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Thanks to the generous support from
foundations, businesses, organizations and
individual donors, CAA has the financial health
to vigorously pursue our mission.
These are unaudited financials. Audited financials
will be available for review on-line at guidestar.com
as of July 15, 2015.
The Carol Kamin Early Childhood Endowment had
a balance of $1,090,416 as of Dec 31, 2014. Endowment
funds are dedicated to supporting research, education
and advocacy to ensure that all children have access to
quality early care and education.
2014 CONTRIBUTORS
$150,000+
$5,000+
$1,000+
$1,000+
$200+
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
First Things First
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Nina Mason Pulliam
Charitable Trust
Pima Community Access Program
Adelante Foundation
Association for Supportive
Child Care
AZ Biodyne/Magellan
Health Services
Cardon Children’s
Medical Center
Community Partnership
of Southern AZ
Cox Communications
Mercy Care Plan
Mercy Maricopa
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Southwest Human Development
SRP
Desiree and Greg Wells
JoEllen Alberhasky
and Steve Olson
AARP Arizona
Laura and John Almquist
Arizona Child Care
Association
Arizona Lottery
Arizona’s Children
Association
Asian American Times
AtLee Family Foundation
Jill Bemis and
H. Brinton Milward
Maxine and Richard
Brandenburg
Peter Burns, III
Peter Buseck
Casey Family Programs
Melodie Chan and
John Marks
China Mist Tea Company
Christofolo Schermer LLC
René Diaz
Diane and John Eckstein
Carol Erickson
Pat and John Escher
Esprit Décor Gallery
and Framing
Joanie Flatt
Susan and Richard Goldsmith
Judith Gottschalk
Cynthia Greeley
Athia Hardt
Lynn Hoffman
Terry Holpert and Alan Stein
Hospice of the Valley
Image Craft
John F. Long
Foundation
Diane Johnsen and
Roger Brodman
Norma Kafer and
James Gordon
Linda and Marty Latz
Maricopa Community
Colleges Foundation
Maricopa Health Foundation
Tania Torres Marquez
Michael’s Frame
and Art Center
Kerry Milligan and
Craig LeCroy
Janice Myers
Osborn Maledon
Perry Undem
Marsha Porter
Elizabeth and Frank Reich
Alice and Richard Snell
Southwest Center for
Economic Integrity
St. Luke’s Behavioral
Health Center
St. Luke’s Health Initiatives
theSTUDIO
Edwina and Warren Trask
UFCW Local 99
UnitedHealthcare
Community Plan
University of Arizona
Judith and Jeffrey Weiss
Barbara and Peter
Burkholder
The Capital Group
Companies Charitable
Foundation
Mimi Condon
Debra and Gene D’Adamo
Francine and Ronald
Dobkin
Duet, Partners in
Health & Aging
Katherine Eckstein and
Dan Nadel
Kay and Chuck Ekstrom
Erma Bombeck
Memorial Fund
Jean Fairfax
Faith Presbyterian Church
The Flinn Foundation
George Flores
Sandy and John Foreman
Betty and David Forsberg
Charline Franz
Penny Gaeta
Joseph Garcia
Susan and Phil Gerard
Dan Germond
Laura and Jack Gibson
Jill Harrison and David Johns
Anne Leary Hemelt and
William Hemelt
Chris Herstam
Benée Hilton-Spiegel
Nancy Hook and Bob England
Sally and Andrew Hurwitz
Matt Jewett
Saundra and William Johnson
Carol and Alan Kamin
Selina and Eli Kaminsky
Margaret Kevane-Craig
Ami Nagle and Mark Chaves
Wilma and Cecil Patterson
Tara and Anthony Plese
QuikTrip Corporation
Tom Rex
Stella Rosenquist
Diane and Ferenc Rosztoczy
Deanna Salazar
John Scialli
Isidore Shapiro
Adrien and Donn Spencer
Helen and Darryl Stern
Patricia VanMaanen
Virginia Auto Service
Judy Walruff
Claudia Walters
Carolyn Warner
Diana and Joseph Zerella
$50,000+
America’s Promise
Arizona Community Foundation
BHHS Legacy Foundation
Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities
Community Catalyst, Inc.
Ford Foundation
Melody S. Robidoux
Foundation Fund
Public Welfare Foundation
$25,000+
Arizona Community
Action Association
J.W. Kieckhefer Foundation
Margaret T. Morris Foundation
McMiles Donor Advised Fund
Republic Media
$10,000+
APS/Pinnacle West Capital Corp
Arizona Alliance for Community
Health Centers
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Ibis Foundation of Arizona
$2,500+
ASU Fulton Teachers College
Care1st Health Plan AZ
CopperPoint
Delta Dental of
Arizona Foundation
Diamond Foundation
GPW and Associates, Inc.
