2014 Annual Report

2014 Results
Making a Difference for 190,000 Children!
Getting them ready for success in school and life
1,530
22,743
610
5,130
129
7,818
98.6%
3,017
512
1.9 M
$1,335,194
Workshops/courses delivered to early
childhood professionals
Attendees in 4C workshops/courses
Students enrolled in 4C online learning courses
Coaching/technical assistance visits to 785
child care programs
Child care providers who completed 4C Child
Development Associate (CDA) Preparation
Program, the first critical step in improving
program quality
Families served through child care referrals and
parent education
Percentage of parents who know more about
choosing and providing quality early education
after attending a parent workshop
Child care providers in 4C database and
available for referrals
Child care programs enrolled in 4C Child
Nutrition Program
Nutritious meals served through the 4C Child
Nutrition Program
Community support (includes nongovernmental and non-United Way gifts and
multi-year pledges committed in 2014)
4C Vision, Mission, Conviction
Our vision: That all children have a quality early learning
experience, enter school ready to succeed, and reach
their full potential.
Our mission: To educate and support the adults who care
for young children and advocate for public support for
quality early education and care for all children.
Our conviction: That the best way to impact young
children is to educate and support the adults who care
for them.
This new vision and mission language was adopted in 2014
as part of a new strategic plan.
T O W AR D A
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2014 Highlights
Where? In 10 counties in the
Miami Valley, five in Southwest
Ohio and 25 in Kentucky
FOCUS ON ADVOCACY
Trustees develop policy agenda
“It’s in our mission statement, our
strategic plan—and our history,” says
Senior Vice President/COO Elaine Ward
when asked about the place of advocacy
in the agency’s priorities. Staff has always brought important policy issues to the attention of state and national legislatures. (See photo of one effort in the 1990s to use dolls,
each with a personal story, to get attention at the Ohio
statehouse for an effort to raise wages of child care workers.) To support 4C’s 2014 strategic plan, a new Board
committee was formed to develop a 4C policy agenda to
support advocacy at local, state and national levels for
policies that support families and young children.
Dayton
Central Office
and Southwest Ohio
Regional Office
1924 Dana Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45207
513-221-0033
800-256-1296
Cincinnati
Miami Valley
Regional Office
1000 N. Keowee St.
Dayton, OH 45404
937-220-9660
800-256-1296
FOCUS ON SUPPORTING TEACHERS
Making teaching more
intentional
Covington
Thanks to a grant from The Stranahan
Foundation, 4C is expanding its learning
circle model, an innovative approach
that combines training and coaching. This grant supports
six new learning circles—two per year—in each of 4C’s
three regions, and the content focus of each is intentional
teaching. Teachers explore what it means to act with specific
outcomes or goals in mind for each child’s developmental
needs. This approach requires knowledge about how
children typically develop and learn, and teachers must
know when to use a given strategy to accommodate
different learning styles. 4C believes this is the next best
thing for improving quality in early childhood programs.
Morehead
Louisville
FOCUS ON SUPPORTING FAMILIES
Play-and-learn groups
4C has long wanted to improve the
quality of care provided by informal
caregivers and parents to children birth
to age 6. 4C’s first play-and-learn group
began as a United Way-funded pilot in Clinton County in
the summer of 2014. 4C has now expanded this successful
model to three other counties thanks to a major gift from
David and Nancy Wolf. These play-and-learn groups
provide opportunities for children not enrolled in a child
care program to interact with other children—and they
provide caregivers and parents with activities, strategies and
materials to support children’s early learning. By the end of
2014, four play-and-learn groups were meeting regularly
in Middletown, Wilmington, Cincinnati and Florence, Ky.
www.4cforchildren.org
Working to ensure
a bright future for
our children!
How? By…
• supporting parents to ensure every
child’s optimal development
• helping parents find and choose
quality child care
• improving the quality of child care
• providing leadership to the early
childhood field
• expanding the community’s supply
of child care options
• raising public awareness about
the importance of early childhood
education and care
• educating those who care for
young children
• advocating for quality early learning
and care for all children
Funded in part by the City of Cincinnati and the
Ohio Department of Job & Family Services.
Kentucky Regional Office
525 W. Fifth Street, #215
Covington, KY 41011
859-781-3511
800-256-1296
Buffalo Trace–Gateway
Field Office
100 Overlook Drive
Morehead, KY 40351
606-784-5500
800-256-1296
Louisville Field Office
Child Care Aware of KIPDA
200 W. Broadway, Suite 502A
Louisville, KY 40202
502-584-0023
800-256-1296
4C for Children
2014 Annual Report
Looking Back,
Looking Forward
In early 2014 the Board of 4C for Children
adopted a new strategic plan focused on
better serving our customers (parents
and early childhood professionals),
growing financial resources and increasing
community awareness of what makes 4C
unique. Our leadership team and staff rose
to the challenge and were quickly off and
running.
Besides continuing to produce the kinds
of results we routinely list in each annual
report, this year proved to be a year of
launching important new initiatives:
• A health and hygiene project funded by
Procter & Gamble, through United Way
of Greater Cincinnati, to help Hamilton
County family child care providers build
healthy, safe environments for children
and improve their overall quality of care.
• An effort funded by the Jacob G.
Schmidlapp Trusts (Fifth Third Bank
Trustee) to address the business side of
child care. This project is developing
tools to help child care programs improve
their business and financial practices
so they can keep their doors open and
continue to serve the needs of children and
working parents.
(continued inside)
Ralph Drees of Drees Homes cut the ribbon at 4C’s
first Northern Kentucky office at Lookout Center in
Fort Wright in 1992.
2014 Results
Making a Difference for 190,000 Children!
Getting them ready for success in school and life
1,530
22,743
610
5,130
129
Workshops/courses delivered to early
childhood professionals
Attendees in 4C workshops/courses
Students enrolled in 4C online learning courses
Coaching/technical assistance visits to 785
child care programs
Child care providers who completed 4C Child
Development Associate (CDA) Preparation
Program, the first critical step in improving
program quality
2014 Highlights
Miami Valley, five in Southwest
Ohio and 25 in Kentucky
FOCUS ON ADVOCACY
Trustees develop policy agenda
“It’s in our mission statement, our
strategic plan—and our history,” says
Senior Vice President/COO Elaine Ward
when asked about the place of advocacy
in the agency’s priorities. Staff has always brought important policy issues to the attention of state and national legislatures. (See photo of one effort in the 1990s to use dolls,
each with a personal story, to get attention at the Ohio
statehouse for an effort to raise wages of child care workers.) To support 4C’s 2014 strategic plan, a new Board
committee was formed to develop a 4C policy agenda to
support advocacy at local, state and national levels for
policies that support families and young children.
7,818
Families served through child care referrals and
parent education
FOCUS ON SUPPORTING TEACHERS
98.6%
Percentage of parents who know more about
choosing and providing quality early education
after attending a parent workshop
3,017
512
Thanks to a grant from The Stranahan
Foundation, 4C is expanding its learning
circle model, an innovative approach
that combines training and coaching. This grant supports
six new learning circles—two per year—in each of 4C’s
three regions, and the content focus of each is intentional
teaching. Teachers explore what it means to act with specific
outcomes or goals in mind for each child’s developmental
needs. This approach requires knowledge about how
children typically develop and learn, and teachers must
know when to use a given strategy to accommodate
different learning styles. 4C believes this is the next best
thing for improving quality in early childhood programs.
1.9 M
$1,335,194
Child care providers in 4C database and
available for referrals
Child care programs enrolled in 4C Child
Nutrition Program
Nutritious meals served through the 4C Child
Nutrition Program
Community support (includes nongovernmental and non-United Way gifts and
multi-year pledges committed in 2014)
4C Vision, Mission, Conviction
Our vision: That all children have a quality early learning
experience, enter school ready to succeed, and reach
their full potential.
Our mission: To educate and support the adults who care
for young children and advocate for public support for
quality early education and care for all children.
Our conviction: That the best way to impact young
children is to educate and support the adults who care
for them.
This new vision and mission language was adopted in 2014
as part of a new strategic plan.
