Monthly Archive for September, 2009

Companies That Match Contributions

Many companies will match your contribution to the foundation.   Whether or not your company is listed, please check with your employer to see if they will match gifts to the Ainsworth Foundation. Here are some of the companies that match gifts to non-profits. 

3M Company
Abbott Laboratories
ADP
Aetna, Inc.
Aim Co.
Albertson’s Inc.
Albina Community Bank
Allegro Microsystems
Alliance Capital Mgmt., LP
Allied-Signal Inc.
American Express
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
American International Group
American Stock Exchange
Analog Devices, Inc.
Anheiser-Busch Companies
Aon Corporation
Apple Foundation
ARCO Foundation
Associates First Capital
AT&T Foundation
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Avon Productions Foundation
Avon Products, Inc.
AXA Financial, Inc.
Bank of America
Bank of Boston
Bank One, NA
Bankers Trust Company
Baxter Allegiance Foundation
Bay Networks
Bell Atlantic
Bellcore
Best Products Foundation
Bestfoods
BF Goodrich Company
Black & Decker Corporation
Boeing
Boston Edison
Boston Globe Foundation
BP Amoco Corporation
Bright Horizons
Broadstone Technologies
Brunswick Foundation, Inc.
Callison Architects
CAN Foundation
Capital Group Companies, Inc.
Cascade Eye and Scan Center
Centris Group, Inc.
CFX Corporation
Champion International Corporation
Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
Charles Schwab Company, Inc.
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
Chevron Corporation
Chicago Title & Trust Company
Chubb and Son Inc.
Chubb Life/Jefferson Pilot
Ciba-Corning, Inc.
Cigna Foundation
Circuit City Stores Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Citgo Petrolkeum Corp.
Citibank/Citicorp
CitiCorp
City of Portland
CNF
Coca-Cola Company
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Compaq
Computer Associates
Conoco Inc.
Continental Brass
Continental Insurance
Cooper Industries
Core Electronics
Corning Incorporated
Corning, Inc.
Covestic
Cummings Property Foundation
Data Instruments
David Evans & Associates
Dell
Delux Check Printers, Inc.
DFS North America
Dictaphone Corporation
Digital Equipment Corp.
Direct Marketing Solutions
Dow Chemical Company
Dow Corning Corporation
Duracell, Inc.
Eastern Enterprises
Eastern Mountain Sports
Eaton Corporation
Eli Lilly & Company
Embassy Suites, Inc.
Emerson Electric Company
Equitable Insurance
Ericsson Inc.
Erie Scientific
Exxon Corporation
Fannie Mae
Fanny Farmer
Fatigue Technology
Federated Department Stores Inc.
Fiduciary Trust Company
Fieldstone
Filene’s
Fingerhut Corporation
Fireman’s Fund Foundation
Fisher Scientific International
Fleet Financial Group
Follett Company
Freddie Mac
Fuji Bank, Ltd.
Fund American Enterprises
GAP
General Cinema Corporation
General Dynamics
General Mills
General Mills Foundation
General Motors
Georgia Pacific Corporation
GMLD International
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo
Graphic Controls, Corp.
Grinnell Corporation
GTE Foundation
H.& R. Block, Inc.
H.J. Heinz Company Foundation
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Hambrecht & Quist, LLC
Hanna Anderson
Harcourt General
Hartford Steam Boiler Co.
HBO & Company
Heidrick & Struggles
Heublein Foundation
Hewlett Packard
Hoechst Celanese
Home Depot, Inc.
Home Savings of America
Honeywell, Inc.
Houghton Mifflin
Household International, Inc.
Hoyt St Properties
IBM
ICT Group, Inc.
IDG Communications
Illinois Tool Works Foundation
Index Technology Corp.
InfoSpace
Ingram Micro
Integra Telecom
Intel
Irvine Corporation
J.C. Penny Co., Inc.
Jacob’s Engineering
James Irvine Foundation
John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co.
Johnson Controls Foundation
JP Morgan & Company, Inc.
K Mart Corporation
Kawasaki Motors
Kemper Group
Kettle Foods
Key Foundation
Kimberly-Clark
King Cycle Group
Kowson Architecture
Kraft General Foods
Kraft, Inc.
KZLA-FM
Labinal
Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation
Les Schwab
Levi Strauss & Company
Lexmark International Inc.
Liz Claiborne Inc.
Loews Corporation
Lotus Development Corp.
Lubrizol Corporation
Lucent
Lucent Technologies
Lydall, Inc.
Malinckrodt Group Inc.
Markem Corporation
Mascoma Savings Bank
Mass Mutual- Blue Chip Co.
Massachusetts Financial Services
MasterCard International Inc.
Mattel Children’s Foundation
May Stores Foundation
Mazda
McDonald’s Corporation
McGraw-Hill, Inc.
McMaster-Carr CompanyMead Corp.
Media One Group
Mellon Bank
Mentor Graphics
Merck & Company Inc.
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Microsoft, Inc.
Miller’s Outpost
Millipore Corporation
MITHUN architects + designers + planners Mobil Oil Corporation Monsanto Company Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co.
Morrison & Foerster, LLP
Morton International Inc.
Motorola, Inc.
Mutual of America
Nabisco Brands, Inc.
National Starch & Chemical
NCR Company
Neiman Marcus Group
New England Business Service
New England Electric System
New York Times
Newmont Mining
Nike
Nissan North America Inc.
Norm Thompson
Northern Trust Company
Norton Company Foundation
NVIDIA
Olin Corporation
Olson, Sundberg Architecture
Oppenheimer Funds, Inc.
OSRAM - Sylvania
Pacific Enterprises
PacifiCorp
Pella Corporation
Pennzoil Company
Pepsico, Inc.
Peterson Company
Pfizer Inc.
PGE
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Philip Morris Companies Inc.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Pitson Company
Platinum Technology, Inc.
Polaroid Corporation
Portland Energy Conservation Inc.
Potlach
PPG Industries
Pratt & Larson Tile
Prudential
Prudential Insurance
Quaker Oats Company
QualComm
R.C. Baker
Radio Shack
Ralston Purina
Raytheon Company
Reader’s Digest Foundation
Related Companies
Reuters America, Inc.
RJ Reynolds Tobacco
RLI Insurance Company
Rockwell InternationalSafeco
Sara Lee Corp.
Sempra Energy
Sentry Insurance
Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc.
Sierra Nevada
SmithKline Beecham
Sony Corporation
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Southern California Gas Company
Sprint Corporation
St. Paul’s Partners in Giving
Stanford Medical School
Stanley Works
Starbucks
State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co.
Steven’s Printing
Stony Field
Subaru of America, Inc.
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sybase
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc.
Taco Bell
Tandy Corporation
Tazo Tea
Tektronix Inc.
Temple-Inland
Tenet Healthcare
Tenneco Inc.
Texas Instruments
Textron
The Boston Company
The Gillette Company
The Irvine Company
The Kellog Company
The Pioneer Group, Inc.
The Stanley Works
Thiokol-Foundation
Time Warner Inc.
Tom’s of Maine
Toyota Technical Center
Transamerica System and Administration
Travelers Express
Travelers Insurance Companies
Tricon Foundation
TRW Foundation
Tyco Laboratories
U.S. Bancorp
U.S. Borax Inc.
U.S.A., Inc
Unicom
Union Pacific Corporation
United Asset Management Corp.
United Parcel Service
United Postal Service
United Technologies Corp.
Universal Studios
UNUM
Upjohn Company
UPS Foundation
US Airways
USG Foundation, Inc.
Velcro USA
VERITAS Software Corp.
W.M. Keck Foundation
Warner Music Group
Warner-Lambert Company
Washington Mutual
Washington Post
Waste Management Inc.
Weelabrator Technologies
Weingart Foundation
Wells Fargo
Westinghouse Electric
Weyerhaeuser Co.
Whirlpool Corporation
Winthrop, Inc
Xerox Foundation

