WINTER/SPRING 2015
FOUNDATION PLACE
Foundation launches
construction of new
LeBauer Park
downtown
ON
a cold, crisp autumn day, The Community
Foundation heralded a donor, whose generous
bequest will make possible a major new park
for Greensboro, and broke ground for construction of the
namesake project.
The Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park is scheduled to open
downtown in May 2016 and promises to be the heart of an
envisioned “cultural district” unlike anything in Greensboro’s history.
“LeBauer Park will be a destination for people near and far to
visit and enjoy recreational, cultural and educational events and
activities together,” Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan said at a
groundbreaking ceremony held Nov. 19 at the park site. “That was
Carolyn Weill LeBauer’s vision, and it’s a vision that becomes a
reality for the city of Greensboro, starting with this groundbreaking.”
Some of the 3.5-acre park’s amenities will include gardens – in
honor of the late LeBauer’s life-long passion for horticulture; a
performance pavilion and lawn that can accommodate up to
2,000 people; a children’s play area; outdoor “reading rooms;” an
interactive water feature; market area; and dog park.
Creative and thoughtful planning – with critical input from
community leaders, as well as local and national design experts –
has resulted in a robust vision for the park, said local attorney Reid
Phillips, chair of the LeBauer Park Steering Committee.
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Women to Women grants $210,000 over three years to YWCA,
welcomes television newscaster Jane Pauley to luncheon
With an eye toward helping women gain greater economic
independence, Women to Women announced its largest – and
first multi-year – grant to YWCA Greensboro in support of its
Purses to Passion program at the 2014 Celebration Luncheon.
This $210,000, three-year commitment will support the program’s
efforts to assist women in establishing micro-enterprise businesses,
create a loan fund to aid women experiencing some sort of
financial crisis that impacts their employability, and address a
“living wage” in Greensboro.
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Jane Pauley, right, with Greensboro’s Sandra Hughes
REMEMBERING OUR FOUNDER CYNTHIA DOYLE (See page 5)
LEBAUER PARK
LEBAUER PARK
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“Carolyn LeBauer’s vision for an outstanding public park will be
achieved as the result of a careful planning and design process,”
Phillips said. “We began with a community-wide assessment of the
programming elements that would make the park a success. Then
we assembled a creative, experienced and successful design team of
world-class credentials to execute and accomplish LeBauer’s vision.
All of Greensboro will be forever proud of this great park.”
LeBauer’s brother expressed appreciation for what is planned.
“My sister wanted to do something significant and meaningful
for the people of Greensboro, a city she loved dearly,” Charles L.
“Buddy” Weill, Jr., said. “She would no doubt be thrilled that the
park she envisioned and made possible will so greatly influence the
community and the many new opportunities our residents will have
because of it. Carolyn has made a wonderful gift to us all.”
In planning the park, the Steering Committee also engaged The
Public Art Endowment to keep public art top of mind. An iconic
sculpture will anchor the park, funded by a generous $1-million grant
from The Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation, named after the late
textile businessman.
“My husband loved this city and appreciated all of the people
who worked with him,” said Adair Armfield, chair of the Armfield
Foundation. “It has been our intention all along that this sculpture
will honor Ed, his dedicated employees and their families and the
textile industry.”
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In the fall of 2012, the Foundation announced
that it had been working with city officials to
fulfill the final wishes of LeBauer, a longtime
Greensboro resident who left the bulk of her
estate for the creation of a significant new public
park in her community.
Since then, Foundation representatives, city
Carolyn Weill LeBauer
officials and a wide cross-section of community
volunteers have planned a spectacular facility
that promises to redefine downtown Greensboro and become an
exciting destination for residents and visitors.
Ideally placed on land that once included the YWCA, the facility will
physically connect some of Greensboro’s biggest cultural assets,
including the Greensboro Cultural Center, Center City Park, the
Greensboro Historical Museum, the Greensboro Public Library and,
as of 2017, the new Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts.
In doing so, LeBauer Park will anchor a large “cultural district” in the
heart of downtown.
Upon completion of LeBauer Park in spring of 2016, The Community
Foundation will fulfill LeBauer’s gift by transferring the park to the city.
For more information about the Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park,
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LEBAUER PARK
QUICK FACTS
about the Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park
CORE PARK AREA will be over 150,000 square
THE
feet, or approximately 3.5 acres.
