DIRECTORS & OFFICERS  

Rick Anderson, President Vice President, Parsons Electric 

 

Billy Gese, Vice President Wealth Manager and Financial Advisor 

The KNW Group  

Cynthia Gustafson, Treasurer Opera ons Performance Analyst, Thomson Reuters  

Global Real Estate & Facili es Management   

Monica Stuart, Secretary Business Communica ons Consultant;  

Adver sing & Sponsorship Chair, The Minnesota Feis  

Mandy Granley, Board Member Philanthropist, Former Benefits Professional,  Burn Unit CNA, Child Ambassador World Vision 

 

Tate Leyba, Board Member Director of UX & Design, Go Kart Labs 

 

Julie Loney, Board Member Vice President, Director of Client Services,  

Associated Financial Group  

Marsha Ovitz Founder and Execu ve Director, Breanna’s Gi  

 

ADVISORS  

Judith Burrell. Professional Management  

Consultant and Fund Raiser  

Libby Lincoln, A orney    

Kathleen Runice, Ar st, Financial Professional  

Rhonda Allen, Director of Opera ons and  

Vice President of Human Resources, Welsh Companies  

 

Breanna's Gi  is a non-profit organization that funds an arts program offering dance, art, music and theater classes for children with cancer and other serious illnesses. We cover the cost of teachers, dance shoes, costumes, and materials for art and music. The program is free to the families and facilities we serve.

Breanna's Gift 2726C Humboldt Avenue South

Minneapolis, MN 55408

www.breannasgift.org Annual Report 2015

Breanna’s Gift expands Art TakeoutTM with 800 more smiles in 2015. Breanna’s Gift classes in dance, visual arts, music and theater continued at Ronald McDonald House, Children’s Minnesota on Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses, and University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital.

In 2015, we were privileged to work with over 1480 children and their families. In dance classes, children received 270 gifts including tap shoes, ballet slippers, tutus, costumes, castanets and more. Special workshops held during the year included the annual puppet workshop and summer drama camp which presented an encore performance of scenes from “The Wizard of Oz.” Breanna’s Gift sponsored The On-Time Circus, an outdoor puppet show held outside Ronald McDonald House and Children’s Minneapolis. With the help of Star Studio staff from Children’s Minnesota, the show was live streamed to hospital rooms on both hospital campuses. Summer found us bringing classes in dance and visual arts to Camp VIP, a week-long overnight camp experience for cancer kids and their siblings who are or have been patients at Children’s Minnesota. Close to100 participants made sock puppets and learned hip hop.

Our Art Takeout program for children too sick to attend classes in the playroom added a new project, Make a Mosaic. Now there are six ways to create from your hospital room. These projects are for children we work with in Twin Cities hospitals and are also sent to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Mayo Eugenio Litta Hospital in Rochester MN and, new in 2015, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando Florida. In 2015, we provided more than 800 ways to bring smiles to sick children.

Breanna’s Gift received a $5,000 Community Arts Grant from Metropolitan Regional Arts Council in December, 2015, which means January – May 2016 will be funded in part by appropriations from the Minnesota State Legislature Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Breanna’s Star, our annual fundraiser, received almost $20,000 of in-kind goods and services to support our event. After expenses of $8,100 we raised $35,300. In November, our board worked hard to bring new program awareness during Give to the Max Day and with the help of our supporters did just that, raising over $17,000.

None of this is possible without the help of generous donors and program advocates; you make our program possible . We thank you for helping us bring and receive smiles from so many children.

Sincerely,

Marsha Ovitz Founder and Executive Director

   

Breanna's Gi  December 31, 2015 (unaudited) 

   

Statement of Revenue and Expenses 

REVENUE   

Fundraising, Dona ons, Gi s   

Events  (net event expenses, $28,783) * 

$             36,445  

Program and Administra ve **  $             15,750  

Grants, Corporate Giving  $               9,594  

Individuals  $             24,795  

Total Revenue   $             86,583  

   

EXPENSES   

Program   $             48,794  

Fundraising  $               2,670  

Administra ve **   $             17,885  

Total Expenses   $             69,349 

NET REVENUE  $             17,234  

   

Balance Sheet 

CURRENT ASSETS   

Checking   $             38,280  

Money Market   $             15,004  

Total Current Assets   $             53,285  

   

LIABILITIES & EQUITY   

Retained Earnings   $             35,235  

Net Revenue   $             17,234  

Total Liabili es & Equity   $             52,469  

   

NET ASSETS   

December 31, 2014   $             35,235 

December 31, 2015   $             53,285 

* Includes in‐kind goods and services valued at $19,209 

** Includes in‐kind goods and services valued at $15,546