The IECA Foundation

Our work at the IECA Foundation is all about helping students, middle and high school age. To fulfill that endeavor, we:

1. Provide direct support for student programs, in the form of grants to deserving educational organizations that help students discover and experience positive educational opportunities.
2. Provide indirect assistance for students, through our support of professional development programs for consultants, counselors and admission professionals, to help them guide students to appropriate educational choices.

We are a non-profit, charitable, 501(c)(3) organization and rely completely on outside contributions. More than ever, we need your support.

The IECA Foundation - Create, Support, Empower

• Creating new opportunities for students and opening new educational doors
• Finding programs and people that will help students make good decisions in their lives and prosper educationally
• Supporting projects that enable positive student development and growth
• Meeting the needs of students who are struggling to find an enriched educational path
• Identifying learning opportunities for educators, to meet the needs of a wide range of students

• Supporting young people in developing the tools necessary to make sound educational decisions
• Providing funding and assistance to educational programs identified as growth producing and enriching for students
• Connecting these educational programs to people within and outside the IECA
• Connecting these educational programs to each other, for maximum synergy and benefit
• Providing professional development programs to those working with young people

• Ultimately, giving students the strength, confidence and tools to be successful, make good life choices, recognize their inherent gifts and maximize their educational opportunities

A fifth grade, low income boy reading at a first grade level asked his mother to make him 'brain dead' so he would no longer suffer from humiliation in school.

As tragic as that is, it's true. After a year in the Legacy of Learning program, this student is performing up to his potential and looks at learning as not only possible, but even fun.

Legacy of Learning, in Boulder, Colorado, was one of ten worthy projects that received grants from the IECA Foundation in 2010.

We commonly fund smaller programs where we can make a difference in the lives of students. We often provide the seed money fledgling organizations need to get an innovative idea off the ground.

Please click the tab above to see our Annual Report. The Report demonstrates the impact your support is making.

You were there for us by your gift to our Annual Fund, the Hillside Challenge Grant, the Kowalchick or Irv Katz Funds. Many of you contributed to our special event held in conjunction with the meeting in Toronto.

We are able to assist less than half of the grant applications that come to us. We'd like to do more. Please keep us in mind for a donation of any size (or in the form of a gift made in memory or in honor of someone).

Thanks to you, we will continue to help programs that assist in the process of choice. Your support gives young people the lift they need to lead successful, goal directed lives.

With gratitude for your support and with thanks for visiting our website.

Sincerely,

Steven R. Antonoff, Ph.D.

IECA Foundation Income & Expenses

Fiscal Year 2010: January 1 – December 31, 2010

Board of Trustees

Steven Antonoff

Ph.D., CEP, Chair, Educational Consultant, Denver, CO; Former Chair, IECA Board of Directors; Founding Chair, American Institute of Certified Educational Planners; University of California, Irvine instructor in Certificate Program in Independent Educational Consulting; NACAC By-Laws Task Force; Author, College Finder and College Match; Former Dean of Admissions, University of Denver.

Jared Balmer

Co-Founder, Island View Residential Treatment Center; Co-Founder, Oakley School; Lecturer on family and adolescent related issues; Recipient of the 2006 Leadership Award of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs.

David Beecher

Headmaster, Hillside School, Marlborough, MA; Former administrator/teacher/coach at Berkshire School, Wilbraham & Monson Academy, Fay School, and Yale University; Former President of the Junior Boarding School Association; Former Board of Directors of the Independent School Advocacy Board for the National Association of Independent Schools  

Camille M. Bertram

Educational Consultant, Fairfield, CT; President, Bertram Educational Consultants; Certified Educational Planner; Board of Directors, Secondary School Admission Test; Former Senior Associate, Dunbar Educational Consultants; Service on numerous school and association boards;Speaker at national and regional forums on education and educational directions.