OF THE PARK WILL INCLUDE:
FEATURES
• Realignment of Summit Avenue
This aerial perspective shows interactive water plaza, foreground
• Market Square
• Price/Bryan Performance Lawn
• Interactive Water Feature
• Area for Games
• Children’s Park
• Dog Park
• LeBauer Gardens
• Reading Room
• Over 1 Acre of Ornamental Gardens
PERFORMANCE LAWN includes a
PRICE/BRYAN
17,000-square-foot event lawn that is anticipated to
accommodate up to 2,000 people. Garden courts
surrounding the event lawn increase the event capacity
to 2,500.
1,500-SQUARE FOOT PERFORMANCE PAVILION
THE
will be a comfortable garden pavilion for day-to-day
use that will include the infrastructure to support a
wide range of musical events as well as telecast events
from the upcoming Steven Tanger Center for the
Market Square, seen from Davie Street
Performing Arts.
DOG PARK will include pet enrichment activities
THE
and is anticipated to accommodate 30 small- to
medium-sized dogs and their owners.
CHILDREN’S PARK will accommodate approximately
THE
100 children “of all ages” and abilities and also
will include several family restrooms and event space
for a wide range of group activity. Various areas of the
park will include educational activities related to the
arts, culture and natural beauty of North Carolina.
SQUARE will include an approximately
MARKET
800-square-foot restaurant pavilion that will offer light
food and beverages daily.
From left, local artist Jim Gallucci, public art consultant Cheryl Stewart,
Mindy Oakley and Adair Armfield
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LEADERSHIP
Five new members
join board
The Community Foundation would like to thank John Bakane,
Kathy Hinshaw, Joyce Johnson, Mable Springfield Scott and Andrew
Spainhour, who rotated off our Board of Directors in December, for
their years of service. We also welcome new board members Rosalind
Fuse-Hall, Arlene Gutterman, Ramsey Hamadi, Jennifer Koenig and
Bobby Mendez.
Tanger Center gift
honors Brenner patriarch
A $1.5-million gift by Nancy and Frank
Brenner o f Greensbo ro to suppo rt
the new Steven Tanger Center for the
Performing Arts will honor the late head
of the family. In turn, the Greensboro City
Council voted unanimously to rename
the street on which the center will face
“Abe Brenner Place.”
Abe Brenner, who died at 92, in 2011, Abe Brenner
was a native of Baltimore but grew up in Winston-Salem. He
joined his mother and brother after graduating high school
to work at Brenner Iron & Metal Co. “He had an incredible
entrepreneurial spirit,” says his son, Frank Brenner.
2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nancy Brenner
Frances Bullock
Suresh Chandra
The Rev. Odell Cleveland
Lowell Easter
John Englar
Rosalind Fuse-Hall
Michelle Gethers-Clark
Jon Glazman
Arlene Gutterman
David Hagan
Ramsey Hamadi
Wallace “Buster” Johnson
Jennifer Koenig
Barbara Lusk
Kathy Manning (Chair)
Harold Martin
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Susan Larson McDonald
(Secretary)
Lawrence McSwain
Bobby Mendez
Ronald Milstein
Karla Munden
Elaine Ostrowski
Martha Peddrick
Reid L. Phillips (Chair-elect)
Erica Procton
Fairfax Reynolds
(Alamance Foundation)
Calvin Riley
Terry Simon (Treasurer)
Adrian Smith
Tim Tsujii
The elder Brenner also had a deep appreciation for all of the
opportunities that Winston-Salem had afforded him in the
success of his business, and he believed it was very important
to give back to his community. In addition to significant
support over the years to Winston-Salem’s Jewish community,
the Brenner family also provided the seed gift for the creation
of the world-renowned Brenner Children’s Hospital, which
opened about 25 years ago. “More than once, he would say
that Winston-Salem was great to afford him the opportunities
he had, and he always wanted to give something back,” Frank
Brenner recalls.
Frank Brenner moved to Greensboro following his college
education in 1975, where he and his wife, Nancy, raised their
family and he continued building his father’s company, which
evolved into Atlantic Scrap & Processing and sold to Omnisource
in 2008. Brenner retired two years ago.
Regarding his support of the Tanger Center, Frank Brenner says
it was important not only to do something for Greensboro but
to honor the man he so admires, his late dad. “I love theater,
and I remember him taking me in 1967 to see my first Broadway
show – Cabaret. I just wanted to do something in his name.
