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ANNUAL REPORT
2014
Building Up Our Communities - And Our World
deaconcharitablefoundation.com
TO OUR FRIENDS
letter from our president
The Deacon Charitable Foundation was founded to support the communities where we live, work and
play. We fund organizations that address vital community needs in areas chosen through our bi-annual
survey of all employees: human services, animal welfare and the environment. Our four all-volunteer Giving
Committees guide our grantmaking decisions, in accordance with these employee preferences.
I am very proud of the commitment our employees demonstrate by their participation in our employee
matching grant program, participation in community service events and just their overall caring about
helping others.
Thank you to our clients, subcontractors and friends for your part in making our charitable giving possible.
And thank you to our employees for embracing our corporate mission to “support our communities”.
Steve Deacon
President and Chair
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Steve Deacon
Paul Cunha
Kendra Lackey
Marc Luedke
Julie Earnest
Richard Smith
Jarrod Fogle
Anke Rind
GIVING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
SEATTLE
PORTLAND
SACRAMENTO
IRVINE
Stephanie Buchheit
Sonja Jacobson
Kathy Ballard
Jarrod Fogle
Kathleen Johnson
Erika Paschon
Veronica Wences
Marisa Larson
SERVING
our communities
SOMEONE
CARES
SOUP
KITCHEN
STAND
DOWN
SACRAMENTO
AGE
WELL
SENIOR
SERVICES
Employees from the Irvine office
For the second year, Sacramento
Age Well Senior Services
rolled up their sleeves to sort,
office employees volunteered
received a visit - and a grant
prepare and serve meals at the
at the Stand Down Sacramento
- from the Irvine Giving
Someone Cares Soup Kitchen in
event at Mather Field, providing
Committee, who helped package
Costa Mesa. This organization
homeless veterans with clothing,
meals, then delivered them to
has served more than 300 meals
food, medical, legal and mental
homebound seniors through the
per day, for over 20 years, to
health assistance to help rebuild
Meals on Wheels program.
community members in need.
their civilian lives.
A FEW OF OUR
charities
MARCH FOR BABIES
VETERANS FIRST
Seattle employees and families walked together
Supporting our veterans is a priority for our
last May in the March for Babies sponsored by the
employees, and our Irvine Giving Committee
March of Dimes. Team members came out for a
members were pleased to visit Veterans First, which
great cause and raised $625, which was matched by
provides services to Orange County’s homeless and
the Foundation.
at-risk veterans.
PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL
CENTER
MOVEMBER USA
Employees from our Irvine office visited one of the
Movember USA 2013 came to a successful end
nonprofits supported by their Giving Committee:
with 64 participants across all five of our offices.
the Pacific Marine Mammal Center of Laguna
We raised a total of $6,300 to increase awareness
Beach. The center rescues endangered seals and
for men’s health issues.
sea lions, nurses them back to health, then releases
them back into the environment.
OREGON FOOD BANK
The Oregon Food Bank remains a favorite
site for our employees who donate time on
Saturday mornings to sort and pack food for
distribution to sites across Oregon.
The statewide network of regional food banks
distributed more than 1 million emergency
food boxes last year.
SIERRA FOREVER
FAMILIES
Last summer our Sacramento Giving
Committee volunteers received a plaque
of thanks from Sierra Forever Families,
an organization focused on building
nurturing, permanent families for more
than 3,000 youth in the foster care
system in Northern California.
The Deacon Charitable Foundation has
been pleased to support Sierra Forever
Families each year since 2007, providing
over $50,000 in grant funding.
MORE
information in numbers
Participation in our employee matching grant program increased dramatically this year. The Personal
Donations and Individual Service Hours charts reflect only what the Foundation matched. Actual
employee giving and service in the community exceeded these figures.
PARTICIPANTS
INDIVIDUAL
SERVICE HOURS
PERSONAL
DONATIONS
FUNDING BY FOCUS AREA
$75,720
$80,000
$70,000
$60,000
$50,000
$40,000
$30,000
$17,900
$20,000
$10,000
$-
$8,700
$2,500
$4,500
$10,840
$11,300
$12,800
$13,640
$24,300
GRANTS - ALL OFFICES
Our Giving Committees awarded 71 grants this year, in accordance with the giving priorities of the
employees of that office.
ANIMALS
Beagle Freedom Project
Canine Companions for Independence
Dogs4Diabetics
Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hosp.
FieldHaven Feline Center
Pacific Marine Mammal Center
Sacramento Zoological Society
Spay Neuter Project of Los Angeles
Voice for the Animals
CHILDREN /FAMILIES
Bellevue Lifespring
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound
Birthday Dreams Boys & Girls Clubs
Canine Support Teams CASA for Children, Inc. Children First for Oregon Christmas Promise Community Transitional School Family Law CASA of King County Food Finders Friends of the Children Friendship Adventures Friendship Club From Maddi’s Closet
Impact NW
Juveniles At Risk LifeWire Lifeworks NW
Oregon Community Warehouse Roseville Home Start San Diego Second Chance Sierra Forever Families Special Olympics Washington Tucker Maxon Oral School DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Svcs. Bradley Angle House Home Free Program / VoA EDUCATION
Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program Portland YouthBuilders Thinking About Tomorrow $
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
1,000
5,000
4,000
1,500
1,000
2,400
1,000
1,000
1,000
$ 1,000
$ 1,000
$ 500
$ 6,000
$ 2,500
$ 2,500
$ 2,000
$ 5,000
$ 2,500
$ 3,000
$ 2,500
$ 5,000
$ 2,500
$ 2,500
$ 2,000
$ 1,500
$ 7,500
$ 1,500
$ 2,000
$ 1,000
$ 10,000
$ 3,000
$ 5,000
$ 1,720
$ 2,000
$ 500
$ 2,000
$ 2,000
$
$
$
$
2,000
4,000
1,200
1,500
HOUSING / HOMELESSNESS
Arc of King County Colette’s Children’s House FareStart Housing Hope My Father’s House Community Shelter Real Change Homeless Empowerment Proj. St. John’s Shelter for Women and Children Working Wardrobes for a New Start $
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
1,000
3,200
2,500
1,000
1,500
940
2,500
1,000
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
500
3,000
3,240
700
1,000
400
2,000
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
2,000
1,000
5,000
3,500
6,300
5,000
1,500
SENIORS
Age Well Senior Services Loaves & Fishes / Meals on Wheels
Senior Gleaners Seniors First $
$
$
$
2,400
2,500
3,400
4,500
VETERANS
Friends of the VA Puget Sound Sacramento Stand Down Veterans First $ 3,000
$ 3,500
$ 4,800
HUNGER
Emmanuel Temple Giving Children Hope Operation Sack Lunch Oregon Food Bank Society of St. Vincent DePaul Someone Cares Soup Kitchen Sunshine Division Portland Police Dept. MEDICAL
Children’s Cancer Association Compass Health Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Keaton Raphael Mem. for Neuroblastoma
Movember Foundation Northern California Children’s Therapy Ctr. Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Clinic DISASTER RELIEF
Mercy Corps
$ 2,500
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Building Up Our Communities - And Our World
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