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Annual Report 2010

What will the MWC do with my donation?

So far in 2010 the Midwest Writing Center has served nearly 2,900 writers and readers from the Quad Cities and beyond.
Money raised at the Center is used to support the following programs and services:

·     The six-week high school Young Emerging Writers Internship Program
·     National and local writing contests
·     Out Loud Open Mic Nights for poetry and prose
·     Producing publications featuring local writers’ work
·       A national summer writing conference held at St. Ambrose University
·       Monthly writing workshops and online writing workshops
·       Critique groups
·       An Online Freelance Directory of Literary Talent
·       The Great River Writers’ Retreat and Reading Night
·        A month-long poetry residency
·        Local author book signings
·        Free youth writing programs

Why should I donate to the MWC?
 

-We are the only nonprofit organization in the Quad Cities that devotes 100% of our time and money to literary arts programming.

-100% of your donation will benefit the MWC and our programs.

- As part of our donor privacy policy we will never sell or trade your contact information.

- The most efficient charities spend at least 75% of their budget on their programs and services and less than 25% on fundraising and
administrative fees. At the MWC we spend 87% of our budget on our literary arts programs and services and 13% on
fundraising and administrative fees. 

-The MWC has a growing reserve fund (in case of a rainy day) and an endowment fund. Annual earnings from the endowment
 fund are used to support operational costs.

We are committed to keeping our donors well informed. If at anytime you would like to view our 990 tax forms, please contact
our Board Administrator, Lindsey Wheeler at 563-324-1410.

OUR GRANTORS
Illinois Arts Council
Riverboat Development Authority
Scott County Regional Authority
Moline Foundation
Community Foundation of the Great River Bend
Rausch Family Foundation I and II
Moline Youth Commission
Quad City Arts
Junior Board of Rock Island
Quad City Jewish Federation
Iowa Humanities Council
Bi-State Literacy Council
Davenport Scottish Rite
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

MAJOR DONORS
Modern Woodmen of America
First Midwest Bank
Wells Fargo
LinguiSystems, Inc.
The National Bank
The Argus/Dispatch
Fidlar Printing
Sam's Club Foundation
Trinity Lutheran Church Endowment Fund
John H. Harris III Memorial Foundation
Melvin McKay Trust
Hansen Monuments, Inc.
IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union
Alcoa
River Cities' Reader
Quad City Times
Potter Family Foundation
Esterdahl Mortuary
Cardiovascular Medicine P.C. & Dr. Nicolas Shammas
Cecil Murphey
Ashford University
SSAB

The following have generously donated to the Midwest Writing Center and are members:

$1,000 plus ("Book")
Linda Bowers and Rosemary Huisingh  - LinguiSystems, Inc.
918 Studio
Ryan Collins
Susan Collins
Cecil Murphey
 

$500-$999 ("Title")                                                              

$250- $499 ("Chapter")


$100 - $249 ("Plot")
QC Visitors and Convention Bureau
Richard and Georgia Miller
Dr. Ann Boaden
Mrs. Isador Katz
Rochelle Murray
Max Molleston
Roger and Carol Strandlund
M. Libby Macomber
Larry Patten
Mary Fara Lewis
Ron and Donna Fiscella
Shea Doyle
Jane VanVooren Rogers and Jasen Rogers
Shirley Harris
George and Mary Foster
Nicolas W. Shammas and Anna E. Shammas
Marie Bast

$75-$99 ("Dialogue")
Sal Marici
Eve Ricaurte
Eda P. Hofmann

$50-$75 ("Theme")
Mark and Karen Peterson
Steve Brooks
Edward Mitchell
Michael and Hedy Hustedde
E.H. Schroder Insurance Agency
Ronald McDaniel
Deane Knight and Bob Eddleman
Joe Chambers
John and Nancy McBride
Avalyn Sternberg
Rich and Dee James
Glenn and Kathleen Medhus
Dan and Norma Titus
Connie (Corcoran) Wilson, M.S.
Steven and Diana Lackey
Gary and Carol Freeman
Mark and Deborah Schwiebert
Lynn Daczyk
Jim and Jeanne Gale
Renee and Bo Busha
William Hannan
Krisanne and Jerry Meehan
Lanny Biehler
Jennifer Janes
William Pepper
Donna Huston
Mary Lind
Wayne Sapp
Rebecca McKanna
Carmen Darland
Ann Capion
Mark and Mary Davidsaver
Darrell and NancyAnn Nelson
Nancy Schaefer

