2011-12 ANNUAL REPORT

Dear Friend, This year, we departed from our usual way of working. We took a good, hard look at the desperate economic situation California’s women find themselves in and we said, “Enough!” With California budget debates on the horizon, we decided to seize the moment. We leveraged our respected position in Sacramento and our expertise in public policy to launch a campaign—Stand with Women.

This was a turning point for us. For years, we’ve based our work in strategic grantmaking and policy training. We tended to stay behind the scenes. But we knew we had to do more after we heard from our grant partners about the devastating impact five years of budget cuts have had on low-income women and families.

After funding groundbreaking research that provided the data behind the stories we’d heard of mothers going hungry so that their children could eat, we launched a robust, multimedia and multifaceted campaign designed to protect three critical programs that support California’s mothers and families: Cal Grants, CalWORKs and subsidized childcare.

We were deeply moved by the support and attention that the campaign mobilized. More than 7,000 of you joined us to advocate on behalf of women and families who have suffered disproportionally during the Great Recession and several rounds of crippling state budget cuts.

Together, we helped influence the final budget that the Governor signed. While far from perfect, the final budget resulted in fewer cuts than originally proposed. It was bittersweet, but a victory nevertheless.

KATHRYN M. DOWNING CHAIR OF THE BOARD

JUDY PATRICK PRESIDENT AND CEO

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The budgets we create demonstrate the values we hold. We believe that our state budget needs to plan for and enable a woman’s basic economic security—a safe place to live, quality food on her table, health care, a job that provides enough income for her family. By doing so, we will all benefit—not just women and their families. Our communities will flourish. And so will our state.

In addition to our budget advocacy, this year we’re proud that:

We supported 112 organizations with $2 million in grants Our grants are often the first time an organization is funded, so they help leverage funds from other foundations. In addition, we provide grants that support organizations over the long-term.

We facilitated smart philanthropyPhilanthropy belongs to everyone. One way that we both engage our supporters and fund powerful grassroots organizations is through donor circles. This year, we carried out an in-depth study of our donor circles. Then, during our biennial conference, Connecting California 2012, we brought circle members together to share best practices and envision new ways of doing strategic philanthropy that fuels social justice.

We helped pass two bills into lawThis year, two bills championed by Women’s Policy Institute fellows were signed into law and we graduated our ninth class of fellows. These graduates are combining their subject matter expertise with the advocacy skills they acquired in our program to influence public policy in our state.

We trust you will continue to Stand with Women and with us in the months to come. We need you. California’s women and children need you. Together we can create a California in which all women and their families are economically secure.

In solidarity,

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KHMER GIRLS IN ACTION

The terror of the Cambodian Killing Fields lives on long past the end of the war.

Forty years after leaving Cambodia, Khmer refugees still suffer the effects of the genocide. According to one 2005 study, 62 percent are suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder.

But the pain does not stop with the elders. Lian Cheun, executive director of Khmer Girls In Action (KGA), explained that the research they conducted last year shows that trauma has been passed on to the next generation: 49 percent of Cambodian youth show signs of depression.

“The Khmer community is very silent and there’s still a lot of healing that needs to be done and there’s still a lot of pain that the community carries. Part of the healing is to train and develop young people to be more active and to play a role in the political process.”

Lian and KGA realized that they had to do something to heal their community and address the staggering depression statistics. They had to intervene with the Cambodian youth where they’re most likely to be found—at school.

As a result, KGA has taken on an impressive organizing campaign they call Youth at the CORE: Wellness Center Campaign. They researched and wrote a resolution that aims to create school-based health clinics in high schools and they decided to convince the Long Beach Unified School District to adopt it.

“We want to help close the health gap so that teachers can have a chance to close the academic gap,” Lian told us.

They know they’re in for a long haul and they’re prepared. “The school board thinks that they know what’s best for young people, but we believe that young people know what’s best for them. That’s why they need to be integrated

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teenage girls who have gone, and are going through, the KGA leadership program. Every year, 60 girls go through the program and, so far, 500 have been trained in leadership, advocacy and public policy.

There is a KGA alumna behind the Wellness Center Campaign strategy and outreach; there is a committee of Khmer high school students working on event planning and marketing; there is a group of high school seniors working on the resolution. And every single KGA girl is meeting with elected officials and lobbying them for their support.

They have no intention of stopping until all young people in Long Beach are given a voice and an opportunity to thrive.

60into the process,” said Lian. Also, KGA knows that counseling and preventative services are first to go on the budget chopping block when California is going through budget battles. But they also know that schools that have wellness centers have been able to decrease their absentee rates. One school with a wellness clinic decreased its absentee rate by 20 percent, which ended up saving the school money.

“On the west side of Long Beach, there’s one nurse for four schools, meaning that she spends just one day a week in each school. If a student gets hurt on a Monday, she might not be able to see the nurse until Thursday. That’s not enough,” Lian told us. KGA is proposing that the district create wellness centers in three high schools—the same three that combined account for 80 percent of teen pregnancies in Long Beach.

Most inspiring of all, this campaign is not just run by the small KGA staff—it is run by the

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were born with a cleft lip and three of them soon died. One of the children who died was a little girl with a hopeful name—America.

For six years, El Pueblo, Maricela and the community have been resisting the expansion of the toxic waste facility. And in the process something miraculous has happened. This predominantly poor, quiet, immigrant community transformed into a proud and determined group of activists who know their rights and demand their voices be heard.

Led by El Pueblo, they staged protests, trainings and workshops. They testified at their county board of supervisors meetings. They spoke to journalists, scientists and politicians.

