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ANNUAL REPORT 2020 Lead. Partner. Guide. A Letter from Sarah & Rhodes

The history of our Athens Area Community You’ll also read about the ways we have grown in Foundation is as important as our future. When we community leadership - present, attentive, and ready to were founded in 2008 by a group of local leaders, respond to the needs around us. The initiatives we launch, stand behind, and encourage are the direct result of your The Honorable Steve Jones was our first Board investment as a donor and include our work in the Nonprofit Chairman. He expressed the need for a community Training Series, COVID-19 Community Response Fund, foundation to help identify needs and match them Empty Stocking Fund, Trauma Informed Care, the Athens to the resources available. The founders envisioned Wellbeing Project, and so much more. a community foundation that encouraged giving, You create the dynamic legacy we love to talk about. brought people together for a common cause, and The efforts, resources, and commitment needed to make served as a strong beacon for community change. lasting and positive change often require the commitment and foresight of people who may never see the results of

their generosity realized. The impact you create in giving Fast forward thirteen years and our mission, vision, today, tomorrow, and long after our time, is your dynamic values, and culture honor the ideas, hopes, and dreams the legacy. founding members had for our work. Today, the Athens Area Together, let’s keep growing giving for the community Community Foundation is a vibrant and vital organization we love, serving the region. We are a trusted partner for local organizations, a trusted guide for local philanthropy, and a trusted community leader, and when you anchor your giving here, you allow us to lead, partner, and guide. At the core of our work is exceptional grantmaking and when we do a great job, we can effect real change. Philanthropy has a role in every aspect of our world. In this report, you’ll read about Dexter Fisher and his heart for education, Pam Shropshire and her connection to her late husband’s memory through grantmaking, and the McLean Family who use their fund for various local and worldwide philanthropic passions and needs. At the Athens Area Sarah McKinney Rhodes McLanahan Community Foundation, we want to come alongside your President & CEO Board Chair giving, listen to your interests, and be a trusted guide for your great giving.

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Sharing the Gift of Learning One thing about the Athens Area Community “Foundation is that it’s multi-faceted. We actually have a number of different ways that people, if they have the resources, can help the community. And the Athens Area Community Foundation can help them develop that particular resource and, hopefully, help our community grow.” DEXTER FISHER

What you learn can change everything. “And my late wife and I were both part of the education process in the local community. Just ask Dexter Fisher. When my wife and mom passed away - the same year - I decided to name a college This well-known Athens resident had humble beginnings, but scholarship fund in their honor for local high school kids.” education helped him thrive. The scholarship fund offered a simple way to honor them and support local “I grew up poor so I know what it’s like to struggle,” Dexter students. said. “To me, the Athens Area Community Foundation was a godsend, to keep my mom “Fortunately for me, I received an athletic scholarship. I went and my deceased wife’s names, to keep their legacy, to keep their names relevant to college to play football, and that helped me get my education,” for many years to come,” he said. “And also to provide opportunities for our young Dexter and Aubrey Fisher he explained. “I had no illusions about playing professionally, but I people.” and Family knew if I got my education it could lead to other things — and it did.” But it’s not just his scholarship fund that makes him a fan of the Athens Area Dexter, who is a donor and board member of the Athens Community Foundation. Area Community Foundation, spent over 30 years at the Dexter said he loves seeing the unique ways the Athens Area Community University of before retiring from his position as Director Foundation makes a difference in the area. of Facilities Management. He recently launched a second career “One thing about the Athens Area Community Foundation is that it’s multi-faceted,” last year at the Clarke County School District as Chief of he said. “We actually have a number of different ways that people, if they have the Operations. resources, can help the community. And the Athens Area Community Foundation can And now, through the Athens Area Community Foundation, help them develop that particular resource and, hopefully, help our community grow.” he’s helping the next generation of Athens students. In 2008, Dexter credits the growth that has happened to a strong core of committed people. Dexter established the Vivian and Mamie Fisher Educational “It takes a lot of commitment from a lot of different people to make this community Scholarship Fund in memory of his wife and his mom. foundation thrive and be the success it has been. That’s a tribute to [Athens Area “My mother was really big on education and making sure you Community Foundation President and CEO] Sarah [McKinney] and the people who do all you can to avail yourself of an education. She was also have been involved with our board. We have an active board,” he said. “We’re still a always willing to give back and help other folks,” he said. “I young foundation, but over the years, we’ve raised millions and millions of dollars to guess that’s where I learned that from. She made sure I was help this community. It says a lot about all the people involved.” willing to help other people.

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Pam and Lewis Shropshire Leaving a Dynamic Legacy They [the Athens Area Community Foundation] “really helps advise people who may not know where to give or where the needs are. They’re really attuned to the Athens community and that helps greatly.”

