THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010
Region’s foundations gave 9.6% less in 2009 Nonprofit groups
scramble to close budget holes
by Susan Kinzie
Local foundations gave near- ly 10 percent less last year after the economy crashed, accord- ing to a new study — a decline that was obvious to people such as Amy Nakamoto, who was jug- gling a soccer ball on the streets of downtown Washington dur- ing a scorching heat wave last week to raise money to close her nonprofit group’s gaping budg- et hole. “It’s a huge impact — it’s 10 percent of our budget” gone, said Nakamoto, executive direc- tor of the after-school youth de- velopment program DC Scores. It was hit by reductions from longtime funders and hurt by many foundations’ restrictions on taking on new grantees. Dur- ing the World Cup this summer, she is hoping to raise $130,000 to close a gap in what she thought was a conservative budget; about $100,000 of that loss during this school year came from foundations cutting back.
Giving by foundations in the area dropped 9.6 percent in 2009, to $844 million, accord- ing to a study to be released Thursday by the Washington Regional Association of Grant- makers based on research by the Foundation Center. The na- tional decline in foundation giving, 8.4 percent, was the largest ever tracked by the Foundation Center. Although the economy is im- proving, the impact of the re- cession is likely to be felt for a while at local nonprofit groups. Still, given the heart-in-the-
throat drop of the stock market in late 2008, the decline is far smaller than it could have been. “What was surprising was that it wasn’t a whole lot worse,” said Tamara Copeland, presi- dent of the grantmakers associ- ation. It was a year with more col-
laboration than in the past, she said, as foundations, business- es, nonprofits and governments worked together more closely to try to find solutions and make dollars stretch further. “The economy was down, needs were skyrocketing.
. . . What was
clear was that business as usual wasn’t going to work.”
Some, such as the Communi-
ty Foundation for the National Capital Region, responded to the downturn by giving more to safety-net programs even as they cut back overall. It led the region in generosity in 2008, giving away almost $90 million; last fiscal year, its overall giving dropped to about $54 million. But in late 2008 it created the Neighbors in Need fund in reac- tion to huge spikes in demand at homeless shelters and other emergency service providers, such as food pantries. “There were more people who were out of work,” said Terri Freeman, the president of the foundation. “The lines at the food banks were longer. The contributions to the food banks were fewer. The foreclosure rate was in- creasing.” Most foundations made cuts, Copeland said, freezing salaries or hiring, paring spending, some even laying off staff mem- bers. The sudden downturn brought a philosophical or an ethical question for founda- tions, said Doug White, aca- demic director of New York Uni- versity’s George Heyman Jr. Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising — in effect, wheth- er this is the rainy day for which they have been saving. Nakamoto is expecting hard times for a while yet for DC Scores. It is also affected by grantmakers narrowing their focus, in part because of the economy, in part because of the major school reform efforts un- derway in the city. A few gave them a little extra, despite their own losses. Overall, the founda- tions have been supportive, she said, “But no one is taking on new grantees.” DC Scores saw small cuts, big cuts and total elimination of grants it had ex- pected; it was warned by most of its funders but surprised by a few. “That’s how you get to the end of the [fiscal] year,” she said, “and I’m juggling on the street.”
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KLMNO OBITUARIES CHARLES SPENCER KING, 85 British engineer helped create Range Rover SUV by T. Rees Shapiro
Charles Spencer King, 85, a British engineer who was consid- ered the mastermind behind the Range Rover, a hardy yet com- fortable off-roader originally con- ceived as country estate carryall that has since become the swank sport-utility vehicle of choice for royalty, rappers and millionaires, died June 26 of injuries suffered in an accident. Two weeks ago, he was riding a
bicycle on daily errands near his home in the village of Cubbing- ton, England, when he was struck by a delivery van. Mr. King started working for the British Rover company in 1945 under the direction of his uncles, Maurice and Spencer Wilks. In the late 1960s, he was tasked by his uncles with devel- oping a four-wheel-drive luxury model that would be as at home crawling over rough country ter- rain as it was jetting across town toting polo mallets and golf clubs. The result was the Range Ro-
ver, an off-road vehicle with a powerful V8 engine, a forgiving coil spring suspension and a top highway speed above 100 mph. In 1999, Global Automotive
Elections Foundation picked the Range Rover as one of the top cars of the century and Mr. King as one of the best engineers. (The Ford Model T was the No. 1 car and Ferdinand Porsche, designer of the Mercedes-Benz SSK road- ster and the Volkswagen Beetle, was top engineer.)
