ANNUAL REPORT Fiscal Year 2006-07 2008 CALENDAR MISSION STATEMENT - The Fund for Southern Communities is a public foundation that supports and unites organizations and donors working to create just and sustainable communities that are free of oppression and that embrace and celebrate all people. Through grant - making and related activities the Fund for Southern Communities fosters social change initiated by community-based groups in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

WHO WE ARE: THE FUND FOR SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES FROM THE DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

• Is committed to making a meaningful difference in the world Dear Friends: • Has awarded over 1,700 grants totaling approximately $5 million • Serves as a responsible and effective link between individual donors As I reflect on this past year, it is with good spirits and excitement that I present the Fund for Southern Communities’ (FSC/the Fund) Annual Report for fiscal year 2006-2007. It has and social justice organizations been a busy and fruitful year! We have doubled our grantmaking, awarding over $400,000 • Provides the financial resources to help move people from thought between general, special interest and donor advised funding. In this report you will find into action first-hand accounts of the impact of your donations to the Fund and the change that is • Seeks long-term solutions and institutional change rather than just happening across communities in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. Food sus - treating symptoms of oppression and injustice tainability, LGBTQ rights, anti-racist urban development, hurricane relief and health care access are but a few areas in which we’ve made an impact this year. • Supports organizations addressing the root causes of injustice and systems and structures that cause community problems I’d like to thank the board of directors for stepping up to the plate; your fundraising efforts • Believes that communities working on their own behalf are and leadership have been outstanding – a year I wish to encase in a shadow box to re - powerful forces of change member for all time. I want to recognize the staff and interns for your performance and • Provides grants for seed funding, general support, project support dedication to social justice. To our grantees: thank you for accepting a grant from FSC and putting it to good use out in your communities; it is the organizations we fund that trans - and technical assistance form our work into the fuel necessary for successful social change. Finally, I’d like to thank • Supports smaller organizations that are overlooked by traditional our individual, corporate and foundation partners for your unfailing support for and con - charities and private foundations fidence in the Fund. This year many of you have stepped up your giving or have re-joined the fray, and we welcome and thank you -- you have made this a year of stability and growth. Your generous contributions enable FSC to continue strengthening the fight for justice STAFF and freedom in the Southeast. Thank you again for your critical partnership in this work. Alice Eason Jenkins, Executive Director Becky Rafter, Development Director In solidarity, Gersinta Sims, Administrative Assistant Alice Eason Jenkins INTERNS Camille Burney, Spelman College Stephen Jones, Morehouse College • March of 1981- Fund for Southern Communities was founded • 1982 - Over 22 grants were awarded totaling over $24,288 A M ESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR

Dear FSC Community: BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2006-2007

This Annual Report is a reflection of the hard work and dedication that has been attained when people come together to leverage re - sources to gain triumphs. We have much to commemorate; but our celebration is tempered by the recognition of greater challenges that lie ahead. The Fund’s victories in 2006-2007 have been generated by our grantees and donors, so thank you for your hard work and gen - erous support. In honor of our 25th anniversary, which drew to a close at the end of fiscal year 2007, the staff at the Fund chose to honor our partners – grantees and donors alike – through spotlights and snippets in a wall calendar format. The coming year portends much change, some pos - itive, some foreboding, and we thought we could all use a daily reminder of the solidarity of the social justice movement in the Southeast as seen through the eyes of the FSC com - munity. Let us remember each day the equity and freedom that we are fighting for and Judith Chaet Angela Y. Robinson Frederick Rossini Omisade Burney-Scott how the Fund for Southern Communities makes a crucial difference in this struggle. Vice- Chair Secretary Treasurer North Carolina North Carolina Georgia Georgia Through intensified fundraising and cost-containment, FSC has been able to double our grant awards from last fiscal year. Support from caring people like you and our hard work has resulted in over $400,000 in innovative grantmaking. Yet the demand from our ap - plicants still exceeds our funding capacity. Therefore, I hope this report enlightens you as to the powerful impact of our work while inspiring you to make a generous contribution in a way that works best for you. We have included several ways in which you can help us later in this report. I hope that knowing your donations result in tangible community jus - tice makes you feel like you’re making a crucial difference in the lives of many people. The Fund for Southern Communities is more than just a funder – we connect organizations to a wide social justice movement as well as donors who want to support the fight against the injustices of racism, poverty and abuse of human rights. This year we would like to espe - cially thank our partners: the Funding Exchange (FEX) network, The Coca-Cola Com - pany, Georgia Power, Changemakers, Spelman College, Kroger, AirTran Airways and all of John E. Fritchie Edward Madden Naomi Randolph our outstanding FSC donors. Your support makes a deep impact in the Southeast. North Carolina South Carolina North Carolina

Again, on behalf of the entire board of directors, thank you for your generosity in spirit and membership. We cannot do it alone.

Darren Holmes Chair, Board of Directors www.fundforsouth.org FSC GRANTMAKING The Fund for Southern Communities awards grants each year to organizations that are working to make progressive social change on a systemic level. FSC focuses on groups that build community-based responses, not solutions that affect just a few individuals and leave the underlying social problems intact. The following list of organ - izations are working to change attitudes, behaviors, laws, policies and institutions in order to better reflect the values of inclusion, fairness, diversity and opportunity. These groups insist on accountability and responsiveness among institutions, including the government, large corporations, universities and other entities whose policies and actions profoundly affect the living conditions of individuals and communities, whether locally, nationally or internationally.

