The Community Foundation of Utah

Thanks to the Ernst & Young Youth Scholarship program, we were able to award $1,000 to Recapture Bikes and Kayleb Carr of Blanding, Utah. Southeastern Utah, in the Four Corners area, is one of the most impoverished areas in the nation and the kids from that area face many economic struggles not seen in other areas.

Kayleb is a very ambitious 16-year-old who was willing and anxious to get some free bike mechanic training from the owner of a bike shop in Provo, Utah. Mike Taylor, of Taylor's Bike Shop, put Kayleb through two weeks of intensive mechanic training after which Kayleb turned around and trained six other youth from Blanding to work with him in this new business venture, Recapture Bikes. Taylor sends used and old bikes to Blanding where Carr and his buddies refurbish the bikes and sell them directly to members of the community. They're also working on the concept of renting out bikes to tourists who visit the area. You can read more about Kayleb and Recapture Bikes at http://youthelevated.com/html/Bicycles.html

Kayleb and his team were thrilled with the grant and are using it to purchase tools for bike repair, banners and other marketing materials, as well as to help them maintain and run the truck they purchased for their mobile service.

Every once in a while there is a person whose actions restore your faith - like our friend, Karl “Willy” Winsness. Karl started a scholarship with us recently to hep kids whose parents are in prison. The idea came to him while he was serving time and he saw the impact on his two girls .  His story, which was in our local paper today, has touched many readers. Her is just one example:  "Way to turn your life around, Mr. Winsness. You can't go back...but sure are doing a remarkable service for the innocent. I look forward when a wonderful organization like this gets to host a $50.000 a plate fund raiser. Best of luck to all."

We are honored to be a part of karl's work, and encourage you to make a gift to his fund at www.utahcf.org. Just go to the Donate Now button and type in Willy. I can tell you, it is a great feeling to get behind such a wonderful vision.

Presented by Tim Throckmorton, Chief Philanthropic Officer at Wells Fargo and sponsored by Wells Fargo Private Bank | Philanthropic Services and the Community Foundation of Utah

This past Monday, Ashoka U, announced the designation of BYU as one of its newest “Changemaker Campuses” joining a consortium of 15 other universities (here’s a blog post by Ashoka U as well). By 2015, Ashoka U is planning on selecting the top 30 university programs in social innovation and social entrepreneurship around the world. Here’s a nice news piece by the Deseret News about our selection.

What to celebrate with us? Come join us on Wednesday, 17 October for our annual Peery Film Premier and Changemaker Fair at 7p in the Tanner Building. Can’t make that? Join us for TEDxBYU and our S+Lab next 28 and 29 March 2013 (we’ll also be celebrating our 10^th Anniversary).

As the Ashoka U team went through its selection process, interviews, and on-site selection with us, they became increasingly excited about the broad set of classes and experiential opportunities that we have for BYU students of all disciplines across campus. We are one of the few universities who provide the breadth of programs we do. Largest criticism? Branding—we don’t tell our story well on our website or via social media outlets. So, we’re working on that.

What do we do? The Ballard Center exists to help BYU students understand how to integrate social innovation into their lifetime of philanthropy and service so that they can have a greater impact in their own community and throughout the world—they want to have an impact like you do. This directly matches the aims of a BYU education to be Spiritually Strengthening, Intellectually Enlarging, Character Building, and Leading to Lifelong Learning and Service.

The numbers for 2012-2013? Over 2000 Ballard Experiences

•   350   Students in one of our Social Innovation classes
•   120    Students having an award winning On-Campus Internship
•   75+    Students involved in Off-Campus Internships
•  150+ Students working on new Social Ventures at our Social Venture Academy
•   28     Students from 6 MBA schools solving a Social Innovator partner’s problem in our Case Competition
•   50      Students in Clubs
• 1,200 Students and community attending the Hunger Banquet (co-produced)
•   13      Faculty Research Fellows
•   3        Practitioner Initiative Partners
•   1        Practitioner Social Innovator of the Year
•   800   Everyone at TEDxBYU
•   250   Everyone at our S+Lab Conference

Thank you again for supporting the Ballard Center, our students, and our faculty! GO COUGS!

The annual Bank of America's study of high-net-worth donors finds that education, health care, the economy, and poverty were the social issues that mattered most. Final results will be out next month, but you can get a sneak peek here.

One Utah woman's dream for smart philanthropy in the Salt Lake Tribune AND

Financing good will: How charities are innovating to survive in the  Deseret News!

Great way to start the day!

