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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, [email protected].
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
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