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Carolina through efforts about government that educate the public and policies, institutions promote civic TABLE OF C ONTENTS Statement of Purpose...... 3 A Letter from the President ...... 4 A Letter from the Executive Director ...... 6 Statement Concerning 2004 Grant Cycle...... 8 Officers/Trustees/Staff/State Advisory Panel ...... 9 Anne Cannon Forsyth Remembered...... 10 Life Trustee Zachary Smith...... 11

REFLECTIONS ON GOVERNANCE, PUBLIC POLICY &CIVIC ENGAGEMENT...... 12 One Person, One Vote, One Boat...... 14 What is Happening to Our Citizen Legislature?...... 16 GOVERNANCE: Campaign Finance Reform ...... 18 PUBLIC POLICY: Death Penalty Moratorium ...... 21 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: Civic Education ...... 24 Our American Democracy...... 26 Grantmaking ...... 28 Community Building and Economic Development ...... 30 Environment ...... 34 Governance, Public Policy & Civic Engagement ...... 38 Pre-Collegiate Education ...... 42 Social Justice & Equity ...... 46 Miscellaneous ...... 50 Financial Statement ...... 51 Grant Application Guidelines ...... 52 Nancy Susan Reynolds Awards ...... 54 Sabbatical Program ...... 56 Statement on Inclusiveness...... 58

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( 1911-1932 ) 3 2003 A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

DURING THIS PAST YEAR, the Z. Smith Reynolds foundations and nonprofits have to be good stewards of Foundation lost two individuals—Anne Cannon Forsyth the resources with which we have been entrusted. Last Dand Hugh Humphrey—who played a major role in the year, in particular, brought allegations of unethical con- Foundation’s development. Anne Cannon Forsyth, duct from nonprofits and foundations of all sizes and daughter of Z. Smith Reynolds for whom this foundation from around the country. More than 100 stories were is named, was a trustee for many years and was a vision- written about foundation misconduct–stories that ary and dedicated philanthropist with her own inheri- included the kind of arrogant behavior and abuse of tance. Her son, Jock Tate, continues as a trustee and privilege by foundation trustees and executives that preceded me as president of the Foundation. Hugh make most of us cringe. Humphrey was a trustee for more than 20 years and left I do believe that the majority of foundation trustees in an indelible impression on the Foundation with his America take their responsibilities seriously and strive to keen mind, wit and compassion for his fellow North carry out the missions of their foundations in the most Carolinians. We mourn their passing, and they both ethical and effective manner. Yet, we know when newspa- will be sorely missed. per headlines report these allegations against other foun- It has almost become a cliché to talk about the pace of dation officials that we are being tarred with the same change in today’s world. To quote the Red Queen in Alice in wide brush. We must do more than wring our hands, Wonderland, “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running however. We must re-examine our own practices and you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get those of our peers to ensure that we are adhering to the somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that.” highest standards of performance and using our posi- To remain relevant in this changing environment, tions as board and staff members to carry out the mission foundations must periodically re-examine their own prior- of our organizations and to improve the communities in ities. During the latter half of 2004, the Z. Smith Reynolds which we work, not to benefit our own social or financial Foundation will take a step back from our grantmaking to positions or those of family or associates. look at the most pressing needs facing North Carolina now Fortunately, colleagues around the country are pro- and in years to come and to make sure we have the most viding leadership to ensure that we all know the bound- effective means for aligning our financial and human aries of propriety and responsible conduct and that we resources to best support the work of our grantees. have no excuse for straying beyond them. Community But despite the changing world, one thing remains foundations have worked together to develop common unchanged: the responsibility those of us involved with standards of practice to which they can be held account-

4 For the Common Good able. Family foundations and corporate giving institu- our field, summarized wonderfully the beauty of the tions are developing standards to guide their practices as independence enjoyed by the whole nonprofit sector. well. And the Council on Foundations is embarking on At its best, it is a sector in which we are allowed to pursue an important initiative to improve ethical practices truth, even if we are going in the wrong direction; allowed throughout its membership. to experiment, even if we are bound to fail; to map Private foundations, such as the Z. Smith Reynolds unknown territory, even if we get lost. It is a sector in Foundation, have no market forces such as customers or which we are committed to alleviate misery and redress shareholders to encourage us to change. We have only grievances, to give reign to the mind’s curiosity and soul’s the desire of trustees and staff to demonstrate that we longing, to seek beauty and defend truth where we must, are contributing to the common good, fulfilling the to honor the worthy and smite the rascals with everyone charge given us by our founders, and serving the public free to define worthiness and rascality, to find cures and trust implicit in the tax benefits received upon creation to console the incurable, to deal with the ancient impulse of the foundation. If we don’t live up to these responsi- to hate and fear the tribe in the next valley, to prepare for bilities and demand the highest standards of conduct tomorrow’s crisis and preserve yesterday’s wisdom, and from ourselves and our colleagues, then we can’t com- to pursue the questions others won’t pursue because they plain when the media or government agencies do so. are too busy or too lazy or too fearful or too jaded. It is a I really believe that the nonprofit sector is a core sector for seed planting and path finding, for lost causes component of what makes American society different and causes that yet may win, and, if I may borrow words from so much of the rest of the world. At our best, from George Bernard Shaw, “for the posterity that has no Americans are tolerant, open to new ideas, and willing vote and the tradition that never had any, for the great to get involved to care for our neighbors and improve abstractions for the eternal against the expedient.” our communities. Nonprofits take the lead in helping to solve today’s and tomorrow’s problems, and foundations I hope we all remain vigilant in maintaining the are important supporters of this work. Our independ- highest level of ethical behavior to avoid even the per- ence is a core value and strength of the sector, but we ception of misconduct, indiscretion, and personal have to keep in mind the fact that it is also a gift that we enhancement as we strive to live up to the promise of must continuously work hard to earn. this vision. John Gardner, founder of Common Cause and the Mary Mountcastle Independent Sector and clearly one of the great minds in President

For the Common Good 5 other organizations designed to strengthen government; in ensuring universal access to educational opportunities and fact, the first grant the Foundation made was in 1936 to the resources. Their impact and legacies will live on. State of North Carolina. However, in 2001 the Board decid- Additionally, in 2003 the Foundation recognized Trustee ed to dedicate greater emphasis and even more energy to Zachary Smith’s 37 years of service on the Board and named increasing civic engagement and strengthening represen- him as the Foundation’s first Life Trustee. He continues to tative democracy in the state, and, thus, this new focus area participate actively in the work of the Foundation, but on was created. the occasion of his becoming a Life Trustee, I offer my sin- The Foundation made numerous grants within this focus cere and humble thanks to Zach for his dedication and area in 2003 that we believe have the potential for tremen- unwavering commitment to this Foundation and to making dous impact. In the pages that follow, we have invited life better for the people of North Carolina. essays from dedicated, civic-minded North Carolinians As 2003 ends and we enter an election year, I believe and asked them to share their thoughts on governance, this is an appropriate time to reflect on the Foundation’s public policy and civic engagement. We hope that you, the work to serve the people of our state—the common good— reader, will be reminded of the importance of civic educa- through the improvement of North Carolina’s democratic tion and participation in your government and will be processes. This annual report is an attempt to share these inspired to take action. As the other President Roosevelt reflections with you. I believe these are challenging times, said in his second inaugural address, we must refuse “to and we need the efforts of all of our state’s people in order leave the problems of our common welfare to be solved by to carry out the lofty responsibilities that our Constitution the winds of chance and the hurricanes of disaster.” bestows on us. I hope this annual report will invoke new Several changes took place at the Foundation during or renewed enthusiasm in all of us, that we might strive not 2003. In January, we moved into new offices in downtown only for the common good, but for the common great. Winston-Salem, and we are excited to be part of a tremen- dous downtown revitalization effort that is taking place. Thomas W. Ross Also in 2003, we lost two beloved friends of the Founda- Executive Director tion: Trustee and Foundation Attorney Hugh Humphrey and former Trustee Anne Cannon Forsyth. Both believed in education as the great equalizer and were dedicated to

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OFFICERS, TRUSTEES, STAFF & STATE ADVISORY PANEL

OFFICERS Mary Mountcastle...... President Lloyd P. Tate, Jr...... Vice President Jane Smith Patterson ...... Treasurer Thomas W. Ross ...... Secretary & Assistant Treasurer Patricia B. Williamson ...... Assistant Secretary

BOARD OF Nancy Bagley ...... Washington, DC TRUSTEES Smith Bagley ...... Washington, DC Anita Brown-Graham...... Chapel Hill, NC Daniel G. Clodfelter ...... Charlotte, NC R. Darrell Hancock ...... Salisbury, NC John O. McNairy ...... Kinston, NC Katharine B. Mountcastle ...... New Canaan, CT Mary Mountcastle ...... Durham, NC Stephen L. Neal ...... McLean, VA Jane Smith Patterson ...... Chapel Hill, NC Zachary Smith ...... Winston-Salem, NC Lloyd P. Tate, Jr...... Southern Pines, NC

STAFF Thomas W. Ross...... Executive Director Mary Fant Donnan ...... Program Officer Barbara Roole ...... Program Officer Joy Vermillion ...... Program Officer Monteic Sizer...... Program Officer Patricia B. Williamson ...... Executive Assistant LaRita M. Bell...... Travel/Meetings Coordinator Jill Ray ...... Administrative Assistant Barbara Mabe...... Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeper Gloria Puckett ...... Administrative Assistant Linda Denton...... Receptionist Eric Johnson ...... 2002-2004 Z. Smith Reynolds Fellow Megan Wilson ...... 2003-2005 Z. Smith Reynolds Fellow Thomas W. Lambeth ...... Senior Fellow

STATE ADVISORY Mary Jo Allen* ...... Cullowhee, NC PANEL Nicole Bagley* ...... Washington, DC Taylor Batten* ...... Charlotte, NC Terry Bellamy ...... Asheville, NC Janet Ward Black ...... Greensboro, NC Mary Brimmage Chatman ...... Greenville, NC John Cooper...... Durham, NC Karen H. Dameron ...... Williamston, NC Henry O. Foust* ...... Pittsboro, NC Phillip Ray Gibson ...... Asheville, NC Peter Hans*...... Raleigh, NC Katy Harriger...... Winston-Salem, NC Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr...... Concord, NC Carol Hughes ...... Charlotte, NC Aura Camacho Maas* ...... Raleigh, NC David Neal ...... Durham, NC Noah Reynolds...... Charlotte, NC Francisco Risso...... Morganton, NC Maria Velazquez-Constas...... Fayetteville, NC John J. Wilkins, Jr...... Raleigh, NC Emily Williamson ...... Morganton, NC

* Term Expired in 2003 9 BORN AUGUST 23, 1930 IN NEW YORK CITY ANNE CANNON FORSYTH DIED MAY 11, 2003 IN WINSTON-SALEM SERVED AS Z.SMITH REYNOLDS FOUNDATION TRUSTEE 1958-1978

“She was a dear and precious friend to me. I remember her for her unselfish, caring generos- ity. We both were interested in the South, making the South better, and making it better for blacks. She shared and she cared, and she dared, and she did.” — Vernon Jordan

IN DEATH, AS IN LIFE, Anne Cannon Forsyth remains by John Ehle and Lil Meredith of Winston-Salem, and a very private woman. What is best known about her, with the participation of the distinguished civil rights ironically, is very public, especially in North Carolina: leader, Vernon Jordan, the program enabled more than she was the daughter of Anne Cannon Reynolds and 100 minority students from throughout the South to Zachary Smith Reynolds, and the granddaughter of R.J. attend prestigious private academies, thereby advancing Reynolds. Child of fortune, the divorce of her young leaders one by one and changing the racial, social, and Iparents and the death of her father made her a child moral make-up of some of the region’s most venerable of misfortune. What was she to make of her birthright? institutions. Today, graduates of this program excel in What is most remarkable about Anne Cannon Forsyth a wide range of careers–law, medicine, banking, and is that she chose to remain out of the limelight, while education. focusing her attention on the two most public issues of In 1981, Mrs. Forsyth undertook to enrich opportu- her time: poverty and racism in the American South. nities for black, native-born white Appalachian, and Perhaps because of hurt itself, more private than we Native-American high school students by creating the will ever know, she seemed intuitively to care for those Awards Committee for Education (ACE). It identified whose birthrights were different–poor and black–and students performing in the top one or two percentiles compromised. She would determine her own public life, on the California Achievement Test and provided schol- on her own terms. arships for summer programs and guidance counseling As a founder and later president of the North to make college and career choices. When the last ACE Carolina Fund, she answered Governor Terry Sanford’s students finished programs in the summer of 1990, they call to service in one of the earliest and most successful were ready for distinguished schools and distinguished programs in the “war on poverty.” In the early 1960s to careers. With these two programs, Anne Forsyth helped step forward in defense of the poor and the oppressed changed the face–and the future–of the South. was in itself an act of courage. Traveling with an inter- But the full story remains untold. The loans that she racial team of NC Fund representatives, Mrs. Forsyth did not ask to be repaid, the anonymous gifts, the on- and others were turned away from a local restaurant. going support for community hospitals, art institutes, Anne Forsyth never forgot the irrational prejudice. For schools, and individuals are largely unknown. Hers was the next five years, she worked with other Fund staff a selfless kind of giving. Anne Cannon Forsyth was one and board members to grant almost $10 million to of the most generous people in the history of North help improve life for the poor. Carolina philanthropy. To further the cause of education And so the public record of Anne Forsyth belongs for minorities, Anne Forsyth created to history. Let us, in remembrance, also try to see her the Stauffer Foundation, named for where she was happiest, in her own private world: young, her mother. Its purpose was to identify she loved horses. Loved the jumps, the trails, loved the qualified young black students, to race tracks. Always she loved the mountains, especially help them gain admission to Blowing Rock, where she grew up. In the last years of her formerly segregated white life, she lived quietly, both in Winston-Salem and in southern preparatory Blowing Rock among her paintings and books. schools, and to fully fund Let us now praise her. their expenses. Staffed – Emily Wilson

Anne Cannon Forsyth’s two sons have been involved in the work of the Foundation. Zachary Tate was a member of the Advisory Panel, and Jock Tate is a member of the Board of Trustees. T HE F OUNDATION’ S F IRST L IFE T RUSTEE

ZACHARY SMITH

SEVERAL YEARS AGO Zach Smith and I were driving they were a part of organized philanthropy: day care, around his old hometown of Mount Airy. I saw the house women’s issues, and education. in which he lived as a boy, the place where his school had The Foundation’s initiative in after-school programs stood, and other downtown and rural sites. Then, he told came about because of Zach’s conviction that what he me to turn left to go to a long-remembered location. saw happen in study hall in 1930s Mount Airy could Suddenly I was confronted by cars headed my way. I be adapted to extended day programs in the 2000s. As was driving the wrong way on a one-way street! a college student in Chapel Hill, he was one of the group S“Well,” Zach said, “it wasn’t one-way in 1938!” who found themselves on Sunday afternoons in the That confrontation of today with yesterday captured home of the legendary Frank Porter Graham, and that the wonderful spirit of Zachary Smith, Trustee of the experience, coupled with combat in World War II as a Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation for more than a third of naval officer in the Pacific, implanted in him ambitions a century and, now, its first Life Trustee. for North Carolina and respect and concern for all of its He is very much a product of the small town where he people. All of this is tempered with the heart and spirit was born and where he grew to maturity, but he is a per- of a man who knows the joys and the challenges of living son well-planted in the reality of today with a keen eye a good life. on the future. He has traveled much of the world, been How could his friends and colleagues ever think of involved in the management of a major corporation and Zach and their regard and affection for him without also helped build an important philanthropic institution; yet thinking of his great sense of humor? Who else but Zach always there is that sense of where we have been, how far would tell university presidents and development offi- we have come, a memory of those who have made the cers that if they were wise, when they name buildings journey with him and who inspired and informed and for donors, they would put the names on with Velcro? developed his own special talents, and his extraordinary It is a part of the measure of the man that he has personality. There is always an appreciation of the value not just been generous with other people’s money. His of place and people. own generosity to his alma mater and to Wake Forest Zach was not a founder of the Foundation–he was University alone would have earned him a philan- a teenager at the time–but he has shaped it into what it is thropist’s mantle. today as much as any who have been a part of its 68 His vigor today is the obvious mark of a man who has years. Never forgotten in his work for the Foundation taken good care of himself, but the person that his life- has been his Aunt Katharine (Mrs. R. J. Reynolds, Sr.) time reveals is a man who has taken good care of so many or the concerns for people she demonstrated long before others along the way. – Tom Lambeth

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The Chowan County courthouse in Edenton, April 2, 1890. The building was constructed in 1767, and its palatial features suggest a possible connection to John Hawks, architect of Tryon Palace in New Bern. It is the oldest courthouse in North Carolina and one of the best-preserved 13 examples of Georgian public architecture in the nation. GOVERNANCE, PUBLIC POLICY & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation 2003 Annual Report
One Person, One Vote, One Boat

Bob Hall

N A DEMOCRACY, what could be more conser- for voter turnout in the past six presidential elections, and vative than the mission of making real the prom- it is in the bottom tier of states for high school dropouts, ise of “one person, one vote”? This bedrock prin- the income gap between haves and have-nots, and the use I ciple calls us to recognize our neighbors as equal of regressive taxes. North Carolina is actually richer, in partners in the most basic activity that binds terms of per-household income, than Iowa or Maine. But society together–choosing the representatives who make the gaps here, as in most other low voter-turnout states, the laws that advance life, liberty and the pursuit of happi- are much bigger between rich and poor, educated and ness. We may or may not agree with our neighbors, but to uneducated, white and non-white. preserve a democratic republic, we want them involved. We Common sense also says that when more people elect want them educated about a state’s or a community’s the issues, the workings of NC Voter Registration and Voting leaders, the politicians government, and the conse- who promote policies that quences of their choices. At only favor the few will be the very least, we want them punished. But if large to be informed voters, and numbers of people do not we want their votes and participate, important their voices treated with issues are easily side- respect. stepped and policies get Fulfilling this enacted that hurt those mandate for citizen least inclined to vote. involvement, equal rights, 100 ______The “Democracy and increased voter partici- 80 ______Index” found that young pation does more than con- 88.4% people especially suffer serve democracy. It pro- 60 ______in a climate of low civic duces material benefits for 57% participation. Teenagers society and challenges 40 ______of all races in low voter- a contrary tradition that has 47th in the Nation: 11th in the Nation: turnout states like North 20 ______weakened North Carolina’s Registered Voters Eligible Voters Carolina are more likely Who Voted Who Registered political culture for 200- 0 ______to drop out of school, be plus years. unemployed, commit

The benefits include a (SOURCE: Federal Election Commission) crime, or get pregnant– measurable improvement yet these same states put in the quality of life for average citizens. A “Democracy the least resources into public schools compared to their Index” I compiled several years ago shows that the states spending for prisons. There’s a vicious cycle of disadvan- with the highest voter participation in elections enjoy bet- taged youth becoming disengaged, non-voting adults, ter paying jobs, a fairer tax system, and a smaller income which allows states to continue making education and gap between the rich and the poor. Those states also have income equity a low priority. a lower crime rate, lower high school dropout rate, and People in the middle, between rich and poor, also pay higher potential for their citizens to reach old age. the price for lower graduation rates, higher public health Iowa and Maine, for example, rank among the top 10 bills, distorted tax systems, more crime, and the lost states for voter-turnout and also rank in the top 10 for potential of talented children. It’s in their self-interest, most of the social and economic factors listed above. By too, to have more people become investors in the commu- contrast, North Carolina ranks among the worst 10 states nity and participants in politics. Resources, natural and

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human, are valued more and better protected. Bottom who has access to the winners, and who shapes the param- line: the payoff for increasing voter participation can be eters of public policy debate. measured in dollars and cents. We urgently need to cultivate a political culture in We have a rich tradition of citizen activism in North North Carolina that values people’s participation more Carolina, but our culture is marked by a history that once than donors’ dollars. In a mere 50 years, a majority of our defined a black person as three-fifths of a whole and limited state’s residents will be people of color. We must work the vote to white men with property. Today, whether mani- harder to embrace a philosophy that recognizes every fested through exclusive clubs or the good ol’ boy system, this neighbor as an equal partner in community development, oppression remains an anti-democratic tradition that appor- rather than as a competitor or a threat. We need grassroots tions rights and privileges according to race, wealth, and gen- civic training programs that connect our self-centered der. We should know by now that we cannot build a healthy instinct for survival to the importance of multi-racial col- government, school system, or economy on such a simple- laboration and take responsibility for our government. minded philosophy. We need to expose It’s been a hard les- Troubling Numbers: A Civics Index the barriers to open, son to learn. After the Percent of voting-age adults in North Carolina honest and accountable collapse of the Old
who did not vote in last presidential elections:. . . . 50.4% government, but we also South, a promising peri- Rank of North Carolina among the 50 states need a message about the od of biracial populism
for voter-turnout, 1980 to 2000 (1st is best): ...... 44th benefits of civic enter- championed universal
Number of adult citizens in North Carolina prise delivered through public education, taxed who are not registered to vote:...... 1 million many forums–the railroad assets, and
Amount raised by winning N.C. gubernatorial schoolroom, workplace, pushed voter turnout fig- candidate, spread over 4 years: ...... $51,000 a week house of worship, and TV ures as high as those in
Percent of campaign funds supplied in state- news shows. (When was the North. But by 1900, level elections by wealthiest 1% of N.C. population: . . 90% the last time you read a the propertied elite, news article about the (SOURCE: Democracy North Carolina) cloaked in a white positive work of a gov- supremacist philosophy, regained control in North ernment agency?) We need reforms, such as Same-Day Carolina through violence and ushered in a period of Jim Registration and Instant Runoff Voting, that pull more Crow disenfranchisement and humiliation for blacks and people into the political process, as well as public-financ- many poor whites. A mere 42 years ago, a hotel that hosted ing, the voter-owned elections program that rescues can- political conventions in Raleigh and served as the after- didates from the money chase and allows a broader range hours home for the all-white legislature refused to allow of citizens to serve in public office. integrated conferences. The challenges we face today, and tomorrow, mean we Much good has happened in just a few decades, but we must live out the fundamental truth that we are all equals– should not be surprised that the legacy of offering second- “one person, one vote.” This is the cornerstone principle class citizenship and inferior education brings with it civic upon which we can build a future. Our destinies are inex- complacency, cynicism and shallow campaigns. Most tricably linked together, here in North Carolina and across working-class whites and blacks view politics as some- the globe. We are all citizens of the world, traveling in the thing for other people, as beyond their influence. Political same small boat together. bosses feel threatened by reforms that might expand voter


participation, encourage political debate, or end “winner- Bob Hall is co-director of Democracy North Carolina, a non- takes-all” elections. Money is not just “the mother’s milk partisan research and education center focusing on campaign of politics”–it has become the defining factor in who wins, finance reform and voting rights.

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What is Happening to Our Citizen Legislature?

Willis P. Whichard

HE MODERN NORTH CAROLINA state sequently by the judicial branch. For while legislative legislator is heir to a distinguished heritage powers and prerogatives are extensive, their exercise must that has evolved through several centuries comport with the bounds of constitutional tolerance. T in the life of our state. The first legislative During my legislative service in the 1970s, a national assembly in North Carolina met under a survey ranked the North Carolina General Assembly 47 large oak on a wooded among the 50 state legisla- knoll in Pasquotank tures in effectiveness. County in 1665. During its When my constituents first 100 years, the legisla- asked me to comment on tive branch had very little this, I generally replied, authority, its acts being facetiously, that the survey subject to veto by both the was conducted before I crown and the Royal became a legislator and Governor. It then acquired obviously my presence in extensive powers which it the General Assembly retained for approximately should improve our stand- two-thirds of a century. ing considerably. During those years it In a serious vein, elected all other state offi- though, I believe those cials and rather fully con- who conducted the survey trolled the government of held a fundamentally dif- the state. Thereafter, the ferent philosophy from the executive branch was one always adhered to in strengthened, and the North Carolina. It is evi- two branches have since dent that they gave the observed a more or less highest rankings to “pro- balanced separation of fessional legislatures”– powers. that is, those that meet Article II, section 1, virtually year-round, pay of the Constitution of their members a living North Carolina provides wage, and have substantial that “[t]he legislative support personnel. power of the State shall be In North Carolina, by vested in the General Assembly, which shall consist of a contrast, we have always had an “amateur legislature.” Senate and a House of Representatives.” The Constitution Until the last 30 years, the legislature met only once then specifies the number of senators (50) and represen- every two years for roughly four to six months; its mem- tatives (120), the method of districting, the qualifications bers served at a genuine financial sacrifice; and support for and the terms of office, the officers and procedures of personnel were at a minimum. The past three decades each house, and the powers of and limitations on the leg- have produced an evolution toward a more professional islative branch. The members of the General Assembly legislature. The General Assembly now meets every year frequently are reminded of the necessity of adhering to the for approximately six months or more. Even when not in fundamental law as set forth in the Constitution–if not by session, legislators spend considerable time in study their own leaders in committee or floor debate, then sub- commissions and on other legislative business. Many

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atively recent history, the General Assembly has consider- What is a legislature? Does North Carolina have a citizen leg- islature? Does it matter? Despite a plethora of opinions on ably enhanced its support personnel, better enabling legis- the subject, the General Assembly has engaged in too little lators to obtain sufficient information and technical assis- intentional deliberation about what it should be and how it tance. Legitimate concern lingers, however, that long ses- should get there. As a result, at least five markers indicate sions combined with small salaries may soon render that North Carolina is moving toward a full-time legislature. any remaining vestige of a true citizen legislature extinct.
Longer sessions Governor Zebulon Vance once described North
More special sessions to deal with issues that arise Carolinians as a people of sober second thought who move when the legislature is out of session cautiously but always forward. That description will be
More study commissions convening between sessions severely tested as modern-day North Carolinians deter-
Appropriations committees meeting between the two mine whether a long-held value–that of having legislative most recent sessions representation by citizens who must spend some signifi-
Special investigative committees taking on a life of their own both during and between sessions cant portion of their time walking among ordinary peo- At present, there is decision by drift, with evolution toward a ple–merits preservation. legislature that is increasingly full-time, but with compensa-


tion lagging at the part-time level because raising legislative The author, Dean and Professor of Law at Campbell University, pay is too difficult politically. served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from

(SOURCE: North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research) 1970-1974 and in the North Carolina Senate from 1974-1980. He has drawn in part here on his article, “The Legislature and current members of the General Assembly certainly the Legislator in North Carolina,” Popular Government, would consider the position a full-time one. Spring 1975. If it is a full-time position, however, it remains one with part-time pay. This gives rise to the legitimate con- cern that we may be evolving toward a legislature in which NC General Assembly: Session Lengths participation is limited to four categories of citizens: (1) Biennium Legislative Days retired people with pension income; (2) people of inde- 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 pendent wealth or supported by a spouse or a deceased 1965-66 124 1967-68 128 spouse’s estate; (3) corporate employees whose employers 1969-70 145 want them there for a corporate purpose; and (4) business 1971-72 165 owners whose companies both function and support them 1973-74 161 adequately despite their limited presence. There is noth- 1975-76 127 1977-78 136 ing wrong with persons in any of these categories serving. , 1979-80 123 However, there is something wrong–or at least counter to 1981-82 158 long-held North Carolina value–if service is restricted, in 1983-84 164 practical effect, to citizens who fit these profiles. As this is 1985-86 149 written, an able, six-term senator has just resigned 1987-88 163 1989-90 185 because, with children soon headed for college, he could 1991-92 155 no longer afford to serve. 1993-94 177 The one criticism in the previously mentioned national 1995-96 155 survey that had substantial validity was that our legislature 1997-98 246 1999-00 147 lacked adequate support personnel, thus rendering legisla- 2001-02 323 tors overly dependent on executive branch personnel and (SOURCE: North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research) lobbyists. That has been at least largely remedied; in its rel-

For the Common Good 17 GOVERNANCE Campaign Finance Reform
Transferring Momentum Into Progress

Chris Heagarty

SK PEOPLE TO NAME the most press- Supreme Court this year in McConnell v. FEC, BCRA will ing problem facing the state, and few will make a real difference in our state elections and may help mention campaign finance reform over restore fair and reasonable state campaign laws that were A jobs, education, or the environment. But previously struck down by the courts. ask them whether they believe campaign In addition to the welcome changes going into effect reform is important for 2004 under and should be a gov- BCRA, North Carolina ernmental priority, responded to local and support is strong. problems to produce Show the same people further momentum how money in politics for reform. influences all of these On the state level, other issues, and sup- North Carolina’s rep- port becomes over- utation for clean elec- whelming. tions was tainted by North Carolinians fraud and campaign have been buffeted finance law convic- by the wake of recent tions resulting from scandals in political violations during the campaigns and un- 2000 election. An seemly special inter- already cynical public est influence over came dangerously government. They close to losing faith have responded by in the democratic demanding greater process, but eventual- accountability from ly chose instead their government to work toward con- leaders, less influence structive solutions. by wealthy special in- In 2002-03, terests, and more North Carolinians inclusive practices in helped channel this voting and running demand for reform for office. into several positive Nationally, high POPE HOUSE MUSEUM FOUNDATION changes that will be profile corporate scandals helped build a sense of urgency implemented for the first time in the 2004 elections. for reform when citizens saw retirement accounts bank- North Carolina recently was labeled the “epicenter of rupted and wondered how the government let it happen. Judicial Campaign reform” by American Bar Association This fueled support for the Bipartisan Campaign Reform leaders for its new public financing program for appellate Act (BCRA), commonly known as McCain-Feingold, which judicial elections. This one-of-a-kind program is being will limit national political fundraising loopholes and held up as a model by other state governments looking to crack down on sham issue-advertising, such as the reduce the influence of money and politics in judicial “Farmers for Fairness” advertising that influenced North elections. The new public financing program will allow Carolina’s elections in the late 1990s. Upheld by the US appellate judicial candidates to voluntarily opt into a sys-