And the women took charge. It took a lot for a shy, humble, immigrant mother like Maria Saucedo to go to Hanford and testify in front of the Kings County Board of Supervisors about the death of her infant child. Imagine how her knees shook and how her voice cracked. But she did it. The community did it.

They’ve had many victories along the way. El Pueblo got the EPA to fine the facility for polluting and not disposing of the toxic waste correctly. They advocated for a water purification plan and, this year, the California Department of Public Health committed to building a new water treatment plant in Kettleman City.

Though it seems like they cannot win, Maricela and El Pueblo continue to fight this David and Goliath battle. Though many have asked her, Why don’t you just leave, Maricela never considered giving up and moving away.

“I won’t leave because this is my town and these are my friends and this is where I go to church. This is the same church I had my first communion in and my quinceañera. Because my hand gets tired when I’m driving down the street from waving at people I know.”

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Many of us have been to Kettleman City at one point or another. Located halfway

between Los Angeles and San Francisco on Interstate 5, this tiny town of 1,500 people is a pit stop on our way north or south. We stop here to get gas, lunch at In-N-Out Burger or a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

What we may not realize is that Kettleman City is a community of Latino farm workers who have seen more than their fair share of hardship. The water in town is contaminated with benzene, a known carcinogen. The air is contaminated with pesticides from the surrounding farms and diesel emissions from the trucks that pass daily through the nearby I-5 junction with Highway 41.

In fact, on average 1,000 trucks pass by Kettleman City every 12 hours. Maricela Mares- Alatorre, executive director of our grant partner, El Pueblo para el Aire y Agua Limpia, has counted them one by one for months. Maricela has spent years struggling to clean up the air and water in her town and to protect the health of her neighbors, friends and family.

To add insult to injury, the community faces yet another environmental hazard—the giant toxic waste disposal facility located right outside the town. Chemical Waste Management’s Kettleman Hills facility is the largest toxic waste landfill west of the Mississippi River. And in 2006, the facility announced plans to triple its size. At the same time, the Kettleman City community announced their plan to stop them.

“Latino communities cannot bear the burden of all toxic waste in California. That is unfair,” Maricela told us, pointing out that all three toxic waste landfills in California are located in Latino communities.

The community members believe that the toxins processed at the facility are causing the unnaturally high birth defects and health problems in their community. In a 14-month period from 2007–2009, five out of 25 children

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so, after using up her savings, she lost her apartment and found herself living in a car with her three kids. In a desperate situation, she knew she had to do something to improve their lives, so she went to her local Medi-Cal office where she learned that she could pursue her education with the help of CalWORKs. She decided to study health administration so she can help people through her work. Susan’s is a success story, but she wouldn’t have been able to do this without the help of the CalWORKs grant she received.

Last year, California Partnership members made more than 50 visits to state legislators to introduce people like Susan and their stories. They conducted more than 20 actions and protests, all with the goal of raising awareness and protecting critical programs such as CalWORKs, childcare and economic support for low-income families. They also facilitated the record number of 165 women giving statements in Sacramento, thereby making real the human price of the budget cuts.

“Legislators couldn’t say they didn’t hear from anybody,” said Vanessa. “While there were some cuts, ultimately we helped stave off what would have been catastrophic cuts.”

California Partnership’s big accomplishment this year? After years of working to bring attention to the need for fiscal reform and revenues, they helped shape Proposition 30, which was on the 2012 ballot and aimed to raise $6 billion annually so that we can build a California budget that reflects the values and needs of all Californians.

50+ n California, one out of three families headed by single mothers is living in poverty. That’s not acceptable to the California Partnership. Currently led by Vanessa Aramayo, the organization has worked for years to address the root causes of poverty.

They know they can’t do it alone. That’s why they are composed of 120 member groups like Parent Voices, which makes sure that low- income working mothers have quality childcare for their children; Pueblo, which strives to empower low-income working families in Southern California, many of whom are Latino; and LIFETIME, which strives to ensure that women receiving public assistance have an opportunity to get a degree in higher education and go on to become financially independent.

The California Partnership has five chapters— in Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, San Francisco, Alameda and Santa Clara counties—and has members in the Central Valley, Central Coast and San Diego regions.

One of the ways that the California Partnership addresses the root causes of poverty is through organizing and educating people about the California state budget. The past five years have seen the budget balanced by cutting the programs and services that benefit low-income women and families. The rationale is that the state has a spending problem.

“We don’t have a spending problem,” Vanessa said. “We have a revenue problem. The public is misled to believe that the only way we can solve our budget problem is if we cut our way out of it.”

The result is that people like Susan, a single mom with three kids, pay the price. For years, Susan worked in the financial sector, but when the recession hit, she lost her job. Like so many people who’ve lost work in the last couple of years, she couldn’t find a new job

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Lia Saeteurn LOS ANGELES

Without fail, Lia Saeteurn volunteers 500 hours of her time every year. And that’s no small feat considering she works full time as a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch in Beverly Hills and is a member of our Los Angeles Giving Circle, a donor circle that last year awarded four grants to organizations that uplift women and girls. Lia volunteers as a college preparation and financial literacy mentor to middle and high school girls: “I believe that anyone who has access to the right education and the right role models can get out of the world in which they think they’re trapped.”Lia says that she has been lucky and has been given a lot. She was born in a refugee camp in Thailand. When she was four months old, her family immigrated to the United States. She excelled in school and extracurricular activities and then attended UC Berkeley. Now, she finds herself in a rewarding career. How did she do it? Not by pulling herself up by her bootstraps, she says, but by getting help, support and inspiration from many mentors, coaches and teachers along her way. And now she wants to give back. Lia is moved to act and give—both her time and her money—by a story she read as a high school student. In the story, a young girl reads Langston Hughes’s poem, “A Dream Deferred,” and weeps. She weeps because she feels that her dreams will inevitably “dry up like a raisin in the sun.” The young girl simply does not see a way out of her dire situation. So every time Lia thinks the problems some girls face are too big to surmount, she remembers that girl and volunteers one more hour of her time. And every time she feels that our system of education is too broken to fix, she remembers that girl and supports inspirational organizations like the New Village Charter High School. “The goal is to point the girls in the right direction, motivate them to live up to their potential and encourage them to continue to dream.”

