Gala 2012

Celebrating a Historic Milestone: 50,000 Alumni

In its 37th year, The Washington Center was pleased to celebrate our 50,000 alumni – a historic milestone – during our annual event, on October 1, 2012, at the National Building Museum.

 

As young college students, these participants share common qualities. They are engaged, ambitious, proactive, inquisitive, receptive, decisive, hungry for knowledge, and promising. While in the program, they use these traits to transform their personal, academic and professional futures in ways that are grounded on what they can contribute to the global community.

 

TWC was proud to celebrate not only the alumni milestone of 50,000 but also the people and stories that made up this number. We are thankful to our donors and contributors for making this year's Gala such a great success. Be sure to mark your calendars for next year's Gala on Monday, October 7, 2013.

 

Date and Time

Monday, October 1, 2012

6:00 p.m. Reception

7:30 p.m. Dinner and Program

 

Location

National Building Museum

401 F Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

 

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Pillar Award for Leadership [37]

The Honorable Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI)

U.S. Senate

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Pillar Award for Professional Achievement [38]

The Honorable Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)

Majority Whip

U.S. House of Representatives

Read Bio [38]

 

 

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Pillar Award for Civic Engagement [39]

Nancy Jacobson

Founder & CEO

No Labels

Read Bio [39]

 

 

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Master of Ceremonies [40]

Cokie Roberts

Poltical Analyst

ABC News

Read Bio [40]

 

 

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Honorary Dinner Co-Chair [41]

The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta
Former Secretary of Transportation

Read Bio [41]

 

 

 

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Honorary Dinner Co-Chair [42]

William Clay Ford, Jr.
Executive Chairman

Ford Motor Company

Read Bio [42]

Sponsorship Opportunities

Support this Event

This year, The Washington Center has set a goal of reaching the $500,000 mark in event sponsorships. Sponsorships will be designated for scholarships, providing bright and talented college students from across the country and around the world with the opportunity to access Washington, D.C.-based college-to-work preparation such as academic internship programs and seminars. Net proceeds from the event will create three-hundred $1,000 student scholarships next year.

 

Colleges and Universities

The Washington Center invites colleges and universities, among our most valued partners, to take part in Gala 2012. University support has immediate and direct benefits to the institution. The majority of what is paid for a table sponsorship will go directly toward scholarships for your students.

 

• How to Participate [43]
• Sponsorship Information [44]
• Sponsorship Form [45]

Corporations, Foundations, Individuals

Gala 2012 is dedicated to the organization’s 50,000 alumni. Unrestricted and donor-designated financial aid had benefited many of these alumni. Special emphasis will be made to reach out to students from underserved communities.

 

• Sponsorship Information [46]
• Sponsorship Form [47]

TWC's Alumni

Support from alumni will go to the Alumni Scholarship Fund. Many alumni who have benefited from financial aid to participate in the TWC program are eager to give back and help future students with need. In addition, donations will be used to match the challenge grant from the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust this year.

 

• Sponsorship Information [48]
• Sponsorship Form [49]
• Donate to TWC [50]

Past Sponsors

• 2011 Sponsors [51]
• 2010 Sponsors [52]

Additional Information

For more information about Gala 2012, please contact Danielle Artis at Danielle.Artis@twc.edu [53].

Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor

 

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Pillar Sponsors

 

Fox Family Foundation

 

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Platinum Sponsors

 

Blinken Family Foundation

 

 

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Mr. & Mrs. Chris Norton

 

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Gold Sponsors

 

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Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Barer

 

 

Bridgewater State University

 

 

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Silver Sponsors

• Albright College
• Banco Popular North America
• California State University – San Bernardino
• Center for Global Understanding
• Mr. Robert Clohan III
• Columbia College, South Carolina
• East Tennessee State University
• Eastern Kentucky University
• Elon University
• Mr. Jim Free
• Furman University
• Grand Valley State University
• Mr. & Mrs. Michael Goldstein
• Mr. & Mrs. John Hilton
• Ms. Nancy Jacobson*
• Norfolk State University
• Dr. Pat Pefley*
• Regent University
• Mr. & Mrs. Lenny Schrank
• Mr. & Mrs. Tom Stanton
• Texas Christian University
• University of Central Arkansas
• University of Massachusetts - Boston
• University of San Francisco
• Westfield State University

