Giving Your guide to community giving in the Lowcountry | 2010-11
Team spirit Sports teams in the Lowcountry make giving back a priority
The big impact of microloans Next-generation giving: A call to action
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Champions On and Off The Ice On the Ice The South Carolina Stingrays are proud to be able to give back to the community that has enthusiastically and warmly supported us for past seventeen years. The Stingrays are dedicated to playing an active role in the community by raising funds and awareness for local charities throughout the year. Last year, the South Carolina Stingrays and their loyal fans helped raised $40,000 for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Lowcountry Affiliate. The South Carolina Stingrays have joined forces again with the Susan G. KomenLowcountry Affiliate and East Cooper Regional Medical Center in hopes to increase awareness to their fans and everyone affected by this disease. This season’s theme for the 5th Annual Pink in the Rink, held on January 22, 2011 is “Raising the Curtains for Cancer.” By raising the curtains inside the coliseum, an additional 3,000 fans from the Lowcountry will be able to join the Stingrays and take part in the fight against breast cancer. In addition to raising money for breast cancer awareness this season, the Stingrays will also be hosting nights to help raise money and increase the awareness of preventing Domestic Violence, increase the researching efforts of Epilepsy as well as Autism. On December 4th will be the annual Teddy Bear Toss for Debi’s Kids and the Salvation Army. For a complete list and to view the Stingrayspromotional calendar visit: www.stingrayshockey.com
The Stingrays Foundation The South Carolina Stingrays are in the process of developing the Stingrays Foundation - a non-profit organization that will focus on raising money year round for local charities.The goal of the Stingrays Foundation is to raise the level of community commitment through players, mascot and staff appearances as well as fundraisers and donations. Through this Foundation, we hope to form ongoing relationships with corporations and organizations to improve the quality of life of the families and individuals in the city of Charleston and surrounding communities. The Stingrays Foundation will continue striving to enhance the community by touching thousands of lives through dynamic and innovative programs. If you’re interested in learning more about the Stingrays Foundation please contact Randi Brown at 843-744-2248 or rbrown@stingrayshockey.com.
Off the Ice Even off the ice, the Stingrays utilize the unique resources of its professional athletes, coaches and staff to reach out and become positive role models throughout the Charleston community. The SC Stingrays Hat Trick for Reading Program was designed to stimulate interest in reading among local Elementary and Middle school school-aged children. This year, participation in the schools and students involved has nearly tripled in the Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester 2 and 4 counties. The Hat Trick for Reading Program shows children the importance that reading plays in their lives. The Stingrays are committed to positively influencing and supporting the local community by supporting new programs and opportunites that come into the Lowcountry. A new event to SC and the Stingrays family occured this summer with the Down Syndrome Association of the Lowcountry’s “Lose the Training Wheels Bicycle Camp” for children with special needs. The goal of the program is to change the lives of children by teaching them a skills that build self-confidence, provide inclusion with their peers and open the door to unlimited recreational opportunities. Coach Cail MacLean, President Rob Concannon and the Stingrays front office were fortunate enough partner with the Down Syndrome Association of the Lowcountry and help make an impact in these children lives.
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Team spirit:
Sports teams in the Lowcountry make giving back a priority
The big impact of microloans
Next-generation giving: We’re all connected
Departments 6 - Quick Facts 8 - Overview 16 - 2010 Philanthropy Awards 17 - Philanthropy Week in the Lowcountry 2010 – Nov. 15-19, 2010 25 - Philanthropy Directory
Nonprofit Spotlight 19 – The American Red Cross, Charleston, S.C., Region 21 – Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina 23 – Goodwill Industries of Lower South Carolina Inc. 24 – S.C. Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics Foundation Inc. www.charlestonbusiness.com
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QUICK FACTS Top local funders Rank
Volunteer support
Organization name
Total revenue
Year
$19,150,878
2008
1
Coastal Community Foundation
2
Trident United Way Inc.
$9,808,254
2009
3
Spaulding Paolozzi Foundation
$7,306,824
2008
4
Mark Elliott Motley Foundation Inc.
$2,349,345
2009
5
Charles & Brenda Larsen Private Foundation
$2,347,396
2008
6
Jerry and Anita Zucker Family Foundation Inc.
$2,104,210
2008
7
Jewish Endowment Fund Inc.
$1,584,014
2008
8
Herzman-Fishman Foundation
$1,346,762
2009
9
Mabel Stowe Query Foundation Inc.
$1,262,590
2009
10
Charleston Jewish Federation
$944,414
2008
Information from GuideStar, compiled by Coastal Community Foundation, based on the most recent information available. Dates vary, as some organizations run on a fiscal year while others run on the calendar year.
Organization No. of volunteers Lowcountry Food Bank .............................................. 6,500 Sea Island Habitat for Humanity ................................. 3,551 Charleston Habitat for Humanity ................................ 3,000 American Red Cross, Carolina Lowcountry Chapter .... 2,370 Charleston Children’s Charity ..................................... 2,000 East Cooper Habitat for Humanity .............................. 2,000 United Methodist Relief Center ................................... 2,000 Trident United Way ..................................................... 2,000 Rural Mission ............................................................. 1,600 American Heart Association ....................................... 1,000 American Stroke Association...................................... 1,000 Tricounty Family Ministries............................................ 800 Historic Charleston Foundation...................................... 700 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation................... 600 Footlight Players ........................................................... 500 Charleston Wine and Food Festival ................................ 500 Charleston Orphan House ............................................. 500 Metanoia Community Development Corp. ..................... 450 Special Olympics South Carolina ................................... 400 Information compiled by the Coastal Community Foundation.
Recent nonprofit startups Ruling Organization year
Purpose
Focus
Cultural
8.41%
Cainhoy Athletic Soccer Club
Athletics/fitness
2009
Chabad of Charleston
Jewish religion
Religion
2009
Lowcountry Local First
Sustainability
Environment
2009
Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry
Special-needs education
Special Needs
2010
Children Come First Coalition
Foster care/Department of Social Services reform
Human Needs
2010
Chucktown Squash*
Education and athletics for disadvantaged children
Education
2009
Health
Miscellaneous
Human Services
23.55%
Public-Society Benefit
15.78%
U.S.
8.73% Education/Research
23.99% Health Care
14.03% Conservation
5.51%
2010
In Every Story*
Employment for homeless
Human Needs
2010
The Double X Effect
International relief
Health
Charleston Promise Neighborhoods
Community development for disadvantaged children
Neighborhood/ Community Development
2009
Charleston Waterkeeper
Conservation/preservation of local waters
2009
Youth Orchestra of the Lowcountry
Symphonic music for youth Arts
2010
Percentage of nonprofit revenue by sector
Cultural
Miscellaneous
2.72%
16.80%
Human Services
12.09%
Public-Society Benefit
2.02%
Tricounty
Education/Research
23.45% Health Care
Environment
* Applied for Internal Revenue Service determination of 501(c)(3) status. Compiled by the Coastal Community Foundation.
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42.20%
Conservation
0.72%
These charts represent the amount of money nonprofits received from donors, foundations, grants and other forms of gifts. Totals listed do not include other types of income. Compiled by Coastal Community Foundation Sources: Giving USA, GuideStar
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QUICK FACTS Nonprofit Rankings Top 10 Top 10 arts organizations ranked by annual revenue 1. Spoleto Festival USA Inc. .................................................. $8,925,885 2. Historic Charleston Foundation .......................................... $3,460,572 3. Medal of Honor Foundation Inc. ........................................ $3,418,523 4. Charleston Symphony Orchestra........................................ $2,715,262 5. Gibbes Museum of Art ....................................................... $2,377,187 6. The Charleston Museum.................................................... $2,250,742 7. Distinctively Charleston Food & Wine Festival Inc. ............. $2,106,556 8. Charleston Stage Company Inc. ........................................ $1,378,976 9. American College of the Building Arts ................................ $1,365,067 10. Beale Street Ballet ............................................................. $1,134,533
Top 10 education organizations ranked by annual revenue 1. Charleston Southern University ........................................ $61,028,609 2. The Citadel* .................................................................... $27,839,758 3. Porter-Gaud School* ........................................................ $18,002,430 4. James Island Charter High School ................................... $13,953,005 5. Ashley Hall Foundation .................................................... $12,817,256 6. College of Charleston* ....................................................... $7,371,114 7. Pinewood Preparatory School ............................................ $7,345,979 8. Orange Grove Elementary Charter School .......................... $6,154,031 9. Dictionary Project .............................................................. $3,836,222 10. Meeting Street Academy.................................................... $3,664,761
Top 10 environmental/conservation organizations ranked by annual revenue 1. S.C. Aquarium ................................................................... $6,841,335 2. Charleston Animal Society ................................................. $3,837,661 3. S.C. Coastal Conservation League ..................................... $2,897,626 4. S.C. Maritime Heritage Foundation .................................... $2,550,216 5. Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc. ................ $1,466,392 6. International Primate Protection League ............................ $1,271,142 7. Southeastern Wildlife Exposition Inc. ................................. $1,158,303 8. Pet Helpers Inc. ................................................................ $1,078,951 9. Lowcountry Open Land Trust Inc. ......................................... $913,255 10. Berkeley County SPCA .......................................................... $701,922
Top 10 health organizations ranked by annual revenue 1. Roper St. Francis Hospital* ............................................ $524,753,040 2. Medical University of South Carolina* ............................ $322,990,622 3. Lifepoint .......................................................................... $20,855,255 4. Franklin C. Fetter Family Health Center Inc. ..................... $11,425,237 5. Hospice of Charleston Inc. ................................................ $9,730,722 6. Charleston Breast Center ................................................... $2,313,363 7. St. James Santee Rural Health Program ............................ $2,190,327 8. Cooper River Bridge Run Inc. ............................................ $1,485,755 9. Sea Island Comprehensive Health...................................... $1,200,597 10. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charleston Inc. ........... $951,373
Top 10 neighborhood/community development organizations ranked by annual revenue 1. 2. 3. 4.
Berkeley-Dorchester Counties Economic Dev. Corp. ........ $14,324,317 Save the Light Inc. ............................................................ $4,753,106 Humanities Foundation Inc. .............................................. $2,160,755 Ansonborough Housing Corp. ............................................... $809,906
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5. S.C. Association of Community’s Development Corp. ............ $715,048 6. Metanoia Inc. ....................................................................... $674,504 7. Charleston Area Community Development Corp. .................. $382,247 8. Trident Urban League ........................................................... $344,120 9. The Sustainability Institute.................................................... $246,483 10. Lowcountry Local First ......................................................... $213,960
Top 10 human needs organizations ranked by annual revenue 1. Goodwill Industries of Lower S.C. Inc. ............................. $25,663,824 2. Episcopal Church Home................................................... $23,215,287 3. Lowcountry Food Bank Inc. ............................................. $19,413,266 4. Berkeley Citizens Inc. ....................................................... $9,273,145 5. Summerville Family YMCA ................................................. $6,942,807 6. Charleston County Human Services Commission ............... $4,745,508 7. Water Missions International ............................................. $4,720,304 8. Charleston Orphan House Inc. ........................................... $3,673,413 9. Crisis Ministries ................................................................. $3,499,776 10. Family Services Inc. .......................................................... $3,301,398 *Data are not directly comparable because several nonprofits are combined under a single organization Information from GuideStar, compiled by the Coastal Community Foundation, based on most recent information available. Dates vary, as some organizations run on a fiscal year while others run on the calendar year. Revenues are as reported in the most recent IRS Form 990 listings maintained by GuideStar at www.guidestar.com. Only widely recognized 501(c)(3) public charities are listed.
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Nonprofit sector: Focusing on the fundamentals By Allison Cooke Oliverius
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s the nonprofit sector begins to turn the corner after the Great Recession, organizations are leaving a “survival of the fittest” stage and entering a new phase of regrowth and colonization. “Nonprofits know how to run a business, but there is a greater focus on the fundamentals — including business plans — as the organizations ask themselves, ‘How do we work in this new environment?’ ” said George Stevens, president and CEO of the Coastal Community Foundation. Organizations aren’t assuming things are just going to work out, said Jan Pomerantz, principal of the nonprofit consulting firm Catalyst Corps. “It’s a careful profession that without a business plan, the organization won’t go much farther,” she said. “You can’t leave stuff to chance at
“There is a shift from the donors being a contributor or a friend of the organization to the donor being a doer. And there is a lot of expertise there.” George Stevens president and CEO of the Coastal Community Foundation all, and it will be that way permanently. This is not a temporary blip. The economy has changed the way they do business.”
is as much board-driven as it is staff-driven, Pomerantz added. “In almost every case, it is board members or major fundraisers that are the driving force,” she said. “They have an interest in attacking the issues and getting a business plan in place. They are getting hands-on and looking for the return on investment that simply hasn’t been there to the same level. There is lots of interest in evaluation, measurement and outcome.” Stevens has also noticed that trend. “There is a shift from the donors being a contributor or a friend of the organization to the donor being a doer. And there is a lot of expertise there,” Stevens said.
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other, as well as with the private sector. In order for nonprofits to maximize their results, they might need to share and in some cases consolidate services. “Doing good is not just for the 501(c)(3) organizations, and there is great innovation in the private sector,” Pomerantz said. “And the people that are going to be the most successful have been able to reach across the aisle and bring in for-profit partners. It’s turned into a whole different ballgame.”
The nonprofit sector has been roiled in the past couple of years by the instability in the financial markets. Many donors have responded by reducing the size of charitable gifts they’ve made, or they’ve stopped giving entirely. The Coastal Community Foundation’s Stevens said he’s also seen a shift in the types of nonprofits that have received funding. Overall, there has been a greater emphasis on organizations such as food banks and homeless shelters, and less of an emphasis on those that provide mental health or youth development programs, he said. Organizations that are heavily funded by the government have not done well, either. That’s partly because of government cutbacks and partly because of a misconception that if an organization is funded by the government, it must not need donations, Stevens said. However, as fears of a double-dip recession have begun to subside, Stevens is confident that charitable giving will rebound. He added that economic development announcements from Boeing Co. and the Clemson University Restoration Institute likely will lead donors to invest in the community.
Coastal Community Foundation reaches $100 million milestone Coastal Community Foundation began in 1974 with $9,000 from the Rotary Club of Charleston. Today, the organization manages more than $103 million in combined assets held in more than 532 individual funds. In fiscal 2010, the foundation distributed $11 million in grants to more than 700 nonprofit organizations in the Lowcountry. And in the fall, the organization will celebrate reaching the $100 million mark in grants it has distributed. “This is a celebration for the whole community,” said CEO George Stevens. “It a reflection of how charitable the community is.” “Donors are driven by their heart and their head, and when they make large gifts, they look to the future,” Stevens said. “Donors are looking at our community — and these economic development investments — and saying our community will be stronger and their investments will help increase the services the nonprofit sector can provide.”
