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Annual Giving Campaign

Support Our Grant Initiatives and Other Daily Activities

Your donation to the IECA Foundation Annual Giving Campaign will be used to fund the Foundation’s current projects and activities, supporting our grant initiatives for deserving schools and educational programs. With your unrestricted gift, you can:

Make college a reality for a student who never thought it was possible
Provide tutoring support to a child who, for whatever reason, needs a push to succeed
Help middle-school girls know that their career options are limitless
Initiate a pilot project to expand literacy instruction to elementary school children
Support a program in which students gain self-confidence and the ability to interact with peers in a positive way
Organize parents, educators, community organizations and volunteers to work together in providing mentoring and enrichment activities
Help turn "at risk" teens into "at promise" teens
Provide a safe, wholesome after school environment to prevent gang violence and juvenile delinquency

Donations of any amount are welcome. Half of all Annual Giving donations are $100 or less. Please give what you can. Your gift is a statement of support for the mission of the IECA Foundation, for which we are very appreciative.

Make a donation now to the Annual Giving Campaign

We want to:

Answer the question, "What really works for kids?" — and support programs that do that most effectively
Deliver the greatest beneficial impact for the largest number of students
Provide quality educational options for students who would not otherwise have them
Award grants to programs designed to open doors to needy students
Support organizations with low overhead, in which our money reaches kids quickly

Hillside School Challenge/IECA Foundation Endowment

Invest in Our Future

Unlike a donation to the Annual Giving Campaign, your contribution to the Hillside School Challenge/IECA Foundation Endowment will be invested in the IECA Foundation Endowment Fund – and will be matched dollar-for-dollar by Hillside School, doubling the impact of your donation!

The IECA Foundation Endowment Fund was established in 2008, as a result of an exceptionally generous gift of $100,000 gift from Hillside School, a leading Massachusetts junior boarding school. Instrumental in the creation of the Foundation endowment was David Beecher, Hillside’s Headmaster and member of the IECA Foundation’s Board of Trustees.

Eventually, the interest and earnings from the endowment fund will allow the Foundation to rely less on yearly donations and be less susceptible to economic peaks and valleys.

Donate now to the Hillside School Challenge

Double the impact of your donation with a
dollar-for-dollar match, up to $100,000,
by the Hillside School Challenge!

Hillside School Challenge/IECA Foundation Endowment 2008 Donors

Hillside School Challenge/
IECA Foundation Endowment 2009 Donors

Gary and Donna Antonoff
Camille Bertram
Jeannie Borin
Joseph Dobson
Lynn Hamilton
Heritage Schools, Inc.
Hillside School
Melinda Kopp
Rosamond Lee
Timothy Lee
Linden Hill School
Rosalind Marie and John Krawiec
Kristen Naspo
Mark Sklarow
Richard Webster
Vanessa Wilcox

Kowalchick Fund

On February 8, 2010 the IECA Foundation announced the founding of the Edward M. Kowalchick Memorial Fund. The Kowalchick Fund will support educational programs identified through the IECA Foundation. Specifically, it will support programs that have a significant impact on students and their educational environments. The Kowalchick family and the IECA Foundation have collaborated in establishing this fund.

“Using the funds for this purpose is wholly consistent with the dedication and commitment of Ed Kowalchick to the successful education and character development of each and every student who came his way during the length and breadth of his career as teacher, coach, dormitory advisor, administrator and head of school,” according to Dr. Richard Schubart, Distinguished Faculty Professor at Philips Exeter Academy and Emeritus Trustee of the IECA Foundation.

Ed Kowalchick died on January 15, 2009. He was former Chair of the Board of Trustees of the IECA Foundation. He was an early supporter of the field of educational consulting and worked to develop linkages between consultants and schools and colleges. He served in various teaching, advising, and administrative capacities at The Hill School, Pottstown, PA; Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL; Brother Rice High School, Bloomfield, MI; Georgetown Prep, North Bethesda, MD; and The Phelps School, Malvern, PA.