T O W AR D A
F
U
T
H
T
U
G
I
RE
R
B
Where? In 10 counties in the
Dayton
Central Office
and Southwest Ohio
Regional Office
1924 Dana Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45207
513-221-0033
800-256-1296
Cincinnati
Making teaching more
intentional
Miami Valley
Regional Office
1000 N. Keowee St.
Dayton, OH 45404
937-220-9660
800-256-1296
Covington
Morehead
Louisville
FOCUS ON SUPPORTING FAMILIES
Play-and-learn groups
4C has long wanted to improve the
quality of care provided by informal
caregivers and parents to children birth
to age 6. 4C’s first play-and-learn group
began as a United Way-funded pilot in Clinton County in
the summer of 2014. 4C has now expanded this successful
model to three other counties thanks to a major gift from
David and Nancy Wolf. These play-and-learn groups
provide opportunities for children not enrolled in a child
care program to interact with other children—and they
provide caregivers and parents with activities, strategies and
materials to support children’s early learning. By the end of
2014, four play-and-learn groups were meeting regularly
in Middletown, Wilmington, Cincinnati and Florence, Ky.
www.4cforchildren.org
Working to ensure
a bright future for
our children!
How? By…
• supporting parents to ensure every
child’s optimal development
• helping parents find and choose
quality child care
• improving the quality of child care
• providing leadership to the early
childhood field
• expanding the community’s supply
of child care options
• raising public awareness about
the importance of early childhood
education and care
• educating those who care for
young children
• advocating for quality early learning
and care for all children
Funded in part by the City of Cincinnati and the
Ohio Department of Job & Family Services.
Kentucky Regional Office
525 W. Fifth Street, #215
Covington, KY 41011
859-781-3511
800-256-1296
Buffalo Trace–Gateway
Field Office
100 Overlook Drive
Morehead, KY 40351
606-784-5500
800-256-1296
Louisville Field Office
Child Care Aware of KIPDA
200 W. Broadway, Suite 502A
Louisville, KY 40202
502-584-0023
800-256-1296
4C for Children
2014 Annual Report
Looking Back,
Looking Forward
In early 2014 the Board of 4C for Children
adopted a new strategic plan focused on
better serving our customers (parents
and early childhood professionals),
growing financial resources and increasing
community awareness of what makes 4C
unique. Our leadership team and staff rose
to the challenge and were quickly off and
running.
Besides continuing to produce the kinds
of results we routinely list in each annual
report, this year proved to be a year of
launching important new initiatives:
• A health and hygiene project funded by
Procter & Gamble, through United Way
of Greater Cincinnati, to help Hamilton
County family child care providers build
healthy, safe environments for children
and improve their overall quality of care.
• An effort funded by the Jacob G.
Schmidlapp Trusts (Fifth Third Bank
Trustee) to address the business side of
child care. This project is developing
tools to help child care programs improve
their business and financial practices
so they can keep their doors open and
continue to serve the needs of children and
working parents.
(continued inside)
Ralph Drees of Drees Homes cut the ribbon at 4C’s
first Northern Kentucky office at Lookout Center in
Fort Wright in 1992.
A farewell from Sallie
Looking Back, Looking Forward (continued from front page)
After nearly 35 years as CEO of
4C for Children, I will be retiring
at the end of June. It has been
a fantastic journey—from my
involvement in the founding of 4C
in 1972, to coming on board as
the director in 1980, and working
and watching as our community
Sallie Westheimer
has embraced child care, early
childhood development and school readiness as among
the most important causes of our time. I am confident
that 4C is doing its best work ever and is well poised for
the future.
• Collaboration to develop—and launch on the 4C website—a new
online search tool, the Ohio Child Care Finder, which makes it easier
for parents to search for quality child care.
• A three-year grant from the Stranahan Foundation to introduce
intentional teaching as the focus of new learning circles in all three
4C regions. (See “2014 Highlights” in this report.)
• A first effort to address the early learning needs of children in the
informal care of family, friends and neighbors. (See the section on
play-and-learn groups in “2014 Highlights.”)
Innovative approaches are nothing new at 4C. We established the first
child care center in the area for teen parents so they could finish high
school. We were the first to promote employer-provided assistance so
that parents could find and select quality child care. We have also worked
hard to enhance the quality of professional training available to child
care providers by creating the Institute for Early Childhood Excellence.
For 42 years, 4C has been our region’s leading resource in early
education and care.
I hope you will join me in continuing to support 4C as it
moves on to the next phase and continues its mission to
educate and support the adults who care for children. I’m
not sure how I got so lucky to land at 4C all those years
ago, and to be able to have your great support along the
way, but please know how grateful I am.
But the real news is the future. In the coming year, 4C will be moving
our Cincinnati office to an expanded location just a mile away in
Norwood. This convenient location has the space we need—both floor
space and parking—to meet the increasing demand for 4C’s high-quality
professional development for the early childhood education field.
Kudos from Diane
Speaking for the entire board
of trustees, I offer heartfelt
thanks to Sallie for her many
years of extraordinary vision
and leadership. While it goes
without saying that she will be
greatly missed, Sallie has done
a fantastic job positioning this
Diane Jordan-Grizzard
agency for the future. I have
every confidence that we will move forward—inspired by
her example—to serve the children and families of this
community, just as 4C has done so effectively for the past
42 years.
As of this writing, the Cincinnati Preschool Promise—access to two
years of high-quality preschool for every child—is looking more and
more likely to become a reality. 4C will be inextricably linked to this
effort. We will be part of getting it on the ballot, getting the initiative
passed and ensuring a successful implementation.
Like the children on the cover, 4C is looking forward to a bright future.
Sallie Westheimer
President/CEO
Diane Jordan-Grizzard
Chair, Board of Trustees
Every 4C supporter is a ‘champion’
for the children of our region. Thank you!
Jewel Circle
($1,000−$1,999)
Bettye Beaumont &
Rick Bachhuber
Leonard Berenfield
Susan Boydston
Mary Ellen & Tom Cody
Kristen Copeland &
Steve Johns
Tiffiny & David Dawson
Crystal Faulkner &
Tom Cooney
Kate Furlong & Jim Walker
Davida Gable & Brad Franz
Susanne Geier
Susan Haas & Craig Decker*
Helen & John Habbert
Fred Hathaway
Lynnette & Greg Heard
Cynthia E. Henderson
Karen & Dan Hurley
Kelly & Andy Kwiatkowski
Christine & Alan Lenahan
Madelynn & Ray Matlock
Mitzie & Emerson Moser
Candace Novak
Sharon Nuckols &
Steve Richey
Marnette & Paul Perry
Sue Ransohoff*
Buffie & Eppa Rixey
Michelle & John Robenalt
Glenda & Roger Schorr*
Digi & Mike Schueler
Dorothy J. Sciarra
State Funding................. $3,424,374
55.9%
County and City
Grant Funding. . .................. $368,301
6.0%
$1,335,319................... Parent Services
22.3%
Sponsorship of Child &
$406,615. . ....... Adult Care Food Program
6.8%
Fees for Services................ $871,337
14.2%
United Ways. . ..................... $759,184
12.4%
Fundraising and
Non-governmental Grants... $704,673
11.5%
$ 3,462,945.....Professional Development
57.9%
$578,206. . ......................Administration
9.7%
2014 REVENUE
$6,127,869
2014 EXPENSES
$5,978,898
$195,814. . ........... Fundraising Expenses
3.3%
Pass-through funds for the 4C Child Nutrition Program not included above: $2,834,356
2014 Annual Report
Total Net Assets: $4,650,589
Diane Jordan-Grizzard
Chair
Silver Champions
Emeralds
($2,000−$3,499)
Myrita Craig & Peter Margolis
Zamaris & Stasiu Geleszinski
Evelyn Joseph
Beth & Peter Levin
James A. Miller
Penny & Myles Pensak
Carole & Edwin Rigaud
Dianne & David Rosenberg*
Nan & Dan Witten
Rubys
($3,500−$4,999)
Susie & Bob Castellini
David Herriman
Ann & Peter Williams
Diamonds
($5,000 and above)
Elaine & Henry Fischer
Pam Page & Billy Boykins
Francie & John Pepper*
Richard Rosenthal
Tom Schiff*
Cy Spurlino
Sallie Westheimer &
Greg Rhodes*
Nancy & David Wolf
Mary Beth & Craig Young
Emerson Moser
Vice Chair
Robin Davis
James Creeden
SecretaryTreasurer
Victoria Ames
Thomas Cooney
Kristen Copeland
Myrita Craig
Tiffiny Grale Dawson
Davida Gable
Zamaris Geleszinski
Tammy Solomon Gray
Lynnette Heard
Cynthia E. Henderson
4C for Children, a member of Kentucky Voices for Children, was
recognized for its partnership in statewide advocacy efforts by
Children, Inc., at a May 2014 luncheon. Julie Witten (center), director
of 4C Kentucky Services, accepted the advocacy award.