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FEATURE
The South Carolina Stingrays make regular visits throughout the year to the Medical University of South Carolina Children’s Hospital. (Photo provided)
TEAM SPIRIT P
rofessional sports teams, including the Charleston RiverDogs, the Charleston Battery and the South Carolina Stingrays, have a unique opportunity to reach a broad scope of fans with a message. Often, the message fans see most is related to the teams’ sponsors for apparel, beverages and the like. But organizations in the Charleston region have started sending deeper messages to their fans about the importance of giving back to the community any way they can, whether it’s with time, money or simply awareness.
Dogs with a cause The Charleston RiverDogs’ devotion to giving begins with the blueprint that team president Mike Veeck created when he and his business partners bought the New York Yankees Class A affiliate more than 10 years ago. “ ‘Fun is good’ is his philosophy,” said Dave Echols, general manager. “And when you delve into the definition of that, there is more to it than hoping to hear laughter in the workplace. “Giving back is a central part of the business plan. It allows us to do a lot more for the
Sports teams in the Lowcountry make giving back a priority
community and expect more out of our staff,” Echols said. For starters, everyone on the staff is required to be actively involved in one or two charitable or civic organizations in the community. “The idea is that if you are interacting with the community and giving back, you will feel good, and in ways you are able to be an overall more well-rounded and happier person. And that will translate in the workplace,” Echols said. “We let them choose what’s near and dear to their hearts. We have 15 to 20 full-time staff, so that’s 15 to 20 different organizations that are receiving help from the RiverDogs.” During the off-season, the office closes one day each month and the staff members volunteer together for an organization. Recently, they spent the day working with Habitat for Humanity renovating a home on Lee Street in downtown Charleston. The historic home is getting a makeover thanks to a partnership among Habitat, Historic Charleston Foundation and the city of Charleston. It’s a departure from the typical Habitat projects, which are mostly new con-
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The Charleston RiverDogs staff, including General Manager Dave Echols, spent a day in October volunteering with Habitat for Humanity. (Photo/Kim McManus)
struction. The 1890s-era Charleston single home has been stripped down and is being rebuilt with the help of community volunteers like the RiverDogs staff. “Volunteers are the cornerstone for Habitat,” said Dan Jones, project manager for the Lee Street renovation. “They make projects like this possible.” During baseball season, the team’s efforts www.charlestonbusiness.com
FEATURE are more noticeable, with its Dogs with a Cause promotion, held during each Monday home game. The team selects a nonprofit organization or charity to highlight during the evening, bringing awareness to its mission. One cause near and dear to the organization is the Storm Eye Institute at the Medical University of South Carolina, for which it has been raising awareness and money for about 10 years. Echols said Veeck’s daughter Rebecca was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease that has left her legally blind. “When that happened, the team took it upon itself to bring the cause to the forefront,” Echols said. The players, who are only in town for baseball season, have a chance to participate with appearances at MUSC Children’s Hospital. They are also actively involved in the RBI program, which stands for Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities. RBI, which is operated in partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Trident Area, encourages inner-city youth to participate in the sport. The RiverDogs raise money to fund the program, and to help with equipment and travel, and the team members help the kids practice. The RiverDogs have also made a big commitment to Charleston County Schools. They helped create a reading and fitness program for third-graders and participate in a sports and entertainment academy in the high schools to expose students to the business side of sports. The Stingrays and the Battery are involved, too. For its philanthropy efforts, the RiverDogs franchise has been selected as the 2010 Outstanding Corporate Philanthropist for the Charleston Region, an award that will be presented by the Association of Fundraising Professionals on National Philanthropy Day, Nov. 18. “The need seems to keep getting greater and greater in general,” Echols said. “I wish we could do more. “But when you talk about what the RiverDogs are trying to do, you have to take a step back and you see that the Battery and the Stingrays are doing something similar. The sports organizations in the community are doing a lot of giving back, and I wouldn’t say it’s all under the radar, but people would be surprised about how much is going on.”
Above: The Charleston Battery’s Blackbaud Stadium is used for a variety of community and charitable events, including the Bocce Bash, which benefits the Special Olympics. Left: Stingrays mascot Cool Ray visits the MUSC Children’s Hospital. Right: The Stingrays’ annual Pink in the Rink event raises awareness and funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. (Photos provided)
it emerged on the scene nearly 20 years ago. Founded by philanthropist Tony Bakker, who also founded Blackbaud, the team continues to support local organizations but has also spent the past few years focusing on the environment. “We have actually transformed the way that we do business with top-to-bottom changes throughout the organization,” Battery President Andrew Bell said. “We eliminated bottled water from the stadium concessions despite the fact that we knew it would cost us from an income perspective. Instead, we have been offering complimentary filtered tap water.” The club installed a geothermal HVAC system for the offices, applied a 100% recycling policy, upgraded numerous appliances, installed tankless water heaters, switched out lightbulbs (no small task in a facility that size) and installed an 11-kilowatt solar array at the north end of the stadium. As for community outreach, the Battery holds numerous fundraisers, and at each of its 13 home games this past season, the team partnered with Blackbaud to recognize a local Team spirit nonprofit. The Charleston Battery soccer team has “Throughout the match, we highlight been involved in philanthropic efforts since that week’s nonprofit via PAs and encourage www.charlestonbusiness.com
our fans to visit an information table to learn more,” Bell said. “Then, at halftime, we bring the group out onto the field and recognize them in front of the crowd.” From a soccer standpoint, the team has for the past decade used a program called Kicks for Kids to enable children to attend Battery games who might not ordinarily be able to come. Sponsors purchase blocks of discounted tickets that are then distributed to groups within the community. “It’s worked very well and, of course, the added benefit for us is that children who might not play soccer are exposed to our sport and our game day experience,” Bell said.
Pink in the rink The S.C. Stingrays hockey team backs various causes in the community, such as literacy and feeding the hungry. “Cancer is also a cause that is very close to us,” said Anita Zucker, part owner of the Stingrays and president of the InterTech Group. Zucker’s husband, entrepreneur and philanthropist Jerry Zucker, died of cancer in 2008. The Stingrays support the Susan G. See TEAMS, Page 17
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The big impact of microloans A
By Marsha Guerard
Peruvian woman named Maria beams into the camera, a serene smile lighting her 58-year-old face. The shelf beside her is fully stocked with beauty items for her customers. Maria’s beauty shop has become one of the busiest in her home city of Tarma. Maria’s small business was helped tremendously by a loan she received from an international band of donors — including some here in Charleston. She used the money to invest in an inventory of beauty products to sell to customers whose hair she styles. Since she took out the loan in March, she has repaid 53%. The story of Maria’s small-business success plays out every day on the Main Streets of America, but it’s an unusual tale in Peru, where money for such investments is scarce. And the loan that gave an infusion of lifeblood to her beauty shop? It was tiny by U.S. standards: a whopping $725. Although she’s probably never visited Charleston, Maria has a direct connection to the Lowcountry. Her loan was funded in part by
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Ikon Financial Group, a local mortgage firm. Ikon hasn’t gone into the small-business loan industry; instead, members of the staff have decided to donate a portion of their home loan closing proceeds to Kiva, a nonprofit organization that offers microloans to small businesses around the world. When the loans are repaid, Kiva reinvests the money in other impoverished areas. “It’s very satisfying,” said Jason Myers, a coowner of Ikon. “They give you updates on each of the loans. It’s good to know we’ve helped a business get going in another country. You are helping the economy in a foreign country.” Ikon’s donations have funded a group of bakers in Ghana; shoe sales in Mexico and the Ikon Financi Dominican Republic; clothing sales in Nicaal Charleston, S Group C ragua, Senegal and Nigeria; and a spare parts store in Tajikistan, among others. Each time, an individual or a small group of people have been helped to support their families through these microloans, and the ripple effect can touch whole towns. The microloans idea has come home to roost in Charleston in more ways than one. In addition to local donors such as the Ikon Group, there are beneficiaries of microloans doing business here in the Lowcountry, as well. Maria Victoria Pittman of North Charleston beTarma, Peru gan her own small business, RSVP Services/ Ikon Financial Group donates a portion of its home loan Family Matters cleaning service, after she was closing proceeds to Kiva, a nonprofit organization that laid off from her full-time job in 2009. She offers microloans to small businesses around the world. had the help of a $1,000 microloan from the
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Entrepreneur Barbara Hearst (right) gave a check to the Center for Women to pilot a microloan program. The first two microloan recipients were Corrie Silvers (left) and Victoria Pittman (center). (Photo provided)
Center for Women, which she stretched to set up her home office. “I got a laptop, software, a printer and I figured about a year’s worth of Internet service with that loan,” Pittman said. “Before that, I had files sitting on the floor.” The Center for Women didn’t set Pittman adrift after loaning her the money, either. The nonprofit made expert business resources available to her at no cost. “I didn’t have any information on licensing, insurance or advertising,” Pittman said. “Because my first small business was a franchise, I never had to deal with that. You pay a fee and the franchise does it for you.” But in setting up Family Matters on her own, she needed to know about things like state licenses, insurance bonds and so on. The center referred her to members who had expertise in these areas. “Their assistance and resources have been invaluable to me in this process,” Pittman said. Jennet Robinson Alterman, executive director at the Center for Women, said the microloan program began this year and, in addition to Pittman’s loan, included a $1,000 loan to Corrie Silvers. The former nanny has opened a business called Teacups and Trucks that provides accoutrements for themed children’s parties. Silvers used her loan to buy a trailer, which enabled her to expand the business and handle larger parties. This success has spurred the Center for www.charlestonbusiness.com
FEATURE Women to expand its loan program. “Next year, we’re planning to do between eight and 10 more,” Alterman said. With a background in the Peace Corps, Alterman was very familiar with microenterprises and the positive impact they could have on the lives of women and their families. She began the center’s small-business program seven years ago with that thought in mind. Barbara Hearst, who divides her time between Sag Harbor, N.Y., and Charleston, provided the catalyst for the center’s microloan program. She began her own business, B. Hearst Design, to manufacture women’s clothing. At the same time, she set up the Good4Women Foundation to support the microloan program at the Center For Women. Since Pittman received the loan in March, her business has grown, and she’s pleased with the progress. A business that began with her and her three children now totals seven people. As word gets out about her cleaning service, referrals grow. And even there, the center has helped her. “For their 20th anniversary, the Center for Women had a celebration event on Oct. 15, and they let me put an advertising flyer in their gift bags,” Pittman said. “The next morning, at 8 a.m., I had a call.”
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Microloans for small businesses might be increasing in South Carolina Earlier this year, Gov. Mark Sanford signed a bill to establish a study committee for the fostering of microenterprise in the state. And a separate bill, HB 4283, was sent to the Ways and Means Committee during the 2010 session. If passed, that bill would provide $200,000 in microloans for green small business development. These small steps, however, were not enough to spare the Palmetto State from an overall grade of F on the Corporation for Enterprise Development’s assets and opportunity scorecard for 2009-10. The state ranks 35th in the nation in small-business ownership, 46th in women’s business ownership and 45th in minority business ownership. Microloan programs often are aimed at minority and female entrepreneurs, such as the loans available through Charleston’s Center for Women. In South Carolina, these loans are one of few economic bright spots for women. According to a 2008 report prepared by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, the Palmetto State earned a grade of D+ on a composite employment and earnings index for women across the United States. The state ranked 40th for women’s median annual earnings and 39th in the institute’s composite social and economic autonomy index.
The S.C. Alliance for Women has recommended the development here of State Microenterprise Intermediaries, like those in Oregon and Nebraska, through which nonprofit financial institutions were created to provide central underwriting, processing and servicing of microloans to small businesses in their state. If a State Microenterprise Intermediary were created here, it could be eligible for federal community development funding, as well as support from the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development, the Alliance for Women said. The intermediaries do exist on the local level in a few places here, such as the Charleston Local Development Corp., a nonprofit agency that offers SBA microloans up to $35,000 to small businesses in Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties. To qualify, the business owner must have been turned down by banks for a traditional business loan and the loan must be personally guaranteed and collateralized. The Charleston Local Development Corp. does receive federal money, as well as private contributions, from foundations and a local bank consortium.
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Next-generation giving: We’re all connected By Marsha Guerard
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arry Waldman is blunt when he talks about the Lowcountry’s need for a new generation of giving. “If you are in doubt that we’re all connected and that all of us suffer when anyone suffers, all you have to do is to look at what has happened in the economy in the past few years,” Waldman, vice president of communications for Trident United Way, said. “Problems in three or four significant companies took down the whole economy. “If you want an economy that can function, if you don’t want to be stepping over homeless people in the street, then we must all pull together. “ Surprisingly, the downturn in the economy hasn’t translated into a drop in donations at Trident United Way. The organization has increased and met its fundraising goals even during this major recession, Waldman said. But the economic meltdown has had an impact: The need for services in the community has so vastly outstripped what United Way’s nonprofit partners can provide, it has more than offset any modest fundraising gains. The United Way doesn’t spend a great deal of time trying to attract donations from those who have never considered giving before, Waldman said. “Think of philanthropy as a product,” he said. “It’s either a product you’re interested in, or it’s not. I’m not interested in buying a truck and no matter how much effort you put into it, I’m never going to buy a truck.” For some people, no amount of effort will spur them to give to the community.
Food requests to East Cooper Community Outreach have increased 41% since 2008. (Photos provided)
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance is offered annually to Lowcountry residents. (Photos provided)
Dental services and eye, ear, nose and throat checks are given at Countdown to Kindergarten.
“What we find is that the people who feel a connection to a community are those who are willing to give to support that community,” Waldman said. About 1,000 local companies support United Way. In some companies, management creates an internal feeling of community among employees. So even if a person doesn’t feel particularly connected to the region at large, he is plugged in to the internal community at his company and will give to United Way because of that corporate culture. For those who are hesitant to give, the statistics are out there to give some peace of mind. The United Way has concentrated its work in three areas — education, income
and health. And the agency seeks measurable progress in each area before renewing annual funding to local agencies. And there’s a huge need for such giving, Waldman said. “Our 2-1-1 hotline, which answers calls for help 24 hours a day, has gone from 40,000 to 50,000 calls in the last two years,” he said. “And they’re calling for help with basic needs. They may have lost their home and are living with family, for instance, but they have to get out because the family they’re living with will be evicted at the end of the month.” The United Way’s help line connects people to resources in the community, Waldman said, but those partners are running out of
A Trident United Way volunteer committee decides how to invest monetary donations.
Countdown to Kindergarten helps children transition into kindergarten.
