Everett Community Foundation

Posted by Gary O'Rielly 
on Mar 19, 2014
 
Our guest speaker on March 14th was Maddy Metzger-Utt, President and CEO of the Greater Everett Community Foundation and the current President of the Rotary Club of Everett. The goal of the organization is Looking Forward, Giving Back. The poet Anatole France, commented that "To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream: not only plan, but also believe". The Greater Everett Community Foundation serves all of Snohomish County.
 

Smart people, sound investments and a focus on the community keeps the Community Foundation going strong. The objectives of the Foundation are simple: promote charitable giving; impact the community through grantmaking and link donors and non-profits. The endowments are funds that are invested together and earnings are used for grantmaking. The Foundation's return on investment was an impressive 17% in 2013. Currently working with her husband and other donors on a "Build a Fund".

The type of funds are from agency endowments; community funds; designed funds; donor advised funds and scholarship funds. The Foundation has provided Arlington with its Scholarship Funds. Other funds consists of Trust for Tomorrow which is a easy way to transfer assets to charity and leave a legacy for our community. Most of the grants are in the $2,500 range.

A bit about the background of our guest speaker. Maddy Metzger-Utt spends most of her time being a matchmaker between non-profit organizations and donors. She has been the President of the Greater Everett Community Foundation since 2005. During that time, assets of the Foundation grew from $5 million to over $13 million and the Foundation has distributed more than $6 million in grants to the local communities. Prior to her current position with the Foundation, Maddy spent 12 years as the Executive Director of tow non-profit organizations in Snohomish County. Maddy is currently the Board Chair for the Everett housing Authority, is a board member of the Snohomish County Estate Planning Council and as stated above, the current President of the Rotary Club of Everett.

Maddy was born and raised in Snohomish County and has a Bachelor's Degree in Organizational Behavior from Stanford University. She has been married for 23 years and has one daughter.

Another great program offered to the members and guests of our club.