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The Foundation's 2008 Annual Report (PDF) presented to the Energy Bar Association.
The Foundation's 2007 Annual Report (PDF) presented to the Energy Bar Association.
The Foundation's 2006 Annual Report (PDF) presented to the Energy Bar Association.
The Foundation's 2005 Annual Report (PDF) presented to the Energy Bar Association.
The Charitable Foundation of the Energy Bar
Association is a non-profit charitable organization formed in 2002
under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Foundation
engages in a variety of energy-related and general charitable
activities, including:
- Donations to non-profit
organizations and needy individuals for payment of utility bills and
other energy-related and general purposes;
- Funding energy internships;
- Funding scholarships and educational grants;
- Energy-related volunteer service
projects, including residential home construction, weatherization and
energy efficiency efforts;
- General charitable service projects.
The mission of the Foundation is:
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To engage in charitable activities, including the support of
worthwhile energy-related charitable projects, as well as other
community service projects, through financial contributions and
volunteer services provided by the Foundation, members of the Energy
Bar Association and others.
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There are numerous ways to get involved in the Foundation and its activities:
- Volunteer for one of the Foundation's service project outings;
- Organize a volunteer service project
outing (this function would be particularly useful for outings outside
the Washington, D.C. area);
- Participate on one of the Foundation's committees;
- Attend one of the Foundation's fundraising events;
- Sponsor one of the fundraising events;
- Make a financial contribution;
- Volunteer to serve on the Foundation's Board of Directors.
Inquiries about getting involved with the Foundation may be
made to any Foundation Officer, Board Member or Committee Chair (listed
below) or to Ms. Lorna Johnston Wilson, Energy Bar Association, 1990 M Street, N.W., Suite 350, Washington, D.C. 20036, Tel: (202) 223-5625.
The Foundation has seven standing committees which
report to the Foundation's Board of Directors. Membership in the
committees is open to EBA members and others. Your participation is
welcomed and encouraged.
The Foundation's committees and their respective chairs are as follows:
- Chapter Advisory Committee
- Co-Chairs: Robert H. Loeffler (202) 887-1506
Kathleen A. Carrigan (617) 455-5329
- Communications Committee
- Chair: Freddi L. Greenberg (847) 864-4010
- Charitable Grants Committee
- Co-Chairs: Michael Stosser (212) 946-6821
Meredith Berger Chambers (713) 265-0376
Earle H. O'Donnell (202) 626-3582
- Fundraising Committee
- Co-Chairs: Richard Roberts (202) 429-6756 and
Robert Weishaar (202) 898-5700
- Gala Event Committee
- Coordinator: Michele Duehring (202) 223-5625/i>
- Golf Event Committee
- Chair: Evan Reese (202) 298-1917
- Charitable Service Committee
- Chair: Bill Booth (202) 296-1500
- Scholarships and Internships Committee
- Chair: Gunnar Birgisson (202) 349-3494
To access the Foundation's Committee Participation Form,
click here.
Financial contributions to the Foundation may be made
in several ways:
- Send a contribution to the Foundation, attention
Ms. Lorna Johnston Wilson, Energy Bar Association,
1990 M Street, N.W., Suite 350, Washington, D.C. 20036,
Tel: (202) 223-5625;
- Mark the check-off box designated for contributions
to the Foundation on your EBA membership renewal form
(EBA members only);
- Purchase a ticket to one of the Foundation's fundraising
events, including the Annual Golf Tournament (held
each spring) and the Annual Gala Event (held each
fall);
- Become a Sponsor of one of the Foundation's fundraising
events.
The Foundation holds two major fundraising events each year:
The Annual Gala Reception The Annual
Gala Reception is held in conjunction with the Association's Mid-Year
Meeting in the fall of each year. The reception typically includes an
open bar, buffet and appetizers, live music and door prizes or a
raffle. During the reception, the Foundation presents donations to
selected charitable organizations. The next Annual Gala Reception will
be held on November 29, 2007.
