Building community . . .

around the world

and at home

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE 2003 Annual Report

A message for our members and supporters

Table of contents

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Building community around the world and at home

Reinhardt Van Dyke, CSW Chair, Board of Trustees

Nancy Moore UUSC Interim Executive Director 2002-2003

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Honor roll of annual fund major donors For more than 60 years, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee has dedicated itself to building a world community that protects and promotes justice and human rights for all people. During the past year, as civil liberties at home and cooperation through international institutions were threatened by intolerance and unilateralism, we renewed our commitment to this mission. As the international community was being transformed by new alliances and shifting relationships, our own community faced change at the close of the fiscal year with changes in our executive leadership and the approval of new bylaws governing the organization. With change comes challenge and opportunity. Bolstered by the support of our 25,000 members and supporters, we are more energized than ever to carry out the work of social transformation. The transition period provided UUSC with an opportunity to review our strengths and weaknesses, and to evaluate how our organizational structure affects our ability to fulfill our mission. With support from the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset, N.Y., and the services of an outside consultant, an external assessment of our capacity to meet our goals and objectives was completed. And we are implementing steps that will make UUSC more organizationally sound and stronger financially so that we can hone existing programs and develop dynamic new ones that protect advance social justice. An action agenda During the past year, we worked hand in hand with our program partners in the United States and around the world to build communities which promote a culture of respect for the rights of all people, especially women, children, and oppressed racial, ethnic and indigenous groups. At the same time, we have worked hand in hand with you, our members and supporters, to rebuild a community of trust, openness and civility in the United States. We have heard your requests for tools and strategies that will allow you to be even more active participants with UUSC in the pursuit of social justice. And we have developed ways for you to sound the call for liberty and justice in communities throughout the United States. Renewed commitment After a year-long search for a new president, we are excited to introduce you to Dr. Charlie Clements, a veteran human rights activist and former director of human rights education at UUSC. As our new president and chief executive officer, Charlie brings a lifetime of experience furthering the cause of social justice, human rights and compassion throughout the world. With Charlies leadership, that of our dedicated board of trustees, our committed staff and with the guidance of you, our members, we will continue to build bridges between communities, making manifest the message of our seventh Unitarian Universalist principle. For it is only by respecting the interdependent web of all existence that our communities will survive and thrive.

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Named endowment funds

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Flaming Chalice Circle and Ambassadors Council

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Honor UUSC congregations

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Supporting a commitment to humanity: Fund raising 2003

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Financial statements

2003 Annual Report

(for the period from July 1, 2002 June 30, 2003)

Building community
around the world and at home
Immacule Birhaheka knows firsthand the effects that ongoing conflicts have had on the people of Goma, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. As founder and director of UUSC partner, Promotion and Support for Womens Initiatives (PAIF), she has helped countless women build community. Womens initiatives are not only economic initiatives, said Immacule. We support women trying to speak up. We encourage women to organize themselves to fight against the violations of their rights. As UUSCs 2002-2003 year opened, communities around the world were still reeling from the aftershocks of the tragic events of 2001. U.S. policy-makers shifted attention and resources toward the war on terrorism and away from other pressing priorities, whether child poverty in the United States or a United Nations-backed peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, we redoubled our efforts in the face of an escalating crisis to protect and promote human rights and human rights defenders throughout the world. We realize facilitating our partners work today is an investment in conflict resolution and justice tomorrow in an increasingly interdependent world. This year, we worked with program partner organizations in Central Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, South and Southeast Asia, and the United States to help them develop and implement peaceful solutions to conflict. Our support also aided partners in exposing human rights violations at the national or international level in areas where their work for justice was thwarted either by brutal or unresponsive governments, antagonistic elements within their communities or inattention by the international community. We also expanded our reach to provide humanitarian relief to women and children in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to victims of Hindu-Muslim violence in Gujarat, India.
Eastern Congolese women at a womens rights workshop. Participants signed a petition and resolution on issues faced by Congolese women.

As the new fiscal year emerged, the board named veteran human rights and public health activist Charlie Clements (r) as president and CEO. As the former director of human rights education at UUSC, he is committed to increase member involvement and citizen action. Here he is seen on a January 2003 fact-finding mission to Iraq with the Brooklyn-based Center for Economic and Social Rights examining the family food rations of a young boy in Mosul, Iraq. Other members of the fact-finding team included Elisabeth Benjamin, left, and Ron Waldman.

Putting our values into action

Before participating in UUSCs Justice in the Fields workcamp in North Carolina, Mimi Gingold of Cincinnati, Ohio, had a general understanding of the oppressive working conditions and terrible health hazards many migrant farm workers faced. However, as she put it, I told my co-traveler that I had only this much room [indicating with two fingers almost touching] left in my capacity for empathy. Her plate was just too full. But then she met the families. [I] discovered again that ones plate can become a platter and ones heart can always grow. I rediscovered that awareness and knowledge and contact are powerful means to grow the spirit and motivate action. As we build our homes, our schools or our local institutions brick by brick, so must we build our communities. But the building blocks of UUSC are not only the community groups with whom we partner. They are also the U.S. human rights defenders that support our work. This year, these members and supporters played a central role in bringing UUSCs message and mission to local U.S. communities. They used advocacy tools learned at UUSC workcamps or through other UUSC activities to keep human rights issues on decision makers radar screens through intense and sustained advocacy.
As part of the UUSC Coffee Project, UUSC members and supporters participated in an interfaith delegation that visited coffee cooperatives in Nicaragua.

Our members and supporters attending a UUSC workcamp in July used tools they learned at the workcamp to advocate in support of migrant farm workers.

Using multiple tools to achieve social change

The people of Manipur and Assam, small states in Northeast India, have endured relentless armed conflict for decades. They dont know what it is to live without fear, said Anna Pinto, secretary and director of gender and childrens programs at the Center for Organization Research and Education (CORE), a UUSC partner based in the region. CORE works directly with the indigenous community. However, COREs staff sees the international advocacy work they do before such bodies as the United Nations as equally important. At the United Nations, we batter the door down, said Anna. We cant change it on the ground by working on the ground. Its important that we be at the table when the negotiations are going on.
UUSC combines working with grassroots organizations and advocating before U.S. policy-makers to promote human rights for oppressed people such as the Burmese woman shown here.

Attacking the same issues from many different angles is the only way to bring about lasting change. UUSC helps our partners bring the unvarnished facts on intimidation, human rights abuse, forced labor, trafficking in humans and torture to the United Na-

tions and other international bodies. For many combating repressive or ineffective governments, this is the only way to implement policy changes that impact the daily lives of people in Manipur or Burma or Guatemala.

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Women building civil society

Groups such as Promotion and Support for Womens Initiatives (PAIF) are acutely aware of how important it is to empower women by teaching them about their own rights and how to claim them. We are training women to take care of defending their own human rights, said Immacule Birhaheka. Women have to participate. Women are essential to building community, but they often lack the tools they need to fully realize the influence they can have in rebuilding communities devastated by war and conflict. UUSC partners around the world work with women to provide essential training and skills building to help them promote and protect human rights. At UUSC, we are committed to the idea that women can play a unique role in the construction and reconstruction of all communities. We believe that when women are at risk, the entire community will suffer. Groups such as PAIF help strengthen womens roles in their communities. Sustaining community is also an important outcome of the work of UUSC partners in Cuba which provide vital HIV/AIDS prevention education for Cuban women, and in India where the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, provides essential support for sex workers in Calcutta. In Afghanistan, women are an essential element in creating a just civil society after decades of inhumane treatment. Thanks to an outpouring of support after Sept. 11, 2001, UUSC was able to select several womens organizations in Afghanistan to provide humanitarian assistance for Afghan women and children. One recipient, the Afghan Womens Education Center, provided leadership skills training, skills development and computer training.