18 For the Common Good GOVERNANCE Campaign Finance Reform
tem where, if they agree to limit their campaign fundrais- ing and agree to spending limits, and if they can demon- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) The following excerpt is strate a sufficient level of public support by raising small from a news conference on contributions from many state voters, they can qualify for Judicial Campaign Reform public funds to help them run their campaigns, eliminat- sponsored by North Carolina ing the need to solicit large donations from special inter- Center for Voter Education est groups or big-money contributors. The new program also will create a voter’s guide to On North Carolina’s Judicial provide useful information about judicial candidates. Campaign Reform Act: The voter’s guide will answer a strong demand by North Now the battle for reform shifts from the federal Carolina voters for more information about candidates, elections to the state level, and we’ll continue this so voters can make better informed decisions. It also will fight for campaign finance reform throughout help the candidates share their qualifications and reasons America. I’m very much in favor of this Judicial for running with voters through a means other than expensive campaigning. Campaign Reform Act. You will see efforts in other states throughout this country to enact the same. North Carolinians helped channel I think this can be the model here, and I am strongly in support of it, and I hope we can get the demand for reform into several the kind of support throughout the state of North positive changes that will be Carolina that it deserves. implemented for the first time On why public funding is important: in the 2004 elections. This provision [for optional public funding for judicial campaigns] in the law in North Carolina And for the first time, all of the state’s judicial races is important because poll after poll shows us that will be held on a nonpartisan ballot. In a time when insti- the method of selecting judges and members of tutional and political conflicts between the courts and the judiciary in some states is not only highly sus- other branches of government have created a divisive pect but in some does not have the confidence of atmosphere, this measure should discourage the partisan the voter and the citizens. If the citizens lose con- rhetoric that fuels the flames of incivility and attack-poli- fidence in their ability to get a fair hearing in a tics. By helping reduce partisan political influence over court of law, because of the way judges are judicial elections, North Carolina may help heal recent partisan wounds. selected, it will be a fundamental breakdown in This progress was brought about by North Carolinians our democratic system. from diverse backgrounds and different political interests. A coalition of individuals and institutions, led by such On the value of the Judicial Voter Guide: organizations as Common Cause North Carolina, Demo- I believe that if you are going to have the election cracy North Carolina, the League of Women Voters of North of judges, you ought to make sure that there is Carolina, and the NC Center for Voter Education, helped enough process in place to make sure that the unite business professionals, social activists, legal profes- voters are informed. An important part of this sionals, and everyday citizens into a movement demanding law is that there will be information put out, at a more level political playing field and protections against public expense, as to what the background and electoral abuse by powerful special interest groups. qualification of those judicial candidates are. Transforming the outrage created by scandal and abuse This is not a perfect solution, but it is certainly of our election laws into a coordinated plan for reform, better than the status quo. these groups engaged the public and opinion leaders in [Continued on page 20]

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[Continued from page 19] ing a more active interest in reforming other areas of the debate–not about whether they should act on these prob- political process. lems, but rather how to act on them. Through collaborative There will always be roadblocks the first time major processes they reached out to diverse constituencies to reforms are implemented, and citizens will need to evalu- unite them behind a common goal. ate them and decide if improvements are needed, but the 2004 will be the first time the major provisions of the magnitude of the progress made in North Carolina Judicial Campaign Reform Act will be used in a statewide towards better elections should not be underestimated. campaign. If successful, campaign reforms such as the With an active effort to keep citizens focused on the judicial public financing program will be a model for other importance of this movement, public momentum can states, and could also be seen as a model for campaign continue and overcome any obstacles ahead. reform for other state and local offices in North Carolina.


Already, proposals for letting municipal governments cre- Chris Heagarty is executive director of the NC Center for Voter ate their own public financing system for local elections Education, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving are gaining traction around the state, and citizens are tak- the election system through public education and research.

Bill Moyers Moyers is a former White House staffer and noted documentary producer. The following excerpt is from a speech given by Moyers at an event sponsored by North Carolina Center for Voter Education.

Cost of elections is out of control You would think that a rich, dynamic democracy with the most powerful economy ever would be putting its house in order–making sure we leave our children not only a prosperous society but also a good society. But the power of money has a stranglehold on democracy. A series of political decisions and court rulings over the years has placed the cost of elections beyond the means of all but a handful of private individuals. The cost of elections is out of control. Politics has become an arms race, with money doing the work of missiles.

Money makes a mockery of democracy When I say that government “of, by and for the people” is the soul of democracy, I mean it embodies two bedrock ideas that animate our political system. One is representation. We Americans believe our best chance of governing ourselves lies in obtaining the best judgment of those we elect to represent us. Having cast our votes, we go on with our lives expecting those officials to weigh the competing interests and decide to the best of their ability what is right for the country. That’s why Thomas Jefferson said, “Of all the mischiefs, none is so afflicting and fatal to every honest hope as the corruption of the legislature.”

The second idea is political equality. Franklin Delano Roosevelt put it succinctly in 1936 when he said that “inside the polling booth, every American man and woman stands as the equal to every other American man and woman. There they have no superiors; there they have no masters, save their own minds and their own con- sciences.” This political equality in choosing the people who represent us, and our faith in their ability to arrive at what’s good for the nation, enables us to describe democracy as the “rule of the ruled.” For this, Americans of all stripes have sacrificed, strived, suffered, and died, in the belief that democracy should afford political equality to every citizen. The arms race of money overwhelms that fact and makes a mockery of democracy.

20 For the Common Good PUBLIC POLICY The Death Penalty
You Cannot Undo a Wrongful Execution

David Neal

N THE SPRING OF 2003, the North dence, the District Attorney’s office changed its theory of Carolina Senate voted to halt executions in North the case, contending that a heretofore unmentioned and Carolina while the General Assembly studies var- unidentified “accomplice” committed the rape and Hunt I ious problems with the current administration of committed the murder. The courts agreed with the State’s the death penalty. This 29 to 21 vote in the Senate revised theory, and Hunt remained in prison, consistently came as a surprise to those who had not been following the maintaining his innocence. controversy surrounding the death penalty. With countless In December 2003, shortly after the Winston-Salem other challenges facing our state (massive budget short- Journal published an eight-part series on the case, the falls, unprecedented loss of manufacturing jobs and redis- DNA from the crime scene finally was run through the tricting, just to name a few), what gave rise to this historic State DNA database and a match was found. A man who vote – the first of its kind in the South – on such a contro- had been identified in a similar rape a few months after versial issue? Sykes’ murder was arrested. He confessed to having com- All but one of the Senators who spoke in favor of the mitted the rape and murder alone and apologized to Hunt bill voiced their support for the death penalty in principle and to the victim’s family. Hunt was exonerated and for- but had deep concerns about how that punishment is being mally pardoned by the Governor in the spring of 2004. put into practice. The number one concern is the all-too- In both instances, prosecutors fought to uphold the real fear of executing the innocent. Two recently resolved original convictions even after evidence of the defendants’ cases have highlighted the potential for this kind of deadly innocence had come to light. Had Darryl Hunt, who spent mistake – Alan Gell and Darryl Hunt. almost 20 years in prison, received the death penalty, Alan Gell spent nine years behind bars – more than which prosecutors sought, he could have been executed four of them on death row – awaiting execution for a 1995 before his lawyers were able to exonerate him. Hunt had murder in Bertie County. In 2002 a judge ordered a new already exhausted his appellate options before the actual trial because lawyers from the State Attorney General’s perpetrator was found. office, which prosecuted the case, had withheld com- What these cases and the cases of Charles Munsey, pelling evidence of Gell’s innocence. Seventeen witnesses Timothy Hennis, Alferd Rivera and more than 100 other said they saw the victim alive well after the only time Gell similar cases of death row exonerations around the country could have committed the murder. Nearly all of those have to teach us about our system of criminal justice in statements, along with an audiotape showing that a key North Carolina is not fully known. A moratorium would witness planned to frame Gell, were not shared with the halt executions for two years and allow the General defense during Gell’s trial, and he was sentenced to death. Assembly the time to examine some of the common prob- Forensic experts now agree the victim died at a time lems that led to Gell’s and Hunt’s wrongful convictions: when Gell was incarcerated and, therefore, he could not police and prosecutorial misconduct, the unreliability of have committed the murder. The State, however, contin- eyewitness testimony, the occurrence of false testimony ued to seek Gell’s execution even after the evidence of his from informants or co-defendants receiving favorable plea innocence was revealed. In his second trial, the jury bargains, and inadequate lawyers appointed by the State to deliberated for less than three hours before finding Gell represent indigent defendants. Wrongful convictions not not guilty. only robbed Gell and Hunt of a combined 29 years of their Darryl Hunt was tried and convicted twice of the 1984 lives, but allowed the real killers to go free; caused an addi- rape and murder of Deborah Sykes in Winston-Salem. In tional burden on the victims’ families; and eroded the pub- his first trial, the State sought the death penalty but the lic’s confidence in our criminal justice system. jury sentenced him to life. In 1994, scientific advances The risk of executing the innocent is the starkest exam- allowed for DNA testing of evidence that revealed the DNA ple of unfairness in the administration of capital punish- of the rapist did not match Hunt’s. In light of this new evi- [Continued on page 22]

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[Continued from page 21] North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice and death ment in North Carolina. Other reasons cited by Senators penalty supporter Burley B. Mitchell, Jr. remarked a few for their vote in favor of the moratorium included racial years ago that the death penalty “[is] like being picked in a discrimination, arbitrariness, and the alarming number lottery… It’s totally arbitrary.” of cases in which inadequate attorneys were appointed to The quality of counsel in capital cases has been of con- represent people who received death sentences. tinuing concern; a defendant must have adequate counsel A thorough study of death sentences and murder con- to have a chance at a fair trial. A study by the Common victions conducted by researchers at UNC-CH revealed Sense Foundation found that one in six people currently that race still plays a large role in who is sentenced to on death row in NC was represented by lawyers who were death in our state. The study found that, all other things disciplined or disbarred – although only less than one being equal, a person’s odds of getting the death penalty percent of attorneys are disciplined or disbarred general- increase 3.5 times when he is convicted of killing a white ly. Though the Legislature has made great strides in recent victim. The results of the UNC-CH study are suggested by years to remedy this problem for current and future cases, a review of the race of the victims of the 31 people executed none of the recently enacted reforms have affected people in North Carolina since the death penalty was reinstated in currently on death row. The case of Ronald Frye illustrates 1977: more than 80 percent of the victims of those execut- the deadly misfortune of having an inadequate court- ed were white, while only about 40 percent of North appointed attorney. Carolina homicide victims overall are white. The U.S. Ronald Frye’s lawyer consumed at least 12 shots of Supreme Court ruled in 1987 that statistical evidence rum per day during his client’s trial and failed to present proving racial discrimination in death sentencing is not compelling, mitigating evidence that likely would have admissible to prove discrimination in any individual case, saved Frye’s life. In state post-conviction review, new leaving the problem of dealing with documented racial lawyers discovered that at age four, Ronald’s mother gave disparities in death sentencing to state legislators. away Ronald and his brother to a complete stranger in a Even when racial discrimination can be demonstrated restaurant, an alcoholic who routinely beat Ronald with in individual cases, the courts do not regularly grant relief a bullwhip. The scars produced by this continued abuse to individuals on death row. Kenneth Rouse is an African- were so grotesque that photographs of young Ronald Frye American man who was sentenced to death in Randolph were used as examples of child abuse in police training County by an all-white jury. One of its members was an exercises. admitted racist who believes that “black men rape white When the boys finally were placed in the custody of women so they can brag to their friends” and who routine- their biological father, they endured their father’s alco- ly used “the N word” to refer to African Americans. The holism and abuse in addition to gross neglect. They were juror admitted in a sworn affidavit that he lied in order to forced to live in filth without heat or water, and had to beg sit on the jury. Rouse is still on death row and near the end for food. After the trial, at least one of Frye’s jurors indi- of his appeals process. cated that had he known of the extent of the abuse endured Another concern voiced by legislators is the arbitrari- by Ronald Frye, he would not have allowed him to be sen- ness in who gets the death penalty – an arbitrariness that tenced to death. However, the Attorney General argued takes several forms. Some counties, such as Buncombe, successfully that Frye’s lawyer’s failings did not make any have much higher death sentence rates than other North difference in the outcome of Frye’s trial, and Ronald Frye Carolina communities of a similar size and makeup. was executed in the fall of 2001. Mecklenburg County has the same number of people on For the most part, opponents of the moratorium in the death row as Johnston County, a predominantly rural Senate acknowledge that there are flaws in the administra- county with about one-seventh the population. Some tion of the death penalty that merit thorough study, but defendants receive the death penalty when the circum- question the need for a halt to executions while that study stances of their crimes appear to be less aggravated than is carried out. One Senator took up this question on the those who do not. From the 1970s to 1995, 71 percent of all Senate floor, and answered that, “a study without a pause death sentences in North Carolina were reversed at some is really a study without conviction.” He reminded his col- point in the appellate process for serious error. Former leagues that “none of us can know which of those folks on

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death row got a fair trial, fair prosecution, are fairly and four years, public concern about the risk of executing the accurately sentenced to the ultimate penalty: which should innocent and unfairness in the application of the death die and which should live.” What is known, however, is penalty has grown. Recent polls suggest that a majority of that a moratorium ensures that no innocent person – and North Carolinians, when faced with some of the concerns no person who was unfairly put on death row – will be exe- summarized above, favor a moratorium. The State Senate cuted while the General Assembly studies the inner work- has considered the issue and the moratorium it approved ings of the death penalty. in 2003 will go before the North Carolina House of A Legislative Study Commission charged with examin- Representatives in 2004. ing racial discrimination and mental retardation in the


application of the death penalty in 2000 placed the issue of David Neal is executive director of the Fair Trial Initiative a moratorium squarely before the General Assembly when and spokesperson for the North Carolina Coalition for a it recommended a halt to executions. In the intervening Moratorium.

Clyde Edgerton Clyde Edgerton, noted North Carolina writer, addressed a rally at the Governor’s Mansion calling on the Governor and legislative leaders to support a moratorium on the death penalty, November 2003.

Enough Is Enough: In the 1930s, 40s and 50s, concerned North Carolina citizens occasionally gathered in support of ending the dehumanizing practice of legalized racism. We now look back on those times and see seeds of later legislative and judicial victories that elimi- nated a legal but wrong system…Our own children and their children, looking back in many many years to the fall of 2003 and the spring of 2004, will see that people for and against the death penalty said enough is enough—we should and must not live with this unfairness.

We Turn Our Eye: Is it okay for the playing field to be uneven in traffic court? No. But we’re able to turn our eye. Is it okay for the playing field to be uneven in divorce court? No. But we’re able to turn our eye. Is it okay for the playing field to be uneven in capital cases? No. It is not okay. And we turn our eye at the risk of embracing immorality. Our system of unfair executions will be remembered in one hundred and fifty years as we today remember slavery.

