2025-04-01T10:07:54-07:00 2024-05-31 274516447 Quist & Associates LLC PO Box 372 Occoquan VA 22125 990EZ 2023-06-01 980660433 Vicenza Community Club VICE 7034088161 CMR 427 Box 120 APO AE 09630 Galina Reed Treasurer 2025-03-28 true true Elizabeth Quist P01269026 7035971370 X 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X www.vccitaly.org X X 124274 X 3314 120960 0 0 0 0 124274 32886 31953 2676 25564 93079 31195 72594 103789 72594 103789 72594 103789 72594 103789 The VCC mission is to support community projects, needs, and services through equitable distribution of funds generated from our Thrift Store and other USAG Italy-approved fundraising events. To enrich daily life on Caserma Ederle and Del Din through service to others and community building. To empower our members through professional development, educational, philanthropic, cultural, social and creative programming. While the organization is based on a US military base in Italy, all revenues were collected by an American military committee, and distributed to US-based organizations and individuals on the US base in Italy. Community and Member Events: VCC hosts regular monthly luncheon events, the majority of which are open to the local military community. The lunches are designed to bring community together and foster a robust network of support while living overseas. CIAO Conference: Women's conference hosted by VCC as a community support function offering multiple days of personal and professional development seminars to women in the military and local Vicenza, Italy community. 12566 Thrift Store: VCC operates a Thrift Store selling low-cost donated items on the US Army Garrison Vicenza, Italy military base as a service to the Vicenza military community. The Thrift Store is open year-round. The Thrift Store furthers the Vicenza Community Club's exempt purpose by providing low-cost donated merchandise to members of the military community and certain host nation charities. The Thrift Store also raises funds to support the charitable grants and scholarships that VCC provides to the organizations in the military community and military spouses and dependents. 33623 Grant Programs: The Community Enrichment Grant program provides funding to organizations in need to funds to provide charitable, educational or military community related services. The Community Enrichment Grant activity is conducted year-round with an open, rolling monthly application available to community members to apply for financial grants. VCC supports Survivors Outreach Services, military units, military soldier and family readiness groups, local schools, military support organizations and many other local groups who share VCC's passion for improving the Vicenza military community. In addition, VCC chooses monthly philanthropy projects to support. The Bright Eyes Program Grant provides grants to children of active duty military members for the cost of one or more pairs of eyeglasses up to $150 per school year. The Bright Eyes Program Grant is conducted on a rolling basis. Both grant programs are funded by the amounts raised through selling donated goods at the Thrift Store and fundraisers earmarked for philanthropy and community interest. In FY24, there were 9 Bright Eyes grant recipients totaling $1,412. Additionally, 19 grants were given to local non-profit organizations, totaling $21,474. 22886 22886 Scholarships: VCC provides two scholarships - the Manetti Scholarship and the Fondi Scholarship - to students applying for admission to or enrolled in an accredited educational institution. The application period opens in February or March of each year. The amount of each scholarship ranges from $500 to $4,000, depending on annual available funds. The scholarships further VCC's exempt purpose by supporting its educational and charitable purposes of providing funds to deserving scholarship recipients in the military community to assist in paying for higher education. The scholarship program is funded by the amounts raised in selling donated goods in the Thrift Store and other fundraisers earmarked for philanthropy and community interest. In FY24, there were 8 recipients of scholarship awards, totaling $10,000. 10000 10176 79251 Lauren Lawrence President 15.00 0 Holly Baker Vice President 15.00 0 Angie Perry Director 5.00 0 Ashley Fletcher Vice President 10.00 0 Aishley Gash Treasurer 10.00 0 Stephanie Grady Director 5.00 0 Taylor Talbott Director 5.00 0 Tabitha Becker Secretary 8.00 0 Marnie Parker Director 8.00 0 Laura Miller Director 5.00 0 Natalie Hartman Director 5.00 0 Michelle Skells Director 5.00 0 Donna Jones Director 5.00 0 false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false WY Galina Reed CMR 427 Box 120 APO AE Europe IT 09630-0002 7034088161 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 7092 1445 2048 1861 4372 16818 66139 68974 89497 69950 119902 414462 0 0 0 73231 70419 91545 71811 124274 431280 0 0 431280 0 0 0 0 73231 70419 91545 71811 124274 431280 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 X Grants and Similar Amounts Paid In Excess of $5,000.1 | Donee's Name: Scholarships | Cash Amount Given: $10000 Grants and Similar Amounts Paid In Excess of $5,000.2 | Donee's Name: Community Grants | Cash Amount Given: $22886 Other Expenses.1001 Advertising and Promotion $1327 Other Expenses.1002 Office Expenses $1834 Other Expenses.1003 Information Technology $3806 Other Expenses.1007 Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings $12455 Other Expenses.1012 Insurance $4071 Other Expenses.1 Ways & Means Supplies $1982 Other Expenses.2 Taxes & Licenses $89