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40 YEARS OF COMMUNITY GROWTH THROUGH PHILANTHROPY 2007 ANNUAL REPORT Mission Statement About This Report Contents The Mission of Schuylkill Area The following pages describe About Giving . 2 Community Foundation is to the advantages and options for Financial Report . 3 serve donors by developing, giving through your Community managing, and investing their Foundation. Financial planning New Funds . 4 - 5 contributions and to serve the is very individual and can be Composition of Funds . 6 - 7 community by distributing complex. Tax laws are subject earnings, annually, in accordance to change. To learn about the Philanthropists . 8 - 9 with donor wishes to the latest tax laws that affect Grants . 10 - 11 community at large. These charitable giving and estate Your Community . 12 distributions include but are planning, contact your financial not limited to: arts and culture, planning specialist. Schuylkill education, environment, health Area Community Foundation is and human services, and youth not engaged in rendering legal and volunteer programs. or tax advisory services. The purpose of this publication is to provide accurate and authoritative information of a general nature. 1967- 2007 Philanthropic leadership from one generation to the next. Foundation Leadership Board of Directors Charles Heizenroth III Ann F. Snyder Staff Jean S. Baglin M. Irvil Kear, D.A. Frank J. Staudenmeier Eileen Kuperavage, Executive Director Richard L. Berger Carl J. Reidler Harry Strouse, Esq. Sharon Koszyk, James C. Bohorad, Esq. John F. Reilly, Jr. Keith J. Strouse, Esq. Administrative Assistant Scholarship Coordinator Carl D. Edling Catherine H. Schilling J. Robert Zane, Esq. Shirley Wolfgang, Gary R. Glessner G. Fred Schilling Joann H. Zogby, Ed. D Administrative Support Dear Donors and Friends of Schuylkill Area Community Foundation: We are very pleased to present our Report to the Community for 2007, our 40th year serving Schuylkill County and the surrounding area. During fiscal year 2007, not only did we move into a new office to better serve donors and the community, but we also continued to provide flexible and simple charitable giving options to meet your needs. Through the diligence of the Board of Directors and the generous donors of this area, we are making an impact in Schuylkill County. · We distributed $320,687.59 in grants to nonprofit organizations and scholarships to deserving students. · We added six new funds to our endowment, bringing our total to 107 funds. · The assets of the Community Foundation have increased by 5.7%. · We increased our grant giving by 10.6%. We encourage you to review the 2007 Annual Report. Thank you for your interest and your continued support. Sincerely, Eileen Kuperavage Eileen Kuperavage, Executive Director Executive Director www.sacfoundation.com 1 Why establish a fund? The Community Foundation offers donors - individuals, families, businesses and nonprofit organizations - the flexibility and expertise needed to help donors determine which type of fund best matches their interests and will achieve their philanthropic goal. To Start a Fund Minimum amounts required to establish a fund: $3,500 . .to establish an annual award for a high school graduate $5,000 . .to establish any other fund $20,000 . .to establish a scholarship fund Types of Funds Ways to Give Designated Funds are established by nonprofit There are many ways to give through Schuylkill organizations or individual donors to benefit one or Area Community Foundation. Here are some of the more specific nonprofit organizations. In the event most common methods that philanthropists choose: the designated organization ceases to exist, the Foundation works to identify a similar organization Cash and maintain the spirit of the original charitable Cash is the easiest way to contribute. Donors who intent. make gifts of cash are eligible for a charitable deduction in the year the gift was made. Donor Advised Funds allow donors to have an active hand in his or her charitable giving by having Appreciated Stock the right to recommend annually to the Foundation Stocks may be donated to the Community Foundation which organizations should be supported by the as a charitable (in-kind) gift. Donors are eligible for fund. The Foundation’s Board of Directors must a tax deduction for the fair market value of the stock. approve the recommendations of the donor and, By donating appreciated stock to the Community since the Foundation administers the fund, donors Foundation, donors can avoid capital gains tax that are assured of its permanence well beyond their would otherwise occur at the sale of the stock. own ability to advise. Bequests Field of Interest Funds provides donors the A charitable bequest is the most common form of opportunity to support a particular area of interest, planned giving. By including a charitable bequest in a such as arts, culture, education, health & human will, donors are able to make gifts that are simple and, services and recommends that the Community in many cases larger than they could make during their Foundation distribute