A Canvas for Vibrant Giving 2018 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY | 2017 ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS Mission 1 • 2018 Board of Directors 2 • President’s Message 3 • Staff 3 • Donor Impact Stories 4 – 9 Financial Summary 10 • Capacity Building Grants 11 • Margaret Linder Southern Endowment Fund Grants 11 • Donor Guide 12 • Grants Awarded 12 Summary of Activity 12 • The Legacy Society 13 • Greenville Women Giving 14 – 15 • Fund List 16 – 19 • Donor List 20 – 29 The Community Foundation of Greenville enhances the quality of life in Greenville County by linking philanthropic leadership, charitable resources Our Mission and civic involvement with needs and opportunities in the community. 2018 Board of Directors Officers Sue Priester Marie Monroe Chair Assistant Secretary Lesa Kastler Doug Kroske Vice Chair Treasurer Dick Wilkerson Bill Bridges Past Chair Assistant Treasurer Jon Good J. Tod Hyche Secretary Legal Counsel Directors Ann Bryan Frances Patterson Charles Chamberlain Carlos Phillips Susan Cinquemani H.P. Rama Mark Cooter Bo Russell Mark Crocker Liz Seman Hal Crosswell Russell Smart Stan Davis Steve Spinks Kay Hill Brenda Thames Daniel Hughes Christy Thompson Adela Mendoza Patrick Weston Frank O’Brien Nancy Whitworth PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Staff For the last five years we have featured a local artist throughout this report. This year’s featured artist is Eric Benjamin. I met Eric shortly after he graduated from college and began working as an art teacher at Stone Academy where my children attended school. Since then Eric has become a well-known and widely-collected artist. His contribution to our report is especially gratifying to me since his enthusiasm for arts integration for our youngest scholars is boundless. Each year the Community Foundation features three stories. Skip and Carrie Gordon moved to Greenville after completing careers in finance and automotive engineering in Detroit, Michigan. Carrie often was the only woman engineer in the room at Ford Motor Company and was the first woman president of the Society of Automotive Engineers. Skip serves on our Capacity Building Grants Committee where his keen insight as a retired business professional helps us make awards in the areas of strategic planning, technology upgrades and communications. Their contributions since moving to Greenville demonstrate how our previous investments in the Peace Center, Upstate Forever and United Ministries serve to attract people from all over the country who are generous and engaged. Bob Morris There is a short list of local families that we have worked with for three generations. Howard and Angi Einstein are an President example of a third generation family and represent our commitment to attracting younger Donor Advised Fund clients. Howard’s grandfather, William Rosenfeld, chaired our board in 1971. As a couple they exhibit high standards of leadership Sharon Gibbs and philanthropy. They recently established a Donor Advised Fund to make their giving simpler and more powerful. Chief Financial & Operations Officer Meghan Barp became the president and CEO at United Way of Greenville County in February 2018. Meghan relocated from Minneapolis and was recruited because of her expertise in strategic impact, demonstrated leadership skills and Debbie Cooper visionary thinking. One of her first priorities is to affirm the commitment to continue our work together in the areas of Director of affordable housing, early childhood education and OnTrack Greenville. She fully embraces the importance of building the Donor Services United Way Endowments which we administer. These endowments help ensure that the United Way can create a Cycle of Success. In fact, Meghan feels nonprofit boards should build endowments as a critical tactic for operating excellence. Gina Blohm Director of I am confident that we can help you make your mark on Greenville whether you are a new resident, a lifelong citizen or Development an organization building an endowment to provide financial sustainability. Pam Couvillion Sincerely, Office Manager Kaye Lindler Office Administrator 3 CAROLINA YOUTH SYMPHONY JASMINE ROAD JUNIOR LEAGUE OF GREENVILLE HOWARD & ANGI EINSTEIN Enriching our Philanthropic Palette Howard Einstein comes from a long line of people Their generosity has not gone unnoticed. Howard’s passionate volunteer and supporter. “Angi is very who believe in the power of philanthropy to transform 20+ year involvement with the CYS has resulted creative and organized,” she observes, “and we are lives. “My grandfather taught us to give back more in more opportunities for the children pursuing now working together to develop a social enterprise than you take,” he says. This is something that their passion in music through camps, additional restaurant to employ the residents of Jasmine Road he and his wife Angi and his whole family have orchestras, and performances at Carnegie Hall. and to provide sustainability for the organization.” embraced, giving their time, talent, and treasure CYS executive director