The Community Foundation of Utah has, for the third year, identified fifty individuals who are making a real difference in the lives of Utahns through innovation, collaboration and commitment to the common good. The ‘Enlightened 50’. They include recognized business and religious leaders, unsung advocates and volunteers, academics, bloggers, directors of nonprofits, and elected officials.

Modeled on vSpring Capital’s v100, Utah’s E-50 are nominated by a very broad pool of community members. Each of the nominees then selects five individuals who they feel most meet the criteria. The top fifty vote getters make the final list and will be recognized at an event October 11^th. This year saw 216 individuals nominated.

In choosing the final E-5-0, nominees were asked to especially consider who has exhibited creativity, entrepreneurship, and collaboration. The criteria are:

-       An innovator – pioneering original and sustainable approaches to the critical issues facing our state and its people

-       A builder – committed to community engagement and the common good

-       A visionary – most likely to make a profound mark on Utah’s quality of life

The 2012 E-50

Barbara Barrington Jones: Philanthropist

Betsy Burton: Owner, The King's English Bookshop

Brandie Balken: Executive Director, Equality Utah

Bruce Bastian: Philanthropist, The Bastian Foundation

Cathy Hoskins: Executive Director, Salt Lake Community Action Program

Dan Potts: Wildlife and Garden Educator, Salt Lake County Fish and Game

Dave Wentz: President, USANA

Deborah Bayle: CEO, United Way of Salt Lake

Deeda Seed: Community Organizer, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

Derek Dyer: Executive Director, Utah Arts Alliance

Diane Stewart: Philanthropist

Erin Trenbeath-Murray: Executive Director, Salt Lake Headstart

Gale Dick: Co Founder, Save Our Canyons

Gina Cornia: Executive Director, Utahns Against Hunger, Director

Gina Zivikovic: Community Garden Visionary

Hans Ehrbar: Associate Professor, University of Utah

Irene Fisher: Community Advocate

Jason Mathis: Executive Director, Downtown Alliance

Jeanette Herbert: First Lady of Utah

John Netto: Entrepreneur and Homeless Advocate

Jon Huntsman Jr.: Former Governor, State of Utah

Kathy Bray: CEO, Volunteers of America

Kevin Bell: GIS Coordinator, Salt Lake City

Kyle LaMalfa: The People’s Market & Council Member, Salt Lake City

Lane Beattie: President & CEO, Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce

Levi Elder: Damn These Heels' LGBT Film Festival Director, Utah Film Center

Liz Paige: Director of Community Service, Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School

Mary Nichols: Cancer blogger, TV reporter, CBS Affiliate

Matthew Holland, PhD: President, Utah Valley University

Matthew Minkevitch: Executive Director, The Road Home

Michael Arron: Owner and Publisher, Q Salt Lake Magazine

Nassir Marrouche: Executive Director, CARMA Center

Pamela Atkinson: Community Advocate,

Peter Metcalf: President, Black Diamond Equipment

Ralph Becker: Mayor, Salt Lake City

Rebecca Chavez-Houck: State Representative, State of Utah

Robin Marrouche: Executive Director, Kimball Art Center

Sally Elliott: Commissioner, Summit County

Sara Baldwin: Senior Policy & Regulatory Associate, Utah Clean Energy

Sarah George, PhD: Director, Natural History Museum of Utah

Sarah Wright: Executive Director, Utah Clean Energy

Scotty ‘Soltronic’ Whittaker: Founder, Sol Systems Solar Mobile Solar Powered DJ Booth

Sharon Abegglen: Housing & Emergency Services Director, Salt Lake Community Action Program

Sharon Leopardi: Owner, BUG Farms

Spencer F. Eccles: Chairman, George S. & Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation

Taylor Randall, PhD: Dean, University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business

Teri Orr: Executive Director, Park City Performing Arts Foundation

Terra Cooper: Volunteer photographer, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Timothy DeChristopher: Founder, Peaceful Uprising

Vern Hancock: Architect Temple Construction Director, LDS Church

Virginia Maruffo Martinez: Community Advocate,

The Community Foundation of Utah has, for the third year, identified fifty individuals who are making a real difference in the lives of Utahns through innovation, collaboration and commitment to the common good. The ‘Enlightened 50’. They include recognized business and religious leaders, unsung advocates and volunteers, academics, bloggers, directors of nonprofits, and elected officials.

Modeled on vSpring Capital’s v100, Utah’s E-50 are nominated by a very broad pool of community members. Each of the nominees then selects five individuals who they feel most meet the criteria. The top fifty vote getters make the final list and will be recognized at an event October 11^th. This year saw 216 individuals nominated.