UUSC HIGHLIGHTS
SOCIAL ACTION LEADERS

Samuel Perryman, pictured here delivering a speech at UUSCs Annual Meeting, received the MaryElla Holst Youth Activist Award. He is a student at San Francisco City College and a UUSC local representative at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco. Al Benford of Manchester, Conn., was awarded the Social Action Leadership Award for demonstrating a passion for social justice and a dedication to social activism throughout the year. Rev. Darcey Laine was awarded the 2003 Vision of Justice Sermon Award for her sermon, To Act Justly. She is the minister of religious education at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Palo Alto, Calif. The awards were presented June 28 at the Service Committees Annual Meeting and Volunteer Recognition Luncheon, held in Boston as part of the annual General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

The coordinator of a health clinic in Calcutta shows sex workers a book about preventing sexually transmitted diseases.

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Building bridges to oppressed communities

UUSC partners like the Center for Organization Research and Education have helped indigenous communities assert their human rights at local, national and international levels. CORE promotes solutions to human rights issues within the northeast Indian community, and are also frequent participants to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
The women of Chiapas, Mexico, joined together to protest violence against women. The march was organized by UUSC partner, the Independent Movement of Women of Chiapas.

Young boys like the one pictured are vulnerable targets for forced recruitment into armed militia groups fighting a deadly war in the Congo since 1998. UUSC partner, the Peoples Group for the Support and Advancement of Womens and Childrens Rights (HADEFE), works to educate the local population on the rights of children.

UUSC has long been committed to supporting the struggles of oppressed racial, ethnic and indigenous groups in the United States and around the world. In Mexico, indigenous women involved in the work of our partner, the Independent Movement of Women of Chiapas (MIMC), are making a difference for indigenous people throughout the region. In response to continuing human rights offenses and the large mili-

tary presence, the women of Chiapas have come together under MIMC to develop a plan to promote peace in the region. They are also tackling a host of other problems, including severe economic inequities. In the United States, UUSC members and supporters have joined us in reaching out to individuals and groups that have faced oppression. Workcamp participants explored the social justice concerns of North

Carolina farm workers, including health concerns and farm workers struggle to earn a living wage. By participating in UUSCs new initiative, Whats Your Profile?, youth from UU congregations worked with youth from local community-based organizations to explore the effects of racism within our society and their roles in helping to promote racial understanding.

Youth reaching out to youth

For the staff at CORE, investing in childrens rights is investing in the future of Northeast India. In addition to providing counseling on issues such as drug addiction, HIV/AIDS and trauma, the staff at CORE also trains youth to document child rights violations. But Anna Pinto also sees that just providing a safe place for the children and youth of Manipur to go has an enormous impact. Theyre less stressed, more willing to talk to adults, they have confidence in the world and in their ability to deal with it, she explained. By working with organizations like CORE, UUSC strengthened its commitment to protecting and promoting the rights of children and youth this year. We remained especially committed to defending the rights of children living in conflict situations. Another partner organization, the Peoples Group for the Support and Advancement of Womens and Childrens Rights (HADEFE), works with child soldiers in the war-torn communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the United States, we promoted activities that enabled youth to reach out to build community with other youth. Youth participated in several existing programs, such as the Whats Your Profile? program or workcamps that focus on youth empowerment. UU youth also worked with UUSC to advocate for an end to the Cuban embargo and to bring peace to Central Africa.

Children in Central Africa are shown on their way to school.

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Our growing international community

During a multiweek, UUSC-sponsored visit to the United States, Immacule Birhaheka raised awareness about the human rights situation in the Congo among UUSC members, UU congregations, opinion leaders and human rights activists across the nation. UUSC Washington Office staff also arranged for Immacule to meet with key U.S. policy-makers, including staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Africa subcommittee, the Congressional Research Service, and officials in the human rights and Africa bureaus at the U.S. State Department. UUSC continued to address key public policy issues this year such as ending the U.S. embargo on Cuba, which has a particularly negative impact on the lives and health of Cuban women. As the principal actors in domestic life, they must cope with the shortage of supplies, such as medicines, personal hygiene products, some foodstuffs and diapers. We also addressed the ongoing threats faced by human rights defenders in Mexico. Making connections For our partners, facilitating contact is one of the important ways in which UUSC can help advance their work to defend and promote human rights. Last fall, the UUSC Washington Office co-facilitated a visit from the president and other representatives from the Cuban Council of Churches. UUSCs support enables this group to address, among other issues, chronic shortages affected by the embargo. We also urged our members and supporters to take active roles in our work to promote policy changes at national and international levels. To commemorate International Human Rights Day 2002, UUSC supporters urged the U.S. State Department to take a more forceful role in bringing peace to the Democratic Republic of Congo. We collected more than 500 signatures and petitions, and more than 125 people wrote letters to Secretary of State Colin Powell urging a more proactive diplomacy in the African-led Congolese peace process. International engagement is crucial to strengthening the U.N. presence in the Congo and preventing further atrocities.

IRAQ RELIEF FUND

ASSISTS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

In response to the recent war in Iraq, UUSC created an Iraq Relief Fund to help ease the suffering in that country. Although UUSC does not have any programs in Iraq, we have a history of responding to emergencies where human rights are jeopardized and also have the resources to find those agencies best equipped to help vulnerable and neglected populations during a conflict or disaster. UUSC conducted a thorough process to find colleague organizations with the resources to overcome the many obstacles present in Iraq and deliver our gifts efficiently and safely. Donations from UUSC members and supporters have been used to support the work of Women for Women International, an organization intimately tied to UUSC and the Unitarian Universalist movement, and All Our Children, a coalition of experienced providers of humanitarian aid. Women for Women has focused its work in Iraq on delivery of direct aid, rights awareness, and leadership education and income generation for thousands of Iraqi women. Donations for All Our Children are helping Iraqi children, who have been separated from their families or whose need has been exacerbated by the recent conflict.

UUSC and the National Council of Churches collaborated in arranging meetings in Washington, D.C., for the president of the Council of Churches of Cuba, Rev. Reinerio Arce. UUSC supports a project of the Cuban Councils Medical Commission in Camaguey, Cuba. Pictured are (l-r) UUSC ambassador and former board president Dorothy Smith Patterson; Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.; Rev. Arce; and Dr. Patricia Ares.

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Villanova University students chose volunteering for the UUSC Alternative Spring Break Workcamp over traditional spring break activities. Junior Brian Cullen works with 12year-old Skye on an after-school craft project of the La Jolla Indian Reservation in San Diego County, Calif.

Building a human rights community

What an incredible coalition of resources and what tremendously inspiring people you have provided for us, wrote UUSC workcamp participant Mimi Gingold. This workcamp, where participants learned about issues facing migrant farm workers, was one of three sponsored by UUSC last year. As our global communities become more interconnected, UUSC members are increasingly an integral part of building community, both in the United States and around the world. Through hands-on learning experiences, our members and supporters are gaining effective social change skills and gaining a life-long commitment to human rights advocacy. Ten student volunteers from Villanova University in Pennsylvania spent their spring break 2003 working on the La Jolla Indian Reservation in San Diego County, Calif. This was the sixth year UUSC sponsored a workcamp on a Native American reservation. If I had two words to describe this experience they are awesome and eye-opening, said Dan Gulick of Pennsylvania. This trip, listening to those on the reservation speak about the culture and their daily lives was very interesting. This will be what I take back and never forget.

