GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
FOUNDATION NEWS
Caring for the Ministry of Grace: "Ecclesia Perpetua"
July 2015

Board of Directors
Carolyn Warloe
President
Shelly Lundahl
Treasurer
Hal Dick
Secretary
Neil Christensen
Director
Anne Orwick
Director
Kris Saathoff
Director
Bill Strohlein
Director
Pastor Wendell
Hendershott
Ex-Officio
vacant
Ex-Officio
Joy Linn
Administrative Asst.

The Grace Lutheran
Church Foundation is
a professionally
managed corporate
nonprofit foundation
established by Grace
Lutheran Church,
Corvallis, Oregon.

Did you ever let a little publicity or fear of a full mail box keep you from giving?

By Carolyn Warloe

Last week I was talking to a friend who had started a scholarship at a club we belong to, and had asked that it be anonymous. It took less than a month for the word to get out that she had started the scholarship. She had just wanted to do something nice in a very quiet way, and not be identified. I could tell that now three years later she was still unhappy that her identity was revealed.

My folks never had a great deal of money. They had grown up during the depression. They were however lifelong charitable givers. Most of their giving was to their church, but Mom kept a list of other charities that she wanted to contribute to during the year. I think monthly she would send $50 or so off to one of the charities on her list, carefully recording that she had done so. When I started helping her more with her mail and bills because of her failing eyesight, I was shocked to see how many requests for funds she received every week. Some were from the charities she gave to and some from ones who had received her name from another charity. Some charities were sending three or four requests a month. Even now, a year after her death, Kris and I are still playing the "Who Got More Mail Today, Us or Mom" game. Mom often wins. And almost all her mail is from charities asking for funds. The result of this is that I am now very hesitant to give money to some charities for fear I will be hounded for years after "I" die.

In thinking about these two examples of giving with unintended consequences, I can proudly reflect on the Foundation. Back when the Grace Foundation started, a couple in the congregation gave the Foundation a house. I think only a very few people on the Foundation Board ever knew where it came from. The Foundation went to great lengths to keep the identity of these donors a secret even from most of the Board. A few years later, a member of Grace asked to set up several funds to benefit some of her interests in the church. She asked that her identity not be shared during her lifetime. The Board carefully set up the funds and followed her wishes, but didn't identify her to the congregation. I think that she was very happy to spend her last years at Grace without having her identity revealed.

The Foundation won't send endless mailings asking you for additional money. We do not share your information with other charities. This is one of four newsletters a year that we hope are more informational than fundraising. We are always interested in feedback from the congregation and donors as to how we

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In Service to the Ministry of Christ's Church


Grace Lutheran Church Foundation
Financial Report
January 1 - March 31, 2015

Contributions

Foundation Total Assets *

Expenses

$2,335.00

$724,709.31

$2,960.73

Projects Approved
MIF4KIDZ Baptism "donations" for
    children under age 16, $50 each
Upgrade sanctuary lighting to LEDs
Sunday School service project
    matching funds (Schultz Family Fund)
Sandcastle Preschool scholarships (3)
ELCA Youth Gathering
    matching funds (Schultz Family Fund)
ELCA Youth Gathering
Lutheran Staff Assoc. conference
Choir music (Kuehn Fund)
Children's music - instruments, sheet music
    (Schultz Family Fund)

$300.00

$1,190.59
$627.00

$6,489.00
$4,000.00

$3,500.00
$644.00
$250.00
$250.00

Memorial Funds
Diamond Jubilee celebration
Gas fireplace insert
Telephone system
Library software
Children's music - instruments, sheet music
$1,500.00
$17.00
$1,200.00
$996.55
$384.00
      Total Projects $21,383.14

* The Foundation's total assets on January 1, 2015 were $707,725.93.

The Board of Directors acknowledges the generosity of the following people for donations:
February 2015
Henry and Vivian Chrostowski, Corvallis, OR
Jaya Conser Lapham, Corvallis, OR

In Memory of Rene Pitzer
Randy and Jacqueline Joss, Corvallis, OR
Penny and Ron Reher, Corvallis, OR

In Memory of Beverly Johnson
Helen Jacobson, Goodyear, AZ
Dan and Molly Hallgrimson, Corvallis, OR
Robert and Marcie Anderson, Corvallis, OR
Millie Babb, Corvallis, OR
Althea Lang, Corvallis, OR
Dorothy Martin, Corvallis, OR
Gloria Werth, Corvallis, OR
Norma Moody, Corvallis, OR

March 2015
In Memory of Millie Castellano
Roberta Kelly, Corvallis, OR
Dan and Molly Hallgrimson, Corvallis, OR


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are doing. We encourage members to request funds for worthy projects and activities. And finally, if you want to give a gift to the Foundation anonymously, we will honor your wishes. If you wish to give a major gift to the Foundation, please contact one of the pastors or a Board member so we can follow your wishes to reveal or not reveal your name, and most importantly to allocate your gift the way you indicate.
Tips to Reduce Unsolicited Mail

*    Tell companies and charities you do business with not to share or sell your information.

*    If you subscribe to a magazine, join a group, or get involved with any new organization or business, state that you do not want any of your information released to anyone else.

*    Register with the Direct Marking Association's (DMA) Mail Preference Service (MPS). It helps reduce unsolicited commercial mail for 5 years. Register at www.dmachoice.org or mail your request with $1 processing fee to: DMAchoice, Direct Marketing Association, PO Box 643, Carmel, NY 10512.


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