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Making Sure the Music Lives On

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When the South Carolina Philharmonic (SCP) was looking for a place to house their endowment, the board and staff researched their options thoroughly. The Community Foundation became the clear choice for their organization for several reasons. “We already felt a sense of belonging with the Foundation because many friends of the SCP house their funds here,” said Executive Director Rhonda Hunsinger.

That familiarity, along with the Foundation’s “history of strong leadership and responsible fund management in our community,” said Ms. Hunsinger, “solidified our confidence in the investment plan and the reasonable fee structure.” The Philharmonic and the Foundation are now making beautiful music together.

With that decision out of the way, the SCP is now focused on their upcoming season. A new program being launched this year is “Treblemakers: Making Overtures at the SCP,” funded by the S.C. Arts Commission. This program will take 22 young professionals through private rehearsal visits and chats with Maestro Morihiko Nakahara and musicians, and will provide backstage access and season subscriptions – all designed to break down the barriers between audience and stage.

“Where in the Midlands is Morihiko?” returns after a one-year hiatus thanks to funding from the Pierrine & Hootie Johnson Fund through the Community

Foundation. The series puts small ensembles of SCP musicians into the community seven times during the season. The musicians provide hour-long performances that give the public a chance to experience symphonic music and meet the talented musicians as they promote upcoming events. These performances will take place across the Midlands to reach beyond Columbia and expose other communities to the value of the symphony.

These programs are in addition to the many educational programs SCP offers throughout the year. SCP strongly believes that exposure to the arts is an essential element in the effort to help young people reach their full potential. The Philharmonic works with area schools to offer special performances for K-6 students, in-school education programs and performances, and the Midlands only community-based professional orchestra training program.

With so many wonderful programs keeping them busy, the SCP is thankful they don’t have to worry about the daily responsibilities of managing their own endowment. They trust the Community Foundation’s 25 years of experience

in helping to promote, facilitate and increase philanthropy in our community.

“We are proud to be affiliated with the South Carolina Philharmonic,” said JoAnn Turnquist. “The Maestro, musicians, board and staff are dedicated to providing a musical heritage for the next generation of South Carolinians and enriching our quality of life in the Midlands.”

To find out more about the SCP, visit www.scphilharmonic.com or call 803.771.7937. If you would like more information about how your nonprofit organization can partner with the Community Foundation visit www.yourfoundation.org or contact JoAnn Turnquist at 803.254.5601 x323 or joann@yourfoundation.org.

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ClaireC.FortJohnS.GoetteeL.MarionGressetteIIIHenryB.HaitzIIICarroll HeywardDavid HodgesJackie HowieKatharineM.HubbardBruceW.Hughes

D.MichaelKellyEllisM.KnightJamesK.LehmanJohnH.LumpkinJr.TedO.McGeeJr.CatherineR.MonettiShannon NordDonnaC.NorthamBarbara Rackes

GeorgeW.RogersA.EugeneRountreeTerryK.SchmoyerJr.Martha Scott SmithDavidC.SojournerJr.Nancy SpencerJ.HagoodTigheSusieH.VanHussMiriamA.Wilson

MidlandsResidentsHavetheirVoicesHeardConservatives sat next to Liberals. Teenagers

talked with senior citizens. And upper-income citizens listened to issues faced by citizens living below the poverty line. Why were they gathered together for six hours on a Saturday?

On June 26th, 3,500 Americans — including more than 450 Midlands residents — gathered at meeting places across the country to discuss the future of our federal budget. Connected by live streaming video and polling software, citizens weighed-in on strategies to ensure a sustainable fiscal future and a strong economic recovery.

The nonpartisan discussion, called AmericaSpeaks: Our Budget, Our Economy, linked 19 meeting sites across the country. The Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center was home to the discussion in South Carolina. There, 450 people sat at tables of 10, studied facts about our nation’s financial woes and discussed the options they would choose to reduce the federal deficit $1.2 trillion by 2025. Discussions focused on cutting spending and increasing revenues. The conversations were lively and civil. Participants may have disagreed, but they listened respectfully – often to people they would have never spoken to before this event.

“The process of working with a diverse team of people and reaching a compromise – while still meeting the target – showed that we are capable of solving a very complex problem,” said Jim Morris. “I thoroughly enjoyed it.”

Fellow participant Nancy Cooper called it an “eye-opening experience” and a “day well spent.”

Collectively, across the nation, the preferred options included:

• Raising the limit on taxable earnings so it covers 90% of total earnings.

• Reducing spending on health care and non-defense discretionary spending by at least 5%.

• Raising tax rates on corporate income and those earning more than $1 million.

• Raising the age for receiving full Social Security benefits to 69.

• Reducing defense spending by 10% – 15%.• Creating a carbon and securities-transaction tax.

The participants themselves summed up this event nicely with their statement to our leaders, “Please find the political will to use this input as if it were coming from a powerful lobbying group–because we are.”

Columbia, along with Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Portland and Albuquerque, was one of the Town Hall meeting’s featured sites and boasted one of the largest crowds. Senator Lindsay Graham and Representative John Spratt addressed the crowd in Columbia and Senator Jim DeMint spoke via satellite video.