Christopher Covert

Educational Consultant, Carefree, AZ; Former Assistant Headmaster, Head of the Middle School, and Director of Admission,Providence (Rhode Island) Country Day School; Former Director of Development, Gordon School; Dean of Admission, Hamilton College; Assistant Dean, Case Western Reserve University; Serves in leadership positions with the Community Preparatory School, Roger Williams Park Zoo, Arrowhead School, Mayo Hospital, and Foothills Caring Corps.

Jody Dobson

Educational Consultant, Philadelphia, PA; Former Director of Admission, Director of School Placement, Head of Middle School, English Department Head, and teacher at the elementary, middle and high school levels; Former Member, Board of Directors, Independent Educational Consultants Association; Former member of schools and membership committees, IECA; Worked with children and their families for over 30 years; Member of numerous professional associations and community service groups.

Brian Proctor

Educational Consultant, Ontario, Canada; Former Director of Admissions at Trinity College School; Former teacher and administrator at Upper Canada College; President Emeritus, Round Table (a group of Admissions Officers and Educational Consultants); Marketing consultant to schools in the United Kingdom; Former Director, USA Essex Institute for Enrollment Planning.

E. Whitney Ransome

Director of The James Center: Programs and Partnerships with a Public Purpose at the Garrison Forest School in Maryland; Trustee of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women; Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the National Coalition of Girls' Schools; Executive Director of the Coalition of Girls' Boarding Schools; founding member of the Baltimore Women's Giving Circle; Co-author of Money $ense for Girls: A Resource Guide for Parents and Educators and Money $ense for Girls: A Guide for Girls.

Michael Spence

Partner and educational consultant at Howland and Spence, Boston. Howland and Spence is one of the nations oldest and most respected consulting firms. Past president of IECA Board of Directors; former Commissioner of the American Institute of Certified Educational Planners; former dean, admission officer, and/or teacher at Cranbrook Schools, Northfield Mount Hermon School, and The Gunnery School.

David Tuttle

Admissions Director, The Kildonan School, Amenia, NY; Former marketing director at The Glenholme School, Washington, CT; 2009Conference Committee, The Association of Boarding Schools.

EX OFFICIO

Mark Sklarow

Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association, Fairfax, VA; Director or acting director of Presidential Classroom and City at Peace; Served as college political science professor and secondary school teacher and administrator; Director of Philadelphia student councils; Advisor to UC Irvine certificate program; Speaker and trainer.

Dodge Johnson

Educational Consultant, Philadelphia, PA, President, Board of Directors, Independent Educational Consultants Association; Former Vice President for Ethics and Professional Practices.

Diane Geller

Representative from IECA Board; Educational Consultant, Los Angeles, CA; former President, IECA Board of Directors; Certified Educational Planner.

EMERITUS MEMBERS

Judith Berg

Educational Consultant
New Jersey

Brooke Dudley

Educational Consultant
Texas

Paula Feldman

Educational Consultant
California

Jean Hague

Educational Consultant
Georgia

Lynn Hamilton

Educational Consultant
California

Richard Schubart

Distinguished Professor, Phillips Exeter Academy
New Hampshire

FOUNDATION STAFF

Nissa Syverson

Staff Assistant, American Institute of Certified Educational Planners; former linguistics consultant to McGraw-Hill; graduate of Lawrence University

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Click here to download a pdf copy of the Annual Report.

By-Laws

Independent Educational Consultants Association Foundation By-Laws
(Revised and Adopted July 2008)

Article I: NAME
The name of this foundation will be The Independent Educational Consultants Association Foundation, Inc.

Article II: MISSION
The IECA Foundation’s mission is to identify and support those programs that have significant impact on students and their educational environments. Priority will be given to those programs that assist students in making educational choices. In addition to its grants, the Foundation serves educational professionals, families, and children through sponsorship of workshops and continuing professional development.

Article III: FISCAL YEAR
Except as from time to time otherwise determined by the Trustees, the fiscal year of the Foundation shall in each year end on December 31.

Article IV: TRUSTEES
Section 1. Powers
The business of the Foundation shall be managed by a Board of Trustees who shall have and may exercise powers of the Foundation. In the event of any vacancy in the Board of Trustees, the remaining Trustees may exercise the powers of the full Board until the vacancy is filled.
Section 2. Enumeration, Election, and Term of Office
[A] The number of Trustees shall be eleven (11) until and unless this number is changed by the Trustees by a vote of the aforesaid.[B] Each Trustee shall hold the office for three years following his/her selection and until his/her successor is elected and qualified; or until his/her earlier death, resignation or removal from office. Trustees shall be elected annually as vacancies occur. No Trustee may serve more than two (2) consecutive three (3) year terms. Terms shall begin on the date coinciding with the beginning of the fiscal year.[C] As guidelines but without restriction, six (6) Trustees will be chosen by the Trustees from among the members in good standing of IECA, and five (5) representatives will be selected by the Trustees from beyond the IECA membership to include representatives from appropriate professions.[D] Whenever any vacancy shall occur among Trustees, the remaining Trustees shall constitute the Trustees of the Foundation until such vacancy is filled, or until the number of Trustees is changed as provided in these by-laws. In the event of any vacancy among the Trustees, however created, the appropriate group (as identified in Section 2[C]) shall nominate a member or members for immediate election to fill the unexpired term.[E] The President (or representative) and the Executive Director of IECA shall serve as non-voting, ex-officio members of the Board of Trustees.
Section 3: Officers of the Board and the Foundation
[A] The officers will be elected from among and by the members of the Board of Trustees by majority vote. The officers are the Chairperson of the Board, Secretary of the Board, and Treasurer of the Board.[B] Each officer of the Board is also an officer of the Foundation and shall hold office until his/her successor is elected and qualified, or until his/her earlier death, resignation, or removal. No officer may hold more than two consecutive terms in the same position. The Trustees may remove any officer or Trustee at any time with or without cause by a majority vote of the Trustees in office at the time. A vacancy, however created, in any office may be filled by the affirmative vote of the Trustees present at any meeting, regular or special.[C] The term of office for all officers shall be two years, commencing on a date which coincides with the fiscal year of the Foundation.
Section 4. Regular Meetings
Regular meetings of the Board of Trustees may be held at such times and places as the Board may fix from time to time and, when so fixed, no notice thereof need be given provided that any Trustee who is absent when such times and places are fixed shall be given notice of the fixing of such times and places. The Board of Trustees must meet at least once annually.
Section 5. Special Meetings
Special meetings of the Trustees may be held at any time and at any place designated in the announcement of the meeting when called by the Chairperson of the Board or by four or more Trustees. Reasonable notice must be given to each Trustee by the Secretary of the Board or by one of the Trustees calling the meeting. No more than one such meeting may be called in any calendar month unless approved in writing in advance by a majority of the Trustees
Section 6. Minutes of Meetings
The Secretary of the Board or other such person designated by the Chair shall keep minutes of every meeting of the Board of Trustees and the minutes of each meeting shall be filed with the permanent records of the Foundation.
Section 7. Quorum
At any meeting of the Trustees, a quorum shall consist of the majority of the Trustees then in office. A Trustee may be present in person, or through electronic means. The vote of a majority of those present shall be requisite and sufficient to decide any matters, other than the granting of funds. A majority of Trustees then in office shall constitute the requisite and sufficient number to authorize the granting of funds.
Section 8. Action by Consent
Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Trustees may be taken without a meeting provided that all Trustees are notified and that a majority of the Trustees then in office consent to the action in writing and the written consents are filed with the records of the Foundation. Such consent shall be treated for all purposes as a vote of the Trustees at a meeting duly called and convened.
Section 9. Committees
The Board of Trustees may establish committees as it deems appropriate from among and beyond the Trustees and may delegate thereto some or all of its power except those prohibited by these By-Laws, Articles of Organization, or by law. Except as the Board of Trustees may otherwise determine, any such committee may make rules for the conduct of its business, but unless otherwise provided by the Board of Trustees or in such rules, its business shall be conducted so far as possible in the same manner as is provided by these By-Laws for the Board of Trustees. All members of such committees shall hold such offices at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees may abolish any such committees at any time. Any committee to which the Board of Trustees delegates any of its powers or duties shall keep the records of its meetings and shall upon request report its action to the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees shall have the power to rescind any action of any committee.