Foundation Update

Last year proved to be a difficult year for the economy, and the Ainsworth community was not immune to the effects.   We are proud to say that Ainsworth parents and our community rose to the challenge and raised over $260,000 with nearly 60% of our parents donating directly or making a purchase at Red Ball.  This was an incredible accomplishment; however, it was 20% lower than previous year’s levels. Consequently, our Foundation is funding approximately five positions this year, down from six positions last year. Further complicating the picture, Ainsworth’s enrollment has increased. Many of you are experiencing this directly with larger class sizes for your children.

We recently met with Principal Roby and saw firsthand her commitment to making this year a success for our children.   She has a number of creative ideas she is considering, including looking across the resources of the entire community (Spanish and English), to try to achieve an acceptable balance at all grade levels.  

Unfortunately the economy continues to struggle, and projections for enrollment in the coming years continue to increase.   Our goal has always been to maintain the positions that we currently have, and this year we hope to do even more. In recent years we have raised the largest amount of any elementary school in our district and maintained many of the positions other schools have lost.

We would like to thank everyone who donated their time and money to our Foundation last year. This community is full of generous, dedicated people who continue to make our school a great success. Please support our Foundation this year with your time and your donations! You can contribute in many ways, and we encourage you to join us.

New Families Coffee & Red Ball Kick Off

Please mark your calendars for the New Families Coffee and the Red Ball Kick Off Meetings

The New Families Coffee will be held Tuesday, September 22 at 8:15 am in the cafeteria.  This is an informal opportunity for new families to mingle with one another and learn about the Foundation.

The Red Ball Kick Off meeting will be held Wednesday, September 30 at 8:15 am in the cafeteria.  Approximately 70% of the Foundation’s funding is raised at Red Ball.  We need volunteers for this fantastic event.

Both meetings are open to everyone and we encourage you to attend.

Foundation Dates for 2009-2010

Ainsworth Foundation board meetings will be held on the first Wednesday of the month in the Panda Room from 8:15 to 9:15 am.

The actual meeting dates are:

Oct. 7,  Nov. 4, Dec. 2, Jan. 6, Feb 3, March 3, April 7, May 5, June 2

Please save the date for Red Ball 2010 which will be held Saturday, February 27, 2010 at The Nines.