Bronze Sponsors

• 3M Company
• Crowe Horwath
• FedEx Corporation
• The HSC Foundation
• mCapitol Management
• Microsoft
• New York Life Insurance Company
• Ntiva, Inc.
• Roosevelt University
• Southwest Airlines
• Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Walker*

Friends, Alumni & Liaison Supporters

• Prof. Kimberly Adams*
• Dr. Eugene J. Alpert
• Kimberly Ball*
• Robert Balthaser*
• Tracie Beck
• Dr. Nancy Cade
• California University of Pennsylvania
• Gary Carleton*
• Carousel30
• Margarita Colon*
• Dr. & Mrs. Constantine Curris
• Brian Feeley*
• Helena Friedman*
• Karen Gruebnau*
• Gordon Hallas*
• InsideOut Commercial Furnishings
• J Street Companies
• Drs. Joseph & Susan Johnston
• Jenifer Joyce*
• Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kandel
• Ryan Klang*
• Vicki Longosz*
• Alan Martin*
• NoMa BID Board of Directors
• Northrop Grumman Corporation
• Susan Pannullo*
• Sacred Heart University
• Frances Silcox*
• Lori and Wes Smedley
• Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Smith
• The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
• Tiffin University
• University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth
• University of Toledo
• Alexander Vorpahl*
• Wartburg College
• Kinnon Williams*

 

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Southwest Airlines is the official airline partner of The Washington Center.

 

*TWC Alumni

Speaker Bios

Pillar Award for Leadership

The Honorable Daniel Inouye (D-HI)

U.S. Senate

 

 

 

 

Daniel K. Inouye, the most senior member of the U.S. Senate and the President Pro-Tempore, is known for his distinguished record as a legislative leader, and as a World War II combat veteran with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, who earned the nation’s highest award for military valor, the Medal of Honor.

Although he was thrust into the limelight in the 1970s as a member of the Watergate Committee and in 1987 as Chairman of the Iran-Contra Committee, he has also made his mark as a respected legislator able to work in a bipartisan fashion to enact meaningful legislation.

As Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Inouye has been able to focus on defense matters that strengthen national security, and enhance the quality of life for military personnel and their families. This reflects his hope for a more secure world, and his desire to provide the best possible assistance to the men and women who put their lives at risk to protect the United States. In addition, he is the Ranking Democrat on the Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee and the Indian Affairs Committee and sits on the Rules Committee.

Senator Inouye has championed the interest of Hawaii’s people throughout his career. With his support, Hawaii’s infrastructure has been strengthened, its economy diversified, and its natural resources protected and restored. For local residents, particularly Native Hawaiians, whose history and welcoming culture give the state its defining characteristics, Senator Inouye has increased job training and employment opportunities, provided more community healthcare, and provided support services and research to help small businesses and diverse sectors, from agriculture to high technology.

Senator Inouye got his start in politics in 1954 when he was elected to the Territorial House of Representatives. Soon after his election, his Democratic colleagues, well aware of Inouye’s leadership abilities, selected him as their Majority Leader. In 1958 he was elected to the Territorial Senate. When Hawaii became a state in 1959, he was elected the first Congressman from the new state, and was re-elected to a full term in 1960. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962 and is now serving his ninth consecutive term.

On May 24, 2008, Senator Inouye married Irene Hirano, who is president of the U.S.-Japan Council. He was married for nearly 57 years to Margaret Awamura Inouye, a former instructor at the University of Hawaii, who passed away on March 13, 2006.

He has a son, Ken, who is married to Jessica Carroll from Rochester, New York, and a granddaughter, Mary Margaret “Maggie” Inouye.

 

 

Pillar Award for Professional Achievement

The Honorable Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)

Majority Whip

U.S. House of Representatives

 

 

 

Congressman Kevin McCarthy represents the 22nd District of California, which covers most of Kern and San Luis Obispo Counties, and northeastern Los Angeles County.  First elected in 2006, he is committed to policies that give small businesses and entrepreneurs the confidence they need to hire, expand, invest and innovate.  After the 2010 midterm elections, Rep. McCarthy was elected by his colleagues to serve as Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives.