I’ve been here since 1975, and as Winston-Salem was great to
my father, Greensboro has been wonderful to me. The Tanger
Center will serve the whole community. It’s going to be a great
stepping stone for Greensboro, a facility that is going to enlarge
the quality of life for everyone here.”
Asked what Abe Brenner would think of his son and daughterin-law’s generous gift to the Tanger Center, Frank Brenner says
quietly, “That I got his message.”
IN MEMORY
Community Foundation founder Cynthia Doyle
leaves ‘astounding’ legacy
Cynthia Doyle, who more than three decades
ago first learned of the concept of community
foundations and set out to ensure Greensboro
had one of its own, died Jan. 6. She was 87.
Doyle was the driving force behind the
establishment of The Community Foundation,
which since its inception has facilitated
more than $190 million in grant support to
Cynthia Doyle
worthy causes.
“That is an astounding legacy,” said Walker Sanders, Foundation
president. “Countless people have been helped because of the
foundation that Cynthia helped create.”
In the early 1980s when she learned about community foundations,
Doyle enlisted the help of Jim Melvin, former Greensboro mayor,
Roger Soles, the chairman of Jefferson-Pilot, and other leaders to start
one. The Community Foundation opened in 1983 in a small donated
office in what was then the Jefferson-Pilot building, now the home of
Lincoln Financial.
The creation of The Community Foundation was just one of many
of Doyle’s amazing accomplishments. Doyle also played a critical
role in the creation of many of Greensboro’s most prominent
organizations and programs, including the Greensboro Children’s
Museum, United Day Care Services (now called Guilford Child
Development), Child Abuse Prevention Services, Reading
Connections and Leadership Greensboro.
“Roger Soles told me that
he would do anything that
Cynthia asked him to do,”
Sanders said. “Whenever
she walked into your
office, you knew that no
matter how busy you were,
whatever she wanted you
to do, you would do it
because it was going to
be very important.”
Cynthia Doyle spearheaded the founding of
The Community Foundation with, from left,
Philip Gelzer, John Ellison and Roger Soles.
Yet despite all of her accomplishments and contributions, she shied
away from taking credit and did not want acclaim. Even so, she
received a litany of awards, including the highest civilian award in North
Carolina, the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, given by the governor to
those with a record of outstanding service to the state.
“If there is anyone who defined ‘civic leader,’” Sanders said, “it’s
Cynthia Doyle.”
Remembering a Local Legend
“Cynthia made such a difference in our community. You can literally
walk around town and point to things that wouldn’t have happened
without her initiating them or influencing them in a significant way.
She was certainly a mentor to me and a wonderful example of highly
successful civic volunteerism.”
– Ann R. Lineweaver, former board chair of The Community Foundation
“She was the best! She was the founder of Leadership Greensboro
because she worried that we needed a new generation of leadership.
Cynthia recruited Roger Soles to start The Community Foundation.
We funded it for operation expenses for three years, which she
insisted on. She was a champ for the United Way. She never wanted
credit for her leadership.
– Jim Melvin, president and CEO of the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation
of Greater Greensboro and former Greensboro mayor
“The world has lost a great lady but what a legacy she leaves! The fruits
of her accomplishments will be felt for decades. Greensboro was truly
blessed when the Doyle family chose to make their home here. On
a personal note, I was also blessed to be able to have Cynthia as a
mentor, role model, inspiration and, most importantly, a friend.”
– Agnes Hughes
“Cynthia was a leader, a visionary and an implementer. She was the
personification of unselfishness! She primarily thought of others, not
herself – this was the basis of her desires and motive in life. She
lived for the betterment of this community. In her work, she sought
others, got programs off to a great start and used her persuasive
skills to get people to follow through on her vision. She was a
personal friend, and I will miss her friendship, vision, and thoughtful
and inclusive decision-making.”
– Shirley Taylor Frye, The Community Foundation
founding board member
“Cynthia was one of the first to recognize our father’s vision for a
children’s museum in downtown Greensboro. She wrote the
business plan, raised the funds and helped guide the organizers
through those first critical years. We will always remember her love
for this cause and her dedication to making this dream a reality.”
– Dr. Mark Hyman, son of Jerry Hyman
“Although she was not born of the South, Cynthia epitomized the
essence of a Southern lady – gracious, poised, elegant – and
always warm and totally approachable. She had a way of getting
you to do anything she wanted without making you feel as if
you’d been strong armed!”