$25-$49 ("Character")
Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Cox
Jeanne Bacon
Nancy McManus
Mary S. Whitehead
Robert J. Konrardy
Patty Hinch
Jamey Giddens
Lilly Setterdahl
Dan Bynum
Patti McElroy
John Mahon
Roald and Margaret Tweet
Kevin Lannan
Laura K. Jones
Elaine Brown
Dennis and Mooch Gay
Pat and Jerry Mason
Rick, Pam and Alexis Davies
Alex and Martha Stone
Pat Crozier
Dick Stahl
Dale and Jill Whiteside
Joanne Wiklund
Brenda Brown
Jeanne Hansen
Colleen Cooney
Liz Meegan
Elaine Brown
Joe Taylor
Jim and Carol Horstmann
J. Huston Dunn
Helen and Dick Stahl
David Cooney
Lauren Ashley Smith aka Christopher Crow
Katherine Snyder
Nancy Hayes
Paddy  Blackman
Marilyn Mitchem
Maureen Wallner
Jean Chellos
Cynthia Johnson
Lyle Ernst
Seth Bacon
Barbara A. VandeWiele
Dr. Jenna B. Hobbins
Lynn Daczyk
Larry A. Riney
Leslie Anthony
Gary Tomlin
Bill Duval
Jeanne Anderson
Dr. Robert Frank
Dr. Earl Clark
Russ and Nan Swanson
Sarah J. Gardner
Joyce Grubbs
Jodie Toohey
S.M. Kellogg
Pamela Briggs
Twila Belk
John Ashton Williams
Jon Ripslinger
Shirley Davis Homrighausen
Jo Lee Herschelman
Ruth Ann Metsa
Linda Louise Newell
Sam and Elaine Kresse
Mike Romkey
Jason A. Liegois
Porter McNeil
Carol S. Ahrens
Joel and Sue Carter
David Lanaghan
Joan A. Mauch
Susan Jameson
Steve Wasser
Juli Rydzewski
Patricia Joyce Spidle
Sarah Elgatian
Lisa Brahm
Dan Willis
Jacklyn J. Brus
Katherine Beydler
Emily Hayes
Jaimee Buttgen
Scott Goodmundson
Stephanie Yang
Shawn Kunzmann
Luke Deitrick
Doug Jordon
Thomas Mathew
Brian Krans
Dale and Sue Goodmunson
Jean E. Choate
Robert Holliday
David Hungate
Constance Meyer
Louis Hathaway
Mike Bayles
Farah Marklevits
Gayle Rein
Tom Steele
Rita Farro
Angela Rose Wilson
Waneta Dawn
Sandra Lewis
Basil Easter
Lisa Hammer
David Dorris
Richard Roberts
Diane DeMeyer
Kristin Abraham
Darlene Erickson
Catt Foy
David Lanaghan
Michael McCarty
Julie McDonald  
Brandon Lopez
Elisabeth Athas
Paige Ewers
Whitney Gillum
Debbie Newcomb
Jenny Roderick
Megan Schmidt
Christina Valle
Lindsey Wheeler
Jane Reinhardt-Martin
Nancy A. Schaefer
Pat Connelly
Dorothy Parkander
Katie Lacina Farley
Peg Heitzman
Teresa Zabloudil
Beth Hoffman
Holly Landis
Joe Laleman
Maureen Lemek
Dr. Ronald & Donna Fiscella
Joe Hutter
Lifes Detail  - C.M. Puck
Dennis Bates
Laurie Jewett Danner
Barb Braun
William Buchholz
Marie Tschopp
Edith Rieke
Teresa LaBella
Dr. Mary Lou Kotecki
Lisa Mihalopoulos
Gerri Hatchett
Mark Lucas
Keith Meyer
Kayla Ferguson
Janene Murphy
Donna Beserra
Robert Clausen
Bill and Kathy LaFrenz
Elizabeth Wallace
Carol Broughton
Victoria Pedersen
Rick Devaney
Beverly Hovenkamp
Tom Miller
Becky Langdon
Margaret Foley
Cynthia Calhoun
Rachel Stern
Skylar Alexander
Katie Revelle
Logan Jawoisz
Alyssa Young
Nikki Steinbaugh
R. Jay Taets
Jean Tennant
Thomas Moore
Stephanie Olson
Amanda Bollmann
Ann Ring
Bob Gelms
Karen Lamansky
Lisa Whitfield
Becky DeJonghe
Bruce Carlson
Cyn Kitchen
Steve Semken
Ann Hudson
Janet Clark
Jacob Cummer
Mary Schricker
Connie Heckert
J. Wilson McCallister
Dr. Paul Brooke
Julia Coleman
Dee Canfield
Doug Frazer
Cindy Kotarek
John Valus
Cathleen Vilmont
William Sherwood
Jacob Clark
Warren Bishop

HONORARY MEMBERSHIPS
Bj Elsner
Rich Johnson*
Tim Bell
Jill Esbaum
Roald Tweet
Porter McNeil
Marilyn Sue Lemmon
Max Collins
Faye Clow
Leslie Thompson
Joe Taylor
Dick Stahl
Heather Longoria
John McBride
Richard Miller
Dr. Trish Nelson
Jane Van Vooren Rogers
Leslie Anthony
 

*Deceased

DONATIONS
Duffy DeFrance
Ron and Betty Lou Shipley
Jeanne Koutsky
Esther Avruch
Colleen DeMay
Michael Payne
Blackhawk Unit 21 Illinois Retired Teachers Association
Mary Lewis
Dr. Ronald Fiscella
Jasen and Jane Rogers
Gary Whitaker
Luke Deitrick