Donate now to the Kowalchick Fund

Ed Kowalchick Memorial Fund 2009 Donors

Bokom Foundation
Brooke Dudley
Pat, Mike, and Matt Kowalchick

Katz Community Service Fund

Your donation to the Katz Community Service Fund will be used:

To honor members of the IECA who have made outstanding voluntary contributions in both their personal and professional lives, as recipients of the annual Irv Katz Memorial Awards for community service.
To provide $2,000 grants to the worthy school or programs selected by the award winners.

Irvin W. Katz was an IECA founder and treasured mentor to many of us. His life of service and commitment to young people is remembered through these annual awards, established by Irv's family in 2006 to recognize extraordinary community service contributions by IECA consultants. A plaque is presented to each recipient and a $2,000 award is given to a non-profit educational program or school designated by the honoree.

IECA consultants are giving people. Countless members open their hearts and share their time and talents selflessly to help children throughout the world. The common thread among award winners has been their modesty and humility. They all questioned whether they deserved to be rewarded for something they did from love.

Make a donation now to the Katz Community Service Fund

Submit a Nomination for the Katz Award

Click here to let us know about someone you think deserves consideration for this prestigious award. IECA consultants as well as those working professionally in admissions and counseling are eligible. Self nominations are also welcome.

"This award underscores the importance that our profession places on giving and on service." — Steve Antonoff, Chair of the IECA Foundation

2009 Recipients of the Irv Katz Memorial Awards

Marcia B. Rubinstien, MA., CEP

Presentation of 2009 Katz awards. Winners
Marcia Rubinstein and Louise Slater, with IECA Foundation chair Steve Antonoff.

Marcia is founder and former President of the Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association, to which she has donated hundreds of hours of her time. Marcia is also a member of the Franklin Academy Professional Advisory Board and contributing editor of the nonprofit organization Smart Kids With Learning Disabilities.

Marcia contributed her $2,000 Katz prize to Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities, to help this group achieve their mission: "To educate, guide and inspire families of children with learning disabilities or ADHD - and change the perception of learning disabilities as a stigmatizing condition."

Louise Rogers Slater

Louise says her "greatest passion in life has been growing – not plants, but people and organizations." She has been an officer in the EdVenture Children’s Museum, chaired her church council, chaired the South Carolina Museum Foundation and helped found and chair a new non-profit, Friends of Juvenile Justice. Louise is on the board of trustees of Glenforest School and on the board of the United Way of the Midlands and works with Youth Corp of America. She has been named Philanthropist of the Year and Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of South Carolina.

Louise donated her $2,000 Katz prize to the Friends of Juvenile Justice. Specifically, Louise has earmarked the money to help young men begin to take technical school courses while incarcerated, so as to earn certificate or associate degrees prior to their release.

Katz Fund 2009 Donors

Camille Bertram
Echo Springs
Jason Katz
Rosalind Marie and John Krawiec
Microsoft
Jane Shropshire

2008 Recipients of the Irv Katz Memorial Awards

Ann Montgomery

Recipient of $2,000 grant: YES Academy, Houston, Texas, a charter school with five campuses in Houston, founded by former Teach for America alums. YES Academy serves 2,100 students in grades 6–12 who are from lower socio-economic families. 100% of the graduates have gone on to college.

Rhea Wolfram

Recipient of $2,000 grant: Educational Opportunities, Dallas, Texas, which funds college scholarships for needy students. They also provide guidance and mentoring for their students throughout college.

Barbara Kenefick

Recipient of $2,000 grant: St. Innocent Academy in Kodiak, Alaska, a Russian Orthodox school that works with poor children.

Planned Giving/Bequests

Bequests are today’s most frequently-used planned gift. By leaving a bequest to the IECA Foundation, you help ensure that future generations of students and consultants will continue to benefit from the Foundation's commitment to excellence and innovative grant programs.