Since its debut on June 17, 1970, the Range Rover has evolved to become an interna- tionally recognized status symbol and pop culture icon. In the early 1970s, it was featured in an exhib- it at the Louvre Museum as an example of superior industrial design. The vehicle has appeared in
several movies, such as the 2008 James Bond action flick, “Quan- tum of Solace,” and in the lyrics of dozens of rap songs, including jams by Jay-Z, Kanye West, Nelly and The Game. The Range Rover is a garage mainstay for many of the wealthy who revel in its leather interior, wood-grain highlights and ex- pensive price tag. Standard mod- els start at $80,000 and can rise to $115,000 for bespoke editions with unique paint schemes, in- cluding Balmoral green, a color named for Queen Elizabeth II’s
Betty C. Haesloop FEDERAL EMPLOYEE
Betty C. Haesloop, 92, a secre-
tary for the Army Department from the 1960s until her retire- ment in 1981, died of congestive heart failure June 1 at Capital Hos- pice in Arlington County. She was aHerndon resident. She was born Betty Viola Clem- ent in Rochester, N.Y. She moved to the Washington area in 1942. She had been a member of Res- ton Bible Church in Reston. Her husband of 38 years, Don- ald C. Haesloop, died in 1981. Survivors include three daugh- ters, Diane Sheldon of Herndon, Mary Ellen Oman of Fredericks- burg and Betty Lee of Stevensville; four grandsons; and a great- grandson.
—Lauren Wiseman
Edwin A. Coy AIR FORCE MAJOR GENERAL
Edwin A. Coy, 82, a retired Air
Force major general who special- ized in satellite and space-travel technology, died June 14 at his home in Wilmington, N.C. He had bone cancer. Gen. Coy began his military ca- reer as an enlisted soldier in the Army Ordnance Corps. After grad- uating from the University of Pittsburgh in 1950 with a degree in chemical engineering, Gen. Coy became an officer in the Air Force. He served with fighter and bomber wings during the Korean War and later tested chemical- warfare munitions at the Air Ar- mament Center at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Later, he was part of a team that developed missiles for the Pentagon and was assigned to lead the design of multistage rockets. In the 1970s, Gen. Coy was as- signed to a number of posts in space communications and satel- lites, and in 1978 he became the commander of the 1st Strategic Aerospace Division. He retired from the Air Force in 1980 and until 1992 worked in the private sector with the govern- ment contractor General Dynam- ics.
Edwin Alexander Coy was a na- tive of McKeesport, Pa. His mili- tary decorations included the Dis- tinguished Service Medal and two awards of the Legion of Merit. He
came an acceptable alternative to Mercedes or BMW for the pomp- ous, self-important driver,” Mr. King told the London Daily Mail in 2004. “I find the people who use it as such deeply unattrac- tive.” Charles Spencer King was born
on March 26, 1925, in Surrey, England. In the late 1940s, his mother’s brothers designed the original Land Rover, a utility ve- hicle based on an American com- petitor, the Jeep. Mr. King began working in the automobile design industry after college as an apprentice with Rolls Royce in 1942. Three years later he joined Rover, where he worked on early models of the Rover and Triumph sports cars. He also designed vehicles with turbine engines, one of which set a land speed record of 154 mph in Holland. In 1981, Range Rover made
waves in the fashion world after a luxury prototype appeared in a Vogue magazine photo spread ac- companying models draped in Lancôme and Jaeger. When the magazine’s readers wrote in to find out where they could purchase the car, 1,000 lim- ited-edition “In Vogue” Range Ro- vers were sold. In 1990, a sporty “CSK” edition was released in honor of Mr. King. His wife, Moyra Scott King, died in 2009. Survivors include two children,
PHOTOS COURTESY OF BILL BAKER
Charles Spencer King is seated in one of the original Range Rovers. The off-road vehicle debuted in Europe in 1970 and in the United States in 1987. More than 170,000 Range Rovers have been sold here.