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Michelle Cale PALO ALTO

“People always think that only rich men like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are philanthropists. I believe that if you’re doing something for the common good, you’re acting in a philanthropic way and are being a philanthropist. This word, ‘philanthropist,’ is a powerful word women and girls need to embrace and claim,” said Michelle Cale, philanthropist, Women’s Foundation of California board member and member of our Women of Silicon Valley Donor Circle.Michelle grew up in Birmingham, England, daughter of working class parents who believed in the value of education despite having few opportunities themselves. Her father used to tell her, “No matter what happens, they can never take your education away from you.” As a result, Michelle, who has a doctorate in history, is committed to using philanthropy to help young people get access to higher education.But this year, Michelle is thinking about education with a different objective in mind. She’s leading a class in philanthropy at her daughter’s middle school in Palo Alto.

“I designed this nine week elective course to help these young girls—half of whom are 11 years old—choose where they would like to volunteer,” Michelle told us.

“And along the way, I’m trying to get them to embrace this idea of being a philanthropist. I don’t think there’s any reason why they should not be thinking philanthropically at this age.”Michelle sees a leadership role for herself in educating a new generation of women philanthropists. She is showing them that philanthropy is not something you have to wait to do when you’re older, but something you can do at any age.

“I want to provide them with some things to think about and then ask, Now what sparks your imagination? I want them to see that they can do more in the world, that they can have an idea and do something with it. I want them to know that they can be agents in their communities and that they can start today.”

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of a problem, not the problem itself. Instead of focusing on stopping abortions, the focus should be on overturning the social inequities that make it impossible for low-income women to have comprehensive health care.

Back in Los Angeles, the billboards were taken down within a week of going up. To make this victory possible, BWW and CLRJ worked not only together, but they forged alliances with women’s organizations all across California and the United States.

What’s more, they forged historically unlikely alliances. CLRJ found common ground with immigrant and civil rights organizations like the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. BWW worked with male leaders in their communities, among them Reverend Eric Lee of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Roderick J. Elzy of Great Beginnings for Black Babies, who became champions for women’s reproductive health rights.

“It’s a major success for us to get organizations that in the past may not have supported reproductive health rights and see them come out publicly and support our campaigns,” said Laura Jiménez.

By building alliances, educating their communities and cultivating cross-issue relationships, CLRJ and BWW are changing hearts and minds:

“Here at Black Women for Wellness we have done some great policy work that has impacted folks upstream. But when we’re able to see folks downstream—in the river, so to speak—get it, and when they’re willing to join us to work on policy, that’s when I get excited and am hopeful,” said Janette Robinson Flint.

n 2011, anti-choice organizations launched a series of billboard campaigns targeting Latino and African American communities in Los Angeles. Imagine a billboard of a beautiful African American baby boy framed by the words, “Black & Beautiful,” with the URL, toomanyaborted.com. Then imagine a billboard announcing that “The most dangerous place for a Latino is in the womb.”

Our grant partners, California Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ) and Black Women for Wellness (BWW), sprang into action both to take down the offensive billboards and to educate their communities about reproductive justice and women’s right to control their bodies.

“Reproductive justice is you having a plan with what to do with your body. And you having the tools, the resources and information to work your plan,” said Janette Robinson Flint, executive director of Black Women for Wellness.

According to our grant partners, reproductive justice is not just about abortion. And abortion is not just about terminating an unwanted pregnancy. It is an important social and economic justice issue that has been reduced to a sound bite, dividing women, communities and, most visibly, political parties since before Roe v. Wade.

“Reproductive justice is your right to have children, if you desire to have children. It’s your right not to have children, if you desire not to have them. And it’s your right to parent the children that you already have,” said Laura Jiménez, executive director of California Latinas for Reproductive Justice.

“Finally, reproductive justice is your right to have access to health care, education and resources to make all these healthy decisions,” Laura added. Yet more than one-third of low-income women in this country do not have health care.

The harsh truth is that a woman’s access to health care is directly proportional to her income, which is directly proportional to her reproductive health. Abortion is a symptom

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If your name is incorrect, incomplete or missing, please contact Nicole Decouzon McMorrow at nicolem@womensfoundca.org.