Christy & Stuart Stockton
Patti & Jeff Towbin
Sue Wilke & Sandi Kelley
Alison & Jim Zimmerman
Board of Trustees
Financial Information
The following list includes individual supporters who made gifts to 4C
in 2014, including gifts to 4C’s Champions for Children Gala. Corporate,
foundation and organizational gifts are listed separately.
4C launched this annual giving society as part
of its 40th anniversary in 2012. The following
supporters stepped into the Jewel Circle in 2014.
Sapphires
Andrew Kwiatkowski
Tommie Lewis
Mindy McLaughlin
Lynne P. Newsome
Candace Novak
Penny Pensak
Stephen Richey
Michelle Robenalt
Stuart Stockton
Patti Towbin
For members of 4C’s Northern Kentucky Advisory Board, the
4C Ambassador Board and Board committees, see the full
annual report online: www.4cforchildren.org/annualreport
* Some or all of this gift came from a fund at the Greater
Cincinnati Foundation.
Support from corporations,
foundations and organizations
One of the two classes graduating in 2014 from 4C Southwest Ohio’s Child Development
Preparation Program. The CDA is a critical first step to improve the quality of care for children.
Platinum Champions
($500−$999)
Mary Asbury &
Robert Newman
Rosemary & Frank Bloom
Richard Boydston
Alison & James Cohen
Cameron Cord
Robin & Scott Davis
Sue & Bill Friedlander*
Randi Greenwald &
Lowell Turnbull
Carrie & John Hayden
Diane & Ron Jordan-Grizzard
Noël Julnes-Dehner &
Joe Dehner
Susan & Jay Mackey
Dorothy O’Brien &
Dick Antoine*
Stephanie & Tony Roberts
Veronica & Damien Sebald
Mary Beth & Tom
Sundermann
Marcella Trice
Joelle & Sean Tunning
Lucy Ward
Julie Witten
Kay & Rich Eby
Barbara & John Fillion
Elaine Fink & Robert Shapiro
Sue & Ted Gilbert
Marcheta Gillam &
Joe Feldhaus
Mimi Gingold &
Alphonse Gerhardstein
Shelley Goering &
Ric McFarland
Drew Gores &
George Warrington
Tammy & Mason Gray
Violy & Everett Greene
Mike Harp
Lauren & Steven Heis
Mary Kay & Jason Irwin
Shari & John Jefferies
Darlene & Chuck Kamine
Arlene & Bill Katz
Tanya & Aaron Kellenberger
Michelle & David Kolb
Rachel & Matthew
Langenderfer
Mike Marrero
Charlotte & Bill McBrayer
Mary & Michael McGraw
Mindy McLaughlin &
Dave Hinaman
Penny Monday &
Tommie Lewis
Mary & David Morales
Lynne & C.G. Newsome
Tara & Zac Noland
Terry Peters & John Bryan
James Rhew
Marilyn & Joseph Richey
Lauri & Scott Robertson
Mary Ronan
Jennifer & Jim Saporito
Jay Shatz & Stan Elliott
Merri Gaither Smith
Karen Smith & Paul DeMarco
Ellen Sole
Mary Stern
Ann Marie Tracey &
Dan Buckley
Elaine Ward & Craig Dietsch
Yvonne & Dennis Washington
Dick Weiland
Carol Williams
Michele & Michael Zinser
Gold Champions
($250−$499)
Victoria Ames
Jessica & Bob Baron
Kathy Beechem
Susan & Steve Black
Joshua Blatt
Randy & Peter Bloch
Deborah & Edward Caldwell
Lorna Chouinard
Brynne & Robert Coletti
Tucker & Michael Coombe
Wilda & Charles Cooper
Mary Corley
Kim & Jim Creeden
Dawn Denno & Barry Klein
Susan & David Deye
Marylou & Jim Donovan
Bethany & Denny Doverspike
Kisha Tyree from Montgomery County, with 4C’s help, became
the first small family child care provider in Ohio to receive a
Step Up To Quality star rating.
($100−$249)
Linda & George Ames
Julia & Richard Batterberry
Jerry Bernstein
Christopher Bolling
Sadie & Craig Bonifas
Joseph Borchelt
Janet Borcherding
Marion Boydston
Angela & Robert Buechner
Mary Burns
David Callahan
Louise & Lanthan Camblin
Shannon & Lee Carter
Katie & John Cawley
Patricia Ciccarella
Heather Ciesielski &
Aaron Weeks
Sally & Michael Connelly
Kelly Cramer
Cynthia Crown &
David Flaspohler
Amelia & Tom Crutcher
Janice Cushman
April & Harry Davidow
Marjorie & Gary Davies
Shirley & Roy Duff
Delores & James Edwards
Rosanne & George Fels
Nancy File & James Beer
Suzette & Michael Fisher
Molly Flanagan
Vanessa Freytag
Lisa Garofalo &
Robert Hanneken
Kim & Scott Ginn
Patti Gleason &
Hugh McManus
Barbara & Charles Glueck
Janet & Ira Godsy
Lynne Meyers Gordon
Nancy & Jack Gottschalk
Yvonne & Nathaniel Green
Brooke & Brian Gregg
Seth Hankins
Susan & Jeff Harris
Barbara & Chan Headley
Andrea Heil &
Tony Ravagnani
Gwenn Heintzelman
Bertie Hertz
Diana & Joseph Heyd
Shari & Zachary Hiudt
Karen & David Hoguet
Barbara & Richard Homlar
Merrick Hurst
Murray Jaffe
Carlisia Johnson
Carole Lannon
Patricia & Glenn Larsen
Ann Lugbill &
Brewster Rhoads
Helene & Millard Mack
Steve Maddin
Sue & John Maggard
James Mahon
Lyn Marsteller & John Pinney
Donna & Neal Mayerson
Glenn McClain
Carolyn & Lowell McCoy
Lionel McGhee
Lindsay & Stuart McLean
Mary Carol Melton
Christopher Middendorf
Lois & R.L. Mills
Victoria & John Parlin
Patricia & Morris Passer
Regine Ransohoff
Gretchen & Rob Reifsnyder
Nichole Richardson
Phyllis & James Riley
Barb Rinto & Jerry Lawson
Amy & Eric Robbins
Jeanne Rolfes
Mary Ann & Bob Roncker
Elaine & Marvin Rosenberg
Nancy & Edward Rosenthal
Ida & Tom Schick
Patricia & Alan Schwemlein
Sheila & Art Seider
Robin & Murray Sinclaire
Florence Smelley & Eda Russo
Nancy & Howard Starnbach
Peggy Stricker
Charlotte & John Tafaro
Patty & Jay Taylor
Betsy & Charles Townsend
Barbara & Markus Trice
Paula Troup
Charlene Ventura
Geraldine Warner
Carolyn & Robert Wehling
Theresa & Anthony Wellman
Veronica White
Marie & Moss White
Beatrice Winkler
More Champions
(Under $100)
A complete list of these
champions can be found at
www.4cforchildren.org/
annualreport.
In-kind, memorial and tribute gifts are listed in the complete online
annual report found at www.4cforchildren.org/annualreport.
Participants in SPARK, a kindergarten readiness program serving
children in the West Carrollton City School District, gathered for an
evening program presented by 4C staff.
