2013 Seventh Generation Endowment Campaign Committee

Laura Waterman Wittstock, Chair

Tiffany R. Beckman, M.D., M.P.H

James R. Boyle

Conley Brooks Jr.

Kathy Denman Wilke

Jackie Dionne

Mary Fike

Barbara Forster

Anthony Genia

Leah Goldstein Moses

Louis F. Hill

John Hinck

LaVon Lee

Trisha Lee Cook

Ronald Libertus

Malcolm W. McDonald

Steve Newcom

Carrie Owens

Joy Persall

Lucy Rosenberry Jones

Elaine Salinas

2013 Finance Committee

Carrie Day Aspinwall

Daniel Lemm

Marcus Waterbury

The American Indian Family Empowerment Fund Grants Committee

Juanita Espinosa, Chair

Carly Bad Heart Bull

John Bobolink

Fawn Edberg Marquez

Arlana Omaha

Neely Snyder

Anita Thoen

James Vukelich

Tiwahe Staff

Kelly Drummer, President and Chief Executive Officer

Leslie Apple, Development and Grants Coordinator

2013 Tiwahe Foundation Board of Directors

Justin Huenemann, Chair Program Officer, Northwest Area Foundation

Yvonne Barrett, Vice Chair Program Manager, Hennepin County Indian Child Welfare

Daniel Lemm, Treasurer Director of Programs and Finance, Native Americans in Philanthropy

Carrie Day Aspinwall, Secretary Community Engagement Director, City of Minneapolis

Andrew Adams III, Director Attorney, Hogen Adams PLLC

Carly Bad Heart Bull, JD, Director MCF Philanthropy Fellow, Education

John Bobolink, Director Lead Teacher, Saint Paul Indian Education

Juanita Espinosa, Director Executive Director, Native Arts Circle

LeMoine LaPointe, Director, Consultant

Anna Ross, Director Executive Director, BiiGiiWiin Community Development Loan Fund

Not pictured on front: Andrew Adams III, Carrie Day Aspinwall, John Bobolink, LeMoine LaPointe, Anna Ross

2801 21st Ave South, Suite 132F Minneapolis, MN 55407

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LEADERSHIP

Sammie Ardito Rivera — Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

2013 American Indian Family Empowerment Program (AIFEP) Fund Grantee and Leader

Sammie describes her leadership as “simply doing what has to be done and speaking up when it needs to happen. I intend to do the necessary work to fight for our future and Mother Earth.” Sammie recently joined the Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy (CEED) as the Climate Justice Coordinator. Prior to joining CEED, Sammie worked at the Dream of Wild Health as the Education and Outreach Coordinator. In 2013, she received an AIFEP Educational Achievement grant to take prerequisites at a local community college before applying to the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health.

The AIFEP grant “helped me preview a path that I thought I wanted to take but then realized it wasn’t the best fit for me. This in turn led me back to strategically working on the social change and environmental justice issues that I am passionate about.” She recently completed the Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) through Nexus Community Partners, a 7 month leadership program that supports, trains and places people of color on publically appointed boards and commissions. As a result she was appointed to the Homegrown Minneapolis Food Council.

Currently she is exploring graduate programs in Public Policy and Administration or Community Planning. In addition to her educational goals, Sammie would like to own land and start Sin Fronteras Farm and Food, an organic farming business. Through the Circle of Giving “she continues to build leadership and vision for a healthy Native community through advocacy and action.”

Economic self-sufficiency

Amandrea Chapman — White Earth Ojibwe

Nicole Hendrickson — Sokaogon Ojibwe

Sandra Jones — Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux

Nicole Koenig-Roy — Leech Lake Ojibwe

Deatrick LaPointe — Rosebud Sioux

Samuel Little Cloud — Oglala Sioux

Jane Valencia — Leech Lake Ojibwe

Colin Wesaw — Pokagon band Potawatomi

Dyani White Hawk — Rosebud Sioux

Melissa Whiteman — Northern Arapaho

Preserving and renewing Native cultural connections

Travis Decory — Rosebud Sioux

Zhawin Gonzalez — White Earth Ojibwe

Hinhan Loud Hawk — Oglala Sioux

Moses Mahto Strong — Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux

Rosy Simas — Seneca

Educational achievement

Celeste Apple — Oglala Sioux

Sammie Ardito-Rivera — Leech Lake Ojibwe

Katherine Beane — Flandreau Santee Sioux

Robert Blake — Red Lake Ojibwe

William Carter — Grand Portage Ojibwe

Antonia Funaro Gladis — Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux

Sandra Garzon — Ho-Chunk Nation

Frederick Hill — Mille Lacs Ojibwe

Charles Jackson — Leech Lake Ojibwe

Kimberlee Kleinheksel — Navajo

Adrian Martinez — Zuni

Kateri Palacio-Traxler — Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux

Crystal Pelchat — Standing Rock Sioux

Gianna Strong — Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux

Joseph Vital — Red Lake Ojibwe

Carrie Warren — White Earth Ojibwe

Tia Williams — White Earth Ojibwe

GRANTEES

The American Indian Family Empowerment Program Fund( AIFEP) is a grantmaking project of the Tiwahe Foundation that invests in individuals visions, dreams and goals for their families and the community. A total of 32 grants were made in 2013 in our three focus areas.