UUSC INVESTS IN HUMAN RIGHTS

For a number of years, UUSC has cofiled shareholder resolutions calling for the U.S. company Unocal to stop supporting governments, like the Burmese military junta, that participate in forced labor of their citizens. Together with the Amalgamated Bank LongView Collective Investment Fund and the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, we cofiled a shareholder resolution with Unocal, and the results were phenomenal 32.8 percent of shareholders voted for the resolution. UUSC is able to use its role as an investor to press certain businesses to improve their records on social responsibility. We are careful to invest in companies that fit a socially responsible profile. But we also use limited amounts of investment funds to enable us, as shareholders, to
Members of this UU youth group participated in the Burma Banner Project by making posters urging the U.S. company Unocal to stop supporting Burmas military junta.

influence other corporations to improve their human rights records.

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Honor roll of annual fund major donors

Those who contribute significant financial resources to the work of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee deserve special mention and appreciation. Recognition is given to both unrestricted gifts and to gifts for a designated purpose. Irrevocable planned gifts are also included.

UUSC support enables groups such as the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee to train community members on issues like AIDS prevention.

Rev. Carleton Fisher Society ($10,000 to $24,999) Carleton Fisher served as the first executive director of the Universalist Service Committee and supervised post-WWII relief efforts in the Netherlands. He was instrumental in coordinating early cooperative efforts between the Unitarian and Universalist Service Committees.
Nancy Anderson Alba and Doyle Bortner Evelyn Chidester Elizabeth and Carl Clark Claire Ernhart and Ed Psotta Eleanor Helper Ruth Knauper

Martha and Waitstill Sharp Society ($50,000 and over) Martha and Waitstill Sharp led the first relief efforts of the Service Committee aimed at lending assistance to refugees in Czechoslovakia and those fleeing the Sudetenland. They later served as ambassadors extraordinary for the Service Committees work in France.
Norma and Murray Cossey Laurence Eggers C. Lee Small

Hans Deutch Society ($1,000 to $9,999) Hans Deutch was an Austrian artist who drew cartoons critical of Adolph Hitler while living in Paris in the 1930s. When the Nazis invaded Paris, he abandoned all he had and fled to Portugal where he was assisted by the Service Committees early relief efforts. He later became an agent of the Service Committee and designed its logo, the flaming chalice.
Jeanne and Nicholas Aldrich Joan and Paul Armstrong Dale Arnink Susannah and Howard Arnould Joyce and Gordon Asselstine Beverly and George August Melba and Cornelis Bakker Gale Barlow Lisa and Craig Bartholomew

Eleanor Clark French Society ($25,000 to $49,999) Eleanor Clark French was director of the Service Committees post-WWII rest home at Monnetier, France, which served the need of refugees for a place where comradeship, extra food, rest and nature could encourage recovery from terrors they had experienced.
Kathryn and John Greenberg Lorella and Todd Hess Alfred and Ellen Trumpler

Nancy Bartlett and Dave Hammond Elizabeth and Gordon Bawden Beverley V. Baxter Lois and Avery Beer Nancy and Reinier Beeuwkes Bradford Bingham Christine Bishop and Paul Arkema Thomas Bliffert Stephen Boelter and Karen Combs Linda Bonk Nancy Brach Helen Brown Eileene and William Butler Leonard Campbell David Canzler Velaine Carnall Elaine and Steve Castles Barbara and Richard Cheatham Daniel Cheever Esther Clark Phyllis and Robert Clement Thomas Clewe Sherrill Cline Kim and Stanley Corfman Shirley and Roger Cunningham Ann and Harry Davidson Ernest Dieterich Eileen and Alvin Drutz Martha Easter-Wells Lynn and Greg Eastwood Martha and Richard England Carol and Richard Fencl Gayle Fogelson Margery and A. Irving Forbes Bonnie and Frederick Forte Kathy Fosnaugh Barbara French Alberta Gardner Fred Grafton Nancy and Allen Greenleaf Stanley Griffith and Ann Schauffler James Gunning and Ellen Ewing Reed and Elizabeth Hallock Sarah and Aaron Hamburger Helen Hansma Marjorie and Gordon Hart Warner and Barbara Henderson John Hickey Beth and William Hillig Deborah and William Holden Mary-Ella Holst and Guy Quinlan Hanna Hopp Addison and Deborah Igleheart M. Barbara and J. D. Jackson Roberta and Robert Johansen Henriette Johnsen Harold Johnson Todd and Allison Jones Kathryn and Michael Kami Carol and Douglas Kerr

Ardith and Fred Kerst Heather Kindem and Mark Backus John Lamperti Lee Lawrence Doris Linder Kyong and Harold Lischner Ingeborg Lock Sharon and Neal Lockwood Richard Loescher John Long Heloise Lynn Janet and Dusan Lysy Mona and Nicholas Magnis Judith and John Manocherian Anne and Ben Manvel Kathleen and Curtis Marble Harry McAndrew Martha and Michael McCoy Donald McLaren Kathryn Medina Ellen and Roy Mellen Janet Mitchell and Jerry Cromwell Anne and George Moses Margaret and John Norris Ren Oehler Abe and Gloria Ohanian Felicia Oldfather Phyllis and James Olin Tom Owens Charlotte and Merrill Palmer Jon Peterson Elizabeth and Robert Phelps Shelley Powsner and Steve Skrovan Lettice and Thomas Rhodes Paula Riggert and Thomas Grismer Irene Rogers Carol and Bruce Ross Jacqueline Russell John Russell Betty Sanders Doris Segar Patricia and John Seubert Patricia Silver Jane Smith Anne and J. Randall Springer Anne and Walter St. Goar Martha and Joseph Steele Jeanne Swen Martin Teitel Janet Titus Cynthia and Aubrey Tobey Thomas Townsend and Dorothy Wavrek Helen and John Tryon Gail and Richard Ullman Nancy and Rick Van Dyke Wendy Vander Heuvel Mary Vedder (continued)

This Annual Report covers the period July 1, 2002 June 30, 2003. The compilers of this report have carefully reviewed the names that are included. However, errors and omissions may have occurred. If your name has been omitted, misspelled, or listed incorrectly, please accept our apologies and bring the mistake to our attention. Contact the Institutional Advancement Department, Annual Report Listings, UUSC, 130 Prospect Street, Cambridge MA 02139-1845, e-mail development@uusc.org or call 800 766-5236. UUSC Annual Report 2003 7

Honor roll of annual fund major donors

Hans Deutch Society ($1,000 to $9,999)

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Gerry Veeder Moritz Wagner Elizabeth and Robert Weinstock Jane and James White M. Jane Williamson and Stephen Winthrop Oliver and Helen Wolcott Margaret Woodward Margaret and A. Lee Zeigler Elizabeth Zimmermann

Compass Club* ($500 to $999) The Compass Club was established some years ago to recognize donors who have supported UUSC with a gift of $500 or more in a single fiscal year.
S. James and Mary Adelstein Nancy Akin Winifred and David Alcorn Peter and Susan Alden William Anderson Deanne and Jonathan Ater Martha and Robert Atherton Richard and Arlynne Bail Thomas Bamonte Janet and Gordon Bartels Joan and Daniel Bechtel Mrs. Alan Beerbower Barbara Binder Anne Black Rebecca and Timothy Blodgett Gertrude Bock Anita and Barney Brannen Carol and Paul Brody Jared Brown Jeffrey and Jane Brune John Brush Bruce Buchanan R. Rae Buckley Joann Buonomano and Thomas Reichheld Barbara Burnim John and Irene Bush Dianne and James Campbell Virginia Carver and Henry Raichle Joanne Chase Barbara Clutter and Betty Hesters Deirdre Cochran and Daniel Couch Harvey Cohen Laura and Barnett Cook Alan and Liz Cooper W.E. Cossum Fred Cox James Crawford Harriet Dann Joan Darlington Lynn Davis