Kivel Luckey Justice Fund, a Calvert Giving FundJoan L. Lesser and Ronald L. JohnstonMarineau Family FoundationSue and Phil MarineauMorgan Stanley Smith BarneyOrchard House FoundationJudy PatrickJaMel and Thomas PerkinsPG&E Corporation FoundationThe San Francisco FoundationSempra EnergyFaye Straus and Sandor Straus, PhDJune Tuttleman, PhDWells Fargo & Company

$5,000 TO $9,999One Anonymous DonorA+E Networks/ Lifetime TelevisionAileen Adams and Geoffrey CowanJanis E. Adams and John LyonsBank of America Matching Gift ProgramAnn BarhoumThe Bodhisattva FoundationKristin M. BoettgerMarcie K. BrownCastellano Family FoundationMary CooperPatty DeDominicEstée Lauder Companies Maureen FordWanda W. GinnerDavid B. Gold FoundationJane Gottesman and Geoffrey BiddleJoan HaddenWalter S. Johnson FoundationKaiser Foundation HospitalsLos Angeles City Treasury Employees’ Workplace GivingHelen MacKinnonCarol MalnickAlexandria Marcus Judy and George MarcusAnnelise and Jeff Mora Morgan Family Fund of Silicon Valley Community FoundationMiriam MuscarolasNew York Life Insurance Company

This list represents gifts given between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. This list does not include gifts to fiscally sponsored projects. $500,000 AND ABOVEQuinn Delaney and Wayne Jordan

$250,000 TO $499,999 The Atlantic PhilanthropiesThe Ford Foundation

$100,000 TO $249,999 Blue Shield of California FoundationThe California EndowmentThe Catalyst Fund of the Groundswell FundThe James Irvine FoundationThe David and Lucile Packard FoundationDeborah R. and Louis SalkindGretchen and James Sandler

$50,000 TO $99,999Two Anonymous DonorsMichelle Cale and Duncan GreatwoodMarguerite Casey FoundationOrange County Community FoundationJanice and Howard Oringer/Omnia FoundationRosenberg FoundationWells Fargo Foundation

$25,000 TO $49,999Two Anonymous DonorsAkonadi FoundationDeborah Drysdale, PhDFund for NonviolenceKaiser Permanente Employee Giving CampaignLinked Fate Fund for Justice of the Tides FoundationSouthern California EdisonSouthwest Airlinesvan Löben Sels/ RembeRock Foundation

$10,000 TO $24,999City National BankKathryn M. Downing and Gerry FlakeLia Haskin Fernald, PhDPhyllis K. FriedmanKathryn GreenThe William and Flora Hewlett FoundationEmily Honig, PhDHull Family Foundation

Thank you to our Donor PartnersSUPPORTING CALIFORNIA’S WOMEN. SUPPORTING CALIFORNIA.

Your generosity makes a huge difference in the lives of thousands of women and families across the state. It’s because of gifts from individuals, foundations and corporations that we’re able to make grants to leading organizations and run programs such as our nationally acclaimed Women’s Policy Institute. Thank you for standing with women!

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$1,000 TO $2,499Six Anonymous DonorsSherry AhernDede AlpertElizabeth AndersonJoni AndersonCarol A. Banquer, MDBarbara BeckHunt/Berg Family Gift Fund of Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, as advised by JoAnn Berg Leah M. Bishop and Gary M. YaleDiana Bontá, DrPHCatherine BroadheadMerle Evans BrodieAlison Sirkus Brody and Michael BrodyLinda Bulmash, Esq.Janice BurrillFrancine BusbyTheresa Fay-Bustillos and Paul GutierrezKathryn D. and Alfred A. ChecchiChevron Humankind Employee FundsLaura N. ChickDenise ClementsElizabeth ColtonVictoria Green ComfortHonorable Crystal CrawfordGale DarlingChristine DeschaineJennifer DreyerJulie DubickLeslie DupreeEmily and Daniel EinhornEli Lilly and CompanySusanna Karney Flaster Joan FriedenbergFund for the Human Spirit of the Tides FoundationCarmen Rosette Garcia and Daniel Lawrence Kisner, MD Margo R. George and Catherine KarrassSusan M. George, MD and Miles EpsteinPatti GiggansBobbie and Jon GilbertLisa Braun-Glazer, PhDGreta GoldsteinKarina Sterman-GoodeSharyn GoodsonNancy Malkin GottesfeldInderpal Grewal, PhD and Alfred JesselCarrie HaberR. Elaine Hanson, MDAmy Burkhardt HarmonCrystal HaylingMichele Hébert

O’Hanlan-Walker LGBT Equality Fund of Horizons Foundation as advised by Léonie Walker and Katherine O’Hanlan, MDClaire Perry and Giles GoodheadBarbara E. PierceSarah Delaney RosendahlAlison SeevakRuth O. ShererSmart Business Results, IncorporatedSusan L. SwanGayle and Philip TauberCarol A. Tisson and Mike GinnJanie Tyre and Sam KarpNancy WakemanSusan M. WolfordYang Dan Relief Fund of the Women’s Foundation of California as advised by Ellen Sloan

$2,500 TO $4,999The California Wellness FoundationPhyllis CohnMaryBeth FitzsimmonsGuibord CenterRosanne Rennie HollidayThe Humphreys GroupRoy A. Hunt Foundation as advised by Marion M. HuntInstitute of International EducationSandy G. Kanengiser, Esq.KoiTimathie S. LeslieJennifer LevittWilda Masunaga/ George Masunaga Family Fund of Silicon Valley Community FoundationMcCune Foundation as advised by Susan J. RosePaulette Meyer and David FriedmanGwen T. MillerNancy Milliken, MDWendy Munger and Leonard GumportNestlé USAHenry A. J. Ramos and Claudia Lenschen-RamosLee and Perry Smith Fund of the San Francisco FoundationLo Sprague and Gwynne GuibordBeatriz Olvera StotzerBarbara E. WagnerBelinda Smith WalkerWeingart Foundation