Many people were responsible for the success of this event including the 45 member local engagement team, the AmericaSpeaks staff, the Foundation’s staff and board of trustees, the 100 plus volunteers, our local media partners – The State Media Company and WIS News 10— and of course the 450 participants.

You can review the initial findings online at usabudgetdiscussion.org. The final report should be posted by mid July. AmericaSpeaks will present the priorities that emerge to Congress and the White House, as well as the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and the Bi-Partisan Policy Center’s Debt Reduction Task Force.

The ball is now in their court to take action.

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Losing and Finding HopeThe Foundation’s main priority for

our grantmaking is to make targeted grants that will have a measurable, positive impact on issues that affect our citizens. This applies to our competitive grants as well at the other grant programs we facilitate. We partner with our grantees to ensure that we are working together toward this goal.

Recently, Harvest Hope Food Bank applied for a grant from the Knight Foundation Advised Fund at the Foundation. Originally, they were seeking funding for staff members to receive training on fundraising. Foundation staff and the Knight Advisory Committee believed there was a better way to achieve their goal of increased funding.

Together, they decided that what Harvest Hope needed most was to make people aware of the new faces of those needing their services in order to increase their donor base. They wanted to provide a clear picture of how the change in our economy has affected our friends, neighbors and co-workers.

“Every day we have conversations with people who cannot understand the new reality they find themselves in,” said Denise Holland, Harvest

Hope CEO. “The new faces of hunger are frequently people who once came to volunteer or made donations, but now they come to us for food.”

The statistics are staggering. Since the recession hit, 5 million Americans have lost their homes and 84 million have been laid off. Here in South Carolina, the demand for food assistance in 2009 increased by 145%.

Harvest Hope worked with Mad Monkey Inc. to produce a video that conveys with emotion the work of the food bank. The video includes testimonials from four Harvest Hope

clients who share their stories of losing, and then finding, hope. For these people, and so many others, Harvest Hope provided a lifeline to help them bridge the gap.

The video has been a success thus far for Harvest Hope. It debuted at the Red Basket Luncheon in May, and helped the organization raise $110,000. Harvest Hope plans to use the video extensively for community education presentations, donor recruitment, and public outreach events to spread their message about hunger and how the public can help reduce the number of hungry people in our state.

The Foundation has always taken great pride in its diverse and talented board of trustees. They contribute unique perspectives and abilities, and a dedication and commitment to the Foundation that fosters success. Their gifts of time and resources allow our organization to achieve our mission.

Today we offer our thanks to the following members who are retiring, for their service to our Foundation and our community. Their efforts have made a difference.

We also offer our thanks and our welcome to the newest members of our board of trustees. Each individual has been elected to serve a three-year term.

Scott R.Adams – GeneralCounselandVicePresident,Prysmian Cables & Systems

R.JasonCaskey,CPA– Managing Shareholder, ElliottDavis–ColumbiaOffice

Aubria Corbitt – CommunityVolunteer

L.MarionGressetteIII,CFA – SeniorVP&RegionalDirector of Portfolio Management, BB&T Wealth Management

Carroll Heyward – CEO, WB Guimarin

TerryK.SchmoyerJr.– President and Managing Partner, Schmoyer and Company LLC

We look forward to the expertise, creativity and dedication to service these new members will bring to our board, to our Foundation and, most importantly, to our community.

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Letter from the President

JoAnn Turnquist

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IsYourNonprofitPlanningfortheFuture?Many local nonprofit

organizations choose to invest their endowments with the Community Foundation. Establishing an Agency Endowment fund at the Foundation provides a simple way for a nonprofit to establish a source of lasting support. Doing so also demonstrates to your constituents that your organization is both stable and visionary.

The Community Foundation’s economies of scale provide your organization the benefits of a diverse investment portfolio and low investment fees that typically come only with very large funds. The endowed fund’s principal is not spent and can grow over time. You receive distributions from the fund on a schedule

that you and the Foundation create together and alleviates the burden of managing an endowment on your own.

By establishing a partnership with the Foundation, your organization will reduce its operating costs as our Foundation has the infrastructure to handle simple and complex fiscal issues. The reduction in costs will allow a higher percentage of your monies to be used for charitable projects. The work we do on your behalf will also reduce your administrative time allowing your staff to focus on your mission.

The marketing strength of the Community Foundation, through its website, newsletters and annual report, will also provide a platform for your organization to introduce its

mission and the many programs it provides to a diverse audience.

The Community Foundation’s staff is available to meet with your agency staff, board members and donors. We can speak to your donors about planned gifts, and other vehicles to benefit your agency fund. We also hold special workshops throughout the year for our nonprofit partners who have placed their endowment with the Foundation.