PAM SHROPSHIRE

Lewis Shropshire had a big heart for giving back to his community. “They help you with the paperwork. They make sure “He was very invested in the Athens Area Community Foundation,” an organization is a 501c3,” Pam explained. “To me, all explained his wife Pam Shropshire. “He saw it as a good way for people to that’s very important. … I’m just a very big promoter of pool their money together to help the community.” the Athens Area Community Foundation. I think it’s an Lewis, who passed away in 2018, served for seven years on the community excellent concept.” foundation board and also established the Shropshire Family Foundation. Another big bonus? Seeing the difference her gifts “When he did pass away, we asked that all the donations in his honor be can make. made to the family fund. And people were very generous. So, I was able to give “I like seeing how these funds impact the local those dollars out to organizations that were very near and dear to his heart,” Alone, we can community,” Pam said. explained Pam. “That made me feel very good.” do so little; One project she was able to support recently included In the years since then, Pam said she has continued to contribute to the together, we can a ministry happening through the Hartwell First United family foundation, supporting various nonprofits. do so much. Methodist Church. Their goal? Encouraging women “I was a licensed clinical social worker. I did medical social work for 30 years HELEN KELLER recently released from prison. in this area, so I’m very familiar with a lot of the nonprofits, especially ones that “When the women are released from prison, a lot helped my patients,” she said. “It’s very rewarding and fulfilling to be able to give of times they can be walking out with their things in a back to those organizations now.” garbage bag,” she explained. “To give them some So, what made her choose to continue giving through the Athens Area dignity, they get a backpack filled with some necessities Community Foundation? and some gift cards.” “...they really help and advise people who may not know where to give or Giving to the Athens Area Community Foundation where the needs are,” she said. “They’re really attuned to the Athens community powers projects like this and so much more. and that helps greatly.” “Knowing that my dollars are going for things like She also loves the support donors receive. that — it’s very heartwarming,” Pam said.

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Making a difference, John and Teresa one gift at a time McLean and Family It’s just a big part of who we are. It’s so “important to give back what’s been so generously given to us.”

TERESA McLEAN

They’ve fostered baby elephants in Africa. The McLeans first heard about Athens Area They’ve supported educational opportunities for Community Foundation through friends. local immigrants. “We talked with them about how they were They’ve helped with a new van for the Athens managing their own philanthropic efforts, and it just Boys & Girls Club. seemed like a good fit for us,” Teresa said. Through their family fund at the Athens Area That prompted them to set up the McLean Community Foundation, John and Teresa McLean Family Foundation about two years ago — a have connected with a medley of projects — both mechanism that simplifies their giving. near and far. “What’s nice about the Athens Area Community “Our efforts are kind of everywhere based on Foundation is that you can have everything in one what’s near and dear to our hearts — anything from place, and you can put your money in at any time,” They also love the support they’ve received from Athens Area Community Foundation President helping small children and immigrants here in she explained. “Before, we were always trying to and CEO Sarah McKinney. Athens, Georgia, to wild animals in wild places in play catch up by the end of the calendar year. This “She is a powerhouse. She is an amazing, dynamic person full of love and giving and hope. other parts of the world,” Teresa McLean said. takes the pressure off of year-end giving. Now, it She’s so much what sold us on this,” Teresa said. “Her drive and dedication to philanthropy and this “It just depends on where the need is.” rolls over until you know what you want to do with it.” community really sealed the deal for us.” She’s also helped them connect with a variety of new causes. “Sarah is really wonderful about bringing the local community needs to your attention,” Teresa added. “I can get focused on things that I’m interested in. But then, when needs arise that we may not be aware of, she puts that out there. And it’s never any pressure.” When they’re not working or working with local nonprofits, the McLeans love to travel. One by-product of their family travel to Africa and other places is a better understanding of what giving means. “I think it helps you realize how important philanthropy is. We are very blessed,” added Teresa. No matter how busy life gets, finding ways to give back is always a high priority for this Athens couple. “It’s just a big part of who we are,” Teresa said. “We’ve had success, probably more than what we thought, and we take that very seriously. We want to help others achieve that in some way, shape, or form. It’s so important to give back what’s been so generously given to us.”