– Ross Harris, friend and neighbor
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THE PUBLIC ART ENDOWMENT
Estimated 1,500 experience
Public Art Endowment’s
‘Tagtool’ project
As a gift to the community, The Public Art Endowment, an initiative
of The Community Foundation, provided a spectacular interactive
public art experience in which an estimated 1,500 people enjoyed
or actually participated as “projection painters” by having their
electronic artwork projected onto the sides of buildings and other
large-scale structures throughout the city.
A series of public workshops kicked off the evening of Sept. 18
downtown and continued through First Friday, Oct. 3. Tagtool/OMAi: The
Greensboro Sessions was a featured highlight of 2014’s 17DAYS Festival,
hosted by ArtsGreensboro. The series marked the artists’ U.S. debut.
“These public workshops were unlike anything that has ever
occurred in Greensboro,” said Cheryl Stewart of Greensboro, public
art consultant for The Public Art Endowment. “These artists are
phenomenal and very cutting-edge. People were dazzled when they
saw local structures light up at night with artwork by the participating
public. This was a fun, great activity for individuals and families of all
ages, something truly special. The Public Art Endowment was very
excited to provide this for the people of Greensboro.”
Tagtool art projection workshops have taken
place in Spain, Germany, France, Italy, the
United Kingdom, Switzerland, Singapore,
Poland, Austria and now Greensboro.
Locally, public workshops occurred at venues
downtown, including areas adjacent to both
Cheesecakes by Alex and the Carolina
Theatre, as well as at CityView Apartments,
from which artwork was projected onto the water tower at Bennett
College. In addition, public opportunities were offered on the campus
of N.C. A&T University and at Elsewhere Collaborative.
The Tagtool Crew also worked with area school children through
programs of the Greensboro Children’s Museum.
“Kudos to The Public Art Endowment for bringing the Tagtool
project to Greensboro for this arts residency during 17DAYS
Festival,” said ArtsGreensboro President & CEO Tom Philion.
“Colorful art came to life all over structures throughout Greensboro,
a public demonstration of new interactive technology, combined
with limitless artistic applications that are really cool!”
Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan shared in the excitement. “The
City of Greensboro is proud to host this unique interactive art
experience,” she said. “Tagtool is an exciting new way to showcase
public art and Greensboro’s infrastructure and architecture will serve
as the perfect backdrop. I think this is something that the residents
of Greensboro will enjoy and adds another layer of entertainment to
the ArtsGreensboro 17DAYS Festival.”
Using iPads, participants “painted” the water tower at Bennett College
The Tagtool Crew, as they like to be called, is part of Austria’s Office
of Media and Arts International and includes artists from Vienna,
Austria – artist Markus Dorninger, his brother Josef Dorninger and
Matthias Fritz. Markus Dorninger is the inventor and designer of
Tagtool, an app for tablets and smartphones. Through the Tagtool
app, participants create artwork that is displayed on large-scale
outdoor settings by way of high-powered projectors.
In 2008, The Community Foundation launched The Public Art
Endowment with a seed gift of $25,000 from Schell Bray Aycock Abel
& Livingston in honor of the firm’s 25th anniversary. The program’s
mission is to help preserve and expand Greensboro’s sense of
community by making possible the long-term and permanent
placements of significant public artworks throughout the city.
Since its inception, the endowment has made possible long-term,
temporary installations of works by sculptors Dennis Oppenheim,
Peter Shire, James Surls, Vollis Simpson and Evan Lewis. In 2009,
a permanent sculpture was gifted through the endowment by
Jane and Richard Levy of Greensboro and the employees of their
company, HBD, Inc. Last year, The Public Art Endowment announced
a $1-million grant by The Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation to
commission a monumental sculpture to anchor the new Carolyn
and Maurice LeBauer City Park.
The Tagtool series marked the first time that the endowment has
offered a short-term interactive art project for the community.
High-powered projectors transformed the facade of the Carolina Theatre
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WOMEN TO WOMEN
WOMEN TO WOMEN
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Author and former Today co-host Jane Pauley talked about her life,
the role of women today and how people can reinvent themselves
later in life during a “conversation” with event emcee Sandra
Hughes, herself a former news anchor at WFMY Channel 2.
Pauley stressed that “’do’ is more important than ‘think.’”