In choosing the final E-5-0, nominees were asked to especially consider who has exhibited creativity, entrepreneurship, and collaboration. The criteria are:

-       An innovator – pioneering original and sustainable approaches to the critical issues facing our state and its people

-       A builder – committed to community engagement and the common good

-       A visionary – most likely to make a profound mark on Utah’s quality of life

The 2012 E-50

Barbara Barrington Jones: Philanthropist

Betsy Burton: Owner, The King's English Bookshop

Brandie Balken: Executive Director, Equality Utah

Bruce Bastian: Philanthropist, The Bastian Foundation

Cathy Hoskins: Executive Director, Salt Lake Community Action Program

Dan Potts: Wildlife and Garden Educator, Salt Lake County Fish and Game

Dave Wentz: President, USANA

Deborah Bayle: CEO, United Way of Salt Lake

Deeda Seed: Community Organizer, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

Derek Dyer: Executive Director, Utah Arts Alliance

Diane Stewart: Philanthropist

Erin Trenbeath-Murray: Executive Director, Salt Lake Headstart

Gale Dick: Co Founder, Save Our Canyons

Gina Cornia: Executive Director, Utahns Against Hunger, Director

Gina Zivikovic: Community Garden Visionary

Hans Ehrbar: Associate Professor, University of Utah

Irene Fisher: Community Advocate

Jason Mathis: Executive Director, Downtown Alliance

Jeanette Herbert: First Lady of Utah

John Netto: Entrepreneur and Homeless Advocate

Jon Huntsman Jr.: Former Governor, State of Utah

Kathy Bray: CEO, Volunteers of America

Kevin Bell: GIS Coordinator, Salt Lake City

Kyle LaMalfa: The People’s Market & Council Member, Salt Lake City

Lane Beattie: President & CEO, Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce

Levi Elder: Damn These Heels' LGBT Film Festival Director, Utah Film Center

Liz Paige: Director of Community Service, Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School

Mary Nichols: Cancer blogger, TV reporter, CBS Affiliate

Matthew Holland, PhD: President, Utah Valley University

Matthew Minkevitch: Executive Director, The Road Home

Michael Arron: Owner and Publisher, Q Salt Lake Magazine

Nassir Marrouche: Executive Director, CARMA Center

Pamela Atkinson: Community Advocate,

Peter Metcalf: President, Black Diamond Equipment

Ralph Becker: Mayor, Salt Lake City

Rebecca Chavez-Houck: State Representative, State of Utah

Robin Marrouche: Executive Director, Kimball Art Center

Sally Elliott: Commissioner, Summit County

Sara Baldwin: Senior Policy & Regulatory Associate, Utah Clean Energy

Sarah George, PhD: Director, Natural History Museum of Utah

Sarah Wright: Executive Director, Utah Clean Energy

Scotty ‘Soltronic’ Whittaker: Founder, Sol Systems Solar Mobile Solar Powered DJ Booth

Sharon Abegglen: Housing & Emergency Services Director, Salt Lake Community Action Program

Sharon Leopardi: Owner, BUG Farms

Spencer F. Eccles: Chairman, George S. & Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation

Taylor Randall, PhD: Dean, University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business

Teri Orr: Executive Director, Park City Performing Arts Foundation

Terra Cooper: Volunteer photographer, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Timothy DeChristopher: Founder, Peaceful Uprising

Vern Hancock: Architect Temple Construction Director, LDS Church

Virginia Maruffo Martinez: Community Advocate,

Utahns are known for their resourcefulness. We have an innate ability to envision what could be within what currently exists. We strive to transform our immediate environment into something more productive, and more thoughtful. We can see the possibilities a new idea, a talented student, a fledgling enterprise and those who have come to Utah to make a new home. We are also grounded in our heritage and history. We cherish our relationship with the natural world, and work to preserve the vitality of places and institutions that make Utah great.

In this, our second annual report, we highlight the transformations made possible by our generous donors, volunteers, and partner organizations. We hope these stories of transformation and of generosity inspire each of us to keep working towards the common good for all who live in Utah.

Click here to read the report.

Thank you to Jennifer Dobner for her expertise and assistance in drafting this report, and for those who share their stories in its pages.

With the support of the Wells Fargo Foundation, we've been tracking the impact of the recession on Utah nonprofits since 2009. This report summarizes the results of our final Economic Dashboard. The good news: Nonprofits have by and large weathered the recession and learned the importance of sound financial planning. Ticket sales are up, and earned revenue is making an impact on the bottom line. The bad: Giving has yet to return to pre-recession levels, while need continues to climb. And 2,186 charities have closed their doors.

Download the report here. And let us know if you would like specific data for your sector. Wells Fargo Nonprofit Dashboard September 2012.pdf