Mary HerneJewish Community Foundation San DiegoMary F. JohnSabrina JohnsonJacque Jones and Bernard UllmanMarjory KaplanDori KaufmanClara KennedyBarbara LeeSharon L. Levine, MDHayley Nicole MacKinnonEllen J. MarksPamela McLean, PhDLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Employees’ Workplace GivingGale Mondry and Bruce CohenRita B. MoyaPamela and Dennis MuddMarilyn Gibson O’NeilSarah Smith Orr, PhDJane Patrick and Barry SchachtMary Frances Kelly PohJulie and Lowell PotikerPublic Transportation Services Corporation Employees’ Workplace GivingThe Purple Lady Fund of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment FundLisa RichterTerasa J. RidgwayVictoria Riskin, PhDTeresa L. RobertsAngela D. RobledoLynn Schenk and C. Hugh FriedmanSempra Energy FoundationNeil Senturia and Barbara Bry Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation San DiegoPatricia SinayNancy SpectorAudrey SteinBetsy StrausbergJulie H. Sullivan, PhDUnited Way of San Diego CountyGala VaisbergYelena VaynerHarriet M. WelchKarin E. Winner

$500 TO $999One Anonymous DonorSayaka AdachiMichelle AhearneBetty Amber

Rhonda Amber and Jonathan LichtLenise AndradeValerie A. AttishaHolly Badgley and Peter Stern Joan and David BarramPaulyne BecerraKathleen Brown and Van Gordon Sauter Anne T. CameronElaine ChortekKatie CollinsEmily L. DavisRobert DelaneyHeather DugdaleBunmi EshoJudy and James FarleyFlowers by Adelaide IncorporatedJohn Follain and Rita CristofariRenée White Fraser, PhD and Scott Fraser, PhDEugenia GarciaKatayoun GoshtasbiAmy GundersonJennifer Gunsaullus, PhDHarperCollins PublishersShana HazanSusan and Joel HyattGeri Yang-Johnson and Elliott Johnson Maile KarrisVirginia T. KingStacey KlamanMadeleine A. KleinerJudith H. KramerAlev and Gary LewisLos Angeles Community College District Employees’ Workplace GivingLucilia LuJing and Richard LymanTam M. MaDeirdre MaloneyAlice Anne MartineauKarin and Edwin Mayhew Constance NelsonJo Ann OgdenAnna G. OuroumianLisë Funkhouser PaulAnthony R. PerezKathy PetersonMarjorie RandolphMarise RelfeSheona RichardsonLydia Ines RiveraMarian B. Rosenthal, MDLia SaeteurnJohanna S. SchiavoniTaralee and Matt SchoenHeidi Schulman and Mickey KantorZoe and Stephen Schwartz

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$100 TO $24911 Anonymous DonorsGisselle AcevedoCherri N. AllisonSusan AllisonCarol Anderson and Stephanie Ann SmithGenoveva L. ArellanoAriela-Alpha International LLCEva S. AuchinclossAutumn Press IncorporatedSuzanne BadenhoopVirginia H. BakerLois W. BannerMelinda Cordero-BárzagaBarbara BenonTeri BialoskyRobyn Bramhall and Ellen Maremont SilverLeslie and Carolyn Gabel-BrettMary CampbellDiana CampoamorKaren CaplanJacqueline CasterClaire Becker-CastleRonnie CavalluzziDarlene Ceremello and Jessea GreenmanPam ChuehMarcia CohenConejo Wellness Center IncorporatedKaren CoxDonna CranePatricia CroteauAnita Robertson D’AguilarKrysia C. DankowskiStefanie DavisBaylee DeCastroHolly Fraumeni-DeJesusCarolyn DeVinnyHelen DietzAudrey Diaz DowLee Draper, PhD and Tom PaivaMarta DruryMichele DumontJody A. DunnKit Durgin and Elaine McKinleyBarbara H. DwyerSarah Elkind and Beth HolmbergTeddie Marie ForemanNancy FrancioseCaneel C. FraserKimberly FreemanKatherine Gabel, PhD, JDArlene M. GetzFay GhafouriJewelle Taylor Gibbs, PhDJane Blumberg GoldbergIris J. Goldman

Homeira and Arnold GoldsteinMartha H. GoldsteinGia GordonJudith Graboyes and Deborah CooperNona and Norin GrancellBillie GreerEsperanza GutierrezKaren B. and John G. HallJohn and Diana HarringtonPan Haskins, CPA, MSMary Jean Hayden, PhDTamra C. HegeMaxine HeiligerRenee HerrellIrma D. Herrera and Mark D. LevineClothilde V. HewlettAdrienne Hirt and Jeffrey RodmanHousing Authority of the City of Los Angeles Employees’ Workplace Giving Constance HunterBarbara F. JayMargaret and Robert KadoyamaJoni A. KaiserLinda L. KatzAudrey Martinez-KellerJennifer KenningJan KernMary KirchenDeborah KlarBetty J. LaMarrAmy L. Lansky, PhDAndrea LeeMay LeePeter LeeJoan and Bernard LeSageWendy Lichtman and Jeffrey MandelWilliam LindbergBrie Loskota and Justin EhresmannKathy Magliato, MDJulia A. MaickiAreva and Ernest Martin, Jr.Michael R. O. MartinezDena MathePatricia Uro-May, Esq.Nora and Edward McAniffMelinda McClainAnna McDonnellCeleste Pinto McLainMaura McLaneToni McLeanFrank MeccaJulia MieleLee and Steve MillerSandra and Stephen MuellerSusan E. NashJennifer Siebel Newsom

Charlene SeidleElizabeth M. SeifelYasmin ShahLoy SheflottJune SimmonsUnited Way of Greater Los AngelesJulie Waxman and Seth FreemanAmy C. WeeksKersten WehdeWells Fargo Community Support CampaignDana C. WhiteDiane O. Wittenberg and David L. MinningBrenda WrightDrs. Eleanor L. & Stanley Zuckerman Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund

$250 TO $499Three Anonymous DonorsA & P Fund of Horizons Foundation as advised by Petra Liljestrand and Alice PhilipsonDiane AdcockBrianna AhernLena AlfiClara Jean BasileAllen J. Baum and Donya WhiteJudy Belk and Roger PeeksRosemary BerwaldCarol and Frank BiondiMorgan Justice-BlackReisa BrafmanInger Brinck and Grace ParkToni BrockKay BuckMarybeth CartyBarbara Sayre CaseySophie Lash CassidyCharles Schwab Employee Matching Gifts ProgramCharles Schwab FoundationSusan N. ClarkSasha ClinesBernice E. ColmanNancy H. DaleyErin DanielsSarah DaweNancy DeNeroCynthia A. DonovanECHO–Employees Charity Organization at Northrop GrummanEllie FarbsteinSimona FarriseJim FisherMarie Fox/ Twelve Signs Wine

Wendy GarenLinda Gebroe and Rebecca SilversteinJulie GertlerBarbara L. GoodridgeSara Gould and Rick SurpinMavis GruverCaroline HansenMichael HerndonR. Christine Hershey and Susan Van HornBonnie Guiton Hill, EdDSue HiltonMaria Lemus HollandsBeverly Holmes, DVMJames Hormel and Michael NguyenMitchell Kauffman and Joanne Moran, PhD, PsyDLydia Kennard/ KDG Development + Construction ConsultingKimberly KennyMargaretta C. KildebeckMegan LimSarah MacKinnonJudy M. MillerLynn and David MitchellEllen MonroeAnn MungerPatricia and Robert MurarNetwork for GoodTara OstapukChristine OsteeJudy OusterhoutHonorable Joy PicusThomas Pollack and Evan JennessQualcomm Charitable FoundationRady School Alumni Association–University of California, San DiegoMarguerite RangelJessica RodgersGary Ross and Allison ThomasJeri RubinPamela Rudd, PhDCathy SalserAdele Scheele, PhDDeborah E. SpindelmanRegina Stagg and Joel FeuerJamienne S. StudleyLisa SwannEmma TuttlemanSophie TuttlemanUnited Way for Southeastern MichiganKaren E. WarshawKelly WeaverDiane T. WilsonMahvash and Farrokh YazdiIrving and Ellen Zucker

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Kathleen R. NoeTorie Osborn and Lydia VaiasKathie PiccagliAmy Rabbino and Neal RubinKavita N. RamdasJoan RehnborgShailushi Baxi RitchiePenny RosenwasserJean RossG. Joyce RowlandTristan RuhlandBeverly P. RyderRebecca SanderPatricia SchaumannPixie Hayward SchickeleArlene and Les SchneiderAndrew and Bridget SchreiberEnid SchreibmanLinda G. SchwartzEllen Seeling and Jean FinebergSempra Employee Giving NetworkMarcia Settel Emily P. ShepardLaura ShortMady ShumofskyTeddi Gelfand SilvermanLois and Harold SlavkinEllen SloanSande SmithCherrill M. SpencerLilly Spitz and Rudolph R. LonckeBess and Steve SternbergJoan Grant Sullivan, MDLillian TallmanJocelyn TetelDiane Elizabeth ThomasHelen Iris TorresMillie TrollDenise M. Tyson and Adrienne L. SherwoodShamya UllahVictoria R. Unger and David A. KopitzRobert S. and Diana VillafanaMary WadeMimi and Werner WolfenEthel S. Worn

$1 TO $99Eight Anonymous DonorsJudith AbelesAbba Al MeftahDolores Alvarado and Antonio C. NuñezHeather ArnetGail ArnoldDolores ArredondoRuth AtkinGina BarroPhoebe Beasley

Richard BeecherLaurence Alan BenderAngela BirchfieldLisa BochnerLaura BockScott D. BowlingErin BoyleVicki BrandMonica Smith-Braun, RNPhyllis BronsteinElizabeth S. Brownlow and Leonard Brownlow IIISarah P. Burns and Bruce D. WalkerVictoria BurnsLisa CalderonJoyce M. CannonDon CarkeekDenise and Dennis CarrieroGeorgia CaseJanice CimbaloVivian ClecakDebi CliffordNatalia CollisLeslie CooperMarilyn F. CourterTina R. CroweSharon Reyer Davis and Gray DavisDani DawsonMarlene De LancieCharleen Del JuncoJobyna DellarRaj and Helen DesaiMadeline Di NonnoNina DiamondMatthew DischingerRaquel F. DonosoBetty C. DudneyMary ElliottMargaret M. EllisJoan Emery and Edward RubinLisa and Jesse EndoJill EpsteinAmy EverittNatasha Carroll-Ferrary and Adam J. SchiffJoan and Thomas FrenkelCathy FriedmanJanis Frisch, PhDDodi and Murray FromsonGap Inc.Gap Inc. Giving CampaignVanessa GeorgeSandy GoochWhitney J. GosdenAmber M. GrayhorseG. G. GreenhouseEllen GreenstoneSylvia GriffithsLaurie Kasper Gwyn Heon HahmGretchen HaysDiane Helfrey