Please let us know if you are considering a bequest. An IECA Foundation Trustee familiar with planned-gifting options will contact you to discuss how your estate planning wishes can be fulfilled by the IECA Foundation.

Sample bequest language:

Bequest of a Specific Gift

I give, devise and bequeath the sum of $_______ or _____ shares of ________ stock to the IECA Foundation, located at 3251 Old Lee Highway, Suite 510, Fairfax, Virginia 22030.

Percentage of the Estate

I give, devise and bequeath ___% of the remainder and residue of the property owned at my death, whether real or personal, and wherever located, to the IECA Foundation located at 3251 Old Lee Highway, Suite 510, Fairfax, Virginia 22030.

You may direct how the IECA Foundation can use the funds of your bequest. Bequests can be made to IECA Foundation for its general use and purposes. You may also use the bequest to set up a named fund or to add to an existing fund at the Foundation.

2009 Annual Giving Donors

Thank you all for your continued generosity and support of the IECA Foundation’s mission.

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Volunteer to Help the Foundation

Founder's Circle ($5,000 +)

Christopher and Catherine Covert

Charter Circle ($1,000 - $4,999)

Steve Antonoff
Jean Baldwin
Carrie and David Beecher
Grove School
Alan Haas
Jean Hague
Hillside School
Phyllis Kozokoff
Audrey Ludemann
McGregor Links Foundation
Lee McLendon
Ann Montgomery
Second Nature Entrada
Ann Sloan

Leadership Circle ($500 - $999)

Robin Abedon
Judith Berg
Camille Bertram
Nicky Carpenter
Ran Cho
Christ School
Katherine Cohen
Kim R. Crockard
Shirley Darling
Brooke Dudley
Paula Feldman
Skip and Britt Flanagan
Ethna Hopper
Leslie Kent
Charlotte Klaar
Lawrence Academy
Paul and Carol Levitch
Lori Potts-Dupre
Brian Proctor
Susan Samson
Amy Schafrann
Emily Snyder
Michael Spence
Philip Spiva
Barry Sysler
The Kildonan School
The McCallie School

Benefactor ($250-$499)

Matthew Baker
Shirley Bloomquist
Blue Ridge School
Jean Marie Buckley
Sue and Tom DePra
Echo Springs
Marilyn G.S. Emerson
Marilyn Engelman
Geraldine Fryer
Gwynne Hales
Jane Kolber
Shelley Levine
Lynn Luckenbach
Mary Mansfield
Thomas and Rochelle Millhiser
New York Boarding School Association
Jill Porter
The Storm King School
Winchendon School
Christie Woodfin

Patron ($100 - $249)

Diane Grant Albrecht
Diane Arnold
Peggy Baker
Judith Bass
Judith Bessette
R. Gordon Bingham
Bird Dog Group
Joan Bress
Jill Burstein
Nancy Cadwallader
Linda Cain
Robert Casanova
Mary Consoli
Edward Cooper
Eric Davis
Diane Epstein
Esther Book and Norma Reichlin
Randye Falk
Sharon Fechter
Caryl Frankenberger
Sandy Furth
Diane Geller
Patricia Gildersleeve
Carol Gill
Doretta Katzter Goldberg
Janet Greenwood
Elizabeth Hall
Susan Hanflik
Ellen Aronis Heard
Karyn Holtzman
Nancy Coulbourn Ike
Georgia K. Irvin
Pamela Jobin
Dodge Johnson
Lindy Kahn
Katelyn Klapper
Joan Koven
Cynthia Kunkel
Chip and Claire Law
Shirley Levin
Midge Lipkin
Teresa Lloyd
Karen Mabie
Nancy Masland
Benjamin Mason
Londa May
Kimberly McDowell
Sarah McGinty
Rob Meltzer
Gail Meyer
Ronna Morrison
Mount Bachelor Education Center, Inc.
Mike Musiker
Laurie Nash
Victoria Newman
Northrop Grumman
Young Hee Park
Martha Green Quirk
Diane Rapp
Suzan Reznick
Jill Rickel
Marcia Rubinstien
SafePassage Adolescent Services
Melissa Shanahan
Kimberly Simpson
Mark Sklarow
Louise Slater and May Peach
Jay Smith
Rachel Sobel
Deborah Ann Spagnoletti
Pamela Tedeschi
Holly Treat
Bruce Vinik