The News & Record Woman of the Year Award went to Addy
Jeffrey, who played an instrumental role in the passage of the N.C.
Breast Density Law and also is a longtime advocate for the rights
of immigrants. The newspaper – which was the event’s Presenting
Sponsor – also recognized LaToya Marsh as its “Rising Star.” Marsh
is a self-described “professional volunteer” whose work includes
Special Olympics and the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Janet Ward
Black, who helms one of the five largest woman-owned law firms
in the state and is a longtime supporter of causes relevant to
women, and Florence Gatten, a former City Council member and
founding director of the Greensboro Public Library Foundation,
were recognized as Woman of the Year finalists.
Robin Hager, right, presents a “check” to the YWCA’s executive
director, Lindy Garnett
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Jane Pauley with (l-r) Robin Hager, Lisa Bullock and June Basden
Jane Pauley signs her book for Judith Williams
Jane Pauley, center, with LaToya Marsh, left, the News & Record’s Rising
Star, and Addy Jeffrey, the News & Record Woman of the Year
Sallie McMillion, left, and Ann Lineweaver toast Jane Pauley
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GRANTMAKING
Triad Workforce Solutions
Collaborative receives
$320,000 in national grants
Triad Workforce Solutions Collaborative, in partnership with The
Community Foundation, has been awarded $320,000 from national
foundations to increase the number of residents with certified skills
that will enable them to qualify for current and future manufacturing
sector jobs.
The Collaborative is an initiative based at The Community Foundation
that provides leadership in building systems across local workforce
and educational providers, planning and setting goals, measuring
performance and leveraging funding resources. Its goal is for our
region to benefit from having a pipeline of skilled and educated
workers whose qualifications meet current and future employer needs,
resulting in full employment and a more competitive community. The
Collaborative is an official site of the National Fund for Workforce
Solutions, the only one in North Carolina.
The local collaborative emerged from the Greensboro Works Task
Force, a group of business, community and nonprofit leaders
convened by The Community Foundation and United Way of
Greater Greensboro. The task force’s primary goal was to help the
community develop a cooperative, informed and shared vision for
the long-term economic success of local residents.
Dozens see grants
‘in action’
The Community Foundation hosted a half-day tour to offer
fundholders, as well as board and committee members, inperson visits to a sampling of our grant recipients over the past
30 years. Participants saw first-hand the good works done at
such organizations as Guilford Child Development, Cove Creek
Gardens, Terra Cotta Heritage Foundation, Hospice & Palliative
Care of Greensboro, HandyCapable Network and others.
Afterward, the crowd gathered back at the Foundation’s new
second-floor meeting space to enjoy a meal from Jerusalem
Market, a restaurant highlighted by Ethnosh, a program
partnership of Triad Local First, Face to Face Greensboro and
Bluezoom, which spotlights local eateries owned and operated
by immigrants.
A grant for $100,000, from the National Fund for Workforce Solutions
and called “Making the Case: Pathway to Manufacturing Careers in
the Triad,” will provide training for about 80 people and promote
attainment of manufacturing industry-related credentials in such
work as machining, welding, and fork lift operations, that enhance
employability. Step Up Greensboro is the lead partner on this grant
with GTCC.
In addition, Walmart Foundation has awarded a grant of $220,000
through Jobs for the Future. The lead partner in this grant is the NC
Center for Global Logistics to offer third-party certificates to program
participants. One of these certifications, the Global Logistics
Associate, issued by the American Society of Transportation and
Logistics, is an internationally recognized certification program that
acknowledges the completion of rigorous coursework in logistics
and supply chain for entry-level positions.
Local matching and operational funding is provided by Lincoln
Financial Foundation and The Community Foundation.
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The Community Foundation facilitated the gift of the Giving Tree
sculpture to the new Lusk Center. The artwork graced the walls at the
former Ganache restaurant.
GRANTMAKING
Participants pose at the new Lusk Center at Hospice & Palliative Care of Greensboro.
Michelle Kennedy, executive director of the Interactive Resource Center,
describes the organization’s art program.
Each morning participants at the Interactive
Resource Center receive daily briefings.
Mitchel Sommers, right, executive director of Community Theatre
of Greensboro, welcomes the group to the Starr Theatre.