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FEATURE money or supplies every month. One example of that problem might at first seem unlikely. The area around Mount Pleasant, Sullivan’s Island and the Isle of Palms includes some of the Lowcountry’s most affluent neighborhoods. In the midst of that plenty, however, the nonprofit organization East Cooper Community Outreach strives to meet the needs of people who live in hidden pockets of poverty. With massive layoffs, those ranks are growing to include many people who live in more affluent neighborhoods, as well. East Cooper Community Outreach is trying to meet needs at a time when individual donations are down considerably, said Executive Director Jack Little. The nonprofit draws 46% of its income from donated services and food, 19% from grants, 13% from fundraisers held throughout the year and 23% from individual donors, businesses and churches. In 2007, 5,399 requests came in for free groceries from the agency’s food pantry. That number ballooned to 8,366 in 2009 after the economy crashed. And so far in 2010, there have been 9,197 requests for food, Little said. “We don’t turn people away when they ask for food. Sometimes it gets very low, and they might not get all that they ask for, but we don’t send them away with nothing,” Little said. But that’s not true with the increased requests for direct financial help to pay rent or electric bills. In 2007, 263 people approached East Cooper Community Outreach for financial help, and so far this year, 808 have sought support. Little says with disappointment that the agency has had enough money to help only 355 of those 808 people. In the past few years, the group has refined its focus toward giving people the tools they need to climb out of poverty. “What we’re trying to get across is that we’re not just giving fish away, we’re teaching people how to fish,” Little said. In 2009, East Cooper Community Outreach helped 75 people earn their GED diplomas, and so far in 2010 that number is already at 125. That and other programs help clients to better manage their lives and to be more employable. But agencies such as the school system, which supports the GED program, are facing budget cutbacks, Little said. So is the state Department of Social Services, the government agency that serves as a safety net for those in poverty. “The public has to step up,” Little said. “We can’t rely on the government to solve these problems.” www.charlestonbusiness.com
Next-generation giving: It's easier than you might think By Marsha Guerard
have a high enough volume of donors to justify the software’s expense. There’s a catch in his voice when Jeffrey The earthquake and the subsequent benefit Montgomery recalls how the January 2010 earth- concert changed all that dramatically. Partners in quake in Haiti affected him. Health had about 12,000 annual donors prior to “I saw this photo of a man standing in the de- the earthquake, according to online giving coordistruction with his daughters in his arms,” Mont- nator Charles Howes. In the months immediately gomery said. “I have two daughters and I thought, after the benefit concert, the organization had ‘What if that was my two daughters in that situ- more than 200,000 donors. ation?’” Federal regulations require that nonprofits acBut like many in the United States, Mont- count for and respond to donors within a set pegomery felt helpless in the face of such total riod of time to acknowledge each donation. Even destruction. He couldn’t just fly to with the help of a “borrowed” Haiti alone. “Sure, you can send team of fundraising specialists money,” he said, “but you wonder from Harvard University, the if there isn’t something more you health organization couldn’t could do to help.” keep up with the volume of doIn his case, Montgomery alnations. ready had done the work. He “They came back to us and simply needed to make the consaid. ‘We’re ready to buy the nection. software now,’” Montgomery Montgomery, who started said. “And I thought, ‘Wait a out in Charleston at the software second, we’re only making this company Blackbaud and now runs sale because a tragedy hapJeffrey Montgomery his own firm, O-matic Software, pened.’ I thought there was no (Photo/Leslie Halpern) developed a program that assists way we could make a profit off nonprofit organizations in accountsuch a horrible thing.” ing for and responding to donations they receive. Montgomery’s company made its software Shortly after the magnitude 7 earthquake, actor available for free for two months to the organizaGeorge Clooney organized a benefit concert called tions at work in Haiti, even waiving the cost of Hope for Haiti Now. Dozens of performers participat- setting it up and testing it. If, after using it, the ed, the event was televised worldwide, and $58 mil- organization wanted to buy the software, that lion was raised to benefit seven organizations that would be great. But if not, at least the assistance already were on the ground helping in Haiti. was there while the volume of donations was high One was an organization Montgomery knew enough to swamp any fundraising group. personally, Partners in Health. He had met with “I think four or five organizations used it,” principals of that group in the months before the Montgomery said. “We felt great about it. You can earthquake to sell them his O-matic Software send money, but you always think, ‘Is there anyprogram for fundraising. They were impressed thing more I could do to help?’ Fortunately, it was but didn’t buy the program because they didn’t something we had already done.”
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AWARD WINNERS
2010 Philanthropy Awards Presented by the Lowcountry chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Outstanding Individual Philanthropist – Ted Legasey Ted Legasey has been actively involved in board service and other volunteering efforts to support nonprofits since 2001. He is president of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and serves on the board of directors for the College of Charleston Foundation and the S.C. Aquarium. Legasey also sits on the steering committee for the Trident United Way Toqueville Society, is a founding member of the Charleston Philanthropic Partnership and is the director for Education Performance for the Charleston Promise Neighborhood. Legasey recently completed a term on the board of the Charleston Breast Center. “I got involved by offering my services to organizations who I thought could benefit from the application of my skills,” he said. “Initially, I did this for one or two organizations, but after I retired from my ‘day job’ and moved to the Charleston area, I stepped up my involvement because I found that I could make a difference and that I enjoyed the challenges of working with nonprofits in a hands-on way. “I’ve learned that leadership of volunteers is very different from leadership of employees, but I’ve also learned that the impact of sound leadership in a volunteer environment can have outsize results when it works. What I get out of my work is the satisfaction of helping nonprofits become stronger enterprises so that they can more successfully fulfill their missions.” Legasey is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. He served nine years in the Air Force, during which time he earned a master’s degree in operations research from the University of Pennsylvania. Legasey help found SRA International, a global information technology and professional services firm. He was a key member of the team that took SRA public in 2002. He retired from SRA as its executive vice president and chief operating officer in 2004.
my mother instilled in my brother and I since we were children.” During the past eight years, more than $426,000 has been awarded to organizations in the Lowcountry.
Outstanding Corporate Philanthropist – Charleston RiverDogs Outstanding Community Organization Foundation – Women Making a Difference Women Making a Difference is a giving circle comprising women of varying age groups and demographics. Members join at different levels of giving from $250 to $2500. At the end of the fiscal year, the money is put into a grants pool and is then distributed to area organizations. “Our mission is to build a community of women philanthropists, maintain a permanent endowment fund and provide grants to institutions and initiatives that advance the wellbeing of women and children in the greater Charleston area,” said Jennifer Snowden, chairwoman. “The idea of a giving circle is to pool our money so that we may make a greater impact in our community, as well as impact different organizations each year,” she said. Of the money collected, 85% is awarded each year in grants; 10% is put into an endowment fund managed by the Coastal Community Foundation; 4% goes toward expenses; and 1% goes to the Coastal Community Foundation for its management of the fund. Members are encouraged to nominate an organization of their choosing throughout the year. The Grants Committee conducts site visits to those organizations and decides which will receive grants. The grants ceremony is held each November during Philanthropy Week at the Historic Rice Mill, where grantees and members celebrate the members’ contributions and award the grantees. “I became involved with WMD in its first year, as my mother, Nancy Snowden, is one of the founders, along with Weesie Newton and Katie Dukes,” Snowden said. “I remain involved because giving back is something that
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The RiverDogs baseball team made giving back to the community part of its business plan when President Mike Veeck and his partners invested in the team more than 10 years ago. During baseball season, the organization highlights nonprofits and organizations during its popular “Dogs with a Cause” promotion, held each Monday home game. The evening generates exposure and funds for a specific cause. The club also participates in Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities, or RBI, a youth outreach program. The RiverDogs also worked with Charleston County schools to develop a reading and fitness program for third-graders and a sports and entertainment academy for high school students to expose them to the business side of sports. Players participate in a variety of efforts during baseball season, including volunteer projects and appearances. In the off-season, staff members close the office once a month to volunteer in the Charleston region. This year, they have volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, Lowcountry Orphan Relief and the Charleston Miracle League. For the past 11 years, the team has had a signature partnership with the Medical University of South Carolina Storm Eye Institute, for which the organization has raised awareness and collected nearly $500,000. For more on the RiverDogs’ philanthropic efforts, see page 11.
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Philanthropy Week in the Lowcountry 2010 – Nov. 15-19, 2010 Several nonprofit leaders and organizations join forces each year to promote a week of events centered around National Philanthropy Day, Nov. 18. Through this collaboration, the groups and leaders aim to highlight and strengthen the importance of philanthropy to the community’s economy and overall quality of life. The Lowcountry Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Center for Women, Coastal Community Foundation, Women Making a Difference and the Junior League are the lead partners in organization of the 2009 events. During Philanthropy Week, each organization will host an event focusing on an aspect of community giving. The week’s events are intended to broaden the community’s understanding of how philanthropy can provide solutions for the community’s ills as well as enhance the way of life in the Lowcountry. For more information, visit www.philanthropyweek.org.
Monday, Nov. 15 Mentor Awards Celebration Location: Charleston Marriott, 170 Lockwood Blvd. Time: 6-8 p.m. Sponsored by Be a Mentor and its partner organizations, as well as the Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina. This is a celebration of all the mentors in Charleston. Enjoy the company of fellow mentors and bring a guest who is interested in mentoring. Awards will be given to mentors from various mentoring organizations. Mentors must RSVP at www.beamentornow.org. Registration closes Nov. 10.
Tuesday, Nov. 16 Planting the Seeds Location: Lowcountry Food Bank
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Komen Foundation and hold a large fundraiser each February to benefit the cause. The event, called Pink in the Rink, involves coloring the ice pink. The team wears pink jerseys and pink socks and plays with pink sticks. “Last year was one of the best,” Zucker said of the event, which raised $40,000. “We brought cancer survivors down (to the ice) and the players presented pink sticks to them. It was very memorable.” The Stingrays help fund and manage the Carolina Youth Hockey Association, and they www.charlestonbusiness.com
2864 Azalea Drive Time: 5-7 p.m. The Junior League of Charleston is “Planting the Seeds” for future leadership in the community. The Junior League aspires to be a leading catalyst for positive change in our community through the collective power of women as leaders. During this event, the organization will recognize its community partners who help grow future leaders through volunteer efforts with their organizations. www. jlcharleston.org
Thursday, Nov. 18
National Philanthropy Day: Heart of the Matter Location: Charleston Marriott, 170 Lockwood Blvd. Time: 11:30 a.m., registration and networking; Noon-2 p.m., luncheon and awards Sponsored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. W. Hayne Hipp, former president and CEO of Liberty Corp., will be the guest speaker. In addition, awards will be presented to the 2010 Outstanding Individual Philanthropist, Ted Legasey; the 2010 Outstanding Corporate Philanthropist, Wednesday, Nov. 17 Charleston RiverDogs; and the 2010 Outstanding Women and Philanthropy Community Organization/Foundation, Women MakPanel Discussion ing a Difference. Special recognition will be given to Location: Spoleto Festival USA, 14 George St. John Zeigler. Tickets: Nonprofit individual, $40; nonTime: Noon-1:30 p.m. profit table (seats 10), $350; corporate individual, Local philanthropists will discuss their personal $60; corporate table (seats 10), $500. Registration approaches to giving and supporting nonprofit ef- deadline is Nov. 11; contact Stephanie Johnson at forts in the community. Speakers will include: Bar- 843-723-6915. bara Hearst, Bhearst.com and the Good for Women Foundation; Susan Pearlstine, The Pearlstine Family Friday, Nov. 19 Fund; Harriet McDougal Rigney, The James O. and Charleston Association of Grant Harriet M. Rigney Literacy Fund; Rita Scott, chair- Professionals’ second annual woman, Trident United Way Women’s Leadership Funders’ Fair Council. Sponsored by the Center for Women. Reg- Location: Cathedral of St. John the Baptist istration required: $15. Call 843-763-7333 or go to 120 Broad St. Time: 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. www.c4women.org. Roundtable discussions with funders followed by a Q&A session. It’s an opportunity for local nonWomen Making a Difference Annual profits to meet with grant funders and hear about Grants Reception Location: The Historic Rice Mill, 17 Lockwood Drive the latest funding priorities, application guidelines and more. Open to the public. Registration is at 9:30 Time: 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Join Women Making a Difference as they an- a.m. Cost: $30 for Charleston Association of Grant nounce and honor the 2010 grant recipients and Professionals members; $45 nonmembers (light distribute $40,000 in funds. Members and guests lunch is included). Register at www.cagpfundersare welcome. RSVP to Sarah Nielsen at 843-817- fair.eventbrite.com by Nov. 12. 8544 or womenmakingadifference@gmail.com.
at MUSC Children’s Hospital, and they participate in various programs including Reading Soul Mates, a literacy program with the Boys and Girls Club. “For me, personally, it’s about repairing the world,” Zucker said. “It comes from a Hebrew phrase, ‘tikkun olam,’ that is something our family has always believed in very strongly. It The Stingrays’ Teddy Bear Toss benefits Debi’s Kids means the things we do in the lives of people really helps the world. It means being able to and the Salvation Army. (Photo provided) make a difference in the lives of others. collect stuffed animals to benefit Debi’s Kids “All of us in the minor league profession and the Salvation Army. The hockey players in our community, we all care, and I’m really make appearances, including visiting patients proud of the work we do.” Giving: Your guide to community giving in the Lowcountry 17
The American Red Cross, Charleston, S.C., Region NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHT
MISSION STATEMENT The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement. The Red Cross will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. The Red Cross also sponsors the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), which engages persons 55 and older in volunteer service to meet critical community needs; and provides a high quality experience that will enrich the lives of volunteers. Year established locally: 1917. Top local executive: Louise Welch Williams, Regional CEO Contact information: 8085 Rivers Ave., Suite F, North Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: 843-764-2323 x321 • Fax: 843-764-2318 www.LowcountryRedCross.org Corporate giving contacts: Gordon Robertson, Philanthropy Director 843-764-2323 x368, robertsongo@usa.redcross.org Katherine Bibee, Major Gifts 843-764-2323 x355, maybankk@usa.redcross.org Roberta Freer, Philanthropy Manager 843-764-2323 x386, freerr@usa.redcross.org Average number of volunteers in 2010: 2,700 Total operating budget (2010-2011): $2.6 million Percent of revenue dedicated to program services: 91 cents of each dollar goes to programs and services. Geographic area or specific population served: Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton and Jasper counties. Greatest need: Your time, your talent and your treasures. 2010 Top achievements: • The Red Cross is the only social service agency that responds to the emergency needs of victims of disasters 24 hours a day, every day. Red Cross disaster volunteers responded to the needs of 1,097 victims of single family house fires last year. Based on their need, victims are provided with food, clothing, temporary shelter, replacement of medicines and mental health counseling. • The Red Cross works with government partners to open more than 60 shelters in the event of a large scale disaster. The Red Cross, along with our partners, assisted hundreds of people who left Haiti as a result of the January 2010 earthquake by providing food, beverages, comfort, information and assistance reaching loved ones. www.charlestonbusiness.com
• Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces provided military outreach to 8,582 individuals, support services to military families and military medical facilities. The American Red Cross provides an around-theclock, around-the-world network that allows service members to stay in touch with their families during births, deaths and serious illness. • With the support of over 300 blood drive sponsors in Charleston, the Red Cross conducted 635 blood drives last year. • Volunteers reached 11,184 individuals with information on how to prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters and other emergencies. • Corporate volunteers taught 350 elementary age children, to be water smart using the American Red Cross Longfellow’s WHALE Tales program. • Through American Red Cross International Services, the Red Cross helped reconnect families separated internationally by war, conflict, disaster and other humanitarian emergencies through our global network of Red Cross/Red Crescent partners. Of eight tracing cases, six dealt with Holocaust families. Fundraising events: Old Village Home, Garden & Art Tour will be held April 17, 2011 from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. in the Old Village of Mt. Pleasant. Corporate giving opportunities: • Heroes for Fire Victims supports essential Red Cross disaster relief services and offers businesses, individuals and groups a way to make a difference in the Lowcountry. For $1,250 a donor can give hope to a family that has lost everything to a home fire. • The Clara Barton Society recognizes major donors. Giving opportunities range from $1,000 to $1 million. Donor packets can be customized. • Tiffany Circle Society of Women Leaders is a powerful leadership network of women who, with a commitment of $10,000, change lives, save lives and strengthen their communities. • “Ready When the Time Comes” is a corporate volunteerism program. The Red Cross trains employees of local partner businesses and mobilizes them as a community-based volunteer force ready to respond immediately to a local large-scale disaster. Sponsored by
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Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHT
MISSION STATEMENT To foster philanthropy for the lasting good of the community. Year established locally: 1974 Top local executive: George C. Stevens, Ph.D. Contact information: 90 Mary St., Charleston, SC 29403 2015 Boundary St., 2nd Floor, Beaufort, SC 29902 Main: 843-723-3635 • Fax: 843-577-3671 www.CoastalCommunityFoundation.org Corporate giving contact: Courtenay Fain, Director of Development 843-723-5736, ext. 109 • Courtenay@CoastalCommunityFoundation.org Average number of volunteers in 2010: 207 Total operating budget (2010-2011): $1,357,639
• A record $9.7 million was added by Lowcountry donors to endowment funds and other community funds held in trust at Coastal Community Foundation. • More than 30 new funds were created — many like the Charleston Philanthropic Partnership or the Max Kirshstein Community Endowment — which will provide a permanent renewable funding source for specific regions or specific needs addressed by nonprofit agencies in our community. 2011 Goals: To broaden the community of donors who have created lasting legacies in the Lowcountry by creating new, and expanding existing, endowment funds. In particular: • To expand grant making efforts in underserved communities both urban and rural. • To more fully engage philanthropists in concerted efforts to address persistent needs in our community. • To increase the dollars given out by community-based, volunteer-driven grant making committees.
