DuPage Bar Foundation Annual Report 2016/17 Page 1

Letter from the President

As we celebrate our twentieth anniversary, I am honored to be the President of

the DuPage Bar Foundation Board of Directors. The Foundation has grown

exponentially since it was established and I am very excited about its future.

Under the leadership of our past Presidents, we continued to plan for the

future, grew the Foundation’s capital base, and expanded our outreach to our

community and those in need. As a Board, we are committed to doing so this

and every year. We are asking everyone to consider contributing to the Foun-

dation in some way: attend our events, donate to our Ambassador Scholarship fund, establish a Hosted Scholar-

ship, turn your credit card points into gift cards and donate those for one of our fundraising raffles. There is no

such thing as a donation that is too small. Every dollar helps those who may not otherwise have access to the

judicial system, assists local non-profit organizations in serving their clients when State or Federal funds have

been cut, and helps those coming into the legal profession offset some of their massive student loan debt.

In the last twenty years, the Foundation has grown by 3,787% (yes you read that number correctly) from invest-

ments, donations and contributions by our generous members and legal community. The Foundation has award-

ed $119,500.00 in scholarships to law students, we have given grants of $139,705.00 to local non-profits, estab-

lished new Hosted Scholarships and established a Judge Bauer scholarship.

I want to thank everyone that has served on the Board, come to an event, donated, promoted the Foundation and

given of their time and energy over the last twenty years. There is no way the Foundation could have achieved

all it did without everyone’s support and dedication. I look forward to my year as President and pledge to do

everything I can to support justice in DuPage, maintain the integrity of our legal profession, contribute to the

education of our future lawyers and facilitate charitable acts to serve our community. I ask that you all pledge to

do the same and help us make this Foundation all it can be.

Sincerely,

Raleigh D. Kalbfleisch

Annual Report 2016/17

History:

DuPage Bar Foundation was established in 1997 as the charitable 501(c)(3) arm of the DuPage County Bar

Association. The DBF is governed by a Board of Directors of up to nineteen distinguished DCBA

members.

Celebrating 20 years of supporting justice in our DuPage community by maintaining

the integrity of the legal profession, contributing to the education of future lawyers,

and improving the facilitation of justice through charitable acts.

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Who do we help?

This past year $14,500 was awarded in scholarships!

William J. Bauer Scholarship:

Winners of this scholarship embody the

qualities of the Hon. William. J. Bauer,

Judge of the United States Court of

Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. These

qualities include unquestioned integri-

ty; a passion for finding legal solutions

to human problems which are fair and

just; and a profound understanding of

the need for professional civility.

Ambassador Scholarship: Winners must show a financial need, academic achievement,

have a connection to DuPage County and completed one full semester of law school.

Hosted Scholarship—The law firms of Woodruff, Johnson & Evans and Mulyk

Laho Law hosted a scholarship in their names. Through a donation to DBF, they were able

to award scholarships in their names, receive recognition at the Installation Dinner and pro-

mote their scholarship through their marketing.

What is a Hosted Scholarship?

As a 501(c)3 organization, the DBF can assist DCBA members in setting up a scholarship in memory or honor

of an individual or firm. As the sponsor of the scholarship, you can provide some direction as to the qualifica-

tions of student(s) you would like to recognize and the DBF takes it from there. Hosted Scholarships can be a

way for your firm to give back as well as increase your visibility in the community.

$6,000 was awarded to local non-profits in grants!

Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children, CASA received $2,000 to underwrite

the expenses for CASA’s semi-annual Advocate Pre-service Training.

National Alliance of Mental Illness, NAMI received $1,000 for education and supportive service

programs to individuals and families dealing with mental illness.

Family Shelter Service, FSS received $3,000 to support 1000 clients, and 5000 non-client victims.

FSS provides support and encouragement to make informed decisions.

Judge William J. Bauer and Diana Martinez

2017 Scholarship Winners Abigal Van Hook, Sierra Hagl, Krystina Yackle, Judge

William J. Bauer, Dexter Evans of Woodruff, Johnson & Evans, Sarah Ahmed, Diana Martinez and Raleigh Kalbfleisch, DBF President

Abigail Van Hook with Dexter Evans of Woodruff

Johnson & Evans

Over the past 20 years DBF has awarded 59 students $119,500!

Over the past 20 years DBF has awarded $139,705 in grants!

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How do we fundraise?

Holiday Breakfast—Raised $15,200, an increase of 16% from last year. New this year was the auctioning off

of Cubs tickets with a private party bus donated by members Colleen McLaughin and Michael Canulli. Two gift

card wreaths donated by the DBF Board were also raffled off, .

Human Race—Raised $1,477. This was the fourth year participating in the Human Race, a 5k run/walk host-

ed by Giving DuPage (who provides the administrative tasks of the race for a small fee). DBF recruits its own

runners and donors to participate. This past year we had 37 runners and walkers participate in the race.