Article V: OFFICERS
Section 1. Enumeration
The officers of the Foundation shall be Chairperson of the Board, Secretary of the Board and Treasurer of the Board consistent with Article IV, Section 3[A], and such other officers, as the Trustees from time to time, may in their discretion elect.
Section 2. Powers
Subject to the provisions of these By-laws, each officer shall have in addition to the duties and powers herein set forth, such duties and powers as are commonly incident to his/her office and such duties and powers as the Trustees may from time to time designate.
Section 3. Chairperson of the Board
[A] The Chairperson of the Board shall be the chief executive officer of the Foundation and the Chair of the Board of Trustees. The Chairperson of the Board shall, subject to the discretion of the Board of Trustees, have general supervision and control of its business.[B] Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Trustees, the Chairperson shall preside, when present, at all meetings of the Board of Trustees and formally represent the Foundation to any and all outside organizations and individuals.
Section 4. Treasurer of the Board
[A] The Treasurer of the Board shall, subject to the direction of the Board of Trustees, have general charge of the financial affairs of the Foundation and shall cause to have kept accurate books of account. The Treasurer shall have custody of all funds and valuable documents of the Association, except as the Board of Trustees may otherwise provide. The Treasurer shall be Chair of the Finance Committee and shall supervise preparation of an annual budget and annual report for submission to the Board of Trustees.[B] The Treasurer of the Board shall establish such bank account or accounts as the Trustees may approve. All checks drawn on such accounts shall require the signatures of an Officer of the Board. The Board Chair may designate and assign an appropriate representative to sign checks within certain limitations and guidelines, to be determined annually and filed in writing.
Section 5. Secretary of the Board
The Secretary of the Board shall keep a record of the meetings of the Board of Trustees and shall be responsible for maintaining notice of meetings and other correspondence among Trustees as may be required as part of service to the Foundation.

Article VI: RESIGNATIONS. VACANCIES and REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
Section 1. Resignations of Officers or Trustees
Any Trustee or Officer may resign at any time by delivering his/her resignation in writing to the Chairperson or Secretary of the Board. Such resignation shall take effect at such time as is specified therein, or if no time is so specified, then upon delivery thereof.
Section 2. Vacancies
If any office or Trusteeship becomes vacant the Trustees may fill the office by majority vote.
Section 3. Removal from Office
Any officer or Trustee may be removed from office for any reason by a majority vote of the Trustees. The position will be filled for the balance of the term based on the procedure outlined in Section 2 above.

Article VII: PERSONAL LIABILITY
The Trustees and officers of the Foundation shall not be personally liable for any debt, liability or obligation of the Foundation. All persons, corporations or other entities extending credit to, contracting with, or having any claim against, the Foundation, may look only to the funds and property of the Foundation for payment of any such contract or claim. Likewise, neither shall the Independent Educational Consultants Association, its officers, Directors or members be liable for any debt, liability or obligation of the Foundation.

Article VIII: INDEMNIFICATION of TRUSTEES and OTHERS
The Foundation shall, to the extent legally permissible and only to the extent that the status of the Foundation as an organization exempt under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code is not affected thereby, indemnify each of its Trustees, officers, employees and other agents against all liabilities and expenses including amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines or penalties, and counsel fees reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, in which he/she may be threatened while in office or thereafter by reason of his/her being or having been a Trustee, officer employee or other agent, except with respect to any matter as to which he/she shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his/her action was in the best interest of the Foundation.

Article IX: TRANSITION PERIOD AND ORGANIZATION
An interim transition plan and organization may be designed and implemented over a period of up to one year, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the Independent Educational Consultants Association, to manage a smooth establishment of the Foundation and these By-laws.

Article X: AMENDMENTS
The By-laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Trustees, provided that written notice of the proposed amendment be mailed to all Trustees at least thirty days prior to any meeting.

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