G R A N T C Y C L E D E A D L I N E S 2006-2007 GRANTEE PARTNERS John Birdine Community Service Award, GA $1,526 Advanced GFCA, NY $2,500 Justice at Smithfield, NC $500 • The proposal deadlines will be announced annually Alternate Roots, GA $5,000 Lakewood Financial Committee, GA $500 via our website at www.fundforsouth.org. American Red Cross, KA $1,000 Latin American Caribbean Community Center, GA $3,500 Atlanta Working Women 9 to 5, GA $10,000 • All proposals must be received in the office by Latin American Caribbean Community Center, GA $7,000 Back Bay Mission, MS $5,000 Latinos for Education and Justice Organization, GA $2,000 5:00 p.m. on the deadline date. • Beloved Community Center, NC $3,500 Low County Alliance, SC $2,500 Late or incomplete proposals will not be considered Bethlehem Senior Center, GA $526 Maryknoll Mission Project, NY $1,000 for funding. Blue Ribbon Mentor—Advocate, NC $4,400 McIntosh SEED, GA $2,500 Cakalak Thunder Samba Team, NC $500 Metro Durham Sponsors, NC $3,000 If you are a community activist, former grantee or donor CAMP, Inc., GA $1,500 Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance, MS $10,000 and want to be considered to serve on the Grantmaking Carolina Arts Network, NC $2,500 Mississippi River Basin Alliance, MS $5,000 Committee, please call us at 404-371-8404. Carolina Peace Resource, SC $2,500 Moving Forward Gulf Coast, LA $10,000 Center for Constitutional Rights, NY $4,000 National Coalition on Black Civic Participation/Black Youth Vote, GA $25,000 Chapel Hill Carrboro Public School Foundation, NC $4,400 National Farm Workers Ministry, MO $1,000 DONOR ADVISED FUNDS Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities, MS $5,000 NC Committee to Defend Health Care, NC $3,000 Coalition for the People’s Agenda, GA $20,000 NC Latino Coalition, NC $5,000 A Donor Advised Fund with FSC allows you to fulfill your Common Sense Foundation, NC $7,000 NC Occupational and Safety Health, NC $2,000 individual philanthropic wishes and make recommendations Coordinadora de Lideres Communitarios Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods, NC $500 (now Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights), GA $3,000 New Hope House, GA $1,000 for specific organizations to receive grants that are consistent Critical Resistance, LA $10,000 New Orleans Women’s Health & Justice Initiative, LA $10,000 with the mission of FSC. DonorAdvised account holders can Destiny The Rock of Escape, GA $1,200 Peoples Organizing Committee, LA $10,000 Dispute Settlement Center, NC $1,000 Project South, GA $9,000 recommend grants to groups/organizations or FSC staff will Diva in a Day Dance Camp, GA $526 Rainbow Radio, SC $8,000 work with donors to help identify potential groups/organi - Doctors Without Borders, NY $2,000 REJOICE, Inc., LA $10,000 Durham County Teen Count, NC $2,000 Salvation Army, KA $1,000 zations that match the donors interests. DonorAdvised funds Economic Justice Coalition of Athens, GA $17,000 Saving Our Selves, GA $10,000 can be designated globally; they are not restricted to groups Empowerment Resource Center of A/B County-WRES, NC $5,000 South Atlanta Redevelopment, GA $1,500 Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama, AL $1,000 South Carolina Equality Coalition, SC $3,500 in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. If you want Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children, LA $6,000 Southside Industrial Park, GA $526 to set up a DonorAdvisedAccount or would like to get more Federation of Southern Cooperatives, GA $1,000 Spelman College, GA $75,000 Friends of the Library, GA $750 STEP Program, NC $5,000 information on our Donor Advised program, please call our Fund for Southern Communities, GA $3,000 Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, TX $4,580 office. Georgia Citizens Coalition on Hunger, GA $250 The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, NY $2,750 Georgia Community Loan Fund, GA $4,000 The Open Door Community, GA $1,000 Gulf Coast Latin American Association, MS $5,000 The Sullivan Center, GA $1,200 Highlander Research and Education Center, TN $1,500 Thomasville Golden Age Club, GA $1,000 Historic Preservation Society Southside, GA $1,200 Tri-Coastal Community Outreach, AL $10,000 Human Rights Watch, NY $1,000 U.S./Labor Education in the Americas Project, IL $3,000 “I AM” After School Enrichment Program, GA $526 United for a Fair Economy, MA $1,000 Interfaith Children’s Movement of Metro Atlanta, GA $4,000 West End Revitalization, NC $5,000 Interfaith Workers Justice, IL $5,000 Western NC Workers Center, NC $2,500 International Labor Rights Fund, DC $2,000 JANUARY Anti-Racism…Arts and Culture…Community Organizing 2008

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In February 2007, the Fund for Southern Communities held a special fundraising event in South Carolina as part of our year-long celebration of FSC’s 25-year anniversary. Fund for Southern Communities’ board member Edward Madden and his partner Bert Easter hosted FSC donors and grantee partners at TrustUs Theater in Columbia for a reception and an evening of theater.

TrustUs Theater, as in “Trust us, you’ll love the performance,” welcomed the Fund for the final dress rehearsal performance for Intimate Apparel, an award-winning play by Lynn Nottage. It features an unmarried African-American seamstress, Esther, in New York at the turn of the century. Esther stitches exquisite lingerie for both society ladies and prostitutes, while dreaming of a bet - ter life. When she receives letters from a Caribbean stranger working on the Panama Canal, she turns to her clients and friends to understand the intimate correspondence – a trophy wife, a prostitute and a Jew - ish factory owner, all limited by their own fears and hopes, by the constraints of race, class and gender. The choices Esther makes will change her life. The performance was excellent! SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK® “We who believe in freedom cannot rest We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes” - from “Ella’s Song”, lyrics and music by Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagan For well over 30 years, the all-female, African American a cappella ensemble, Sweet Honey In The Rock®, has been capti - vating audiences across the world with their socially conscious music in celebration of art, culture, peace, resistance, jus - tice and love. More than just entertaining audiences, Sweet Honey In The Rock® truly inspires their fans. When the Fund for Southern Communities and Sweet Honey paired up with Spelman College in 1992 to host a benefit concert for the Fund, they launched a meaningful partnership. E! VE THE DAT RT SA EFIT CONCE Founded in 1973 by Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagan, Sweet ROCK® BEN Honey In The Rock® is rooted in the civil rights movement EY IN THE SWEET HON and the struggles and victories of African Americans. p.m. Their songs signify all struggles for justice, and their vocals , 2008 at 7:00 are a mix of Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Reggae, Hip Hop, African February 16 gia chants and Spirituals that create a living sound that is en - tlanta, Geor trancing. In the spirit of equity and access, their concerts ollege / A Spelman C NOW!! are interpreted in American Sign Language for the hearing lable for sale impaired. s are avai forsouth.org. Ticket tickets@fund 404 or email stores Each year, several of FSC’s corporate partners underwrite the ll 404-371-8 llowing book Please ca ased at the fo event, namely FSC’s long-standing sponsor, The Coca-Cola also be purch Tickets can mber 1, 2007 Company, for whom we are grateful for their continued gen - starting Dece 4 erous support. FSC would like to also thank other 2007 Sweet 404) 524-030 oks & More ( 082 Honey supporters: Georgia Power: A Southern Company, Charis Bo e (404) 607-0 Coffee Hous 25 Spelman College, Kroger, AirTran Airways, Shrine of the Black ite Books and (404) 752-61 Madonna Bookstore, Outwrite Coffee and Books, Chairs Outwr a Book Store lack Madonn Books and More, the Fox Theater, the Atlanta Ballet, WSB-TV, hrine of the B S Sweet TORCHBEARER AWARD RECIPIENTS National Black Arts Festival, the Atlanta Braves, Heritage Prints n. Tickets to and Framing, Dangles, Vivian Maiden, Zelda Grant, the Punch - ral admissio ailable. 1991- Bernice Johnson Reagon 2000- Anne Braden e $30.00 gene ts are also av line, Richard Ducree and all of FSC’s individual sponsors, Tickets ar hip level ticke 1993- Sandra Barnhill 2001- Nan Orrock fts! Sponsors donors and volunteers who made the 15th annual benefit con - make great gi cert a huge success. Honey 1994- Guy and Candy Carawan 2002- Dr. Johnnetta Cole 1995- Dazon Dixon Diallo 2004- Ingrid Saunders Jones 1996- Rev. C.T. Vivian 2005- Shirley Clark Franklin • 1983 - FSC provided the funding needed for a feasibility study that lead to the formation of the Self-Help Credit Union in NC 1997- Alice Lovelace 2006- Pearl Cleage • 1984 - Over 31 grants were awarded totaling over $52,345 1998- Coretta Scott King 2008- Dr Maya Angelou 1999- Sweet Honey In The Rock FEBRUARY 2008

