UNCOMMON
2020-2021 ANNUAL REPORT
UNCOMMON GENEROSITY
The space and distance experienced during 2020 and 2021 ushered in a time of introspection, reflection, and growth for our Family of Companies. Forced to spend time apart due to the ravages of COVID 19, we were given an opportunity to gain a better understanding of ourselves and to reflect upon what we learned. Through it all, commitment to community remained at the forefront of our collective consciousness. Uncommon commitment amid such tremendous adversity remained steadfast in each of our offices responding to the extraordinary needs of our communities. Members of our Family of Companies worked individually and collectively to provide relief to the front line first responders and healthcare workers with snacks, meals, hand sewn masks, and PPE supplies. Our offices organized food drives, basic needs drives, and general fundraising for service organizations called upon to provide emergency assistance to hard hit communities. Giving Tuesday, our day of generous 100% company match, became Giving November and December as we supported one another in maximizing the giving spirit. When our neighbors experienced loss and were in need, our family stepped up and without missing a beat pulled together and contributed an incredible $765,055 in 2020 during one of the most challenging years our communities have ever faced.
Inspired by the unprecedented generosity of the prior year and encouraged by the slow opening and small steps towards returning to community, the collective commitment demonstrated by members of our family took root and flourished in more places and in new ways. 2021 welcomed a cautious optimism for a return to community and with each passing day our family planned fundraising events that surpassed our greatest expectations. A return to in-person volunteer and fundraising opportunities, albeit limited, encouraged an even deeper commitment to shoring up local charitable organizations that struggled to make it through the difficult months of the previous year. In April of 2021, our Family of Foundations hit our fundraising stride and the increased drive to do more, to help more, to support more became evident as we found ourselves knocking on the door to the $1 million annual giving goal with an incredible $982,453 in charitable contributions to local community organizations. With hundreds of volunteers organizing and supporting over 100 local events reaching more than 130 charities in our communities throughout the year, our family fully embraced commitment to community. Moving forward, we endeavor to continually put in the hard work, to support one another, to give back and lift-up our communities, and to keep charitable giving of resources, volunteer and financial, at the core of all we do.
Looking to great things in the future!
Jennifer Essary Foundation Manager
Stuart Elsea President, Financial Services
Dan Elsea President, Brokerage Services
BEULAH
Kathy Neveu
Brooke Sowa
BLOOMFIELD HILLS
Sandy Farida
Sarah Grace
BELLAIRE
Stephanie Koppe
GROSSE POINTE
Donna O’Keefe
Donna O’Neill
REINHART WEST
Laurie Buys
REINHART SOUTH
Kathy Linderman
REINHART SALINE
Elke VanDyke
REINHART CHELSEA
Nora Hamouda
SOUTHGATE
Demian Algier
Hannah Olechowski
LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
$587,019
$7,135,424
TRAVERSE CITY FRONT STREET
DeAnna Fulco TRAVERSE CITY RANDOLPH
Ellie Vratanina
TROY
Lisa Bradford COMPANY MATCH
$291,604 PLEDGES
$314,163
$203,706 SPONSORSHIPS
2021 2021
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS
A Mother’s Wish
Alpha House IHN
ALS of Michigan
Amazing Grace Animal Rescue
American Brain Tumor Association
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
Anestasia & Katie’s Café
Angela Hospice
Angelman’s Syndrome Foundation
Angel’s Place
Arts for All
Athlete Brain Health
Autism Speaks
Avalon Housing
Big Brothers Big Sisters Washtenaw County
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Michigan
Benzie County Animal Welfare
Blue Star Moms Western
Waters
Blue Star Service Dogs
Boys and Girls Club of Michigan
Brandon Groveland Youth Assistance
Breast Cancer Research Foundation
ByKids4Kids
Build It for the Brave
Cass Community Services
Chad Tough Foundation Chaldean Federation
Cherryland Humane Society
Chesterfield Goodfellows
Children’s Heart Foundation
Children’s Life Fund
Clarkston Food Pantry
Community Cupboard
Community Sharing Outreach
Congenital Heart Disease Foundation
Corner Health
Covenant House
Crimestoppers
Deaf Arts Festival
Detroit Dog Rescue
Down River Pound Pals
Down Syndrome Support Team
Fair Housing Center
Families Against Narcotics
Fish & Loaves Community Pantry
Fisher House
Food Gatherers
Foster Closet of Michigan
Friendship Circle
Friends In Deed
Gilbert Residence
Gleaners Food Pantry
Good Fellows
Good Samaritan
Grace Centers of Hope
Great Lakes Burn Camp
Guardian Angel Miliary Service Dogs
Habitat for Humanity
Heart of Saginaw
Highfields Inc