Susan Delaney Alice and Pete Dewell William Docker Gail and William Donkin Margaret and James Duesenberry Lois and Joe Dunne Patricia Eckels Jack and Emilie Ellard Angie Ellis and Mary Croup Nancy and Lowell Ericsson Carol and Robert Evans Marie and John Ferguson Lucia and Bruce Field Ellen and W. Burns Fisher Laura Fisher John Flanagan Ruth Fleck David Flitcroft Elizabeth Fuller Margaret and John Gibson Irmgard and William Gimby Tracy Gipson and Bernard Bloom C. Richard Goss Melissa Graf-Evans Frances Graham Madeline Grant Roxanne and Michael Greenstein Cheryl Gross Karen and Asko Hamalainen Lucie and James Hangstefer Katherine Hannaford Anne Harding June and James Hart Jill Hartman Gary Hartz and Teri Wiss Mary Hatch Freddie Heitman Frank Helman and Martha Peak William Hively and Helen Skeist Charles Holzweissig Bernice and Frank Homan Diantha and William Horton John and Elizabeth Howell Louise Huddleston Barclay and Kerstin Hudson Hillary Hutchinson Judith Innes Wayne Itano Edward and Myrna Jenkins Justine and John Johnson Mary Jones and S. Kingsley MacOmber Gloria and Roger Jones Katherine and John Kaufmann Joanne and David Kelleher Alan and Ann King John Kooiker Nancy and Andrew Kosseff Marian and Harm Kraai Frederick Landmann Shirlie Lassar Julie and Brock Leach Mary and David Leonard Jane and Thomas Light Eric Lloyd Grace and Einar Lorentzen Thomas Louis Diane and John Lovitt

Kenneth MacLean Marjorie Main Katherine Manker and Bruce Gardner Susan Mann and G. William Skinner Linda and Daniel Marquardt Elliot and Jean Marvell Joyce and Warren Mathews Carol and John Mathis Margaret McCue Nancy and Raymond McKinley Lynn McLaughlin Susan and Douglas McLeod Marvin Mercer Susan Miracle and Gene Pusateri Mr. and Mrs. Felix Mitchell, Jr. Donna and Robert Mohr Russell Morris Christine Moss Kirsten Mueller and David Hunter Lenore and John Munger David Munro D. Joan and Franklin Neff Lori Neumann and James Sinclair Michael Nimkoff William Niss Grady Nunn Doris and Charles OKane Mary Ann and Godfrey Oakley Francene and G. Orrok Andrew Osgood Kathleen and James Patton Louis Paul Karen and Robert Peake Donald Pearson Andrea Pease and Frank Basich Stephen Polmar Lauren Poole Laura and Richard Pratt Sonya Prestridge and Arvid Straube Deborah Pulliam Catherine Queener and David Nolin Ray Ramseyer Russell Raney Kimberly and Mark Ray Caroline Rayner Shelby Rector Sandra and Thomas Reece Doris Reed Marylou and Glenn Reed-Quinn Chuck Reese Michelina Rizzo Kristin Robertson Ronald Roeder Ruth and Kenneth Ross Sarita and Arlin Roy David Rubin David Rush and Tamis Nordling Elizabeth and Fred Rust Millicent and John Rutherford Cornelia Saltus and John Smith Alfred Schwendtner Mr. and Mrs. John Schwob Elizabeth and Robert Scott Barbara and Louis Semrau John and Elinor Severinghaus Elizabeth and B. Warner Shippee Rebecca and John Shockley

Barbara Simonetti Mrs. Livingston Smith Kathleen Smith-DiJulio and Donald DiJulio Lenore Snodey Joyce and James Spain Robert and K. Ann Stebbins Dee Stegman Douglas Stewart Elizabeth Storer Frances Storey Dorothy Swerdlove Elizabeth Swope Leonard and Martha Taylor Rachel and David Tedesco Lucile Thomee Betty and Chester Thompson Madelon Timmons Elizabeth Topping Jerry Trammell and Katherine Hoffman Linda and Jonathan Tuck E. Michelle Valentine John van Alstyne Dale and Alice Van Wormer Suzanne Viemeister Sally and Rick Watts Dorle and Fred Weil Margaret Weiri Gertrude and Robert Wendt Deborah and Steve Wentworth Lois and Robert Whealey Virginia and Farley Wheelwright Robert White Catherine Williams Mary Faith Wilson Janet and Andrew Wilson Jordan Wood and David Leppik Rebecca Young and Mark Marquardt Mary and Robert Zimmer

To honor individuals whose realized estate bequests exceeded $25,000 or more in the period July 1, 2002 June 30, 2003.
Doris Alburn Louis Bowen William Campbell Barbara Jean Junge Flora H. Lutz Ruth OShea

* This is the last year that UUSC will be listing Compass Club donors in our annual report. In the future, only Society-level donors will be listed.

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Named endowment funds

UUSC has a growing number of named endowment funds established by individual donors, often to honor the memory of a friend or family member or to commemorate a special occasion. The income from the funds provides an important source of revenue to UUSC for general support or specific programs, as designated by the donors. Unless otherwise indicated, the funds are not restricted. In 1998, the minimum required balance for a named endowment fund was set at $25,000. All named endowment funds established prior to that date were required to meet the original minimum required balance of $10,000. To learn how you may participate in this program, please call the UUSC Institutional Advancement Department at 800 766-5236. Arlene A. Bartlow Endowment Fund Established in 1997 by Arlene A. Bartlow, the income from the fund may be used only for UUSC programs of service, advocacy and education which improve the lives of women and girls. Beverley V. Baxter Endowment Fund This endowment honors Beverley Baxter who served on the UUSC Board of Directors from 1985 to 1991 and co-chaired the 50th Anniversary Capital Campaign. The campaign enabled the purchase of UUSCs current headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. Mildred K. Bickel. It was her instruction that at her death one-third of the residue of the trust be used to establish a named endowment at the Service Committee, to be used by UUSC at its discretion. Domitila Barrios de Chungara Endowment Fund Domitila Barrios de Chungara is honored by anonymous donors for her life of courageous social activism on behalf of the tin miners of Bolivia, and of the oppressed poor everywhere. a much-loved and admired parish minister of several churches, including the First Unitarian Church of Milwaukee, Wis. In an editorial in the Milwaukee Journal following his death in 1981, Rev. Cyrus was remembered as a preacher of rare poetic grace. William Emerson Endowment Fund This endowment honors William Emerson, the first president of the Unitarian Service Committee at the outbreak of World War II. He led a program of humanitarian relief and rehabilitation unrestricted by nationality or religion. Anne Sharples Frantz Endowment Fund The Anne Sharples Frantz Fund was established by Ms. Frantz to support the general mission of UUSC. Ms. Frantz was born in Belmont, Mass., of Unitarian parents. After leaving Massachusetts, she attended the Unitarian Church of Montclair in New Jersey. She is one of the founding members of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau in Garden City, N.Y. Ms. Frantz now resides in Petersborough, N.H. Eleanor Clark French Library Endowment Fund Named in honor of Eleanor Clark French, the director of the Service Committees post-WWII rest home at Monnetier, France, the library fund assists the Service Committee in preserving the unique history of its efforts to advance justice. The fund was established through a generous bequest from the estate of Louis Bowen. Robert Goodman Endowment Fund Mrs. Ruth Goodman, a former social worker and member of Unitarian Universalist congregations in Orange, N.J., and Boca Raton, Fla., established the endowment in honor of her husband, Robert Goodman. Johanna Henn Endowment Fund Unitarian Universalist Johanna Henn established this endowment specifically to support programs that benefit Native Americans. Mary-Ella Holst and Guy C. Quinlan Endowment Fund The Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York City honored two longtime members and activists in 1996 with this endowment fund. The husband and wife team have been loyal members, volunteers and supporters of UUSC since the 1970s. Mary-Ella is a former member of the UUSC Board of Directors and Guy is a past board president.
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Martha Sharp Cogan Childrens Endowment Fund Established to honor Martha Sharp Cogans lifeRev. Shannon Bernard long commitment to chilMemorial Fund dren, the income from the During her rich life, the Rev. Shannon Bernard was a Childrens Fund may be used only for UUSC prohousewife, cab driver, grams that improve the lives trucker and psychologist, of poor and oppressed chilexperiences that provided dren around the world. excellent training for the Unitarian Universalist minWarren H. Cudworth istry. During her 13 years in Endowment Fund White Plains, N.Y., Rev. Established by the Unitarian Bernards Community UniChurch in East Boston, tarian Church experienced Mass., this fund honors considerable growth and Warren Cudworth who was today is one the strongest its minister and served as a churches in the Metropolichaplain with Union troops tan New York District. from Massachusetts during the Civil War. Mildred K. Bickel Endowment Fund Rev. John W. Cyrus During her lifetime, Endowment Fund Mildred K. Bickel estabThis endowment was established the Charitable Relished to honor John Cyrus, mainder Unitrust of