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www.fundforsouth.org GRANTEE SPOTLIGHT: WESTERN NC WORKERS CENTER $2,500

In 1995, a Guatemalan workforce from a local chicken processing plant, Case Farms, attempted a union. The workers fought for this union for several years and unfortu - nately, they were unable to negotiate a contract with the company. In 2002, Western NC Workers Center was founded to continue the organizational support for the Case Farms workers and to support other low-wage workers in the area. Two years after being founded, Western NC Workers Center helped Case Farms workers win a $.35 raise, and to date, has helped workers recover $138,758 in wages, compensation and fines. The center is working against workplace injustices and is currently focusing on three main programs:

Reaching out to workers through workers rights workshops- The center holds workshops that emphasize how workers can defend their rights through simple means, like recording their hours or documenting incidents. The center also uses education exercises that allow workers to discover their legal rights under NC and U.S. labor law while developing skills to organize themselves. Through these workshops, workers rights manuals, contact information for labor agencies and community resources are provided. Assisting workers to find solutions to workplace problems- An average of seven workers per week call the center seeking assistance with work-related problems. The center assists by referring the workers to workers compensation attorneys and helping workers file non-payment of wages complaints, discrimination complaints, violation of overtime laws complaints and government agency com plaints. The center also helps workers navigate small claims court for non-pay ment of wages. Reaching out to community organizations to build support for work place in justices- The center develops partnerships with local community centers that helps build local movements and provides direct access to support for workers. In the last year, the center became active in several faith alliances working for social change. By building these special relationships, it has allowed the center to deepen the dialogue on justice for workers in the era of globalization while continuing to build bridges for workers and the work of the center. With support from the Fund for Southern Communities, Western NC Workers Center has been able to increase their capacity to promote justice for low-wage workers. The coming year promises greater opportunities to increase the center’s organizational capacity to continue to expand their work.

Thank you, Western NC Workers Center, for continuing to support workplace injustices! • 1985 - FSC accomplished a revenue increase by more than $100,00 than the previous fiscal year • 1986 - During the Fall, FSC received its one-millionth dollar of contributions MARCH 2008

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In April and May of 2007, FSC board members hosted a handful of fabulous and fun Spring THE TRIANGLE: Soirees. These local events consisted of current, past and present grantees, donors, board members In the Triangle, the Spring Soiree provided space for long-time supporters of the Fund in the and foundation partners. At each of the meetings, FSC staff learned about the pressing issues in the Triangle to reconnect with FSC staff and board from Atlanta and South Carolina. Another regional communities as well as determined how we can make a stronger impact. incredible board member, Omisade Burney-Scott, hosted and facilitated the Triangle Spring Soiree. We would also like to extend our gratitude to the event’s honorary hosts, Calvin Allen and Betsy WESTERN NC: Fenhagen, whose endorsement was valuable to our success. FSC board members John Fritchie and Judy Chaet brought together a group of community mem- bers from Western North Carolina, including a current grantee, two past grantees, donors and a We also held Information Sessions, conducted by FSC staff. These free sessions were open to the past board member. Support generated for the Fund was so great in Western NC that one benefi- public and served as an opportunity for local groups to discern whether or not they are eligible to cent donor offered an anonymous match up to $5,000 for all contributions from the area! apply for funding from FSC. Organizational representatives learned how to apply, what kinds of groups we fund and what other funders share our values. THE TRIAD: The most important outcropping of the Triad Spring Soiree was that the Fund established mean ingful relationships with local community members. Outgoing board member Naomi “Folami” Randolph served as outstanding host and facilitator extraordinaire for the Triad meeting. She did an amazing job! She was joined in spirit by the Triad honorary hosts, Dr. Johnnetta Cole, Marnie Thompson and Stephen Johnson, to whom we offer our sincere appreciation. At this event, instead of having a presentation by grantees, this group of community organizers held a lively and highly-engaged discussion about their local issues of concern.

• 1987 - Over 52 grants were awarded totaling over $82,760 • 1988 - FSC experienced an exciting change in our grantmaking process when we began awarding grants three times a year instead of one APRIL 2008

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McIntosh County is one of the poorest of the 159 counties in Georgia and is well known for the existence of long-standing poverty and oppressive social and political dynamics. Unfairly, power resided only in the hands of few elite families. Many fam - ilies and local businesses relied upon the shrimping industry to escape this cycle of poverty. After the shrimping industry declined, a group of approximately 150 com - munity members decided to gather to discuss their options for creating change; it was then, in 1998, that McIntosh Sustainable Environment and Economic Develop - ment (McIntosh SEED) was founded. McIntosh SEED was established to address the root cause of poverty, inequality and threats to the county’s environment; and to ensure that each citizen of the local and regional community has an equal opportu - nity to participate in all aspects of education, access to resources for economic development and information to enhance their quality of life. In 2006, McIntosh SEED initiated a Food Sovereignty Project. The project’s objec - tives are to increase economic development opportunities for the local community, starting with farmers; to improve the health of community members by providing education, more food choices and improved access to locally grown produce; to in - crease the awareness of school children about the benefits of nutritionally balanced diets and the rewards of agricultural careers; and to introduce locally grown produce to county restaurants and supermarkets. The project ensures that access to food is a basic right while providing the opportunity to utilize local resources to raise the eco - nomic level of residents. In their efforts to create change, McIntosh SEED has had many successes. McIntosh SEED: • Helps county residents who were brought up in a racial divide realize that they all share many common values and that they face the same issues of wealth creation, education, social justice and inequalities in the community. By doing so, a dialogue has been opened between blacks and whites, where such did not exist before. • Distributed the first food analysis ever done in the county which addressed where food comes from, availability, affordability and accessibility of different foods. • Opened the first, in decades, farmers market in McIntosh County that provides fresh produce to the local community, known as McIntosh SEED Fresh Air Market. • Helped organize community members to defeat a water rate increase of 70%; that increase would have impacted more than half of the counties’ residents. • Improved McIntosh County’s education system. Through McIntosh SEED’s educational programs, test scores have increased over 20% in the last two years. • 1989 - Thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, FSC was able to welcome its Thank you, McIntosh SEED, for continuing to address environmental and economic regional office in Chapel Hill, NC development injustices! • 1990 - Over 41 grants were awarded totaling over $77,500 MAY 2008