HP Enterprise Services
Helios Education Foundation
Dana and Rick Naimark
Perkins Coie L.L.P.
Rodel Foundation of Arizona
Snell & Wilmer
The Steele Foundation, Inc.
Paula and Stanley Wolfe
Thank You!
$500+
Rhonda and Gary Anderson
Arizona Alliance for Retired
Americans
Karen and Dan Barr
Casa de Los Niños
Child Crisis Center
Flo and Paul Eckstein
Mitzi and Rick Epstein
Harriet and Richard
Gottlieb
Nora Hannah and David
Dunteman
Laura and Joseph Hauer
Jon Held
Susan and DJ Jacobs
Lakeshore Learning
Kimberly LaMar
Gifford Loda
Susan Martin and
David Bonnett
Midwestern University
Sue and James Navran
Christine and Steven
Nowaczyk
Sarah Sorem
Rose Weitz and Mary Pry
Janice Wezelman and
David Bartlett
Jeff Winkler
Jean Wortman
$200+
Judy Ackerman and
Richard Epstein
Arizona Education
Association
Kathryn Baker
Tracy Bame
Sarah and David Bodney
Carol Boone
Nancy Patania Brown and
Michael Brown
Burk, Hall & Co., LLC
Thank You!
Here are some of our accomplishments
from 2014 that we achieved with your help:
Help for Abused and
Neglected Children
Put the spotlight on the crisis in Child Protective
Services and brought research, best practices, and
policy solutions to the table.
Stronger Families
Convinced lawmakers to lift the freeze on child care vouchers so
more working families have safe and affordable child care.
Improved family stability with implementation of the new monthly
stipend for children being raised by their grandparents.
Turned up the volume on the voices of children and families and foster parents through major community forums
in Phoenix
and Tucson and ongoing media communications.
Defeated tax and budget proposals that
would have tied the hands of future legislators for action on children’s health, education,
and security.
Led the campaign to bring child abuse and neglect prevention strategies
into reform plans and the new Department of Child Safety.
Health Care for Children
and Families
Promoted streamlined procedures in three state
agencies to make it easier for young adults
transitioning out of foster care to enroll in health
care coverage.
Connected more than 18,000 families to
affordable health coverage through the Kids Health
Link outreach and application assistance.
Connecting People
to Policy
Empowered more than 100 grandparents
who are raising their grandchildren with a
statewide summit, practical resources, and
connection to state policymakers.
Created a Young Adult Leadership Board
to champion better policies and
opportunities for young adults who are
transitioning out of foster care.
Trained child advocates through
the 2014 CAA Leadership Academy.
Information and
Training
Published “Arizona KIDS COUNT Data Book”
to educate policymakers and community
members on conditions for children statewide
and county by county.
Launched Opportunity Passport™ to offer financial training,
education, and matched savings to young adults who have
transitioned out of foster care.
Informed policy makers about consequences and options for Arizona
tax and budget policy through fact sheets and advocacy.
Drew national and statewide attention to the negative impact
of losing KidsCare through a research paper co-authored with the
Georgetown University Center for Children and Families.
Voter Education
Briefed five gubernatorial campaigns on key children’s issues.
Issued a questionnaire to legislative and gubernatorial candidates to get
them on the record regarding issues important to children and families.
Gave 14 legislative candidates a first-hand look at child nutrition and early
childhood education by organizing visits to programs in their districts.
Children’s Action Alliance, an independent
voice for Arizona children at the state capitol
and in the community, works to improve
children’s health, education and security
through information and action.
Thank you to the thousands of donors
and supporters who make our work possible.
Children’s Action Alliance
2015 Board of Directors
Children’s Action Alliance
2015 Staff
Greg Wells
Dana Wolfe Naimark
Board Chairman
President and CEO
Board of Directors
Meghan Arrigo
Tammy Feltner
Joe Fu
David Higuera
Andrea Kappas
Amy Kobeta
Karen McLaughlin
Kelley Murphy
Joshua Oehler, MSW
Beth Rosenberg, LCSW
Shannon Ulmer
Sheryl Worthy
Rhonda Anderson
Maxine Brandenburg
René Diaz, EdD
Kay Ekstrom
Gregory Ensell
Hon. (Ret.) Patricia Escher
Joanie Flatt
Joseph Garcia
Jack Gibson
Nora Hannah
Jill Harrison
Gifford Loda
Hope MacDonald LoneTree
Tania Torres Marquez
H. Brinton Milward
Janice E. Myers
Elizabeth Reich
Wendy Villa
Hon. Claudia Walters
Hon. Carolyn Warner
Judith Weiss
Hon. Corey Woods
4001 N 3rd St, Suite 160
Phoenix, AZ 85012
(602) 266-0707
33 S Fifth Ave
Tucson, AZ 85701
(520) 329-4930
www.azchildren.org
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