$50,000 and up
The R.C. Durr Foundation,
Inc.†*
The Carol Ann and Ralph
V. Haile, Jr. / U.S. Bank
Foundation†*
Robert & Adele Schiff Family
Foundation†*
The Stranahan Foundation†*
$25,000 to $49,999
PNC Grow Up Great†
Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts,
Fifth Third Bank, Trustee†
The Frank M. Tait Foundation†
$10,000 to $24,999
The Andrew Jergens
Foundation†
Mathile Family Foundation†
George and Margaret McLane
Foundation
Marge & Charles J. Schott
Foundation
$2,500 to $9,999
Crosset Family Fund of
The Greater Cincinnati
Foundation†
Duke Energy Foundation†
General Cable
The Heart Institute at CCHMC
KnowledgeWorks Foundation
Macy’s+
Mercy Health
Rotary Foundation of
Cincinnati†
The Schueler Group
Toyota Motor Engineering
& Manufacturing North
America, Inc.†
UC Health
United Way of Greater
Cincinnati‡
US Bank
Frank K. Webb Charitable
Trust
$1,000 to $2,499
AK Steel Foundation+
Barnes Dennig
Bartlett & Co.
BKD, LLP
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Medical Center
Cincy-Cinco†
Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP
Horan
Kroger
Lakeshore Learning Materials
Northern Kentucky Chamber
Osborn Rohs Williams &
Donohoe, LLC
Oxford Title Agency, Inc.
Scripps Howard Foundation
The E.W. Scripps Company
Toyota 100 Cars for Good
Ursuline Academy of
Cincinnati
Western & Southern Financial
Group
Women’s Fund of The Greater
Cincinnati Foundation†
$500 to $999
BHDP Architecture
Business Benefits, Inc.
John R. Green Co.
Mutual of America+
Neyer Properties
Quadrant Partners, LLC
United Way of Greater Dayton‡
Village Life Outreach Project,
Inc.
Warren Co. United Way‡
$100 to $499
Amazon Smile
Chard Snyder & Associates
Children, Inc.
Citizens Bank of Northern
Kentucky
Congregation Beth Adam
Duke Energy
First Church of the Nazarene
The Goddard School
Johnson Investment Counsel,
Inc.
Joseph-Beth Booksellers of
Crestview Hills
Keating Muething & Klekamp
PLL
Learn to Earn Dayton
The OLL Gem Stones
Republic Capital Corporation
The Rob and Maelyn
Siegmann Fund
United Way of Central Indiana,
Inc.‡
United Way Success By 6®
Wake Emergency Physicians,
PA
WakeMed Board of Directors
Young Rembrandts
Aaron Cramer, a member of the
St. Xavier High School team that
won the 2014 Champions for
Children: The Next Generation,
with Sallie Westheimer.
† Some or all this gift is
restricted to support a
specific 4C program. See
www.4cforchildren.org/
annualreport to see what
these gifts make possible.
+ Indicates a matching gift
company
‡ Unrestricted designations
* Part of a multi-year
commitment
4C’s 2014 Champions for
Children—United Way of Greater
Cincinnati (represented by Rob
Reifsynder), Kay Geiger and
Christopher Lewis, MD—gathered
for a September luncheon at the
home of 4C trustee Patti Towbin.
www.4cforchildren.org
A farewell from Sallie
Looking Back, Looking Forward (continued from front page)
After nearly 35 years as CEO of
4C for Children, I will be retiring
at the end of June. It has been
a fantastic journey—from my
involvement in the founding of 4C
in 1972, to coming on board as
the director in 1980, and working
and watching as our community
Sallie Westheimer
has embraced child care, early
childhood development and school readiness as among
the most important causes of our time. I am confident
that 4C is doing its best work ever and is well poised for
the future.
• Collaboration to develop—and launch on the 4C website—a new
online search tool, the Ohio Child Care Finder, which makes it easier
for parents to search for quality child care.
• A three-year grant from the Stranahan Foundation to introduce
intentional teaching as the focus of new learning circles in all three
4C regions. (See “2014 Highlights” in this report.)
• A first effort to address the early learning needs of children in the
informal care of family, friends and neighbors. (See the section on
play-and-learn groups in “2014 Highlights.”)
Innovative approaches are nothing new at 4C. We established the first
child care center in the area for teen parents so they could finish high
school. We were the first to promote employer-provided assistance so
that parents could find and select quality child care. We have also worked
hard to enhance the quality of professional training available to child
care providers by creating the Institute for Early Childhood Excellence.
For 42 years, 4C has been our region’s leading resource in early
education and care.
I hope you will join me in continuing to support 4C as it
moves on to the next phase and continues its mission to
educate and support the adults who care for children. I’m
not sure how I got so lucky to land at 4C all those years
ago, and to be able to have your great support along the
way, but please know how grateful I am.
But the real news is the future. In the coming year, 4C will be moving
our Cincinnati office to an expanded location just a mile away in
Norwood. This convenient location has the space we need—both floor
space and parking—to meet the increasing demand for 4C’s high-quality
professional development for the early childhood education field.
Kudos from Diane
Speaking for the entire board
of trustees, I offer heartfelt
thanks to Sallie for her many
years of extraordinary vision
and leadership. While it goes
without saying that she will be
greatly missed, Sallie has done
a fantastic job positioning this
Diane Jordan-Grizzard
agency for the future. I have
every confidence that we will move forward—inspired by
her example—to serve the children and families of this
community, just as 4C has done so effectively for the past
42 years.
As of this writing, the Cincinnati Preschool Promise—access to two
years of high-quality preschool for every child—is looking more and
more likely to become a reality. 4C will be inextricably linked to this
effort. We will be part of getting it on the ballot, getting the initiative
passed and ensuring a successful implementation.
Like the children on the cover, 4C is looking forward to a bright future.
Sallie Westheimer
President/CEO
Diane Jordan-Grizzard
Chair, Board of Trustees
Every 4C supporter is a ‘champion’
for the children of our region. Thank you!
Jewel Circle
($1,000−$1,999)
Bettye Beaumont &
Rick Bachhuber
Leonard Berenfield
Susan Boydston
Mary Ellen & Tom Cody
Kristen Copeland &
Steve Johns
Tiffiny & David Dawson
Crystal Faulkner &
Tom Cooney
Kate Furlong & Jim Walker
Davida Gable & Brad Franz
Susanne Geier
Susan Haas & Craig Decker*
Helen & John Habbert
Fred Hathaway
Lynnette & Greg Heard
Cynthia E. Henderson
Karen & Dan Hurley
Kelly & Andy Kwiatkowski
Christine & Alan Lenahan
Madelynn & Ray Matlock
Mitzie & Emerson Moser
Candace Novak
Sharon Nuckols &
Steve Richey
Marnette & Paul Perry
Sue Ransohoff*
Buffie & Eppa Rixey
Michelle & John Robenalt
Glenda & Roger Schorr*
Digi & Mike Schueler
Dorothy J. Sciarra
State Funding................. $3,424,374
55.9%
County and City
Grant Funding. . .................. $368,301
6.0%
$1,335,319................... Parent Services
22.3%
Sponsorship of Child &
$406,615. . ....... Adult Care Food Program
6.8%
Fees for Services................ $871,337
14.2%
United Ways. . ..................... $759,184
12.4%
Fundraising and
Non-governmental Grants... $704,673
11.5%
$ 3,462,945.....Professional Development
57.9%
$578,206. . ......................Administration
9.7%
2014 REVENUE
$6,127,869
2014 EXPENSES
$5,978,898
$195,814. . ........... Fundraising Expenses
3.3%
Pass-through funds for the 4C Child Nutrition Program not included above: $2,834,356
2014 Annual Report
Total Net Assets: $4,650,589
Diane Jordan-Grizzard
Chair
Silver Champions
Emeralds
($2,000−$3,499)
Myrita Craig & Peter Margolis
Zamaris & Stasiu Geleszinski
Evelyn Joseph
Beth & Peter Levin
James A. Miller
Penny & Myles Pensak
Carole & Edwin Rigaud
Dianne & David Rosenberg*
Nan & Dan Witten
Rubys
($3,500−$4,999)
Susie & Bob Castellini
David Herriman
Ann & Peter Williams
Diamonds
($5,000 and above)
Elaine & Henry Fischer
Pam Page & Billy Boykins
Francie & John Pepper*
Richard Rosenthal
Tom Schiff*
Cy Spurlino
Sallie Westheimer &
Greg Rhodes*
Nancy & David Wolf
Mary Beth & Craig Young
Emerson Moser
Vice Chair
Robin Davis
James Creeden
SecretaryTreasurer
Victoria Ames
Thomas Cooney
Kristen Copeland
Myrita Craig
Tiffiny Grale Dawson
Davida Gable
Zamaris Geleszinski
Tammy Solomon Gray
Lynnette Heard
Cynthia E. Henderson
4C for Children, a member of Kentucky Voices for Children, was
recognized for its partnership in statewide advocacy efforts by
Children, Inc., at a May 2014 luncheon. Julie Witten (center), director
of 4C Kentucky Services, accepted the advocacy award.
