in the Community
Foundation
make a difference.”
– Margie Melby
Flora L. Daugherty Scholarship
Fund for Sul Ross University
J. D. and Edna Davis
Scholarship Fund
El Paso Philharmonic Strings
UTEP Music Scholarship Fund
First National Bank Fund for
Children of El Paso County/Ft. Bliss
Soldiers Killed in Action
“We all have
different roles
in making this
a better community,
and the
Community Foundation
supports those roles.”
– Rebeca Ramos
Enrique L. Gallegos
Memorial Scholarship Fund
Kenneth P. Gifford
Scholarship Fund
Ruth E. Gillett Scholarship Fund
for Andress High School
Dr. James J. Gorman
Scholarship Fund for Medicine
Mary K. and Donald W. Fleming
Scholarship Fund
Earle Graham Scholarship
Foundation Fund for Texas A&M
John P. Foster Scholarship Fund
for Engineering
Ivy and Win Griffin Scholarship
Fund for Hearing Impaired
Velma P. Foster Memorial Fund
for Teacher Education
Rosa Guerrero Scholarship Fund
for El Paso High School
Arthur Francis Gale Memorial
History Scholarship Fund for UTEP
Ramiro and Anna Maria Guzmán
Scholarship Fund
Nelly Garcia Gallinar
Scholarship Fund
Polly Harris Theater Arts
Scholarship Fund
Dr. Russell Holt Memorial Fund
David Pearson Scholarship Fund
Edgar L. and Sibley Cirlot Hunter
Fund II Scholarships in Tularosa
Karen and Richard Pearson
Scholarship Fund for Broadcast
Journalism at UTEP
Luis Jimenez Memorial Art
Scholarship Fund
Joseph B. Karam Scholarship Fund
Carly M. Laverde Memorial
Scholarship Fund
for Coronado High School
Lawyers Title of El Paso Scholarship
Fund for UTEP and EPCC
Yashar Mahmood Memorial Fund
for El Paso High School
Makios Technology Fund
Dorothy G. Marshall
Scholarship Fund
Catherine L. McPike
Scholarship Fund
Shirley Gore Staten Fund
for Modern Dance
Podus Perpetual Fund
for UTEP
Stevenson Family Scholarship Fund
“El Paso is fortunate
to have the
Community Foundation...
it improves the
overall self-worth
of the community.”
– Robert Brown
Press Club of El Paso Scholarship
Fund for UTEP
Mary Mendoza Holguin
Scholarship Fund
General Casimir Pulaski
Society Fund
Warren T. Mithoff Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Dorrance D. Roderick Music
Scholarship Fund for UTEP
A. Alan and Marie Z. Montrose
Scholarship Fund
Patricia and Jonathan Rogers
Fund for Graduate
Engineering Students at UTEP
Harlow L. Paul III Scholarship
Fund for Burges High School
Arden Reed Sparks Scholarship
Fund for Teacher Education
Marguerite Loya Pearson
Scholarship Fund for the Arts
John and Everett Melby
Scholarship Fund
for El Paso High School
Murchison Engineering Student
Scholarship Fund
Harriet J. and C. Edward Sowards
Scholarship Fund
Robert Schreck Memorial
Education Fund
Mickey Solis Scholarship Fund
Margarita and Francisco
Talamantes Scholarship Fund
W. W. Turney Scholarship Fund
Clyde Wafer Scholarship Fund
Robbin E. L. Washington
Scholarship Fund
James H. and Dorothy Hindman
White Scholarship Fund
Worker’s Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Aaron M. Works Memorial
Scholarship Fund
“Our children
need to know
that they have
to give back.”
– Rosa Guerrero
GRANT GUIDELINES
GrantS
The El Paso Community Foundation believes that helping nonprofits
is a great investment in the community we love. The Community Foundation
makes grants to a broad range of organizations, from tiny startups
with innovative ideas that make a difference to large organizations
that have specific local impacts. Read on for a small sample
of some recent grant recipients.
Fab Lab El Paso
Second Chance Wildlife Rescue
Segundo Barrio Futbol Club
With the motto “Power Tools to the People,” the fabrication
lab uses computer design, routers, scanners, and 3D printers
to teach people to use technology to make the world a better
place. It enables El Pasoans of all ages to develop products
ranging from furniture to mechanical parts. A grant from an
El Paso Community Foundation affiliated organization helps
fund its Fab Kids program.
Second Chance Wildlife Rescue saves hundreds of orphaned
and wounded doves, pigeons, hummingbirds, hawks, other birds,
and animals each year. Grants from the El Paso Community
Foundation and its affiliate organizations help the all-volunteer
organization pay bills – and rescue wildlife.
Simon Chandler started the program to fill a void in Segundo
Barrio, one of the nation’s poorest neighborhoods, which had
no organized sports. Kids in two different age groups now
compete in leagues on the east and west sides of town. In 2014,
Chandler added a reading program. Grants from the El Paso
Community Foundation and its affiliate organizations help
support this growing effort.
Grant seekers may go to our website at epcf.org to view the El Paso
Community Foundation’s guidelines and to submit an application. Click on
the Receive prompt from the menu.
“It is rewarding
to be involved
in the diverse
efforts of the
Community Foundation,
helping people in need
and the city
in general.”
– Tom Porter
The El Paso Community Foundation areas of interest are: Arts and
Humanities; Civic Affairs/Public Benefit; Environment/Animals; Education;
Health and Disabilities; and Human Services. Because the Community
Foundation is a collection of many separate funds established by individuals,
families, nonprofit organizations and companies, the grants suit a variety of
philanthropic interests and giving styles.
Grants generally will not be made for annual campaigns, dinners or special
events, ongoing general support, individuals, capital campaigns for new
buildings, or travel.
Grant requests will be considered only from agencies located within or
offering services to the citizens of our community, which includes far west
Texas, southern New Mexico, and northern Chihuahua, Mexico.
U.S. applicants must be exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c) (3)
of the Internal Revenue Code or the equivalent in Mexico.
The Board of the El Paso Community Foundation reviews requests and
selects recipient organizations in May and November of each year. Deadlines
for receipt of requests are February 1 and August 1.
GRANTS
The following is a sampling of
grants made from the El Paso
Community Foundation in 2014.
ALLIANCE OF BORDER
COLLABORATIVES
Provide safe, potable water to
Tornillo residents
ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION
STAR CHAPTER
Support dementia research,
programs
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE
OF EL PASO, INC.
Operation School Bell project
BORDER AIDS PARTNERSHIP
HIV/AIDS-related educational
services
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF
EL PASO
Project STEM initiative
BRIDGES ACADEMY OF
EL PASO
Assistance for children with
learning disabilities
CANDLELIGHTERS OF THE
EL PASO AREA, INC.
Camps, programs for children
with cancer
CENTER AGAINST FAMILY
VIOLENCE, INC.
Emergency shelter for women,
children
CENTRO SANTA CATALINA
Job training for Juárez women
CHILD CRISIS CENTER
OF EL PASO
Emergency shelter for children
EL PASO CHILD GUIDANCE
CENTER, INC.