Percent of revenue dedicated to program services: 94% Geographic area or specific population served: Serving the coastal South Carolina counties of Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton and Jasper. Greatest need: Our primary need is to connect with more people and organizations that are themselves connected with the community. The more Coastal Community Foundation learns from and is exposed to the thinking of both people and organizations with charitable intentions, the better we are able to serve grantees and donors. We strive to encourage innovative work that improves the lives and inspires the generosity of individuals, families, friends, neighborhoods, communities and the entire region.
Corporate giving opportunities: 1. Establishing a Corporate Advised Fund at Coastal Community Foundation. 2. Making a corporate gift to Coastal Community Foundation’s Operating Fund. 3. Coastal Community Foundation accepts matching gifts from employers who offer this benefit to their employees. 4. Coastal Community Foundation accepts in-kind donations (for example, free event space from hospitality vendors). Sponsored by
2010 Top achievements: (Fiscal year July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010) • $11 million in grants was distributed by Coastal Community Foundation last year to more than 700 nonprofit organizations.
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Goodwill Industries of Lower South Carolina Inc. NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHT
MISSION STATEMENT To help people achieve their full potential through the dignity and power of work. Year established locally: 1979
services and job training opportunities to more than 18,000 individuals in lower South Carolina.
Top local executive: Robert G. Smith, President and CEO Contact information: 2150 Eagle Drive, Building 100, North Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: 843-566-0072 • Fax: 843-566-0062 www.PalmettoGoodwill.org Corporate giving contact: Tina Marshall, Vice President of Corporate Relations 843-377-2811 • tmarshall@palmettogoodwill.org Average number of volunteers in 2010: Approximately 360. Total operating budget (2010-2011): $39 million. Percent of revenue dedicated to program services: 90%. Geographic area or specific population served: Our territory covers 18 counties including Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, Marion, Orangeburg, Sumter and Williamsburg. Greatest need: Donations of gently used clothing, household goods, books, small electronics, computers and vehicles are vital to Goodwill’s ability to provide sustainable services to individuals with disabilities and other barriers to employment. The largest employer of people with disabilities in our state, Goodwill relies on mission revenues generated through the sale of donated items to fund job training and employment opportunities for the disabled. Donations made to Goodwill Industries of Lower South Carolina support local communities here in South Carolina. 2010 Top achievements: • During the past year, Goodwill expanded its partnership with S.C. Department of Adult Education to provide Work Keys, Core Employability Skills Training and GED prep to many of the communities where Goodwill operates Job Link Centers. • By the end of 2010, Goodwill will have opened four new Job Link Centers where individuals have access to computers for job searches and resume assistance at no cost to the community. This brings the total number of Job Link Centers to 10: Beaufort, Bluffton, Florence, Little River, Moncks Corner, Myrtle Beach, North Charleston, Summerville, Sumter and Walterboro. • Projections for 2010 show Goodwill will have provided employment www.charlestonbusiness.com
2011 Goals: • Year-over-year increases in the number of people we provide services to and the number of people placed into jobs in the community. • Continued focus on the expansion of mission services into rural areas of our territory that are in need of services. • Continued expansion of existing services. • Continued work in building strong partnerships with other community service providers who compliment our mission in an effort to make services more accessible and transparent to individuals seeking help. Fundraising events: • Goodwill’s Undy 500 Motorcycle Charity Ride will be held on Sept. 18, 2011. Proceeds benefit the Veterans Administration and Goodwill’s Annual Stand Down Against Homelessness, and Goodwill’s “Operation Independence,” a program designed to help Veterans reintegrate back into the work force. Sponsors for this event include Lowcountry HarleyDavidson, California Dreaming, The Bridge/98X and Sonic. • Fundraising events still in the planning stages include a spring fashion show and a golf tournament. Corporate giving opportunities: Goodwill is currently involved in a fundraising campaign designed to provide additional funding for the expansion of job training and employment services. The campaign is designed to make giving affordable for individuals in the community, or for businesses who wish to sponsor training rooms and other spaces inside of Goodwill’s Community Service Center. Businesses that become sponsors are recognized with a bronze plaque with company information next to the room that was sponsored as well as an appreciation award to display in their facility. Individuals may purchase bricks for the courtyard by logging onto www.everybrickcounts.com. Sponsored by
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NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHT
S.C. Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics Foundation Inc.
MISSION STATEMENT Educating South Carolina’s best and brightest students with an eye to the economic future is at the heart of GSSM. The mission of this unique public school is to develop the scientifically astute and ethically aware leaders needed for our state’s expanding knowledge-based economy. The GSSM Foundation supports the mission of the school by supplementing annual state funding to provide the extra resources needed to ensure the best science and math education possible and the widest opportunities for the state’s students.
Year established locally: 1988 Top local executive: Kim Bowman, CEO, GSSM Foundation EVP Strategic Direction, GSSM Contact information: 1201 Main St., Suite 2350, Columbia, SC 29201 Phone: 803-252-9152 • Fax: 803-252-0634 www.scgssm.org Corporate giving contact: Kim Bowman, CEO, GSSM Foundation EVP Strategic Direction, GSSM 803-252-9152 Total operating budget (2010-2011): $2.1 million. Percent of revenue dedicated to program service: 75%. Geographic area or specific population served: Statewide. Greatest need: Ongoing investments by the state of South Carolina and our friends in corporate South Carolina.
2011 Goals: The S.C. Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics will: • Launch “Grow, Produce, Develop,” or (GPOD), which is a new collaboration to advance educational opportunities for students in Berkeley County. • Expand its capstone offering, the Summer Program for Research Interns, to offer international scientific opportunities as well as business internship opportunities. • Develop a statewide engineering initiative for academically motivated students in all S.C. high schools. Fundraising events: 19th Annual Townes Award Dinner will be held March 9, 2011 at 6 p.m. at the Columbia Marriott in Columbia. Given in honor of Dr. Charles H. Townes, a South Carolina native and Nobel Laureate in physics, the Townes Award recognizes leadership in science, education, technology and business innovation. For more information, call 803-252-9152. Corporate giving opportunities: Business Leadership Council annual fund, Smart Giving annual fund, Townes Award Dinner sponsorship, scientific research scholarships, residential scholarships, Summer Science Program scholarships. Sponsored by
2010 Top achievements: The S.C. Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics: • Had the highest SAT and ACT scores in the state. • Launched its Economics and Finance Institute with a Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. • Was awarded seed money by the U.S. Department of Education for a statewide academic readiness initiative.
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Directory Arts Art Forms and Theatre Concepts Inc. 930 Ashley Ave. Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-723-5399 Fax: 843-720-3967 Website: www.aftcinc.com Mission Statement: Produce works by respected playwrights detailing the African-American experience, while creating opportunities for members of the community interested in theatre to have a professional environment to perform. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston County Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $170,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 85% Corporate Giving Contact: Art Gilliard Carolina Studios Corp. Doing Business As: Carolina Studios Music & Technology Program P.O. Box 30934 Charleston, SC 29417 Phone: 843-277-2365 Fax: 843-277-2365 Website: www.carolinastudios.net Mission Statement: To provide youth with the opportunity to be in a self-contained, safe after-school program that promotes productive use of time through music technology to enhance creative, educational and career initiatives. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston area youth ages 8-18 Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $0 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 80% Corporate Giving Contact: Johnnie P. Mitchell Chamber Music Charleston P.O. Box 80072 Charleston, SC 29416 Phone: 843-763-4941 Website: www.chambermusiccharleston. org Mission Statement: Chamber Music Charleston is a non profit performing arts organization dedicated to developing the audience for classical music through chamber music concerts of high artistic quality by musicians of the Lowcountry. During the 2010-2011 concert season the group will present more than 50 concerts, including house concerts, gallery concerts, classical kids concerts, intermezzo concerts and special events. Geographic Area or Population Served: Greater Charleston area (Charleston, Kiawah Island, Edisto Island, Summerville, Daniel Island) Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $201,471 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 82% Corporate Giving Contact: Sandra Nikolajevs Charleston Academy of Music 189 Rutledge Ave. Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-805-7794 Fax: 843-805-7794 Website: www.charlestonmusic.org Mission Statement: To empower students to become achievers by providing superior professional music instruction and performance opportunities.