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1.) New Software - Foundant: For more than a decade, we had the privilege of 4.) Nonprofit Training Series: For two years, we have partnered with the Athens Clarke County Unified Government, the University contracting with the North Georgia Community Foundation for back-office support. of Georgia, and United Way of Northeast Georgia to bring a series of high-quality trainings, at no cost, to every nonprofit in our region. They assisted, guided, and led us to be the thriving Community Foundation we are 5.) Nonprofit of the Year Award: Through an incredibly rigorous application and review process, a committee was tasked with a deep today. On February 1, 2020 we brought all operations in house. We launched a software dive into applicant operations and a final selection of the first ever honoree as Nonprofit of the Year. We were thrilled to declare the program that allows us to produce timely reports of fund balances, grant history, recipient of the 2020 Nonprofit of the Year Award to be Extra Special People! There is much to say about this incredible business, and more. In July 2020, we opened an online portal for fundholders to access fund but one thing is certain - This organization has not happened by chance. Strategy, planning, execution, and teamwork have anchored information. 2.) AACF Rebrand: In 2008, the Athens Area Community Foundation their mission in our region. They are constantly pushing the boundaries on what has been done and what more can be done. In the was born out of the vision of local leaders like Judge Steve Jones, Red Petrovs, words of a mother whose child they serve, the impact of this organization “has transformed our family and allowed us to care for our Pat Allen, Carol Winthrop, Delene Porter, and more. Fast forward eleven years daughter in ways we couldn’t before.” 6.) COVID-19 Community Response Fund: In March 2020, the COVID-19 Community Response and today we represent all of the reasons they imagined our future. In July 2019, Fund, hosted by the Athens Area Community Foundation in partnership with United Way of Northeast Georgia, was established to our founding logo was retired and a new look revealed. 3.) AACF Website: Our new support local nonprofit organizations as they work to respond to the effects of COVID-19. More than $425,000 has been raised and website is the vision and direction of many talented people. Today, we want to share over $380K deployed to local organizations addressing needs such as food, housing, youth development, school safety, and workforce a special note of gratitude to Dr. Myron Downs. When Dr. Downs joined our Board development. The fund committee continues to work to monitor the effects of the pandemic and be in a position to grant dollars where of Directors nearly three years ago, he was all in from the start. Under his direction needed most. as Chair of our Marketing Committee, we have completely re-imagined our brand, launched a new logo, and today, unveiled a new website. Dr. Downs, thank you!

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7.) Georgia Grantmakers Alliance: In July 2019, we served as the host for a day long tour of place-based philanthropy 10.) Trauma Grant: A trauma informed behavioral health continuum of care is among the most urgent and important priorities in Athens. The Georgia Grantmakers Alliance is a statewide network of foundations who have a mission of “Connecting for Athens-Clarke County, as is the case across our state. In November 2019, we partnered with Envision Athens and the and educating grantmakers to leverage philanthropy’s impact in Georgia.” Their decision to come to Athens gave us Athens Wellbeing Project to bring a Behavioral Health Grant to our region. Funded by The Pittulloch Foundation and Resilient an unprecedented opportunity to show off our city and draw attention to the incredible work of our community. Georgia, the goal of this grant is to increase trauma informed care dialogue and training. 11.) Empty Stocking Fund: 8.) Community. Conversation. Philanthropy. is a series of gatherings designed for our fundholders to learn about The Athens Banner-Herald Empty Stocking Fund has been a source to assist those in need in the Athens area for many some of our community’s pressing issues, potential solutions, and biggest dreams. 9.) Athens Wellbeing Project: We years. Funds raised through the Empty Stocking Fund campaign are used to help families at risk of eviction pay rent and take championed a household representative survey of Athens, providing the community with meaningful data that will lead to care of many other necessary expenses, including medical, power, and water bills. Since 2018, we have partnered with the more informed decision-making, improvements in service delivery, and greater quality of life for our citizens. Athens Banner-Herald to handle all funds donated to assist those in need through nonprofit partnerships.

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Ways to Give TRUST in Partnership with Local Organizations TO THE ATHENS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Give Now: Securities

Give Now: Appreciated securities donated to the AACF are Cash deductible at their full market value up to 30% AGI each year. The AACF will liquidate and no capital Generally, donors may claim a tax gains tax is paid on the appreciated part of the deduction of up to 50% of AGI gift. Accepted securities include publicly traded when deductions are itemized. stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.

The Athletic Department launched the Dawgs for Pups Wifi Fund in September 2020 with a goal to provide internet access through mobile hotspots for children in kindergarten through eighth grade in the Clarke County School District. More than $100,000 was raised to directly support the effort. Go Dawgs! Give Now: Real Estate

The Athens Area Community Foundation can accept gifts of real property (homes, land, etc.), but require certain procedural Give Later: steps. Donors receive immediate income Bequests tax deduction and avoid capital gains tax. Bequests are one of the easiest ways to give. They can be a specific dollar amount, a percentage of the estate, or the residual that remains after all other bequests.

Give Later: Give Later: Give Later: Life Insurance Individual Retirement Charitable Remainder Gifts of life insurance policies may Accounts & Retirement Trust (CRT) be made by naming the Athens Area Plans Pays the donor or beneficiary Community Foundation as the owner regular income payments for a Donors may desig- and beneficiary. The donor receives specified term and the remainder nate the Athens Area an immediate tax deduction will be transferred to the AACF. Community Foundation approximately equal to the cash The donor receives an immediate as the beneficiary of surrender value. Any tax deduction IRAs and retirement premiums paid there- for the present plans. This gift helps after by the donor are value. deductible for income avoid heavily taxable tax purposes. income to heirs. Cheryl Legette, Chief Operations Officer, Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia, and Sarah McKinney, President/CEO, and Mark Madison, Director of Community Kipper Koslowsky, Director of Donor Services, at the annual Food Bank of Impact, United Way of Northeast Georgia, at their annual Day of Caring. Northeast Georgia Empty Bowl Luncheon. 16 17 Benefits OF THE ATHENS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Permanent & Stable Flexible & Seamless Personal & Relevant

Your gift will keep giving. Multiple ways to give. Gifts may You can help meet changing Future use of funds will honor be designated for one specific community needs. Through the donor’s original intent and will purpose - or many. AACF, donors have granted reside with a group of informed, over $9.8M in funds for local citizens. a lasting impact.