Golf Outing Raffle—Raised $2,052, a 40% increase from last year! At the annual DuPage County Bar As-

sociation Golf Outing, DBF holds a raffle over dinner. Prizes are donated by the DBF Board and local communi-

ty businesses.

DCBA Member Contributions—Raised $9,515 through DCBA membership renewal contributions. Each

member is asked to donate $5 during their renewal. Thank you to all our generous members donating through

DCBA’s membership renewal process.

Over the past 20 years DBF

has grown its assets 3878%!

Liabilities & Equity:

Liabilities $520.95

Retained Earnings $90,963.35

Net Income $14,362.56

Total $105,876.86 Revenue:

Fundraisers $18,729.50

Member Contributions $9,515.00

Other $9,468.53

Total $37,313.03

Expenses:

Fundraisers $2,046.27

Scholarships $14,500.00

Grants $6,000.00

Other $2,374.20

Total $24,920.47

How we manage the funds entrusted to us.

Assets:

Cash $50,438.80

Investments $55,438.06

Total $105,876.86

1998 $2,730.30

2003 $18,080.99

2008 $27,043.53

2013 $67,609.39

2017 $105,876.86 $0

$25,000

$50,000

$75,000

$100,000

1998 2003 2008 2013 2017

Assets

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Who are our donors?

Who are we?

Fiscal Year 2016/17 Board of Directors

Board members hold a three year term and are chosen through an application process in June.

If you are interested please contact Cindy Allston, callston@dcba.org.

President Rebecca Laho

President Elect Raleigh Kalbfleisch

Treasurer Susan Reedy Williams

Secretary Colleen McLaughlin

Donna Cain

Harold Conick

Jodi Henninger

Christine McTigue

Clarissa Myers

Matthew Pfeiffer

Casey Woodruff

Steven Yahnke

Executive Director Cindy Allston

John Kincaid

James Laraia

Richard Lofgren

Christopher Maurer

Ronald Menna

James McCluskey

Robert McDonough

Due to limited space only donors who have given $100 or over are listed. We truly appreciate all donations. Thank you!

126 S. County Farm Rd

Wheaton, IL 60188

www.dcba.org, 630-653-7779

Anthony Abear Connie R. Gessner Momkus McCluskey Roberts, LLC

Cindy Allston Lisa J. Giese Sharon R. Mulyk

Hon. Robert J. Anderson Richard Guerard Mulyk Laho Law

William J. Arendt Scott M. Hardek Clarissa R.E. Myers

Hon. C. Stanley Austin Kathryn L. Harry Myron M Cherry & Associates, LLC

B.R. Ryall YMCA Canella E. Henrichs Thomas M. Newman

Irene Bahr Patrick B. Hurley Northern District of Illinois Official Court Reporters

Hon. George Bakalis Ronald L. Jansen Lisa M Nyuli

Hon. William J. Bauer Raleigh D. Kalbfleisch Mario Palermo

Joseph M. Beck Thomas G Kenny John J. Pcolinski, Jr.

Terrence J. Benshoof John B. Kincaid Pfeiffer Law Offices, P.C.

Thomas T. Boundas Timothy J. Klein Elizabeth A. Pope

Scott D. Bromann Lynne C. Kristufek Donald J. Ramsell

Hon. Robert E. Byrne Kenneth Lahner Hon. Richard D. Russo

Donna Craft Cain Law Offices of Colleen McLaughin Michael J. Scalzo

Lynn C Cavallo Lynfred Winery Roselle David B. Sosin

David W. Clark Kevin M. Lyons Jason Speros

Harold W. Conick Vincent Machroli Joseph Storto

Barbara Ann Corrigan Scott Marquardt Eva W. Tameling

Hon. Linda E. Davenport Timothy P. Martin Maureen Sullivan Taylor

Dion U. Davi Christopher J. Maurer The Law Office of Lofgren & Wentworth, P.C.

Ted A. Donner Michael McCracken The Law Office of Robert McDonough

Brigid A. Duffield Stacey A. McCullough Christopher T. Theisen

Hon. Edward R. Duncan Sean M McCumber Tiger Musky Resort

DuPage County Bar Association Robert McDonough Jerry Vinkler

Patrick L Edgerton Hon. Brian R. McKillip Hon. Bonnie M. Wheaton

Teresa L. Einarson Colleen McLaughlin Timothy Whelan

Hon. Rodney W. Equi Timothy M. McLean Robert H. Wier

Faermark & Williams LLC Mary E. McSwain Susan Reedy Williams

Fogo de Chao Christine Olson McTigue David J. Winthers

Joseph R. Fortunato John P. McTigue Casey Woodruff

Kent A. Gaertner Ronald D. Menna Woodruff Johnson & Evans

Steven H. Mevorah Jeffrey R. York