America Stands Alone: A moratorium makes sense for practical reasons—we need support from the citizens of other nations. As we know, we stand alone as the one remaining great western nation that grants itself the right to take human life in the name of justice—and a North Carolina moratorium will be received in other nations with favor toward, and faith in the American citizens of North Carolina. The “Old North State” has been able to devise equitable distribution systems of human organs for transplant—an even playing field for the extending of life where life would otherwise end. But in this business of executions we systematically ensure the survival of the fittest: the whitest, the richest. That’s not fair. That is wrong.

For the Common Good 23 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Civic Education
Good Government Requires Civic Participation

Linda McGee

IVIC INVOLVEMENT, or the more cur- service to their community, 49 percent boycotted a prod- rent term of civic engagement, has a formal uct when they found a company practice to be inimical, definition as “the functioning, integration, and 32 percent signed an Internet petition. Efforts to Cand development of a civilized community, increase public awareness of civic responsibility at the involving common public activities and education level should take advantage of the interest of our interests of our citizens.” In essence, civic involvement is youth in serving their communities by demonstrating the a necessary function that ensures our community needs congruence of community service and public service. We are met. Without civic engagement, traditional concerns of also need to make certain that community service pro- the community move to the back burner, rather than being grams are offered to all groups of young people. The sur- in the mainstream of our public policy. vey indicates a substantial lack of civic involvement by One way to inspire civic participation is through knowl- lower income youth respondents. Thus, youth from lower edge. Thus, we must place greater emphasis on civic educa- income families especially need to be reached. tion. The Carnegie Reporter’s Fall 2003 edition asks the Equally, or perhaps more important, young people question, “Does A Downturn in Civic Education Signal a need to see democracy at work in their own families and Disconnect to Democracy?” The article infers a direct cor- communities. Parents and family remain the most impor- relation between the reduced curricula in civics, democracy tant influence in shaping civic involvement. For instance, and government and the withdrawal of our young people the survey shows that young people who reported talking from civic and political institutions. The article, which about politics at home with their families had higher levels summarizes the results of a recent National Youth Survey, of civic knowledge and engagement. The responsibility for indicates that only half of 1,500 young people polled believe weaving civics education into the sturdy fiber of everyday voting is important, and less than half believe “they can life lies with adults and parents. make a difference in solving community problems.” When parents are involved in community issues, The causes for the decline in civic interest have been attend public meetings on those issues, and bring their well documented, and efforts such as those by the North children into the discussion, these fortunate youth get a Carolina Civic Education Consortium and others are first-hand look at civic engagement at work in their com- directed at reversing these disturbing trends. Perhaps munity. Parents who take the time to publicly express these efforts, combined with events surrounding the 2000 their views in a civil manner provide great role models presidential election and 9/11, are inspiring our nation’s of good citizenship. youth to reconnect with their communities. According to Other opportunities for civic education are readily the Carnegie Reporter, UCLA’s Higher Education Research available. The survey showed that meeting public officials Institute reported that 32 percent of college freshmen said has a very positive impact on the confidence of young peo- “keeping up with politics was either a very important or ple, their interest in voting, or their interest in government essential life goal, a jump up from 28.1 percent in 2000.” work. If we are to boost the interest of our youth in the law, However, there is an ongoing challenge to make civic edu- and most important in the rule of law, we must share with cation an integral part of daily community life. Where are them information about constitutional law and the way in our children going to learn if they don’t learn from us? which our courts interpret it. We need to discuss their legal According to a recent survey conducted by the North rights, and also their responsibilities. Our daily newspa- Carolina Civic Education Consortium, our young people, pers are a tool for teaching such basic constitutional values the generation to whom we look for future governance, are as freedom of speech and freedom of the press. We can disconnected from political involvement and their knowl- share a news story of current interest with our children and edge of government is lacking. At the same time, the encourage them to write letters to the editor on a public survey also found that our young people are increasingly issue that interests them. Perhaps we can enlist the media’s involved with their community: 73 percent volunteered for help, since they are a strong force for change.

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We must develop ways for our schools to serve both their


civic mission, as well as their academic goals. All members Judge Linda McGee practiced law in Boone for 17 years before of our community must share in this most important re- her appointment in 1995 to the North Carolina Court of sponsibility to continue to raise the public visibility, espe- Appeals, where she now serves. She is the former chair of the cially among policymakers, of the need for expanded civic North Carolina Civic Education Consortium. education and civic engagement opportunities for our youth.

Key Findings & Quick Facts of the NC Civic Education Consortium

The first Statewide Civic Index, released in May 2003, provides a snapshot of North Carolina's civic vitality through measures of civic attitudes, knowledge, actions, skills and opportunities. The Index reveals the results of a survey of 800 youth and 800 adults.

North Carolina youth have a high level of confidence in their Youth involvement in political activities is low, but their level civic engagement skills, but their levels of political involve- of volunteerism is high. ment and knowledge of government are low.
Like youth across the nation, North Carolina youth have a low
Nine out of 10 young North Carolinians are unable to correct- level of involvement in political activities, but high rates of ly name both of their U.S. senators. volunteerism. Nearly 75 percent of the state’s youth say that
Less than one-third of N.C. youth can correctly identify that they have volunteered in the past year. the General Assembly, or legislature, is the body responsible
Over three quarters of North Carolina youth report participa- for making the laws in North Carolina. tion in school clubs, but 20 percent of youth say that their schools do not have student governments, which limits their North Carolina youth and adults report a low level of trust in exposure to political engagement. other people’s motives; however, youth have a high level of trust in government and institutions. Parents and family are the greatest influence on youth citi-
North Carolina youth report much more confidence in all lev- zenship development. els of government than do North Carolina adults. Their high-
Fifty-seven percent of N.C. youth report that parents and est reported confidence is for the military (79 percent), the families are the #1 influence on good citizenship, with teach- federal government (62 percent), and Congress (57 percent), ers a distant second at 16 percent. while they have the least confidence in large corporations (31
Youth who talk about politics at home demonstrate signifi- percent) and the news media (24 percent). cantly higher levels of civic engagement than youth who do
Despite a low level of trust in the news media, North Carolina not do the same. For example, these youth are more than youth and adults report that their # 1 source of information twice as likely to report having contacted a public official about government is the TV news, with school and work a (31 percent compared to 14 percent). distant second. Meaningful classroom dialogue about current events and Household income is the most consistent indicator of civic relevant issues positively influences youth civic knowledge, knowledge and engagement; race is a secondary factor. anticipated voting behavior, political engagement, and vol-
North Carolina youth living in high-income households unteerism. ($75,000 and above) report greater confidence in civic skills,
N.C. youth who are required to keep up with politics in their higher rates of volunteerism, and greater likelihood of being classes report significantly higher rates of civic and political involved in community and political activities. involvement. They are nearly twice as likely to participate in
The racial civics gap is most evident in the lack of diversity political groups (28 percent vs. 16 percent); have contacted in the state’s elected and appointed positions. White males a public official (33 percent vs. 19 percent); have written a still hold a disproportionate number of these positions, even letter to a newspaper (26 percent vs. 16 percent); or have though 25 percent of North Carolina’s population is non- signed an email petition (41 percent vs. 22 percent). white and more than 50 percent of the population is female.
Youth who have applied real-life issues to their civics classes
White youth are more likely to correctly answer knowledge are significantly more likely to report that they have learned questions, and they express higher levels of confidence in a lot or a fair amount from their civics classes—71 percent most institutions, especially government and nonprofits. compared to 49 percent. White and nonwhite youth report similar rates of volunteerism.

For the Common Good 25 GOVERNANCE, PUBLIC POLICY & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation 2003 Annual Report
The True Nature of Our American Democracy

Edwin G. Wilson

APOLEON PURPORTEDLY remarked once said, “I believe in ideals,” and many of us who heard that, if you want to know what a person Roosevelt believed in ideals too. is really like, you should find out where Within our own state two men symbolized for me that N he was and what he was doing when idealism. First, Frank Porter Graham, president of the he was 20 years old. I have tried to University of North Carolina, who, in dark days of segre- remember myself when I was 20. I know now that in my gation and anti-intellectualism, made of Chapel Hill– case Napoleon was right and that most of what I am today more than any other campus in the South–a place of and what I believe–for better or for worse–had already unfettered freedom and liberal optimism. It was “the been shaped by the time I was 20. University of the People,” as Charles Kuralt liked to say. When I was 20, for example, Franklin D. Roosevelt Second, the president of my own alma mater, William was president, and the indomitable Eleanor Roosevelt was Louis Poteat of Wake Forest, who, against odds, himself First Lady. There were those being a devout Baptist, led who hated FDR as “that man the fight to prevent the state in the White House,” a trai- …in my hometown… legislature from prohibiting tor to his class, and who we were blessed also the teaching of evolution in made fun of Eleanor–but our public schools. Few not me, and not my family. by men and women moments of political despair We saw the Roosevelts in of no pretension, were more heart-wrenching heroic terms. to me than when North Friends and relatives of almost forgotten now, Carolina refused to return ours who lived on small who day after day Frank Graham to the United farms got electricity for the States Senate. first time as part of the New performed “little, nameless, Books were important to Deal’s Rural Electrification unremembered acts me, too. I mention only two: Administration (REA) pro- one from another state, gram. Young men we knew of kindness and of love.” John Steinbeck’s Grapes of went to work in the Civilian Wrath (who from my gener- Conservation Corps (CCC) ation can forget Tom Joad: and helped beautify the land and build roads, bridges and “Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be campgrounds. (I remember vividly my first automobile there.”) and, from our own state, Thomas Wolfe’s Look ride down the glorious Blue Ridge Parkway–a lasting mon- Homeward Angel, which, free from the nostalgia of the dis- ument to the Roosevelt years.) The WPA, sometimes appearing Confederacy, told in a panoramic way the story ridiculed and sneered at by conservatives, supported of a modern, spirited young man growing up in North actors and writers and artists and sponsored that still- Carolina, getting an education, and setting out on a career. wonderful set of guidebooks to the American states. Look And in my hometown–a mill town that, like so many again at the WPA Guide to North Carolina, and see how other North Carolina towns of the ’30s and ’40s, was useful it still is after more than 60 years. blessed by enormously gifted public school teachers who I learned from the Roosevelts what I still believe: that understood that they were there to fulfill the great mission it is the primary obligation of government to help people of a democratic society–we were blessed also by men and who most need help, whoever and wherever they are, and women of no pretension, almost forgotten now, who day to preserve in all its natural beauty the land they live on. after day performed “little, nameless, unremembered acts The years of the New Deal were years of struggle and hard- of kindness and of love.” ship, but they were also years of hope. “My friends,” FDR Like a minister I saw cross Main Street to give to–and,

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even more important, to embrace–an old man, almost tent of my own long-held philosophy of life and of what I derelict, who stood on the other side of the street, hoping see to be the true nature of our American democracy. I that somebody might take notice of him and say hello. Like know that some of you will differ from what I have said a woman I knew who, every Saturday or Sunday, took and that others of you are far too young to know Roosevelt enough from what little money she had to buy food and or Graham or Poteat except as names in a history book. little presents for a poor I still believe that it is family on the edge of town #1 Influence on Good Citizenship the first responsibility of who lived–seven or eight of government–of society–to them–in a tumble-down help people who most need house bare of beauty except help and who without help for the light that sometimes 13% will continue to suffer; to shone in the eyes of the educate children; to guaran- 4% children. And like another tee justice; and to preserve white woman, who lived 5% the land. next to the invisible line Half a century ago Frank that separated whites from 5% Porter Graham wrote these blacks in a segregated town, 57% words of prayer and hope: and against bitterly prevail- “In the love of God and ing customs, made friends 16% man which transcends all with her black neighbors, races, colors, creeds, invited them to sit-down- boundaries and curtains, together meals at her house, and with a sense of brother- and before she died, left hood with all people word that she wanted the whether across the narrow father in the black family to Parents streets, across the hard serve as a pallbearer at her tracks or across the wide funeral. Teachers seas, we would, in spite of Now, after decades of TV/Movie/Sports Stars all illusions, frustrations growing up, I still give President and fears, pray with faith thanks to the legacy of Religious Leaders (and work with patience) Franklin and Eleanor in the long and difficult Roosevelt, to courageous Other pilgrimage of the people leaders like Graham and for peace and freedom.” Poteat, to writers like (SOURCE: NC Civic Education Consortium) I can find no better Steinbeck and Wolfe, to words with which to honor public school teachers (still, for me, the most essential North Carolina. I, for one, would not want to live any- members of our society), and–even more–to men and where else. women of Leaksville, Spray, and Draper who refused to


allow the artificial barriers of age, race, class and gender to Edwin G. Wilson, the provost emeritus of Wake Forest separate them from their neighbors, who, to use the grand University and former chair of the North Carolina Humanities words from the Book of Common Prayer, accepted and loved Council, delivered these remarks at the Nancy Susan Reynolds “all sorts and conditions of men.” Awards luncheon November 22, 2003, in Winston-Salem. You must have guessed by now something of the con-