Donors (up to $99)

Arline Altman
Erin Avery
Dick Baroody
Harriett Bay
Sandy Bercu
Mia Bertram
Laurie Bookstein
Laurie Bosin
Kathie Carnahan
C. W. Clark
Deborah Davis
Kay Davison
Ginger Fay
Nancy Federspiel
Mark Fisher
Pearl Glassman
Stan Mark Godoff
Renee & Marvin Goldberg
Steven Roy Goodman
Catherine Hanson
Loredana Harrison
Bettina Heiman
Hundreds of Heads Books
Heather Johnson
Jane Klemmer
Ruby Laufer
Whitney Laughlin
Rosamond Lee
Barbara LeWinter
Carol Loewith
Rosalyn Lowenhaupt
Judith Maizlish
Peggy Manley
Marylou Marcus
Rosalind Marie and John Krawiec
W. Judge Mason
Allison Matlack
Steven Mercer
Estelle Meskin
Heidi Molbak
William Morse
Carolyn Mulligan
Bernice Ann Munsey
Bonny Musinsky
Martha O'Connell
Nicole Oringer
Kim Penney
Gay Pepper
Bunny Porter-Shirley
Rebecca Reynolds
Janet Rosier
Cheryl Schenk
Nancy and Deke Smith
Elissa Sommerfield
Leigh Anne Spraetz
Mary Sykes
Lisa and Ken Temkin
Sally M. Ten Eyck
Lucia Tyler
Mary Karen Vellines
Wendy Williams
Rhea Wolfram
Luz Zeagler

Leadership Sponsors

Aspen Education Group, Cerritos, CA

www.aspeneducation.com
Aspen Education Group is a leading provider of education programs for struggling or underachieving young people. As a large and comprehensive network of therapeutic schools and programs, Aspen offers professionals and families the opportunity to choose a setting that best meets a student's unique academic and emotional needs. Services range from short-term intervention programs to residential treatment, and include a variety of therapeutic interventions including: boarding schools, wilderness therapy, residential treatment, special needs summer camps, and weight loss programs.

Hillside School, Marlborough, MA

www.hillsideschool.net
Hillside School enables pre-adolescent and adolescent boys to develop academic and social skills, while building confidence and maturity. The academic program is supplemented with organizational, socialization, and/or subject-specific tutorials for those students needing extra support. Hillside's strong arts and athletic programs offer boys opportunities to succeed and grow. A new Academic and Health Center, two new dormitories, curricular innovations and other improvements to its 200-acre campus and working farm are advancing Hillside's reputation as a leading junior boarding school for boys.

Second Nature Wilderness Programs, GA, OR, UT

www.snwp.com
Second Nature is a licensed treatment program that uses the wilderness setting in a clinically focused intervention to teach students accountability, communication skills, and healthy emotional and behavioral habits. Treatment plans are individualized for each student and include flexible lengths of stay, single gender treatment groups, daily group therapy, and individualized therapy sessions with doctorate level therapists twice weekly.

Major Sponsors

Alpine Academy, Erda, UT

www.alpineacademy.org
Alpine Academy is a Residential Treatment Center serving girls ages 12-17. Its 30-acre campus sits at the base of a spectacular mountain range. Five beautiful homes surround the academic & administrative building, an outdoor sports field, community garden, and large riding pastures. Its peaceful location is part of what makes its healing process work--the open spaces, clean air and beautiful mountains help to create a calm and safe environment where change can occur.

Center for Safe Youth, Athens, GA

www.safeyouth.com
The Center provides transportation for at risk adolescents to schools and programs worldwide. John C. Villines, founder of Center for Safe Youth, is the former Regional Director of the Georgia Crime Prevention Association and is a board certified trainer for police and investigators, in addition to being a certified instructor in Unarmed Self Defense.