Counseling services for children
CHILDREN’S GRIEF CENTER
OF EL PASO
Peer grief counseling
EL PASO DIABETES
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Early detection, screening and
education services
COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL
ADVOCATES (CASA)
Recruit, train volunteers to
advocate for children in court
CREATIVE KIDS, INC.
Art therapy for children with cancer
CUENCA DE LOS OJOS, A. C.
Environmental preservation,
restoration projects in the U.S.
and Mexico
EL PASOANS
FIGHTING HUNGER
Purchase food
EL PASO BAPTIST CLINIC
Support operation of health clinic
EL PASO OPERA
Children’s opera workshop
EL PASO PRO MUSICA GUILD
Educational outreach
EL PASO RESCUE MISSION
Shelter, counseling, education and
vocational training for homeless
EL PASO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION
Education, outreach programs
for children
EL PASO ZOOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
Programs support
FAMILY SERVICE OF EL PASO
Counseling services
FEMAP FOUNDATION
School of nursing construction
and support
FORT BLISS
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
Programs support
HOSPICE EL PASO
Music therapy program
HUMANE SOCIETY OF EL PASO
Veterinary costs
IMPACT: PROGRAMS
OF EXCELLENCE
Cultural program support
JEWISH FAMILY AND
CHILDREN’S SERVICE
Counseling services
KCOS-TV
Public television broadcasting
KIDS EXCEL EL PASO, INC.
Dance, performance education
2014 GRANTS TOTALING
MORE THAN $4,881,752
KTEP-FM
Public radio broadcasting
Environment/
Animals
$427,620
Human
Services
$465,256
Health and
Disabilities
$1,758,187
LA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Educational enrichment programs
LA POSADA HOME
Shelter operating support
Civic Affairs/
Public Benefit
$494,336
Arts and
Humanities
$659,482
LA FAMILIA DEL PASO INC.
Training, activities for the disabled
LEE AND BEULAH MOOR
CHILDREN’S HOME
Building, maintenance campaign
Education
$1,076,871
LORETTO ACADEMY
Educational assistance
LOS PAISANOS
DE EL CHAMIZAL
Siglo de Oro Spanish Drama
Festival support
LYDIA PATTERSON INSTITUTE
Capital campaign
MASCAREÑAS FOUNDATION
Barrio art program in Juárez;
UTEP scholarships
“I saw the variety
of needs in El Paso
and wanted to have
a role in addressing them
through the
Community Foundation.
I believe that the Community
Foundation makes
a huge difference.”
– Dr. Roger Ortiz
MISIÓN CON VISION, A. C.
Support of orphanage in Juárez
MUSTARD SEED
COMMUNITY CAFE
Support anti-hunger efforts
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON
MENTAL ILLNESS OF EL PASO
Project support
OPERATION NOEL
Coats for children
PASO DEL NORTE CHILDREN’S
DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Expansion of services
PET GUARDIAN ANGEL
Vaccination of dogs, cats
PETS ALIVE EL PASO INC.
Spaying and neutering assistance
for low-income families
PROGRAMA
COMPAÑEROS, A. C.
STD prevention, education,
treatment programs
PROJECT ARRIBA
Post-secondary education assistance
for unemployed, veterans,
single parents
PROJECT VIDA
HEALTH CENTER
Health care services for the needy
REYNOLDS HOUSE, INC.
Emergency shelter for women
and children
RIO BRAVO
THERAPY SERVICES
Equine therapy for children
with disabilities
RIO GRANDE CANCER
FOUNDATION
Cancer survivors education forum
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
CHARITIES OF EL PASO
Family lodging support
THE SALVATION ARMY
OF EL PASO
Emergency services
SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEXAS
Training and competition programs
THERAPET ELDERCARE
Food for animals for the elderly
YWCA-EL PASO
DEL NORTE REGION
Operational support
INTERNATIONAL WORK
FEMAP SCHOOL OF NURSING
PERMANENT
MEMORIAL FUNDS
Improving health and economic opportunity on both sides
of the border are important to the El Paso Community
Foundation, which supports the Federacion Mexicana de
Asociaciones Privadas (FEMAP) and its growing school of
nursing in Juárez, Mexico. It began in 1993 with a handful
of nursing assistant students to become the largest accredited
nursing school in Chihuahua, graduating more than 70 nurses
a year. The Foundation also supports the FEMAP Foundation’s
$15 million campaign to build a four-story nursing school and
expand Hospital de la Familia.
Sharing the Legacy
Each of these individuals honored
by the creation of a memorial
fund gave something special
to their city. For some, it was
leadership and business acumen;
for others, a rich tradition of
volunteerism, or their youth and
promise. They are remembered
and missed. In their names, lives
are being changed for the better.
Henry F. Baldwin
Hal M. Daugherty, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Baldwin and
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Nagley Fund
for YWCA
Hal M. Daugherty, Jr. Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Lillian H. Baldwin
Peter de Wetter
Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Baldwin and
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Nagley Fund
for YWCA
de Wetter Family Charitable Fund
Bruce McCheane Barnard, Jr.
Mary H. Dipp
Bruce McCheane Barnard, Jr. Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Mary H. and Mike Dipp, Sr. Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Marie G. Brown
Mike Dipp, Sr.
Marie G. Brown Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Mary H. and Mike Dipp, Sr. Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Michael C. Bustillos
Michael C. Bustillos Scholarship Fund
AMOR POR JuÁrez
Its name means “Love for Juárez,” something that was in
short supply when cartel violence escalated in Juárez, Mexico
in the late 2000s. Amor Por Juárez started in 2009 to combat
the culture of violence at its peak with youth-oriented arts
and cultural programs. The El Paso Community Foundation
supports Amor Por Juárez’s efforts, which instill civic pride and
provide opportunities for young artists, writers and performers,
including the recent opening of its Juárez Contemporary, an art
gallery that showcases the work of these emerging artists.
Alfred Anderson
Al Anderson Music Scholarship Fund
Dr. Eugenio Aguilar
E. A. Aguilar, Jr. D.D.S. Fund
for Elders’ Dental Needs
Leon Apteckar
Leon Apteckar Endowment Fund
Marian Meaker Apteckar
Zelda Camhi
Zelda Camhi Memorial Fund
for Children’s Services
Alyce O. Carroll
Edwin W. and Alyce O. Carroll Fund
for Rescue Mission, Hospice
and VNA
Edwin W. Carroll
“I have been involved
with many charities,
and I have seen the best
and the brightest in El Paso
give through
the Community Foundation.”