The Annual Golf Tournament The Annual Golf
Tournament is held in conjunction with the Association's Annual Meeting
in the spring of each year. In addition to 18 holes of golf, the
tournament typically includes a buffet lunch and prizes. The most
recent tournament was held at Westfields Golf Club in Clifton,
Virginia on April 26, 2007.
Sponsorships The Annual Gala Reception and Annual
Golf Tournament are supported by ticket sales and sponsorships. If you
or your organization would like to become a sponsor of one or both
events, please contact Michele Duehring, Energy Bar Association,
Tel: (202) 223-5625 or Co-Chairs of the Fundraising Committee,
Richard Roberts, (202) 429-6756 & Robert Weishaar, Jr., (202) 898-5700.
Below are links to articles regarding the Foundation appearing in the EBA Newsletter:
Below are links to pictures of Foundation activities:
The initial principal fundraising effort of the
Foundation was its Founders campaign. The Founders Campaign was a
two-year program during 2003 and 2004 to encourage the law firms and
companies who employ EBA members to contribute to the Foundation as a
means of providing the Foundation a solid financial base as it
commenced its operations.
The Founders Campaign was an incredible success. 25
law firms and companies, as well as 17 individuals, pledged and made
contributions to the Foundation at levels sufficient to become
Founders. In all, $219,000 were pledged in the Founders Campaign. The
Foundation wishes to express its deep gratitude to its many Founders
for their wonderful generosity and acknowledges them immediately below.
Platinum Founders
($20,000 and above)
Troutman Sanders LLP
Van Ness Feldman, P.C.
Gold Founders
($10,000 and above)
Chadbourne & Parke, LLP
Day, Berry & Howard, LLP
Dewey Ballantine LLP
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.
Silver Founders
($5,000 and above)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Bruder, Gentile & Marcoux, LLP.
Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke, P.C.
Harkins Cunningham LLP
Heller Ehrman LLP
Hunton & Williams
Jones Day
Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C.
Morrison & Foerster LLC
Northeast Utilities
Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP
Swidler Berlin LLP
Thelen Reid & Priest LLP
Wright & Talisman, P.C.
Individual Founders
($2,000 and above)
Donna Attanasio
Richard Bonnifield
Stuart A. Caplan
Lisanne Crowley & Dwight Dickinson
David & Dianne Doot
Derek, Helen and Robbie Dyson
Mark Haskell
Barbara K. Heffernan
A. Karen Hill
Paul E. Nordstrom
Earle & Catherine O'Donnell
Jeffrey Petrash
Harvey Reiter
Michael Schnitzer
Jacolyn A. Simmons
Mary Vasile
Mark Williams
The Foundation has made charitable donations to several
worthy non-profit organizations for energy-related purposes.
Among these donations are the following:
- My Sisters Place, Washington, D.C.
- Project HOPE/Tsunami Relief
- DC Habitat For Humanity, District of Columbia
- Northern Virginia Habitat for Humanity, Virginia
- Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties,
Tennessee
- SERVE, Inc., Virginia
- NJ Shares, New Jersey
- National Center for Appropriate Technology (national)
- My Sisters Place, District of Columbia
- DC Habitat for Humanity, District of Columbia
2006-2007 Letters
2005-2006 Letters
The Foundation sponsors scholarships to fund energy-related internships for both undergraduates and law students in the United States. The Foundation has worked with The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars to help fund undergraduate internships in Washington, D.C., for which students get college credits. Interns’ placements have included the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), the Department of Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program. In the fall of 2007, CFEBA and TWC placed an intern at the Department of Energy. CFEBA also sponsors and provides stipends for legal interns at regulatory agencies. These have included legal interns at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during the summers of 2006, 2007, and 2008, and legal interns at the Department of Energy in Washington D.C. and in Chicago in 2008. CFEBA is working on expanding its legal intern program to more regions of the country and to state regulatory agencies.
