Mission
The Kiwanis Club of San Diego works in concert with the San Diego Kiwanis Club Foundation, Inc. (the ‘Foundation’). The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) foundation incorporated in California that annually provides more than $180,000 to projects and organizations in the community.
The primary purpose of the San Diego Kiwanis Club Foundation is to provide a means for members and others to provide charitable contributions and to ensure those contributions are utilized in accordance with the Foundation’s guidelines as well as state and federal law.
Each year the Kiwanis Club committees prepare their annual budgets and these budgets are presented to the Kiwanis Club Board of Directors. The Club board then proposes a budget to the Foundation board to meet the committee requests.
The Foundation board reviews the charitable requests and approves those requests that meet the guidelines for appropriate use of those funds.
2011-2012 Officers
John Rush – President
Art Stillwell – Immediate Past President
Monica Ball – 1st Vice President
Tom Bauer – 2nd Vice President
Charlie Coleman – Secretary
Mark McDonald – Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer
Corrine LeCates – President, Kiwanis Club of San Diego
Board of Trustees:
| Class of 2012
Bruce Boland Jim Floros Jay Jeffcoat John Kizer Eldon Thompson |
Class of 2013
Gene Auerbach Justin Frisco Adam Haigis Carl Nettleton Doug Frost |
Class of 2014 Chuck Day Roy Newman Norma Trost Wilbur Shigehara Charley Kakos |
NON VOTING MEMBER PARTICIPANTS:
June Prewitt, Administrative Assistant
John Irons, Chair: Scholarship Committee
Guidelines For Use of Foundation Funds
Funds of the San Diego Kiwanis Club Foundation must be used for charitable, educational, religious or other youth related activities, as provided by the Bylaws of the Kiwanis Club and the Foundation, and must also be consistent with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and the California Revenue and Taxation Code to preserve the Foundation’s tax-exempt status. These are general guidelines – reasonable variations may be considered by the Foundation Trustees.
- Funds should be used primarily for charitable purposes involving the Club, Club committees and Club members, rather that being a conduit for contributions to other worthy community causes.
- Generally, priority should be given to using funds for projects where the assistance of other agencies is not readily available.
- To permit maximum use of funds granted, emphasis should be more on donations to groups and less on individuals.
- Generally, funds should be applied to advance the goals, aims or objectives of the individual or group donee, rather that be used for administrative expenses.
- A specific objective for the use of funds is more desirable that a broader one.
- The use of funds should be limited primarily to the geographic area of the County of San Diego, but may be applied to other geographic locations as determined by the Foundation Trustees.
- Donation recipients should be required to provide public recognition of the the fact that the Club and Foundation are the source of the donation when feasible; this is particularly the case when capital donations are made and a plaque of acknowledgment may be appropriate. The Club and Foundation may be reluctant to make a contribution where this is not possible.
- Scholarship awards will be made under the supervision of the Scholarship Committee, following the Foundation’s criteria and guidelines.
- Funds may not be given to or used for individual Club or Foundation members or their relatives.
- Except in unusual circumstances, contributions to government agencies should be avoided.
- Contributions for capital improvements should be infrequent.
Committee member requests for foundation funds or expense reimbursement should be in writing on the following forms.
Foundation Past Presidents
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1953 – Leo Calland 1954 – Herbert C. Peiffer, Jr. 1955 – Leslie Gehres 1956 – Dr. Roy French Kidd 1957 – Norman D. Ferguson 1958 – Dr. Cecil D. Hardesty 1959 – Dr. Cunningham 1960 – Julius J. Fink 1961 – Pat N. Hyndman 1962 – Lawrence Carr Jr. 1963 – George K. Palmer 1964 – Edward P. Scott 1965 – Edward P. Scott 1966 – Alvin Rosa 1967 – George K. Palmer 1968 – Fred S. Hage, Jr. 1969 – O.W. Todd, Jr. 1969-70 – Julius J. Fink 1970-71 – Jim McFarland 1971-72 – Richard L. Johnston 1972-73 – Edwin W. Bingham
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1973-74 – Milton R. Cheverton 1974-75 – Robert W. Klaiber 1975-76 – Robert H. Bollum 1976-77 – Donald F. Osgood 1977-78 – Jack M. Templeton 1978-79 – Griff J. Hayes 1979-80 – Richard L. Haugh 1980-81 – Bernhard H. Bieri 1981-82 – Eldon C. Williams 1982-83 – Charles F. Merz 1983-84 – C.L. Toleson 1984-85 – Jim Hurry 1985-86 – Tom Peek 1986-87 – J. Scofield Hage 1987-88 – Victor Hall 1988-89 – Walter A. Zitlau 1989-90 – Melvyn B. Stein 1990-91 – Timothy J. Willard 1991-92 – Richard A. Shaw 1992-93 – Richard A. Shaw 1993-94 – Jack T. Saucier 1994-95 – Richard McCraken |
1995-96 – James Vivoli 1996-97 – Charles Kakos 1997-98 – Don McKee 1998-99 – Wilbur T. Shigehara 1999-00 – Jim Polak 2000-01 – Jim Ledwith 2001-02 – Jay Jeffcoat 2002-03 – Chuck Day 2003-04 – Norm House 2004-05 – Jim Floros 2005-06 – Bruce Boland 2006-07 – Chuck Mulroy 2007-08 – John Kizer 2008-09 – Gene Auerbach 2009-2010 – Brian Krause 2010-2011 – Art Stillwell |
Form 990
The IRS Form 990 for the San Diego Kiwanis Club Foundation is available for review by appointment during regular business hours at 3276 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 202, San Diego, California.