CONNECTING FOR CHANGE H 2013 ANNUAL REPORT

2013 American Indian Family Empowerment Program (AIFEP) Fund Grantee and Leader

LEADERSHIP H ANNUAL REPORT 2013

PLEDGES MADE IN 2013

Andrew Adams IIICarly Bad Heart BullLannesse BakerBlack Bear Crossings Inc.Donald R. EubanksBarbara ForsterCarly HareHarvey & Marlene HelgemoAnnamarie Hill In Honor of Simon Len HillWill Hudson & Sara StrombergSuzanne Koepplinger In Honor of RitaValerie Larsen In Memory of Brendan Michael SheehanLaVon LeeDiana ManuelLouise Matson In Honor of Gladys Bellanger HardyChristine McDonaldCarol MollnerJoy Persall & Steven NewcomKristine RhodesSharon RomanoAllene RossElaine SalinasBarbara SladeNeely SnyderJo-Anne StatelyNoya WoodrichNation WrightTravis Zimmerman

GIFTS UNDER $99

Anonymous (2)Kathy AnnetteLannesse BakerJane A. BonaRuth BowmanBeverly BushyheadLouis T. DelgadoCeleste DemarsMary Elofson In Memory of Ev SchmidDebra EmeryBarbara EppsJuanita EspinosaJohn FetzerTom FordKathy ForlitiDeborah FosterVictoria Gee-TreftCatherine M. Gillis & Roy W. TaylorRudy GuglielmoMary HartnettDavid IshamMichael J. KeelerLisa KuglerJanice LaFloeBrita Lum

Ed MarekKim McKeageGary MillerLisa NegstadLynn NelsonVicki NeumannDavid NicholsonJune NoronhaKathryn O’GormanBarbara PillingTerese PritschetKristine RhodesMadeline ShawShelley ShermanJames SimasRosy Simas In Honor of Laura Waterman WittstockJenella R. SladeShanne SoulierDaniel SpockMaria SquadroniRoberta StevensonElona Street StewartMary StreitzMatthew & Angie ThornhillCatherine WhippleJacqueline WhiteNation WrightJudith Yellin In Honor of Kelly DrummerTravis Zimmerman

GIFTS OF $100-249

Andrew Adams III & Danielle DelongSharon R. AndersonSusan BeaulieuJessica BiceBlack Bear Crossings Inc.Tyler D. CandeeDavid CournoyerKaren DeYoungJulie EricksonCharlotte ForsytheElly GraceTedi Grey OwlDaniel HawkinsHarvey & Marlene HelgemoJustin & Loshi HuenemannJessica IntermillMariann JohnsonCatherine Jordan & Steve HickSally Jorgensen In Honor of Bonnie KingbirdJames & Deborah Kielsmeier In Honor of LaPointe FamilyThomas & Debra LemmPerrin B. LillyDiana ManuelRichard MusserMinnesota Council on Foundations Board recognition gift for LaVon LeeJane R. Newman & Amy Lange

Steven PaprockiLori PourierThe Saint Paul Foundation Matching Gift Program – Mala ThaoSusan StehlingMala ThaoAnita ThoenBonnie WatkinsNoya WoodrichAlicia Zetah

GIFTS OF $250-499

Mark J. AndersonLeslie AppleYvonne L. BarrettJohn BobolinkDr. Lydia CarosKathy Denman-WilkeJacqueline A. DionneJean E & B.C. Hart Family Donor Advised Fund of The Saint Paul FoundationSuzanne KoepplingerLouise MatsonH. G. McNeely, Jr.Carol MollnerDawn NewbroughAlicia SmithJo-Anne Stately – Fund of the Four Directions of The Minneapolis FoundationKim & Jan VanderwallMadonna Yawakie In Honor of Ben Yawakie

GIFTS OF $500-999

AnonymousMarkell BrooksEllis BullockDonald R. EubanksMichael Friedman & Susan HastiLeah Goldstein MosesCarly HareAnnamarie HillLaVon M. LeeDaniel LemmDavid & Margaret Lucas In Memory of Eleanor Harris LucasKathleen MeyerMinnesota Council of ChurchesJoy Persall & Steven NewcomJohn PoupartWendy Wehr