Named endowment funds

Hu Endowment Fund The Hu Endowment Fund was established in loving memory and in celebration of the lives of Henry and Mabel Hu. The Hus children, Helen and Howard, together with Howards wife Sudha Kotha-Hu, established the endowment to provide general support for the human rights work of UUSC, particularly in Asia. Henry Hu, who emigrated to the United States from China in 1947, was a passionate believer in human rights and equality. Mabel had a passion for volunteer work. Both became Unitarian Universalists. Dorothy Baker Johnson Endowment Fund Dr. John C. Baker established this endowment in honor of his sister, Dorothy Baker Johnson, a distinguished social worker and family service administrator in Princeton, N.J. Mary Kornblau Endowment Fund Born in Birmingham, Ala., in 1922, Mary Kornblau was deeply concerned with human rights and advancing justice for all. A contributor to UUSC for many years, she also supported the North Shore Unitarian Church in the Chicago area and the Unitarian Congregation of Fairfax in Oakton, Va. Ms. Kornblau was an avid gardener and was an accomplished artist who won numerous prizes for her paintings and drawings. Rev. Donald W. McKinney Endowment Fund James R. Gunning, a UUSC board member and member of the First Unitarian Society in Brooklyn, N.Y., established this endowment to honor the ministry of Rev. Donald W. McKinney at the Brooklyn congregation. Alexander McNeil Endowment Fund This endowment was established in honor of Alexander McNeil, a prominent layperson in the East Boston Unitarian Church, by his widow. Income from the fund is restricted to supporting the needs of children. Katharine L. Morningstar Endowment Fund Living in Germany when the Nazis came to power and a career as a school teacher influenced Katharine L. Morningstar to establish an endowment with UUSC. William U. Niss Endowment Fund This endowment was established by William U. Niss, a resident of Maine and a committed Unitarian Universalist and supporter of the Service Committee. Rev. Carolyn OwenTowle Endowment Fund This endowment was established by friends of Rev. Owen-Towle and her husband and cominister, Tom, to honor her lifelong contributions to Unitarian Universalism and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. Rev. Owen-Towle served as UUSC board president from 1983-1985 and helped revise UUSCs mission statement in 1983. Dorothy Smith Patterson Endowment Fund Dorothy Patterson, a resident of Berkeley, Calif., is a former UUSC board president. Ms. Patterson also served on the American Civil Liberities Union of Northern California and was on former Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr.s Advisory Council on Vocational Education. Ms. Patterson represented UUSC at the 1995 World Conference on Women in Beijing and on a fact-finding mission to Haiti in 1994. vakia, during the Nazi invasion in 1939. Waitstill also worked for a number of relief and social service agencies after World War II. Mary Trumpler Endowment Fund Established by Alfred Trumpler to honor his late wife, the Mary Trumpler Endowment helps empower women and children throughout the world. Mr. Trumpler plans to give to the endowment each year for the rest of his life and invites others to join him in supporting UUSCs work for these underserved populations.

50th Anniversary Program Endowment Fund In honor of UUSCs 50th anniversary in 1989, funds were contributed to this endowment by many hunDr. Richard S. Scobie dreds of members and supEndowment Fund This endowment was estab- porters. Income from the lished to honor Dr. Richard fund is restricted to program S. Scobie, UUSCs executive services. director for 27 years. Upon 60th Anniversary retirement in 1998, Dr. Program Endowment Scobie had tripled the size Fund of the staff and financial Many loyal members, resources, and charted friends and supporters of UUSCs evolution from a the Service Committee dodevelopment to human nated gifts to UUSC to rights agency. Income from commemorate the the fund provides unreorganizations 60th anniverstricted support for UUSC sary in 1999. All contribuprograms. tions were counted toward UUSCs Endowing the Waitstill H. Sharp Struggle for Justice Endowment Fund Campaign. This endowment honors Unitarian minister Waitstill H. Sharp who, with his wife, Martha, served as the Unitarian Service Commissioner to Prague, Czechoslo-

We have endeavored to make these lists as accurate as possible. Please notify our Insitututional Advancement Department of any errors or omissions.