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In February 2002, leaders from LGBTQ and allied organizations were invited to meet and dis - In an effort to defeat this amendment, SCECF launched their Fairness for all Families Campaign cuss how they could work together to implement change in the environment for LGBTQ resi - insisting that all families are equal and deserve equal recognition and support. Through this dents in South Carolina. As a result of this meeting, South Carolina Equality Coalition campaign, SCECF encouraged the community to vote NO to this amendment for several rea - Foundation (SCECF) was born. SC Equality Coalition Foundation is a statewide network of les - sons. One major reason was to help the community realize the many different families that bian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer organizations and individuals with a mission to se - would be affected, for instance: cure civil and human rights for LGBTQ South Carolinians. • Two people connected through biology or commitment • Extended families living together, or separated by geography Since that time, SCECF has worked hard to educate the LGBTQ community and South Carolina • Single family households residents about the current state of discrimination in public policy. SCECF particularly fo - • Nuclear families cused on the proposed amendment to the South Carolina Constitution, the “Family Discrimi - • Grandparents or other relatives raising children nation Amendment.” This amendment states that only one form of family, a married man and • LGBTQ individuals in committed relationships, with or without children woman, will be recognized by the state; and all other domestic unions will be invalid. SCECF • Married or single people with adopted or foster children wanted the community to understand that this amendment would affect not only LGBTQ com - munities with gay marriage, but also other non-traditional families. Although the “Family Discrimination Amendment” unfortunately passed, SCECF is still work - ing hard for justice. In 2006, SCECF adopted a Social Justice creed to engage social justice or - ganizations and allies other than just LGBTQ folks. Goals of this creed include: expressing how the need for social justice far exceeds human and civil rights; providing more media coverage to rural communities about the social justice needs of South Carolina, especially in areas where racial and gender discrimination effect job opportunities and healthcare; holding local forums and town meetings; attending events in local areas where literature can be distributed to these groups; and publishing and mailing regular newsletters that discuss current and local social justice issues. Adopting this creed has been a wonderful opportunity for SCECF to have their voices heard, and they look forward to much success to come through hard work and commitment.

Thank you, SC Equality Coalition Foundation, for continuing to support LGBTQ and social • 1991 - Over 80 grants were awarded totaling over $129,110 justice rights! • 1992 - FSC began a valuable partnership with Sweet Honey In The Rock® JUNE 2008

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www.fundforsouth.org PARTNERSHIPS

WHEN GEORGIA CARES—GEORGIA SHARES! FUNDING EXCHANGE NETWORK - founded in 1979 www.FEX.org Years ago, FSC helped found a new workplace giving federation, “Georgia Shares”. Appalachian Community Fund- founded in 1987 www.appalachiancommunityfund.org Georgia Shares consists of 35 non-profit organizations deeply committed to social Bread and Roses Community Fund - founded in 1977 www.breadrosesfund.org change for all Georgians. The initial investment of time and energy is now paying div - Chinook Fund- founded in 1987 www.chinookfund.org idends, as Georgia Shares is becoming a significant source of funds for FSC and the other members. Crossroads Fund- founded in 1979 www.crossroadsfund.org Now YOU can help Georgia Shares grow even stronger! If you work in Georgia and your employer Fund for Santa Barbara- founded in 1980 www.fundforsantabarbara.org has not expanded its giving program beyond the United Way, urge them to“Open Up” the campaign, Fund for Southern Communities - founded in 1981 www.fundforsouth.org to allow employees to donate to FSC, or any of the other members, through Georgia Shares. For more Haymarket People’s Fund- founded in 1974 www.haymarket.org information, visit www.georgiashares.org or call 404-284-4349. Headwaters Foundation for Justice - founded in 1983 www.headwatersfund.org Liberty Hill Foundation- founded in 1976 www.libertyhill.org FUNDING EXCHANGE (FEX) McKenzie River Gathering Foundation- founded in 1976 www.mrgfoundation.org FEX is a network of public grantmaking foundations located throughout the North Star Fund- founded in 1979 www.northstarfund.org United States, with a national office in New York City. Vital to FSC since our very San Diego Foundation for Change - founded in 1994 www.foundation4change.org founding, the Funding Exchange mem- ber funds support each other and pro - The Hawaii People’s Fund- founded in 1972 www.hawaiipeoplesfund.org vide funding to some of the best organizing around the country. FEX is supported by individuals with Three Rivers Community Foundation - founded in 1990 www.trcf.net a commitment to funding “Change, Not Charity”. Vanguard Public Foundation- founded in 1972 www.vanguardsf.org Wisconsin Community Fund- founded in 1982 www.wcfund.org In 2006 and 2007, The Fund for Southern Communities, along with other member funds, collaborated with FEX to provide grants focused on three major Special Initiatives: Media Justice, For more information, please visit www.fex.org or call 212-529-5300 Reclaim Our Vote and the Katrina Justice Fund. FSC successfully awarded $27,000 in Media Justice, $72,000 in Reclaim Our Vote and $110,580 in the Katrina Justice Fund.

THE MEDIA JUSTICE INITIATIVE - grounded in the belief that social and economic justice will not be realized without the equitable redistribution and control of media and communication technologies. This initiative supports leadership of people of color, low-income and LBGT communities and youth working within traditionally marginal- ized communities to organize around media to affect accountability, infrastructure and policy.

RECLAIM OUR VOTE INITIATIVE - a strategic and collaborative initiative available to Georgians to help remedy systemic and burgeoning problems that threaten our democratic electoral process by supporting disenfranchised, underrepresented communities of color, which have been denied the right to vote and have their votes counted.

THE KATRINA JUSTICE INITIATIVE - provides support to people of the Gulf region who survived Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Katrina Justice Initiative provides both short-term assistance for hurricane survivors and broader, long-term strategic support through regional rebuilding of progressive social justice organizations, organizing for displaced survivors and a national campaign to assess, analyze and actively confront the issues of race and class highlighted by this tragedy.

• 1997- Thanks to a grant from the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation FSC was able to fund more environmental justice work than ever before • 1998 - Over 65 grants were awarded totaling over $180,980 JULY 2008

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FSC has served as fiscal sponsor of the Georgia Rural Urban Summit (GRUS/the Summit) since its inception GRANTS ASSISTED AND SPONSORED PROJECTS in 1994. A coalition of rural and urban groups, GRUS’s mission is to connect progressive organizations and Understanding FSC’s mission as providing support to the movement for progressive social change, communities throughout the state and to provide supportive connections that help the groups address their FSC does more than providing grant money to organizations. Many groups prefer not to devote sub - distinct issues in a larger community. Each year at the annual coalition meeting, every member organization stantial time and energy, especially in their early years as an organization, to creating and managing gets a chance to add to the agenda. “We’re very democratic,” explains Larry Pellegrini, Executive Director of accounting and fiscal reporting systems or going through the laborious tasks of gaining 501 c(3) non- GRUS. Larry, who started working with GRUS at its beginning, has been a mainstay at the Georgia State profit status from the IRS. Groups with goals consistent with the mission of FSC can become a Capitol since 1991, when he became the first openly gay lobbyist working outside of AIDS advocacy issues. “sponsored project” of FSC and allow FSC’s experience, staff and IRS status to provide the legal and Geographically, GRUS serves all of Georgia but admits that rural organizing is difficult. “To emphasize the administrative back-up needed for them to do the program work they want to accomplish. respect for the challenge of rural organizing, we intentionally placed ‘Rural’ before ‘Urban’ in the group’s name,” said Larry Pellegrini. “It’s still difficult to engage the rural organizations because GRUS doesn’t have FISCAL YEAR 2006-2007 SPONSOR PROJECTS: the resources to build them up any further; but we try to support their building process,” Pellegrini explains. A SAFE HAVEN $35,958 The Sapelo Foundation was integral in GRUS’s beginnings. They funded a 1994 retreat which brought to - Recipient of a 21st Century grant from the Georgia Department of Education; gether over 100 organizational representatives to examine how progressives were communicating and operat - provides after school academic enrichment programming at designated “No ing. “It seemed these progressive folks were great at coming together to fight urgent battles, but in order to be Child Left Behind” sites. more effective, they needed to be talking with each other all year long and understand and help with each others’ priorities on an ongoing basis,” Pellegrini reflected; “I was amazed at how the groups readily accepted each others’ priorities as important to progressive change.” GEORGIA RURAL URBAN SUMMIT $20,000 Promotes collaboration among diverse constituencies to help bridge the gap Over the years, the Summit has developed a formula for building coalitions around progressive issues and is between rural and urban communities in order to create a stronger movement recognized for many significant accomplishments. Some of these activities include the following: bringing for progressive social change. together civil rights groups and other allies to formulate a campaign to defend affirmative action; assembling the coalition that wrote and introduced Georgia’s first comprehensive Civil Rights Bill (Non-Discrimination LAKEWOOD AMPHITHEATRE COMMUNITY FUND $14,643 Act); and helping found and organize the Georgian’s for Safer Roads Coalition at the invitation of the Georgia Supports causes of small organizations established in the communities within Latino Alliance for Human Rights. Atlanta’s Lakewood area.