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Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $300,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 95% Corporate Giving Contact: Eunjoo Yun Charleston Artist Guild P.O. Box 21086 Charleston, SC 29413 Phone: 843-722-2454 Fax: 843-722-2454 Website: www.charlestonartistguild.com Mission Statement: To promote the practice, teaching and appreciation of fine arts in greater Charleston; to provide artist and photographer members with opportunities to improve skills and show their work, compete in exhibitions, gain recognition and market their work; to represent and be of service to the arts community at all levels; to make art a part of the lives of all members of society. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $223,770 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 90% Corporate Giving Contact: Steve Jacobs Charleston Ballet Theatre 477 King St. Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-723-7334 Fax: 843-723-9099 Website: www.charlestonballet.org Mission Statement: To perform and present a repertoire of professional ballet and dance works of the highest quality to local, regional and national audiences. To make dance accessible to all people through presentation of original composition, performances of classical repertoire and masterwork choreography, and educational outreach, while fostering the creative ability and talent of Charleston Ballet Theatre artists. To embrace the diversity of audiences and community. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tricounty area, and tourism into Charleston Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 89% Corporate Giving Contact: Deborah Kaufman Charleston Concert Association P.O. Box 743 Charleston, SC 29402 Phone: 843-727-1216 Fax: 843-727-1206 Website: www.charlestonconcerts.org Mission Statement: To bring the joy of world-class music and dance to our community and instill an appreciation of the performing arts in future generations through education. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $808,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 12% Corporate Giving Contact: Jason Nichols The Charleston Stage Co. Inc. P.O. Box 356 Charleston, SC 29402 Phone: 843-577-5967 Fax: 843-577-5422 Website: www.charlestonstage.com
Mission Statement: To produce live theater of the highest caliber focusing on plays that excite and incite the imagination and include indigenous and original works that celebrate the rich heritage and history of the S.C. Lowcountry. Geographic Area or Population Served: United States, Canada and beyond. Almost 35% are from outside the Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,400,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 71% Corporate Giving Contact: Julian Wiles The Company Company Inc. 307 Tall Oak Ave. Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: 843-670-5634 Website: www.thecompanycompany.com Mission Statement: Re-imagining musical theater wherever people gather. Dedicated to inspiring audiences, nurturing artists and uplifting the community. Geographic Area or Population Served: Lowcountry Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $47,600 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 76% Corporate Giving Contact: William Schlitt Creative Spark Center for the Arts 757 Long Point Road, Building 2 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464-8226 Phone: 843-881-3780 Fax: 843-881-8487 Website: www.creativespark.org Mission Statement: To provide highquality arts education and experiences to all who seek them, regardless of age, ethnicity, ability to pay, talent or sexual orientation. Geographic Area or Population Served: Greater Charleston area approximately 40,000 people a year Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $601,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 85% Corporate Giving Contact: Brandi Elkins Footlight Players 20 Queen St. Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: 843-722-7521 Fax: 843-722-3777 Website: www.footlightplayers.net Mission Statement: To provide the best in theater entertainment for the Lowcountry; to provide an outlet for the talent, energies and cultural aspirations of the community; to create and establish for the future a theater rooted in the traditions, needs and dreams of the community. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county and surrounding areas. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $300,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 65% Corporate Giving Contact: Jocelyn Jenkins Gibbes Museum of Art 135 Meeting St. Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: 843-722-2706 Fax: 843-720-1682 Website: www.gibbesmuseum.org Mission Statement: To link the art of our past with the art of our future through innovative exhibitions, acquisitions, interpretation, and educational programs
that preserve and promote the art of Charleston and the American South. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county area and beyond. Visitors from all over the world. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,500,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 72% Fundraising Events: Fine Art & Flowers May 25-26, 2011, Kiawah Art & House Tour April 8, 2011 Corporate Giving Contact: Marla Loftus League of Charleston Theatres Doing Business As: Theatre Charleston P.O. Box 279 Charleston, SC 29402 Phone: 843-813-8578 Website: www.theatrecharleston.com Mission Statement: Alliance of theater organizations created to support, advocate and promote Charleston’s theater industry locally and nationally. To promote awareness and visibility for live theater in the Charleston area and provide services that strengthen operations of the member theaters and performing arts organizations in general. Serves as a forum for members to address common concerns and as a vehicle for collective action. Geographic Area or Population Served: Greater Charleston area Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $55,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 80% Corporate Giving Contact: Emily Wilhoit Marigold Arts Development Inc. Doing Business As: South of Broadway Theatre Company 1080 E. Montague Ave. North Charleston, SC 29405 Phone: 843 814-4451 Fax: 843 745-0317 Website: www.southofbroadway.com Mission Statement: To illuminate the human experience through theater of the highest professional standards; to ensure diversity and balance in programming and foster an environment for enduring educational and cultural enrichment throughout South Carolina; and to ultimately contribute on a national level to the essential growth and development of live theater in the United States. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $105,008 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 73% Corporate Giving Contact: Chip Nimmich McClellanville Arts Council 733 Pinckney St. McClellanville, SC 29458 Phone: 843-887-3157 Website: www.mcclellanvilleartscouncil. com Mission Statement: To enhance the quality of life in the Seewee to Santee area of Charleston County with arts, cultural and educational programming; to record, preserve and publicize the unique culture of McClellanville and the surrounding countryside. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston, Georgetown, and Horry counties Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $70,000
Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 70% Corporate Giving Contact: Bernadette Humphrey PURE Theatre P.O. Box 448 Charleston, SC 29412 Phone: 843-723-4444 Fax: 843-278-9326 Website: www.puretheatre.org Mission Statement: To create exceptional theater experiences that enliven thought, ignite dialogue and expand consciousness for a diverse gathering of artists and audience. Geographic Area or Population Served: Downtown Charleston serving the greater Charleston area Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $210,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 62% Corporate Giving Contact: AnneTrabue Watson Redux Contemporary Art Center 136 St. Philip St. Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-722-0697 Website: www.reduxstudios.org Mission Statement: Redux Contemporary Art Center is a nonprofit organization in Charleston committed to the cultivation of contemporary art through diverse exhibitions, subsidized studio space for artists, expansive educational programming, and a multidisciplinary approach to the creative dialogue between artists and audience. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston county and beyond Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $191,175 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 65% Corporate Giving Contact: Kyle LeGette S.C. Historical Society 100 Meeting St. Charleston, SC 29401-2299 Phone: 843-723-3225 Fax: 843-723-8584 Website: www.SCHSonline.org Mission Statement: To collect, preserve and publish the history of South Carolina. Geographic Area or Population Served: State of South Carolina Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $590,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 70% Corporate Giving Contact: Faye Jensen Spoleto Festival USA Inc. Doing Business As: Spoleto Festival USA 14 George St. Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: 843-722-2764 Fax: 843-723-6383 Website: www.spoletousa.org Mission Statement: To create a comprehensive and innovative arts festival in Charleston. Events feature an international mix of distinguished artists and emerging talent. Festival seeks excellence in all endeavors as it strives to provide excitement, enjoyment and education for artists and audiences alike. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $6,267,432
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DIRECTORY Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 78% Corporate Giving Contact: Julia Forster Summerville Community Orchestra 128 S. Main St., Suite 2A Summerville, SC 29483 Phone: 843-873-5339 Website: www.summervilleorchestra.com Mission Statement: To enrich the cultural climate of our community with entertaining and educational orchestral performances; to provide an opportunity for volunteer musicians to play for the pure joy of it. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $100,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 90% Corporate Giving Contact: Naomi Nimmo
Education Almost Home Feline Refuge Inc. 283 Sandpiper Drive Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Phone: 843-881-3403 Fax: 800-268-1120 Mission Statement: To rescue stray and feral cats and provide them with a safe habitat or place them for adoption if they are domesticated (cats are spayed or neutered and tested for disease); to educate the public on the importance of spaying and neutering all animals. Geographic Area or Population Served: East Cooper area Field of Interest: Education Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $78,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 100% Corporate Giving Contact: Thomas Hayes American College of the Building Arts 21 Magazine St. Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: 843-577-5245 Fax: 843-577-2451 Website: www.buildingartscollege.us Mission Statement: We are the only four year liberal arts college in America training artisans in the traditional building arts (architectural stone, carpentry, forged architectural ironwork, plaster working, masonry, and timber framing) to foster exceptional craftsmanship and encourage the preservation, enrichment and understanding of the world’s architectural heritage. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston and the nation Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $2,100,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 85% Corporate Giving Contact: John Paul Huguley Ascend Foundation 1941 Savage Road, Suite 200B Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: 843-225-4055 Fax: 843-746-4670 Website: www.ascendfoundation.org Mission Statement: To make ending cancer a national priority. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tricounty schools, hospitals, cancer camps Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $8,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 100% Corporate Giving Contact: Jessica Travis Boy Scouts of America, Coastal Carolina Council 1025 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: 843-763-0305 Fax: 843-763-0624 Website: www.coastalcarolinabsa.org Mission Statement: To prepare young people to make ethical choices over their
lifetime by instilling in them the values found in the Scout oath and law. Geographic Area or Population Served: Boys grades 1-8 and both genders in high school and late teens. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,600,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 89% Corporate Giving Contact: Legare Clement Center for Women 129 Cannon St. Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-763-7333 Fax: 843-763-3441 Website: www.c4women.org Mission Statement: To help Lowcountry women succeed personally and professionally every day. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county area Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $380,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 95% Corporate Giving Contact: Jennet Robinson Alterman Charleston Area Children’s Garden Project P.O. Box 13302 James Island, SC 29422 Phone: 843-478-3748 Fax: None Website: www.childrensgardenproject.org Mission Statement: To decrease childhood hunger, obesity and diabetes in the Charleston area; to increase knowledge in youth regarding nutrition and health; to increase awareness of human impact on the environmental community; to reinforce academic knowledge in math and science. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston County Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $170,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 93% Corporate Giving Contact: John Semanchuk The Charleston Catholic School 888-A King St. Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-577-4495 Fax: 843-577-6916 Website: www.charlestoncatholic.com Mission Statement: Educates a diverse student body in a family environment in the core academic subjects and various arts classes within the sacred tradition and teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Teachers challenge students to discover and develop their own unique gifts through creative inquiry and critical thinking. Students are expected to learn self-discipline by making responsible decisions and showing respect for others. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tricounty area Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,155,461 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 85% Corporate Giving Contact: Fred McKay Charleston Collegiate School 2024 Academy Drive Johns Island, SC 29455 Phone: 843-559-5506 Fax: 843-559-6172 Website: www.charlestoncollegiate.org Mission Statement: To have a positive impact on our students, so they may positively impact the world around them; to prepare students in a progressive learning environment to face life’s challenges with confidence, strong problem-solving skills, and a solid ethical foundation. Charleston Collegiate is a community of cultural and economic diversity that fosters compassion, social awareness, and respect for community and environment. Geographic Area or Population Served: John’s Island, greater Charleston area Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011:
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$3,500,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 89% Corporate Giving Contact: Hacker Burr Charleston Education Network 402 Summercourt Drive Summerville, SC 29485 Phone: 8434781451 Fax: 843-225-9095 Website: www.charlestonednet.com Mission Statement: To be a staunch advocate for children, a dynamic catalyst for systemic change and an unrelenting force for accountability to achieve excellence in public education. To these ends, the group specializes in advocacy, policy and change strategy, eschewing programs and services in favor of fundamental change. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston County Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $85,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 92% Corporate Giving Contact: Rew A. Godow Charleston Horticultural Society 46 Windermere Blvd. Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: 843-579-9922 Fax: 843-579-9923 Website: www.charlestonhorticulturalsociety.org Mission Statement: To inspire excellence in Lowcountry horticulture and provide high-quality educational programming and community projects dedicated to the art, practice and science of horticulture. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county area and beyond Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $300,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 86% Corporate Giving Contact: Leslie M. Brady Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry 25 Ann St. Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-853-8962 Fax: 843-853-1042 Website: www.explorecml.org Mission Statement: To spark a love of learning in children ages 3 months to 12 years through interactive, interdisciplinary, hands-on environments and experiences with the arts, sciences and humanities, while fostering creative thinking and problem-solving skills and belief in their own potential. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $850,578 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 50% Corporate Giving Contact: Denis Chirles Communities in Schools of the Charleston Area Inc. 1090 E. Montague Ave. North Charleston, SC 29405 Phone: 843-740-6793 Fax: 843-740-6797 Website: www.cischarleston.org Mission Statement: To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school, learn and prepare for life. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston and Berkeley counties Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,669,531 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 86% Corporate Giving Contact: Lynn Austin Dorchester County (SC) Communities in Schools 107 S. Main St. Summerville, SC 29483 Phone: 843-737-3770 Fax: 843-875-4696 Website: dorchester.communitiesinschools.org
Mission Statement: To champion the connection of needed community resources with schools of Dorchester County to help keep children in school and become productive members of the community. Geographic Area or Population Served: Dorchester County Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $200,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 92% Corporate Giving Contact: Phyllis Ledbetter Gavalas-Kolanko Foundation PO Box 1893 Mount Pleasant, SC 29465 Phone: 843-856-5518 Fax: 843-216-3352 Website: www.gkfoundation.org Mission Statement: A public charity established to help students with disabilities reach their secondary educational goals. By awarding scholarship assistance to students attending local colleges each year, the Gavalas-Kolanko Foundation helps make “Education Within Reach” for S.C. students pursuing a college education, despite physical limitations. To qualify, a student must be hearing, sight or physically impaired. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $40,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 98% Corporate Giving Contact: Dana Scarborough Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina Inc. 7951 Dorchester Road North Charleston, SC 29418 Phone: 843-552-9910 Fax: 843-552-6221 Website: www.girlscoutsesc.org Mission Statement: Building girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. Geographic Area or Population Served: 21 counties in eastern South Carolina Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $2,600,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 84% Corporate Giving Contact: Rachael MacQueen The Good News Ministry/School P.O. Box 40235 North Charleston, SC 29423 Phone: 843-327-7695 Website: www.myspace.com/goodnewsafterschool Mission Statement: To provide children with a positive environment for educational solutions. Help complete homework assignments, tutor struggling readers, and offer math assistance. The most basic educational skill is reading. Geographic Area or Population Served: Midland Park community; By census track designation, 31.06 Midland Park is a poverty-stricken area and is designated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as a “Champion Community” in need of many services. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $15,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 95% Corporate Giving Contact: Rezinda White Haven Family Development Center P.O. Box 844 Summerville, SC 29484 Phone: 843-647-9405 Fax: 843-580-9134 Mission Statement: Changing our communities one family at a time by providing prevention and intervention services to at-risk youth and their families to improve their social and economic status Geographic Area or Population Served: Berkeley and Dorchester counties, North Charleston Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011:
$20,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 100% Corporate Giving Contact: Darlene Benjamin Increasing H.O.P.E. Doing Business As: Increasing H.O.P.E Financial Training Center 2154 N. Center St., Suite 416-D North Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: 843-225-4343 Fax: 843-574-0943 Website: www.increasinghope.org Mission Statement: To create financial freedom for families in South Carolina through training and education. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $50,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 1% Corporate Giving Contact: Dorothea Bernique James Island Community Education 1000 Fort Johnson Road Charleston, SC 29412 Phone: 843-762-2793 Fax: 843-762-8369 Website: www.charlestoncoce.org Mission Statement: To provide affordable, quality enrichment programs to all ages while continuing to grow new and existing community/business networks, which will enhance the quality of life for all those we serve. Geographic Area or Population Served: James Island, Folly Beach Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $400,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 80% Corporate Giving Contact: Stephen Kugelman Junior Achievement of Coastal South Carolina 2430 Mall Drive, Suite 120 North Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: 843-745-7050 Fax: 843-745-7070 Website: www.jacoastalsc.org Mission Statement: Empowering and inspiring young people to create successful futures through experiential, volunteer-delivered programs in Coastal South Carolina since 1966. Geographic Area or Population Served: Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry and Jasper counties Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $250,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 86% Corporate Giving Contact: Chad Vail Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum Doing Business As: Exhibit museum 68 Spring St. Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-853-4651 Mission Statement: To provide education and appreciation of the past through examination and analysis of original manuscripts. The past is prologue. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $32,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 25% Corporate Giving Contact: Stephen J. White LifeManagement Center Inc. Doing Business As: LifeManagement Center 628 St. Andrews Blvd. Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: 843-852-5705 Fax: 843-852-5702 Website: www.lifemanagement.org Mission Statement: Offers solutions that transform educational and professional
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DIRECTORY challenges into life achievements for children, families, adults and communities. Services include consultations, psychoeducational testing, tutoring, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder help, reading programs, coaching, counseling support for parents, social skills groups and workshops. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $660,518 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 80% Corporate Giving Contact: Heather Griffin Marine Science and Nautical Training Academy Doing Business As: MANTA 417 Planters Trace Drive Charleston, SC 29412 Phone: 843-817-7791 Fax: 803-746-3312 Website: www.manta-online.org Mission Statement: To educate youth in the marine and nautical sciences and to advance the understanding and conservation of the marine environment through research and public outreach. Geographic Area or Population Served: Emphasis on Charleston area and South Carolina, but students also accepted nationwide. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $70,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 54% Corporate Giving Contact: Rusty Day Medical University of South Carolina Doing Business As: MUSC Office of Development 261 Calhoun St., Suite 306, MSC 182 Charleston, SC 29425 Phone: 843-792-4275 or 800-810-6872 Fax: 843-792-7980 Website: www.musc.edu/giving Mission Statement: To support the medical university’s mission of healing, teaching and exploring new treatments and cures. Geographic Area or Population Served: National in scope of service Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $5,031,956 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 1% Corporate Giving Contact: Leigh W. Manzi Middleton Place Foundation Doing Business As: Middleton Place 4300 Ashley River Road Charleston, SC 29414 Phone: 843-556-6020 Fax: 843-766-4460 Website: www.middletonplace.org Mission Statement: The public nonprofit educational trust’s mission is to sustain the highest levels of preservation and interpretation for the collections and programs of the Middleton Place National Historic Landmark, its gardens, house, plantation and stableyards. Geographic Area or Population Served: Global Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $5,000,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 100% Corporate Giving Contact: Tracey Todd National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States Doing Business As: Drayton Hall 3380 Ashley River Road Charleston, SC 29414 Phone: 843-769-2600 Fax: 843-766-0878 Website: www.draytonhall.org Mission Statement: To preserve and interpret Drayton Hall and its environs in order to educate the public and to inspire people to embrace historic preservation. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tricounty area (approximately 15%) across the county and wold (approximately 85%) Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $2,273,848
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Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 75% Corporate Giving Contact: Monte Parsons Ravenel Medical Center P.O. Box 188 / 5531 Savannah Highway Ravenel, SC 29470 Phone: 843-475-2660 Fax: 843-889-8302 Website: www.RavenelMedicalCenter. Com Mission Statement: To help those in need of ground floor opportunity to help themselves in the medical field. Geographic Area or Population Served: The St. Paul’s area of Charleston County which includes Ravenel, Hollywood and Edisto Island. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $0 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 0% Corporate Giving Contact: Curtis Inabinett Jr. Save The Light Inc. P.O. Box 12490 Charleston, SC 29422 Phone: 843-633-0099 Website: www.savethelight.org Mission Statement: Nonprofit organization authorized by the state of South Carolina to be responsible for all planning, fund raising and execution of the effort to preserve the Morris Island Lighthouse. Geographic Area or Population Served: State of SC Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $100,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 100% Corporate Giving Contact: Office manager Sophia Institute 26 Society St. Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: 843-720-8528 Fax: 843-720-0557 Website: www.thesophiainstitute.org Mission Statement: Provides leading-edge programs taught by the world’s foremost thinkers and teachers that foster wisdom, wholeness, oneness, sustainability, peace and the integration of the sacred feminine for the transformation of society. Geographic Area or Population Served: National Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $283,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 98% Corporate Giving Contact: Carolyn Rivers South Carolina Aquarium 100 Aquarium Wharf Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: 843-720-1990 Fax: 843-720-3861 Website: scaquarium.org Mission Statement: The S.C. Aquarium inspires conservation of the natural world by exhibiting and caring for animals, by excelling in education and research, and by providing an exceptional visitor experience. Geographic Area or Population Served: South Carolina Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $8,489,622 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 73% Corporate Giving Contact: JoBeth Edwards Teachers’ Supply Closet 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., Unit 11 Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: 843-225-9895 Fax: 843-727-7121 Website: www.teacherssupplycloset.org Mission Statement: To serve the educational and creative needs of children in the greater Charleston area by providing means to transfer donated school supplies at no charge from businesses and individuals to teachers for their classrooms and students. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county
Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $150,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 95% Corporate Giving Contact: Deborah Halon Trident Literacy Association Inc. 5416 Rivers Ave., Suite B North Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: 843-747-2223 Fax: 843-744-2970 Website: www.tridentlit.org Mission Statement: To increase literacy in the tri-county region by offering instruction using a self-paced, individualized curriculum in reading, writing, mathematics, English as a second language, GED preparation and basic computer use. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $605,833 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 92% Corporate Giving Contact: Judianne Schmenk Trident Technical College Foundation P.O. Box 61227 Charleston, SC 29419-1227 Phone: 843-574-6600 Fax: 843-574-6109 Website: www.tridenttech.edu/foundation.htm Mission Statement: To raise funds to help bridge the gap between needs and resources of the college for Trident Technical College students and employees. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,404,284 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 70% Corporate Giving Contact: Kathleen Forbes USS Yorktown CV-10 Association Inc. P.O. Box 1021 Mount Pleasant, SC 29465 Phone: 843-849-1928 Fax: 843-375-3704 Website: www.ussyorktown.com Mission Statement: To perpetuate the USS Yorktown (CV10) Association as the national memorial to carrier aviation; to memorialize those who have served and are serving in the Navy and Marine Corps; to educate and inspire the youth who will serve in our nation’s armed forces in the future. Geographic Area or Population Served: US Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $100,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 100% Corporate Giving Contact: Todd Cummins Wings for Kids Inc. P.O. Box 71648 North Charleston, SC 29415 Phone: 843-296-1667 Fax: 866-562-8615 Website: www.wingsforkids.org Mission Statement: To instill good behavioral and decision-making skills through an after-school program for children living in poverty. Kids get the life lessons they need to succeed and be happy, and a safe place to call home after school. Geographic Area or Population Served: North Charleston Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,255,336 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 81% Corporate Giving Contact: Liz Mester Yo Art Inc. Doing Business As: Yo Art Inc. 1031 Chuck Dawley Blvd., Suite 5 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Phone: 843-556-6800 Fax: 843-723-0521 Website: www.yoartproject.org Mission Statement: Mentoring inner-city youth and building self-esteem and job skills with an academic focus and a sense of community through art workshops,
exhibitions and public art projects. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $36,689 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 100% Corporate Giving Contact: Gene Furchgott Young Ladies/Leaders Conquering Obstacles Inc. 3950 Azalea Drive Charleston, SC 29405 Phone: 843-744-5510 Fax: 843-744-5510 Website: www.ylco.org Mission Statement: To provide programs for youths ages 11 to 18 that will enhance their social/spiritual, physical, academic, character and emotional development. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $59,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 90% Corporate Giving Contact: Liticia Hairston Whitten Youth Empowerment Services Inc. P.O. Box 41784 Charleston, SC 29423 Phone: 843-767-9969 Fax: 843-767-9925 Website: www.yescouncil.org Mission Statement: To empower youths, families and communities through Christian principles to comprehend, embrace and practice decision-making that ultimately results in a healthy and productive lifestyle. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $123,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 80% Corporate Giving Contact: Roslin Fields
Environment Charleston Natural History Society Doing Business As: Charleston Audubon Society P.O. Box 504 Charleston, SC 29402 Phone: N/A Website: www.charlestonaudubon.org Mission Statement: To actively promote awareness, appreciation and conservation of the natural environment through educational programs, field trips, conservation projects, sponsored research and social activities. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $3,500 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 100% Corporate Giving Contact: Paul Nolan Coastal Conservation League P.O. Box 1765 Charleston, SC 29402 Phone: 843-723-8035 Fax: 843-723-8308 Website: www.coastalconservationleague.org Mission Statement: To protect the natural environment of the S.C. coastal plain and to enhance the quality of life of our community by working with individuals, businesses and government to ensure balanced solutions. Geographic Area or Population Served: South Carolina Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $2,700,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 80% Corporate Giving Contact: Jarrett Ransom Earth Force Doing Business As: Earth Force Inc. P.O. Box 22583 Charleston, SC 29413
Phone: 843-408-6049 Website: www.earthforce.org/charleston Mission Statement: To engage youth as active citizens who improve the environment and their communities. To give youth the knowledge, skills and confidence to become active agents of change in their communities. Geographic Area or Population Served: Local office supports the tri-county; Earth Force programs are supported across the U.S. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $71,005 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 78% Corporate Giving Contact: Stacey Rafalowski Edisto Island Open Land Trust P.O. Box 1 Edisto Island, SC 29438 Phone: 843-869-9004 Fax: 843-869-7820 Website: www.edisto.org Mission Statement: To preserve and protect open space, scenic vistas, heritage and conservation resources of Edisto Island for future generations. Geographic Area or Population Served: Edisto Island and nearby Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $200,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 66% Corporate Giving Contact: George Kimberly Harry R.E. Hampton Memorial Wildlife Fund Inc. Doing Business As: Harry Hampton Fund P.O. Box 2641 Columbia, SC 29202 Phone: 843-525-1865 Fax: 843-525-1561 Website: www.hamptonwildlifefund.org Mission Statement: The Hampton Wildlife Fund is a private, nonprofit corporation that partners with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources for the promotion of education, research and resource management to benefit wildlife, marine and other natural resources in South Carolina. Geographic Area or Population Served: State of South Carolina Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $722,145 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 88% Corporate Giving Contact: James R. Goller Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy 80 Kestrel Court Kiawah Island, SC 29455 Phone: 843-768-2029 Fax: 843-768-2505 Website: www.kiawahconservancy.org Mission Statement: To provide for the identification, preservation and appropriate management of the critical natural habitat needed to maintain a healthy, balanced and diverse population of native flora and fauna on Kiawah Island and its environs. Geographic Area or Population Served: Kiawah Island Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $444,672 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 61% Corporate Giving Contact: Laura VanDerwerker Lowcountry Environmental Education Programs Doing Business As: Lowcountry Environmental Education Programs 451 Folly Road Charleston, SC 29412 Phone: 843-725-9254 Fax: 843-795-0668 Website: www.scleep.org Mission Statement: To provide opportunities to students of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds to explore South Carolina’s natural environment
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DIRECTORY through experiential learning. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $65,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 82% Corporate Giving Contact: Gretchen Barbatsis Lowcountry Open Land Trust 80 Alexander St. Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-577-6510 Fax: 843-577-0501 Website: www.lolt.org Mission Statement: To protect and foster voluntary conservation of the irreplaceable Lowcountry forests, farmland, open spaces, wildlife habitat and wetlands, thus helping to conserve forever our community’s unique sense of place and quality of life. Geographic Area or Population Served: The coastal plain region of South Carolina Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $627,500 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 72% Corporate Giving Contact: Catherine Main South Eastern Wildlife and Environment Education Association Inc. Doing Business As: SEWEE Association P.O. Box 1131 Mount Pleasant, SC 29465-1131 Phone: 843-884-7539 Fax: 843-884-7539 Website: www.seweeassociation.org Mission Statement: A friends group for the national wildlife refuges and forest of coastal South Carolina who support their biological and educational missions and enhance public awareness of natural resources. We manage all educational programs for K-12 students for our partners, which bring in about 7,000 students annually. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tricounty, Georgetown and Horry counties Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $124,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 89% Corporate Giving Contact: Karen Beshears Southern Environmental Law Center 43 Broad St., Suite 300 Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: 843-720-5270 Fax: 843-720-5240 Website: www.southernenvironment.org Mission Statement: Works simultaneously throughout six states, at the national, regional, state and local levels and in all three branches of government to ensure clean air, protect the coastline and the character of our communities and to serve as South Carolina’s law and policy advocate. Geographic Area or Population Served: Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $10,700,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 80% Corporate Giving Contact: Annie Stafford The Sustainability Institute 113 Calhoun St. Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: 843-529-3421 Fax: N/A Website: www.sustainabilityinstitutesc.org Mission Statement: To empower South Carolinians to reduce our energy use and environmental footprint where we live and work. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $250,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 65% Corporate Giving Contact: Bryan Cordell
Health American Heart Association Doing Business As: American Heart Association 409 King St., Suite 300 Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-853-1597 Fax: 843-853-2498 Website: www.americanheart.org Mission Statement: Founded in 1924, the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary health organization is dedicated to building healthier lives free of heart disease and stroke. To help prevent, treat and defeat these diseases, we fund cuttingedge research, conduct lifesaving public and professional educational programs and advocate to protect public health. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $50,869,602 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 74% Corporate Giving Contact: Meredith Jarvis American Lung Association of the Southeast Inc. Doing Business As: American Lung Association in South Carolina 44-A Markfield Drive Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: 843-556-8451 Fax: 843-766-3294 Website: www.LungSC.org Mission Statement: To save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through research, advocacy, and lung health programs. Geographic Area or Population Served: Coastal South Carolina. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $170,965 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 82% Corporate Giving Contact: Rebecca Downs American Stroke Association 409 King St., Suite 300 Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-853-1597 Fax: 843-853-2498 Website: www.strokeassociation.org Mission Statement: Created in 1997 as a division of the American Heart Association, the association works to improve stroke prevention, diagnosis and treatment to save lives from stroke by funding scientific research, helping people better understand and avoid stroke, encouraging government support, guiding health care professionals and providing information to stroke survivors and their caregivers to enhance their quality of life. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $50,869,602 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 74% Corporate Giving Contact: Meredith Jarvis Association for the Blind Inc. 1071 Morrison Drive, Suite A Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-723-6915 Fax: 843-577-4312 Website: www.associationfortheblindsc. org Mission Statement: To serve and support people with visual needs. Geographic Area or Population Served: Lowcountry Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $610,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 78% Corporate Giving Contact: Stephanie Johnson Carolina Children’s Charity 6296 Rivers Ave., Suite 300 North Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: 843-554-6222 Fax: 843-747-2222 Website: www.carolinachildren.org Mission Statement: To help Lowcountry
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children from birth to age 18 diagnosed with a birth defect or childhood disease access items or services deemed medically beneficial or medically necessary by one of the child’s medical doctors. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county and Colleton County Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $496,412 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 77% Corporate Giving Contact: Sonya Beale Closing the Gap in Health Care Inc. 3951 W. Montague Ave. North Charleston, SC 29418 Phone: 843-552-1574 Fax: 843-552-1575 Website: www.closingthegapinhealthcare.org Mission Statement: To improve the health education of African Americans and the underserved. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tricounty, Beaufort, Walterboro, Orangeburg, Columbia, Georgetown Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $38,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 98% Corporate Giving Contact: Dr. Thaddeus John Bell Dragon Boat Charleston P.O. Box 261/1643 Savannah Highway. Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: 843-442-6167 Website: www.dragonboatcharleston.org Mission Statement: To promote physical and mental wellness among cancer survivors and their community through dragon boating. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $100,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 91% Corporate Giving Contact: Sterling Hannah Family Connection of S.C. 4 Carriage Lane, Suite 406-B Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: 843-556-5010 Fax: 843-556-5019 Website: www.familyconnectionsc.org Mission Statement: To strengthen families who have children with developmental delays, disabilities or special needs through a parent-to-parent network of family-focused support to provide assurance, information, community awareness and enhanced parent/professional relationships. Geographic Area or Population Served: Families with children with special needs. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $29,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 90% Corporate Giving Contact: Meagan Labriola The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 300 W. Coleman Blvd., Suite 206 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Phone: 843-881-8176 Fax: 843-881-8179 Website: www.lls.org/sc Mission Statement: To cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Geographic Area or Population Served: S.C. coastal area Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $2,528,967 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 76% Corporate Giving Contact: Darlene Benton Louie’s Kids P.O. Box 21291 Charleston, SC 29413 Phone: 843-343-5746 Fax: 800-457-7497 Website: www.louieskids.org Mission Statement: Fighting obesity one