– David Hassler
Emil Jay Dittmer
Edwin W. and Alyce O. Carroll Fund
for Rescue Mission, Hospice
and VNA
Emil Jay and Bernice Dittmer
Family Fund for General
Charitable Purposes
Marian Meaker Apteckar
Assistance Fund for
the UTEP College of Nursing
Esther P. Curtis
Dr. Andrew J. Eck
Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Curtis
Scholarship Fund for the University
of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Dr. Andrew J. and Jane Carling Eck Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
J. Clinton Bagwell
Marshall and Julia Condon
Victor Fayant
Marshall and Julia Condon Fund
Mabel and Victor Fayant Fund
for Abused Children
J. Clinton Bagwell Fund
for Salvation Army, Rescue Mission
and Radford School
Frank Feuille, III
William Lawrence Fly
Dr. James J. Gorman
Mary Mitchell Feuille and
Frank Feuille III Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
William Lawrence Fly Funds
for El Paso Chapters of
the American Red Cross and
the Salvation Army
Dr. James J. Gorman Scholarship Fund
for Medicine
Mary Mitchell Feuille
John P. Foster
Mary Mitchell Feuille and
Frank Feuille III Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
John P. Foster Scholarship Fund
for Engineering
Joseph L. Feuille
Velma P. Foster
Joseph L. Feuille and
Patrick F. Feuille Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Velma P. Foster Scholarship Fund
for Teacher Education
Patrick F. Feuille
Chris P. Fox
Joseph L. Feuille and
Patrick F. Feuille Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Chris P. Fox Fund
for Historical Preservation
H. D. and Juanita Fulwiler
“I feel like
I am doing
something important,
where my roots are,
through the
Community Foundation”
“The Community
Foundation
is a way to
give back to
the city I love;
a place to belong.”
– Bette Hervey
Dr. J. Leighton Green
– Steve Feinberg
Margaret Levy Feuille
Enrique L. Gallegos
Bradley Thomas Horton
Sibley Cirlot Hunter
Bradley Thomas Horton Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Edgar L. and Sibley
Cirlot Hunter Fund
Robert H. Hoy III
Harry L. Hussmann, Jr.
Robert H. Hoy III Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Harry L. Hussmann, Jr. Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Walter L. Hulen
Linda L. Jenkins
Walter L. Hulen Fund
for Human Rights
Linda L. Jenkins Fund
for Candlelighters
James F. Hulse
Luis Jiménez
Polly Harris
Macie C. Hulse
Polly Harris Theater Arts
Scholarship Fund
James F. and Macie C. Hulse Fund
for El Paso Public Library
James, Janie, and
Mark Keating
Morris A. Galatzan
Arthur F. Gale History Scholarship Fund
for UTEP
Edgar L. and Sibley
Cirlot Hunter Fund
Luis Jiménez Art Scholarship Fund
Dr. J. Leighton and Virginia Green
Family Fund for
Medical Related Purposes
Arthur Francis Gale
Edgar L. Hunter
Robert T. and Louisiana L.
Hoover Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
James F. and Macie C. Hulse Fund
for El Paso Public Library
H. D. and Juanita Fulwiler Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Judge Morris A. Galatzan Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Robert T. Hoover
“I like the idea
that the
Community
Foundation
permits
regular folks
to have a name
and ownership
in philanthropy.”
– Russell Hill
Carly M. Laverde
Carly M. Laverde Scholarship Fund
Helen E. Lee
James, Janie, and Mark Keating Fund
Robert W. (Pete) and
Helen E. Lee Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Katharine White Harvey
Kendle Elizabeth Kidd
Robert W. (Pete) Lee
Paul and Katharine White Harvey Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Kendle Elizabeth Kidd Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Robert W. (Pete) and
Helen E. Lee Fund for
General Charitable Purposes
Daniel Allan Kopra
Burton F. Littleton
Fred T. Hervey
Margaret L. Feuille Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Enrique L. Gallegos Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Fred T. Hervey Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Rabbi Floyd S. Fierman
Kenneth P. Gifford
Dr. Russell Holt
Rabbi Floyd S. Fierman Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Kenneth P. Gifford Scholarship Fund
for UTEP
Dr. Russell Holt Scholarship Fund
Donald W. Fleming
Leonard A. Goodman, Jr.
Louisiana L. Hoover
Mary K. and Donald W. Fleming
Scholarship Fund
Leonard A. Goodman, Jr. Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Robert T. and Louisiana L.
Hoover Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
“Anything the
Community Foundation
endorses has a
much better chance
of getting done.
With them, you are
able to put something
back into the community and feel
good about it.”
– Tom G. Hussmann
Dan Kopra Fund for Music Education
Burton F. Littleton Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Helen Mae Kuebler
Angel F. Loya
& Nellie Chavez Loya
Helen Mae Kuebler Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Lillian Brill Kurtin
Lillian Brill Kurtin Fund
for El Paso Country Day School
Angel F. Loya and
Nellie Chavez Loya Fund
John T. MacGuire
John T. and
Betty Moor MacGuire Fund
Yashar Mahmood
Warren T. Mithoff
Yashar Mahmood Memorial Fund
for El Paso High School
Warren T. Mithoff Scholarship Fund
Lydia Lee Mann
Louise Beach Murchison
Lydia Lee Mann Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Louise Beach Murchison Fund
for Radford School and
Murchison Engineering Student
Scholarship Fund
MacIntosh Murchison
Murchison Engineering Student
Scholarship Fund
“You have to
be willing
to give
of yourself.”
– Brigadier General
Ernst Roberts, U.S. Army (retired)
Dorrance D. Roderick
“I have always thought
that the true measure
of success is not
how much you have,
but how much
you give.”
– Susan Eisen
Joshua E. Nagley
Venard Orr
Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Baldwin and
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Nagley Fund
for YWCA
Mona M. and Venard Orr Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Charles F. O’Hara
Milan D. Pacillas
Charles F. and Ruth L. O’Hara Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Milan D. Pacillas Fund
Dr. Jaime Martinez
Ruth L. O’Hara
Harlow L. Paul III
Dr. Jaime Martinez Fund
for Children’s Dental Health Needs
Charles F. and Ruth L. O’Hara Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Harlow L. Paul III Scholarship Fund
John Cathcart Melby
Mona M. Orr
Mona M. and Venard Orr Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Bart T. Pearson
John and Everett Melby
Scholarship Fund for
El Paso High School
Elton E. Pearson
& Julieta Amador Pearson
Betty Jean Miller
Betty Jean Miller Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
René Mascareñas Miranda
René Mascareñas Miranda Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Richard Warren Mithoff
Richard Warren Mithoff Fund
for the YMCA of El Paso
Bart T. Pearson Fund
for Therapeutic Horsemanship
“I see firsthand
how the
Community
Foundation addresses
critical needs.”
– Lilian Crouch
Elton E. Pearson and
Julieta Amador Pearson Fund
Dorrance D. and
Olga B. Roderick Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Olga B. Roderick
Dorrance D. and
Olga B. Roderick Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Patricia Murchison Rogers
Patricia Murchison Rogers Fund
W. R. Weaver
“I can see the huge difference
the Community Foundation
makes every day, to people
from every walk of life.”
W. R. Weaver Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Dr. John O. West
Dr. John O. West Fund
– Tommye Duncan
Harriet J. and
C. Edward Sowards
Harriet J. and C. Edward Sowards
Scholarship Fund
Mary Elizabeth Whitfield
Mary Elizabeth Whitfield Fund
for Lydia Patterson Institute
William E. Whitfield, Jr.