The young Kevin McCarthy started his own small business before the age of 21.  He opened Kevin O's Deli from the ground up, building the deli's counter in their garage.  He worked hard, hired employees and enjoyed success in his community.  When Kevin sold his business, he used the profits to put himself through college and graduate school.  He received both his undergraduate degree and his Masters in Business Administration from California State University, Bakersfield.

 

During college, McCarthy accepted an internship with then-Congressman Bill Thomas, and soon became a member of Rep. Thomas's staff.  McCarthy won his first election in 2000 as Trustee to the Kern Community College District.  In 2002, he was elected to represent the 32nd Assembly District in the California State Assembly.  As a freshman legislator, he was selected unanimously by his Republican colleagues to serve as the Assembly Republican Leader, becoming the first freshman legislator and the first legislator from Kern County to assume the top Republican post in the California State Assembly.  McCarthy worked with his colleagues in the Assembly and Senate and with the Governor to reduce California's budget deficit, overhaul the state worker's compensation system and enhance California's business climate to create more opportunities for California workers and businesses until he ran for Congress in 2006.

 

Rep. McCarthy brings his personal experience as a small business owner and as an effective leader in the statehouse to Washington, D.C.  In his role as Majority Whip, he leads the effort in Congress to advance common sense policies toward economic prosperity.  Since gaining control of the House in November 2010,  Rep. McCarthy and his Republican colleagues have passed legislation to help create jobs, support small businesses, increase the country’s  energy security by promoting domestic energy production, promote access to capital, and help increase certainty for the private sector.

 

When Rep. McCarthy is not in Washington representing his constituents in California's 22nd District, he is home in Bakersfield with his wife Judy and two children Connor and Meghan.

 

 

Pillar Award for Civic Engagement

Nancy Jacobson

Founder & CEO

No Labels

 

 

 

Since 1984 Nancy Jacobson has worked in Washington, D.C. as a strategic advisor, entrepreneur, executive, fundraiser and relationship/network cultivator. In 2009, she founded No Labels and currently runs the organization as its CEO.

 

After working for both Gary Hart and Al Gore’s 1988 Presidential Campaigns, Nancy worked for Senator John Kerry at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. She was the third person hired in September of 1991 to serve as the Mid-Atlantic Finance Director for then-governor Bill Clinton’s 1992 Presidential Campaign. She became his top fundraiser, reporting directly to Rahm Emanuel and moving on to run the finance operation of the Presidential Inaugural Committee. On her own initiative, she put together the “Inaugural Fact Book,” helping the new president and his staff understand how to execute the first Democratic inauguration since 1976. Following the inauguration, she was asked to be the Finance Director of the Democratic National Committee after President Clinton assumed office.

 

From 1995 to 2010, Nancy ran her own consulting business advising political candidates and causes. For over 15 years, she worked with Senator Evan Bayh and was responsible for managing and running all of his Washington and National fundraising activities. For over 13 years she served as a senior advisor to the Democratic Leadership Council and in 2004 helped to found Third Way, a centrist think tank committed to providing the best ideas to policy makers.

 

She has enjoyed success in creating political groups during her 28 year career. While at the Democratic National Committee she founded the Women’s Leadership Forum, a group that continues to bring together women donors through substantive forums. She also founded the Saxophone Club, the first ever young professional donor club at the DNC.

 

In 1998, she founded and served as Executive Director of Next Gen PAC. She created this group with several Wall Street executives who wanted to support moderates running for Senate. The group became well known amongst the Senators as a place where thoughtful and committed business people convened to make a difference.

 

She chaired and ran the finance operation for Senator Evan Bayh’s 2008 exploratory bid for the Presidency. After he ended his bid for president, she was personally recruited by Hillary Clinton to work on her presidential campaign. During that campaign, she created and founded the “Women’s Summit Series,” bringing together thousands of women in fundraising summits and raising millions of dollars for Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

 

Nancy has been featured in numerous publications such as Elle, Marie Claire and the Washingtonian. In 2008, she was listed in GQ as one of the 50 most powerful people in D.C.