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UUSC Flaming Chalice Circle

Recognizes those who include the Service Committee in their estate plans or who have made a planned gift to UUSC as of June 30, 2003.
Susan and Peter Alden John and Barbara Bailey Darce Barager Beverley V. Baxter Peggy and George Bell I. Inka Benton Laurel Blossom Ann Booth Alba and Doyle Bortner Nancy Brach Irma and Paul Braunstein Betty Brothers Helen Brown Frances and Laurence Brundall Helen Burke Evelyn Chidester Elizabeth and Carl Clark Deirdre Cochran and Daniel Couch Bruce Cornish Mildred and Walter Courtley Joan Cudhea and Tomas Firle Jan Curtis Carol Davis L. Patton Davis Theadora Davitt-Cornyn Frances Dew Alice and Pete Dewell Lyda Dicus and Robert Hanson Ruth and John Donnell Carol and William Donovan Laurence Eggers Mary Ann Ely Claire Ernhart and Ed Psotta Martha and John Ferger Elizabeth Ford Anne Forsyth Richard and Hillary Fuhrman Jean Fulton Carrie Gillespie and Kris Kaushik Anne and Julius Goldin Michael Goodman Betty Gorshe Sara Grindlay James Gunning and Ellen Ewing Eileen and John Hamlin Yvonne and Joseph Hammerquist Stephen Hart Marjorie and Henry Harvey Jean and William Hellmuth Warner and Barbara Henderson Mary-Ella Holst and Guy Quinlan Hanna Hopp Lucille Horner Martha Jewett Barry and Ellen Johnson-Fay Alex Karter Corinne Le Bovit Jack Lepoff Phyllis and Justin Lewis Doris Linder Sharon and Neal Lockwood Aimee Lykes Mitchell Lyman Ruth Mann Eleanor May Catherine and Leonard McConkie Phyllis and Gordon McKeeman Alice and Hugh McLellan Barbara McMahon Audrey and Donald Micklewright Harriet and Maurice Miller Malcolm Mitchell Virginia Moore Leigh and Thomas Mundhenk William Niss V. Nossiter Mary Ann and Godfrey Oakley Ren Oehler Francene and G. Orrok Charles Otto Charlotte and Merrill Palmer Brydie and Erdman Palmore Janice Park Dorothy Patterson Edgar and Phyllis Peara Alan and A. Diana Peters William and Sandra Pratt Lillis Raboin Ray Ramseyer Verna Renfro Judy and Lee Reynard David Riley Mary Rose and Leonard Pellettiri David Rubin Hilda Rush John Russell Millicent and John Rutherford Betty Sanders Fia and J. David Scheyer Robert Schuessler Dick and Jill Scobie Neil and Lillie Shadle Sulochana Sherman and Ed Cossum Joan and Don Shkolnik Paul Siegler C. Lee Small Shirley and Thornton Smith Lenore Snodey Gloria Snyder Marion Stearns Mary and James Stephenson Joseph Stern Nancy and Jack Stiefel Sally and Robert Stoddard Ellen Studdiford Matilde and James Taguchi Mary Thompson George Thornton Ellida and Fred Topik Janette and Elsie Trachsel Helen and John Tryon Arliss and Arthur Ungar Mary Vedder Keven Virgilio Alice Wallace Ernest Weller Susan and Robert Whitney Vera Widder Margaret Woodward Elizabeth Zimmermann

Like a lot of UUs, I support many different organizations. But Ive chosen to give my major gifts to UUSC because Im convinced that a dollar given to the Service Committee does more to change peoples lives and their communities than a dollar given anywhere else. Beverley Baxter, UUSC member

UUSC Ambassadors Council

UUSC Ambassadors Council members from across the United States put a positive voice and personal face to the domestic and international human rights work of the Service Committee. Ambassadors assist UUSC staff and board with resource development and communicating UUSCs mission and values to key constituents.
Margot Adler* Susannah and Howard Arnould* Holly Atkinson and Rev. Galen Guengerich* Nancy Bartlett Beverly and George August* Beverley Baxter Larry Beck William Brach Helen Brown* Jim and Dorothy Caldiero* John Carragee* Virginia Carver* Rev. Barbara Cheatham Daniel Cheever Rev. Ken Collier* Davalene Cooper Fred Cox* Theadora Davitt-Cornyn* Rev. Kim Crawford Harvie Alice and Pete Dewell Sayre Dixon Laurence Paxson Eggers* Elizabeth Ellis* Marylou Faris* Richard Fuhrman* Anne and William Furtick* Irmgard and William Gimby* Elaine Gonsalves James R. Gunning Sarah and Aaron Hamburger* Barbara Henderson Rev. John Hickey Deborah Holden Mary-Ella Holst Rev. Leon Hopper* Rev. William Hough* Patrick Hughes* Rev. Yielbonzie Johnson Liz Jones* Todd Jones Sarah Karstaedt* Mary Ann and Richard Kelley* Fiona Knox Bill Lakin* Madeleine LeFebvre* Rev. Ken MacLean Kitty and Leonard McConkie* Jim McCorkel* Margi McCue* Melanie Milner* David Mohler* Stephen Murphy* Dr. Winifred L. Norman* Nancy Nowak* Mary Ann Oakley

Board of Trustees 2002-2003

Rick Van Dyke, Jr., Chair Feelie Lee, Vice Chair Jim Gunning, Treasurer Nancy Nowak, Secretary Arnold W. Bradburd Stanley Corfman Galen Guengerich Barclay Hudson Todd Jones Margi McCue Marty Teitel Ione Dugger Vargus Lois Deimel Whealey

Kris Ockershauser Abe and Gloria Ohanian Diane Olson* Lee Pardee Dorothy Patterson Laura Pederson* Diana and Alan Peters Maggie and Ernie Pipes* Roberta and Charlie Reed Mayra Rodriguez-Howard* Lucile and Warren Ross John Russell Warren Salinger Margaret H. Sanstad* Richard Scobie* Rev. Marilyn Sewell* Ruth and Ted Shapin Larry Shafer Edward A. Simmons*

Rev. Donald Southworth Lawrence Stevens-Miles David Suehsdorf Ann Taylor* Betty Thompson Alfred O. Trumpler Nancy Van Dyke* Rev. Frances West Sylvester Whitaker* Constance Williams* Colin and Latifa Woodhouse Elizabeth Zimmerman*

*Honorary Ambassador

We have endeavored to make these lists as accurate as possible. Please notify our Insitututional Advancement Department of any errors or omissions. UUSC Annual Report 2003 11

UUSC honor congregations for fiscal year 2003

Every year, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee honors congregations that show a special dedication to UUSCs work for justice through membership or outstanding gifts. We are pleased to acknowledge congregations this year with the following awards.

OUTSTANDING UUSC LOCAL

REPRESENTATIVES

Awards for congregational corporate giving

These gifts institutionalize a congregations deep commitment to justice and human rights through the work of UUSC. Helen Fogg Chalice Award Recognizes congregations for their generous line-item contribution of a gift from their annual budget equal to at least $25 per member.
First Church, Sterling, Massachusetts First Parish, United Church, Westwood, Massachusetts UU Congregation at Shelter Rock, Manhasset, New York

Local Representatives are among UUSCs most valuable resources, serving as catalysts for membership growth and financial support as well as generating volunteer support for our advocacy work and hands-on social justice projects This year, the Service Committee honored the following local representatives for their work in building support for UUSC and its programs in their UU congregations around the country. This years outstanding Local Representatives are Don and Ruth Ann Ferris of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lafayette, Ind.; Linda Harris of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco, Calif.; and Molly Canan of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis, Ore.

James Luther Adams Award Recognizes congregations that support UUSC through a line-item gift from their annual budgets equal to at least $1 per member.
ALASKA
Anchorage

ILLINOIS
Alton Carbondale Chicago Third Unitarian Church Deerfield Rockford

Winchendon

MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor Ann Arbor Unitarian Fellowship Flint

ARIZONA
Green Valley Prescott Granite Peak UU Church Surprise

MINNESOTA
Fridley Grand Rapids St. Cloud Wayzata

ARKANSAS
Fayetteville Hot Springs Village

INDIANA
Bloomington

IOWA
Davenport

CALIFORNIA
Costa Mesa Fresno Fullerton Long Beach Palo Alto San Diego First UU Church San Rafael Sunnyvale Thousand Oaks Ventura

MISSOURI
St. Louis

LOUISIANA
New Orleans Community Church, UU

NEVADA
Reno

MAINE
Castine

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua

MARYLAND
Annapolis Bethesda Cedar Lane UU Church Columbia Cumberland Rockville

NEW JERSEY
Lincroft Morristown Plainfield Titusville

COLORADO
Boulder UU Fellowship

NEW YORK
Bellport Central Square Croton-on-Hudson Huntington Jamestown New York Unitarian Church of All Souls Community Church Oneonta Rochester First Unitarian Church Stony Brook Syracuse May Memorial UU Society