Experienced Investment 15% Management (Blue) AACF Balance Pool Performance 10% Access to experienced investment management Past Board Chairman Alex Patterson and Athens Area Community Sarah McKinney, President/CEO, and Lemuel “Life” LaRoche, 5% Foundation friend, Dr. Bill Flatt volunteer at a local event. Founder and Executive Director, Chess and Community. The Athens Area Community Foundation takes its stewardship responsibility very seriously. We are determined to protect and enhance 0% assets over the long term. Our investments 1 3 5 7 10 15 consistently outperform our peers. YEAR YEARS YEARS YEARS YEARS YEARS

AACF Balanced Pool (blue) compared to Community Foundation Peers (green) and the Balanced Index (yellow). Balanced Index is 49% S&P 500, 16% MSCI EAFE, 35% Barclays U.S. Aggregate. Sources of information: American Funds + Colonial Consulting LLC and Fiscal & Administrative Officers Group (FAOG) Community Foundation Survey.

Convenience Tax Advantage Grantmaking Expertise

We offer “One-Stop Giving” Your fund provides tax Access to Local Knowledge You have the ability to create a separate and financial benefits and Expertise fund - your foundation within the When you give through us, your Our professional staff is familiar with local foundation. We make it easy to give donations qualify for maximum nonprofit organizations and the critical through us via cash, securities, bequests, deductions. issues facing our community, as well as life insurance, and more. data for informed, local giving. We will help you make impactful grant decisions. Sarah McKinney, President/CEO, Gabby Dukes, Assistant Director, with Laura Lowery, Executive Director, Cancer Foundation of Northeast Georgia, and Past Board Chairman Phil Betterdorf pose for a year end grant picture.

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Let’s Talk

Contact us to talk about your passions in giving. We will be your philanthropic guide to match your giving to the causes you care about most.

Let’s Make a Plan Board Member Dexter Fisher with Past Board Member Tom Rodgers at the Dixon Family Farm for an Athens Area Community Foundation annual event. We work to make your giving seamless. We have flexible options to give now, or later, with the most benefit for your needs. Set up a fund and begin giving today.

Let Us Make You Feel Great About Your Giving

We want you to experience joy through your giving! Have your voice heard by championing the causes you are passionate about, and become a part of the collective philanthropy working to help our community thrive for years to come.

Anna Bearden, Executive Director, Chosen for Life Ministries, toured Kipper Koslowsky, Director of Donor Services, through their care closet for local foster families.

