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Foundation E-Update
June, 2009
Recent News
Women Giving for Spartanburg Makes an Impact
 
Women Giving LogoWomen Giving for Spartanburg met this spring for their second Annual Meeting to award $224,000 in grants to seven local nonprofit groups.  Now 231 members strong, Women Giving is making an indelible impression on our community.  
 
Click here to learn more about their recent grants. 
 
The Spartanburg County Foundation has recently issued a challenge grant of $25,000 for the next 25 members. Join today and double your impact.
Click here to learn more about Women Giving for Spartanburg.
Picture of Mary L. ThomasThomas Chosen to Lead Two Vital Organizations  
 
Mary L. Thomas, Executive Vice President of The Spartanburg County Foundation, has been elected to the Board of CF Leads and selected to serve as chair of the SC Grantmakers Network
 
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2008 Annual Report CoverFoundation Releases the 2008 Annual Report
 
Celebrating 65 Years of Service to the Spartanburg Community, The 2008 Annual Report gives a snapshot of the Foundation's work in the community through each decade.  Download your copy electronically today or call (864) 582-0138 to request that one be mailed to you.
 
Click here to download the report.
Ben WrightThe Spartanburg County Foundation Recognizes Benjamin Wright for his Impact on the Youth of our Community
 
Benjamin Wright received the 2009 Mary L. Thomas Award for Civic Leadership and Community Change this spring at The Spartanburg County Foundation's Annual Meeting. A beloved mentor and friend to many youth and children within the Spartanburg community, Ben spends countless hours in local schools eating lunch with students, tutoring, and giving young people the extra attention they need to excel. 
 
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Couple meeting with advisorLeaving Your Legacy: The Charitable Gift Annuity

Giving through a Charitable Gift Annuity allows you to arrange a generous gift to your community, while providing yourself a new income source you can count on for the rest of your life.
 
Click here to learn more about this giving opportunity.
The Power of Generosity at work through The Spartanburg County Foundation's Community Fund 
 
At its Annual Meeting this Spring, The Spartanburg County Foundation celebrated 65 years of grantmaking through The Community Fund. Through the powerful generosity of thousands of donors, more than $17 million in grants have been awarded to the Spartanburg community through this fund.
 
Click here to watch the brief video shown at the event.
Click here to learn more about the Community Fund.
Nonprofit Corner
$240,000 in Grants Available to the Spartanburg Community
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Foundation Partners with Spartanburg Community College to bring the Duke Nonprofit Management Certificate Program to the Upstate
Click here to learn more. 
Series of Free Capacity Building Workshops offered to Local Nonprofits
Click here to learn more.