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2014 IMPACT
Foundation tops $15 million in grantmaking in 2014
Through its nine grantmaking “portfolios,” The Community
Foundation in 2014 facilitated more than $15 million in grantmaking
to nonprofit causes. Of this, $415,000 came from our Community
Grants Program, the Foundation’s broadest grantmaking program.
Our Capacity Building Portfolio includes grants totaling more than
$1 million to nonprofits made with Foundation-managed endowment
funds. In addition, more than $138,000 supported our scholarships.
Key initiatives, such as Women to Women, The Public Art Endowment
DONOR-ADVISED FUNDHOLDERS GRANTS PORTFOLIO
$10,300,000
To support a wide variety of causes through qualifying nonprofit
organizations
$2,600,000
Bicycling in Greensboro, Inc.
$3,000
To strengthen organizational management and expand operations
through training and education.
Black Child Development Institute
$5,000
To support the implementation of a newly-expanded Freedom School program.
Boundless Impact
To support the 2014 Triad Global Opportunities Summit. To learn how you can establish your own fund with which to support
worthy causes, visit our website at CFGG.org.
Guilford Education Alliance $ 25,000
To support the organization’s continued work in engaging the community
in support of public education.
Guilford Technical Community College
$10,000
(NC Center for Global Logistics)
For a pilot program to assist military veterans in pursuit of careers in logistics.
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR NONPROFITS PORTFOLIO
ORGANIZATIONAL ENDOWMENTS
AND SPECIAL INTEREST FUNDS
and Future Fund, provided nearly $300,000 in grant support. Our
Donor-Advised Grantmaking Portfolio, the Foundation’s largest,
granted more than $10 million to more than 2,000 nonprofits. Finally,
our affiliate in Alamance County, the Alamance Foundation, last year
distributed $875,000 in grants and scholarships.
$1,500
Center for Visual Artists
$2,100
To work with a consultant to evaluate current development efforts and
conduct training.
HandyCapable $5,000
To provide refurbished computers for local nonprofit organizations.
Hispanics in Philanthropy Funders Collaborative
$ 10,000
To provide funds for this national project building the organizational
capacity of Latino-led nonprofits.
Junior Achievement of NC
$3,000
To support development of a strategic plan including a board retreat.
MDC, Inc.
$10,000
To support the project NC VetCorps, deploying AmeriCorps members to
connect NC veterans with resources. NC African Services Coalition
To implement a new database management system.
$5,000
Cone Health (Healing Gardens)
$5,000
To support development of the Community Garden portion of Healing Gardens.
NC Center for Nonprofits
$5,000
To provide general operating support for the Center’s operating budget.
Cove Creek Gardens
$4,025
To provide emergency support in response to significant storm damage.
Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship
$8,500
To support continued development of the Center’s financial strategies.
Eastern Music Festival
$5,000
To develop a new revenue stream by developing a new series of student
instrument programs.
Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden
$2,000
For technology upgrades to significantly raise the percentage of plants
labeled for visitor identification.
Family Service of the Piedmont $10,000
To support the Electronic Health Record Implementation project. Piedmont Land Conservancy
$ 6,000
For strategic planning, allowing the organization to respond to
significant changes in the field of land conservation.
Family Support Network of Central Carolina
$3,000
To develop a new leadership model through succession planning and
organizational restructuring.
First Tee of the Triad
$9,000
To host National Coach Training Events at Gillespie Golf Course to certify
local coaches.
GreenHill Center for NC
To support professional development for staff members.
$2,500
Greensboro Ballet
$2,000
To update and expand technology to better meet the needs of the
school and company. Greensboro Sports Commission $5,000
To support the 2015 US Figure Skating Championships Poster Competition.
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Preservation Greensboro To develop a comprehensive strategic plan.
$5,000
Reading Connections, Inc.
$1,000
To develop a communications plan to show the impact of low literacy on
our community.
Sanctuary House
$3,000
To engage a consultant to support development of a new strategic plan.
The Queen’s Foundation To support the organization’s first financial audit.
$5,000
The Servant Center $5,000
For an organizational assessment in preparation for a capital campaign.
2014 IMPACT
Triad Nepalese Community Center
$1,000
To support the Center’s preservation of Nepalese cultural heritage
through the Dashain cultural celebration.
Unity in Greensboro
$1,500
(as fiscal agent for Kids Poetry Basketball)
To support increasing youth literacy through poetry, basketball, and
other creative outlets. Volunteer Center of Greensboro
$5,000
For “iVolunteer Guilford,” a community-wide volunteer engagement program.