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Charlie & Teresa Friedlander Community Fund Horvat Family Scholarship Fund Ronnie Lukasiewicz Fund of the Lyndon Cindy and Wayne Lester Family Fund Hugh Milton Mills III Auto Tech Scholarship House Arts Foundation Citizens for a Catholic Education Hutchinson Family Foundation Fund Rutledge Lathen Fund Clarke County Mentor Progam Agency Fund Irving Family Fund Seventh Son Fund Clarke County Mentor Program Cultural Fund Jackson County Habitat for Humanity Shropshire Family Fund Creating a dynamic legacy includes impacting communities and generations to come. The members of our Clarke County Mentor Program Designated Fund Jan and Ed Perkins Fund Smith-Tomporowski Family Fund Founders Society intend to do just that. We are grateful for their generosity and recognize the contributions they Clarke County School District Fund Jim & Emily Reynolds Fund Society of Sigma Xi Fund - UGA Chapter have made to impact our present and future generations. Clarke County School District Fund (Agency) Jon and Amy Williams Family Charitable Sonja West and Robert Fezekas COVID-19 Community Response Fund Fund Family Fund In most cases donors give through a community foundation, not to a community foundation. However, our Creature Comforts Get Artistic Fund Joseph & Kittie Mathis Fund Step Up Scholarship Project Fund community is fortunate to have philanthropists who understand the potential of having a community foundation Creature Comforts Get Comfortable Fund Kane Foundation Fund Steve Jones and Lillian Kincey Community built by and for the people of Athens-Clarke, Oconee, Barrow, Madison, Jackson, and Oglethorpe Counties. Dan T. and Sara Wyche Coenen Fund Kappa Sigma Community Fund Impact Fund Darren and Kathryn Ash Foundation Fund Kurtz Charitable Fund Susan and Edward Wilde Fund We would like to thank contributors to our Founders Society Operating Endowment. Dawgs For Pups - WiFi Fund Kurtz Family Fund Synovus-Athens Fund Delta Psi Boule Fund Laura Conroy Memorial Fund The Cottage, Sexual Assault & Children’s Bob Carson Patrick C. Mercardante Tom and Lori Scott Dixen Foundation Fund Lee Nelson Weeks Charity Fund Advocacy Center, Inc. Fund Ricky H. Chastain William C. Mundy Cadence Bank Don and Phyllis Nelson Sharing Fund McKenna Archibald Fund The Dale Allen Memorial Success Scholarship Bertis and Katherine Downs The Newland Family Foundation Synovus Bank Douglas Family Fund MaP Legacy Awards Fund The Douglas Carithers Memorial Scholarship First American Bank & Trust Jinx and Gordhan Patel The Benson Family Dr. Hoke Smith Nash, Jr. Memorial Fund Margaret M. Rodgers Memorial Education Fund Heyward Allen Motor Company Alex and Janet Patterson The Terrell Family Foundation Ed and Robin Benson Fund Fund The Huffer Foundation Clementi L. Holder Piedmont Athens Regional The Ulm Family Foundation E.H. Culpepper Memorial Fund Marilyn Vickers & Lief Carter Award for The Norton Family Foundation Fund Joe D. Irving Jim and Emily Reynolds The Winthrop Family Foundation Epting Family Foundation Fund Nonprofit Excellence The Patterson Family Fund Kirbo Charitable Trust The Riverview Foundation Erika C. Lewis Family Fund Mary Lillie Watson Foundation Fund The Remarkable Foundation John and Teresa McLean Family St. Mary’s Health Care System Family Promise of Athens Fund Mary Nouri Fund The SOGO Japan Fund First Baptist Church of Athens Fund McLean Family Foundation Fund The Theresa Perenich Caring Fund FLiP Project Fund Michael Peter Horvat Fund The Theresa Perenich Caring Funds - Food to CCSD Community Fund Middlebrooks Family Foundation Legacy Fund Founders Society Neighborhood Education Program Fund The Theresa Perenich Endowed Fund for Fundholders : July 2019 - Dec. 2020 (as of Dec. 31, 2020) Friends of the Athens-Clarke County Library Noland Family Foundation Fund Animal Rights and the Environment - Friends of the Athens-Clarke County Library Novey Family Fund Legacy Fund The Athens Area Community Foundation helps passionate donors create dynamic legacies. Puppetry Fund Nute Family Scholarship Fund Think Locally. Act Neighborly. Fund Gatti Massimi Fund One Athens Fund Thomas W. Scott, III Fund Georgia Options, Inc. Fund Patrick C. Mercardante Family Fund Thornton Brothers, Inc. Fund 2019-2020 Behavioral Health Grant Athens-Clarke County Police Department - Athens Symphony Fund Give Back Real Estate Foundation Fund Paul and Carol Kurtz Giving Fund Todd Emily Community Fund ABH Empty Stocking Fund Summer Youth Camp Athens Tech Foundation Inc. Fund Gordhan L. & Virginia B. (Jinx) Patel Paul Boumbulian Social Entrepreneur Fund United Way 211 Impact Fund Accountability Courts Foundation of Athens Community Career Academy Fund Athens Wellbeing Project Family Fund Phil Hughes Family Fund United Way of Northeast Georgia Fund Athens-Clarke County Athens Community Council on Educates Hansford Family Fund Piedmont Shaman Rock Fund – UUFA Endowment ACF Compassion Network Project Aging Field Fund Barbara and Frank Rice Memorial Fund Helene Halstead Legacy Fund VanDyck Family Fund AIDS Athens Legacy Fund Athens Community Council on Aging Fund Benson’s Inc. Community Fund Helen & Milton Mills Family Fund Prevent Child Abuse Athens/Brightpaths Vivian and Mamie Fisher Educational Fund Anonymous Fund Athens Community Partnership for Bertis and Katherine Downs Fund Hepburn Family Charitable Fund Fund Wayne and Veda Sullivan Memorial Fund Ashton Hope Keegan Foundation Fund Youth Development Blackwell Family Charitable Remainder Trust Hewitt Family Fund Project Safe Freedom Fund Weeks Family Fund Athens 100% Renewable Energy Fund Athens Nurses Clinic Books for Keeps Fund Historic Cobbham Foundation Fund Ramon C. and Amanda H. Thompson Western Circuit Bar Association Fund Athens Area Community Foundation Athens Resonates Fund Briscoe Family Foundation Historic Oglethorpe County Fund Family Fund Wiggans Family Fund General Operations Athens Resource Center for Hope Village Campbell Harper Fund Holland Blackmon Fund for Children Athens REACH Scholarship Fund William T. Berry Fund Athens Area Habitat for Humanity Fund Apartments Camp Hooray Fund Holt-Kassay Fund Ricky and Betsey Chastain Family Fund Winthrop Family Fund Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Athens Symphony - Albert F. Ligotti CandyVet Foundation Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi-University Rogers Family Fund P.L.A.Y. Fund Conductor Scholarship Program Charles Briscoe Memorial Fund of Georgia Chapter 32 Fund

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Nonprofit Grantees : July 2019 - Dec. 2020 (as of Dec. 31, 2020)

The Athens Area Community Foundation fosters strategic philanthropy and shapes effective responses to community needs through collaboration.