MASSACHUSETTS
Ashby Bolton Braintree Carlisle Danvers Eastham Harvard Littleton Nantucket Newburyport Norwell First Parish Church Palmer Sterling Sudbury Swampscott Watertown Wayland Weston

CONNECTICUT
Madison Storrs West Hartford

DELAWARE
Wilmington

FLORIDA
Clearwater Key West Lakeland Ocala Sarasota Vero Beach

NORTH CAROLINA
Durham Eno River UU Fellowship

GEORGIA
Atlanta Northwest UU Congregation

OHIO
Akron Berea

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James Luther Adams Award
Kirtland UU Society Western Reserve Lewis Center Wooster

SOUTH CAROLINA
Beaufort Clemson

TENNESSEE
Nashville First UU Church of Nashville Tullahoma

OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City Tulsa All Souls Unitarian Church

Galveston Houston Northwest Community UU Church Unitarian Fellowship of Houston Huntsville

Seattle University Unitarian Church West Seattle UU Fellowship Vashon Island

WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown

VIRGINIA
Fredericksburg Oakton Waynesboro

WISCONSIN
Kenosha Madison First Unitarian Society Woodruff

TEXAS
Dallas First Unitarian Church El Paso Fort Worth Westside UU Church

OREGON
Oregon City

PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia UU Church of the Restoration

WASHINGTON
Bellevue Blaine

Membership awards
These awards recognize congregations that encourage their members to support human rights and social justice by joining the Service Committee with an annual membership gift. Spirit of Justice Chalice Society Honors those extraordinary congregations with 100 percent UUSC membership.
UU Congregation of Cocoa, Cocoa, Florida UU Fellowship of Puna, Pahoa, Hawaii UU Fellowship of Austin, Austin, Texas

Vision of Justice Banner Society Honors congregations in which 50-99 percent of the membership are UUSC members.
ALASKA
Fairbanks

FLORIDA
Port Charlotte Vero Beach

NEW YORK
Hollis-Queens

TEXAS
Abilene Longview New Braunfels San Marcos Tyler Victoria

ARIZONA
Prescott UU Fellowship

NORTH CAROLINA
Brevard Morehead City

IDAHO
Pocatello

ARKANSAS
Hot Springs Village Jonesboro

MAINE
Castine

NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck

MASSACHUSETTS
Medfield Weymouth

OHIO
Athens Delaware

WASHINGTON
Bellingham Friday Harbor Marysville

CALIFORNIA
Auburn Napa Sunnyvale Visalia Whittier

MICHIGAN
Muskegon

OREGON
Roseburg

WISCONSIN
Kenosha

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Andover

PENNSYLVANIA
Athens

CONNECTICUT
Brooklyn

NEW JERSEY
Newton Wayne

FRANCE
La Celle-St. Cloud UU Fellowship

Creating Justice Banner Society Honors congregations in which 25-49 percent of the membership are UUSC members.
ALABAMA
Florence

ARIZONA
Glendale Green Valley Prescott Granite Peak UU Church Surprise Tucson

CALIFORNIA
Anaheim Aptos Bakersfield Bayside Berkeley Canoga Park Carmel

Chico Coronado Fullerton Grass Valley Hemet La Crescenta Laguna Beach Los Angeles Rancho Palos Verdes Redwood City San Francisco San Rafael Santa Paula Santa Rosa Studio City Ventura Vista

COLORADO
Glenwood Springs Loveland Pueblo

North Palm Beach Sarasota Tampa Venice

CONNECTICUT
Meriden New Britain New Haven New London Norwich Stamford Storrs Woodbury

GEORGIA
Atlanta Northwest UU Congregation Dahlonega Macon

IDAHO
Coeur dAlene Twin Falls

FLORIDA
Bradenton Clearwater Deland Lakeland

ILLINOIS
Alton Carbondale DeKalb

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UUSC Endowment Funds Namedhonor congregations for fiscal year 2003

Creating Justice Banner Society (continued)
INDIANA
Columbus Danville Watertown West Roxbury Muttontown Niagara Falls Plattsburgh Queensbury Rochester First Universalist Church Rock Tavern Williamsville

TENNESSEE
Knoxville Westside UU Church Memphis Peter Cooper UU Fellowship Nashville Greater Nashville UU Congregation

MICHIGAN
Detroit Farmington Hills Houghton

IOWA
Cedar Rapids Clinton Davenport Mason City Sioux City

MINNESOTA
Fridley Mahtomedi Pequot Lakes St. Cloud

NORTH CAROLINA
Franklin

TEXAS
Houston Northwest Community UU Church Midland

KANSAS
Prairie Village

OHIO
Akron Berea Canton Cleveland Heights Lima Toledo Wooster Youngstown

KENTUCKY
Bowling Green

MISSOURI
Rolla

MAINE
Brunswick Edgecomb Kennebunk Portland The First Parish in Portland Allen Avenue UU Church Waterville Maryland Camp Springs Columbia Cumberland Great Mills Hagerstown

MONTANA
Kalispell Missoula

VERMONT
Norwich West Brattleboro West Burke

NEVADA
Reno

VIRGINIA
Blacksburg Glen Allen Lynchburg

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Chocura Durham Keene Peterborough

OKLAHOMA
Lawton Norman Oklahoma City

WASHINGTON
Blaine Des Moines Freeland Hoquiam Olympia

NEW JERSEY
Orange Paramus

OREGON
Ashland Corvallis Portland Wyeast UU Congregation

MASSACHUSETTS
Athol Braintree Bridgewater Fitchburg Grafton Lexington First Parish in Lexington Littleton Melrose Newburyport

NEW MEXICO
Los Alamos Rio Rancho

WEST VIRGINIA
Bellaire

PENNSYLVANIA
Collegeville State College West Chester

NEW YORK
Canandaigua Central Square Hastings-on-Hudson Jamestown Kingston Manhasset Middletown Mohegan Lake

WISCONSIN
Appleton Eau Claire La Crosse Marshfield Milwaukee Unitarian Fellowship Mukwonago Rice Lake Woodruff

RHODE ISLAND
Providence Religious Society of Bell Street Chapel

SOUTH CAROLINA
Hilton Head Island

Guest at Your Table special recognition Through Guest at Your Table, the members of these congregations contributed a total of $2,000 or more to UUSCs work for human rights.
CALIFORNIA
Carmel Long Beach Palo Alto Pasadena Neighborhood UU Church San Francisco First UU Society Sunnyvale

CONNECTICUT
New London Westport

Minneapolis First Universalist Church

OREGON
Portland First Unitarian Church

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua

FLORIDA
Sarasota Vero Beach

PENNSYLVANIA
State College Vermont Norwich West Brattleboro

NEW JERSEY
Paramus

MASSACHUSETTS
Groton Lexington First Parish Follen Church Society

NEW YORK
Hastings-on-Hudson

COLORADO
Golden

NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville Ohio Akron Columbus Wooster

VIRGINIA
Glen Allen

WISCONSIN
Appleton Madison First Unitarian Society

MINNESOTA
Mahtomedi

Special gift recognition These congregations contributed $2,000 or more to UUSCs struggle for human rights through ways of giving such as UUSC Sunday, collections during services and other creative methods.
CALIFORNIA
San Diego First UU Church

MASSACHUSETTS
Concord Weston

NEW YORK

TENNESSEE

Brooklyn Knoxville First Unitarian Westside UU Church Congregational Society MARYLAND Tennessee Valley UU Church Manhasset Bethesda UU our Insitututional Advancement River Road We have endeavored to make these lists as accurate as possible. Please notifyCongregation at Shelter Rock Department of any errors or omissions. Unitarian Church
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Supporting a commitment to humanity Fund raising 2003 Statement of functional expenses

July 1, 2002 June 30, 2003

UUSC worked hand in hand with human rights defenders around the world to protect and promote human rights.