Christy & Stuart Stockton
Patti & Jeff Towbin
Sue Wilke & Sandi Kelley
Alison & Jim Zimmerman
Board of Trustees
Financial Information
The following list includes individual supporters who made gifts to 4C
in 2014, including gifts to 4C’s Champions for Children Gala. Corporate,
foundation and organizational gifts are listed separately.
4C launched this annual giving society as part
of its 40th anniversary in 2012. The following
supporters stepped into the Jewel Circle in 2014.
Sapphires
Andrew Kwiatkowski
Tommie Lewis
Mindy McLaughlin
Lynne P. Newsome
Candace Novak
Penny Pensak
Stephen Richey
Michelle Robenalt
Stuart Stockton
Patti Towbin
For members of 4C’s Northern Kentucky Advisory Board, the
4C Ambassador Board and Board committees, see the full
annual report online: www.4cforchildren.org/annualreport
* Some or all of this gift came from a fund at the Greater
Cincinnati Foundation.
Support from corporations,
foundations and organizations
One of the two classes graduating in 2014 from 4C Southwest Ohio’s Child Development
Preparation Program. The CDA is a critical first step to improve the quality of care for children.
Platinum Champions
($500−$999)
Mary Asbury &
Robert Newman
Rosemary & Frank Bloom
Richard Boydston
Alison & James Cohen
Cameron Cord
Robin & Scott Davis
Sue & Bill Friedlander*
Randi Greenwald &
Lowell Turnbull
Carrie & John Hayden
Diane & Ron Jordan-Grizzard
Noël Julnes-Dehner &
Joe Dehner
Susan & Jay Mackey
Dorothy O’Brien &
Dick Antoine*
Stephanie & Tony Roberts
Veronica & Damien Sebald
Mary Beth & Tom
Sundermann
Marcella Trice
Joelle & Sean Tunning
Lucy Ward
Julie Witten
Kay & Rich Eby
Barbara & John Fillion
Elaine Fink & Robert Shapiro
Sue & Ted Gilbert
Marcheta Gillam &
Joe Feldhaus
Mimi Gingold &
Alphonse Gerhardstein
Shelley Goering &
Ric McFarland
Drew Gores &
George Warrington
Tammy & Mason Gray
Violy & Everett Greene
Mike Harp
Lauren & Steven Heis
Mary Kay & Jason Irwin
Shari & John Jefferies
Darlene & Chuck Kamine
Arlene & Bill Katz
Tanya & Aaron Kellenberger
Michelle & David Kolb
Rachel & Matthew
Langenderfer
Mike Marrero
Charlotte & Bill McBrayer
Mary & Michael McGraw
Mindy McLaughlin &
Dave Hinaman
Penny Monday &
Tommie Lewis
Mary & David Morales
Lynne & C.G. Newsome
Tara & Zac Noland
Terry Peters & John Bryan
James Rhew
Marilyn & Joseph Richey
Lauri & Scott Robertson
Mary Ronan
Jennifer & Jim Saporito
Jay Shatz & Stan Elliott
Merri Gaither Smith
Karen Smith & Paul DeMarco
Ellen Sole
Mary Stern
Ann Marie Tracey &
Dan Buckley
Elaine Ward & Craig Dietsch
Yvonne & Dennis Washington
Dick Weiland
Carol Williams
Michele & Michael Zinser
Gold Champions
($250−$499)
Victoria Ames
Jessica & Bob Baron
Kathy Beechem
Susan & Steve Black
Joshua Blatt
Randy & Peter Bloch
Deborah & Edward Caldwell
Lorna Chouinard
Brynne & Robert Coletti
Tucker & Michael Coombe
Wilda & Charles Cooper
Mary Corley
Kim & Jim Creeden
Dawn Denno & Barry Klein
Susan & David Deye
Marylou & Jim Donovan
Bethany & Denny Doverspike
Kisha Tyree from Montgomery County, with 4C’s help, became
the first small family child care provider in Ohio to receive a
Step Up To Quality star rating.
($100−$249)
Linda & George Ames
Julia & Richard Batterberry
Jerry Bernstein
Christopher Bolling
Sadie & Craig Bonifas
Joseph Borchelt
Janet Borcherding
Marion Boydston
Angela & Robert Buechner
Mary Burns
David Callahan
Louise & Lanthan Camblin
Shannon & Lee Carter
Katie & John Cawley
Patricia Ciccarella
Heather Ciesielski &
Aaron Weeks
Sally & Michael Connelly
Kelly Cramer
Cynthia Crown &
David Flaspohler
Amelia & Tom Crutcher
Janice Cushman
April & Harry Davidow
Marjorie & Gary Davies
Shirley & Roy Duff
Delores & James Edwards
Rosanne & George Fels
Nancy File & James Beer
Suzette & Michael Fisher
Molly Flanagan
Vanessa Freytag
Lisa Garofalo &
Robert Hanneken
Kim & Scott Ginn
Patti Gleason &
Hugh McManus
Barbara & Charles Glueck
Janet & Ira Godsy
Lynne Meyers Gordon
Nancy & Jack Gottschalk
Yvonne & Nathaniel Green
Brooke & Brian Gregg
Seth Hankins
Susan & Jeff Harris
Barbara & Chan Headley
Andrea Heil &
Tony Ravagnani
Gwenn Heintzelman
Bertie Hertz
Diana & Joseph Heyd
Shari & Zachary Hiudt
Karen & David Hoguet
Barbara & Richard Homlar
Merrick Hurst
Murray Jaffe
Carlisia Johnson
Carole Lannon
Patricia & Glenn Larsen
Ann Lugbill &
Brewster Rhoads
Helene & Millard Mack
Steve Maddin
Sue & John Maggard
James Mahon
Lyn Marsteller & John Pinney
Donna & Neal Mayerson
Glenn McClain
Carolyn & Lowell McCoy
Lionel McGhee
Lindsay & Stuart McLean
Mary Carol Melton
Christopher Middendorf
Lois & R.L. Mills
Victoria & John Parlin
Patricia & Morris Passer
Regine Ransohoff
Gretchen & Rob Reifsnyder
Nichole Richardson
Phyllis & James Riley
Barb Rinto & Jerry Lawson
Amy & Eric Robbins
Jeanne Rolfes
Mary Ann & Bob Roncker
Elaine & Marvin Rosenberg
Nancy & Edward Rosenthal
Ida & Tom Schick
Patricia & Alan Schwemlein
Sheila & Art Seider
Robin & Murray Sinclaire
Florence Smelley & Eda Russo
Nancy & Howard Starnbach
Peggy Stricker
Charlotte & John Tafaro
Patty & Jay Taylor
Betsy & Charles Townsend
Barbara & Markus Trice
Paula Troup
Charlene Ventura
Geraldine Warner
Carolyn & Robert Wehling
Theresa & Anthony Wellman
Veronica White
Marie & Moss White
Beatrice Winkler
More Champions
(Under $100)
A complete list of these
champions can be found at
www.4cforchildren.org/
annualreport.
In-kind, memorial and tribute gifts are listed in the complete online
annual report found at www.4cforchildren.org/annualreport.
Participants in SPARK, a kindergarten readiness program serving
children in the West Carrollton City School District, gathered for an
evening program presented by 4C staff.