24th Street Inc. Athens Nurses Clinic, Inc. Circle of Love Center Inc. Family Connection-Communities in Greene County School System Lydia’s Place ABH Empty Stocking Fund Athens Prayer Network Citizens for a Catholic Education Fund Schools of Athens, Inc. Greenpeace Fund Lyndon House Arts Foundation, Inc. Acceptance Recovery Center, Inc. Athens Regional Library Clarke County Mentor Program, Inc. Family Counseling Service of Athens Inc. Habitat for Humanity International Madison County Food Bank ACLU of Georgia, Inc. Athens Resource Center for Hope Clarke County Middle School Family Promise of Athens Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. Madison County School District African Wildlife Foundation Athens Rotary Club Clarke County School District Fellowship of Christian Athletes Hart County Charter System Madison-Morgan County Boys & Girls Club AIDS Athens, Inc. Athens Rotary Foundation, Inc. Clute Barrow Nelson Life Foundation Inc. First Baptist Church Hart County Foster Parent Association, Inc. Madison Morgan County Caring Place Inc. A Kid’s Dream Inc. Athens Symphony Orchestra College Aim Inc. First Baptist Church of Athens Hartwell First United Methodist Church, Inc. Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter Allen University Foundation, Inc. College Factory, Inc. First Christian Church Watkinsville Historic Athens Marilyn Vickers & Lief Carter Award ALS Association Athens Tutorial Program Commerce City Schools First Methodist Church Holy Cross Lutheran Church for Nonprofit Excellence Alzheimers Disease Research Foundation Athens Wellbeing Project Community Christmas of Oglethorpe First Presbyterian Church of Athens Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School Mercy Health Center dba Cure Alzheimer’s Fund AthFest County Inc. Food Bank of Northeast Georgia HOPE Atlanta Michael J Fox Foundation for American Cancer Society ATHICA Community Foundation for Palm Beach Foothills Charter School Hope Haven of Northeast Georgia, Inc. Parkinsons Research American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation & Marin Counties Foundation for Public Broadcasting Hope Heals Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School American Heart Association Banks County School Systems Community Foundation of South Georgia in Georgia, Inc. Horvat Family Scholarship Fund Morgan County Charter School System American Indian College Fund Banks-Jackson Food Bank Inc. Compassion World Outreach Network Franklin County Schools Human Rights Watch, Inc. Mr. Harold Rittenberry American Red Cross Barnett Shoals Elementary School Cornerstone Church - Athens Friends of Advantage iCivics Murphy-Harpst Childrens Centers American Society of the University of Haifa Barrow County School System C Three Foundation Friends of Athens-Clarke County Library, Inc. Innocence Project, Inc. Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation Americares Barrow Elementary School Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Friends of , Inc. International Planned Parenthood NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Amnesty International USA, Inc. Bear Creek Council Darien United Methodist Church Friends of Refugees Inc. Federation Fund, Inc. Anderson County Humane Society Inc. Berry College Dee Norton Child Advocacy Center Friends of the Pima County Public Library International Rescue Committee NAMI Area Churches Together Serving Inc. Bigger Vision of Athens, Inc. Depression and Bipolar Alliance Georgia Clients Council, Inc. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA NAMI-Greenville Chapter Artist2Artist Books for Keeps, Inc. Doctors without Borders Georgia Conflict Center Inc. iServe Ministries Inc. Nancy Travis Hope for Babies Ashantilly Center, Inc. Boys and Girls Club of Jackson County Inc. Doctors without Borders USA Inc. Georgia Conservancy Inc. It’s the Journey, Inc. Care for Kids Inc. Ashton Hope Keegan Foundation Boys and Girls Club of Downtown Ministries Inc. Georgia Department of Public Health Jackson County Habitat for Humanity Fund National Multiple Sclerosis Society Athens Academy, Inc. Winder-Barrow County Drew University Georgia Ethics Watchdogs Education Fund Jackson County School System National Park Foundation Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement Boy Scouts of America - Drug Free Athens Georgia Museum of Art - UGA Jeannette Rankin Foundation Naturaland Trust Athens Area Arts Council Northeast Georgia Council Dunta Robinson Foundation Georgia Options, Inc. Jefferson City Schools Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Athens Area Diaper Bank Inc. Boys & Girls Club of Athens Eagle Ranch, Inc. Georgia Public Broadcasting Jim & Emily Reynolds Fund Navajo Nation Athens Area Emergency Food Bank, Inc. Brightpaths East Athens Development Corporation Georgia Public Telecommunications John Paul Stevens Fellowship Foundation New Horizons Foundation Athens Area Habitat for Humanity Bucknell University Ebenezer Baptist Church West Commission JRDF New Path 1010 Inc. Athens Area Homeless Shelter Butterfly Dreams Farm Therapeutic Economic Justice Coalition Georgia Rotary Districts Character Jubilee Partners Northeast Georgia CASA Athens Area Humane Society Riding Program, Inc. Elbert County School District Education Program, Inc. Junior League of Athens Northeast Georgia Council on Domestic Athens Area Human Relations Council Camp Maranatha, Inc. Emmanuel Episcopal Church Georgia Rotary Student Program Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Violence Inc. Athens-Clarke County Sheriff’s Office Cancer Foundation of Northeast Georgia Emory University Georgia Tech Foundation Kol Kadosh B’Nai Israel, Inc. North Georgia Community Foundation Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation Canopy Studio, Inc. Emrys Foundation Georgia Technology Student Association La Jolla Playhouse North Oconee High School Athens Community Council on Aging, Inc. CARE Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Leadership Georgia Foundation Norwegian Refugee Council USA Athens Farmers Market Casa De Amistad Inc. Environment Georgia Research Give Back Real Estate Foundation Fund Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Inc. Nuci’s Space Athens Film Art Institute Inc. and Policy Center Gladiator Football Alumni Foundation, Inc. Lion Guardians U.S. Nuclear Threat Initiative Inc. Athens Housing Authority Chess and Community Conference Equal Justice Initiative Global Giving Foundation Lukas Fund Inc. Ocean Conservancy Athens Land Trust Children First, Inc. Extra Special People, Inc. Gordon State College Foundation, Inc. Lutheran Church of the Holy Family Oconee Area Resource Council Inc. Athens Master Chorale Chosen for Life Ministries Greene County Food Pantry Inc. Lutheran Services of Georgia Oconee County Resource Council