Scottish country estate. In 1987, the Range Rover was introduced to America, and the vehicle quickly became the flag- ship model for Land Rover North America. “It was the iPad of vehicles at the time; everyone wanted one,” including celebrities such as Mi- chael Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tra- cey Ullman and Warren Beatty, said Bill Baker, the former head of corporate communications at Land Rover North America. “Nowadays, you can’t drive down Santa Monica Boulevard between the 405 and La Cienega without spotting four or five Range Ro- vers with a blond sitting inside with big sunglasses.”
Since its debut, more than
170,000 Range Rovers have been sold in the United States. Wash- ington is one of the brand’s top
retired to Wilmington in 1999. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Doris Jones Coy of Wilming- ton; two daughters, Rebecca Hen- ry of Houston and Robin Nutter of Boston; three granddaughters; and one great-granddaughter. —T. Rees Shapiro
Kathleen M. Cunney CLUB MEMBER
Kathleen M. Cunney, 84, a member of the Woman’s Club of Falls Church who helped run the club’s annual antiques show, died of complications from a stroke on June 22 at Greenspring Village, an assisted living facility in Spring- field.
Born Kathleen Mary Mulcahy in
Morrinsville, New Zealand, Mrs. Cunney became a nurse in Auck- land during World War II. She moved to Hawaii after she mar- ried her husband and later relo- cated to the Washington region. Her husband of 55 years, retired
Navy Capt. Edward G. Cunney, died in 2003. Survivors include two children,
John Cunney of Lake Ridge, Va., and Anne Cunney of Peekskill, N.Y.; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. —Lauren Wiseman
Anne D. Davis TEACHER, VOLUNTEER
Anne D. Davis, 91, a Northern Virginia resident for more than 40 years who was active in the sen- iors’ ministry at what is now the Anglican Falls Church, died June 6 at Emeritus at Arlington, an assis- ted-living facility. She had Alzhei- mer’s disease. Anne Elizabeth Deardorff was born in Kansas City, Mo., and grew up in Richmond, Mo. In 1938, she received a two-year degree from William Woods College in Fulton, Mo. She taught kindergarten and first grade for several years before returning to school at the Univer- sity of Missouri in Columbia, Mo., from which she received a bach- elor’s degree in education in 1942. The following year, she married
Army officer Harold O. Davis. While he served overseas during World War II, Mrs. Davis joined the American Red Cross and served at a hospital in Oklahoma. When he went abroad during the Korean War, she taught school
In the early 1970s, the Range Rover was featured in an exhibit at the Louvre Museum as an example of superior industrial design.
five markets, said Executive Vice President Chris Marchand. Mr. King, who preferred to scoot about town in a Mini Coo-
and was a librarian in Richmond, Mo. The Davis family moved fre- quently to Army posts around the country and in Germany before settling in the greater Falls Church area of Fairfax County in 1964. Mrs. Davis volunteered as a room mother at Glen Forest Elementary School.
She enjoyed crafts, including ce-
ramics, and was known for mak- ing Christmas stockings for family members. Her memberships included the
Northern Virginia alumni chapter of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Her son, Harold O. Davis Jr., died in 1984. Survivors include her husband of 67 years, retired Army colonel Davis of Fairfax County. —Emma Brown
Frank J. Fede MILITARY CONTRACT
NEGOTIATOR
Frank J. Fede, 92, who spent nearly a decade as a military con- tract negotiator with the Defense Department, died June 23 of con- gestive heart failure at Woodbine Rehabilitation and Healthcare, a nursing home in Alexandria. Mr. Fede started at Defense in the mid-1960s and sold military supplies and weapons systems to foreign govern- ments, includ- ing Taiwan, Is- rael and Iran. He
later Frank J. Fede
started his own company, Fin- tra Corp., which negoti- ated military contracts be- tween foreign governments
and private companies. He retired in the 1980s. Frank Joseph Fede was born in Birmingham, Ala. He received a bachelor’s degree in history from Birmingham-Southern College in 1940, a master’s degree in history from Emory University in 1941 and a doctorate in political science from Syracuse University in 1942. He served in the Army Air
Forces during World War II and later worked for the Veterans Ad- ministration. Starting in the 1950s, Mr. Fede worked as a defense appropria-
per S, expressed regret about how the Range Rover had become a status symbol. “Sadly, the four-by-four has be-