Anna Lee Elmore recalls one to many organizations over the years they’ve called particularly moving experience when she witnessed Angi and Howard were very excited to establish a Greenville home. Howard’s reaction at a Carnegie Hall show. Donor Advised Fund with the Community Foundation “After the performance he was almost in tears, in 2015 to make a lasting impact on Greenville. Howard’s maternal grandfather, William Rosenfeld, overwhelmed by the magnitude of the experience In this way, they say they can give more to charity, was chairman of the Community Foundation in 1971 of seeing our CYS kids where truly great musicians especially after retirement, so they don’t have to and also served as president of the United Way of have played,” she says, adding, “We would not worry about scaling back their giving when they are Greenville County the first year that their campaign be the caliber organization we are today without no longer earning an income. “It’s tax-effective and raised $1 million. Howard’s parents, Nate and Sugie his business savvy and his willingness to help we can save for future giving,” Howard says. Einstein, are longtime supporters of the Community whenever asked.” Foundation. Following their example, Angi and Howard Along the way, they’ve been bringing up future have made their own impact on a number of charitable For her part, Angi has recently added another good donors. The Einsteins have been intentional about organizations including the Junior League of Greenville, cause to her plate. Jasmine Road aims to help including their children Davis and Meg in their giving. Clement’s Kindness, Jasmine Road, Greenville Women women break out of the cycle of sexual exploitation Educating them about why and how to give back is Giving, the Cancer Society of Greenville County, and and addiction. Kathryn Norwood, board chair a cornerstone for their family. Of their efforts, the the Carolina Youth Symphony (CYS). of Jasmine Road says Angi has become a very couple simply says, “it matters and it’s important.” 5 Inspiring Stewards of Giving Wisdom from our parents can stay with us for a lifetime. Bringing this forward, Skip and Carrie became For his part, Skip has also enjoyed serving on the Capacity In Skip Gordon’s case, his father’s advice to open doors involved with the Community Foundation of Building Grants committee to help organizations fulfill that you pass by has come back to him many times Greenville (CFG) as Annual Campaign donors, their mission. He and his wife are not reluctant to fund over the years. “Halfway through grad school, I was Donor Advised Fund holders, and Legacy Society operating expenses and independently gave to Community caught up in the Vietnam draft,” Gordon recalls. His Members. Carrie is a member of Greenville Works and the Warehouse Theatre this year because of tour of duty involved translation, a skill he also used Women Giving and Skip serves on CFG’s Capacity what he learned on this committee. More recently, they to volunteer to teach English at a local school. In this, Building Grants committee. decided to help a new organization that may have a hard his first significant contact with people of a different time applying for a grant since it’s not well established. culture and religion, Gordon quickly discovered what The two believe that their donor-advised fund happens when you open a door. “If you strip away satisfies the twin objectives of giving locally while The two continue to deliver Meals on Wheels two times politics and religion, we are all alike,” he recalls, “I ensuring they can make the kind of impact that a month near Brandon Mill as they have since coming also learned that giving itself has enormous rewards.” is sustainable, along the lines of the adage: to Greenville ten years ago. Carrie points out that “Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach volunteering with United Ministries at Place of Hope Skip and his wife Carrie moved to Greenville from a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” working with those who are homeless or in transition Michigan in 2008. The two began immersing has been most gratifying, too, as they help get people themselves in the community through philanthropy The Gordons’ donor-advised fund allows them ready for jobs or take the GED. and volunteering. Although they have established to accumulate additional funding outside of scholarships at their respective alma maters (Ohio their normal giving so that they are able to give That’s why they encourage others, even those who State and University of Michigan) they felt strongly more in turn. Although they could have set up are in the thick of building their careers, to take time about making an impact locally, too. Informed by a fund elsewhere, they choose to work with the out to volunteer. Carrie says the best thing is you get her time in the engineering school at Ohio State, Community Foundation because of the personal genuine appreciation, rather than the business-focused Carrie says, “When I reflect back, I appreciate relationship as well as the added value of the bottom line.