For the Common Good 27 For the Common Good

THE FOCUS OF OUR GRANTMAKING

28 The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation is a general purpose foundation created to that are unique to North Carolina. For these serve the people of North Carolina. The reasons, the Foundation reserves the right to Foundation is particularly interested in proj- remain flexible in its grantmaking policies. ects that accomplish systemic reform and have Further, the Foundation continues to be statewide impact. In addition, the Foundation interested in organizational development gives special attention to low-resource regions and capacity building and open to providing in the state and innovative, community-based general operating support grants. projects within the Foundation’s focus areas. The Foundation does not give priority to: The Foundation’s grantmaking policies reflect
The arts the belief that organizational performance is
Capital campaigns greatly enhanced when people with different
Computer hardware or software purchases backgrounds and perspectives are engaged in
Conferences, seminars, or symposiums an organization’s activities and decision-
Crisis intervention programs making process. Thus, the Foundation actively
Fundraising events seeks to promote access, equity, and inclusive-
Historic preservation ness, and to discourage discrimination based
Local food banks on race, creed, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual
Substance abuse treatment programs orientation, socioeconomic status, and other factors that deny the essential humanity of The Foundation does not fund the following: all people.
Brick-and-mortar building projects or renovations, including construction To accomplish its purpose, the Foundation materials and labor costs gives special attention to certain
Endowment funds focus areas:
Equipment or furniture purchases
Community-Building and Economic
Fraternal groups or civic clubs Development
Health care initiatives (physical and
Environment mental) or medical research
Governance, Public Policy, and Civic
Individuals Engagement
National or regional organizations, unless
Pre-Collegiate Education their programs specifically benefit North
Social Justice and Equity Carolina and all funds are spent within the state While the listed areas are of highest priority, it
Organizations that are not tax-exempt is also the desire of the Foundation to serve as
Payment of debts a catalyst for new practices and ideas and to
Volunteer fire departments or emergency respond to other challenges or opportunities medical services Grantmaking COMMUNITY BUILDING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The Foundation seeks to be a sup- portive partner in efforts to help communities strengthen themselves Participants in a public meeting held by the and create bold new opportunities for Conservation Council of North Carolina. the people who live in them. With WITHIN THIS CATEGORY, THE FOUNDATION SEEKS TO FUND the appropriate resources, communi- ORGANIZATIONS AND PROJECTS THAT: ty-led efforts can enhance the par- ticipation of the poor and the ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
excluded in creating new economic Empower disadvantaged groups and support grassroots organizing
Reduce financial disparities that limit opportunities opportunities, address community
Increase affordable housing development in a changing econom-
Support entrepreneurship, job/business training, or strategies for ic context, enhance fair economic self-sufficiency in low-wealth communities
Reduce rural/urban economic disparities opportunities, improve race rela-
Support sustainable, diversified, and economically viable tions, and strengthen the web of agriculture relationships that increase social
Encourage alternative energy systems
capital. The Foundation recognizes Promote affordable access to technology and communications networks that central to building communities is the ability of people to work STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES together. The Foundation is commit-
Engage stakeholders in issues of growth, community development, and planning ted to race relations work—including
Support leadership development of disenfranchised individuals a broad range of efforts to work
Encourage full participation of diverse voices in community across differences, to include a full problem-solving range of voices in communities, to IMPROVE RACE RELATIONS build a shared power base and to
Strive to eliminate individual and institutional racism, using increase the understanding of white strategies that include anti-racism training, diversity training, privilege. The Foundation recognizes or creative methods to stimulate and continue dialogue about race and ethnicity that communities need strong
Address the barriers created by discrimination organizations and community lead-
Increase an understanding of white privilege and power inequities ers as the blueprint for the future THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT GIVE PRIORITY TO: of the state.
General operating support for CDCs receiving funding through the NC Community Development Initiative, which the Foundation currently supports
Homeless shelters or other programs that primarily serve the homeless
Programs serving the physically or developmentally disabled
Senior citizens’ programs
Single-site business ventures
Transitional housing Community Building & Economic Development

30 Community Development Corporations are often 31 able to help single mothers purchase a home. COMMUNITY BUILDING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation 2003 Annual Report

2003 GRANTS

AFFORDABLE HOUSING COALITION OF ASHEVILLE, Asheville $25,000 COMMUNITY WHOLENESS VENTURE, Durham $20,000 General operating support to provide services For general operating support. and advocacy on housing related issues. CONCERNED CITIZENS OF TILLERY, Tillery $15,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING GROUP OF NC, Charlotte $45,000 To provide support for an economic development director. For general operating support to increase affordable housing. CONTENTNEA DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, Snow Hill $25,000 General operating support for housing counseling ALBEMARLE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT , Edenton $20,000 and economic development. To help disenfranchised communities gain access to resources and leadership development. COUNTYWIDE CDC, Leland $35,000 General operating support to improve housing and AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST , Graham $30,000 economic conditions for residents of Brunswick County. For operating support to preserve farmland in NC. DAVIDSON HOUSING COALITION, Davidson $15,000 APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Boone $30,000 General operating support to increase and For the Women in Agriculture Project. sustain affordable housing in the Town of Davidson.

DUKE UNIVERSITY APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Boone $15,000 , Durham $50,000 For the Cider Industry Planning and Support for the Community Economic Development Project. Development Law Clinic. EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH APPALACHIAN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PROJECT, Marshall $30,000 , Rocky Mount $20,000 General operating support to develop To support worker training and its organizational capacity. homeownership programs. EMPOWERMENT RESOURCE CENTER, Asheville $25,000 CAROLINA FARM STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION, Pittsboro $85,000 To empower economically disadvantaged For two years of support to increase sustainable people of color with information through agriculture outreach and education efforts in NC. radio broadcasting. CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION , Lumberton $35,000 FELLOWSHIP OF CHRIST CHURCH, Rocky Mount $20,000 For River Way, a new ecotourism enterprise To provide job training through its Market Place project. and environmental center. FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION OF NC, New Bern $20,000 CENTER FOR PARTICIPATORY CHANGE, Asheville $110,000 Operating support for the Oyster Enhancement General operating support over two years to Project, the Commercial Mussel Project and strengthen the assistance it provides to grassroots the Commercial Blood Clam Project. organizations in western North Carolina. FOOD BANK OF NC, Raleigh $100,000 CHARLOTTE COMMUNITIES OF SHALOM, Charlotte $20,000 To expand the Rural Enrichment Partnership. For the Thomasboro Community Building Initiative to help resolve community issues and improve the GOOD WORK, Durham $40,000 quality of life for residents. To increase financial literacy and receipts from the Earned Income Tax Credit through the Durham CHATHAM COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, Pittsboro $12,500 coalition’s Money Wise Project. To implement an internal plan for dismantling racism. GOOD WORK, Durham $25,000 COLLEGETOWN, Greensboro $10,000 Operating support to work with low wealth/lower For a diversity immersion program for college students. income people through participatory business and entrepreneurial skills training. COLUMBUS COUNTY DREAM CENTER, Whiteville $35,000 To provide homebuyer education classes, GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP, Wilmington $25,000 economic literacy training, and housing counseling. Support for the “Education, Not Incarceration: Don’t Build a Jail for Me” project. COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP. OF MOORESVILLE/SOUTH IREDELL, Mooresville $30,000 GREATER WINSTON-SALEM SPONSORING COMMITTEE For general operating support. , Winston-Salem $40,000 For general operating support to find common COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ASSOC. OF NC, Durham $175,000 ground between diverse constituencies. For two years of support to increase stockholder HINTON RURAL LIFE CENTER advocacy by engaging financial institutions to improve , Hayesville $25,000 community lending, services and investments. To support affordable housing and economic renewal for the far west mountain region of North Carolina.

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HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF NC, Raleigh $15,000 PANTEGO AREA COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS, Pantego $20,000 Operating support for the Collaborative Neighborhood General operating support. Revitalization Project in East Durham. PARTNERSHIP PROJECT, Greensboro $50,000 HOLLISTER REACH, Hollister $25,000 Support for the Institutional Dimensions of Racial To hire community organizers for the Alternative Systems and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care project. Campaign to identify landowners and business owners who are restricted by the non-permeability of the soil. QUALITY OF LIFE ASSOC. OF HERTFORD COUNTY, Murfreesboro $30,000 General operating support for affordable housing efforts. HOMEKEEPING MORTGAGE DEFAULT COUNSELING, Greensboro $45,000 To provide mortgage default and budget counseling. RANDOLPH ARTS GUILD, Asheboro $11,000 For support of the CommonVisions project to L.I.F.E. OF NC, Greenville $20,000 address specific community needs across To provide expanded employment services cultural/racial/generational lines. to counties in eastern NC. ROANOKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Rich Square $75,000 METRO DURHAM SPONSORS, Durham $40,000 For the Rowan Chowan Partners for Progress General operating support for expansion to Raleigh. 2003-2004 Action Plan Phase II. MICRO-ENTERPRISE LOAN PROGRAM RURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL-USA, Pittsboro $50,000 OF WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH COUNTY, Winston-Salem $25,000 To support the On-Farm Research and General support to continue to fund micro and Contract Agriculture Reform programs. small business growth throughout Forsyth County. SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY MITCHELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE , Statesville $60,000 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Winston-Salem $25,000 To provide education and training for For general operating support to increase homeownership. unemployed and underemployed adults in the South Statesville community. TRIANGLE J COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, Research Triangle Park $35,000 To increase housing opportunities in the NC COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE-STOKES COUNTY, Danbury $25,000 Triangle for low-income residents. To develop and strengthen the Stokes County Growers’ Cooperative. TYRRELL COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Columbia $25,000 For the Rural Sustainable Development Program. NC FAIR SHARE EDUCATION FUND, Raleigh $25,000 To support the People’s Advocacy Institute project. WEAVER COMMUNITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION, Carrboro $15,000 General operating support to promote and NC MINORITY SUPPORT CENTER, Durham $150,000 create cooperative housing. To support the growth and expansion of Generations Community Credit Union. WILMINGTON AREA REBUILDING MINISTRY, Wilmington $20,000 General support to add staff. NC REAL ENTERPRISES, Durham $35,000 Operating support to train facilitators in WINSTON-SALEM FOUNDATION, Winston-Salem $500,000 community-based organizations to increase For two years of support for the Millennium entrepreneurship in low-wealth communities in NC. Fund to assist with downtown revitalization efforts. NC RURAL COMMUNITIES ASSISTANCE PROJECT, Pittsboro $40,000 WORLD TRADE FOUNDATION FOR NC, Raleigh $40,000 For general support and assessment of water To promote economic development in rural NC. and wastewater needs in farmworker communities. YADKIN-PEE DEE LAKES PROJECT NEIGHBORS FOR BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS, Winston-Salem $20,000 , Badin $15,000 For general operating support. To expand the NC Heritage and Cultural Tourism Leadership Training Program. NEW LIFE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP., Roper $20,000 YELLOW CREEK BOTANICAL INSTITUTE, For development of a community entrepreneurship Robbinsville $45,000 program and support of community development activities. To enhance community and economic development in Southern Appalachia through the sustainable use NEW RIVER COMMUNITY PARTNERS, Sparta $8,000 of botanical resources. To support economic development efforts via the organization of the Sparta Teapot Museum. TOTAL COMMUNITY-BUILDING NORTHWEST ALLIANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ...... $2,743,500 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP., North Wilkesboro $27,000 General support to expand economic, educational, and human resource opportunities for communities in Northwest NC.

For the Common Good 33 ENVIRONMENT

The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation believes that people and place are intricately connected and that the quality of life and health of North Carolinians depends on strong stewardship of the environment.

Volunteers prepare to plant grass The goals of Foundation funding in that will help prevent erosion. this area are to preserve, protect, and improve North Carolina's diverse Environment WITHIN THIS CATEGORY, THE FOUNDATION SEEKS TO FUND and precious natural areas; prevent ORGANIZATIONS AND PROJECTS THAT: irreversible damage to the environ- PROVIDE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ment; and to advocate for environ-
Promote public awareness of environmental stewardship and growth mental justice. Additionally, the management through education of the general public Foundation believes that environ-
Create and implement environmental education curricula and mental education is a key compo- programs for young people
Encourage a diverse array of people and interests to participate nent to ensuring that such goals in addressing environmental concerns can be accomplished. PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND IMPROVE
Preserve, protect, and advocate for North Carolina's natural assets including, but not limited to, clean air, clean water, green space, forests, coastal and wetland habitats, and farmland
Support sustainable agriculture and business methods that are not destructive to the land, air, or water and, therefore, to our food and the health of our people
Promote renewables, recycling, and the reduction of waste (including toxins)
Develop and/or advocate for alternative energy sources and trans- portation methods that cause less destruction of natural resources

EMPLOY ADVOCACY METHODS AND ENCOURAGE PUBLIC POLICY CHANGES
Support the development and enforcement of sound public policies to preserve and protect North Carolina's environment through established networks and grassroots efforts
Bring diverse constituencies together to advocate for environmental jus- tice, particularly as it affects populations whose voices are often unheard
Assist local, regional, and statewide efforts to create, develop, and advo- cate for growth management plans and tools

THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT GIVE PRIORITY TO:
Academic research
Land purchases
Animal species preservation or rehabilitation

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2003 GRANTS

AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES CENTER, Raleigh $50,000 CONSERVATION TRUST FOR NC, Raleigh $40,000 General operating support over two years General operating support for capacity building. for pesticide reduction efforts. DOGWOOD ALLIANCE, Asheville $25,000 AMERICAN RIVERS, Washington, DC $25,000 To support advocacy work in NC to reduce To support efforts to protect and the demand for forest products. restore water sources in NC. EARTH SHARE OF NC, Durham $40,000 AMERICAN WHITEWATER AFFILIATION, Silver Spring $20,000 General operating support for its To support restoration of whitewater rivers workplace solicitation efforts. in far western NC. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FUND, Raleigh $35,000 APPALACHIAN VOICES, Boone $25,000 For general operating support. To strengthen NC’s commitment to clean air. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FUND, Raleigh $10,000 BLUE RIDGE RURAL LAND TRUST, Boone $15,000 For development of the “It’s Our Water” For operating support. earth/environmental science curriculum.

CAPE FEAR RIVER WATCH, Wilmington $15,000 FOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY OF NC, Morganton $35,000 To protect and improve the water quality For general operating support. of the lower Cape Fear River basin. FOREST TRUST, Santa Fe, NM $25,000 CATAWBA COLLEGE, Salisbury $20,000 To support the Forest Stewards Guild’s work in NC. To educate the residents of Rowan and surrounding counties about air pollution. HIAWASSEE RIVER WATERSHED COALITION, Hayesville $25,000 To support water quality improvements CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Sanford $20,000 throughout the upper Hiwassee River basin. For the “Plot of Gold” sustainable agriculture curriculum. HIGH COUNTRY CONSERVANCY, Boone $15,000 CLEAN WATER FOR NC, Asheville $20,000 To initiate Host of the High Country Giving Program. For general operating support. INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, Greensboro $25,000 CONCERNED CITIZENS OF TILLERY, Tillery $18,000 To create a demonstration of sustainable To support strategic planning for the development as a model for communities across NC. NC Environmental Justice Network. LEGAL AID OF NC-RALEIGH, Raleigh $40,000 CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF NORTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION, Raleigh $20,000 For the Environmental Poverty Law project. General operating support.

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2003 GRANTS

LITTLE TENNESSEE WATERSHED ASSOCIATION, Franklin $20,000 NEW RIVER FOUNDATION, Jacksonville $20,000 To support the “Selling the Value of the For general operating support. Little Tennessee River” project. OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE, New York $25,000 NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE NEW RIVER, West Jefferson $75,000 To establish the NC portion of the Southern General operating support over two years Appalachian Protection Program. for the implementation of a multi-year River Protection Plan. PAMLICO-TAR RIVER FOUNDATION, Washington $15,000 For general operating support. NATURE CONSERVANCY, Durham $100,000 To develop a plan to increase funding for RIVERLINK, Asheville $35,000 conservation in North Carolina. To support the French Broad Riverkeeper program.

