The Navy Supply Corps Foundation

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The Navy Supply Corps Foundation

• Providing the Navy Supply Corps Officer
• a lifetime of support Taking Care of Our Own

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Who are we?

• Current and past members of the U.S. Navy Supply
  Corps
• Active duty
• Reservist
• Retired
• Former
• Anyone who has ever worn the Oakleaf

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Our mission.

• The U.S. Navy Supply Corps Foundation exists to
  perpetuate the values, traditions, and history of
  the Supply Corps throughout the lives of
  individuals in the Supply Corps community.

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Our mission (contd).

• The Foundation shall pursue its mission by
  providing services and programs related to
  recruiting, training and development, transition,
  recognition, financial support and commemoration.

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Foundation History

• Founded in 1971 in Athens GA to provide
  scholarship support for dependents of Navy
  Supply Corps Officers and supply enlisted
  ratings
• In first year, awarded 6 one-year scholarships of
  250 each
• In 1995 merged with the Navy Supply Corps
  Association16 chapters today

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Not-for-Profit Legal Status

• Any organized Navy SC Assn will be recognized as
  a chartered member of the Foundation if it
  satisfies the following five principles
• It performs as a not-for profit entity and serves
  its Supply Corps constituency as a social and/or
  charitable organization.
• It has a readily identifiable leadership and an
  overall history of continuity in the succession
  of leadership.
• It maintains detailed, accurate records of its
  financial activities, including but not limited
  to annual income and expenses, disbursements for
  charitable purposes, and the status of any
  reserve funds or otherwise invested funds.
• It is supportive of one or more of the major
  program areas of the Navy Supply Corps
  Foundation.
• It agrees to provide the foundation on request
  any information on the association's activities
  deemed relevant to sustaining the foundation's
  federal tax rulings under sections 501 and 170 of
  the federal tax code.
• It adopts a set of by-laws and submits to the
  foundation for filing.

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Not-for-Profit (contd)

• Navy Supply Corps Associations satisfying these
  principles are eligible to function under the
  Foundation's 501 (c)(3) tax exempt ruling and its
  170 (b)(1)(A)(iv) determination wherein gifts to
  the association are deductible for federal income
  tax purposes.
• Be careful on how you solicit and what you use
  funds for.

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Update from Last Year

• Fewer, higher value scholarships
• Association By-laws/chartering
• Association Operations Manual
• Memorial Scholarships
• Memorial Ship Displays
• New, improved web site
• Distinguished Alumni
• Assn and Volunteer of the Year

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Scholarship Program

• Since 19711,691 Scholarships Worth Over
  3,327,000
• 2008/09 statistics
• 254,500 given to 70 recipients (143 applicants)
  - 5 10K 30 5K 12 2.5K 21 1K 1 2K
  continuing 1 2.5K memorial
• Names blacked out42 in college 28 HS Seniors
• 80 Officer 20 Enlisted
• 66 Women 34 Men
• Recommendation by spouses to offer Masters
  Degree support for spouses

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Memorial Scholarships

• Memorial scholarships for children of our fallen
  comrades. BOD voted to award 10K/child for
  anyone who died on ACDU from year 2001 forward.
  Currently 29 children
• Jan 01 LT Corinne J. Pellegrin 4 Children
• Lindsey, Sydney, Shanna and Kyle
• Apr 02 CDR Paul J. Dower 3 Children
• Apr 03 CDR Joseph Acevedo 2 Children
• Joseph and Stephan
• Aug 04 LT David M. Barksdale No Children
• Oct 04 LT Dave Hiles 2 Children
• Kelsey and Audrey
• Jan 05 LCDR Keith E. Taylor 3 Children
• Katherine, Audrey, and Emily
• First recipient2nd year at Mary Baldwin
  College

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Memorial Scholarships (contd)

• Aug 05 CAPT Lyman Foster 2 Children
• Christopher and Patrick
• Sep 05 LTJG Katherine Douglas No Children
• Nov 05 CAPT Joseph N. Mecca 3 Children
• Joseph, Anthony and Margaret
• Apr 06 ENS Christopher O. Simon No
  Children
• Apr 07 CDR Philip Murphy-Sweet 3 Children
• Olivia Catherine, Lauren Jodeemarie, and
  Seth Philip
• Mar 07 CAPT Lindsay Perkins 2 Children
• Mar 07 LCDR Morgan Tulang 2 Children
• Mia and Mitchell
• Mar 08 LT Ron Irwin 1 Child Kareesa
• Sep 08 LCDR Greg Bellenger 2 Children Greilen
  and Geraint

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Association By-Laws/Ops Manual

• Provided draft by-laws to all Assns.
• Have received Assn. By-Laws from
• Great Lakes, Naples, Pax River, Jax, Monterey,
  Puget, Philly and Hawaii
• Need to ensure by-laws and Ops Manual are
  pass-down items to new Board

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Memorial Ship Displays

• USS Midway Foundation will place several supply
  displays aboard (1M visitors/year)
• Pay line on mess decks unveiled this Saturday
  at the Gala
• Replenishment at Sea display/video
• SC historySupply Dept. displays
• Follow on with Intrepid, JFK and others

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Pay Day Aboard Midway
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The Pay Line
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Memorial Displays

• Next displays will be at Navy Memorial in DC
  2010 will be Year of the Supply Corps
• Need volunteers to assist CAPT Bruce Maxon
  stood up and is doing a great job with Midway

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Improved Website

• Scholarship application on linewill improve next
  year
• Assn. input needed.improving
• Memoriamneed for you to let us know when someone
  passes
• Keep us informed when President changes

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Distinguished Alumni Program

• Annually select and recognize former or retired
  Supply Corps Officers for distinguished service
  after leaving military
• Address junior officers at Supply Corps School or
  at Association event
• Over 17 years, 39 recipients named
• Will honor this week on the Midway
• Need good nominees

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Assn Volunteer of the Year

• New program in 2008
• Only one Association nominated
• Only one volunteer nominated
• Need your help in making these programs meaningful

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People Volunteers

• Board of Directors
• 17 voting members including active duty, reserve,
  retired and prior service
• Current Chief of Supply
• Corps is ex-officio
• All former Chiefs have
• emeriti status
• NAVSUP CMC and Spouses
• Rep are Ad Hoc

RADM D.E. Hickman SC USN (Ret) - Current Chair
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People Volunteers

• Local Supply Corps Associations
• Strong volunteer involvement
• Pull in active, reserve, retired and former
  members
• Spouse involvement
• Key to scholarship support
• Link to Supply Corps
• families

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Volunteers Help wanted!

• Membership
• ambassadors

• Scholarship selection boards

The Oakleaf articles
Can you help? We need you!
Memorial Ship Displays
Mentoring Scholarship recipients

• Reunion
• organizers

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People Staff

• Chief of Staff
• Sole staffer w/part-time admin
• assistant
• Day to day administration of the
• Foundation
• Augmented as needed for
• specialized skills
• Fund raising
• Communications
• Web development
• Volunteer support critical

Jack Evans Chief Staff Officer
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The Navy Supply Corps Foundation needs you!

• Financial support and contributions
• Volunteer time and energy
• Ideas and suggestions

Contact us at evans_at_usnsf.com www.usnscf.com