GRUS has initiated several campaigns when other organizations have had too much on their plates, such as ZAMI, INC. $18,347 predatory lending, employment non-discrimination and hate crimes. Also, as an affiliate of USAction, GRUS Provides a forum and affirming safe space for the voices of lesbian writers of color; has the opportunity to be involved in addressing some federal issues. One service that GRUS provides its net - work is a weekly calendar of progressive events, announcements, calls to action and job postings. sponsors special programming to develop the leadership potential of young lesbians; and provides scholarships to African American lesbians attending an accredited post When asked how being a sponsored project of FSC has impacted GRUS’s work, Pellegrini answered gra - secondary institution. ciously: “The relationship with FSC has been helpful in two main ways: 1) the association with a respected funder like FSC, and 2) when we first began, FSC did the payroll and everything, so relying on FSC for the startup administrative functions freed us to work on issues and organize our network.” • 1995- The Fund hosted eight progressive funders on a National Network of Grantmakers sponsored tour In the near future, GRUS will begin attracting individual members. To become an individual or titled “The Unfinished Civil Rights Agenda in the South” organizational member of GRUS, go to www.georgiasummit.org. • 1996- In celebration of FSC’s 15 year anniversary, we honored all of our former Executive Directors, Alan McGregor, Nan Orrock and Joan Garner, at an annual meeting and banquet AUGUST 2008

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www.fundforsouth.org LOOKING FOR WAYS YOU CAN GIVE? LIFE INSURANCE: Name the fund a sole or partial beneficiary of your life insurance policy. You will be helping sustain a better life for communities in the Southeast. There are several ways in which you can support the Fund for Southern Communities – we ask you to take a look at all your options and choose the one or more that work for you. Each gift makes a CREATE A TRUST: Talk to your financial advisor about the different ways to lessen your or your heirs’ difference, and we encourage you to make a donation today. tax liabilities while assisting the Fund by creating a special trust. Trust us, this is a great idea!

CASH/CHECK/CHARGE: Use the enclosed envelope to make a gift of whatever amount works best for HONOR SOMEONE WITH A DONATION: Make a contribution in the name of a loved one’s birth you. Just seeing your return envelopes in the mail is a great feeling – imagine how we feel once we day, anniversary or memorial with a one-time donation or set up a special fund in honor, tribute or open them and receive your donation! in memory of someone special to you.

SPREAD THE WORD: Encourage someone from your personal network to consider making a dona SPREAD THE WORD: Word of mouth is more than just an expression – you give FSC credibility tion or, if they are with an organization, applying for funding. when you give us the nod.

PLEDGING OVER TIME: For your convenience, FSC offers monthly or quarterly pledge reminders; SPONSOR A HOUSE PARTY: Yes, you can party too. Introduce your family, friends, neighbors, and we can charge your credit card regularly. It’s been a while since we’ve openly marketed this colleagues and peers to the Fund for Southern Communities. option, but 2008 will be a big year for it. Spreading out your gift over time ensures a steady flow of income for FSC. SET UP A DONOR ADVISED ACCOUNT: You can determine who gets funded through your own personal account while FSC manages your money for you. Can philanthropy get any better than that? EMPLOYEE MATCHING: Many employers offer matching contributions, so check yours and see if that’s an option. You can increase your gift to the Fund through this simple process and make your DONATE IN-KIND SERVICES: The value of an in-kind service could save the Fund thousands of company look good at the same time. dollars by volunteering time, donating services and materials, and much more.

WORKPLACE GIVING: If you work in GA, please consider making a payroll deduction to the Fund VOLUNTEER: People power is where it’s at. Come on over and help us out! through Georgia Shares, a workplace giving federation that we are a part of. If your employer does not have Georgia Shares in their campaign, help us change that! Everyone benefits when there are SPREAD THE WORD: Did we mention spread the word? more choices for workplace giving. MAKE A TARGETED DONATION: Do you have specific interest? In addition to “general CONTRIBUTE STOCKS, BONDS OR EVEN PROPERTY: Avoid capital gains by donating support”, FSC raises funding for the following targeted grantmaking funds: appreciated stock or stocks that do not meet your social-investment criteria. FSC will put them to immediate good use. • Emergency Fund: for quick responses to critical unforeseen need • Modjeska Simkins Memorial Fund (endowment): to support South Carolina groups SPREAD THE WORD: Expanding our donor and grantee community is the key to ensuring our addressing civil rights, women’s rights, education, youth and racism issues effectiveness and longevity. You are just as good at it as we are! • Organizational Development Fund: providing technical assistance to current grantees • Racial Justice Fund: to support organizing addressing issues of racial injustice BEQUESTS: When making out your will or codicil, please remember the Fund for Southern • Southern Outlook Fund: to support LGBTQ organizing Communities. We would like to start an endowment to ensure that we’re here way into the next • century; your spirit and dedication can fuel the organization for years to come. Help the FSC Triangle Grassroots Fund: to support organizing in the Triangle region of NC. community, which will outlive all of us, in its continued struggle for justice and to ensure that our commitment is realized once we are gone. • 2001- Over 95 grants were awarded totaling over $289,400 • 2002- FSC proudly celebrated its 20th Anniversary SEPTEMBER 2008