NC AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION, Raleigh $55,000 ROANOKE RIVER PARTNERS, Windsor $30,000 To support the Floating Classroom environmental For organizational capacity building. education program. SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BIODIVERSITY PROJECT, Asheville $25,000 NC ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS’ For the National Forest Protection and LAND LOSS PREVENTION PROJECT, Durham $50,000 Restoration Campaign for NC. For the Rural Environmental Equity Project. SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN FOREST COALITION, Asheville $40,000 NC COASTAL FEDERATION, Newport $300,000 Operating support for the Great Forest Campaign in NC. For general operating support over three years. SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER OF NC, Chapel Hill $750,000 NC COASTAL LAND TRUST, Wilmington $35,000 For general operating support over three years. To open a satellite office in Elizabeth City SOUTHWESTERN NC RESOURCE for the Northeast Land Trust initiative. CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, Waynesville $20,000 NC CONSERVATION NETWORK, Raleigh $600,000 To help protect the Tuckasegee River Watershed. For three years of support for “Playing to SOUTHWINGS, Win: Creating a Stronger Environmental Asheville $25,000 Advocacy Community for NC.” For the NC Conservation Flight Project. UNIVERSITY OF NC-CHAPEL HILL NC ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE, Raleigh $525,000 , Chapel Hill $40,000 For general operating support over three years. For the Carolina Environmental Program to provide a summer environmental education NC FOUNDATION FOR SOIL & WATER institute for middle and high school science teachers. CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, Raleigh $20,000 UNIVERSITY OF NC-CHAPEL HILL To create ‘Hands-on, Minds-on’ outdoor , Chapel Hill $100,000 environmental learning center models for To support the One North Carolina Naturally initiative. 5th & 6th grade students. UNIVERSITY OF NC-CHARLOTTE, Charlotte $25,000 NC SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION, Winston-Salem $25,000 To support the NC portion of the Urban Institute’s To promote a simple living project. Open Space Framework. VOICES AND CHOICES OF THE CENTRAL CAROLINAS NC SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION, Raleigh $30,000 , Charlotte $40,000 For general operating support. To support the State of the Region Report. WARREN WILSON COLLEGE NC WASTE AWARENESS & REDUCTION NETWORK, Durham $25,000 , Asheville $40,000 For general operating support to To support the Environmental Leadership Center. reduce toxic waste in NC. WEST END REVITALIZATION ASSOCIATION, Mebane $30,000 NC WATERSHED COALITION, Asheville $10,000 To document and map historic patterns To develop citizen action groups to monitor of environmental discrimination in select the Yadkin-Pee Dee and Lumber Rivers. communities in NC.

NC WILDLIFE FEDERATION , Raleigh $30,000 TOTAL ENVIRONMENT For operating support...... $3,763,000

NEUSE RIVER FOUNDATION, New Bern $40,000 To support the Upper and Lower Neuse Riverkeeper programs.

For the Common Good 37 GOVERNANCE, PUBLIC POLICY, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

The Foundation believes that a high quality of life in North Carolina requires an engaged citizenry and a WITHIN THIS CATEGORY, THE FOUNDATION SEEKS TO FUND government that is responsive to the ORGANIZATIONS AND PROJECTS THAT: needs of the people. Additionally, PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT the Foundation believes that the
Increase the level of public discourse regarding significant development of sound public policy public policies is crucial to effective government.
Promote civic engagement and increase the level and quality Therefore, it is the aim of the of participation by North Carolinians in their communities and government Foundation to strengthen represen-
Develop leadership training opportunities for individuals, particularly tative democracy in North Carolina those whose voices are underrepresented in the public sphere through efforts that educate the
Enhance civic education through school and community activities public about government institu- ADVOCATE FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE tions and policies, promote civic
Generate credible, policy-relevant research that can be utilized to move engagement and responsibility, and a social justice agenda monitor government performance.
Create innovative and systemic solutions to respond to the rapidly changing demographics of North Carolina
Promote equity in the state's justice system by advocating for appropriate systemic changes

ENCOURAGE RESPONSIVE, ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE
Promote alignment of the state's resources with the needs of residents to ensure responsible, just, and effective use of resources
Improve understanding and knowledge of policy development and government operations among elected and appointed officials
Support media accountability and encourage responsible, credible coverage of government and politics

THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT GIVE PRIORITY TO:
Academic research Governance, Public Policy & Civic Engagement

38 Each year, thousands of North Carolinians visit the State’s legislative building in Raleigh to learn firsthand how laws are made. 39 GOVERNANCE, PUBLIC POLICY & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation 2003 Annual Report

2003 GRANTS

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS-NC, Raleigh $15,000 FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS, Washington, DC $40,000 To implement trial court performance For the NC Smart on Crime Campaign standards at state and local levels. to educate North Carolinians about mandatory minimum sentencing laws. ASHE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, West Jefferson $2,700 UNC-CH NC Civic Education Consortium HEALTH ADVENTURE, Asheville $7,500 Small Grants Program – Civic Action Plan. UNC-CH NC Civic Education Consortium Small Grants Program - Community Input Counts. BOAT PEOPLE S.O.S. Raleigh $5,000 UNC-CH NC Civic Education Consortium HENDERSONVILLE BRANCH OF AAUW, Hendersonville $3,800 Small Grants Program - Engaging Young UNC-CH NC Civic Education Consortium Vietnamese-Americans in Community Services. Small Grants Program - Latino Leadership for Young Women. CAROLINA JUSTICE POLICY CENTER, Durham $15,000 For a Community Corrections Collaboration Project. HERTFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Winton $5,000 UNC-CH NC Civic Education Consortium Small CENTER FOR POLICY ALTERNATIVES, Washington, DC $15,000 Grants Program - Hertford County, Now and Then. To support a State Leadership Development Workshop for state legislators in NC. HISPANIC/LATINO CENTER, Fayetteville $8,000 UNC-CH NC Civic Education Consortium Small CENTER FOR VOTING AND DEMOCRACY, Takoma Park $10,000 Grants Program - Youth Civics Awareness Project. For the NC Fair Elections Project. INSTITUTE FOR SOUTHERN STUDIES, Durham $50,000 CITIZEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC. LWVNC, Charlotte $25,000 For the NC Voting Rights Project. To support community leadership development workshops and voter education. INSTITUTE FOR SOUTHERN STUDIES, Durham $30,000 For the Bob Hall Investigative Action Fund, COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Washington, DC $50,000 to train a new generation of journalists To support outreach and education efforts working in the public interest. regarding campaign finance reform in NC. KIDS VOTING NC-MECKLENBURG COUNTY, Charlotte $6,000 COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND, Washington, DC $90,000 UNC-CH NC Civic Education Consortium Small To bring new voices into the discussion of Grants Program - Increasing Civic Engagement. campaign finance reform in NC and promote greater civic engagement. LEADERSHIP NC, Raleigh $75,000 For two years of support to establish CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS, Fayetteville $5,000 a program officer position. UNC-CH NC Civic Education Consortium Small Grants Program - Civic Spirit. MOTHERS OF MURDERED OFFSPRING, Charlotte $20,000 To provide education about the DEMOCRACY NORTH CAROLINA, Carrboro $400,000 criminal justice system in NC. For general support to continue building public support for comprehensive campaign MOUNTAIN AREA INFORMATION NETWORK, Asheville $70,000 finance and voting rights reform in NC. To support WPVM to provide regionally relevant news coverage to residents of western NC. EDMUND S. MUSKIE FOUNDATION, Washington, DC $20,000 For the National Caucus of Environmental NC ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS FOUNDATION, Raleigh $25,000 Legislators’ program to support NC state For the Wade Edwards High School Mock Trial program. legislators’ efforts to defend and promote policies to protect the environment. NC CENTER FOR VOTER EDUCATION, Raleigh $400,000 For general operating support to help improve ELON UNIVERSITY, Elon $40,000 the quality and responsiveness of NC’s election For NC Campus Compact, to increase the system through public education and research. civic engagement of students on NC college and university campuses. NC COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS, Raleigh $30,000 To coordinate the development of the FAIR TRIAL INITIATIVE, Durham $70,000 NC Plan to End Homelessness. For general operating support to address issues of unequal access to a fair trial in NC. NC COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, Raleigh $75,000 To support People of Faith

40 For the Common Good GOVERNANCE, PUBLIC POLICY & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation 2003 Annual Report

2003 GRANTS

Against the Death Penalty. Grants Program - Examining Moral Issues and Civic Responsibilities in Local Government. NC INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, Wilmington $20,000 To provide organizational support. UNIVERSITY OF NC-CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill $10,000 To support administrative costs associated NC PEDIATRIC SOCIETY FOUNDATION, Raleigh $25,000 with the NC Civic Education Consortium For a collaboration to promote equitable Small Grants Program. access to children’s health insurance. UNIVERSITY OF NC-CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill $25,000 NC STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, Raleigh $100,000 For the WUNC News and Public Affairs To produce and distribute voter guides for the Project to provide news coverage about North Carolina Public Campaign Financing Fund. NC’s environment and economy.

NC STATE YOUTH COUNCIL, Raleigh $5,000 UNIVERSITY OF NC-CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill $75,000 UNC-CH NC Civic Education Consortium Small Grants For UNC-CH School of Law’s collaboration with Program - Youth Leadership Development Conferences. Columbia School of Law at Columbia University to reconsider the guilt of executed defendants. NORTH CAROLINIANS AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE EDUCATION FUND , Chapel Hill $25,000 WADE EDWARDS FOUNDATION, Raleigh $5,000 General operating support for education and advocacy UNC-CH NC Civic Education Consortium to promote gun safety and to reduce gun violence. Small Grants Program - Link 2 Learn. PUBLIC RADIO EAST FOUNDATION, New Bern $20,000 WOMEN’S CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY, Chapel Hill $30,000 To provide regionally relevant news coverage To support the Media Analysis of Gender to residents of eastern NC. and Image Construction project. UNIVERSITY OF NC-ASHEVILLE, Asheville $7,000 TOTAL GOVERNANCE, UNC-CH NC Civic Education Consortium Small PUBLIC POLICY, and CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ...... $1,955,000

The North Carolina Senate and House of Representatives had their chamber in the state capitol prior to the con- struction of the State’s present legislative building.

For the Common Good 41 PRE-COLLEGIATE EDUCATION

Supporting pre-collegiate public education is a long-standing priority of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. The Foundation recognizes that North Carolina’s future depends on what happens in classrooms today and seeks to improve the quality of teaching and learning in the public schools. In addition, high quality education is a major component of an economic development strategy that will enable North Carolina to compete in a global economy.

Differences in educational achieve- North Carolina’s public school ment and opportunity in the state population is becoming increasingly racially and remain as a result of geography, culturally diverse. local capacity, and gender, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities. The Foundation strives to improve equity in education, WITHIN THIS CATEGORY, THE FOUNDATION SEEKS TO FUND Pre-Collegiate Education ORGANIZATIONS AND PROJECTS THAT: especially in low-resource communi- ties. As North Carolina continues ADDRESS EQUITY IN EDUCATION along the path of demographic
Promote access to a high-quality education for all students throughout change, the Foundation encourages North Carolina
Support progressive policy reforms within the public school system efforts by public schools to address
Advocate for effective accountability models and testing methods the challenges of diversity for stu-
Create policies and programs to address the achievement gap dents, teachers, and administrators.
Foster an exceptional statewide system of early childhood education, both in program content and teacher training The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Work continuously to promote the inclusion of immigrant groups believes that private philanthropy PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT serves as a catalyst for educational
Build the prestige of teaching as a profession progress, recognizing that the pri-
Strengthen the capacity of university education programs to provide mary responsibility for funding pub- excellent teacher preparation experiences lic pre-collegiate education rests
Recruit talented teachers and administrators, with particular attention to with government. The Foundation critical shortages in minority representation, math/science subject welcomes opportunities to collabo- areas, and low-performing schools
Retain talented teachers and administrators rate as a partner in innovative mod-
Empower teachers and administrators to serve as leaders and advocates els of educational reform and seeks to promote the alignment of the state’s educational resources with the most significant needs of students.

42 NOTE: The Foundation seeks to enhance pre-colle- giate education efforts in North Carolina by focusing on the state's public school system. The Foundation ADVOCATE FOR A BALANCED AND INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM differentiates such efforts
Develop curricula which accurately represent the history and culture of from other youth develop- all students
Promote curricula which teach students their responsibilities as citizens ment programs. Thus, and encourages civic participation community-based after-
Support teachers in the integration of technology into core curriculum school programs, mentor- instruction ing programs, and other
Advocate for a broad and holistic curriculum, which includes arts, for- non-school based youth eign language, entrepreneurial skills, and financial management programs do not fall with- THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT GIVE PRIORITY TO: in this category; instead,
Single-site charter schools they are considered mis-
Single-site school projects cellaneous proposals and are given low priority. THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT FUND THE FOLLOWING:
Athletic teams or events, Parent-Teacher Associations, or other similar groups
Initiatives promoting religious education or doctrine
Personnel salaries and other general operating expenses in public schools
Private K-12 schools, other than exceptional programs or initiatives with the potential for replication in public schools across the state
Scholarship programs or general budgets for educational institutions (outside of pre-existing commitments)
Single-site day care centers

43

PRE-COLLEGIATE EDUCATION Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation 2003 Annual Report

2003 GRANTS

ALLIANCE FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING, Burlington $20,000 ROBESON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Lumberton $15,000 Support to revamp and reinvigorate the K-12 To support Robeson County Schools’ Beginning foreign language program in North Carolina. Teacher Seminar Program.

CLEVELAND COUNTY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER, Shelby $30,000 TEACH FOR AMERICA, Raleigh $50,000 To address the academic achievement gap in To expand efforts to recruit, train and Cleveland County. support teachers in NC.

DONORSCHOOSENC, Durham $75,000 UNIVERSITY OF NC-CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill $75,000 For a Web-based program to assist individuals and For the Jordan School of Social Work’s businesses in making donations to support teachers. Supporting Community Partnerships for Closing the Acheivement Gap project. DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham $33,500 For evaluation of Middle School Visions, a pilot UNIVERSITY OF NC-CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill $50,000 project to integrate character development and To test an intervention program aimed to civic engagement in middle schools. improve African-American children’s early language experiences and school readiness. EXPLORNET, Raleigh $25,000 To provide professional development training UNIVERSITY OF NC-CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill $25,000 for high school teachers. For the School of Education’s Hoke County Intervention Specialist Initiative. FORSYTH EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTNERSHIP, Winston-Salem $80,000 For two years of support to evaluate programs that UNIVERSITY OF NC-CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill $30,000 promote school readiness of children in Forsyth County. To expand the Center for International Studies’ K-12 International Outreach Program. NC HUMANITIES COUNCIL, Greensboro $50,000 To support the 2004 Teachers’ Institute program. UNIVERSITY OF NC-CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill $40,000 To provide professional development for NC PARTNERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE, Cary $30,000 teachers of Limited English Proficiency. To pilot the High Performance Leaders Academy model in low-performing districts. UNIVERSITY OF NC-CHARLOTTE, Charlotte $40,000 To support the Diversity in Information NC SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND Technology Institute. MATHEMATICS FOUNDATION, Durham $80,000 To provide professional development for UNIVERSITY OF NC-GREENSBORO, Greensboro $40,000 public school science teachers. For the Piedmont Triad Education Consortium’s Women Superintendents Project. PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF PITT COUNTY, Greenville $25,000 General operating support to advocate for WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, Cullowhee $45,000 disadvantaged parents and children. For the Beginning Teacher/Teacher Leader Program.