Weatherspoon Museum Association $4,000
To develop an external communications and marketing project.
Wheels4Hope Greensboro
$7,500
To support a communications and marketing campaign to increase
vehicle donations from the community.
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PORTFOLIO
Action Greensboro
$2,500
(as fiscal agent for Show of Hands) (Innovative Community
Engagement Grant)
For “Show of Hands” – an event aiming to increase voter awareness
through an engaging concert experience.
Center for Creative Leadership $80,000
(as fiscal agent for IMPACT Greensboro)
For IMPACT Greensboro - a leadership development program for
“change agents” developing solutions for community issues. CEOs for Cities
$10,000
To enable Greensboro to join CEOs for Cities, a national network of crosssector, cross-generation urban leaders focused on making cities more
connected, innovative, and talented and investing in cities’ distinctive assets.
Church World Service
$10,000
(Innovative Community Engagement Grant)
To incorporate existing models of the nation’s most promising immigrant
integration programs into local activities.
FaithAction International House $10,000
(Innovative Community Engagement Grant)
To support “Stranger to Neighbor” dialogues by providing
communications and evaluation support.
Guilford County Council of PTAs
$10,000
To support the 2014-2015 S.P.I.C.E. (Strengthening Parent Involvement
in Children’s Education) grants program.
Guilford County Partnership for Children $2,500
To support Guilford County’s celebration of the national Week of the
Young Child.
Institute of Political Leadership
$5,500
To support non-partisan political leadership training for persons
considering running for office.
Triad Local First (as fiscal agent for ETHNOSH)
$5,000
(Innovative Community Engagement Grant)
To support ETHNOSH operations, including: an online directory of
ethnic dining in the Triad and in-person “NoshUps” (tastings).
NEXT GENERATION PORTFOLIO
FUTURE FUND
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts Met a membership challenge.
$40,000
The Arc of Greensboro $7,500
To expand services for high-school age special need students so that
they may obtain meaningful work.
FaithAction International House
To support the immigrant workforce.
$3,000
New Arrivals Institute, Inc. $5,000
To expand Vocational Education Mobile Computer Lab and resources for
existing refugee education program.
Shalom Community Christian Church, Inc
$7,000
To assist low-income children in low-performing elementary and middle
schools. Women’s Resource Center of Greensboro
$3,500
To support Women to Work – a job training, workforce and economic
program geared toward women .
TEEN GRANTMAKING COUNCIL $20,000
To support this program where teenagers from across the community
make grants that address youth issues.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY
REVITALIZATION PORTFOLIO
Action Greensboro
$25,000
For general operating support of this organization’s initiatives aimed at
enhancing the city’s quality of life.
Degrees Matter!
$25,000
To support the project’s work to increase the number of adults with
degrees and credentials in Guilford County.
Triad Workforce Solutions Collaborative $25,000
To support the initiative’s work to partner with businesses, communities ,
and philanthropy to develop employer-driven workforce strategies.
HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS PORTFOLIO
$267,000
To address needs for safe, healthy and affordable housing and support
Building Stronger Neighborhoods
WOMEN TO WOMEN
YWCA Greensboro’s Purses to Passion program
$210,000
(over 3 years)
To assist women in establishing micro-enterprise businesses, create a
loan fund to aid women experiencing some sort of financial crisis that
impacts their employability, and address a “living wage” in Greensboro
THE PUBLIC ART ENDOWMENT
Tagtool/OMAi$20,000
To engage the general public in temporary, interactive public art project
SCHOLARSHIPS$202,700
ALAMANCE FOUNDATION
Total grantmaking
$875,000
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ALAMANCE FOUNDATION
Alamance Foundation Today:
Inspiring philanthropy, building community
When Capital Bank Charitable
Foundation in Burlington was
looking for a partner to manage its
grantmaking and administrative
operations, it turned to Alamance Foundation, which since 1991 has
provided philanthropic services to donors in Alamance County, and
funding and financial services to local nonprofits.
Now, Capital Bank Charitable Foundation has decided to transfer
its $2.4 million in assets to create a donor advised fund at the
Alamance Foundation. Members of the board of Capital Bank
Charitable Foundation will serve as advisers to the new Community
Savings Bank Fund on grants it makes to local causes.
