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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
SOUTH CAROLINA
Beaufort Clemson
TENNESSEE
Nashville First UU Church of Nashville Tullahoma
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City Tulsa All Souls Unitarian Church
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
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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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
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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We have endeavored to make these lists as accurate as possible. Please notify our Insitututional Advancement Department of any errors or omissions.
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
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
* 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.
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
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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