RANDOLPH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Asheboro $4,000 WORKING FILMS, Wilmington $25,000 To create a Multicultural Advisory Group to To support curriculum development to provide recommendations to the education accompany “From Farm to Fast Food: system in Randolph County. On the Job in NC.”

TOTAL PRE-COLLEGIATE EDUCATION...... $887,500

For the Common Good 45 SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY

The increasing diversity of North Carolina presents the state with numerous opportunities and new challenges. At the same time, there is a continuing need to work on breaking down long-held beliefs WITHIN THIS CATEGORY, THE FOUNDATION SEEKS TO FUND and stereotypes that are based on ORGANIZATIONS AND PROJECTS THAT: race, gender, and poverty, and are EMPOWER WOMEN AND GIRLS barriers to mutual trust and respect.
Ensure that all reproductive options remain available to women The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation is
Address, treat, and seek to end emotional, physical, and sexual abuse committed to supporting advocacy
Work to end the disparity in economic opportunities, and to empower and other efforts that provide mean- women to advocate for economic equity
Promote a statewide system of accessible, affordable, high quality child care ingful opportunities for women,
Promote and support efforts to develop leadership and political empowerment ethnic and racial minorities, and
Provide opportunities to build networks and develop and nurture the economically disadvantaged positive self-images
to obtain political inclusion, Prevent teenage pregnancy and overcome obstacles that can have a

Social Justicenegative & impact Equity on a young woman’s future success social equity, and economic PROMOTE RACIAL AND ETHNIC EQUALITY empowerment.
Support efforts to develop minority leadership and promote political inclusion
Promote cultural understanding and diversity
Strive to improve housing conditions and end housing discrimination
Meet the needs of disadvantaged immigrants
Protect the civil rights of racial and ethnic minorities

REDUCE POVERTY THROUGH ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Advocate in opposition to predatory lending and other practices that have a disparate impact on the economically disadvantaged
Promote and provide personal financial education skill development and support home ownership efforts
Advocate and work toward establishing a living income
Support the transition from welfare to work
Advocate for workers’ rights and improved working conditions

SEEK EQUITY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Address systemic issues of racial and economic disparity
Promote equal access to justice

THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT GIVE PRIORITY TO:
Community correction centers or other alternatives to incarceration
Criminal justice programs designed to rehabilitate and/or punish individuals
Juvenile justice programs
Programs serving the physically or developmentally disabled
Senior citizens’ programs

THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT FUND THE FOLLOWING:
Foster care programs 46
Single-site day care centers Parents for Public Schools of Pitt County works to get parents of children in the racially and culturally diverse school system actively involved in the education of their children.

47 SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation 2003 Annual Report

2003 GRANTS

CENTER FOR ACTION AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, Morganton $15,000 LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR Operating support to establish a multicultural CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW, Washington, DC $25,000 walk-in center for immigrants. For the NC Fair Housing Project.

CULTURAS UNIDAS, Cary $30,000 LEADERSHIP AMERICA NC, Charlotte $25,000 General operating support to serve the Operating support for a women’s leadership program. Hispanic/Latino Community. LEGAL AID OF NC-RALEIGH, Raleigh $70,000 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND RAPE CRISIS For the Domestic Violence Initiative to ensure CENTER OF SCOTLAND COUNTY, Laurinburg $25,000 that legal services are available to assist victims General operating support to assist survivors of domestic violence. and educate the community about domestic violence and sexual assault. LEGAL AID OF NC-RALEIGH, Raleigh $150,000 To support legal respresentation of poor DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER and working families threatened by foreclosure. OF ALEXANDER COUNTY, Taylorsville $15,000 General operating support to serve and advocate LEGAL SERVICES OF SOUTHERN PIEDMONT, Charlotte $40,000 for victims of domestic violence. To provide free legal assistance to low-income immigrants in western NC. ECHO FOUNDATION, Charlotte $10,000 To support The Bernard Kouchner Project: MCAULEY INSTITUTE, Raleigh $50,000 Compassion Without Borders. To strengthen the leadership capacity of a new class of diverse women leaders from community- EL CENTRO HISPANO, Durham $30,000 based organizations across the state. Operating support to educate, defend the rights of, and develop leadership skills among NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA FOUNDATION, Washington, DC $50,000 working class Latinos in Durham. To support and protect a woman’s freedom to make personal decisions regarding reproductive choices. EPISCOPAL FARMWORKER MINISTRY, Newton Grove $35,000 To support a Program Director/Community NC ASSOC. OF COUNTY DIRECTORS OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Raleigh $60,000 Involvement Coordinator. For the Department of Social Services and Domestic Violence Community Partnership Project. FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER, Hickory $25,000 To provide domestic violence outreach and NC ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS’ support services to the Hispanic community. LAND LOSS PREVENTION PROJECT, Durham $135,000 To support the NC portion of the HIGH COUNTRY AMIGOS, Boone $30,000 Black Family Land Trust. To establish a Latino center in Ashe County. NC CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING, Raleigh $25,000 HISPANIC/LATINO CENTER, Fayetteville $30,000 NC Initiative for International Education project. For general operating support. NC COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Durham $50,000 HISPANIC LIAISON OF CHATHAM COUNTY, Siler City $35,000 To continue the Action and Empowerment For the Bilingual Financial Counseling Program. Project, which provides comprehensive services to domestic violence programs across the state. HOPE FOR FAMILIES GRAHAM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER, Robbinsville $25,000 NC COMMUNITY SHARES, Durham $25,000 For general operating support to end interpersonal For the NC Shares Grassroots Initiative. violence by offering shelter to victims, advocacy, and education. NC INSTITUTE OF MINORITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Durham $150,000 For general operating support over two years to IMPACT FOUNDATION, Wilson $25,000 augment work to provide access to market For general operating support to serve economically opportunities for minority- and women-owned businesses. disadvantaged women and girls in Wilson County. NC JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER, Raleigh $225,000 INTERNATIONAL LINK, Asheville $20,000 For a collaboration of anti-poverty advocacy For general support the center to address organizations who will expand their work language and cultural barriers in western NC. against unfair lending practices.

LATINO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER, Durham $30,000 NC LAMBDA YOUTH NETWORK, Durham $15,000 For general operating support aimed To develop young people as leaders at Latino leadership development. and community organizers.

48 For the Common Good SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation 2003 Annual Report

2003 GRANTS

NC OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROJECT, Durham $20,000 SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE CENTER, New Bern $20,000 For general support to educate and organize To support the Victim Advocacy Latino/a immigrants and U.S. born workers. Community Outreach Program.

NC PEACE ACTION EDUCATION FUND, Knightdale $35,000 SOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUND, Durham $20,000 To strengthen advocacy-oriented peace and For an educational film on the H2-A farmworker justice nonprofit organizations in NC. program and an accompanying study guide.

NEW LIFE WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP PROJECT, Williamston $20,000 STUDENT ACTION WITH FARMWORKERS, Durham $20,000 To develop an income-generating strategy for low- For general operating support. income women in Martin, Bertie and Washington counties. SURGE, STUDENTS UNITED FOR A ONSLOW WOMEN’S CENTER, Jacksonville $25,000 RESPONSIBLE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, Chapel Hill $10,000 To support victims of domestic violence. To create the NC Lilliput Network to facilitate youth civic engagement. OPEN DOOR/LA PUERTA ABIERTA, Angier $10,000 ‘Drop-in Centre’ for mothers with THANKFUL HERITAGE, Kernersville $15,000 pre-school children to form cross-cultural, For expansion of the Traveling Black History Museum. cross-racial friendships. THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLIANCE, PEACE AT WORK, Raleigh $15,000 Waynesville $25,000 For the Domestic Violence in the Workplace project. For the Partnership for Peace Project. TRIANGLE URBAN LEAGUE, PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES, Asheville $40,000 Raleigh $100,000 To provide free legal assistance to low-income For general operating support. immigrants in western NC. UNIVERSITY OF NC-CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill $30,000 PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF For the Adolescent Pregnancy Project CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA, Chapel Hill $65,000 at the Institute of Government. For the Strategic Advisory Initiative to help WOMEN’S CENTER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY ensure that all reproductive options are , Reidsville $20,000 available to women and men in NC. To empower and support women in achieving their personal and professional goals. POPE HOUSE MUSEUM FOUNDATION, Raleigh $30,000 WOMEN’S FORUM OF NC, General operating support for an Raleigh $30,000 African-American history museum. To establish the NC Center for Women in Public Service. RAPE CRISIS VOLUNTEERS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Fayetteville $20,000 General operating support to assist TOTAL SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY victims of sexual violence and abuse...... $2,045,000

For the Common Good 49 MISCELLANEOUS

The majority of the Foundation’s grantmaking is accomplished within its five stated focus areas. However, it is also the desire of the Foundation to serve as a catalyst for new practices and ideas and to respond to other challenges or opportunities that are unique to North Carolina. For these reasons, the Foundation reserves the right to remain flexible in its grantmaking and, therefore, makes occa- sional grants that are classified as “miscella- neous.” In 2003, less than five percent grant

dollars awarded were for miscellaneous grants. Miscellaneous

2003 GRANTS

CENTER FOR DIALOGUE, Brevard $30,000 NETCORPS, Durham $55,000 To provide a personal and professional renewal General operating support to build the experience for NC nonprofit leaders. capacity of NC nonprofits through strategic technology planning and assistance. DEEP RIVER MEDIATION, Pittsboro $10,000 To expand mediation services into Lee County. SOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUND, Durham $100,000 For the production of a documentary EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, Greenville $25,000 on the North Carolina Fund. For a science enrichment program for African American students in Pitt County. THANKFUL HERITAGE, Kernersville $20,000 NSR Award designated by Effley Howell. Employee Matching Gift Contributions. $2,795 TRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS, Durham $50,000 FAMILY AND NEIGHBORHOODS INSTITUTE OF NC, Wilmington $20,000 To build internal capacity by establishing NSR Award designated by Mary Mosley. a community development corporation.

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP CENTER, Highlands $20,000 VISIONS, Rocky Mount $25,000 NSR Award designated by Josie Ellis. To develop and test a new method to train nonprofit board members in fundraising. MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION, Virginia Beach, VA $20,000 To provide access and assistance with education WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, Winston-Salem $530,352 and career opportunities to youth and adults in Campaign for Wake Forest, initially for scholarships: six northeastern NC counties. Joseph G. Gordon, Nancy Susan Reynolds, NC middle income residents, annual awards to faculty members, MEDIATION NETWORK OF NC , Raleigh $25,000 Reynolds Professors supplements, and special To develop and implement a rating system undergraduate programs and needs. for the Mediation Network and its members. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, Winston-Salem $1,200,000 MOUNTAIN MEDIATION SERVICES, Bryson City $10,000 Annual grant, under 1990 contract, for general To offer mediation services in Clay County. support, faculty development, and scholarships. NC CENTER FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS , Raleigh $450,000 WARE CREEK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, Blounts Creek $10,000 For general operating support over three years For the Ware Creek Rosenwald to help strengthen NC’s nonprofit organizations. School Oral History Project. NC TEEN COURT ASSOCIATION , Elizabethtown $25,000 TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS...... $2,628,147 For strategic planning. TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED FOR 2003 ...... $14,022,147

50 For the Common Good D ECEMBER 8, 1936 THROUGH D ECEMBER 31, 2003 STATEMENT OF INCOME, GRANTS, EXPENSES, & DISTRIBUTED INCOME

2002 2003 1936-2002

Undistributed Income Beginning of Period $24,544,245 $20,223,189

Income Received: Zachary Smith Reynolds Trust 9,406,879 8,620,564 151,317,407 W. N. Reynolds Trust 11,409,322 9,057,841 197,797,352 Interest on investments* 322,054 90,688 13,680,806 Refunds of grants 79,757 30,760 457,225 Other Income 3,198 2,240 10,773

TOTAL INCOME $21,221,210 $17,802,093 $363,263,563

Disbursements: Grants Paid $23,436,023 $18,395,527 $317,425,604 Direct Charitable Activities: Nancy Susan Reynolds Awards 180,987 130,783 1,963,290 Sabbatical Program 106,960 97,675 1,213,968 Race Relations Projects 25,328 0 350,136 Good Government 3,517 24,554 152,651 Sprawl/Growth Management 0 995 53,154 Youth Development/Young Scholars Program 150,110 87 612,862 Special Projects/meetings/seminars 110,558 212,031 2,517,425

Total Grants and Direct Charitable Activities $24,013,483 $18,861,652 $324,289,090

Administrative Expenses: Personnel 556,388 733,618 8,111,465 Operating Expenses 953,208 1,053,941 10,287,249 Federal Excise Tax 4,693 5,730 254,558

Total Administrative Expenses and Taxes $1,514,289 $1,793,289 $18,653,272

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS $25,527,772 $20,654,941 $342,942,362

Undistributed Income End of Period $20,237,683 $17,370,341 $20,237,683

Unpaid Grants End of Period $18,667,950 $14,835,361 $18,667,950

Excess of Undistributed Income Over Unpaid Grants $1,569,733 $2,534,980 $1,569,733

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The Foundation's income is derived from two trusts that are separately controlled and each of which meets the reporting requirements of the federal government and of those states in which they are located. No list of investments appears in this report because the Foundation itself has no assets.

*Interest earned on short-term investments of income received from the two trusts but not yet distributed.

