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62 Pages·2003·2.41 MB·English

Contents
6 Welcome Letter
9 2001-2003 Highlights
13 Funds
25 Affiliates
31 Grants
33 Donors and Friends√
Cover Photo Credit
Holly Fisher with permission from the Summerville Journal-Scene
Two-year-old Nina Martinez is entranced by her magical dancing partner - one of several life-like works that form the “Sculpture in the
South”in Azalea Park in Summerville. Grants from the Saul Alexander Foundation,an affiliate of TCF,helped fund this project.
PHILANTHROPY MAKES
GOOD PARTNERS
Biennial Report 2001-2003
M I S S I O N
The Community Foundation Serving Coastal South Carolina is a
public grantmaking foundation that fosters philanthropy for the
lasting good of the community.
C O R E VA L U E S
Trust and Integrity
Broad participation
Commitment to the community’s future
Superior Service
Commitment to learning
D I V E R S I T Y S T A T E M E N T
The Community Foundation Serving Coastal South Carolina believes in
the active inclusion of the entire community as welcome participants in
all aspects of its work. TCF strives to practice and to encourage
diversity, equity and inclusiveness as the cornerstone of all that it does.
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Dear Friends:
Look into the face of the young girl on the cover of this report. She is enthralled as she gazes into
the eyes of her chosen partner and anticipates their dance together. That is the transforming magic
of partnerships. That’s how we feel every time we join with you and all our philanthropic partners.
The past two years of global and financial uncertainty have confirmed the importance of
collaborating to address complex community issues.Over and over again,TCF has been
transformed by its collaborations with dedicated long-standing partners and creative new ones.
One new partner,Frances P.Bunnelle,chose TCF to implement her vision of supporting charities
in her beloved Georgetown County long after her death. Her thoughtful,estate plans led to the
creation of the Frances P.Bunnelle Foundation with over $34 million.
One veteran partner,The Beaufort Fund,started by an anonymous Beaufort donor five years ago,
just surpassed $1 million in competitive grants awarded to charitable organizations in Colleton,
Hampton,Jasper and Beaufort counties.
Other dynamic partnerships launched two special initiatives:the Heirs’Property Preservation
Project (funded by The Ford Foundation) to assist heirs’property owners and the Lowcountry
Conservation Loan Fund (funded by Merck Family Fund and Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley
Foundation) to help protect valuable land with low-cost loans to conservation groups.
In two years, TCF and its donors gave an unprecedented $9.7 million to worthy groups up and
down the coast.With help from partners like you,elderly shut-ins were fed;children were tutored;
people of all ages enjoyed symphonic music;adults learned about computers;neighborhoods had
safe playgrounds,and much more.
TCF couldn’t do any of this alone. Those pictured throughout this report are just a few of the
many partners we cherish. Every day we welcome new ones. Won’t you join us? Your involve-
ment will be transforming. The steps are easy and the dance is exhilarating.
Sincerely,
Wilbur E.Johnson Madeleine S.McGee Linda Plunkett
2001-2003 Chair President Chair
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2 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 3 H i g h l i g h t s
Enter here…
Elizabeth Rivers Lewine is not one for making grand entrances. She has given generously without
fanfare through a charitable lead trust managed by TCF over the last ten years, helping small and large
organizations alike to continue their good work.
Among her many gifts to her Alma Mater,Ashley Hall School,was the building of a handsome brick and
stucco wall to enhance the Smith Street façade and to provide the structure upon which to re-hang the
original gates of the school.
Mrs.Lewine is a native Charlestonian,the daughter of two public-spirited parents,John and Martha Rivers.
While maintaining a home in Charleston, Mrs. Lewine’s primary residence has been in New York City
with her husband,Richard, now retired from a career as a successful theatrical producer.Her giving has
remained focused here in her hometown.
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P A R T N E R S
P A R T N E R S
A R T N E R S
sew...another story
If you want to preserve this view for your
Nora Williams tells stories through her quilts. Stories about grandchildren, snap the shutter and…
the past that should be remembered.Stories of the
Underground Railroad told through a craft that brought
Celebrate the efforts of TCF’s Conservation Loan
women together over large,communal tables where laughter
Fund,which is making,low-interest loans available to
let loose in the face of hardship. She sews her stories for the
conservation organizations to purchase and protect land
children of today and tomorrow.
with significant ecological,wildlife,scenic and recreational
value. The Merck Family Fund and the Gaylord and
With the help of a TCF’s Expansion Arts Grant,she sews
Dorothy Donnelley Foundation gave TCF a total of
the patterns of quilts hung on the line in slavery times to
$1 million to the Fund hoping others will contribute.
send messages to those hiding out or planning to escape. The
“monkey wrench”pattern meant that tools should be made
So far,two loans have been made – one to the Audubon
ready for escape. The “bow tie”warned others to get dressed
Society at Francis Beidler Forest Sanctuary to help
to go. A history of storytelling in the eloquent sewing of
purchase more than 900 acres (Mizzell Tract) in Berkeley
patterns.
and Dorchester counties and another to help The Nature
Conservancy purchase 150 acres in the Francis Marion
National Forest.
the art of giving...