child at a time. Geographic Area or Population Served: Nationwide Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $138,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 64% Corporate Giving Contact: Louis Yuhasz Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Carolina 3520 Meeks Farm Road, Suite C Johns Island, SC 29455 Phone: 843-853-7880 Fax: 843-853-7892 Website: www.sc.wish.org Mission Statement: To grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Geographic Area or Population Served: State of South Carolina Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,400,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 93% Corporate Giving Contact: Tiffany Howard Respite Care Ministries 405 King St. Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-723-1611 Fax: 843-723-8050 Website: www.respitecarecharleston.org Mission Statement: To enhance the quality of life for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease-related disorders through social day programs, support groups for persons with the disease, caregiver support groups, education and training. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $195,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 90% Corporate Giving Contact: Laura Stefanelli The Ruth Rhoden Craven Foundation 1339 Outreach Lane Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Phone: 843-881-2047 Fax: 843-881-0025 Website: www.ppdsupport.org Mission Statement: To provide education, support, treatment referrals and assistance with treatment in order to prevent long-term residuals of mental illness or death as a result of perinatal mood disorders. Geographic Area or Population Served: Local, national, international Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $12,675 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 90% Corporate Giving Contact: Risa Mason Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Doing Business As: Susan G Komen for the Cure Lowcountry 9300 Medical Plaza Drive, Suite F North Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: 843-556-8011 Fax: 843-556-8021 Website: www.komenlowcountry.org Mission Statement: To save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find cures. Geographic Area or Population Served: 13 counties, eastern Lowcountry Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,000,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 81% Corporate Giving Contact: Michelle Temple or Taffy Tamblyn
Human Needs American Red Cross, Carolina Lowcountry Chapter 8085 Rivers Ave., Suite F North Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: 843-764-2323
Fax: 843-764-2318 Website: www.lowcountryredcross.org Mission Statement: The American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its congressional charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. Geographic Area or Population Served: Residents of Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton and Jasper counties. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $2,612,930 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 91% Corporate Giving Contact: Gordon Robertson Be A Mentor P.O. Box 1074 Charleston, SC 29402 Phone: 843-554-5987 Fax: 843-769-7715 Website: www.bam.sc Mission Statement: To strengthen the mentoring movement in the greater Charleston area by providing capacity building assistance in recruiting mentors to our partner organizations and other community, school and faith based programs, and to create new programs that match mentors with young people. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $172,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 87% Corporate Giving Contact: Barbara Kingsbury Berkeley Citizens Inc. 1301 Old U.S. Highway 52 S. Moncks Corner, SC 29461 Phone: 843-761-0300 Fax: 843-761-0303 Website: www.berkeleycitizens.org Mission Statement: To create and promote opportunities for people with lifelong disabilities to be a part of and participate in the same valued experiences and life events as other citizens of Berkeley County. Geographic Area or Population Served: Berkeley County Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $8,000,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 94% Corporate Giving Contact: Alice Shook Berkeley County Family YMCA 210 Rembert C. Dennis Blvd. Moncks Corner, SC 29461 Phone: 843-761-9622 Fax: 843-761-6421 Website: www.bymcasports.com Mission Statement: To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. We are for youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Geographic Area or Population Served: Berkeley County Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $500,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 10% Corporate Giving Contact: Kimberly Nolte Berkeley Seniors 103 Gulledge St. Moncks Corner, SC 29461 Phone: 843-761-0390 Fax: 843-761-0394 Website: www.berkeleyseniors.org Mission Statement: To assist senior residents of Berkeley County to age successfully in their natural environment. Geographic Area or Population Served: Seniors ages 60 and older living in Berkeley County Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $100,000
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DIRECTORY Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 1% Corporate Giving Contact: Tonya Sweatman Camp Good Times of Charleston Inc. P. O. Box 81114 Charleston, SC 29416 Phone: 843-817-2221 Fax: 843-884-6190 Website: www.campgoodtimesofcharleston.org Mission Statement: To provide fun, recreational activities for children with autism within the community and to promote interaction between children with autism and their peers. To offer educational experiences to the community to increase understanding and awareness of autism. Geographic Area or Population Served: Children ages 3 to 18 in the tri-county area with a diagnosis of autism Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $53,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 89% Corporate Giving Contact: Tara Gregori Carolina Autism Supported Living Services Ltd. Doing Business As: Carolina Autism 4 Carriage Lane, Suite 302 Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: 843-573-1905 Fax: 843-573-1926 Website: www.carolinaautism.org Mission Statement: To support unconditional acceptance and betterment of people with autism. Ultimate goal is to see each client return to a happy and productive life with his/her family. For clients who require intense support for life, Carolina Autism aims to provide a life filled with dignity, respect and personal fulfillment in their community. Geographic Area or Population Served: Lowcountry Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $2,588,261 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 98% Corporate Giving Contact: Phil Blevins Celebration Station 1935 Reynolds Ave. North Charleston, SC 29405 Phone: 843-225-6603 Fax: 843-278-5858 Mission Statement: Develop inward potential in those who are down and out and bound in poverty yet desire change, by providing support mechanisms to uplift the spirit, soul and body. Geographic Area or Population Served: For food assistance, because of Low Country Food Bank agency geographic boundaries: Rivers Avenue west to Montague Avenue, east to Riverview Drive; Dorchester Road at Interstate-26; Spruill Avenue west to McMillian Avenue, east to Riverview Drive; Cosgrove Avenue south to Interstate-26; Anyone can receive assistance in regards to job resources, clothing, locker, benefit bank, health services, GED classes and other resources Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $44,500 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 95% Corporate Giving Contact: Glenn Gilbert Charleston Animal Society 2455 Remount Road North Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: 843-747-4849 Fax: 843-747-1012 Website: www.charlestonanimalsociety. org Mission Statement: To promote responsible guardianship of domestic animals and advocate the compassionate treatment of all animals. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston County Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $2,600,255 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 85%
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Corporate Giving Contact: Marc Edwards Charleston Area Senior Citizens Services Inc. Doing Business As: Charleston Area Seniors 259 Meeting St. Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: 843-722-4127 Fax: 843-722-3675 Website: www.charlestonareaseniors.org Mission Statement: Charleston Area Seniors offers programs, services and opportunities to older adults and their families in the tri-county area. The agency provides in-home, community-based and critical services such as home-delivered meals and emergency food as well as volunteer opportunities for seniors who wish to give back to the community. Geographic Area or Population Served: Foster grandparent and senior companion programs tri-county; Ansonborough House subsidized housing for seniors, not limited; Meals on Wheels central and western Charleston County, including North Charleston; group dining and transportation, central Charleston and West Ashley; commodity box distribution, emergency food, case management, outreach, and in-home monitoring in Charleston County. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,309,310 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 11% Corporate Giving Contact: Sandra Clair Charleston Miracle League Inc. P.O. Box 22072 Charleston, SC 29413 Phone: 843-763-2513 Fax: 843-763-2514 Website: www.charlestonmiracleleague. org Mission Statement: To offer accessible recreational opportunities for all children and adults with mental and/or physical challenges so they can participate as team members in an organized baseball league. Geographic Area or Population Served: Lowcountry Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $50,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 80% Corporate Giving Contact: Channing Proctor Charleston Orphan House Inc. Doing Business As: Carolina Youth Development Center 5055 Lackawanna Blvd. North Charleston, SC 29405 Phone: 843-266-5200 Fax: 843-266-5201 Website: www.cydc.org Mission Statement: To assist children in reaching their full potential as healthy and well-adjusted individuals by delivering a continuum of prevention, assessment, intervention and treatment services. CYDC has been caring for children since 1790, serving the Lowcountry and coastal South Carolina. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county area: Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $3,712,048 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 82% Corporate Giving Contact: Kate Lloyd Charleston Outreach to be Human Needs Network, January 2011) P.O. Box 71486 North Charleston, SC 29415 Phone: 843-723-4571 ext 103 Fax: 843-747-2028 Website: www.humanneedsnetwork Mission Statement: Creating and cultivating innovative, compassionate, and sustainable collaboratives for the good of people and communities in need. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county; growing into communities of
South Carolina and other states Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $121,104 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 98% Corporate Giving Contact: Lynette Flagg Children in Crisis in Dorchester County Inc. Doing Business As: Dorchester Children’s Center 303 E. Richardson Ave. Summerville, SC 29483 Phone: 843-875-1551 Fax: 843-851-5963 Website: www.dorchesterchildrensctr.org Mission Statement: Provides a coordinated, research-proven response to child abuse that reduces trauma for the children and families in our community in a safe, child-focused environment. Geographic Area or Population Served: Dorchester and Berkeley counties Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $950,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 81% Corporate Giving Contact: Kay W. Phillips disAbility Resource Center 7944 Dorchester Road, Suite 5 North Charleston, SC 29418 Phone: 843-225-5080 Fax: 843-225-5082 Website: www.drcilc.org Mission Statement: Dedicated to empowering people of all ages and with all types of disabilities to live independently and to make their own decisions. We believe people with disabilities should be fully integrated in community life, including the world of work. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county, Orangeburg and Williamsburg counties Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $350,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 90% Corporate Giving Contact: None Dorchester Seniors 312 North Laurel St. Summerville, SC 29483 Phone: 843-871-5053 Fax: 843-821-2693 Website: www.dorchesterseniors.com Mission Statement: To provide opportunities to all senior citizens of Dorchester County to enhance their educational, mental, social, spiritual and physical well being. To achieve this goal Dorchester Seniors Inc. will work cooperatively with other community agencies and organizations through advocacy for senior citizens and inter agency coordination including outreach assessing needs and planning actions. Geographic Area or Population Served: Dorchester County Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,773,235 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 91% Corporate Giving Contact: Jean K. Ott Down Syndrome Association of the Lowcountry P.O. Box 2275 Mount Pleasant, SC 29465 Phone: 843-553-3725 Fax: 843-471-2996 Website: www.dsalowcountry.org Mission Statement: To promote an environment that fosters the growth and development of people with Down syndrome to enable them to achieve their full potential. Down Syndrome Association of the Lowcountry offers programs such as Moms’ Night Out and youth group, as well as social events, resources and educational opportunities. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $55,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 89%
Corporate Giving Contact: Coby Mozingo East Cooper Community Outreach 1145 Six Mile Road Mount Pleasant, SC 29466-8898 Phone: 843-849-9220 Fax: 843-849-0943 Website: www.eccocharleston.org Mission Statement: To help neighbors in need and provide emergency disaster relief. Our ministry of neighbors helping neighbors attempts to improve quality of life in a compassionate way that respects the dignity and worth of every person. Geographic Area or Population Served: East Cooper area for core services; Charleston and surrounding areas for some services Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $889,888 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 93% Corporate Giving Contact: Ann Ward East Cooper Meals on Wheels P.O. Box 583 Mount Pleasant, SC 29465 Phone: 843-881-9350 Fax: 843-881-0994 Website: www.ecmow.org Mission Statement: Delivering daily nutrition to residents who are homebound or unable to provide their own meals. Also advocate on behalf of recipients whose needs exceed the scope of our programs. Geographic Area or Population Served: East Cooper area including Mount Pleasant, Sullivan’s Island, Isle of Palms, Daniel Island, Cainhoy and Wando Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $747,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 87% Corporate Giving Contact: Patricia Walker The Episcopal Church Home Doing Business As: Bishop Gadsden 1 Bishop Gadsden Way Charleston, SC 29412 Phone: 843-762-3300 Fax: 843-762-6119 Website: www.bishopgadsden.org Mission Statement: To embrace God’s call to ministry, affirm positive living for all who live and work here, serve with integrity, exercise wise stewardship and reach out with a generous spirit. Geographic Area or Population Served: The Southeast and beyond. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $22,840,536 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 94% Corporate Giving Contact: Kimberly Fafone Episcopal Diocesan Housing Inc. Doing Business As: The Canterbury House 175 Market St. Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: 843-723-5553 Fax: 843-577-5397 Mission Statement: To provide safe, comfortable and affordable senior housing while promoting physical, emotional and spiritual well-being of our residents Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county primarily, but many residents from out-of-state Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,205,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 72% Corporate Giving Contact: Peggy M. Pye Family Services Inc. 4925 LaCross Road, Suite 215 North Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: 843-735-7802 Fax: 843-744-2886 Website: www.fsisc.org Mission Statement: Family Services Inc. has been helping families in the S.C. Lowcountry since 1888. We exist to empower individuals and families through counseling, advocacy and education that will enrich their lives and help them become more independent. Our five divisions, financial literacy education,
housing, conservator, representative payee, and behavioral health services all work together to improve the quality of life and help families and individuals gain and sustain housing and financial assets. Geographic Area or Population Served: South Carolina Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $5,000,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 90% Corporate Giving Contact: David A. Geer Father to Father Project Inc. 4731 Mixson Ave. North Charleston, SC 29405 Phone: 843-744-2126 Fax: 843-744-2471 Website: www.fathertofatherproject.org Mission Statement: To help low-income, noncustodial fathers reconnect with and be a part of their children’s lives. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $318,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 80% Corporate Giving Contact: William M. Jenkins Goodwill Industries of Lower SC Inc. Doing Business As: Goodwill Industries of Lower SC Inc. 2150 Eagle Drive, Building 100 North Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: 843-566-0072 Fax: 843-566-0062 Website: www.palmettogoodwill.org Mission Statement: Helping people achieve their full potential through the dignity and power of work. Geographic Area or Population Served: People with disabilities and other barriers to employment in, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Orangeburg Jasper, Sumter and Williamsburg counties Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $39,000,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 90% Corporate Giving Contact: Tina Marshall Habitat for Humanity of Berkeley County 408 S. Live Oak Drive Moncks Corner, SC 29461 Phone: 843-761-8989 Fax: 843-761-8986 Website: www.berkeleyhabitat.org Mission Statement: To place the elimination of poverty housing in the hearts and minds of residents of Berkeley County; to create opportunities for partner families to improve their lives; to restore dignity, hope and faith while providing opportunities for Christian fellowship and service to others; to build quality, affordable homes in partnership with low-income families. Geographic Area or Population Served: Berkeley County Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $375,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 91% Corporate Giving Contact: Tom Chamberlin HELP of Summerville Doing Business As: HELP of Summerville P.O. Box 1871 Summerville, SC 29484 Phone: 843-871-0182 Fax: 843-871-0182 Mission Statement: A local nonprofit organization founded in 1975 to assist families and individuals in crisis situations. Geographic Area or Population Served: Lower Dorchester County Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $33,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 90% Corporate Giving Contact: Pam McIlvaine
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DIRECTORY Helping and Lending Outreach Support Doing Business As: HALOS 3366 Rivers Ave. North Charleston, SC 29405 Phone: 843-953-3714 Fax: 843-953-9560 Website: www.charlestonhalos.org Mission Statement: To provide resources and special opportunities to abused and neglected children and their caregivers through partnerships with faith-based and other community organizations. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $306,737 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 85% Corporate Giving Contact: Kim Clifton Lowcountry Food Bank Inc. 2864 Azalea Drive Charleston, SC 29405 Phone: 843-747-8146 Fax: 843-747-8147 Website: www.lowcountryfoodbank.org Mission Statement: To feed the hungry of the 10 coastal counties of South Carolina by soliciting and distributing healthy food and grocery products to nonprofit agencies serving the poor and by educating the public about the problems and solutions to domestic hunger. Geographic Area or Population Served: Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, and Williamsburg counties Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $4,029,219 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 94% Corporate Giving Contact: Miriam Coombes Lowcountry Orphan Relief P.O. Box 70185 N. Charleston, SC 29415 Phone: 843-747-4099 Fax: 843-747-4948 Website: www.lowcountryorphanrelief.org Mission Statement: To aid abused, neglected and abandoned children by providing them with basic necessities such as clothing, shoes and socks, pajamas, underwear, coats and gloves, and toiletries. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $350,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 88% Corporate Giving Contact: Cathy Keagy Lutheran Social Services of the Greater Charleston Area Doing Business As: Tricounty Family Ministries 3349 Rivers Ave. North Charleston, SC 29405 Phone: 843-747-1788 Fax: 843-747-3235 Website: www.tricountyfamilyministries. org Mission Statement: Nondenominational, faith-based nonprofit that provides a comprehensive range of services to help the hungry and homeless in tri-county. From food, clothing, and emergency shelter for homeless families to financial crisis support, counseling and prescription assistance, Tricounty Family Ministries strives to connect those who are living in poverty with the resources and support they need to make positive changes and become self-sufficient. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $346,800 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 97% Corporate Giving Contact: Sue Hanshaw My Sister’s House Inc. P.O. Box 71171 North Charleston, SC 29415-1171
