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
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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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