Alfredo Saucedo
Shirley G. Staten
Alfredo and Mary Carmen Saucedo
Family Fund for General
Charitable Purposes
Shirley Gore Staten Fund
for Modern Dance
William Edwin Whitfield, Jr. Fund
for YWCA
Frank P. Schuster, Jr. M.D.
Grover C. Stephens
Charles Kendrick Windle
Schuster Fund for Community
Mental Health
Grover C. and Johnnie C
Stephens Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Charles Kendrick Windle Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Irving and Soletta Schwartz
Johnnie C. Stephens
Wilton George Woods
Irving and Soletta Schwartz Fund
for the El Paso Public Library
Grover C. and Johnnie C.
Stephens Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Wilton George Woods Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Dona Scurry
Grover L. Stephens
Glyn and Karl O. Wyler, Sr.
Dona Scurry June 2nd Fund
Grover C. and Johnnie C.
Stephens Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
William J. Sholander
Margarita and Francisco
Talamantes
William J. Sholander Fund
for Armed Services YMCA
Margarita and Francisco Talamantes
Scholarship Fund
Glyn and Karl O. Wyler, Sr. Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Marguerite Loya Pearson
James Paul Sitton
Merry Elliott Tarwater
Marguerite Loya Pearson
Scholarship Fund for the Arts
James Paul Sitton Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Merry Elliott Tarwater Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
Dr. Charles F. Rennick
Miguel Solis
Prisciliana Valencia
“Truly, you can
always trust
the Community
Foundation to do
the right thing
for El Paso.”
Prisciliana Valencia Fund
for General Charitable Purposes
– Robert Haynsworth
Dr. Charles F. Rennick Hospice Fund
for El Paso
Mickey Solis Scholarship Fund
THE FUND FOR EL PASO
Jorge Perez-Vinalet
and Yvette Fry-Perez
Jorge is a Cuban native.
Yvette is El Paso born.
They met while working
in New York’s art and
fashion industries and
moved to El Paso
after 9/11. The couple
owned, and later sold, the
trendy Ruby Lola fashion
boutique, named for their
twin daughters. Jorge
says they wanted to “leave
a little bit of a legacy”
for their girls and give
something back to El Paso
by establishing the Ruby
Lola Fund for General
Charitable Purposes in the
Community Foundation.
It as a testamentary gift
that will benefit the
community after the
fashionable couple is
gone. “The Community
Foundation seemed like
the best and most
beneficial way to do that,”
Jorge says.
The 382 funds now established in
the El Paso Community Foundation
represent a kaleidoscope of
interests, hopes, and dreams.
Distributions from these funds
have made possible an array of
grants that can be found on our
website at epcf.org.
Marie G. Brown Fund
Income from these unrestricted
funds, also known as general
charitable purpose funds, is
distributed in the form of grants
following a careful review by the
Board of Directors. These funds
have the most flexibility of all as
they can more easily meet the everchanging needs of our community.
J. A. and Evonne Cardwell Fund
Patricia Saucedo Burdick and
Byrl Burdick III Fund
Doris K. and Byrl H.
Burdick, Jr. Fund
Burkitt Foundation Perpetual Fund
Tina Cardwell Hatch
Charitable Fund
Sharon and Justice
Kenneth R. Carr Fund
Shugart-Chambers Family Fund
Roy T. and Keith T. Chapman Fund
Jose and Olga Alcantar
Family Fund
Jesse Camilla and
Manen Eric Clements Fund
Lucille Alvarez Fund
Marshall and Julia Condon Fund
Anonymous Fund
Nellie M. Crenshaw Fund
Leon Apteckar Assistance Fund
James J. and Lillian W. Crouch Fund
Architectural Products
Company Fund
Hal M. Daugherty, Jr.
Memorial Fund
Guillermo and Isabel Avila Fund
Alejandra de la Vega Fund
Frances Roderick Axelson Fund
de Wetter Family Charitable Fund
Marian Azar Fund
Beverly and James A. Dick III Fund
Nesa Azar Fund
James A. Dick Co. Centennial Fund
Bruce McCheane Barnard, Jr. Fund
Mary H. and Mike Dipp, Sr. Fund
Margaret Varner Bloss Fund
George R. and Cristina M. Dipp Fund
Wendy and Leigh Bloss Fund
Emily Jay and Bernice Dittmer
Family Fund
Charles H. and Mary Ann
Dodson Fund
Downtown Touchdown Club Fund
“The El Paso
Community
Foundation truly is
the soul of El Paso.”
– Pat Severa
Tommye J. Duncan Fund
Margaret Osborne duPont Fund
Bob and Mary Earp Fund
Dr. Andrew J. and Jane Carling
Eck Fund
Susan Eisen Lifetag Fund
Jack and Doris Eisenberg
Family Fund
Milton and Jean Feinberg Fund
Mary Mitchell Feuille and
Frank Feuille III Fund
Joseph L. Feuille and Patrick F.
Feuille Fund
Margaret L. Feuille Memorial Fund
Rickie and Louann Feuille Fund
Rabbi Floyd S. Fierman Fund
Paul L. Foster Fund
THE FUND FOR EL PASO
H. D. and Juanita Fulwiler Fund
Fred T. Hervey Fund
Lanward Foundation Fund
Judge Morris A. Galatzan Fund
Bette and George Hervey Fund
Lawyers Title of El Paso, Inc. Fund
Eleanor and Raymond Gardea Fund G. Russell and Cathy Hill Fund
Robert T. and Angela M.
Golberg Fund
Robert T. and Louisiana L.
Hoover Fund
Deborah C. Good Fund
Bradley Thomas Horton Fund
Leonard A. Goodman, Jr. Fund
Albert and Florence Horwitz
Family Fund
David and Carolyn Gough Fund
Robert H. Hoy III Memorial Fund
Leavell Fund
“We give to build
our community,
and it comes back
every time.”
– Hugh K. Frederick
Harry L Hussmann, Jr. Fund
“Every person in this city,
whether they know it or not,
has benefited
from the
El Paso Community Foundation.”
– Sharon Kidd
Kirby-Green Fund
Richard and Joyce Jaffee
Family Fund
Robert W. (Pete) Lee and
Helen E. Lee Fund
Bonita and Vernard Johnson Fund
Burton F. Littleton Fund
Junior League Fund
Loose Change Fund
Jenna Lee and Eric Jake
Jurecky Fund
Julius and Irene Lowenberg Fund
James, Janie and Mark
Keating Fund
Angel F. Loya and Nellie Chavez
Loya Fund
LWD Family Fund
John Groesbeeck Fund
Mount Franklin Kiwanis
Charitable Fund
Bill and Jeannie Hagan
Charitable Fund
John T. and Marjorie Kelley Fund
Hagan Family Fund
Kendle Elizabeth Kidd
Memorial Fund
Bruce and Ann Hallmark Fund
Bill and Susan Kisler Fund
Judy and Frank Mangan Fund
Paul and Katharine White
Harvey Fund
Merrill and Leon Krupp Fund
Lydia Lee Mann Fund
Helen Mae Kuebler Fund
Mariah Fund
Louis R. Lama Fund
Ellis Mayfield Family Fund
Lane Family Fund
Margaret Henry King McAfee Fund
Hassler Family Fund
Robert T. and Hazel
Haynsworth Fund
John T. and Betty Moor
MacGuire Fund
Lawrence and Irma Madrid Fund
Charles and Anna Mais Fund
Janie Keating
Jane Kleinschmidt Keating
was less than 5 feet, but
stood as tall as the pines.
Janie, husband Jim and son
Mark came to El Paso in
1977, bringing with them a
love of family, animals, the
outdoors and community
service. Janie had been
involved with the El Paso
Community Foundation in
the 1980s, but it was after
meeting the Foundation
staff at the Philanthropy
Theatre Annex dedication
in 2007 that she decided
to turn her family’s good
fortune into a legacy.
Janie died a year later,
after establishing the
James, Janie, and Mark
Keating Fund in the El Paso
Community Foundation,
a fund that supports local
charities devoted to helping
animals and children.
THE FUND FOR EL PASO
Meldahl Family Fund
Don and Norma Melendez Fund
Rudolph and Elvia Miles Fund
Elton E. Pearson and Julieta
Amador Pearson Fund
Pearson Family Fund
Betty Jean Miller Fund
Kathrin & William Pettit
Family Fund
MIMCO Fund
Tom and Gerry Porter Fund
Mithoff Burton Partners General
Charitable Fund
Yvonne K. Puig and Edward O.
Lent III Fund
A. Alan and Marie Z.
Montrose Fund
Raizada Fund
Art and Mary Lou Moreno Fund
Donna and Ernst Edward
Roberts Fund
Nayatt Fund
Charles H. and Eddy Jean Newman
Family Fund
Jack and Adella Niland Fund
Charles F. and Ruth L.
O’Hara Fund
Carlos and Carmen Ochoa Fund
Ruth Oppenheim Funds
Mona M. and Venard Orr Fund
Dr. Roger G. and Barbara Jean
Ortiz Fund
Milan D. Pacillas Memorial Fund
Mario and Margaret V.
Palafox Fund
Jim Scherr Fund
Evelyn and Edward F.
Schwartz Fund
Dona Sherman Scurry
June 2nd Fund
Seem Fund
Nena and Eliot Shapleigh Fund
“I have enough socks and ties,
and my walls are full.
Don’t give me a gift,
give a donation.”
– Duane Coleman
Dorrance D. and Olga B.
Roderick Fund
Roderick Family Foundation Fund
Star Fund
Stern Foundation Perpetual
Charitable Fund
Stoockey/Mershon-Ensell/O’Hara
Fund
Sun Travel Fund
Merry Elliott Tarwater
Memorial Fund
Susan Traylor Fund
Sandy Tyler Fund
Prisciliana Valencia Fund
W. R. Weaver Memorial Fund
Patricia Murchison Rogers Fund
Dr. John O. West Fund
Ruby & Lola Perez-Fry Fund
Elsie M. Williams Fund
Pablo and Cheryl Salcido Fund
Ricardo MEDINA
James Paul Sitton Memorial Fund
Grover C. and Johnnie C.
Stephens Fund
W. Merriman Morton Fund
George T. Murati Fund
Schatzman Family Fund
Charles Kendrick Windle Fund
Wayne and Janice Windle Fund
Irma Delia and Faustino R.
Sanchez Fund
Henry Wingo Fund
Alfredo and Mary Carmen
Saucedo Family Fund
Glyn and Karl O. Wyler, Sr.
Foundation Fund
Wilton George Woods Fund
Ricardo “Dick” Medina
graduated from Cathedral
High School in 1964. His
son is an alumnus. His
grandson is a freshman
there. The retired electrical
engineer wanted to help
his alma mater with a
fund that could help
defray operating costs and
maybe lower tuition. Dick
created the Cathedral High
School Fund in the El Paso
Community Foundation.
“I thought that was a
great idea,” Dick says.
“The principal (Brother
Nick Gonzalez) liked the
idea, too.” The Cathedral
High School Fund
directs funds to the
Catholic school.
DESIGNATED AND AGENCY FUNDS
Buddy Maros Foundation Fund
Candlelighters of El Paso Area Fund
Kenneth Capshaw Fund
for Music Education
Income from these endowment
funds is distributed to the agency
designated by the donor. Through
such a fund an individual can
provide ongoing support to a
specific organization, thereby
extending an annual gift beyond
his or her lifetime.
Edwin W. and Alyce O. Carroll
Fund for Rescue Mission,
Hospice and VNA
Cathedral High School Fund
Center Against Family
Violence Fund
Chihuahuan Desert Wildlife Fund
Compañeros International Fund
Advocacy Center for the Children
of El Paso Fund
E. A. Aguilar, Jr. D.D.S. Memorial
Fund for Elders’ Dental Needs
Air Defense Artillery
Association Fund
J. Clinton Bagwell Fund for
Salvation Army, Rescue Mission
and Radford School
Cuenca de los Ojos Fund
Daughters of Charity Fund for
San Vicente Health Clinic
El Paso Boys and Girls Club Fund
El Paso Council for International
Visitors Fund
El Paso County Historical
Society Fund
Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Baldwin and Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Nagley Fund
for YWCA
El Paso County Humane
Society Fund
Alben F. and Clara G. Bates
Foundation Fund for Insights
Science Center
El Paso Emergency Medical
Service Fund
Joseph M. Bates Memorial Fund
for Sun Bowl Foundation
El Paso Drive-A-Meal Fund
El Paso MHMR Fund
El Paso Ski Charities Fund
Denise Beaulieu Fund for the
El Paso Chapter of the American
Red Cross
El Paso Symphony Guild Young
Musicians Fund
Border Art Residency
Endowment Fund
El Paso Symphony Guild Young
People’s Concert Fund
Bridges School Fund
El Paso Symphony Orchestra
Sound For Excellence Fund
Madeline McKee Boscher Fund for
National Society of Arts and Letters
El Paso Zoological Society Fund
Grace Brown Fund for the El Paso
County Humane Society
El Punto Fund
Estrellas Para Niños Fund
Chris P. Fox Fund for
Historical Preservation
L. Frederick Francis and
Ginger Gurss Francis Fund
for Loretto Academy
“We see the Foundation
as the one way
to make sure that,
in all the things that
are important to us,
we can guarantee those things
will grow stronger,
and that is our
ongoing commitment.”
– John R. Schatzman
Hugh K. and Bette Lynn Frederick
Fund for the College of Business
at UTEP
Friends of La Fe Clinic Fund
Fund for FEMAP
Fund for Classical Music
Programs at KTEP
William Lawrence Fly Fund for
El Paso Chapter of American
Red Cross
William Lawrence Fly Fund for
El Paso Chapter of Salvation Army
Harry A. Garbar and Annabelle F.