Ruth E. HerringJennifer HillmanPamela HillmanLinda and Kit HinrichsPatricia HobeVal HolwerdaMia HubbardH. Nona HungateMartha HydeEmily JaroszCharmaine JeffersonJessica JewIlene Sakheim Katz and Gary L. KatzBetsy KelsoMichele Littmann KingCarolyn R. KingshillVictoria KirbyKesa KivelAnna KleinLindsey KozbergStella KriegerDenise LassalleEllen LedleyLauri Fried-LeeTricia LegittinoRoslyn Leiser and Lida R. GuionNancy K. D. Lemon, JDDorothy LerouxLevi Strauss Foundation Matching GiftsPeter LinenthalJulia Liou, MPH and Sam YangDebbie LumpkinJoan and Wallace MacDonaldAndrea MargolisMaria T. Solis-MartinezMark MasaokaAlison MathiasCarol Cheng-MayerMichelle McCormick and Sara DavisMary Helen McGilvrayTracy MendozaPura Kristina MilitanteMarium F. MohiuddinAurea Montes, MSWMadelyn M. MurraySuzanne and Stephen NajarianJean NemerAngela PataneKaci PattersonCarol L. PetersonKay PhilipsMaya PhilipsonJoy PhoenixDel Richardson PriceLeslie QuintanillaJoette J. ReaHolly RichardsKathryn RichardsLaura Riley

Sue RobinsNaomi RobinsonLaura C. RomeroSusan Rosin and Brian BockCarolyn Sachs, MD, MPAllison SampsonDiana Sanborn and Art BoudreaultDaisie Cristobal SanchezBaasanjav SandarmaaDonna M. ScheiflerEileen R. SchoellkopfCatherine Dorn Schreiber and Peter SchreiberCatherine J. Schreiber and Hashem RouhaniMichael ScottSEIU Local 721 CTW, CTCLisa SheehanAndrea SiegmanAnya SilvermanCarolyn and Shawn SimsMitchell SingerMichele SiqueirosRebecca SmithGregg SolimineAngelica SolisMartha StampferJacqueline Cohen SteinbergElizabeth H. StoreyBonnie Sturner, PhDBryan TakamotoMargaret TalburttTina and John ThomsonJennifer TroiaUnited Way California Capital Region United Way of the Bay AreaGabriela ValleLynn VelazquezJeannine Jade VillasenorCady VortmannGwen I. WaldenWai WangMarie B. WashingtonLaura WeinsteinMichelle WeissSamantha WellersteinTheresa WesselsIdell WeydemeyerRon Wong and Mike TekulskyJudy WydickElaine N. YoungRich YurmanJill and Ely Zimmerman

To see the list of gifts made in memory of, in honor of and to our Living Legacy Society, please go to www.womensfoundca.org/annualreport-gifts.

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Community Water Center/Visalia $20,000 - Capacity Building Program and Community Action Fund

Community Water Center/Visalia $15,000 - Capacity Building Program

Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement/ San Bernardino $21,200 - Inland Valley Civic Engagement Project

Council on American-Islamic Relations, San Francisco Bay Area/ Santa Clara $20,000 - YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula Donor Advised Fund

Critical Resistance/Oakland $15,000 - Race, Gender and Human Rights Donor Circle

El Pueblo Para el Aire y Agua Limpia (Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice)/ Kettleman City $10,000 - Capacity Building Program

El Quinto Sol de América (Pesticide Action Network North America)/Lindsay $15,000 - Capacity Building Program

EmpowHer Institute/Los Angeles $10,000 - Los Angeles Giving Circle

The Foundation for Grossmont & Cuyamaca Colleges/El Cajon $31,000 - Women Give San Diego

Foundation For Women/La Jolla $6,000 - Women Give San Diego

Fresno Barrios Unidos/Fresno $15,000 - Capacity Building Program

Georgia Women for a Change/Atlanta, GA $30,000 - Women’s Policy Institute Aging Justice Replication Project

Girl Scouts of Northern California/San Jose $20,000 - YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula Donor Advised Fund

Girls & Gangs/Los Angeles $12,500 - Marlborough Student Charitable Fund

Girls Incorporated of Alameda County/San Leandro $20,000 - Economic Development and Justice Donor Circle

HerShe Group Foundation/ Los Angeles $12,500 - Marlborough Student Charitable Fund

HerShe Group Foundation/ Los Angeles $10,000 - Los Angeles Giving Circle

Inland Action (Alexandria House)/Los Angeles $1,200 - Inland Valley Civic Engagement Project

Inland Congregations United for Change/San Bernardino $1,200 - Inland Valley Civic Engagement Project

California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative (Asian Health Services)/Oakland $20,000 - Community Action Fund

California Indian Environmental Alliance/Berkeley $20,000 - Community Action Fund

California Latinas for Reproductive Justice/Los Angeles $20,000 - Community Action Fund

California Partnership (Center for Community Change)/Los Angeles $25,000 - Legislative Action Fund

Californians for Pesticide Reform (Pesticide Action Network North America)/Oakland $35,000 - Capacity Building Program and Community Action Fund

Californians United for a Responsible Budget (Justice Now)/Oakland $40,000 - Race, Gender and Human Rights Donor Circle

The Campaign for College Opportunity/Los Angeles $2,000 - Legislative Action Fund

The Center for Young Women’s Development/San Francisco $25,000 - Race, Gender and Human Rights Donor Circle

The Center for Young Women’s Development/San Francisco $25,000 - Economic Development and Justice Donor Circle

Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment/San Francisco $15,000 - Capacity Building Program

Central California Asian Pacific Women/Fresno $10,000 - Capacity Building Program

Central California Environmental Justice Network (Fresno Regional Foundation)/Fresno $15,000 - Capacity Building Program

Centro La Familia Advocacy Services, Inc./Fresno $15,000 - Capacity Building Program

Chicago Foundation for Women/Chicago, IL $50,000 - Women’s Economic Security Campaign

Communities for a New California Education Fund (Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment)/ Sacramento $40,000 - Inland Valley Civic Engagement Project

Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Inc./Watsonville $10,000 - Capacity Building Program

Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment/Los Angeles $20,000 - Race, Gender and Human Rights Donor Circle

This list does not include grants made through individual donor-advised funds managed by the Women’s Foundation of California.