Summer 2009 ICC Legal Externship
Summer 2009 CPUC Internship
The Foundation has engaged in the following public service
projects:
Habitat for Humanity:
- NEXT EVENT - Home construction outing with Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia (Fairfax, VA, September 29, 2007)
- Home construction outing with District of Columbia Habitat for Humanity (Washington, D.C., May 12, 2007)
- Home construction outing with District of Columbia Habitat for Humanity (Washington, D.C. October 14, 2006)
- Home construction outing with District of Columbia
Habitat for Humanity (Washington, D.C., May 2005)
- Home construction outing with Habitat for Humanity
of Northern Virginia (Vienna, VA, March 2005)
- Home construction outing with Habitat for Humanity
of Northern Virginia (Vienna, VA, January 2005)
- Home construction outing with District of Columbia
Habitat for Humanity (Washington, D.C., May 2004)
Public School Volunteer Activities:
- School maintenance outing with Hands On D.C. (Washington,
D.C., May 2004)
Volunteer Energy Efficient Projects:
- Caulking outing with Operation Caulk (Washington,
D.C., Dec. 2004)
- Caulking outing with Operation Caulk (Washington,
D.C., Oct. 2004)
- Caulking outing with Operation Caulk (Washington,
D.C., Aug. 2004)
- Caulking outing with Operation Caulk (Washington,
D.C., Jan. 2004)
- Caulking outing with Operation Caulk (Washington,
D.C., Sept. 2003)
- Caulking outing with Operation Caulk (Washington,
D.C., Aug. 2003)
President
Jeffrey M. Petrash
American Gas Association
Vice President
Paul M. Breakman
Duncan & Allen
Secretary
Robert A. Weishaar, Jr.
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
Treasurer
Robert H. Loeffler
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Gunnar Birgisson
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Richard P. Bonnifield
PSEG Services Corp.
Meredith Berger Chambers
Van Ness Feldman, P.C.
Derek A. Dyson
Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke, P.C.
Freddi L. Greenberg
Freddi L. Greenberg, Attorney at Law
Walter R. Hall, II
Attorney-at-Law
Susan N. Kelly
American Public Power Association
Jason F. Leif
Jones Day
Richard Meyer
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Earle H. O'Donnell
White & Case LLP
Evan C. Reese, III
Van Ness Feldman, P.C.
Howard H. Shafferman
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
Michael A. Stosser
Ardour Capital Investments, LLC
Channing D. Strother, Jr.
McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, P.C.
Katherine C. Zeitlin
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
The Charitable Foundation of the Energy Bar
Association was organized through the joint efforts of the Board of
Directors of the Energy Bar Association and the Foundation of the
Energy Law Journal. The Associations' Board of Directors formally
authorized the creation of the Foundation in December 2001. The
Foundation was incorporated in April of 2002 in the District of
Columbia and received its 501(c)(3) tax status in October of 2002. The
Energy Bar Association, the Foundation of the Energy Law Journal, the
members of the Association and their employers, including those
members, law firms and companies who became Founders, have contributed
generously to the Foundation.
The Foundation's organizational documents are available
for public inspection during normal business hours at
the offices of the Energy Bar Association, 1990 M Street, N.W., Suite 350, Washington, D.C. 20036, Tel:
(202) 223-5625. Inquiries should be directed to Ms. Lorna
Johnston Wilson.
The Charitable Foundation of the Energy Bar Association
is an all-volunteer organization. No Officer or Director
of the Foundation receives a salary or any other form
of financial compensation for his or her efforts on behalf
of the Foundation.
The Board of Directors of the Foundation wishes to thank
the Foundation's Founders, the Energy Bar Association,
its members, the Foundation of the Energy Law Journal
and others who have so generously contributed to the Foundation
and participated in the Foundation's activities. We pledge
that your contributions will be channeled strictly to
worthwhile charitable organizations and needy individuals
for energy-related and general charitable purposes with
little or no overhead due to the Foundation.
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