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After 20 years as a successful teacher, Dr. Cole was the first FSC: Do you consider yourself a philanthropist? African-American woman President of Spelman College. At Spelman she secured the largest individual financial con - Dr. Cole: Very strongly. It is a very big word to describe what I think is one of the most basic human tribution ever given to any historically Black college or uni - acts. I like the question that Dr. Martin Luther King says, that we all have to ask, I believe the way he versity (HBCU) – a $20 million donation by Drs. Bill & put it was, “Life’s most persistent question is: what are you doing for others?” That is all philanthropy Camille Cosby. She then went on to become Bennett Col - is – it’s about doing for others. It’s about what I was taught as a youngster as my parents and com - lege’s 14th President, the only other HBCU serving women munity folk kept saying, “doing for others is just the rent you pay for living on Earth.” And so I think in the United States, where she raised over $50 million. In that we make a mistake when we conceptualize philanthropy as having to involve the giving of mil - 2004, she became the first African American to serve as lions of dollars by some materially wealthy person. Anyone who gives of their time, their talent and board chair of United Way of America, and she was also whatever treasure they have in the interest of improving the circumstances of someone else, that to me the first woman ever elected to the Board of Coca-Cola En - is a philanthropist. terprises. FSC: Would you say your interest in the Fund’s approach to fighting injustice through institutional Currently, Dr. Cole serves as chair of the board of the John - change is especially appealing to you? netta B. Cole Global Diversity and Inclusion Institute, founded at Bennett College for Women. She has published Dr. Cole: The answer is yes; it’s what attracts me to the Fund. It is what has attracted me to playing lead - many works, including Conversations: Straight Talk with ership roles in United Way and it is what drives my commitment to education. In each of these set - America's Sister President and Gender Talk: The Struggle tings, the goal is indeed to get to the root causes of problems. for Women’s Equality in African American Communities. FSC: Does your passion for social justice affect your genuine disposition?

FSC: How long have you supported social justice movements and what are some issues that are im - Dr. Cole: Absolutely, I think not peculiar to me; first, I think each of us is in a real sense a collection of portant to you? what we have experienced, what we hope for and what we’re prepared to do. And my barrel contain - ing my experiences is really very full. It’s full of the stuff of growing up in the Jim Crow South; it’s full Dr. Cole: I am trying to remember a time when I didn’t support social justice movements, once I had of the excitement of discovering feminism. It’s certainly full of the tension around confronting my own some sense of injustice. Since I grew up in the intensely segregated south, as a very young girl I knew homophobia. My barrel of experiences includes my discovery of anthropology as a particular and racial injustices. My consciousness about gender injustice came much later in life. The real question useful way of looking at the world. That barrel contains experiences of being a mother, now of a is what you mean by support. I certainly, as a youngster, accompanied my parents to meetings and gave grandmother, of being a college president. Secondly, I think we miss who we are if we only see our - my little girl nod of approval in family conversations about the struggle against racism. So again, I think selves in terms of prior experiences and we don’t add how it is that we dream about the world, what it I have a very long connection to the struggle for social justice. is we would like the world to be like. And then thirdly I’d like to think that for each of us to be un - derstood, we have to claim what it is we are willing to do about the world. We can’t just dream, we have FSC: Racial justice and gender, are these the issues that are most dear to you? to act.

Dr. Cole: Racial justice and gender, yes; as well as the struggle against disparities by class – this is also FSC: Do you mind sharing with me what you think of the work FSC does and the significance of that something I feel strongly about. I advocate the need to struggle against heterosexism, and I find my - work? self standing up and speaking out against racial intolerance. I am also concerned with aligning my - self with sisters and brothers with disabilities. Dr. Cole: I think the work is, and I can’t imagine a compliment that could be stronger than this, I think the work is basic and it is good. Of course, one could use different language to say that it is work that FSC: Do you have a specific achievement about which you are most proud? takes place not in some reified atmosphere but on the ground where people live and suffer and wish to have a better life. So I will continue as best I can to be supportive of the Fund’s work. Dr. Cole: Well, I am asked that question frequently. I will respond in the same way – I am especially proud of my three sons who are I think also committed to social justice and, as young men in partic - ular, committed to gender equity. If the question has to do with my professional life, I am very proud of my work both at Spelman College and Bennett College for women. But I have to point out that what was accomplished at those two institutions when I was there was the result of the work of a large num - ber of people. It was not my solo act. In terms of social justice work, I am most proud of having re - • 1993 - Over 40 grants were awarded totaling over $82,300 mained in the social justice movement. • 1994 - Over 70 grants were awarded totaling over $214,650 OCTOBER 2008

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Marnie Thompson is the President of the Fund for Dem - FSC: Please tell me a little about how people can apply for the Ervin Lee Brisbon Fund and about your ocratic Communities. She is a professional researcher by latest project, the Fund for Democratic Communities. trade and works with teachers to help them create more effective learning environments for students. Recently, MT: We want to hear from younger people, particularly young Black men and women and people she and her husband, Stephen Johnson, started the Fund who work with Black youth. Around here the agencies are doing mostly band-aid work, and I want for Democratic Communities (FDC), a local fund sup - to talk to people with ideas on how to solve the problems – at their core. We focus on small organiza - porting community-based initiatives primarily in the tions and support them as they go along with technical assistance. Piedmont region of North Carolina. The Fund for Democratic Communities will work something like the Ervin Lee Brisbon Fund in that FSC: How long have you supported social justice move - we’re offering technical assistance there too. After taking an inventory of grassroots democracy in ments and what are some issues that are important to Greensboro, we will assess what their resources and needs are. We’ll then host a workshop about how you? to apply for funding and help them prepare their first grant proposal.

MT: I fancied myself as a supporter of social justice FSC: Do you have a specific achievement about which you are most proud? movements since I was 6 as I witnessed the Anti-war and Civil Rights movements on television. Later, I came out MT: No…but the day we had the first board meeting for the Fund for Democratic Communities was as a feminist and set out to prove to myself and my fam - a watershed moment in my life. All these brilliant people were in the room, a wide array of folks. ily that women could do “men’s work”. But really what Some were old friends, some were new friends. I felt so gratified that I am not in this alone. I feel less radicalized me the most after my formative years was lonely all the time. To be loved and supported and engaged in this work with so many people makes having my daughter, Kathryn. me very happy.

Issues that are particularly important to me are ending racism and classism; and understanding my FSC: Can you give an example of being a responsible shareholder? own gender oppression has been enormously useful in helping me “get it” about race and class op - pression. I had a big transition in my late 20’s when I started to see how a certain“lady bountiful” ap - MT: As shareholders, for several years we have been filing resolutions with Wells Fargo on the issue of proach I had to helping others was only reinventing oppression. I started to realize that I had a predatory lending. We have signed over our proxies to people who went bankrupt because of costly self-interest in helping end racism and economic oppression. and deceptive mortgage practices. It is important that shareholders at annual meetings and corporate board members hear the real stories. But still I find participating in the stock market and other capi - FSC: Why is philanthropy important to you? talist structures deeply problematic. Doing this shareholder work is the right thing to do, if you’re going to be in the stock market, but it doesn’t make it necessarily all clean and okay. MT: A critical step in my philanthropy was learning how to support myself, which meant learning how to earn a living and live within our means. That helps us be clear about what we really need, and FSC: Can you share with me what you think of the work that the Fund for Southern Communities it frees up“extra” to give away. As Stephen and I give money away, we consult with a lot of people about does and its significance? what to do with it. In conventional models of philanthropy, the people who have the money decide where it goes, even if they don’t really have any special insight into what works or doesn’t work. That’s MT: Whenever I get the FSC newsletter or annual report, I read it word for word and see all over the what I like about the Fund for Southern Communities – because the Fund has a board with lots of dif - Southeast where the great, small-scale democracy work is going on in regards to anti-racism, eco - ferent people on it that decides where money would make a difference. nomic justice, women’s issues, LGTBQ rights, etc. I follow the newsletters over time and can see new trends and new directions, even dead ends. FSC: How did you first hear about the Fund for Southern Communities? Also, there’s something about knowing that a group I care about is so persistent. I’m sure the Fund MT: I’ve known about the Fund for Southern Communities for 15-20 years. Once connected with the for Southern Communities has had its struggles and ups and downs, but I am thankful that FSC is Fund personally, Stephen and I decided to put FSC in our will and began talks about setting up a around and that you don’t give up. It’s good to know that a small, rural group of textile workers, for Donor Advised account in memory of Ervin Lee Brisbon, an activist who fought for the liberation and instance, can turn to FSC for support in fighting for better working conditions or starting a coopera - empowerment of the black community, who had passed away that summer. This fund is dedicated tive. I’m glad you are moving forward and that the Fund is so durable. to supporting grassroots efforts committed to justice and equality for young black men, education in the black community and anti-racist work in the Greensboro, NC area. NOVEMBER 2008