 

She is married to Mark Penn, former pollster to President Bill Clinton and currently the CEO of Burson-Marsteller Worldwide. They reside in Washington, D.C. with their ten-year-old daughter Blair, who is the younger sister to Nancy’s three terrific stepchildren Jackie, Miles and Margot Penn.

 

 

Master of Ceremonies

Cokie Roberts

Poltical Analyst

ABC News

 

 

 

Cokie Roberts is a political commentator for ABC News, providing analysis for all network news programming. From 1996-2002 she and Sam Donaldson co-anchored the weekly ABC interview program This Week. Roberts also serves as Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio. In her more than forty years in broadcasting, she has won countless awards, including three Emmys. She has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame, and was cited by the American Women in Radio and Television as one of the fifty greatest women in the history of broadcasting.

In addition to her appearances on the airwaves, Roberts, along with her husband, Steven V. Roberts, writes a weekly column syndicated in newspapers around the country by United Media. The Roberts are also contributing editors to USA Weekend Magazine, and in 2011 they published Our Haggadah, Uniting Traditions for Interfaith Families. Their earlier collaboration, From this Day Forward, an account of their more than forty year marriage and other marriages in American history, immediately went onto The New York Times bestseller list. All of Cokie Roberts’s other books have also been best-sellers, including the number one bestseller, We Are Our Mothers’ Daughters, an account of women’s roles and relationships throughout American history. Her other bestselling books -- Founding Mothers, published in 2004 and Ladies of Liberty in 2008 -- are histories of women in America’s founding era.

Cokie Roberts holds more than twenty-five honorary degrees, serves on the boards of several non-profit institutions and was on President Bush’s Commission on Service and Civic Participation. In 2008 the Library of Congress named her a “Living Legend,” one of the very few Americans to have attained that honor. She is the mother of two and grandmother of six.

 

 

Honorary Dinner Co-Chair

The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta
Former Secretary of Transportation

 

 

 

 

Norman Y. Mineta is currently vice chair of public policy at Hill & Knowlton Strategies. He became the 14th U.S. Secretary of Transportation on January 25, 2001. In nominating him, President Bush said, "Norm made a reputation in the halls of Congress as someone who understands that a sound infrastructure in America will lead to economic opportunity for all Americans."

As Secretary of Transportation, Mr. Mineta oversaw an agency with 60,000 employees and a $56.3 billion budget. The U.S. transportation system includes 3.9 million miles of public roads and 2 million miles of oil and natural gas pipelines. There are networks consisting of 120,000 miles of major railroads, more than 25,000 miles of commercially navigable waterways and more than 5,000 public-use airports. The transportation system also includes more than 500 major urban public transit operators and more than 300 ports on the coasts, Great Lakes and inland waterways.

As a result of September 11, 2001, President Bush signed into law on November 19, 2001, the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA), which among other things established the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) within the Department of Transportation (DOT). Secretary Mineta undertook the earth-moving efforts to transform, in the course of only a year, the TSA from a piece of paper into a fully operational agency with extensively trained new federal employees and numerous congressional deadlines met. On March 1, 2003, the TSA was transferred to the Department of Homeland Security as a fully-operational agency.

Prior to joining President Bush’s administration as Secretary of Transportation, Mr. Mineta served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Clinton, becoming the first Asian Pacific American to serve in the cabinet. He is the first Secretary of Transportation to have previously served in a cabinet position.

 

Prior to joining the Commerce Department, he was a vice president at Lockheed Martin Corporation.

From 1975 to 1995 he served as a member of U.S. House of Representatives, representing the heart of California’s Silicon Valley. As a member of Congress, Mr. Mineta was known for his dedication to the people of his district, for consensus building among his colleagues and for forging public-private partnerships. Mr. Mineta's legislative and policy agenda was wide and varied, including major projects in the areas of economic development, science and technology policy, trade, transportation, the environment, intelligence, the budget and civil rights. He co-founded the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and served as its first chair.