$50,000 and up
The R.C. Durr Foundation,
Inc.†*
The Carol Ann and Ralph
V. Haile, Jr. / U.S. Bank
Foundation†*
Robert & Adele Schiff Family
Foundation†*
The Stranahan Foundation†*
$25,000 to $49,999
PNC Grow Up Great†
Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts,
Fifth Third Bank, Trustee†
The Frank M. Tait Foundation†
$10,000 to $24,999
The Andrew Jergens
Foundation†
Mathile Family Foundation†
George and Margaret McLane
Foundation
Marge & Charles J. Schott
Foundation
$2,500 to $9,999
Crosset Family Fund of
The Greater Cincinnati
Foundation†
Duke Energy Foundation†
General Cable
The Heart Institute at CCHMC
KnowledgeWorks Foundation
Macy’s+
Mercy Health
Rotary Foundation of
Cincinnati†
The Schueler Group
Toyota Motor Engineering
& Manufacturing North
America, Inc.†
UC Health
United Way of Greater
Cincinnati‡
US Bank
Frank K. Webb Charitable
Trust
$1,000 to $2,499
AK Steel Foundation+
Barnes Dennig
Bartlett & Co.
BKD, LLP
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Medical Center
Cincy-Cinco†
Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP
Horan
Kroger
Lakeshore Learning Materials
Northern Kentucky Chamber
Osborn Rohs Williams &
Donohoe, LLC
Oxford Title Agency, Inc.
Scripps Howard Foundation
The E.W. Scripps Company
Toyota 100 Cars for Good
Ursuline Academy of
Cincinnati
Western & Southern Financial
Group
Women’s Fund of The Greater
Cincinnati Foundation†
$500 to $999
BHDP Architecture
Business Benefits, Inc.
John R. Green Co.
Mutual of America+
Neyer Properties
Quadrant Partners, LLC
United Way of Greater Dayton‡
Village Life Outreach Project,
Inc.
Warren Co. United Way‡
$100 to $499
Amazon Smile
Chard Snyder & Associates
Children, Inc.
Citizens Bank of Northern
Kentucky
Congregation Beth Adam
Duke Energy
First Church of the Nazarene
The Goddard School
Johnson Investment Counsel,
Inc.
Joseph-Beth Booksellers of
Crestview Hills
Keating Muething & Klekamp
PLL
Learn to Earn Dayton
The OLL Gem Stones
Republic Capital Corporation
The Rob and Maelyn
Siegmann Fund
United Way of Central Indiana,
Inc.‡
United Way Success By 6®
Wake Emergency Physicians,
PA
WakeMed Board of Directors
Young Rembrandts
Aaron Cramer, a member of the
St. Xavier High School team that
won the 2014 Champions for
Children: The Next Generation,
with Sallie Westheimer.
† Some or all this gift is
restricted to support a
specific 4C program. See
www.4cforchildren.org/
annualreport to see what
these gifts make possible.
+ Indicates a matching gift
company
‡ Unrestricted designations
* Part of a multi-year
commitment
4C’s 2014 Champions for
Children—United Way of Greater
Cincinnati (represented by Rob
Reifsynder), Kay Geiger and
Christopher Lewis, MD—gathered
for a September luncheon at the
home of 4C trustee Patti Towbin.
www.4cforchildren.org
A farewell from Sallie
Looking Back, Looking Forward (continued from front page)
After nearly 35 years as CEO of
4C for Children, I will be retiring
at the end of June. It has been
a fantastic journey—from my
involvement in the founding of 4C
in 1972, to coming on board as
the director in 1980, and working
and watching as our community
Sallie Westheimer
has embraced child care, early
childhood development and school readiness as among
the most important causes of our time. I am confident
that 4C is doing its best work ever and is well poised for
the future.
• Collaboration to develop—and launch on the 4C website—a new
online search tool, the Ohio Child Care Finder, which makes it easier
for parents to search for quality child care.
• A three-year grant from the Stranahan Foundation to introduce
intentional teaching as the focus of new learning circles in all three
4C regions. (See “2014 Highlights” in this report.)
• A first effort to address the early learning needs of children in the
informal care of family, friends and neighbors. (See the section on
play-and-learn groups in “2014 Highlights.”)
Innovative approaches are nothing new at 4C. We established the first
child care center in the area for teen parents so they could finish high
school. We were the first to promote employer-provided assistance so
that parents could find and select quality child care. We have also worked
hard to enhance the quality of professional training available to child
care providers by creating the Institute for Early Childhood Excellence.
For 42 years, 4C has been our region’s leading resource in early
education and care.
I hope you will join me in continuing to support 4C as it
moves on to the next phase and continues its mission to
educate and support the adults who care for children. I’m
not sure how I got so lucky to land at 4C all those years
ago, and to be able to have your great support along the
way, but please know how grateful I am.
But the real news is the future. In the coming year, 4C will be moving
our Cincinnati office to an expanded location just a mile away in
Norwood. This convenient location has the space we need—both floor
space and parking—to meet the increasing demand for 4C’s high-quality
professional development for the early childhood education field.
Kudos from Diane
Speaking for the entire board
of trustees, I offer heartfelt
thanks to Sallie for her many
years of extraordinary vision
and leadership. While it goes
without saying that she will be
greatly missed, Sallie has done
a fantastic job positioning this
Diane Jordan-Grizzard
agency for the future. I have
every confidence that we will move forward—inspired by
her example—to serve the children and families of this
community, just as 4C has done so effectively for the past
42 years.
As of this writing, the Cincinnati Preschool Promise—access to two
years of high-quality preschool for every child—is looking more and
more likely to become a reality. 4C will be inextricably linked to this
effort. We will be part of getting it on the ballot, getting the initiative
passed and ensuring a successful implementation.
Like the children on the cover, 4C is looking forward to a bright future.
Sallie Westheimer
President/CEO
Every 4C supporter is a ‘champion’
for the children of our region. Thank you!
Jewel Circle
($1,000−$1,999)
Bettye Beaumont &
Rick Bachhuber
Leonard Berenfield
Susan Boydston
Mary Ellen & Tom Cody
Kristen Copeland &
Steve Johns
Tiffiny & David Dawson
Crystal Faulkner &
Tom Cooney
Kate Furlong & Jim Walker
Davida Gable & Brad Franz
Susanne Geier
Susan Haas & Craig Decker*
Helen & John Habbert
Fred Hathaway
Lynnette & Greg Heard
Cynthia E. Henderson
Karen & Dan Hurley
Kelly & Andy Kwiatkowski
Christine & Alan Lenahan
Madelynn & Ray Matlock
Mitzie & Emerson Moser
Candace Novak
Sharon Nuckols &
Steve Richey
Marnette & Paul Perry
Sue Ransohoff*
Buffie & Eppa Rixey
Michelle & John Robenalt
Glenda & Roger Schorr*
Digi & Mike Schueler
Dorothy J. Sciarra
State Funding................. $3,424,374
55.9%
County and City
Grant Funding. . .................. $368,301
6.0%
$1,335,319................... Parent Services
22.3%
Sponsorship of Child &
$406,615. . ....... Adult Care Food Program
6.8%
Fees for Services................ $871,337
14.2%
United Ways. . ..................... $759,184
12.4%
Fundraising and
Non-governmental Grants... $704,673
11.5%
$ 3,462,945.....Professional Development
57.9%
($2,000−$3,499)
Myrita Craig & Peter Margolis
Zamaris & Stasiu Geleszinski
Evelyn Joseph
Beth & Peter Levin
James A. Miller
Penny & Myles Pensak
Carole & Edwin Rigaud
Dianne & David Rosenberg*
Nan & Dan Witten
Rubys
($3,500−$4,999)
Susie & Bob Castellini
David Herriman
Ann & Peter Williams
Diamonds
($5,000 and above)
Elaine & Henry Fischer
Pam Page & Billy Boykins
Francie & John Pepper*
Richard Rosenthal
Tom Schiff*
Cy Spurlino
Sallie Westheimer &
Greg Rhodes*
Nancy & David Wolf
Mary Beth & Craig Young
$578,206. . ......................Administration
9.7%
2014 REVENUE
$6,127,869
2014 EXPENSES
$5,978,898
$195,814. . ........... Fundraising Expenses
3.3%
Pass-through funds for the 4C Child Nutrition Program not included above: $2,834,356
2014 Annual Report
Total Net Assets: $4,650,589
Emerson Moser
Vice Chair
Robin Davis
James Creeden
SecretaryTreasurer
Victoria Ames
Thomas Cooney
Kristen Copeland
Myrita Craig
Tiffiny Grale Dawson
Davida Gable
Zamaris Geleszinski
Tammy Solomon Gray
Lynnette Heard
Cynthia E. Henderson
Silver Champions
Emeralds
Diane Jordan-Grizzard
Chair, Board of Trustees
Diane Jordan-Grizzard
Chair
4C for Children, a member of Kentucky Voices for Children, was
recognized for its partnership in statewide advocacy efforts by
Children, Inc., at a May 2014 luncheon. Julie Witten (center), director
of 4C Kentucky Services, accepted the advocacy award.