Garbar Fund
Dorothy Geyer Museum of Art
Education Fund
Golden Panther Foundation Fund
Evelyn and David E. Goodman
Fund for Vilas School
RICHARD PINEDA
Richard’s journey to
becoming director of the
Sam Donaldson Center for
Communication Studies
at UTEP began with the
Eastwood High School
debate team. He established
the Francisco and Margarita
Talamantes Scholarship
Fund in the El Paso
Community Foundation to
pass on that love. Its funds
are designated to help high
school debaters attend
summer camps. It is a fund
Richard hopes to build
“into something that will
have an impact on students
as they pursue debate.”
DESIGNATED AND AGENCY FUNDS
Dr. Jaime Martinez Fund for
Children’s Dental Health Needs
René Mascareñas Miranda Fund
Don Haskins Fund
Hospital de la Familia Fund
Joann Murray McElroy Fund
Loretto Academy Challenge
Scholarship Program
James F. and Macie C. Hulse Fund
for El Paso Public Library
Margie Melby Fund for Border
Art Residency
Huthsteiner Fund for
El Paso Art Association
Richard Warren Mithoff Fund
for YMCA of El Paso
Jeffers Fund for Lutheran
Social Services of Texas
Mission Restoration Fund
Linda Jenkins Fund for
Candlelighters
Morgan Stanley
Mesita Elementary School PTA
Orchestra/Fine Arts Fund
Gordon and Faye Johnson Fund
for Charitable Giving
Louise Beach Murchison Fund
for Radford School
Frances and Joshua Kahn Fund
for United Way
Nutrition for the Elderly Fund
Keystone Heritage Park Fund
Past Mayors’ Committee Fund
for the El Paso Police Department
Lillian Brill Kurtin Fund for
El Paso Country Day School
Bart T. Pearson Fund
for Therapeutic Horsemanship
Lighthouse for the Blind Fund
Plaza Theatre Endowment Fund
Annabel Livermore Fund for
University Medical Center
J. Hart Ponder Heart
Research Fund
Loretto Academy Fund
ProAction Fund
Love Park Playground Fund
Renaissance El Paso Fund
Vincent and Dorothy Lovett
Fund for Unitarian Universalist
Community of El Paso
Rescue Mission Endowment Fund
LULAC Project Amistad
Endowment Fund
Henry and Robert Maas Fund
for El Paso Chapter of
American Red Cross
Grace Mapel El Paso Museum
of Art Fund
Lois Marchino Fund for Women’s
Studies at UTEP
Rio Grande Cancer
Foundation Fund
Dr. Charles Rennick Hospice
Fund for El Paso
Roderick-Barrera Fund
for El Paso Symphony Orchestra
Dorrance D. Roderick Music
Scholarship Fund for UTEP
Dorrance D. and Olga Roderick
Fund for El Paso
Public Television Foundation
Dorrance D. and Olga Roderick
Fund for KTEP
Dorrance D. and Olga Roderick
Fund for St. Clement’s
Parish Church
Dorrance D. and Olga Roderick
Fund for Shrine Crippled
Children’s Hospital
Richard Harlan Feuille
Dorrance D. and Olga Roderick
Fund for Texas
Scottish Rite Hospital
Patricia and Jonathan Rogers
Permanent Fund
Ronald McDonald House
Endowment Fund
Saint Clement’s Parish School Fund
Gabriela Salazar Fund
for Child Crisis Center
Irving and Soletta Schwartz Fund
for El Paso Public Library
William J. Sholander Fund
for Armed Services YMCA
University Medical Center
Pediatric Fund
Tammy Vasilatos Fund
Texas Western Press Fund
Visiting Nurse Association Fund
of El Paso
Mary Elizabeth Whitfield Fund
for Lydia Patterson Institute
William Edwin Whitfield, Jr. Fund
for YWCA
John and Pauline Yerby Fund
Young Life in El Paso Fund
YWCA El Paso del Norte
Region Fund
1920-2013
“My heart will
always be with
the El Paso
Community
Foundation.”
Richard H. “Rickie”
Feuille, his heart, his
intelligence, and his
vision were vital to the
El Paso Community
Foundation. Rickie
helped create the El Paso
Community Foundation
in 1977, served two terms
as board chairman, sat on
several committees and
established three funds in
the Foundation, including
the Rickie and Louann
Feuille Fund for General
Charitable Purposes.
A World War II veteran,
prominent lawyer and
beloved family man – he
was married to Louann
Hoover Feuille for 65
years – Rickie was a
brilliant counsel, a loyal
friend and a generous
donor who brought an
unparalleled commitment
and compassion to the
Community Foundation
and the city he loved.
FIELD OF INTEREST FUNDS
EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
COMBINED BALANCE SHEET
(UNAUDITED)
DECEMBER 31, 2013
Income from these funds is awarded
in the form of grants to the area of
interest by the donor. Examples
are: issues of youth or the aged;
the arts; education; and the
environment.
Lois M. Godfrey Fund
for the Elderly
Dan Kopra Fund
for Music Education
Gladstein Family Fund for the Arts
La Frontera Conservation Fund
Dr. J. Leighton and Virginia Green
Family Fund for
Medical Related Purposes
John T. MacGuire Memorial
Spay and Neuter Fund
Bagg-Carrillo Fund
for Children’s Services
Ivy and Win Griffin Fund
for the Hearing Impaired
Zelda Camhi Memorial Fund
for Children’s Services
Don Haskins Sports Fund
Caring Parents Fund
for Children and Youth
Manuel Carrillo Fund
for Photography
Ekery Family Fund
for Children’s Vision
El Paso Association
of Builders Fund
El Paso District
Dental Society Fund
El Paso Magazine Fund
for the Arts
Mary and Jay Heins
Charitable Fund
“We have a variety
of needs in El Paso,
and I believe the
Community Foundation
makes a huge difference.”
– Dr. Roger Ortiz
Ann Blaugrund Marks Fund
for the Arts
Dr. John D. Martin Fund
for the Treatment and Prevention
of Blindness
Dr. Laurance N. Nickey and
Janis Jones Nickey Fund
for Border Public Health Issues
Plaza Classic Film Festival Fund
Poe-Nablo Respiratory
Disease Fund
Schuster Fund
for Community Mental Health
Lillian Silberman Fund
for Children with Special Needs
SOMOS Fund
Mabel and Victor Fayant Fund
for Abused Children
Walter H. Hightower
Endowment Fund
Stern Foundation Perpetual Medical
and Scientific Research Fund
Fundación Juárez Fund
Walter Hulen Memorial Fund
for Human Rights
Substance Abuse Prevention Fund
Fund for Classical Dance
Fund for International Burn Care
Fund to Prevent HIV/AIDS
Frank E. Gannett Fund for
International Relations between
the United Satates and Mexico
Edgar L. and Sibley Cirlot Hunter
Fund II for Tularosa Elderly
Edgar L. and Sibley Cirlot Hunter
Fund I for El Paso Elderly
Kiwanis Club of El Paso
Endowment Fund for Children
Richard Teschner Fund
for Land Conservation
Dr. W. H. Timmons Fund
for El Paso History
Women’s Fund
Edith S. Zanker Memorial Park
School, Inc. Fund
for the Mentally Retarded
“The El Paso
Community Foundation
does hard,
honest work
for all of El Paso.”
