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	GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH FOUNDATION NEWS Caring for the Ministry of Grace: "Ecclesia Perpetua" January 2024
YOUR Foundation at Work in 2023 Church - Community - State - World by Joy Linn, Administrative Assistant
Over the past 28 years or so, the generosity of the congregants of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church have built an amazing resource: Grace Lutheran Church Foundation. During 2023, YOU did good works in all sorts of areas. WORLD Supported humanitarian efforts in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, through the efforts of Corvallis Sister City. (Funding source: Ronnenkamp Fund) STATE Helped eliminate medical debt for Oregonians through the Hope and Healing Campaign. (Funding source: Brian Smith Medical Fund) COMMUNITY Helped fund Luther House's celebration welcoming their new pastor, Pr. Hallie Parkins. (Funding source: Ronnenkamp Fund) Enabled Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers to join the 21st century with updated computers and software to help their operations. (Funding source: Storvick Parish Nurse Fund) Supported a family struggling with medical expenses. (Funding source: Brian Smith Medical Fund) Participated in Lutheran Campus Ministry's "New Life Awaits" campaign which is helping them gain a stable financial footing. (Funding source: Ronnenkamp Fund) Provided a grant to Stone Soup Corvallis to help feed those in need in our community. (Funding source: General Fund) Provided funding to We Care, a Benton County organization that provides financial aid for Benton County residents at risk of eviction or loss of utilities due to job loss, illness, or other challenges. (Funding source: Roger W. Lindquist Regular Fund) Made a grant to the Ida Fund, the pastor's discretionary fund for gas vouchers, utilities assistance, car insurance and registration fees, rent, phone cards, etc. (Funding source: Roger W. Lindquist Regular Fund) CHURCH Paid to improve and beautify the 21st Street entrance with renovations and new plantings. (Funding source: Ronnenkamp Fund) Made the new altar rails possible. (Funding source: Memorial Fund) Continued on next page.

Continued from previous page. CHURCH - continued Supported the purchase of new blinds for the pastor's office, replacing blinds with limited functionality that were decades old. (Funding source: Ronnenkamp Fund) Helped the Hospitality and Property Committees with their renovations of the hospitality storage area. (Funding source: Ronnenkamp Fund) Continued to fund the employment of the visual production assistant and audio technician which facilitate services and other activities. (Funding source: Ronnenkamp Fund) The congregation, through gifts to the Foundation, is doing good work everywhere!

Grace Lutheran Church Foundation Financial Report January 1 - September 30, 2023 Contributions Foundation Total Assets * Expenses $4,273.91 $715,414.58 $26,277.44 Projects Approved and Paid in 2023 Hope and Healing Campaign,     RIP medical debt     (Brian Smith Medical Fund) Audio Tech and Visual Production     position, 3 year support.     $13,000, $8,710, $4,290.     (Approved in 2021) Luther House celebration and support 21st Street remodel and landscaping Blinds for pastor's office Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers     computers     (Storvick Parish Nurse Fund) Corvallis Sister City Uzhhorod     humanitarian aid Lutheran Campus "New Life Awaits"     Campaign $1,500   $2,023.50   $478.39 $6,500.00 $1,200.00 $1,500.00   $3,000.00   $6,000.00 Memorial Funds Handrails to altar $1,175.78 Total Projects $23,377.67   * The Foundation's total assets on January 1, 2023, were $697,745.08.

The Board of Directors acknowledges the generosity of the following donors: April 2023 In memory of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Carlson Ted Carlson, Lake Oswego, OR In memory of Swannie Carlson Ted Carlson, Lake Oswego, OR In Memory of Skogie Baker Annette Warden June 2023 In memory of Dorothy Miles Judith Winkler, Corvallis, OR July 2023 In Memory of Dorothy Miles Ron and Kay Larson, Corvallis, OR Dale and Mary Jane Weber, Corvallis, OR Frances and Donald Brostrom, Monmouth, OR In honor of Mary Jane Weber's 90th birthday Ron and Kay Larson, Corvallis, OR

Board of Directors
Carolyn Warloe, President Michael Beachley, Director Vacant, Director	Shelly Lundahl, Treasurer Mary Ann Brenan, Director Jeff Beck, Ex officio	Hal Dick, Secretary Kris Saathoff, Director vacant, Ex officio
The Grace Lutheran Church Foundation is a professionally managed corporate nonprofit foundation established by Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Corvallis, Oregon.                                                         Joy Linn, Administrative Assistant