In order to maintain its independence, UUSC relies on individual members, congregations and foundations for most of the support needed to develop and sustain our programs. UUSC does not accept funds from any government or governmental organization. The generosity and commitment of our members and supporters enables UUSC to accomplish critical social justice and human rights work, putting your voice into action. Your investments in the Service Committee are transformed into support for our partner organizations around the world, effective advocacy and social justice education. Longtime member and major donor Al Trumpler said it best: Ive always considered UUSC support as an effective way to raise a liberal voice and put my values into action. A gift to the Service Committee is truly an investment in creating a just, peaceful world.

Members of the UUSC Board of Trustees and Volunteer Network provided essential leadership in our fund-raising efforts last year. The Service Committee is grateful to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset, N.Y., which contributed $675,000 through its matching gift program for unrestricted contributions from individuals of $60 or more. Guest at Your Table 2002 was the most successful in its history, with more than 650 congregations participating, and raising more than $430,000. Workplace giving is becoming more important to UUSCs fund-raising strategies. This year, public employee campaign donors contributed more than $112,000 through Global Impact, a federation of internationally focused organizations. For more information about how you can participate, contact UUSCs

Institutional Advancement Department. In FY03, 10 new life income planned gifts were established totaling more than $480,000, both as charitable gift annuities and gifts to the pooled income fund. The following foundations made grants to UUSC this past year: Bertha Z. Ellis Private Foundation California Community Foundation Next Culture Initiative Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving The Boston Foundation The Peierls Foundation, Inc. The Prudential Foundation Verizon Foundation William D. Snyder Foundation, Inc.

Program Services
Children $96,000 Emergency Relief $54,000

Supporting Services
Management and General $266,000

Women $1,246,000

Fund Raising $548,000

Oppressed Racial, Ethnic and Indigenous Groups (OREIG) $1,412,000

Complete UUSC audited financial statements for the year ending June 30, 2003, were prepared by Robert, Finnegan & Lynah, PC, certified public accountants, Boston, Mass. Copies of the complete audited financial statements are available from UUSC. UUSC Annual Report 2003 15

Financial statements
Statement of financial position Year ended June 30, 2003 (with comparative totals for June 30, 2002)
June 30, 2003 total Assets Cash and cash equivalents, unrestricted* Investments Accounts and interest receivable Pledges receivable Notes receivable Prepaid supplies, expenses and other assets Property and equipment - net Total assets Liabilities Accounts payable Accrued vacation Accrued benefits Capital lease obligations Income distributable to pooled income beneficiaries Gift annuities payable Liability under trust agreements Pooled income fund deferred revenue Total liabilities Net assets Unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted Total net assets Total liabilities and net assets $1,345,000 9,339,000 60,000 1,653,000 6,000 44,000 1,740,000 $14,187,000 $303,000 76,000 50,000 5,000 13,000 801,000 146,000 461,000 1,855,000 8,313,000 1,597,000 2,422,000 12,332,000 $14,187,000 June 30, 2002 total $1,193,000 8,424,000 91,000 1,763,000 7,000 40,000 1,795,000 $13,313,000 $409,000 69,000 52,000 10,000 14,000 597,000 153,000 476,000 1,780,000 7,497,000 1,659,000 2,377,000 11,533,000 $13,313,000

Statement of activities and change in net assets Year ended June 30, 2003 (with comparative totals for June 30, 2002)
Unrestricted Public support Contributions Contributions - Emergency relief Matching grant Foundations Bequests Total public support Revenue Sales - Cards and merchandise - net Other fees Investment income Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) Change in value of split interest agreements Total revenue Total net assets released from restrictions Total public support and revenue Expenses Program services Supporting services Fund raising Management and general Total expenses Change in net assets Net assets, beginning of year Net assets, end of year $1,805,000 69,000 1,314,000 3,188,000 28,000 4,000 155,000 64,000 (24,000) 227,000 1,023,000 4,438,000 2,808,000 548,000 266,000 3,622,000 816,000 7,497,000 $8,313,000 (62,000) 1,659,000 $1,597,000 45,000 2,377,000 $2,422,000 Temporarily restricted $98,000 72,000 675,000 45,000 890,000 Permanently restricted $39,000 June 30, 2003 total $1,942,000 72,000 675,000 114,000 1,314,000 4,117,000 28,000 14,000 151,000 123,000 (12,000) 6,000 45,000 304,000 4,421,000 2,808,000 548,000 266,000 3,622,000 799,000 11,533,000 $12,332,000 June 30, 2002 total $1,899,000 1,136,000 ** 675,000 188,000 1,474,000 5,372,000 21,000 19,000 222,000 (446,000) (30,000) (214,000) 5,158,000 3,473,000 ** 653,000 851,000 4,977,000 181,000 11,352,000 $11,533,000

39,000

10,000 (4,000) 59,000 12,000 77,000 (1,029,000) (62,000)

* Cash and cash equivalents totals do not include restricted Money Market accounts. These accounts are reflected in the investment totals. ** Included special Sept. 11 Fund and resulting program grants. Complete UUSC audited financial statements for the year ending June 30, 2003, were prepared by Robert, Finnegan & Lynah, PC, certified public accountants, Boston, Mass. Copies of the complete audited financial statements are available from UUSC.

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Partner organizations receiving UUSC grants for fiscal year 2003

Working for the rights of women and children Africa Supporting the struggles of oppressed people Africa
Burundian Association for the Defense of Prisoners Rights

Board of Trustees 2003-2004

Reinhardt Van Dyke, Jr., Chair Nancy Nowak, Secretary Jim Gunning, Treasurer Charlie Clements, ex officio Stanley Corfman Barclay Hudson Todd Jones William F. Schulz Susan Smartt Fasaha Traylor Lesa Walden-Young Executive staff Charlie Clements, President/CEO Nancy Moore, Chief Operating Officer Michael Zouzoua, Chief Financial Officer

Burundian Association of Women Heads of Households Center for Education and Research on Womens Rights Peoples Group for the Support and Advancement of Womens and Childrens Rights People for Peace in Africa Promotion and Support for Womens Initiatives Womens Solidarity for Peace and Development in Ituri

Latin America
Association of Investigation,Training and Rural Extension Association for Justice and Reconciliation Chiapas Media Project Christian Action Against Torture Civic Political Forum of Mayan Unity and Fraternity Council of Indigenous Communities of Lalana Fray Bartolome de las Casas Human Rights Center Independent Commission of Human Rights of Morelos Maya Achi Association of Integral Development of Victims of Violence Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center ~ Nuu Ji Kandii Human Rights Center Oaxacan Human Rights Network

Latin America
Cuban Society of Family Medicine Independent Movement of Women of Chiapas National Coordination of Indigenous Women Pro Mujer Association of Villa Nueva Promotion of Womens Rights

South and Southeast Asia

Center for the Development of Women and Children Center for Organizational Research and Education Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women Karen Womens Organization

South and Southeast Asia

Asian Human Rights Council Burma Issues Center for Study of Society and Secularism Forum for Womens Rights and Development Grassroots Human Rights Education and Development Committee Karen Human Rights Group Mae Tao Clinic Sahanivasa

United States
Promise Massachusetts Children

United States
AIDS Treatment Access Cuba U.S. Alianza Indigena Lawrence Teen Coalition International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission Seton Asian Center STUA Greenville

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