GIFTS OF $1,000-4,999

Maggie Arzdorf-SchubbeRichard and Deborah BancroftBlandin Foundation Matching Gift ProgramBald Eagle Erectors, Inc.James R. BoyleChris Cardozo Fund of Headwaters Foundation for JusticeKelly & Samuel DrummerMary FikeMartin JenningsJames and Susan LenfestyRonald* & Devin McKinleyMeadowlark InstituteNorthwest Area Foundation Matching Gift ProgramSharon RomanoElaine SalinasBarbara SladeSundance Family FoundationRuth & David WaterburyMarcus R. WaterburyLaura Waterman WittstockBarbra Wiener Fund of Headwaters Foundation for JusticePenny Winton

GIFTS OF $5,000-9,999

Longview Foundation-Kitty and David Crosby Restricted FundJoel and Laurie Kramer Fund of the Minneapolis FoundationDick and Joyce H. McFarland Family Fund of The Minneapolis FoundationR C Lilly FoundationThe Minneapolis Foundation

GIFTS OF $10,000-$49,000

Barbara ForsterKatherine M. NielsenWestcliff Foundation

GIFTS OF $50,000 AND OVER

F.R. Bigelow FoundationShayna Berkowitz and Phyllis Wiener and Still Aint Satisfied, A Foundation With AttitudeThe McKnight FoundationThe Saint Paul Foundation – John S. Holl Trust, Two Feathers Endowment, Management Improvement Fund

* Deceased

Highlights for the year:

Met our $100,000 endowment challenge match from The Saint Paul Foundation which included $200,000 in gifts made by individuals

Native Leadership Funders Group collaboration on a report on our work over the past two years with a focus on the Native Leadership Alumni and how we can partner in the future

Met our $25,000 Native Donor endowment challenge match from the F.R. Bigelow and Saint Paul Foundations that helped to bring in new American Indian donors

Strategic planning began with input at two stakeholders gatherings in the summer and fall which will help to inform our new strategic plan

Partnered with the Two Feathers Endowment for our American Indian Family Empowerment Fund grantmaking which helped to provide $70,000 in grants to 32 individuals

Secured our largest grant of $400,000 from the McKnight Foundation with $300,000 for an endowment challenge match for 2014

Held our first fundraising book event “WE ARE STILL HERE” with authors Laura Waterman Wittstock and Dick Bancroft bringing many new friends into Tiwahe

We are humbled and grateful for your ongoing partnership and support, knowing that together we can continue to build the future for seven generations to come.

the year of the challenge match!

2013

Reflecting on the year, we have been blessed to have such committed and strong partners in support of our visions and dreams. The wisdom, generosity and continued learning has helped to strengthen our Tiwahe. We reached out to our community to join us on this journey, and many new friends made the commitment. It was a prosperous year with great accomplishments.

We started the year with a strong determination to accomplish our goals. Together, with our partners, we were able to meet our challenge matches and position the foundation for the future. Further, our leadership and innovation in the field of philanthropy, including building individual giving in the American Indian community and our grantmaking to individuals is gaining recognition and importance in philanthropic circles.

Justin Kii HuenemanBoard Chair

Kelly DrummerPresident and CEO

I made a multi-year pledge to support the work of Tiwahe Foundation because I know my donation will be used to fuel the aspirations and dreams of individ-uals within our community, particularly young, emerging leaders. I believe the children of our community particularly need these “dreamers” to demonstrate for them what is possible, and that dreams can become reality.

— ELAINE SALINAS

We are donor activists, and we want to make the greatest possible impact on social change with the resources we have. As a philanthropic organization based on respect, tradition, and self-determination, whose influence radiates from individual to family to community, Tiwahe fits with our vision for social change. Tiwahe’s grants empower Native people to pursue education, to de-velop as leaders, and to strengthen the community by continuing the circle of giving. We support the leadership and mission of Tiwahe, and we are committed to investing in their work to benefit the greater good.

— SHAYNA BERKOWITZ AND PHYLLIS WIENER

Liabilities and Net Assets 2013

Current LiabilitiesAccounts payable $ 2,845Accrued expenses 1,359

Total current liabilities 4,204

Net assets:Unrestricted 644,124Temporarily restricted 124,103Permanently restricted 1,773,185

Total net assets 2,541,412

Total liabilities and net assets $ 2,545,616

Assets 2013

Current assets:Cash $ 621,983Certificates of deposit 156,923Pledges receivable, net 85,229

Total current assets 864,135

Other assets:Investments 1,514,231Pledges receivable, net of current portion 167,250

1,681,481

Total assets $ 2,545,616

THE TIWAHE FOUNDATION H STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION H DECEMBER 31, 2013

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