KRAEMER ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION (KEF)

The Kraemer Endowment Foundation was established in 1992 in honor of Sr. Maxine Kraemer, RSCJ (also known as “Mackie”). In 1968, Sr. Mackie became the Director of St. Madeleine’s, originally a school for children with developmental disabilities. Once the State of California mandated (1975) that children with special needs were to be integrated into the public school system, SMSC transitioned to serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. During the twenty-four years she was Director, Sr. Kraemer was instrumental in orchestrating this transition to services for adults. Once the focus changed, Sr. Kraemer launched a multifaceted program that included Education (continuing math, reading and basic education curricula), Independent Living Skills, Vocational Training, and Arts (dance, music, and visual arts). Among her accomplishments, Sr. Kraemer implemented a supported work program, placing adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities into integrated community jobs, for which she received local and national recognition.

The Kraemer Endowment Foundation helps to ensure the financial future of St. Madeleine’s by protecting assets through careful and intelligent investments. It exists to protect the essential quality programs that are unique to St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center. The Foundation has grown from assets worth $200,000 in 1993 to over $15M today. The interest earned on KEF’s investments help support St. Madeleine’s operating costs and special needs that totals $500,000 annually.

The name, Kraemer Endowment Foundation for St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center, underscores the close ties between the Center and the Foundation. The two organizations, together with friends and donors, are partners in the same life-giving work of providing the best programs and opportunities possible for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

 FOUNDATION GOALS

The goals of the Kraemer Endowment Foundation are:

• Increase the permanent endowment, ensuring the long-term existence of St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center;
• Make available to the Center the interest earned on investments to help with current expenses and special needs; and
• Assist in maintaining the high quality and effectiveness of SMSC programs, particularly those that create independence, foster growth, build self-esteem, and develop the lives of adults at the Center.

WAYS TO GIVE TO THE KRAEMER ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

The Kraemer Endowment Foundation accepts gifts in many forms including cash gifts, stocks, bonds, mutual fund shares, will/estate plans, life insurance policy or retirement plan, and charitable gift annuities (CGAs). For more information on the Kraemer Endowment Foundation, download the KEF Brochure or contact Midge Lundberg at (858) 456-7079 or John Seiber at (858) 735-0317. The KEF is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.

HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS

Sr. Maxine Kraemer, RSCJ*

Martine C. Dickinson

Joan D. Eichen*

Tom Finn*

Frances Glasser

Larry D. Murphy

Rosemarie Murphy*

Gloria Rimland*

Terry Whitcomb*

*deceased

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John M. Seiber, Chairman

Maureen P. King, Vice Chairman

Eric Kraemer Kleinbub, Secretary

Sue Brandt

Carl Findley, III

Jennifer Findley

Angel Kleinbub

Kathleen Lundgren

Jim Mulvaney, Jr.

John B. Murphy

Nancy Linke Patton

John A. Reis

Sr. Virginia Rodee, RSCJ

Michael Seiber

SMSC REPRESENTATIVES

Debra Emerson, Chief Executive Officer, SMSC

Stuart Karasik, Ph.D., President, Board of Trustees, SMSC

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Midge Lundberg

The Board of Directors gratefully acknowledges the many contributors and continuing generosity of donors to the Kraemer Endowment Foundation for St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center. Your gifts make the life-giving work of SMSC possible today and provide an endowment for meeting the needs of tomorrow.

For more information, please call (858) 456-7079 or email kraemerfdn@gmail.com.