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With deep appreciation, the Fund for Southern Communities would like to thank all of Dorothy B. Gandy Melissa Jones Sandra Mullins John and Charlene Spearen Jr. our donors for your generous and continued support. We are grateful to have had more Gerald Gay Barbara Joye and Thomas M. Murphy Spelman College than 4,000 donors to support our mission. Over the years, FSC has received nearly Genevieve Georges Reid Jenkins Christopher S. Murrill Jean Spencer 16,000 contributions exceeding $13 million for general grants, sponsored projects and Georgia Power Company Linda I. Julius-Austin Marilouise Mycko and Cheryl R. Statom donor advised grantmaking. Thank you again for your role in building the Fund for Georgia Shares Rick and Helen Kabat Susan Jackson Dorothy Stephens Southern Communities over the past 25 years. Ellen Gerber and Henry Kahn and Barry and Elaine Nocks Carole Stoneking Pearl Berlin Mary Gillmor-Kahn John and Connie O'Brien Laura E. Straight Meredith Albert Judith Chaet Daphne Glanton Leah Karpen Uwimana N. Olabisi Della C. Stroup T. Alexander Bethany Chaney Robin Glover Kathryn Keicher Kandice and Juliet Oliver John and Midge Sweet Jamarah Amani Changemakers Deborah Gluckman Yakini B. Kemp Anne Olson Anthony C. Sweeting Delorese Ambrose Jeff Cheek Veta D. Goler Susan Kennedy and Outwrite Books Martha Tabbott Annie Archibold Linda Chupkowski Irene Goodale Maggie Mermin Carl Owens and Duncan Teague Daniele Armaleo and Mary C. Chupkowski Rodney Grainger and Yolanda King John Burch The Cadence Group, Inc Laurie Fox Alice Cintron Nancy Lee Marc and Cindy Kline Sharon Palms The Coca-Cola Company Adeline Artsen-Whitsett Steve Clark and Philip and Leslie Graitcer William and Diane Knox Susan Partridge The Home Depot Dean Scott Attaway and Sheila Kerrigan Malika M. Graves Kroger Ametria M. Pelham The Open Door Community Center Timothy Haas Regine A. Clement Scott Grevemberg and Robert Kronley and Christine and Kenrick Perez David F. Thomas William David Austin Edith Dee Cofrin Kathleen Brennan Ann Rosewater Rene L. Perrance Stephen Thomas and Roger Bakeman David H. and Karen Griffin Cherlyn Lacy Philip S. Harper Foundation Carol Dreselly Tina Baker and Christine Cofrin Gary and Karen Gwinn Ladyfest South Phyllis W. Pierce Margaret Thompson Lori Durand Claire L. Cohen Charles Hacker Michael L. Laughlin Lemoine D. Pierce Elizabeth A. Thompson Brenda S. Banks Johnnetta B. Cole James Hadley Suzann Lawry Paul Pirillo David Thurman Traci N. Barnes Fran Wade Colllier HagerSmithDesign, PA Ronnie and Chrystling A. Lee Deborah Pope Time To Dine, LLC Ian C. Barrett Comunicar, LLC Carolyn C. Hall William and Cheryl B. Legare Monica Primer Sara J. Toering Glenda J. Barrett Jerel B. Cooper Bob Hall Charles H. Lesser Prison & Jail Project Shelena Tolerson Ellen Jane J. Bass Dejuaii and Constance M. Craig Harriet Hancock Joyce K. Lewis QB Enterprise Travelers Property Casualty Cynthia Bauerle Margaret L. Craig Gloria J. Harris Patricia S. Lewis R.E.M./Athens, LLC Tom and Judy Turnipseed Wendy Belkin and Sarah S. Crymes and Elisha V. Harris Bernice Liddie Becky Rafter Union City Veterinary Linda Bryant Rhonda Freeman Virginia L. Hart Dianna J. Lieb Hannett Raine Upward Bound Linda Bell Jane L. Culpepper Denae L. Hartsfield Karen D. Lockee Anthony C. Ramsey Ronald O. Valdiserri Bellsouth Corporation Kecia Cunningham Craig Harwood Alice Lovelace Susan and Julie Ray Connye D. Varner Laura Benedict and Germaine Curtin Haymarket People's Fund Lubo Fund Bernice Reagon Errin J. Vuley and John Morris Nick Danna James R. Hebert and Janet M. Lutz Diane Ridley-Roberts Dana Prosser Consuella Bennett Kathie deNobriga Hazel Teas N. Edward Madden and Rona D. Roberts Mary Margaret Wade Miya T. Binta Donica Detamore Harvey and Emily Herman Bert Easter Jr. Laurie Robins Chiara Waller Leslie Bladen Kate Diehl Kathleen Herrington Janet Mainor Angela Y. Robinson Gary and EvettaWashington Susan Blakely Jason and Loralee Donath Joe Herzenberg Kathi Martin Richard Rosen and Craig Washington Phyliss Diane Bland Laura Douglas-Brown Ondrea Hightower Peggy L. Martin Rebecca Slifkin Flora Ann Watty Jim Blanton Michael Drennan and Shirley Hiles David E. Maultsby Frederick Rossini and David A. Werner and Mitch and Linda Bollag Matthew Kisner Janet Hill Sandra McCallum Ann M. Mahoney Madeleine Del Portillo Rand Brandes and Mark Dudley Hire Power Staffing, Inc Edwin C. McClain Jacquelyn D. Rufin Tara A. White Elizabeth Harris Brandes Bonnette Dulaney Ronald Hobson Shelley S. McGehee and Bonnie Rukin-Miller David Whiteman Donald Bridenstine Joyce Durand Jim Hockman Sylvia Debenport Courtney Sackin Martha A. Whitlock Edith C. Brooks Shelton and Jo Ann Earp III Zeb and Theresa A. McGhee San Diego Foundation for Change Stacey A. Wiggins Joseph Brown and Mike Crandle Derek Economy and Charlene Holler Belle Miller McMaster Susan Sasser Audria Williams BT Investment Services, LLC Ann Walter Darren L. Holmes Martha E. McPhail Dave Saunders Sharon A. Williams Park S. Bucker Educational Talent Search Shirlene Holmes Tovah J. Melaver Cora G. Saunders Roy and Patricia Williams Donna Burke Hallie Edwards W. Jefferson Holt Vennie Meli Cynthia Schander Doug and Carol Wingeier Pamela Burney Taiwona L. Elliot Harriette Howard-Lee Block Steven Metalitz and Steve Schewel and Winky Foundation Dianne E. Busenbark EMSA Fund, Inc. Angelina M. Huguely Catherine Gage Lao Rubert Leah Wise Cherie M. Caldwell Marie R. Fain Jacqueline D.Isbell Barbara Meyer Michael Schulman Elise Witt Antonia Camp Marti Fessenden Angela James Mary L. Mitchell Stephanie S. Scott Jaime Wojdowski Joan F. Campitelli Marcia Fishman Julie A. James Ronald L. Moore Barbara Sherman Joseph and Judie Wood Jamila M. Canady Shonda C. Fobbs Alice and Mary C. Moore John and Rebecca Shockley Betty R. Wood Cynthia Cantrell Ford Foundation Jeffery T. Jenkins Bernice A. Moore Ed and Ellen Shrader Willie Wyatt Jennifer D. Carlton Fourth Tuesday of Georgia, Inc Rhesa Jenkins Larry and Claire Morse Sherry Siclair Brenda and Constantine Yannouleas Judy Carter and John Paul Frelick Kenneth A. Johnson Victoria Motley-Washington Andy T. Sidden Jonathan Zimring and Susan Sluyter John E. Fritchie Ashley R. Johnson Katharine B. Mountcastle Anne Slifkin and Michael Freemark Jennifer Howard Randy and Funding Exchange Candius R. Johnson Marie Selby and Oneal Smalls Richard Zweigenhaft and Helen Casey-Rutland Rita M. Furman Stephen Johnson and Mary Yoder George A. Smith Lisa Young Marnie Thompson Nisa I. Muhammad Greg M. Smith James W.M. Smith and Pamela Ann Troutman • 1999-FSC received the first of many grants from the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Alan Sokoloff and Michele Casper Carolyn Sonfield • 2000- Over 80 grants were awarded totaling over $272,440 Southern Partners Fund Over the years, the Fund for Southern Communities has lost many wonderful members. Although this is not an exhaustive list, we would like to honor those who have passed with grat - itude for their commitment to social justice and to the Fund for Southern Communities. ELIZABETH FREEMAN MEMORIAL GIFTS Elizabeth Freeman was a noted suffragette, civil rights worker and pacifist who fought for the rights of gays and lesbians, equality for youth and housing for the elderly. Her dedication and hard work were instrumental to achieving our mission of funding social change in the South as she served on the Board of Directors for many years. Thank you to the donors who made special gifts to the Fund for Southern Communities in Ms. Freeman’s honor. CORETTA SCOTT KING MEMORIAL FUND Coretta Scott King’s loyalty and commitment to social justice is her legacy. A milestone in her life was establishing the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, GA, and she continued working toward peace, equality and the beloved community until her death in 2006. Mrs. King was a vocal supporter of the Fund and a heroine of community empowerment. Her name will symbolize freedom for centuries to come. HELEN’S FUND Westy Fenhagen was a founding member of the Fund for Southern Communities. During his life time he made tremendous contributions to the community. His support of FSC helped to result in a quarter century of social change in the Southeast. He and his wife Betsy Fenhagen created Helen’s Fund in 1986 as a memorial to their daughter Helen. This fund honors and encourages excellence in children’s lives through social change pertinent to youth. RICK REED JUSTICE FUND Rick Reed was a founding member of the Fund for Southern Communities and worked tirelessly for social justice until his death in 2005. Rick worked with the Georgia Clearing House on Prisons and Jails doing anti-death penalty work and prison reform. During his tenure at Clarke Atlanta University he focused on social justice media work. Among many commendable causes and groups, the Fund for Southern Communities is Rick’s legacy. ANNE ROMAINE MEMORIAL FUND Anne Romaine was a musician, activist and organizer, who was internationally known for her strong call for social justice. For 30 years, she sang at rallies, picket lines, union and civil rights meetings and concerts across the south in support of struggles for justice. Also a scholar of American history, she was working on a biography Alex Haley at the time of her death. She helped found the Great Speckled Bird, a regional protest newspaper against the Vietnam War. She died as a result of post poning treatment because she did not have health insurance. THE FUND FOR SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES IS HONORED TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANTMAKING

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STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES ASSETS As of June 30, FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 2007 2006 Unrestricted – General and Temporarily Permanently CURRENT: Board Designated Restricted Restricted Total Cash and cash equivalents $ 157,669 $ 323,672 Marketable securities 520,093 463,198 PUBLIC SUPPORT: Grants receivable – 100,000 Contributions $ 138,519 $ 51,342 $ – $ 189,861 Other receivables – 725 Grants – 169,676 – 169,676 Prepaid expenses 2,556 2,556 Total public support 138,519 221,018 – 359,537 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 680,318 890,151 REVENUE: Special events 22,426 –– 22,426 ASSETS RESTRICTED FOR ENDOWMENTS Realized and unrealized Marketable securities net gains (losses) on 310,838 310,838 marketable securities 32,596 15,106 – 47,702 FURNITURE, EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLE, Interest and dividends 29,259 13,560 – 42,819 less accumulated depreciation of $60,363 187 676 Other 5,091 –– 5,091 and $59,874, respectively –– Total revenue 89,372 28,666 – 118,038 OTHER RECEIVABLES 631 631 Total public support and revenue before transfers 227,891 249,684 477,575 DEPOSITS $ 991,974 1,202,296 Net assets released from restrictions due to LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS satisfaction of donor- imposed requirements 481,763 (481,763) –– CURRENT LIABILITIES: Total Public Support Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 3,860 $ 3,822 and Revenue 709,654 (232,079) – 477,575 Agency funds – 1,880 EXPENSES: TOTAL LIABILITIES 3,860 5,702 Management and general 43,349 – 43,349 Program 555,423 –– 555,423 CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS Fund raising 87,283 –– 87,283 (Notes 4 and 5) Total Expenses 686,055 –– 686,055 NET ASSETS: 265,666 244,727 CHANGES IN NET ASSETS 23,599 (232,079) – (208,480) Unrestricted 48,467 45,807 Unrestricted - Board designated 363,143 595,222 NET ASSETS, at beginning Temporarily restricted 310,838 310,838 of year 290,534 595,222 310,838 1,196,594 Permanently restricted 988,114 1,196,594 NET ASSETS, at end of Year $ 314,133 $ 363,143 $ 310,838 $ 988,114 TOTAL NET ASSETS $ 991,974 $1,202,296 Fund for Southern Communities 315 W Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 1061 Decatur, GA 30030 Phone (404) 371-8404 Fax (404) 371-8496 www.fundforsouth.org [email protected]