Cramer Creek, Clinton, MT

http://www.cramercreek.org
Cramer Creek School is a non-profit residential boarding school and treatment center that utilizes the Positive Peer Culture model to serve a co-educational student population between the ages of 12 and 18. Cramer Creek School provides academic and treatment services to students who are experiencing significant problems in the following areas: establishing and maintaining positive long-term relationships with family members, peers and adults, learning challenges or disorders, significant setbacks in academic progress, and may present a range of mood, anxiety or behavioral diagnoses.

Deck House School, Edgecomb, ME

www.deckhouseschool.org
The Deck House School is a college preparatory boarding school for boys ages 15-19 who, for a variety of reasons, have been unable to reach their potential in traditional academic settings.

Devereux Glenholme School, Washington, CT

www.theglenholmeschool.org
Glenholme is a unique boarding school for students with special needs. The Glenholme School offers a meticulously hand-crafted learning environment with a steadfast academic curriculum. Using individualized services, the school applies a positive behavior support model focused on development of social skills and lifelong strategies for success. The school’s milieu therapy addresses varying levels of academic, social and special needs development in boys and girls ages 9-18. It prepares graduates for continued education in traditional day schools, boarding schools, colleges and universities.

Discovery Academy

www.discoveryacademy.com and

Discovery Ranch, UT

www.discoveryranch.net
Located at the base of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, the Discovery Academy is a fully-accredited coed, treatment oriented, boarding school designed to help teenagers that are failing at school, at home, and within the community. Discovery Ranch is a 20 acre equine center nestled along the Wasatch Mountains with 2 homes that create a unique environment for learning, personal growth, responsibility, and accountability by giving students “experiences” that build positive character traits and self confidence.

Hidden Lake Academy, Dahlonega, GA

www.hiddenlakeacademy.com
Hidden Lake Academy (HLA), located on a 215-acre campus one hour north of Atlanta, helps young people make significant gains in emotional maturity and academic achievement. Integral to the HLA program is an equal emphasis on the college-preparatory academic curriculum and student's therapeutic work. The Hidden Lake Academy staff cooperate to help students develop all aspects of their lives: physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual. The 10:1 student to teacher ratio ensures individual attention and a return to academic success.

High Frontier, Ft. Davis, TX

www.thehighfrontier.org
The High Frontier is a non-profit residential treatment center and school for adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18. It is located in the Davis Mountains of West Texas, between Fort Davis and Alpine. The property includes approximately 450 acres that provides a tranquil setting for horseback riding, hiking and other outdoor activities. The High Frontier was founded in 1976 and has used the Positive Peer Culture model since 1978.

Hyde School, CT and ME

www.hyde.edu
The Hyde School approach to character-based, college-preparatory education has been practiced since 1966 at the Hyde boarding campuses in Bath, ME, and Woodstock, CT, and through public school initiatives in other cities. The school regards its primary purpose as preparation for life. Hyde endeavors, through their own character philosophy, to help students develop and employ positive character traits and leadership skills that will aid them in life during and beyond high school.

InnerChange

www.innerchange.com
InnerChange is dedicated to providing treatment solutions that address both the needs of troubled teens or young adults, InnerChange programs employ a family-systems approach to treatment that wraps families in compassion, care, and clinical understanding. Programs include New Haven Residential Treatment Center, Sunrise Residential Treatment Center, and Fulshear Ranch Academy.

Rancho Valmora, Valmora, NM

www.ranchovalmora.com
Rancho Valmora is a non-profit residential treatment center and school for adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18. Rancho Valmora is located on the front-range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico and is a little over one hour from Santa Fe. The property includes approximately 1,000 acres of Ponderosa and Pinon Pine, river habitat and short-grass prairie that provides a beautiful setting and is ideal for horseback riding, hiking and other outdoor activities.