John H.Bennett,Jr.learned to love the arts through his grandfather,John Bennett,
who was an author,poet,storyteller,silhouettist and leader of the Charleston
“literati”in the 1920’s and 30’s.To honor his grandparents,he left the bulk of his
estate to establish the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund at TCF to bene-
fit the arts in Charleston and beyond. Already his fund contributed $20,000 to
TCF’s 2002 Expansion Arts Program.
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P A R T N E R S
N E R S
P A R T N E R S
…if she heard about a need, she answered it.
That’s what the people of Georgetown said about Mrs.
Frances P.Bunnelle. During her lifetime,she gave quietly in
the community and carefully planned to continue giving
through her estate by creating The Frances P.Bunnelle
Foundation,an affiliate of TCF. “The world’s needs are
unlimited,”she once said. “Therefore,in order to have an ...the heartache of home...
impact in some lasting and meaningful way,I have tried to
focus on Georgetown County.” Her extraordinary gift of
When Edith Greene sits on her porch,everyone who
$34 million will provide more than $1.5 million annually to
passes hails her by name. She’s lived on this street on James Island
charitable organizations in Georgetown County.
all her life and everyone is family,but she can’t prove that the
house she lives in is her home. It’s heirs’property and there are
many family members near and far,who share equally in it. If one
heir decides to sell,all have to sell and the land will be lost. It was
her uncle’s house and he gave it to her and she doesn’t want to
lose it. Now there’s help.
People like Willie Heyward at The South Carolina Centers for
Equal Justice are working with the Heirs’Property Preservation
Project to help Edith and her son,Minister George Richardson,
with free legal assistance to get the necessary papers in order.
There are hundreds like Edith and thousands of heirs’acres at risk
in the Lowcountry.
A family’s committment continues... Funded by The Ford Foundation,the Heirs’Property Preservation Project
partners include TCF,The SC Bar Foundation,The SC Centers for
Equal Justice,SC Appleseed Legal Justice Center and the SC Bar.
What does an old Boston family have to do with Allendale
and Hampton counties? Years of charitable giving through a
private foundation that will now continue through an
advised fund at TCF.In 1938,Nathanial Thayer Winthrop
established the Sarah T.Winthrop Memorial Fund to honor
his mother.Since the late 1960’s the family has focused
their giving in Hampton and Allendale counties,the site of
the family’s Groton Plantation.The $30,000 in grants given
last fall with TCF’s staff support follows in that tradition.
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Our Services
Our strength will come in working together
across the region to preserve and enrich what
we all treasure about coastal South Carolina.
Service Area:TCF works with donors and
non-profit groups throughout the eight coastal
counties of Georgetown,Charleston,Berkeley,
Dorchester,Colleton,Beaufort,Hampton,and
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TCF offers donors interested in supporting
non-profit organizations,teachers,artists and
neighborhood groups,the opportunity to
create powerful philanthropic partnerships. Together TCF and donors explore the community,discover
its needs and design individual funds that reflect the charitable wishes of each donor. The adventure
is in the exploration together – learning new things,meeting new people and seeing the results of
giving.(See the types of funds listed on pages 9-17)
Donors can endow a fund with a minimum of $10,000,and design it to reflect how and where they
wish to give in perpetuity. They may choose to name their funds in honor of loved ones or to cele-
brate their family. Each time a grant is given,it is given in that name.
Donors may create funds with cash,publicly-traded or closely-held stock,savings bonds,mutual funds,
real estate,insurance policies,retirement plan assets or limited partnership interests,or they may leave a
bequest in their will.
For Our Nonprofit Partners
TCF manages several competitive grants programs,which are overseen by broad-based selection com-
mittees from the community.The two largest,Open Grants and The Beaufort Fund,provide significant
funds to worthy charitable organizations in Berkeley,Charleston,Dorchester,and Georgetown coun-
ties,and Colleton,Hampton,Jasper and Beaufort counties respectively. Other competitive grant pro-
grams include Scholarships,Teacher Mini-Grants,the N.E.W.Fund (Neighborhoods Energized to Win) for
grassroots community efforts,Expansion Arts and the Charles Webb/Ed Croft grants for special needs
children.(Information on how to apply for grants is on the Web site.)
For Our Community Partners
TCF fosters philanthropy for the lasting good of the community by bringing non-profit organizations
and other members of the community together to tackle pressing regional problems. TCF is a strong
advocate of partnerships and collaborations to handle far-reaching problems and to reduce duplication
of services.
To learn more about our work,TCF invites you to contact our staff or visit our Web site:www.TCFgives.org.
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