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Community,41 <br />Paul Vandeventer May 03, 2018 <br />President & CEO <br />Board of Directors <br />Ms. Tram Le <br />PfaffrngerFoundation <br />Arts & Culture Specialist <br />Executive Committee <br />City of Santa Ana <br />Chair <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Ange-MaHancock Al <br />Hancock Alfaro, PhD <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />University of <br />Southern California <br />Dear Ms. Tram Le, <br />Treasurer <br />Christopher P. Kearley <br />Ernst & Young LLP <br />Media Arts Santa Ana (MASA), a project of Community Partners®, has submitted a grant <br />Secretary <br />request to your organization. By means of this letter, we wish to indicate our unqualified <br />Helen B. Kim <br />support for the request as well as to describe in some detail the position of this project in <br />Thompson Coburn LLP <br />the structure of Community Partners. <br />Immediate Past Chair <br />Steven J. Cobb <br />California Community <br />Our Board of Directors has approved Media Arts Santa Ana (MASA) as a project of <br />Foundation <br />Community Partners, which is a duly registered public charity, exempt from Federal income <br />Directors <br />taxation under Sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. Community <br />Kate Anderson <br />Center for Strategic <br />Partners projects have goals that are consistent with our priority of community service <br />Los Angeles Partnerships <br />Los Angeles County Office of <br />innovation. The area roved b the Board, which assumes legal, corporate and fiscal <br />Y PP Y g P <br />Child Protection <br />responsibility and becomes responsible for the charitable use of funds by the projects. We <br />Bonnie Boswell <br />select projects led by creative people with bold visions and a strong belief in their ideas. <br />PBS Socal <br />Consequently, we are pleased to have Media Arts Santa Ana (MASA) as part of our <br />Andrea Capachietti, PhD <br />organization. <br />International Humanitarian <br />Aid consultant <br />Com munit Pa orts emer in and on oin in b rovidin financial and <br />Y PP g g g g� YP g <br />Eladio Correa <br />administrative oversight along with management training and technical assistance. To <br />Amedpdse Financial, Inc. <br />sustain our operations, we charge our projects an administrative fee based on project <br />Victor Dela Cruz <br />Manatt, Phelps &Phillips, LLP <br />revenues. In compliance with IRS and FASB rules, Community Partners retains "variance <br />P Y <br />power," that is, discretion and control over how funds are disbursed and the unilateral right <br />Irwin J.da ix <br />New Phoenix <br />to select the individuals carrying out the work. We assure you that we careful) observe <br />Y g Y Y <br />Management Company restrictions on grant funds so that they are used for the purposes specified by the funder <br />Steve Meier <br />Sincerely, <br />PfaffrngerFoundation <br />Thank you for considering the application from Media Arts Santa Ana (MASA). Should an <br />Steven A. Nissen <br />award of grant funds result from this request, checks should be made payable to <br />NSCUniversal <br />Community Partners for Media Arts Santa Ana (MASA). I am the authorized signer for all <br />Perry C. Parks III <br />grant agreements entered into by Community Partners projects. <br />Strategy Consultant <br />Joy Picus <br />Sincerely, <br />Los Angeles <br />City Counaimember <br />(Served 1977-1993) <br />Albert R. Rodriguez (1951 - 2009) <br />Paul J. Vandeventer <br />Founding Board Chair <br />President & CEO <br />1000 North Alameda Street, Suite 240, Los Angeles, CA 90012 tel 213.346.3200 fax 213.808.1009 www. CommunityPartners.org <br />