While in Congress, Mr. Mineta was the driving force behind passage of H.R. 442, the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which officially apologized for and redressed the injustices endured by Japanese Americans during World War II. In 1995, George Washington University awarded the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Medal to Mr. Mineta for his contributions to the field of civil rights.

Secretary Mineta and his family were among the 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry forced from their homes and into internment camps during World War II. After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, Mr. Mineta joined the Army in 1953 and served as an intelligence officer in Japan and Korea. He joined his father in the Mineta Insurance Agency before entering politics in San Jose, serving as a member of its City Council from 1967 to 1971 and mayor from 1971 to 1974, becoming the first Asian Pacific American mayor of a major U.S. city. As mayor, he favored greater control of transportation decisions by local government, a position he later championed in ISTEA.

Secretary Mineta is married to Danealia (Deni) Mineta. He has two sons, David and Stuart Mineta, and two stepsons, Robert and Mark Brantner.

 

Honorary Dinner Co-Chair

William Clay Ford, Jr.
Executive Chairman

Ford Motor Company

 

 

 

As Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Company, William Clay Ford, Jr. is leading the company that put the world on wheels into the 21st century.

 

Bill Ford, Jr. joined the Board of Directors in 1988 and has been its chairman since January 1999.  He serves as chairman of the board's Finance Committee and as a member of the Sustainability Committee.  He also served as chief executive officer of the company from October 2001 to September 2006, when he was named executive chairman.

 

As CEO, Mr. Ford improved quality, lowered costs and delivered exciting new products. During his time in that position he took the company from a $5.5 billion loss in 2001 to three straight years of profitability.

 

Mr. Ford joined Ford Motor Company in 1979 as a product planning analyst and subsequently held a variety of positions in manufacturing, sales, marketing, product development and finance.  In 1983 he began a 12-month course of study as an Alfred P. Sloan fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He was elected chairman and managing director of Ford Switzerland in 1987.  As head of Business Strategy for the Ford Automotive Group in 1990, Mr. Ford helped develop guidelines for establishing low-volume manufacturing plants in emerging markets.  After being appointed general manager of Climate Control Division in 1992, he led a profit turnaround and a major improvement in product quality.  Mr. Ford was elected company vice president and head of the company’s Commercial Truck Vehicle Center in 1994. He left that position in order to assume the chairmanship of the Board of Directors’ Finance Committee in 1995.

 

A lifelong environmentalist, Mr. Ford is committed to increasing shareholder value by developing products that please customers and benefit society.  Under his leadership, in 2000 Ford Motor Company published its first corporate citizenship report outlining the economic, environmental and social impact of company products and operations around the world. In 2004, the company completed the world’s largest brownfield reclamation project, the restoration of its Ford Rouge Center in metropolitan Detroit.  Mr. Ford also championed the Ford Escape Hybrid, the world’s first hybrid-electric sport utility vehicle, which was named North American Truck of the Year in 2005.

 

Mr. Ford’s charitable, volunteer and business efforts are highlighted by his commitment to the city of Detroit.  As vice chairman of the Detroit Lions professional football team, Mr. Ford led efforts to build a new, environmentally friendly stadium in Detroit that was the site of Super Bowl XL. Through Detroit Lions Charities, he helped develop the Detroit Police Athletic League youth football program into one of the largest in the country.

 

Mr. Ford is Chairman of the Board of the Detroit Economic Club, a member of the Board of Trustees of both Henry Ford Health System and The Henry Ford, member of the Board of Directors of eBay Inc., and Chairman of the New Michigan Initiative of Business Leaders for Michigan.  He also is a founding partner of Fontinalis Partners, LLC, a Michigan-based investment firm that acts as a strategic operating partner to transportation infrastructure technology companies around the world.

 

Mr. Ford was born in Detroit in 1957.  He is an avid fly fisherman and car enthusiast, enjoys playing hockey and tennis, and is a black belt in the martial art of Tae Kwon Do. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University, a Master of Science degree in management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Michigan.

Pillar Awards

The Washington Center is pleased to honor remarkable world leaders who have made a significant impact on our global community.

 

The Pillar Award for Leadership

Honors exceptional achievement in inspiring others and marshaling their efforts toward positive change.

 

The Pillar Award for Civic Engagement

Honors exceptional accomplishments in improving society and civic life.

 

The Pillar Award for Professional Achievement

Honors exceptional accomplishment in addressing the challenges and opportunities of our day through career accomplishments.

 

The Special Recognition of Excellence Award

Honors those who have made long-standing contributions to the success of The Washington Center’s internship programs and academic seminars.

Past Galas

Gala 2011: A Bold Look Ahead

Event was held Monday, October 3, 2011 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.

 

Master of Ceremonies

Luke Russert, NBC News Correspondent

 

Honorary Dinner Co-chairs

Mr. & Mrs. William C. Ford, Jr.
The Honorable Mr. & Mrs. Norman Y. Mineta

 

Honorees

Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Chair, Subcommittee on Energy, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Pillar Award for Professional Achievement

Representative Harold "Hal" Rogers (R-KY)
Chairman, Appropriations Committee, U.S. House of Representatives

Pillar Award for Leadership

Governor Juan José Sabines Guerrero
State of Chiapas, Mexico

Pillar Award for Civic Engagement

 

Sponsors

See 2011 sponsors [51]

 

Gala 2011 Photos

 

View the Gala 2011 photo set [98]

 

Gala 2010: Transforming Potential into Achievement

Event was held Monday, October 4, 2010 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.

 

Master of Ceremonies

Bob Schieffer, CBS News

 

Honorary Dinner Co-chairs

Mr. & Mrs. William C. Ford, Jr.
The Honorable Mr. & Mrs. Norman Y. Mineta
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Schieffer

 

Honorees

The Honorable Xavier Becerra (D-CA)

United States House of Representatives

Pillar Award for Professional Achievement

The Honorable Thad Cochran (R-MS)

United States Senate

Pillar Award for Leadership

The Honorable Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Mayor of the City of Baltimore

Pillar Award for Civic Engagement

 

Sponsors

See 2010 sponsors [52]

 

Gala 2010 Photos

 

View the Gala 2010 photo set [129]

Matching Gifts

A matching gift is an excellent opportunity for donors to increase (double or even triple) the amount of their contribution to The Washington Center. If the donor does not work for a matching gift company but his/her spouse does, a match from that employer may also be possible.

Guidelines for matching gifts vary by company; however, the donor should enclose a matching gift form when the gift is made to The Washington Center. The gifts administrator in the development office will complete a portion of the form verifying the gift and will mail the confirmation to the corporation. Specific inquiries regarding matching gift policies, procedures and payment schedules should be made to the personnel office of the donor’s employer.

Capital Gifts

The Washington Center is committed to offering its students and partners the best possible living and learning facilities in Washington, D.C. The Washington Center’s permanent headquarters building, located six blocks north of The White House in NW Washington, provides office space for 80 staff and classroom space for 100 students at a time.

The organization opened its new Residential and Academic Facility for operations in May 2010. Located just blocks from the Capitol Building in NE Washington, this new facility will house 350 students each semester. The Center will also provide our students with a large community space, smaller social areas, a fitness center, and a computer lab.

Corporate, foundation, and individual donors are invited to make capital gifts to support these facilities that comprise TWC’s permanent campus in the nation’s capital. Commemorative naming opportunities are available to donors making large gifts in certain amounts. Naming opportunities include, but are not limited to:

• Building sponsorship
• Auditorium
• Conference rooms
• Classrooms
• Lounge areas
• Student apartments

Supporting Scholarships & Programs

Every year The Washington Center provides financial aid to approximately 75% of its students. Many of these students receive scholarship support through generous gifts from The Washington Center’s corporate, foundation, and individual donors.

Scholarships and program support may be annual or endowed, restricted or unrestricted, and need-based or merit-based. The Washington Center has traditionally received support for the following types of scholarships and programs.
Full ScholarshipsFull scholarship includes program costs, housing costs, and travel.

Partial ScholarshipsPartial scholarships for program and/or housing costs.

Program SponsorshipFull support for new academic internship program development and full student scholarships; usually includes program naming rights along with TWC.

Program SupportPartial support for existing academic internship programs, including support for seminar development and student scholarships.

Seminar SponsorshipFull support for a one- or two-week academic seminar; includes full support for seminar development and full scholarships. Usually includes seminar naming rights along with TWC.

Seminar SupportPartial support for a one or two week academic seminar; includes support for seminar development and student scholarships.

Event/Reception SponsorshipSponsor a component of The Washington Center’s Leadership Forum [145] or sponsor an alumni reception or networking event.

CFC / United Way

If you are asked to participate in your workplace giving campaign, please consider selecting The Washington Center. Our Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) number is 10234 or you can write on your pledge form:

The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars
1333 Sixteenth St., NW
Washington, DC 20036-2205

Attention: Please send The Washington Center a copy of your workplace giving form BEFORE returning it to your own human resources department so we can thank you for your gift and send you our “Promise” newsletter. You can mail the copy to the address above or fax it to (202) 238-7700.

Thank you for considering The Washington Center!

For more information on giving to TWC through your workplace giving campaign, please contact:
Ryan Klang
Director of Development
202-238-7965
Ryan.Klang@twc.edu

Endowment & Naming Opportunities

It is possible for you to arrange for perpetual support for The Washington Center through an endowment gift. For gifts of $25,000 or more, a donor may choose to permanently restrict the funds towards The Washington Center’s endowment. The donated fund is permanently named by the donor.

Endowed funds are responsibly invested and the income earned is used for The Washington Center’s charitable educational purposes. Alternatively, the donor may restrict the resulting interest to a specific use, such as a scholarship fund.

The investment and use of endowed funds is overseen by The Washington Center’s all-volunteer Board of Directors where oversight of the endowment comes under the Vice Chairman of the Board, Christopher K. Norton, retired partner and managing director of Goldman Sachs.

Another option you may also be able to create your own “endowment” through a donor-advised fund at your community foundation or through an investment vehicle like a mutual fund family. By working with The Washington Center when you plan a donor-advised fund at a community foundation or investment vehicle, The Washington Center will honor your naming choice just as if you had donated to the endowment at The Washington Center directly. Please contact us for more information when you begin this process.

Planned Giving

Please consider including The Washington Center in your will or other estate plans. Your lasting legacy can be one of learning and personal growth for young people for years to come. Here are some suggested ways to do so.Bequests Through Your WillGiving The Washington Center a gift through your will is a simple yet profound act of generosity. A will is a legal document disposing of your property at the time of your death to the important people and organizations in your life. The gift made in your will is called a bequest.

Sixty percent of Americans die without a will, leaving it up to the courts to decide where their property will go. Only with a will do you remain in control so that your loved ones, friends, or charities receive what you want, not what a judge decides. Your gift will help ensure that young people of all backgrounds, especially those who come from limited means or are first-generation college students, can have the benefits of an internship in Washington, D.C. You can designate The Washington Center the beneficiary of:

• A percentage of your estate
• Your residual estate (the remainder after payment of other bequests)
• Specific assets you name

Deferred GiftsMaking a deferred gift is another way to support The Washington Center through your estate plan. Charitable Remainder Unitrusts and Charitable Lead Trusts are two types of deferred gifts.

Charitable Remainder Unitrust In a Charitable Remainder Unitrust, you place in trust an asset and a trustee you select (often a bank) pays you a specified income each year of your life. The income is a percentage of the fair market value of the property determined annually. Generally, the older you are when you create the Charitable Remainder Unitrust, the more income you are paid. At the end of your life, the residual of the trust goes to The Washington Center.

You will receive an immediate income tax charitable deduction, avoid capital gains taxes and your estate (depending on its value) may receive, at your death, a substantial reduction of probate costs and estate taxes. Funds remaining in the trust at your death go to The Washington Center to help students.

Charitable Lead TrustA Charitable Lead Trust is irrevocable for a term of years, with the income being paid to The Washington Center during that term. At the end of that term, the assets will revert to you or your heirs.

A Charitable Lead Trust removes assets from your estate now so that upon your death your estate may be taxed at a lower rate. A Charitable Lead Trust allows you to pass an asset to an heir without probate. The Washington Center puts the income from your trust to work during the term designated.

**The preceding information is not intended to serve as legal or investment advice by The Washington Center.