We look forward to the opportunity to serve you and, through you, our community. For more information about establishing a fund with the Foundation, contact JoAnn Turnquist at 803.254.5601 x323 or joann@yourfoundation.org. IN

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The Staff

Contact Us 2711 Middleburg Drive, Suite 213 | Columbia, SC 29204803.254.5601 | 803.799.6663 (F) | info@yourfoundation.org | www.yourfoundation.org

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Junior Achievement of Central South Carolina JuniorLeagueofColumbiaInc.LRADACMentalIllnessRecoveryCenterInc.Montessori School of CamdenNancyK.PerryChildren’sShelterNewberryCountyHospitalFoundationInc.Orangeburg Historic & Fine Arts Endowment PalmettoPlaceChildren’sEmergencyShelterSeniorResourcesInc.SexualTraumaServicesoftheMidlandsSistercareInc.South Carolina PhilharmonicSouthern Interscholastic Press Association Sumter County Gallery of Art United Way of the Midlands

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our three strategic focus areas: Dropout Prevention, Homelessness Prevention and Illiteracy Reduction. Three of the Impact grants awarded during our fall cycle are featured below.

City Year Columbia corps members provide critically needed services to some of Columbia’s most underserved children and youth. City Year received funding for the Whole School, Whole Child (WSWC) program at Gibbes Middle School to combat the dropout crisis in Columbia. At 7.4%, Eau Claire High School’s dropout rate is the highest in Columbia. City Year believes by targeting feeder elementary and middle schools, Hyatt Park and Gibbes, with this program, they can help offset the indicators that are associated with student dropouts at Eau Claire.

City Year placed seven of its 24 corps members at Gibbes to provide tutoring and mentoring services to its students. The services were aimed at increasing literacy skills, improving student behavior, and promoting students’ enthusiasm about attending school. Throughout the school year, corps members engaged 210 students in multiple interventions (61 in tutoring, 48 in mentoring and 145 in afterschool activities). They also engaged the entire student body, 350 students, in a community clean-up project.

Reach Out and Read (ROR) prepares America’s youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together. ROR received funding for the Quality Enhancement Initiative for five sites serving a total of 10,000 children annually. These sites are Sumter DHEC, Sumter Pediatrics, Sumter Family Health Center, Kershaw DHEC and Lee County DHEC.

ROR staff is working with each program site to create a literacy-friendly waiting area, provide a new training module for staff, and provide new age- and language- appropriate books for the families they serve. Through May, the halfway point of the program, staff members at each site had received new and additional training, helping to re-energize them and remind them of the importance of the ROR program to the families they serve. Planning is under way for the literacy-friendly waiting areas, and books and supplies are being ordered to complete each area by the fall.

Epworth Children’s Home is in its 114th year of serving children, youth and families from all over South Carolina. Epworth provides children and youth suffering from abuse, abandonment, neglect or a breakdown of the family situation, a caring, accepting and safe Christian community. The Children’s Home was awarded funding for a network upgrade including the installation of and training and support for a new accounting and database management system.

Epworth was struggling with an outdated system serviced by an outside company that was no longer maintaining the product. This made their method of processing gifts, handling accounting procedures, and managing donors, volunteers, and clients inefficient and ineffective.

The new system was developed specifically for nonprofit organizations and will help improve office and management efficiencies and generate economic and volunteer assistance needed to support and expand the current population. The system will allow Epworth to enhance its development efforts which should lead to an increase in donations and income for the organization.

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Making Impactful Grants

City Year Columbia

Reach Out and Read

Epworth Children’s Home

July 15 Impact GrantsAugust 15 Kershaw County Endowment Orangeburg Calhoun Community FoundationSeptember 30 Central Carolina AIDS Partnership October 15 Hootie&TheBlowfishFoundationJanuary 15 Impact GrantsJanuary 31 Greater Chapin Community EndowmentFebruary 15 Kershaw County Endowment Sumter Community FoundationApril 15 Hootie&TheBlowfishFoundation

2711 Middleburg Drive, Suite 213Columbia, South Carolina 29204

Don’tMissOutonGrantOpportunitiesCentral Carolina Community Foundation offers

many different types of grants to build and improve the Midlands community. We support a wide variety of organizations with our discretionary grants and the various grant programs we manage.

Our most prevalent grants are our Community and Organizational Impact grants. These competitive grants are awarded to nonprofits serving our 11-county service area whose programs address one of our three strategic focus areas: Dropout Prevention, Homelessness Prevention and Illiteracy Reduction.

Within our service area, four communities have created regional endowments to focus exclusively on their local needs. They are the Greater Chapin Community Endowment, Kershaw County Endowment, Orangeburg Calhoun Community Foundation and Sumter Community Foundation. Each fund is managed by a volunteer board of advisors who oversee the grantmaking process. These local endowments provide funding for a broad range of existing and future charitable programs.

The Foundation also oversees several other grant

programs including those for the Academy of Columbia Foundation, Hootie & The Blowfish Foundation, the Knight Foundation Advised Fund, the Mary Seibert Charitable Trust and Women in Philanthropy. Each program has different priorities and requirements based on the philanthropic goals of the donor or advisory board.

Detailed information about all available grants through the Foundation can be found on our website at www.yourfoundation.org. Just click on ‘nonprofits.’ For questions, contact Veronica Pinkett-Barber at 803.254.5601 x331.

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