10,000 Degrees/San Rafael $15,000 - Economic Development and Justice Donor Circle

A New Way of Life Reentry Project/ Los Angeles $65,500 - Race, Gender and Human Rights Donor Circle

African American Community Health Project (Walnut Avenue Women’s Center)/Santa Cruz $10,000 - Capacity Building Program

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California/ San Francisco $25,000 - Race, Gender and Human Rights Donor Circle

Asian Americans for Community Involvement/San Jose $20,000 - YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula Donor Advised Fund

Banteay Srei (Asian Health Services/Oakland $15,000 - Community Action Fund

Barrio Logan College Institute/ San Diego $30,000 - Women Give San Diego

Black Women for Wellness/ Los Angeles $20,000 - Community Action Fund

Breakthrough San Francisco (San Francisco Day School)/ San Francisco $10,000 - Economic Development and Justice Donor Circle

Breakthrough Silicon Valley/ San Jose $20,000 - Women of Silicon Valley Donor Circle

California Budget Project/ Sacramento $25,000 - Legislative Action Fund

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network/San Francisco $2,500 - Legislative Action Fund

California Coalition for Women Prisoners (Legal Services for Prisoners with Children)/ San Francisco $25,000 - Race, Gender and Human Rights Donor Circle

2011-12 Grant Partners

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Jane Addams Senior Caucus/Chicago, IL $30,000 - Women’s Policy Institute Aging Justice Replication Project

Justice Now/Oakland $25,000 - Race, Gender and Human Rights Donor Circle

Khmer Girls in Action/Long Beach $15,000 - Community Action Fund

League of Mexican American Women/Fresno $5,000 - Capacity Building Program

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children/San Francisco $30,000 - Race, Gender and Human Rights Donor Circle

Maitri/Santa Clara $20,000 - YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula Donor Advised Fund

Matheny Tract Committee (California Rural Legal Assistance)/ Fresno $5,000 - Capacity Building Program

Motivating Our Students Through Experience/Los Angeles $10,000 - Los Angeles Giving Circle

Mural Music & Arts Project/East Palo Alto $20,000 - YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula Donor Advised Fund

New Village Charter High School/Los Angeles $12,500 - Marlborough Student Charitable Fund

New Village Charter High School/ Los Angeles $10,000 - Los Angeles Giving Circle

Organización en California de Líderes Campesinas/Oxnard $15,000 - Capacity Building Program

The Peninsula College Fund/ Menlo Park $20,000 - Women of Silicon Valley Donor Circle

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte/San Jose $20,000 - YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula Donor Advised Fund

Poder Popular of the Coachella Valley/Coachella $1,200 - Inland Valley Civic Engagement Project

Pomona Economic Opportunity Center/Pomona $41,200 - Inland Valley Civic Engagement Project

Public Interest Projects Inc./ New York $7,500 - Race, Gender and Human Rights Donor Circle

Rho Delta Omega–Ivy and Pearls Foundation/Palo Alto $10,000 - YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula Donor Advised Fund

Santa Clara Unified School District/ Santa Clara $20,000 - Women of Silicon Valley Donor Circle

Sojourn to the Past/San Bruno $20,000 - YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula Donor Advised Fund

Stone Soup Fresno/Fresno $15,000 - Capacity Building Program

Students Rising Above/ San Francisco $15,000 - Economic Development and Justice Donor Circle

Time For Change Foundation/ San Bernardino $41,200 - Inland Valley Civic Engagement Project

Time For Change Foundation/ San Bernardino $25,500 - Race, Gender and Human Rights Donor Circle

Transgender, Gender Variant, Intersex Justice Project (Justice Now)/San Francisco $5,000 - Race, Gender and Human Rights Donor Circle

Warehouse Worker Resource Center/Ontario $1,200 - Inland Valley Civic Engagement Project

Washington Area Women’s Foundation/Washington, DC $50,000 - Women’s Economic Security Campaign

Wisconsin Women’s Network/Madison, WI $30,000 - Women’s Policy Institute Aging Justice Replication Project

Women’s Action to Gain Economic Security/Oakland $20,000 - YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula Donor Advised Fund

Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis/Memphis, TN $50,000 - Women’s Economic Security Campaign

Women’s Fund of New Jersey/Trenton, NJ $16,264 - Women’s Policy Institute Aging Justice Replication Project

Women’s Fund of Rhode Island/Providence, RI $30,000 - Women’s Policy Institute Aging Justice Replication Project

WriteGirl (Community Partners)/ Los Angeles $12,500 - Marlborough Student Charitable Fund

Youth Justice Coalition/Inglewood $15,000 - Race, Gender and Human Rights Donor Circle

YWCA Berkeley/Oakland/ Berkeley $20,000 - YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula Donor Advised Fund

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CREDITSWRITERS Sanja Alajbegovic, Sande SmithEDITOR Nicole Decouzon McMorrow DESIGN Piper MurakamiPHOTOGRAPHY Nader Khouri Photography: cover and pages 2-3, 4, 6, 8, 10Leslie Flores: inside front coverTerry Lorant: page 9