earnings to related projects lifetime. The bequest can take the form of a specific or programs within that area of interest. amount of money, or may serve as a “residual bequest,” where the remainder of a donor’s assets become a gift Scholarship Funds recognize students’ achievements after all other specific bequests have been paid out. and help to further their education. Donors may select Gifts made to charity by bequest are deducted from eligibility requirements. The Community Foundation the donor’s adjusted gross estate. offers efficient services to endow, manage, and award scholarships. Retirement Plans & Life Insurance Donors can use assets held in an individual retirement Unrestricted Funds provide the Community account (IRA), 401(k), 403(b) or similar account to start Foundation with the greatest flexibility to meet the a fund at the Community Foundation at the time of most pressing and ever changing needs of our their death. Many donors choose to donate all or part community. of their retirement plan to the Community Foundation. These accounts, while very attractive to defer tax during lifetime, are the most heavily taxed assets in an estate at death. 2 SCHUYLKILL AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 2007 ANNUAL REPORT Investment & Spending Policies The investment objective of your Community Foundation is to build funds that will meet the community’s needs today and to continue funding opportunities for generations to come. The Foundation’s investment and spending policies are designed to preserve the inflation-adjusted spending power of its funds. We utilize a “Total Return” approach to guide our investing and base our spending policy on a four- year average payout. This approach has enabled the Investment Committee and Board of Directors to fund the many grants and scholarships we have provided the community over the past 40 years. We expect to meet the future needs of the community by keeping in line with our long term objectives of the fund. Statement of Financial Position as of December 31, 2007 The Foundation is exempt from federal income taxes under section ASSETS 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and classified as a public Cash – Checking M&T $ 58,563 charity under section 509(a)(3). It is Cash - Oppenheimer 828 also exempt from state taxes and is Accounts Receivable 1,500 registered with the Pennsylvania Money Market Funds – Oppenheimer and M&T 262,105 Bureau of Charitable Organizations. Investments: All contributions are accepted for use Equities 9,530,366 subject to the Foundation’s Articles Preferred Stocks 1,037,340 of Incorporation and By-Laws. Corporate Bonds 695,943 The official registration and financial information for TOTAL ASSETS $ 11,586,645 Schuylkill Area Community Foundation is registered with the Pennsylvania Department of State and may be obtained by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. LIABILITIES Registration does not imply endorsement. Funds Held for Other Agencies $ 39,155 Copies of the annual audit report and Form 990 are Accrued Payroll Taxes 1,748 available at both Foundation offices. TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 40,903 NET ASSETS Unrestricted $ 30,838 Temporarily Restricted 3,897,869 Permanently Restricted 7,617,035 TOTAL NET ASSETS $ 11,545,742 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 11,586,645 www.sacfoundation.com 3 The Pennsylvania Horticulture Society in partnership with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful recognized the Yuengling Park & Gardens for the 2007 Community Greening Award. Front row from left: Eileen Kuperavage; Karl Kramer, on behalf of Schuylkill Economic Development Corp.; Joanne Purcell. Back row from left: John Sink, on behalf of First Federal Charitable Foundation; Ken Stolarick, on behalf Friends of the Foundation Fund of The M&T Charitable Foundation; Richard Purcell; James Bohorad To mark the 40th Anniversary of the Foundation, the Friends of the Foundation Fund was established to allow community members to become part of the Foundation. We understand that community needs are ever changing, and unrestricted gifts enable us to have the flexibility to respond to the community’s most pressing issues, today and tomorrow. As of December 31, 2007 the list of donors includes: A Friend The M&T Charitable Foundation Harry Strouse, Esq. Dorothy L. Boeshore PPL Corporation Keith and Kathy Strouse Jim and Gina Bohorad Kurt Pfluger and Family Frank and Nancy Toole First Federal Charitable Foundation Richard and Joanne Purcell Tom and Pam Twardzik The First National Bank of Minersville Leonard Schumack, Esq. Wal-Mart Distribution Center 7030 Keystone Nazareth Charitable Foundation Schuylkill Products, Inc. Paul and Betty White Gerald and Eileen Kuperavage Schuylkill Economic Development Corp. Contributions may be made to this fund or any other of our funds at any time and in any amount. You Can Make the Community a Better Place Today & Tomorrow. Lasting Legacy for Pottsville FOR POTTSVILLE Pottsville’s Lasting Legacy board of directors established the fund to support the goals of the Bicentennial Committee.