– Guillermo Avila
ASSETS:
Cash Investments Land and related mineral interests Furniture & Equipment (net of depreciation) Other assets Total assets LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Grants payable Liability under charitable remainder trust Note payable Other liabilities Fund balance Total liabilities and fund balance $
3,718,397
95,280,384
2,205,212
1,028,923
3,397,688
$ 105,630,604
$
103,919
1,154,559
1,579,273
11,602,315
365,082
90,825,456
$ 105,630,604
COMBINED STATEMENT OF SUPPORT REVENUE,
EXPENSES AND CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE
SUPPORT AND REVENUE:
Gifts received Investment income Realized and unrealized gains (losses) Other revenue Total support and revenue GRANTS AND EXPENSES:
Grants and related expenses Program expenses Administrative expenses Fundraising expenses Total grants and expenses CHANGE IN NET ASSETS
Net assets-beginning of period Change in net assets for the period Net assets-end of period $
1,986,839
1,815,557
13,154,479
1,324,138
$ 18,281,013
$
$
2,823,329
2,393,163
622,023
343,020
6,181,535
$ 78,725,978
12,099,478
$ 90,825,456
AFFILIATED FOUNDATIONS
FRANCES RODERICK AXELSON
1923-2014
“We inherited
the tradition of giving
to those in need,
and we want to
pass that on to
future generations.”
Tiny in stature, radiant
as the West Texas sun,
Frances Roderick Axelson
was a giant in El Paso. She
lived her life true to the
original meaning of the
word philanthropy, defined
as a “love of humankind
as demonstrated by acts
of charity.” The daughter
of Dorrance D. Roderick,
who owned and published
the El Paso Times, Frannie
was a generous spirit who
was among the founders
of the El Paso Community
Foundation, a longtime
member of its Board of
Directors and was Board
Chair during the drive to
restore the Plaza Theatre.”
A consistently generous
donor, Frannie contributed
to 12 separate charitable
funds in the El Paso
Community Foundation
that support a wide variety
of organizations and
causes, from the Salvation
Army and Rescue Mission
to KTEP and the El Paso
Symphony Orchestra. She
made contributions big and
small, knowing it was not
the size of the donation,
but the gift to help others
that mattered.
When private foundations affiliate with the El Paso Community Foundation,
their board members are relieved of highly technical and burdensome
reporting to the IRS. Instead, their board experience focuses on funding
good works. Affiliated foundations also enjoy the opportunity to utilize
the professional staff of the Community Foundation for management and
administrative purposes.
• Border Art Residency
• Burkitt Foundation
“No matter who
you are or where
you come from,
you can and should
give to
other people.”
– Katherine
Fulwiler Brennand
• Cardwell Foundation
• Compañeros International
• Walter H. Hightower Foundation
• La Frontera Conservation Fund
• J. Edward and Helen M.C. Stern Foundation
With Thanks
Border Art Residency
The El Paso Community Foundation Board of Directors and staff can’t
do all of this without the tireless efforts of hundreds of volunteers from
throughout the community. They donate countless hours to make El Paso
a better place to live. We would like to acknowledge them for all of
their hard work and passion.
Committees
Artspace El Paso
Jesus “Cimi” Alvarado
Kata Deckert Alvarado
Katherine Brennand
Chris Cummings
Michelle Cummings
Chalk the Block
Christopher Espinoza
Ben Fyffe
Marina Monsisvais
Chris Lane
James Magee
Dr. John S. McKee
Dennis Neessen
Dr. Roger G. Ortiz
Jonathan Rogers Jr.
Frank B. Rynd
George Saucedo
Alton Setliff
Russell Vandenburg
Tammy Vasilatos
George Wayne
Darren Woody
Austin Savage (center) of Border Theatre is a
member of the committee that organized the first
El Paso Community Foundation the Jewel Box
Series at the Philanthropy Theatre.
Plaza Classic Film Festival
Camilla Carr
Carlos Corral
Lisa Elliott
Jack Fields
Julia Hussmann
Jaime Mendez
LaNelle Boling listens as Manny Pacillas makes a
point during a Program and Grants
committee meeting.
TEDxElPaso
Jesus “Cimi” Alvarado
Chris Cummings
Michele Cummings
Jeanne Foskett
Kate Gannon
Paulina Lopez
Keri Moe
Julie Summerford Pearson
Janine Rudnick
Mariah Savage
Michelle Savage
Tyler Savage
Jewel Box Series
at the Philanthropy Theatre
Ben Fyffe of the El Paso Museums and Cultural
Affairs Department and Marina Monsisvais
coordinate the annual Chalk the Block festival.
Investment Advisory
Cynthia Bilbe
Leigh V. Bloss
Gen. Richard Behrenhausen
Tina Cardwell-Hatch
Alejandra de la Vega Foster
David W. Dick
Jack Eisenberg
Eduardo Escudero
Marylee Warwick Jurecky
Renard U. Johnson
Laura Karam
Sharon Smith Kidd
Billie Brown Bibona
John Byrd
Camilla Carr
Socorro Diamondstein
Darci Georges
Sally Gilbert
Monica Gomez
Stella Gutierrez
Stephanie Karr
David Lindhuber
Marty Martin
Mark Medoff
David Mills
Marina Monsisvais
Stella Marie Perry
Lynn Provenzano
Stephen Pugh
Austin Savage
Mark Watts
Playwright Camilla Carr, a member of the Plaza
Classic Film Festival program advisory committee,
speaks with actress Shirley Jones at a film festival
reception in 2014.
Program and GrantS
LaNelle Boling
Ruth Gillett
Dr. Mimi Gladstein
Carolyn Gough
Mary Holguin
Laura Karam
Sharon Smith Kidd
Margarita Kimmel
Dr. Roger G. Ortiz
Manny Pacillas
Dr. Richard Pineda
Irene Pistella-Beltran
Jewel Reinhart
Mary Carmen Saucedo
The El Paso Community Foundation’s Rosemary
Neill (left) and TEDxElPaso committee members
Janine Rudnick (center) and Jeanne Foskett listen in
during a planning meeting.
Sofia Appleby
Lisa Elliott
Ricardo Fernandez
Raul Gonzalez
Kimber McCarden
Amy Parker
David Quinn
The Burkitt Foundation
Robert B. Aguirre
Sharon Smith Kidd
James Magee
Ceci Miles Mulvihill
Frank B. Rynd
Dr. Rosa Maria Ramirez Vida
Bob Weiss
Janine Young
Veronica R. Soto listens intently during a meeting
of the El Paso Festivals Inc. board.
The Walter H. Hightower Foundation
Joe Alcantar Jr.