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Nonprofit Grantees (continued) Supporters : July 2019 - Dec. 2020 (as of Dec. 31, 2020)

The Athens Area Community Foundation fosters strategic philanthropy and shapes The Athens Area Community Foundation thanks the supporters that help advance our mission. effective responses to community needs through collaboration.

Oconee County School District Smithsonian Institution Unitarian Universalist Fellowship The Adsmith Corinne A. Hutchinson Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation Southern Environmental Law Center of Athens AmazonSmile Hank Huckaby Oconee River Land Trust Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. United Negro College Fund, Inc. B. Heyward Allen Jr. Kelly Holloway Oconee Youth Playhouse South River Watershed Alliance Friends of the Allen Properties, Inc. Tim and Robin Johnson Oglala Lakota College Special Olympics Georgia, Inc. David Sheldrick Wildlfie Trust Benevity Community Impact Fund The Honorable Steve C. Jones Oglethorpe County School System State Bar of Georgia Foundation United Way of Northeast Georgia, Inc. Berryman Family Foundation Evan Junker Oglethorpe County Senior Center St. Elizabeth Catholic School University of Alabama Law School Alicia Battle Cynthia Lester Our House, Inc. Steve Jones and Lillian Kincey Community Foundation Phillip E. Bettendorf Kimberly McKinney Oxfam America, Inc. Impact Fund University of Georgia Foundation Craig Brenner John and Sarah McKinney Palm House Recovery Center St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church University of Mississippi Foundation Clark Brown Margaret D. McLanahan Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Stillman College University of North Georgia Clay Bryant Rhodes C. McLanahan Peace Place Inc. St. Joseph Catholic Church University of North Georgia Daniel Burke Patrick Mercardante Performing Arts Center - UGA St. Joseph’s Indian School Foundation, Inc. Bob Carson W. H. NeSmith Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation St. Jospeh Catholic Parish School University of Virginia Engineering Ricky Chastain Jinx and Gordhan Patel Piedmont CASA Inc. St Marys Foundation Inc. Foundation Chastain and Associates Insurance Ed Perkins Planned Parenthood Federation of America Strong Base, Inc. UPENDO-One Kid at a Time, Inc. The Classic Center Piedmont Healthcare Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services Strong Girls Serve Upstate Forever Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Raymond James Charitable Presbyterian Church USA St. Vincent de Paul Society Georgia Utah Film Center Creature Comforts Brewing Company Everard Rutledge Prevent Child Abuse Athens, Inc. Sweet Olive Farm Animal Rescue Inc. Watkinsville First United Methodist J. William Douglas Jr. Sara Schramm Project Adam Community Assistance Tampa Bay Symphony, Inc. Church Myron Downs G. Michael Smith Project Safe Inc. The American Law Institute Wheels of Hope Robert Fezekas Kirk Smith Prostate Cancer Foundation The Ark United Ministry Outreach Center Wilkes County Board of Education Jennifer Frum State Bank & Trust Put On The Brakes, Inc. The Campus Kitchen at UGA Winship Cancer Institute of Dexter Fisher Synovus Bank Rainbow Pantry Inc. The Classic Center Cultural Foundation, Inc. Emory University Gannett Media/Gatehouse Media Ashlyn Zeiler Rancho Relaxo The Cottage, Sexual Assault Center Winterville Marigold Festival Patrick Garrard Reach Georgia Foundation & Children’s Advocacy Center, Inc. World Central Kitchen, Inc. REACH Scholarship Fund The Houston Zoo World Emergency Relief Reporters Committee for Freedom The Potter’s House World Wildlife Fund of the Press The Salvation Army YMCA of Athens Georgia Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta The Salvation Army Athens YMCA of Georgia’s Piedmont Rotary Club Foundation The Salvation Army Elberton Young Designers Sewing Program Rotary Club of the Classic City of Athens, Inc. The Trust For Public Land Young Harris Memorial United Methodist Sacred Heart Center Think Locally. Act Neighborly. Fund Church Saint Mary’s Foundation Tiger Haven Young Women’s Christian Organization Saint Marys Highland Hills Inc. TJ and Friends Foundation, Inc. of Athens Georgia Inc. Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary Town and Gown Players Inc. Samaritan Center for Counseling and Wellness UGA Foundation- Student Veterans Samaritan’s Purse Resource Center Save The Children Federation, Inc. U-Lead Athens School of Law - UGA Unified Healthcare for the Rural Underserved School of Social Work - UGA Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc.