tions analyst with the White House Bureau of the Budget, pre- cursor of the Office of Manage- ment and Budget. In 1994, he published a book,
“Italians in the Deep South,” about Italian immigrants in Birming- ham. He was a member of Pohick Episcopal Church in Lorton. Helen Maggs Fede, his wife of
24 years, died in 1968. Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Roberta Robinson Fede of Alexandria; a sister; six children, Susan Schott of Chattanooga, Tenn., Marcia Egge of Alexandria, David Fede of Fairfax City, Honor Fede of Alexandria, Franchesca Gomez of Waynesboro, Va., and Courtney Preusse of Renton, Wash.; and eight grandchildren. —Timothy R. Smith
Mary Catherine
Dempsey TEACHER Mary Catherine Dempsey, 73, a
sixth-grade teacher at Somerset Elementary School in Montgom- ery County from 1976 to 1991, died June 9 at Sibley Memorial Hospi- tal in Washington. She had ovari- an cancer. Ms. Dempsey was a native
Washingtonian and a 1955 gradu- ate of the old Immaculata High School in the District. She received a bachelor’s degree in history from the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown, N.J., in 1959. Later that year, she started her career with Montgom- ery public schools. Before teaching at Somerset, she worked at Connecticut Park Elementary School in Wheaton and Montgomery Knolls Elemen- tary School in Silver Spring. She lived in Chevy Chase, where she was a member of Columbia Country Club. She was also a member of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic church in Washington. She had no immediate survi-
vors. —Lauren Wiseman
Joseph E. Muckerman II ARMY COLONEL
Joseph Edward Muckerman II, 83, an Army colonel who was a project manager and analyst for General Research in McLean from
Christopher King of Maidenhead, outside London, and Penny Walk- er of London; and two grand- daughters. Later in his career, Mr. King was the chairman of British Ley- land Technologies — a division of the Land Rover parent company — where he led the design of the Energy Conservation Vehicle, an aerodynamic hatchback made of lightweight aluminum that could get up to 100 miles per gallon of fuel. The ECV was a prototype, though, and never made it into widespread production — a fact that seemingly disappointed Mr. King. “When we designed the [Range Rover] in 1970, we gave no thought to environmental issues, as people weren’t aware of the impact car emissions had on the ozone layer,” Mr. King said in 2004. “I find it distressing that that the popularity of four-by- fours has had such a noticeable correlative effect on environmen- tal damage.”
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1979 to 1982, died June 26 at his home in Lewes, Del. He had stom- ach cancer. He was born in St. Louis and joined the Army after graduating in 1949 from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He served in the Korean and Vietnam wars. In the early 1970s, he was as- signed to the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. In his last active-duty assignment, he was a faculty member and director of the defense programs depart- ment at the National Defense Uni- versity in Washington. He retired from the Army in 1979. During the early 1980s, he was a senior fellow and director of the Mobilization Concepts Develop- ment Center at the National De- fense University. He lived in Alexandria from the early 1970s until March. His mem- berships included St. Mary Catho- lic Church and Belle Haven Coun- try Club, both in Alexandria. He also a past president of the Belle Haven Citizens Association. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Anne Butler Muckerman of Lewes; four children, Martha Riv- kin of Princeton, N.J., and Edward C. Muckerman II, Peter Mucker- man and Lucy Lamb, all of Alexan- dria; a sister; and 11 grandchil- dren.
—Lauren Wiseman
Jane E. Amos NURSE
Jane E. Amos, 78, a nurse who
worked in her husband’s cardiolo- gy practice in Springfield from 1953 to 1994, died June 26 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. She had pancre- atic cancer.
She was born Jane Ellen Schultz in Arlington and a was a 1949 graduate of Washington-Lee High School. She received her nursing degree from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond in 1952. She had been a Fairfax County resident since 1956 and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Springfield. Survivors include her husband of 58 years, Dr. William C. Amos Jr. of Fairfax County; four children, Julia A. Trester of Herndon, Paul D. Amos of New Market, W. Scott Amos of Fairfax County and Wayne A. Amos of Fairfax City; and seven grandchildren. —Lauren Wiseman
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