Christy & Stuart Stockton
Patti & Jeff Towbin
Sue Wilke & Sandi Kelley
Alison & Jim Zimmerman
Board of Trustees
Financial Information
The following list includes individual supporters who made gifts to 4C
in 2014, including gifts to 4C’s Champions for Children Gala. Corporate,
foundation and organizational gifts are listed separately.
4C launched this annual giving society as part
of its 40th anniversary in 2012. The following
supporters stepped into the Jewel Circle in 2014.
Sapphires
Andrew Kwiatkowski
Tommie Lewis
Mindy McLaughlin
Lynne P. Newsome
Candace Novak
Penny Pensak
Stephen Richey
Michelle Robenalt
Stuart Stockton
Patti Towbin
For members of 4C’s Northern Kentucky Advisory Board, the
4C Ambassador Board and Board committees, see the full
annual report online: www.4cforchildren.org/annualreport
* Some or all of this gift came from a fund at the Greater
Cincinnati Foundation.
Support from corporations,
foundations and organizations
One of the two classes graduating in 2014 from 4C Southwest Ohio’s Child Development
Preparation Program. The CDA is a critical first step to improve the quality of care for children.
Platinum Champions
($500−$999)
Mary Asbury &
Robert Newman
Rosemary & Frank Bloom
Richard Boydston
Alison & James Cohen
Cameron Cord
Robin & Scott Davis
Sue & Bill Friedlander*
Randi Greenwald &
Lowell Turnbull
Carrie & John Hayden
Diane & Ron Jordan-Grizzard
Noël Julnes-Dehner &
Joe Dehner
Susan & Jay Mackey
Dorothy O’Brien &
Dick Antoine*
Stephanie & Tony Roberts
Veronica & Damien Sebald
Mary Beth & Tom
Sundermann
Marcella Trice
Joelle & Sean Tunning
Lucy Ward
Julie Witten
Kay & Rich Eby
Barbara & John Fillion
Elaine Fink & Robert Shapiro
Sue & Ted Gilbert
Marcheta Gillam &
Joe Feldhaus
Mimi Gingold &
Alphonse Gerhardstein
Shelley Goering &
Ric McFarland
Drew Gores &
George Warrington
Tammy & Mason Gray
Violy & Everett Greene
Mike Harp
Lauren & Steven Heis
Mary Kay & Jason Irwin
Shari & John Jefferies
Darlene & Chuck Kamine
Arlene & Bill Katz
Tanya & Aaron Kellenberger
Michelle & David Kolb
Rachel & Matthew
Langenderfer
Mike Marrero
Charlotte & Bill McBrayer
Mary & Michael McGraw
Mindy McLaughlin &
Dave Hinaman
Penny Monday &
Tommie Lewis
Mary & David Morales
Lynne & C.G. Newsome
Tara & Zac Noland
Terry Peters & John Bryan
James Rhew
Marilyn & Joseph Richey
Lauri & Scott Robertson
Mary Ronan
Jennifer & Jim Saporito
Jay Shatz & Stan Elliott
Merri Gaither Smith
Karen Smith & Paul DeMarco
Ellen Sole
Mary Stern
Ann Marie Tracey &
Dan Buckley
Elaine Ward & Craig Dietsch
Yvonne & Dennis Washington
Dick Weiland
Carol Williams
Michele & Michael Zinser
Gold Champions
($250−$499)
Victoria Ames
Jessica & Bob Baron
Kathy Beechem
Susan & Steve Black
Joshua Blatt
Randy & Peter Bloch
Deborah & Edward Caldwell
Lorna Chouinard
Brynne & Robert Coletti
Tucker & Michael Coombe
Wilda & Charles Cooper
Mary Corley
Kim & Jim Creeden
Dawn Denno & Barry Klein
Susan & David Deye
Marylou & Jim Donovan
Bethany & Denny Doverspike
Kisha Tyree from Montgomery County, with 4C’s help, became
the first small family child care provider in Ohio to receive a
Step Up To Quality star rating.
($100−$249)
Linda & George Ames
Julia & Richard Batterberry
Jerry Bernstein
Christopher Bolling
Sadie & Craig Bonifas
Joseph Borchelt
Janet Borcherding
Marion Boydston
Angela & Robert Buechner
Mary Burns
David Callahan
Louise & Lanthan Camblin
Shannon & Lee Carter
Katie & John Cawley
Patricia Ciccarella
Heather Ciesielski &
Aaron Weeks
Sally & Michael Connelly
Kelly Cramer
Cynthia Crown &
David Flaspohler
Amelia & Tom Crutcher
Janice Cushman
April & Harry Davidow
Marjorie & Gary Davies
Shirley & Roy Duff
Delores & James Edwards
Rosanne & George Fels
Nancy File & James Beer
Suzette & Michael Fisher
Molly Flanagan
Vanessa Freytag
Lisa Garofalo &
Robert Hanneken
Kim & Scott Ginn
Patti Gleason &
Hugh McManus
Barbara & Charles Glueck
Janet & Ira Godsy
Lynne Meyers Gordon
Nancy & Jack Gottschalk
Yvonne & Nathaniel Green
Brooke & Brian Gregg
Seth Hankins
Susan & Jeff Harris
Barbara & Chan Headley
Andrea Heil &
Tony Ravagnani
Gwenn Heintzelman
Bertie Hertz
Diana & Joseph Heyd
Shari & Zachary Hiudt
Karen & David Hoguet
Barbara & Richard Homlar
Merrick Hurst
Murray Jaffe
Carlisia Johnson
Carole Lannon
Patricia & Glenn Larsen
Ann Lugbill &
Brewster Rhoads
Helene & Millard Mack
Steve Maddin
Sue & John Maggard
James Mahon
Lyn Marsteller & John Pinney
Donna & Neal Mayerson
Glenn McClain
Carolyn & Lowell McCoy
Lionel McGhee
Lindsay & Stuart McLean
Mary Carol Melton
Christopher Middendorf
Lois & R.L. Mills
Victoria & John Parlin
Patricia & Morris Passer
Regine Ransohoff
Gretchen & Rob Reifsnyder
Nichole Richardson
Phyllis & James Riley
Barb Rinto & Jerry Lawson
Amy & Eric Robbins
Jeanne Rolfes
Mary Ann & Bob Roncker
Elaine & Marvin Rosenberg
Nancy & Edward Rosenthal
Ida & Tom Schick
Patricia & Alan Schwemlein
Sheila & Art Seider
Robin & Murray Sinclaire
Florence Smelley & Eda Russo
Nancy & Howard Starnbach
Peggy Stricker
Charlotte & John Tafaro
Patty & Jay Taylor
Betsy & Charles Townsend
Barbara & Markus Trice
Paula Troup
Charlene Ventura
Geraldine Warner
Carolyn & Robert Wehling
Theresa & Anthony Wellman
Veronica White
Marie & Moss White
Beatrice Winkler
More Champions
(Under $100)
A complete list of these
champions can be found at
www.4cforchildren.org/
annualreport.
In-kind, memorial and tribute gifts are listed in the complete online
annual report found at www.4cforchildren.org/annualreport.
Participants in SPARK, a kindergarten readiness program serving
children in the West Carrollton City School District, gathered for an
evening program presented by 4C staff.