Phone: 843-747-4069 Fax: 843-747-6592 Website: www.mysistershouse.org Mission Statement: Provides services, programs and resources to empower victims of domestic violence and their children to be free from abuse. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $650,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 80% Corporate Giving Contact: Elmire Raven Orphan Aid Society Inc. Doing Business As: Daniel Joseph Jenkins Institute for Children 3923 Azalea Drive North Charleston, SC 29405 Phone: 843-744-1771 Fax: 843-529-0057 Website: www.jenkinsinstitute.org Mission Statement: To promote and support the social and economic well-being of children, families and individuals to enable them to become productive and self-sufficient persons living in communities. Geographic Area or Population Served: State of South Carolina Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $537,815 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 79% Corporate Giving Contact: Samuella Holmes Outreach for Kids P.O. Box 39 Charleston, SC 29402 Phone: 843-696-3405 Fax: 866-364-2223 Website: www.outreachforkids.org Mission Statement: To provide muchneeded support to local children/young people with special needs (primarily children who are emotionally disabled as a result of physical and/or sexual abuse and neglect), who are in foster care. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston and Berkeley counties, foster children with special needs Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: N/A Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 100% Corporate Giving Contact: Lori Dandridge Stoney Pattison’s D.R.E.A.M. Academy Doing Business As: Pattison’s Academy 2383 S.C. Highway 41, Suite 101 Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 Phone: 843-849-6707 Fax: 843-849-9948 Website: www.pattisonsacademy.org Mission Statement: Pattison’s Academy will improve the quality of life for children with multiple disabilities by providing comprehensive education and rehabilitation programs. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $430,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 91% Corporate Giving Contact: Sloan Cooper People Against Rape 2154 N. Center St., Suite 302-C North Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: 843-745-0144 Fax: 843-745-0119 Website: www.peopleagainstrape.org Mission Statement: To provide advocacy and support to victims and survivors of sexual assault and to provide education, prevention and awareness to the public about issues of sexual violence. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $433,358 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 85% Corporate Giving Contact: Melonea Marek
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Realtors Housing Opportunities Fund Doing Business As: RHOF 5300 International Blvd., Suite C-105 North Charleston, SC 29418 Phone: 843-760-9400 Fax: 843-760-9410 Website: www.charlestonrealtors.com Mission Statement: The Realtor Housing Opportunities Fund was established to create an endowed fund from which grants can be distributed to Lowcountry organizations that assist in the development, maintenance, or repair of housing for those whose dreams of homeownership are challenged by our region’s increasing sales prices. Our goal is to address both immediate and long-term needs through an endowed fund. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $5,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 100% Corporate Giving Contact: Claire Hart Ronald McDonald House Charities of Charleston SC Inc. 81 Gadsden St. Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: 843-723-7957 Fax: 843-722-2204 Website: www.rmhcharleston.org Mission Statement: Providing temporary lodging and support for eligible families of seriously ill children in a home-like environment through the operation of the Ronald McDonald House. To provide comfort and support to such families through the Ronald McDonald Family Room located in the Children’s Hospital at the Medical University of South Carolina. Geographic Area or Population Served: Local families, S.C. families from all states and 12 foreign countries Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $708,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 70% Corporate Giving Contact: Barbara A. Bond The Salvation Army 4248 Dorchester Road North Charleston, SC 29405 Phone: 843-747-5271 Fax: 843-747-8470 Website: www.salvationarmycharleston. org Mission Statement: An international part of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in his name without discrimination. Geographic Area or Population Served: Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester Counties Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,850,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 86% Corporate Giving Contact: Kiki Cooper
Fax: 843-856-3816 Website: www.so_sc.org Mission Statement: To provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with mental retardation, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendships with their families and other Special Olympics athletes and the community. Geographic Area or Population Served: Children and Adults with intellectual disabilities in the Tri County area of the Low Country Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $80,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 79% Corporate Giving Contact: Paula Byers St James South Santee Community Center Doing Business As: South Santee Senior & Community Center 710 S. Santee Road McClellanville, SC 29458 Phone: 843-546-2789 Fax: 843-527-1097 Mission Statement: to provide service and information to elderly residents and their families to enable elderly adults to maintain their independence, dignity and quality of life; and provide a quality after school program Geographic Area or Population Served: Rural areas of McClellanville and Awendaw in Charleston County Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $356,985 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 97% Corporate Giving Contact: Sheila Powell St. Benedict’s Society of St. Vincent de Paul 3850 Bessemer Road, Suite 120 Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 Phone: 843-216-0039 Fax: 843-971-6789 Website: www.stbenedictparish.org Mission Statement: Provides services, primarily emergency assistance with energy bills, rent, food, minor home repairs and other needs, helping families in targeted areas to survive financially until their next paycheck and not get further in debt; success is measured by the number of families helped. Geographic Area or Population Served: Mount Pleasant north of Six Mile Road, Awendaw, McClellanville, Cainhoy, Huger, Wando, Thomas Island Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $100,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 99% Corporate Giving Contact: Chris Conway, Mary Helen Gammon
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity 2545 Bohicket Road Johns Island, SC 29455 Phone: 843-768-0998 Fax: 843-768-9968 Website: www.seaislandhabitat.org Mission Statement: Sea Island Habitat for Humanity is the third-oldest Habitat for Humanity affiliate in the world. Our mission is to provide affordable housing to low-income working families from James Island to Edisto Island Geographic Area or Population Served: James Island to Edisto Island Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $3,400,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 84% Corporate Giving Contact: Molly Coffey
Trident United Way P.O. Box 63305 North Charleston, SC 29419 Phone: 843-740-9000 Fax: 843-566-7193 Website: www.tuw.org Mission Statement: To strengthen our Lowcountry community by focusing on the building blocks of a good life: education, income and health. We partner with businesses, nonprofits, schools, health care, government and the faith community to pinpoint community needs and create strategies and develop resources to address them. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $10,000,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 85% Corporate Giving Contact: David Nicole
Special Olympics South Carolina 856 Montgomery Rd. Charleston, SC 29412 Phone: 843-795-5316
United Methodist Relief Center 690 Coleman Blvd. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Phone: 843-884-4860
Fax: 843-884-4916 Website: www.umrc.org Mission Statement: Building homes for today and hope for tomorrow. Geographic Area or Population Served: Rural areas of Charleston, Berkeley, Georgetown, and Dorchester counties. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,600,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 81% Corporate Giving Contact: Lee Butler Walk for Autism-Charleston P.O. Box 1467 Mount Pleasant, SC 28465-1467 Phone: 843-345-4417 Fax: 843-971-0902 Website: www.walkforautism-charleston. com Mission Statement: Focuses on the developmental needs of children with autism; works to develop and implement strategies that increase community partnerships while fostering financial support for the treatment and intervention of autism through intensive family-centered programs. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $10,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 80% Corporate Giving Contact: Erin Pruitt Water Missions International 2049 Savannah Highway, Suite 20-A Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: 843-769-7395 Fax: 843-763-6082 Website: www.watermissions.org Mission Statement: Water Missions International’s mission is to provide sustainable access to safe water and an opportunity to hear the “Living Water” message in developing countries and disaster areas. Geographic Area or Population Served: 40 countries worldwide, with country programs and full-time staff in: Belize, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $11,000,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 85% Corporate Giving Contact: Danya Jordan
Neighborhood & Community Development Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation 1535 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., Suite D Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: 843-745-7055 Fax: 843-745-7045 Website: www.heirsproperty.org Mission Statement: Serving, supporting and empowering heirs’ property owners and their communities Geographic Area or Population Served: Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester and Georgetown counties Field of Interest: Neighborhood & Community Development Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $500,071 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 75% Corporate Giving Contact: Tish Lynn Charleston Community Sailing P.O. Box 21811 Charleston, SC 29413 Phone: 843-607-4890 Website: www.charlestoncommunitysailing.org Mission Statement: Charleston Community Sailing Inc. is a non-profit organization with a purpose of improving the community and the sport of sailing by providing access, facilities, and sailing instruction to people of all socioeco-
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East Cooper Habitat for Humanity Inc. P.O. Box 1990 Mount Pleasant, SC 29465 Phone: 843-881-2600 Fax: 843-881-2823 Website: www.eastcooperhabitat.org Mission Statement: To work in partnership with God and people from all walks of life to develop communities with people in need by building houses so that there are affordable houses in decent communities in which every person can live and grow into all that God intends. Geographic Area or Population Served: Mount Pleasant, Isle of Palms, Sullivan’s Island, Daniel Island, Huger, Cainhoy, Wando, McClellanville, and Awendaw Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $700,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 91% Corporate Giving Contact: Bob Hervey Hearts of Huger Revitalization Efforts P.O. Box 231 Huger, SC 29450 Phone: 864-607-2615 Mission Statement: To uplift and revitalize the community of Huger by returning to our founding qualities: unity, respect, charity and stewardship. Geographic Area or Population Served: Berkeley County, Huger Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $5,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 100% Corporate Giving Contact: Bernard Watson Metanoia Community Development Corp. 2005 Reynolds Ave. North Charleston, SC 29405 Phone: 843-529-3014 Fax: 843-529-3639 Website: www.pushingforward.org Mission Statement: A movement of people rooted in faith, investing in neighborhood assets to build leaders, establish quality housing and generate economic development. To push people forward into new relationships with God and one another to create strong communities. Geographic Area or Population Served: Southern end of North Charleston Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $649,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 91% Corporate Giving Contact: Bill Stanfield The Preservation Society of Charleston 147 King St. Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: 843-722-4630 Fax: 843-723-4381 Website: www.preservationsociety.org Mission Statement: To cultivate and encourage interest in the preservation of buildings, sites and structures of historical or aesthetic significance; and to prevent the destruction or defacement of any such building, site or structure, such purposes being solely eleemosynary and not for profit. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $0 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 100% Corporate Giving Contact: Katherine Schultheis Sewee to Santee Economic Foundation Inc. Doing Business As: Sewee to Santee Community CDC P.O. Box 26 McClellanville, SC 29458-0026 Phone: 843-887-4453 Fax: 843-887-4453 Mission Statement: To promote economic growth while preserving the rural heritage. Geographic Area or Population Served: Awendaw and McClellanvile communities,
northern Charleston County. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $12,900 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 41% Corporate Giving Contact: Charles W. Johnson Jr. Summerville Family YMCA 140 S. Cedar St. Summerville, SC 29483 Phone: 843-871-9622 Fax: 843-821-3127 Website: www.summervilleymca.org Mission Statement: To be a community cornerstone that puts Christian principles into practice through programs that build spirit, mind and body for all. Geographic Area or Population Served: Summerville and surrounding communities including Sangaree, Knightsville, Oakbrook, North Charleston Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $4,077,313 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 78% Corporate Giving Contact: Linda Walton YMCA of Greater Charleston 61 Cannon St. Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-577-9622 Fax: 843-722-8896 Website: www.ymcagc.org Mission Statement: To improve the lives of all in the greater Charleston area by connecting individuals, families and communities with opportunities based on Christian values that strengthen spirit, mind and body. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston County Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $750,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 95% Corporate Giving Contact: Paul L. Stoney
Philanthropy Alzheimer’s Association Doing Business As: Alzheimer’s Association, South Carolina Chapter 2090 Executive Hall Road, Suite 130 Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: 843-571-2641 Fax: 843-571-6020 Website: www.alz.org/sc Mission Statement: To eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county and surrounding areas Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,500,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 85% Corporate Giving Contact: Cameron Renwick Charitable Society of Charleston P.O. Box 21134 Charleston, SC 29413 Phone: 843-727-0624 Website: www.charitablesocietyofcharleston.org Mission Statement: Our members are committed to providing volunteer service and funds to local nonprofit organizations that help individuals in our community. Our members are particularly interested in organizations that serve underprivileged children, the elderly and individuals with special needs, along with community wellness. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston metropolitan statistical area Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $12,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 70% Corporate Giving Contact: P. Carter Perason
Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Doing Business As: Coastal Community Foundation 90 Mary St. Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-723-3635 Fax: 843-577-3671 Website: www.coastalcommunityfoundation.org Mission Statement: Fostering philanthropy for the lasting good of the community. Give back. Look forward. Geographic Area or Population Served: Berkeley, Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton and Jasper counties Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,357,639 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 94% Corporate Giving Contact: Courtenay Fain Junior League of Charleston Doing Business As: Junior League of Charleston Inc. 51 Folly Road Charleston, SC 29407 Phone: 843-763-5284 Fax: 843-763-1626 Website: www.jlcharleston.org Mission Statement: The Junior League of Charleston Inc. is an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $380,727 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 74% Corporate Giving Contact: Kate McClain
Public Service Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding Inc. Doing Business As: Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding P.O. Box 146 John’s Island, SC 29457 Phone: 843-559-6040 Fax: 843-559-0176 Website: www.catrfarms.org Mission Statement: Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding Inc. improves the lives of children and adults with disabilities at the area’s oldest therapeutic horseback riding center. Geographic Area or Population Served: People with disabilities in the tri-county area Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $230,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 94% Corporate Giving Contact: Kimberly Anderson The Dee Norton Lowcountry Children’s Center Inc. 1061 King St. Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: 843-723-3600 Fax: 843-720-7106 Website: www.dnlcc.org Mission Statement: To keep children safe from abuse and, when abuse occurs, to work with the community to bring healing to these children and their families. Geographic Area or Population Served: Charleston and Berkeley counties. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $2,308,383 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 79% Corporate Giving Contact: Beverly Hutchison
Website: www.lwvcharleston.org Mission Statement: A nonpartisan political organization for men and women, the League of Women Voters encourages informed and active participation in government; works to increase understanding of major public policy issues; and influences public policy through education and advocacy. Geographic Area or Population Served: Tri-county Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: N/A Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: N/A Corporate Giving Contact: Heather Osterfeld Timrod Literary & Library Association 217 Central Ave. Summerville, SC 29483 Phone: 843-871-4600 Mission Statement: To offer the Summerville community a variety of materials and cultural events while preserving the historic building in which the collection is housed. Geographic Area or Population Served: Greater Summerville area. Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $41,500 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 100% Corporate Giving Contact: Harold E. Robling
Social Justice Alliance For Full Acceptance Doing Business As: AFFA P.O. Box 22088 Charleston, SC 29413-2088 Phone: 843-883-0343 Fax: 843-723-3859 Website: www.affa-sc.org Mission Statement: Social justice organization achieving equality and acceptance for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. Geographic Area or Population Served: Primarily tri-county, but several programs are statewide Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $170,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 82% Corporate Giving Contact: C. Doug Warner Palmetto Project Inc. 1031 Chuck Dawley Blvd, Suite 5 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Phone: 843-849-1091 Fax: 843-881-1665 Website: www.palmettoproject.org Mission Statement: Our mission is to identify innovative approaches to the social and economic challenges facing South Carolina and put them to work throughout the state. Geographic Area or Population Served: Statewide Total Operating Budget for 2010-2011: $1,362,000 Percentage of Revenue Allocated to Program Services: 88% Corporate Giving Contact: Steve Skardon
League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area P.O. Box 20173 Charleston, SC 29413 Phone: 843-766-5416
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