51 A PPLICATION D EADLINES - FEBRUARY 1 AND A UGUST 1 GRANT APPLICATION GUIDELINES

THE Z. SMITH REYNOLDS FOUNDATION, INC. August 1) to consider grant applications. When deadlines is legally restricted to making grants for the accomplish- fall on a weekend, the following Monday will be the ment of charitable works in the State of North Carolina. deadline. If mailed, proposals must be postmarked on Grants are made only to nonprofit, charitable organiza- or before the deadline date. Proposals that are sent via tions that are exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the the Foundation’s on-line submission process must be Internal Revenue Code or to governmental units. No received by 11:59 p.m. EST on the deadline date. The grants are made to individuals for any purpose. Foundation will not accept proposals by facsimile or Organizations that operate both within and outside the email. Late proposals will be considered in the next State of North Carolina may be eligible for consideration funding cycle. for programs operating within North Carolina. The Reporting Requirements: If your organization received Foundation does not pay indirect or overhead expenses a grant(s) in the past, all reporting requirements must for projects at colleges, universities, public schools, or be met in order for your current application to be con- governmental units. sidered. The Foundation has written reporting require- ments for each grant made. If you have questions about It is important to note that the Foundation will forgo its these requirements, please call. fall grant cycle during 2004. It did accept applications for the spring cycle and grant decisions will be made by


the Board of Trustees at the Foundation’s annual May ALL APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING: meeting. This change is explained in more detail on APPLICATION FORM: All pages of the application form page 8 of this report. (including all questions) must be completed in the space provided. To accomplish its purpose, the Foundation currently gives special attention to certain focus areas: PROPOSAL:
Community-Building and Economic Development Format
Environment (a) The proposal must be submitted on the organiza-
Governance, Public Policy, and Civic Engagement tion’s letterhead and must be signed by an author-
Pre-Collegiate Education ized official of the organization.
Social Justice and Equity (b) The proposal is limited to three single-spaced, single-sided pages, must have a left hand margin 1 While the listed areas are of highest priority, it is also of no less than one inch, must be printed on 8 ⁄2 x 11 the desire of the Foundation to serve as a catalyst for new inch paper, must have at least 12 pt font, and must practices and ideas and to respond to other challenges not be bound or fastened in any way. PLEASE DO or opportunities that are unique to North Carolina. In NOT STAPLE ANY OF THE PAGES TOGETHER. addition to funding projects that achieve the goals of (c) Only one copy of the proposal should be submitted. each focus area, the Foundation has an interest in build- ing the capacity of organizations and in promoting organiza- Content: The first paragraph of the proposal must state tional development. Also, the Foundation reserves the clearly the specific amount being requested, the purpose right to remain flexible in its grantmaking policies. of the request (general operating support or a specific project) and a concise description of the organization DEADLINES: The Foundation’s Board of Trustees meets including the mission statement. The proposal should in May (deadline February 1) and in November (deadline also contain the following:

52 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT: TAX-EXEMPT STATUS: A copy of the petitioning organiza-
Objectives for the time period of the grant request tion's federal tax-exempt certification under Section and how they will be achieved 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including a
Recent accomplishments of one organization (if determination as to the organization's status as a pub- not a new organization) licly-supported organization. Governmental units need
How the work of the organization will address the not submit these documents. The Foundation will not priorities of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation make pass-through grants from one organization to another. PROJECT REQUEST:
Description of project OPTIONAL MATERIALS: Additional information and material
Need for the project may be submitted to supplement the application.
Objectives of the project and how they will be achieved SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS: There are only two ways to
Method and criteria for evaluation submit completed applications. The Foundation will not
Recent accomplishments of the organization (if accept proposals by facsimile or email. not a new organization) By Mail
How the project will address the priorities of the
You may call, write or email the Foundation and Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation request that an application form be sent to you by mail. BUDGET: Submit the following:
You may download the application form in Micro-
Current fiscal year's approved budget showing actual soft Word format from the Foundation's Web site. income and expenses to date.
Prior fiscal year's statement showing actual general Electronically expenses and specific sources of income.
You may submit an application electronically by
One page, line-item proposed budget (showing accessing the IGAM module from the Foundation's anticipated income and expenditures) for the total Web site at www.zsr.org. operations of the organization's fiscal year(s) for
Please note that the deadline for electronic sub- which funds are being requested. missions is 11:59 P.M. EST on the deadline date.
If the funds being requested are for a specific proj- ect rather than for general support, also submit a


one-page, line-item budget for the specific project (showing anticipated income and expenditures) Mailed applications must be sent to: for which funds are being requested. Thomas W. Ross Executive Director GOVERNING BOARD: Submit a list of the members of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation petitioning organization's governing board, with a brief 147 South Cherry Street, Suite 200 explanation of how members are elected. Winston-Salem, NC 27101-5287

53 R ECOGNIZING A SPECIAL K IND OF L EADERSHIP THE NANCY SUSAN REYNOLDS AWARDS

LIKE THE AWARDS CREATED IN HER MEMORY, as advocates for persons, positions or groups at some Nancy Susan Reynolds also was unique. A founding personal risk, earned the respect of those to whom they member, president, and lifetime trustee of the Z. Smith speak, and earned the trust of those for whom they speak. Reynolds Foundation, she believed in the ability of ordi- nary people to change things for the better right where PERSONAL SERVICE – for people helping other people. This they live. When she died in 1985, the Foundation’s category recognizes inspired service, continuing devotion trustees established the Nancy Susan Reynolds Awards to service under difficult circumstances and often at sub- Lin her memory. stantial personal sacrifice, and willingness to assist per- The annual Nancy Susan Reynolds Awards luncheon sons or groups who have few alternatives and little ability to brings together one of the most diverse groups of North repay except through thanks and profound devotion. Carolinians assembled in the state each year. The spot- This category seeks to recognize people who have light is placed on winners in the areas of advocacy, per- helped alleviate the condition of some less-favored sonal service and race relations, and their stories are group in the community, performed work that served told by videos and associates. Later, winners are featured as a catalyst for self-respect and self-sufficiency, and in a 30-minute television program produced by the provided special examples of service that caused others Foundation and aired across the state. to take more seriously their responsibilities to people in their communities and state. The Award Each award is accompanied by a grant of $25,000. RACE RELATIONS – for persons who have acted in ways The recipient receives $5,000, and $20,000 is distrib- to bring about improvements in multi-culturalism in a uted to qualified tax-exempt, charitable, North Carolina community and served as role models of racial under- organizations selected by the award recipient. Since standing and cooperation. their inception, the awards to grassroots leaders and This category seeks to recognize individuals who have nonprofit organizations in North Carolina have totaled made significant efforts to encourage communications $1,350,000. and motivate improved relationships between persons of different racial and ethnic backgrounds, increased Criteria for Selection understanding or resolved conflicts between persons of Throughout her life, Nancy Susan Reynolds worked different racial or ethnic backgrounds, or helped resolve quietly for the people of North Carolina, never seeking conflicts created by racial and ethnic discord and stimu- recognition for herself. The Nancy Susan Reynolds lated action to eliminate racism in his or her community. Awards honor her memory and individuals whose good works are done in that spirit. Eligibility Nominees for the award must be living residents of Nancy Susan Reynolds Awards are presented in the North Carolina. They should be persons not typically in following categories: the limelight who perform valuable public service, pre- ADVOCACY – on behalf of people, issues, or concerns dominantly at the community level. They may be volun- that otherwise may be without effective voices. teers or paid, full-time employees of the organizations This category is for persons whose persistence, through which their service is rendered. patience, and intelligence have earned them the ear of In seeking nominations, the Foundation is looking those who make and shape policies in the state and its beyond traditional business or civic leaders or those communities. people who already have received significant recognition This category seeks to recognize people who have served and public visibility. Although the awards are intended

54 for individuals, in relations. He is the case of joint or helping African collaborative efforts, Americans under- an award may be stand their heritage shared. Committees and all people and organizations Mary Mosley, Josie Ellis, and Effley Howell understand the are not eligible. importance of Persons interested in nominating someone for human rights and mutual respect. a Nancy Susan Reynolds Award can call the Z. Smith His passion began when he saw an old Bull Durham Reynolds Foundation for information or visit its Web ad and was appalled by the way it depicted African site at www.zsr.org. Americans. As he saw other items, he bought them, and


gradually his collection began to include African Americans depicted in a favorable manner. Howell uses The 2003 Recipients the materials–positive and negative–to illustrate the African-American experience, to foster better race rela- JOSIE ELLIS, Dillsboro tions and ensure that the mistakes of the past are not Advocacy Category repeated. He sets his collection up for special events, Josie Ellis grew up in Jackson County and later visits classrooms, does diversity training returned to take a job with the county health depart- for corporations and makes presentations to civic ment. She found that local farmers had imported Latino clubs, churches and other groups. workers who were living on isolated farms, many in MARY MOSLEY, Wilmington inhuman conditions and working long hours for low Personal Service Category pay. There were serious health issues: dangerous work conditions and exposure to pesticides and other poisons. Mary Mosley moved back to Wilmington in 1987, but When she sought to improve these conditions, she faced her neighborhood, The Bottom, was not the one she had serious obstacles. Powerful growers pressured officials left decades before. It had become one of Wilmington’s to stop Ellis. most troubled areas. Immediately, Mosley began Fortunately, her courage and persistence have made reclaiming it. Early on, she was threatened by thugs who a difference. She convinced a doctor in Cashiers to help resented her efforts to get drug dealers and prostitutes open a clinic, and Hispanic children now may attend out of the neighborhood. She has not been deterred, school. She recruited students from Western Carolina because she believes in what she is doing. University to help with after-school child care and The Family and Neighborhoods Institute of North secured clothing and supplies from churches. Even so, Carolina, a community center now located in the heart social injustice and inequity continue. “We are a nation of The Bottom, is where children go for tutoring after of immigrants, and this group deserves the best chance school and seniors for lunches and meetings. It is a sym- for a better life,” Ellis said. bol of good triumphing over evil. Mosley usually is there, often 10 hours a day, six days a week, doing whatever EFFLEY HOWELL, Kernersville needs to be done. Last year, all of her students passed Race Relations Category the end-of-grade tests; the students’ principal estimates Effley Howell’s love for African-American history that without Mosley’s intervention half of them would has made him an effective force for building better race have failed.

55 THE Z.SMITH REYNOLDS SABBATICAL PROGRAM

I rebalanced my life and restored my spirit – 2003 Z. Smith Reynolds Sabbatical Recipient

THE Z. SMITH REYNOLDS FOUNDATION awarded the day-to-day operation of the Housing Center, includ- grants during 2003 to five leaders from North Carolina’s ing fundraising, program operations, government Tnonprofit community through its Z. Smith Reynolds reporting, advocacy and research. “The time off from Sabbatical Program. The awards are made annually to work gave me a real opportunity to reflect on the mis- five nonprofit leaders, allowing them to take extended sion, goals, and direction of my organization,” Adams breaks from their demanding jobs to relax, revitalize said. “As a result of my renewed commitment, a sharper and gain new energy. vision and new priorities have been set for my organiza- Each of the 2003 sabbatical recipients–Stella J. tion. The sabbatical has served both the institution I Adams, Kenny S.G. House, Vickie S. Pait, Michele E. serve and my family well.” Rivest and Kenneth J. Rose–received a $15,000 grant to enable her or him to take leave from work for three to six KENNY S.G. HOUSE months to read, relax, travel, work on special projects, House has worked with Coastal Horizons Center for 25 be with their families, or simply reflect. years, serving as clinical director for the last 15 years. The Foundation established the Sabbatical Program The Center provides professional assistance to those in in 1990 with North Carolina’s nonprofit leaders in mind. need of prevention, crisis intervention, criminal justice The Foundation hopes that sabbatical recipients, who are alternatives, community outreach and substance abuse chosen from the leadership of the state’s nonprofits, can treatment services. “My sabbatical proved to be the most renew themselves personally and professionally and amazing and rewarding journey, as I traveled to two for- return to work with fresh ideas for achieving their mis- eign countries and several U.S. cities and took time to sions and with more balanced lifestyles. nurture some wonderful friendships,” House said. Recipients of sabbaticals are chosen on the basis of “Never in my adult life have I been able to enjoy or the need for a break from the daily stress and challenges imagine such an adventure, and this time will serve as a of their work environment, the innovation and creativity pivotal point to energize my life for the future.” they have demonstrated in their work achievements in the past, and their potential to continue to make a sig- VICKIE S. PAIT nificant contribution to public service. Pait has served as the executive director of Families First for seven years. She and the staff of Families First pro- STELLA J. ADAMS vide services and shelter to victims of domestic violence Adams has served for seven years as executive direc- and sexual assault and their children. Pait is responsible tor of the NC Fair Housing Center in Durham, an organi- for program development and improvements, commu- zation that works to ensure equal access to housing and nity education, employee supervision, and fundraising. capital for all North Carolinians. She is responsible for “Priceless is one word I feel appropriately describes

56 my sabbatical experience. It took a while to realize that hires and trains the center’s staff of almost 20 employ- it was okay for me to do nothing all day,” Pait said. ees, represents 10 death row inmates, develops legal “For a while, I felt like I was wasting precious time, strategies for his clients and others on death row, trains and then realized that I was not wasting time, I was and consults with other attorneys, and coordinates a embracing time.” political strategy with other nonprofit groups. “I applied for the sabbatical in MICHELLE E. RIVEST hopes of getting a Since 1994, Rivest respite from the has been the execu- ongoing stress and tive director of the tremendous Orange County responsibility serv- Partnership for ing as director of an Young Children, the advocacy office rep- local Smart Start resenting persons in agency. Rivest over- capital cases,” Rose sees the organiza- The 2003 Z. Smith Reynolds said. “I achieved so tion’s annual budget Sabbaticals recipients: (left to right) much more by shar- Michele Rivest, Stella Adams, Kenny of $3.9 million and House, Vickie Pait, and Ken Rose. ing the sabbatical guides the board’s with my family and Smart Start planning and funding cycle. “My sabbatical by sharing what I learned with my co-workers.” was an incredible gift. Each day unfolded at its own pace . . . no alarm, coffee on the porch, time for meditation Individuals in paid, full-time leadership positions and reflection, gardening, yoga, tomato sandwiches from who have served their North Carolina nonprofit organi- the garden, visit with my friends, time with family,” zations for at least three years, two of which as leaders, Rivest said. “I am taking steps to rebuild and reenergize may apply for sabbatical awards. This program is not my organization. Today, I see the light of what is possible designed for career public school, college, university or and say, ‘Yes!’” government employees. The application deadline is December 1, 2004 to be considered for a sabbatical dur- KENNETH J. ROSE ing 2005. Rose has worked for six years as executive director of Please contact the Foundation for an application The Center for Death Penalty Litigation, assisting men if someone you know may deserve and qualify for and women accused or convicted of capital crimes. Rose a Z. Smith Reynolds Sabbatical.

57 STATEMENT OF INCLUSIVENESS

THE MISSION of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation is to improve the quality of life of the people of North Carolina. Toward this end, the Foundation actively seeks to promote access, equity and inclusiveness; and to discourage discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, age, socioeconomic status and other factors that deny the essential human- ity of all people. The Foundation has the conviction that inclusiveness benefits every- one and is not only compatible with, but also promotes, excellence. The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation’s grantmaking policies reflect the belief that organizational performance is greatly enhanced when people with different backgrounds and perspectives are engaged in an organiza- tion’s activities and decision-making process. We recognize that this policy must be practiced with flexibility and with sensitivity. In this spirit, applicants to the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation are asked to provide general information about the race and gender of their board and staff. With the aid of this information, the Foundation is better equipped to do its modest part to foster inclu- siveness and equal opportunity throughout the State of North Carolina.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THIS ANNUAL REPORT WAS PRODUCED BY RALPH SIMPSON & ASSOCIATES, WINSTON-SALEM. DESIGN AND ART DIRECTION BY MARVIN VETO, GREENSBORO. PHOTOGRAPHY PAGES 14, 16, 38, 39, 41-46, 49 AND 50: BY SCOTT HOFFMANN, LEXINGTON. PHOTOGRAPH OF CHOWAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE: FROM THE LIBRARY OF UNC-CHAPEL HILL. PAGE 12 IMAGES: FROM THE “DOCUMENTING THE AMERICAN SOUTH” COLLECTION; THE LIBRARY OF UNC-CHAPEL HILL. PAGES 2 AND 18 IMAGES: COURTESY OF THE POPE HOUSE MUSEUM FOUNDATION. PHOTOGRAPH OF BILL MOYERS PAGE 20: COURTESY OF PBS. PHOTOGRAPH OF CLYDE EDGERTON PAGE 23: BY ERIN WALL.

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