$50,000 and up
The R.C. Durr Foundation,
Inc.†*
The Carol Ann and Ralph
V. Haile, Jr. / U.S. Bank
Foundation†*
Robert & Adele Schiff Family
Foundation†*
The Stranahan Foundation†*
$25,000 to $49,999
PNC Grow Up Great†
Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts,
Fifth Third Bank, Trustee†
The Frank M. Tait Foundation†
$10,000 to $24,999
The Andrew Jergens
Foundation†
Mathile Family Foundation†
George and Margaret McLane
Foundation
Marge & Charles J. Schott
Foundation
$2,500 to $9,999
Crosset Family Fund of
The Greater Cincinnati
Foundation†
Duke Energy Foundation†
General Cable
The Heart Institute at CCHMC
KnowledgeWorks Foundation
Macy’s+
Mercy Health
Rotary Foundation of
Cincinnati†
The Schueler Group
Toyota Motor Engineering
& Manufacturing North
America, Inc.†
UC Health
United Way of Greater
Cincinnati‡
US Bank
Frank K. Webb Charitable
Trust
$1,000 to $2,499
AK Steel Foundation+
Barnes Dennig
Bartlett & Co.
BKD, LLP
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Medical Center
Cincy-Cinco†
Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP
Horan
Kroger
Lakeshore Learning Materials
Northern Kentucky Chamber
Osborn Rohs Williams &
Donohoe, LLC
Oxford Title Agency, Inc.
Scripps Howard Foundation
The E.W. Scripps Company
Toyota 100 Cars for Good
Ursuline Academy of
Cincinnati
Western & Southern Financial
Group
Women’s Fund of The Greater
Cincinnati Foundation†
$500 to $999
BHDP Architecture
Business Benefits, Inc.
John R. Green Co.
Mutual of America+
Neyer Properties
Quadrant Partners, LLC
United Way of Greater Dayton‡
Village Life Outreach Project,
Inc.
Warren Co. United Way‡
$100 to $499
Amazon Smile
Chard Snyder & Associates
Children, Inc.
Citizens Bank of Northern
Kentucky
Congregation Beth Adam
Duke Energy
First Church of the Nazarene
The Goddard School
Johnson Investment Counsel,
Inc.
Joseph-Beth Booksellers of
Crestview Hills
Keating Muething & Klekamp
PLL
Learn to Earn Dayton
The OLL Gem Stones
Republic Capital Corporation
The Rob and Maelyn
Siegmann Fund
United Way of Central Indiana,
Inc.‡
United Way Success By 6®
Wake Emergency Physicians,
PA
WakeMed Board of Directors
Young Rembrandts
Aaron Cramer, a member of the
St. Xavier High School team that
won the 2014 Champions for
Children: The Next Generation,
with Sallie Westheimer.
† Some or all this gift is
restricted to support a
specific 4C program. See
www.4cforchildren.org/
annualreport to see what
these gifts make possible.
+ Indicates a matching gift
company
‡ Unrestricted designations
* Part of a multi-year
commitment
4C’s 2014 Champions for
Children—United Way of Greater
Cincinnati (represented by Rob
Reifsynder), Kay Geiger and
Christopher Lewis, MD—gathered
for a September luncheon at the
home of 4C trustee Patti Towbin.
www.4cforchildren.org
2014 Results
Making a Difference for 190,000 Children!
Getting them ready for success in school and life
1,530
22,743
610
5,130
129
Workshops/courses delivered to early
childhood professionals
Attendees in 4C workshops/courses
Students enrolled in 4C online learning courses
Coaching/technical assistance visits to 785
child care programs
Child care providers who completed 4C Child
Development Associate (CDA) Preparation
Program, the first critical step in improving
program quality
2014 Highlights
Miami Valley, five in Southwest
Ohio and 25 in Kentucky
FOCUS ON ADVOCACY
Trustees develop policy agenda
“It’s in our mission statement, our
strategic plan—and our history,” says
Senior Vice President/COO Elaine Ward
when asked about the place of advocacy
in the agency’s priorities. Staff has always brought important policy issues to the attention of state and national legislatures. (See photo of one effort in the 1990s to use dolls,
each with a personal story, to get attention at the Ohio
statehouse for an effort to raise wages of child care workers.) To support 4C’s 2014 strategic plan, a new Board
committee was formed to develop a 4C policy agenda to
support advocacy at local, state and national levels for
policies that support families and young children.
7,818
Families served through child care referrals and
parent education
FOCUS ON SUPPORTING TEACHERS
98.6%
Percentage of parents who know more about
choosing and providing quality early education
after attending a parent workshop
3,017
512
Thanks to a grant from The Stranahan
Foundation, 4C is expanding its learning
circle model, an innovative approach
that combines training and coaching. This grant supports
six new learning circles—two per year—in each of 4C’s
three regions, and the content focus of each is intentional
teaching. Teachers explore what it means to act with specific
outcomes or goals in mind for each child’s developmental
needs. This approach requires knowledge about how
children typically develop and learn, and teachers must
know when to use a given strategy to accommodate
different learning styles. 4C believes this is the next best
thing for improving quality in early childhood programs.
1.9 M
$1,335,194
Child care providers in 4C database and
available for referrals
Child care programs enrolled in 4C Child
Nutrition Program
Nutritious meals served through the 4C Child
Nutrition Program
Community support (includes nongovernmental and non-United Way gifts and
multi-year pledges committed in 2014)
4C Vision, Mission, Conviction
Our vision: That all children have a quality early learning
experience, enter school ready to succeed, and reach
their full potential.
Our mission: To educate and support the adults who care
for young children and advocate for public support for
quality early education and care for all children.
Our conviction: That the best way to impact young
children is to educate and support the adults who care
for them.
This new vision and mission language was adopted in 2014
as part of a new strategic plan.
T O W AR D A
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H
T
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Where? In 10 counties in the
Dayton
Central Office
and Southwest Ohio
Regional Office
1924 Dana Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45207
513-221-0033
800-256-1296
Cincinnati
Making teaching more
intentional
Miami Valley
Regional Office
1000 N. Keowee St.
Dayton, OH 45404
937-220-9660
800-256-1296
Covington
Morehead
Louisville
FOCUS ON SUPPORTING FAMILIES
Play-and-learn groups
4C has long wanted to improve the
quality of care provided by informal
caregivers and parents to children birth
to age 6. 4C’s first play-and-learn group
began as a United Way-funded pilot in Clinton County in
the summer of 2014. 4C has now expanded this successful
model to three other counties thanks to a major gift from
David and Nancy Wolf. These play-and-learn groups
provide opportunities for children not enrolled in a child
care program to interact with other children—and they
provide caregivers and parents with activities, strategies and
materials to support children’s early learning. By the end of
2014, four play-and-learn groups were meeting regularly
in Middletown, Wilmington, Cincinnati and Florence, Ky.
www.4cforchildren.org
Working to ensure
a bright future for
our children!
How? By…
• supporting parents to ensure every
child’s optimal development
• helping parents find and choose
quality child care
• improving the quality of child care
• providing leadership to the early
childhood field
• expanding the community’s supply
of child care options
• raising public awareness about
the importance of early childhood
education and care
• educating those who care for
young children
• advocating for quality early learning
and care for all children
Funded in part by the City of Cincinnati and the
Ohio Department of Job & Family Services.
Kentucky Regional Office
525 W. Fifth Street, #215
Covington, KY 41011
859-781-3511
800-256-1296
Buffalo Trace–Gateway
Field Office
100 Overlook Drive
Morehead, KY 40351
606-784-5500
800-256-1296
Louisville Field Office
Child Care Aware of KIPDA
200 W. Broadway, Suite 502A
Louisville, KY 40202
502-584-0023
800-256-1296
4C for Children
2014 Annual Report
Looking Back,
Looking Forward
In early 2014 the Board of 4C for Children
adopted a new strategic plan focused on
better serving our customers (parents
and early childhood professionals),
growing financial resources and increasing
community awareness of what makes 4C
unique. Our leadership team and staff rose
to the challenge and were quickly off and
running.
Besides continuing to produce the kinds
of results we routinely list in each annual
report, this year proved to be a year of
launching important new initiatives:
• A health and hygiene project funded by
Procter & Gamble, through United Way
of Greater Cincinnati, to help Hamilton
County family child care providers build
healthy, safe environments for children
and improve their overall quality of care.
• An effort funded by the Jacob G.
Schmidlapp Trusts (Fifth Third Bank
Trustee) to address the business side of
child care. This project is developing
tools to help child care programs improve
their business and financial practices
so they can keep their doors open and
continue to serve the needs of children and
working parents.
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Ralph Drees of Drees Homes cut the ribbon at 4C’s
first Northern Kentucky office at Lookout Center in
Fort Wright in 1992.