26 27 Rhodes McLanahan Sara Schramm Jinx (Virginia B.) Clark Brown Phil Bettendorf Patel Executive Board

Rhodes McLanahan Jinx (Virginia B.) Patel Phil Bettendorf Board Chair Secretary Immediate Past Chair President & CEO, Scientist, Athens Research and Senior Vice President, First American Bank & Trust Technology, Inc. (Retired) Synovus Bank

Sara Schramm Clark Brown Vice Chair Treasurer Attorney, Blasingame, Burch, Wealth Strategist, Alicia Battle David Bradley Bob Carson Kevin Clark Garrard & Ashley, P.C. Vickery Financial

Board Members

Alicia Battle Sally Coenen Jennifer Frum Director of Workforce Development, Community Member Vice President for Public Service Goodwill of North Georgia and Outreach, University of Georgia Myron Downs Sally Coenen Myron Downs Rob Fezekas Dexter Fisher David Bradley Co-founder, Athens Veterinary Patrick Garrard President & CEO, Athens Area Surgery Center Attorney Chamber of Commerce Rob Fezekas Kelly Girtz Bob Carson Wealth Adviser, Vickery Financial Mayor, Athens-Clarke County President, Carson Advisory Inc. Services Tim Johnson Kevin Clark Dexter Fisher Executive Director, Family Connection- Regional Sales Representative, Chief of Operations, Communities in Schools of Athens Pop RV’s Clarke County School District Jennifer Frum Patrick Garrard Kelly Girtz Tim Johnson

28 29 Board Members Board Members who rolled off Tawana Mattox Rod Rutledge Neil Stevens and served 2018-2020 Board of Education, Healthcare Executive (Retired) President & CEO Clarke County School District Oconee State Bank Kelly Holloway Kathy Kirbo G. Michael Smith Kirk Smith Attorney, Epps, Holloway, Executive Director, Reefball Foundation, Managing Partner, G. Michael Smith Pat Mercardante President, The Adsmith Justin Widener DeLoach & Hoipkemier, LLC Ex-Officio & Associates, CPAs First Vice President – Investment Officer, Research and Development Leader, Wells Fargo Advisors Judge Lawton Stephens Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Hank Huckaby Cynthia Lester Judge, Superior Court Higher Education Administration Senior Vice President, Synovus Bank R. Edward Perkins (Retired) Johnson & Johnson (Retired)

Tawana Mattox Pat Mercardante R. Edward Perkins Rod Rutledge Kirk Smith Kelly Holloway Hank Huckaby Kathy Kirbo Cynthia Lester G. Michael Smith

Board Chairman 2008-2020

The Honorable Steve C. Jones Alexander W. Patterson Phillip Bettendorf 2008-2010 2016-2018 2018-2020 Judge Neil Stevens Justin Widener Lawton Stephens J. William Douglas 2010-2016

Foundation Staff

Sarah McKinney Kipper Koslowsky Stephanie Mann President & CEO Director of Donor Services Director of Operations

The Honorable J. William Douglas Alexander W. Phillip Bettendorf Steve C. Jones Patterson

Sarah McKinney Kipper Koslowsky Stephanie Mann

30 31 Growing Giving for the Community You Love. Create a dynamic legacy.

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