Leigh V. Bloss
Patricia Saucedo Burdick
Amanda Fernandez
Dr. John S. McKee
The Cardwell Foundation
Leigh V. Bloss
Jack Cardwell
Jim Cardwell
Beverly Dick
Carolyn Gough
Tina Hatch
Eric Pearson
Alton Setliff
Janice W. Windle
Companeros International
Supporting Organization Boards
Eric Pearson
Rebeca Ramos
Beatriz Vera
Border AIDS Partnership
El Paso Festivals Inc.
Beatrice Brackeen
Monica Carrillo
Floyd Johnson
Frank Lopez
Enrique Mendoza-Kirsch
Mary Lou Moreno
Dina Perez
Tony Ramos
Gabi Staiger
Andrea Gates-Ingle
Paul Gilcrease
T.J. Karam
Marina Monsisvais
Robert Moore
Eric Pearson
Maggie Sanchez-Mercado
Veronica R. Soto
Secret Wherrett
Patricia Saucedo Burdick (left) looks over a
document during a meeting of the Walter H.
Hightower Foundation board meeting.
La Frontera Conservation Fund
Jennifer Barr-Ardovino
José Manuel Mascareñas
Eric Pearson
Carlos Rincon
Carmen Maria Vargas
Gary L. Williams
La Frontera Conservation Fund committee
members Jennifer Barr-Ardovino and José Manuel
Mascareñas speak during a meeting.
Love Park LLC
Sabrina Crowly
Caroline North
Osaple Inc.
Chalk the Block
Chris Cummings
Julia Hussmann
Hilda Lane
Jan McNutt
Catherine Carrillo
Mariana Castaneda
Fabian Castanon
Angelica Chavez
Sandy Favela
Blanca Gallegos
Ivan Garcia
Luisa Garcia
Kitana Glenn
Jonathan Guzman
Isabel Junco
Jazmin Loya
Carlos Martinez
Nicholas Martinez
Jesus Mendoza
Eric Morales
Jacquelyn Munoz
Karla Parra
Jesus Ponce
Andres Ramirez
Katia Rodriguez
Olga Rubio
Jacqueline Sanchez
Cynthia Urbina
Adriana Workman
Edward Wright
Raymond Zambrano
Edward Stern and Helen M.C. Stern
Charitable Foundation
Habib Asfahani
Sharon Butterworth
Ginger Francis
Stephen Meador
Patricia Tiscareno
Barbara Wheeler
Volunteers
Artspace
Katherine Brennand
Chris Cummings
Classroom Fund
Oriana Dominguez
Amie Goeldner
Mary Holguin
Jake Jurecky
Marylee Warwick Jurecky
Dorothy Murray
Stephanie Otero
Anika Pettit
Irene Beltran-Pistella
Jonathan Rogers Jr.
Kimberly Solis
Janey Tarwater
Amie Goeldner (center) and Stephanie Otero (right)
greet teachers at the Classroom Fund 2014 pick
up event.
Plaza Classic Film Festival
Gloria Amesquita
Alex Arce
Emily Ayoub
Jesus Barba
Ayla Barber
Carlo Becerra
Carol Bernstein
Mike Bernstein
Said Buhaya
A. Cesar Carmona
Amanda Campos
Annette Campos
Desiree Campos
Isabel Campos
Barbara Canchola
Sal Canchola
Tyrae Collins
Amy Conrad
Mathew Costello
Roxanne Crestani
Jazmine DelCastillo
Louis Duffey
Jan Engles
Sarah Escobedo
Ginny Fischer
Erica Gamet
Susana Garcia
Al Gonzalez
Arlene Gonzalez
Kristen Gonzalez
Lianette Gonzalez
Amanda Gutierrez
Martha Harding
Rebecca Harding
Angel Herrera
John Hollandbyrd
Kay Lee Kennedy
Earl Kimmel
Margarita Kimmel
Susan Lane
Irene Macias
Luis Mendez
Rocio Meza
Victor Navarro
Virginia Ochoa-Hobbs
Angel Padilla
Vivian Payan
Landon Pettit
Keith Pullen
Lesley Pullen
Brenda Ramirez
Alejandra Rojero
Gerard S. Ross
Erika Ruiz
Cynthia Saldana
Bernadette Silva
Mary Silva
Denise Stark
Luis Miguel Suira
Sue Taylor
Breanna Urias
Miguel Veliz
Maria Villanueva
Claire Cowan
Wayne Thornton
PROJECT X
Amy Parker
Anna Aleman
Rus Bradburd, who runs the Basketball in the Barrio
project with Steve Yellen, gives a pep talk to the
young coaching staff.
Cornudas Mountains Foundation
El Paso Community Foundation former board
chair Francis Roderick Axelson (deceased)
meeting Robert Wagner at the 2014 Plaza Classic
Film Festival, with President/CEO Eric Pearson
in the background.
Projects
Richard Brettell
Patricia Knopp
Rebecca Krasne
James Magee
Joachim Pissarro
Eve Reid
Judith Ross
Rachel Spalding
Susan Wente
Cuenca Los Ojos Project
Gary L. Williams
Amor Por JuÁrez
Down Syndrome Coalition for El Paso
Scott Adkins
Karen Melissa Alamo
David Buchmueller
Ricardo Fernandez
Marcela Flores
David Hernandez
Ricardo Herrera
Stacey Hunt
Kerry Doyle
Dan Longoria
Jo Ann Longoria
Alfonso Murguia
Victoria Naranjos
Alejandro Noriega
Melissa McDonnell
Isha Rogers
Rodrigo Fernandez
Kerry McKee Banta
Araceli Berumen
Nancy Castañeda
Celina Flores
Dr. John S. McKee, Jr.
Rosemary Neill
Christina Paz
Diana Reyes
Basketball in the Barrio
Rus Bradburd
Steve Yellen
Philosophic Systems Institute
Robert Arellano
Juan Ferret
Lacy Mayberry
Yasmin Ramirez
The Renaissance Fund Advisory Committee
Richard E. Dayoub
G. Russell Hill
Tom G. Hussmann
Mary Kipp
Rachelle Nedow
Larry L. Patton
Shade Structure Project
Nicole Ferrini
Robert A. Gonzalez
James Magee
Spirit of Giving Tree
Lucy West
Bianca Cervantes
Cindy Foght
Shawna Thompson
Texas Tech University College
of Architecture
Robert Gonzalez
Viva! El Paso
UTEP Department of Theatre
and Dance
El Paso Live
The Down Syndrome Coalition of El Paso at a
check presentation with El Paso Mayor Oscar
Leeser and his wife, Lisa Leeser.
Drowning Prevention Coalition of El Paso
Anna Acosta
Eddie Castle
Laura Castle
Affiliations
El Paso Downtown
Management District
El Paso Museums and
Cultural Affairs Department
Johnson & Johnson
Kern Place Association
WORKING TOGETHER
$165,110,137 back into
the Community since 1977
For Good. For El Paso. For Ever.
P.O. Box 272
El Paso, Texas 79943
333 North Oregon Street, 2nd Floor
El Paso, Texas 79901
(915) 533-4020
Fax: (915) 532-0716
epcf.org