“With money from the RRCF, we have purchased beds for some of our clients. One was for an elderly gentlemen recovering from a serious illness. While he was out of his apartment, we brought in a new, more comfortable bed to support his recovery. He could not believe someone would do something so kind for him.”
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St. Vincent de Paul - Renton
“Meals provided to ARISE Shelter clients through funds from the Renton Regional Community Foundation have become more than nutritional support. Recently one client was overheard saying ‘I know every evening I can come here and get my belly full before I go to bed, and tomorrow I will be able to deal with finding a job.’”
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Lisa Christen, Program Director, South King County Shelters and Day Centers
CORNERSTONE
The cornerstone concept is based on the importance of the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation. Since all other stones will be set in reference to this one, it determines the position of the entire structure. The Renton Regional Community Foundation has chosen Cornerstone as the name for its annual giving club because it will provide funds to support foundation operations and community impact grants - the cornerstone of RRCF.
Supporting the Good Work We Do
Although RRCF manages approximately $10 million in assets, the majority of that money is ear-marked for other causes. Our operating money comes from administrative fees assessed on the funds we manage. However, fees do not cover all operating costs, forcing the Foundation to rely on corporate sponsors and individual donors who believe in the community foundation concept and the positive impact we make on the future of our community.
In 2010, RRCF created Cornerstone, an annual giving club designed to recognize donors who make annual gifts of $100 or more towards operations and furthering the goals of the Foundation. Our Cornerstone members are listed here and in Foundation publications, such as the program for our annual CELEBRATE! The Love of Community Event.
join us
The Board of Directors of the Renton Regional Community Foundation cordially invite you to join a select group of highly committed individuals whose generosity supports the growing need for charitable giving in our community. Member’s annual contributions of $100 or more help support foundation operations with a goal towards eventually building our Community Benefit Fund capable of making impact grants to priority areas of need.
The Renton Regional Community Foundation began its work in 1999 with just two funds and $257,000. Today, the Foundation manages over 50 funds and $10 million to benefit a broad array of community needs. In its short life span, the Foundation has granted more than $5 million back to the community, helping to feed the homeless, clothe the poor, provide recreational scholarships for low-income families and educational scholarships for special needs students. RRCF supports the arts and children at risk, people with disabilities and women fleeing domestic abuse. RRCF provides funding to strengthen the area’s large immigrant population and support emerging groups doing creative work in the non-profit arena. Plus much, much more.
The Renton Regional Community Foundation has become an important community resource, ready and willing to forge new ways to meet the ever-growing need in our community. As a concerned citizen and community leader, we hope you recognize the added value the Renton Regional Community Foundation brings to our community and the potential it has for making a significant impact on the future for our friends and neighbors.
Giving Levels
- Visionaries $1,000 and above
- Architects $500 - $999
- Builders $100 - $499
Membership Benefits
Benefits of belonging to Cornerstone are many.
- Access to updates on charitable giving or community needs assessments
- Foundation E-Connections bi-monthly newsletter
- Invitation to special educational events
- Annual Partners newsletter and annual report
- Recognition listing on RRCF website & newsletter
- Special recognition at annual CELEBRATE! The Love of Community event
- The knowledge that you are a very real part of the Renton Regional Community Foundation team. Through your participation, you are helping to increase support to priority areas of need in our community.
Cornerstone Impact
Becoming a Cornerstone member enables the Foundation to:
PROVIDE SOLUTIONS - supporting emerging groups working on behalf of the community, helping non-profit groups to overcome challenges and working to build new charitable funds.
REACH BEYOND OUR WALLS: RRCF is greater than a single organization, advocating for a stronger community, encouraging a shared sense of philanthropy and finding and engaging new donors for the benefit of all.
BE A TEACHER - willingly sharing expertise and offering educational opportunities to other non-profit agencies.
BE AN INNOVATOR AND CATALYST - bringing new ideas and new solutions to the table.
PROVIDE SKILLED SUPPORT - to those who have the power to do good, but perhaps not the personnel or the expertise.
ACT AS A PHILANTHROPIC RESOURCE – by serving as an information bank, cross promoting participating non-profit agencies, and providing expertise on complex gift vehicles.
SECURE THE FUTURE - encouraging endowments, helping to ensure available resources for the future to support important causes.
PROVIDE EFFICIENCIES - in both seeking donations and making grants by serving as an umbrella organization.
IMPACT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY - RRCF does not champion one cause over another, but rather works on behalf of everyone.
BE MORE THAN A CONCEPT - Since our inception, the Renton Regional Community Foundation has grown to include a broad array of services to our fund-holders, donors and community-at-large and become a force for good in the region.
CORNERSTONE
ANNUAL GIVING CLUB
2017-2018 MEMBERS
VISIONARIES ($1000+)
Alaska Airlines
Jim & Char Baker
Banner Bank
Harry & Janet Blencoe
Columbia Bank
Robert & Mary Cugini
Mark Gropper
Barb Nilson
Puget Sound Energy
Brian & Nancy Quint
Bob Reeder & Marcie Maxwell
Mike & Pam Teal
US Bank Charitable Services Group
UW/Valley Medical Center
Roger & Marlene Winter
ARCHITECTS ($500-$999)
Rose Bartlett
Jay & Sharee Covington
Mike & Valerie O'Halloran
Dawn Pacheco
Bob Raphael
Renton Shoreline Coalition
Ray & Judi Schafer
Jim Sullivan
Rich Wagner & Andee Jorgensen
Larry & Velma Warren
BUILDERS ($100-$499)
Baylis Architects
Lynn Bohart
Greg Ehlinger
Gary & Vicki Faull
Rosivale Grace
Lynne King
Joe & Sue Kurian
Wayne Manuel
Linda Middlebrooks
Marilyn Milne
Damien Pattenaude
King Parker
QC Ventures LLC
Lisa Lam & Marcie Maxwell Real Estate
The Next Curve
Renton Chamber of Commerce
Renton Kiwanis Clothes Bank
Tim & Kimberly Searing
Seattle Seahawks
Soroptimist/Renton
Symetra
Chuck & Rondi Tiernan
Edward Shaff
IN-KIND DONORS
Insight Consulting
Jim Sullivan
Service Linen
Whistle Stop Ale House
Become a part of the Cornerstone family
P.O. Box 820
Renton, WA 98057
(425) 282-5199
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