Birdies for Charity Pledges-2010
Dan Bynum
Susan Collins
Ryan Collins
Bob Holliday
Edith Rieke
Larry Riney
Maureen Lemek
Selena & Joe Degreeter
Teresa LaBella
Tom Steele
Mary and George Foster
Rochelle Murray
Mark Petersen
Richard and Georgia Miller
Ardo Holmgrain
Edward Mitchell
Stephen Backmeyer
Renee Busha
Kathleen Medhus
Donna Huston
Deane Knight
Marjean O'Brien
LinguiSystems, Inc.
Julie McDonald
Anna Riepe
Mark Schwiebert
Nan Swanson
Robin Throne
Lindsey Wheeler
Jill Whiteside
Mike and Claudia Cox



 

ENDOWMENT FUND CONTRIBUTIONS
Riverboat Development Authority
Community Foundation of the Great River Bend
George and Mary Foster
Julie Jensen McDonald
Rochelle Murray
Leslie Anthony
Mark and Karen Petersen
Susan Collins
Ryan Collins
Max and Rhoda Molleston
Kathleen King
Richard and Georgia Miller
Robert Holliday
Janet Sauter
Ruth M. and Ralph R. Foss
Marilyn Mitchem
Dale and Jill L. Whiteside
Earl H. Clark
Laura K. Jones
Peggy Womack
Gary and Carol Freeman
Mark and Deborah Schwiebert
John C. Lujack
Russ and Nan Swanson
Roger and Carol Strandlund
Mary Lind
Steven Lackey
Anonymous
Jon Ripslinger
Pat and Jerry Mason
Avalyn Sternberg
Jim and Delores Rutherford
William Duval
Pam Davies
Elma L. Gay
Roald and Margaret Tweet
Jane VanVooren Rogers
John and Nancy Hayes
Tom and Cathy Spitzfaden
Donna Huston
Edward Mitchell
Richard and Georgia Miller
Chapter MW PEO Sisterhood
Blackhawk Unit IRTA
Lynn E. Daczyk
Kathleen Medhus
Tom & Maria Waterman
Craig Dahms
Felicia & Mark Schneiderhan
William Hannan
David Hungate
Roald & Margaret Tweet
E.H. Schroeder Insurance
Steve Wasser
Ann Capion
Shirley Harris
Lanny Biehler
Gary & Nancy Ingelson
Dr. Ann Boaden
Lisa Mihalopoulos
Dan Bynum
Nicolas & Anna Shammas
Sana and Nidal Harb
Stephen and Beatrice Sears
Helen and Dick Stahl
Sue McDevitt
Steve and Diana Lackey
Drs. Lisa and Amir Arbisser
Kelly Otto
Caroline Ruhl
James and Carol Horstmann
Craig Dahms
Gunda Davis
Dr. Earl Clark


PLANNED GIVING
Rochelle Murray
Susan Collins             
Anonymous

MEMORIALS                                                                  

Wayne Nelson                                                                     
George and Mary Foster
Liz Tanaka

Fred Miller
Susan Collins

John Smet
Susan Collins

Dr. Ron Paschall
Susan Collins

Alice Weber
Susan Collins

Doug Greene
Susan Collins

Mary Ann Michaels
Susan Collins

Caroline Bartling
Susan Collins

Mary Townsend
Susan Collins

B.J. Flaherty
Susan Collins

V.G. Johnson
Susan Collins

Mike Tanaka
Susan Collins

George Steckel
Mark and Karen Petersen
Rochelle Murray
Susan Collins
Sandra Stoit
Mrs. Carl Groene

Karen Sternberg
Rochelle Murray
Carole O'Banion
Sally Stiles
Susan Collins
Mark and Karen Petersen
Karen Fowler
Kathy and John McGrath
Gerald and Janet Ales
Mary A. Hofer
Duffy De France
Constance Meyer
George and Mary Foster

Marjorie O'Brien
Susan Collins

Roger Schneff
Susan and Ryan Collins

Larry Nelson
Midwest Writing Center Board of Directors
Rochelle Murray
George and Mary Foster
Henry Weber
Dr. Fred Riddle and Jo Thiessen
Mary Lewis
Avalyn Sternberg
Brenda Brown

John Heckert
Rochelle Murray
Susan Collins

Beverly Van Hook
Rochelle Murray
Susan Collins

Rich Johnson
Susan Collins

LaVerne Petersen
Midwest Writing Center Board
Rochelle Murray
Susan and Ryan Collins
LaTrisha Nelson

Armando Cardosa
Mr. and Mrs. Vince Thomas

Kyle John
Susan Collins

Ilaf Roman
Susan Collins

Louise Short Sturgill 
Susan Collins

Bill Duval
Rochelle Murray
Susan Collins

Avalyn Sternberg
Susan & Ryan Collins
Rochelle Murray
George & Mary Foster

Charles Paul May
Rochelle Murray

George Foster
Susan Collins & Ryan Collins
Rochelle Murray
Mark and Karen Petersen
Dr. Trish Nelson

Leroy Mineart
Rochelle Murray

Deane Knight
Susan Collins
Rochelle Murray
Dr. Trish Nelson
Mary Foster

Faye Clow
918studio