RedCliff Ascent, Enterprise, UT

www.redcliffascent.com
RedCliff Ascent is a high impact, therapeutic wilderness treatment program. After a decade and the treatment of thousands of at-risk youth, RedCliff remains committed to providing a life changing, therapeutic experience for troubled teenagers and their families. Its focus has been on the continued development of innovative programming in a safe, secure, and nurturing therapeutic environment. RedCliff has fostered an atmosphere where adolescents are treated with respect, dignity, and love, while meeting their individual treatment needs.

San Cristobal Ranch Academy, Taos, NM

www.sancristobalacademy.com
The San Cristobal Academy (SCA) is a therapeutic, transitional learning center that offers educational and vocational programs to 18 to 26-year-old men struggling with one or more of the following issues: anger, depression, poor self-esteem, school failure, unsatisfactory job performance, and substance abuse. Located on a secluded working horse ranch high in the Sangre de Cristo mountains, the SCA offers a year-long, three-stage therapeutic environment to gain work experience as well as a school program designed to teach young men the life skills they need to progress as successful adults.

Shortridge Academy, Milton, NH

www.shortridgeacademy.com
Shortridge Academy is an educational community that promotes Positive Youth Development. The goal of the Academy is to provide students with an environment of consistent boundaries, expectations and healthy relationships to support their development of the following strengths: caring, competence, connection, character, confidence and contribution. The Academy’s belief is that education is most effective when individuals are provided with structured and meaningful growth opportunities that are integrated throughout academic, emotional, social and physical areas.

Wasatch Academy, Mt. Pleasant, UT

www.wasatchacademy.org
Located in the rural Sanpete Valley of central Utah, Wasatch Academy offers challenging academics while utilizing an extensive wireless network and offering an array of athletic and extracurricular opportunities. Accountability for excellence is placed on all members of the community, ensuring the success of all students.

Other Sponsors

Academy at Canyon Creek
Alan Haas, Educational Futures, Educational Consulting, Connecticut
Antonoff Associates, Inc., Educational Consulting, Colorado
Ascent, Inc
Aspiro
Association of American Boarding Middle Schools
Association of Boarding Schools
Blue Ridge School
California IECA Consultants (Kay Davison, Paula Feldman, Diane Geller, Lynn Hamilton, Jill Porter and Teri Solochek)
Camille M. Bertram, Educational Consulting, Connecticut
Cardigan Mountain School
Cherokee Creek Boys School
Christ School
Crossroads Academy
Cushing Academy
Dublin School
Eckerd Youth Alternatives/Eckerd Academy
Fessenden School
Forman School
Fulshear Ranch Academy
Georgia IECA Consultants (Tamara Ancona, Len Buccellato, Ellen Brown, Lida Griest, Jean Hague, George Kirkpatrick, Miriam Parker, Joan Towles, Wendy Williams and Christie Woodfin)
Gould Academy
Grand River Academy
Great Lakes Educational Consulting
Grier School
IECA Foundation Board of Trustees
Independent Small Programs Alliance
Jason Katz
Judith Berg Associates, Educational Consulting, New Jersey
Lawrence Academy
Len Buccellato and Ken Spooner
Ohio IECA Consultants (Andrew Erkis, Nancy Ike, Bill Kellerman, Phyllis Kozokoff, Marla Simon)
Oliverian School
Optimum Performance Institute
Pasadena Villa
Pennsylvania IECA Consultants (Jody Dobson, Nancy Greene, Dodge Johnson, Joan Koven, Paula Porter, Luisa Rabe, Suzanne Scott, Barry Sysler)
PRN For Families
Provo Canyon School
Small Boarding Schools Association
Starr and Chapman, Educational Consulting, Massachusetts
Three Rivers Montana
Three Springs
Visionary Heads Group
Vive!
Western Connecticut Boarding Schools
West Shield Adolescent Services, Allen Cardoza
WinGate Wilderness Therapy
Wolfeboro Camp School

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