Home Fur-Ever
Home of New Vision
Hope for the Warriors Hospitality House
House of Providence
Housing Bureau for Seniors
Huron Valley Humane Society
Integrative Neighborhood Jaycee’s Foundation (Cadillac)
JDRF
Jewish Family Services (Herb Amster Center)
Kids on the Go
Knights of Columbus Foundation
Last Day Dog Rescue
Life Remodeled
Lighthouse of Oakland County
Living & Learning Enrichment Center
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Manna Food Project
McClaren Foundation
McLaren Northern Michigan
Meals on Wheels
Men’s Health Foundation
Michigan Ability Partners
Michigan Parkinson’s Foundation
Michigan Humane Society
Motown Soup
Move for Hunger
Muscular Dystrophy Association
NAMI
National Kidney Foundation
Neighborhood House of Rochester
New Haven Education Foundation
North Star Reach
Ortonville Community Emergency
Peace Neighborhood Center
Pediatric Brain Cancer Foundation
Penrickton Center for Blind Children
Pulmonary Hypertension Association
Racquet Up Detroit
Red Cross of Washtenaw County
Rochester Neighborhood House
Salvation Army
Shelter Association of Washtenaw County
Saline Area Social Services
Sanctum House
Skyline Camp & Retreat
SOS
Special Dreams Farm
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
- Chelsea
St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital
Sunny Day Camp for Kids
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
TAILS
Taylor Substance Abuse Prevention
Together Against Poverty
Troy People Concerned
United Way of Washtenaw
Vista Maria
Volunteers of America
Washtenaw Housing Alliance
Women’s Center of Southeast Michigan
Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels
2021 VOLUNTEER ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
STUART ELSEA
President
JENNIFER ESSARY FOUNDATION
RENEA BUTLER Corporate
BECKY O’NEILL
Corporate
DANIELLE DORSCH
Client Services
DENNIS PEARSALL NMich
CAROLINE COATES NMich
CLINT WHEELER NMich
JON ZICKERT NMich
Andi Sims
Angie Clavet
Angie Rasmussen
Anne Shields
Beth Arnold
Bhairavi Parekh
Brooke Sowa
Carol Wagner
CarolAnn Barr
Caron Koteles Riha
Carson Jones
Chelsea Cain
Courtney Fortress
Deanna Coleman
DeAnna Fulco
TONI MORRISON NMich
ELLIE VRATANINA NMich
MICHELLE MAIDENS NMich
MICHELLE ARMBRUSTER
Reinhart
NANCY BOWERBANK
Reinhart
JUDEE WU
Reinhart
PATTI EDDY
Reinhart
LAURIE BUYS
Reinhart
MARIA EVANGELISTA WADE Reinhart
NAFISA GERO
Reinhart
PIA CRUM
Reinhart
KATHY LINDERMAN
Reinhart
KATHY HAY
Reinhart
NORA HAMOUDA
Reinhart
JEN FRY
Reinhart
ANGIE RASUMSSEN
Reinhart
2021 CHARITY REPRESENTATIVES
Demian Algier
Denise Guevara
Donna O’Keefe
Donna O’Neill
E.J.Campbell
Elena McMahon
Ellie Vratanina
Eric Blaine
Hannah Olechowski
Jan Calcaterra
Jeremy Larkins
John Watkins
Jon Zickert
Julie Scagnoli
Justin Bercheny
Kathy Neveu
Ken Neal
Kristin Mills
Kristy Dunnigan
Lisa Sobell
Liz Cook
Marjorie Goldman
Melissa Johnson McRae
Michelle Maidens
Sandy Farida
Sarah Grace
Stephanie Koppe
Wendy Johnsen
Wendy Jones
Wendy Schildgen
100% COMPANY MATCH
38 PARTICIPATING OFFICES 2021
BELLAIRE
BEULAH
BLOOMFIELD
HILLS
BRIGHTON
CADILLAC
CAPITAL TITLE
CHARLEVOIX
CHESTERFIELD
TWP.
CLARKSTON
CLINTON TWP.
COMMERCE CORPORATE OFFICE
ELK RAPIDS
GREAT LAKES BAY
FRANCHISE
GROSSE POINTE
JOHN ADAMS MORTGAGE
LELAND
MILFORD NOVI
OXFORD
PETOSKEY FRANCHISE
REINHART CHELSEA
REINHART CORPORATE
REINHART EAST
REINHART NORTH
REINHART SALINE
REINHART SOUTH
REINHART WEST
ROCHESTER
ROYAL OAK
ST. CLAIR SHORES
SHELBY TWP
SOUTHGATE
TRAVERSE CITY –FRONT STREET
TRAVERSE CITY –
RANDOLPH
TROY WEST
BLOOMFIELD
TOTAL 2021 FUNDS RAISED$285,470 FUNDSMATCHED $123,530 FUNDSRAISED $161,940
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY
OZONE HOUSE
SOS COMMUNITY SERVICES
ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY
FORGOTTEN HARVEST
CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN
TOTAL 2020 FUNDS RAISED$349,507 FUNDSMATCHED $150,097 FUNDSRAISED $199,410
ANDI
ANNE
MELISSA
MICHELLE
SANDY
STEPHANIE
WENDY
WENDY
WENDY
AMOUNT RAISED SINCE 2004
$6,154,398 CONTRIBUTIONS IN 2020 $765,055
CORPORATE SUPPORTED EVENTS
ANNUAL PLEDGE ....................
$203,631 CONTRIBUTIONS
POLAR PLUNGES
$66,411 AND FROZEN 5K (VIRTUAL)
WALKS / RIDES ..........................
$10,000 (VIRTUAL)
COMEDY NIGHT
$25,000 (VIRTUAL)
OTHER FUNDRAISERS ............... $17,000
2020 COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICE AWARDS
BEULAH
Jon Zickert
CLARKSTON
Beth Arnold
Julie Scagnoli
GROSSE POINTE
Donna O’Keefe
Donna O’Neill
REINHART NORTH
Nancy Bowerbank
REINHART WEST
Laurie Buys
REINHART SALINE
Elke VanDyke
ROCHESTER
Caron Koteles Riha
SOUTHGATE
Deanna Coleman
Lisa Sobell
SHELBY TOWNSHIP
Wendy Schildgen
TRAVERSE CITY
RANDOLPH
Ellie Vratanina
CORPORATE SPONSORED ORGANIZATIONS
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY
OZONE HOUSE
CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN
ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY
FORGOTTEN HARVEST
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN
