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Cindy/Ken:
Just checking to see if Enron Community Relations/Lay Foundation has additi= onal questions regarding Community Partners' request (described below) for = immediate Stabilization/Transition Funding of $25,000 this year and a long-= term commitment of $100,000 over several years. I would be glad to visit w= ith either of you regarding Community Partners and its future. Thanks for= your consideration. Hardie -----Original Message----- From: =09Davis, Hardie =20 Sent:=09Friday, September 07, 2001 11:33 AM To:=09Milligan, Jennifer; Siegel, Misha Cc:=09Olson, Cindy; Lay, Kenneth Subject:=09Community Partners' Stabilization/Transition Campaign Misha and Jennifer: Thanks for visiting with me this week regarding Commun= ity Partners and our ongoing campaign. Give me a call so I can schedule a = tour for you two. Cindy: I regret that you were unable to join us but I did want to include = you in this follow-up email requested by Misha and Jennifer, and to invite = you to a tour of our clinic. Background: As you know, Enron (the old HNG) was a founding member of Com= munity Partners (once known as Urban Affairs Corp.) and has been an on-goin= g contributor to the non-profit for all of its 25+ year history. Begun as = an effort by the business community in Houston to increase the number of fe= male minorities in the workforce by providing low-cost daycare to children = of inner-city mothers, Community Partners has grown into a $2+ million annu= al budget organization whose emphasis now is school-based health clinics. = These clinics, including a mobile clinic operated in cooperation with Episc= opal Health Charities and Christ Cathedral-downtown, are utilized by the UT= -Health Sciences and UT Nursing Schools as teaching facilities for their st= udents, interns and residents, and as a result, we are able to offer a ful= l-year of unlimited health care at a cost of approximately $100 per individ= ual served -- a significant savings when compared to costs associated with = government programs at charity hospitals. Our associated childcare facilit= y housed in an HISD school adjacent to our main clinic allows young school-= age mothers to remain in school by providing care for infants and pre-schoo= lers while the students attend classes. Prior Giving History: For the first 15-20 years of its existence, Enron hi= storically made an annual $25,000 contribution to the non-profit and in the= last 10-years has annually purchased a $10,000 table at the Fathers of the= Year Luncheon, which has become a one of Houston's most recognized luncheo= n fund-raisers. Ken Lay has been honored and has served in numerous years = as Honorary Chairman of the event, and he and his foundation normally buys = a $25,000 table. When EOG was an Enron subsidiary, Forrest Hoglund, chair= ed the event one year and the Hoglund Foundation has been a regular contrib= utor. Enron's Adopt-a-Child Holiday Program actually got its start in ass= ociation with Community Partners when Enron employees would adopt and buy g= ifts for children in our childcare centers. Over the last several years, E= nron's contribution has been reduced to a $10,000 annual table purchase ass= ociated with the Fathers of the Year Luncheon. Update on Community Partners: After serving on the Board for 15+ years (tw= o years as Chairman), the one thing I have learned about a non-profit like = Community Partners is that there is never much surplus cash, especially at = year-end, and we are always waiting for that next contribution. Every year= we have been able to squeeze by, but this year, because of a number of cir= cumstances, Community Partners is in a severe battle for survival. Because= of personal health problems experienced by Executive Director Donna Bryant= , her husband, Don, and son, Jason, the Board earlier this year decided to = acquire the services of a fund-raising consulting group headed by Harriet L= attimer and Tom Herren to help us through this crisis and to make recommend= ations. The Board overwhelmingly endorsed their recommendations which incl= uded the following: Promoting Donna Bryant to a Chairman Emeritus position with continued salar= y over the next three years. Donna would have no day-to-day duties, which = will allow her to take care of her own health needs and to transition to re= tirement. She would be called on only, as needed, on a consulting basis. = =20 Seeking $500,000 in immediate transition/stabilization support from certain= foundations who have voiced interest in providing that support to keep thi= s important program going. (Grant requests of $250,000 each have been subm= itted to the Meadows Foundations and the Cullen Foundation.) Beginning an immediate search for an Executive Director (with the enthusias= tic assistance of Jackie Martin and her United Way staff) and to consider t= he hiring of a Development Director to focus on fundraising. FYI: I talk= ed with Roy Hughes and have forwarded his resume to the Board search commit= tee. Refocusing of the Houston Endowment $150,000 annual grant to the clinics an= d requesting immediate payment. (Accomplished)=20 Strengthening of the Board of Directors. (I have agreed to chair the Nomin= ating Committee so any ideas you can contribute would be appreciated.) Reapplying for United Way membership. (We once were a UW agency but Donna = did not like the limitations to fundraising ... under the current circumst= ances, the Board now thinks otherwise.) Beginning an immediate personal Board contribution campaign and to seek sta= bilization funding this year from the Houston community, both from corporat= ions and individuals. (Already underway.) Consider a major endowment campaign next year to provide emergency cash flo= w in times when we are waiting for the foundation checks to come in. Enron's Role??: In addition to an immediate stabilization gift of $25,000 = to $50,000 to help us through the remainder of the year, we would appreciat= e the consideration of a major gift in the $100,000+ range over a 3-5 year = period for the Endowment Campaign. We would also like a top Enron executi= ve (Ken Lay would be nice, but it could be a nice intro to the Community fo= r Mark Frevert or Greg Whalley) to consider chairing the Endowment Campaign= once it gets organized next year. I would also consider stepping down fro= m the Board to allow a more high-level executive to represent us on the Boa= rd. I apologize for the long-winded nature of this message, but I wanted to mak= e sure that everyone knew all the facts. Thanks for your consideration.= =20 =20 Angus H. Davis Vice President Corporate Secretary Department Enron Corp. & Subsidiaries/Affiliates (713) 853-6941 hardie.davis@enron.com
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