| CONNECTIONS
Bi-Monthly News for Contributors and Friends of ICF
March - April 2001 |
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FROM
LUCY
This are exciting times for the International Community
Foundation (ICF). This year marks the foundation's 11th
year of operations. I am proud of ICF's accomplishments.
This year is also the for me to let new talent take
the leadership of the foundation. A Search Committee
has undertaken the task of finding a successor the President
& CEO position. For additional information contact me
at 619.235.2300 Ext. 311 or at lucy@sdfoundation.org
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HEWLETT
VISIT
In January, ICF received a visit from Williams & Flora
Hewlett Foundation representatives, David Lorey and
Michael Fischer to |
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NEW
BOARD MEMBERS
We are very pleased to welcome two new members to ICF's
the Board of Governors. Gabriela Flores and Jessie J.
Knight.
Gabriela Flores holds a BA in International Relations
from Universidad de las Amêricas in Mexico City. She
is also a Board member of the Mexican Cultural Institute
of San Diego. Currently, she is the Director of Programs
and Marketing at ECOBAJA, Inc. Gabriela is an active
member of the International Children's Fund Committee
at ICF and as a Board member will chair ICF's Border
Environmental grants committee.
Jessie Knight is a graduate
of the St. Louis University, a fellow from the University
of Madrid, and holds a MBA from University of Wisconsin.
Jessie is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. Most recently,
he participated as an observer of the 2000 presidential
election in Mexico. He has been the recipient of a variety
of different awards and recognitions. He won five Clio
Awards, and a Cannes Film Festival Golden Lion Award
for business marketing. The UN association of San Francisco
gave him the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award for
lifetime achievement. |
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LA
FUNDACIÓN
We are please to announce that the Board of the Fundación
Internacional de la Comunidad A.C.(FIC) has hired Adriana
Mendiolea as Director and ConcepciÚn Valladolid as Assistant
to the Director. ICF welcomes them to the foundation
world and looks forward to working with them. |
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SYNERGOS
VISIT
In late February ICF met with consultants representing
Synergos, a non-profit organization dedicated to building
the capacity of community foundations in Latin America,
Southeast Asia, and Southern Africa. Synergos has been
contracted by The Ford Foundation to do a feseability
study of community foundations along the U.S/Mexico border
and to develop a funding plan for the region. The Ford
Foundations has earmarked $3 million for the border region
and will try to involve other funders to augment that
amount. Their focus will be on building funding institutions
on both sides of the border and on cross border entities.
They particularly want to help insure the permanence of
these organizations, so the funding will likely be at
least in part endowment funding, with some kind of challenge
or match required in raising local endowment funds. The
consultants are doing site visits this spring, developing
a report to Ford this summer, and convening a group of
other national foundations in September. Then they will
draft an RFP, which will be by invitation only and assemble
a committee of experts to recommend grantees. The series
of meetings were very positive and the representatives
were especially impressed with the enthusiasm, knowledge,
and commitment of the ICF and FIC board members. Vivian
Blair, an independent consultant based in Mexico City
who is also on the Ford team, |
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NEW
FUNDS
We are pleased to collaborate with the following donors
to assist in their philanthropic efforts: Walter P. Parks,
Dr. Richard D. O'Connor, Jim Hills, Adalberto Perez MeillÚn
and Ross Humphreys who established the Mata Ortiz Foundation
Fund to provide support to the community of Mata Ortiz
in Chuhuahua, Mexico for projects in education, health,
community development, social services, cultural endeavors,
and the environment. |
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BUILDING
CAPACITY
The Fundación Internacional de la Communidad A.C.
(FIC) in collaboration with ICF is developing a Capacity
Building Pilot Project, which will provide organizational
training to a group of 20 small nonprofit organizations
in Baja California, Mexico. Potential funding sources
will be encouraged to collaborate to provide a more comprehensive
project. The pilot project seeks to provide organizational
instruction in the areas of: Institutional Development,
Board Structure and its Functions, Basic Planning, Formulation
and Presentation of Budgets, Program Evaluation, Administration
Principles, Business Writing, and Leadership. The topics
will be covered in 40-45 hours in a three-month period.
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FUNDING
GRANTED
Recently, ICF made grants to the following nonprofit organizations:
The Killea Family Fund provided the following grants:
a $1,000 grant to Project Concern International to support
the earthquake relief in El Salvador and a $1000 grant
to Heart to Heart International Disaster Relief Fund to
support the earthquake relieve in India.
The Fundación Internacional de la Comunidad Special
Project Fund granted $14,780 to FIC to support its start
up operations.
The Crane Family International Fund made a grant $5000
to support the grant program of ICF 's International Children's
Fund.
The Gallego Family Fund granted $1000 to ICF for general
support.
The Albatross Fund granted $20,000 to La Fundación
EcolÚgica Albatros in the Galapagos Islands to support
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DONATIONS
RECEIVED
ICF received contributions from the following donors:
B. James Polak, Bradley & Barbara Lind, Sempra Energy,
Roni Hicks & Associates, Diane L. Gaynor-McCue, Dodie
Eiler, Annette G. Hughart, Devon K. Lehr, Pamela Smith
Interiors, Phil M. Klauber, Arnold B. Skindelien, Larry
& Virginia Hansen, Mary H. Clark, Daniel & Charlene
Simmons, Janice A. Janes, Baker & McKenzie, United Jewish
Federation of Northeastern New York, John Wingate, Jr.,
Richard and Joan O'Connor, Walter P. Parks, Anonymous,
William & Susan Humphreys, Rosarito Theatre Guild, Robert
Clelland, and the generous in-kind support of The San
Diego Foundation.
To
support ICF's efforts and make a tax-deductible contribution,
call Lucy Killea or Marisol LÚpez at 619.235.2300 Ext.
311. |
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