“It’s a great way to benefit the community in perpetuity,” Fairfax Reynolds,
board chair for the Alamance Foundation, says of the new fund, which
will increase the Foundation’s philanthropic assets to $14.4 million.
As part of the Alamance Foundation, the new fund also will continue
to advance the philanthropic vision of the bank board of directors
who created what became the Capital Bank Charitable Foundation.
In creating that foundation, that bank board wanted to return to the
community the business it had given the mutual savings bank that had
been established in Burlington in 1934 and later became Community
Savings Bank and eventually merged with Raleigh-based Capital Bank.
Creation of the new fund at the Alamance Foundation reflects the
indispensable role it plays as one of the county’s only community
foundations – an entity that partners with individuals, families, corporations
and other organization wanting to create philanthropic funds, and that
makes grants and scholarships to local causes and students.
“We want to be a collaborator with others in this community for
philanthropic and charitable endeavors,” says Reynolds, retired
regional executive in Burlington for Vantage South Bank and for
Capital Bank.
VISION FOR COMMUNITY
The Alamance Foundation is governed by a 21-member board of
local business and civic leaders. It has no paid staff and operates with
support for its fundraising, grantmaking and donor services from The
Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, which provided it
with startup advice and acts as its fiscal agent and back office.
The Alamance Foundation serves as a permanent home for roughly
68 funds created by donors.
With recommendations from donors, and administrative and technical
support from The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, the
Alamance Foundation has made $8.2 million in grants since 1996.
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For the Alamance
Foundation
It makes $875,000 in grants a year, most of it from its donor advised
funds, charitable purpose funds, scholarship funds, and endowment
funds set up by nonprofits. The total also includes $20,000 a year
in discretionary grants approved by the Foundation’s board.
BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP
The Foundation’s board is responsible for the organization’s
oversight and governance, setting its mission and goals,
connecting it with prospective donors, and raising awareness in
the community about philanthropy and the role the Foundation
plays as a permanent home and resource for local philanthropy.
“Board members are the eyes and ears of the Foundation,” says
Anne Powell, a board member and community volunteer. She and her
husband, Jim Powell, along with Kay and Robert Norris and business
executive Jerry Taylor, spearheaded creation of the Foundation.
Most board members are business leaders active on the boards
of other nonprofits and positioned “to see what the needs in the
community are,” Anne Powell says.
Through its discretionary grants, the Foundation supports a broad crosssection of nonprofits in Alamance County, Reynolds says. Causes it
supports include social programs, and those serving children and youth.
The Foundation also supports education, in large part as a result of
its 2010 merger with the Alamance Educational Foundation.
“We have assumed that legacy,” Reynolds says. “We are very
intentional about continuing to focus those funds on education.”
And as a result of a bequest from the estate of Duncan and
Lula MacKenzie, a testamentary fund the estate created at the
Alamance Foundation after their death supports Residential
Treatment Services of Alamance County.
PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS
Walker Sanders, president of The Community Foundation of
Greater Greensboro, says it provides the Alamance Foundation with
the technical expertise and staff support “to enable philanthropy
to grow and flourish in Alamance County.”
That can range from staff and board support for fundraising and
grantmaking to financial management.
“It’s important for Alamance County to have a very large, sizable
pool of philanthropy that is really owned and controlled by the local
community,” Sanders says. “That’s what the Alamance Foundation
represents – local philanthropy that will always be for the benefit of
Alamance County, always led by Alamance County.”
ALAMANCE FOUNDATION
Why it made sense for a private foundation
to convert to the Alamance Foundation
Alamance Foundation
Private Foundations
Start-up costs/time
None; can be established immediately
Legal fees and other start-up costs can be
substantial; typically takes several weeks
and often months to create
Administrative and investment fees‡
1.25% administrative fee or less,
plus investment management fees
Can be in the range of 2.5-4% per year,
plus investment management fees
Required grant distribution
None
Must expend 5% of net assets annually,
regardless of how much the assets earn
Privacy
Names of individual donors may be kept
confidential, and grants can be made
anonymously
Must file detailed and public tax returns on
grants, investment fees, trustee names,
staff salaries, etc.
Administrative responsibilities of donor
Recommend grants to favorite charitable
causes
Manage assets, keep records, select charities,
administer grants, file annual state and federal
tax returns, maintain board minutes, etc.
Tax-deduction limits for gifts of cash
50% of adjusted gross income
30% of adjusted gross income
Tax-deduction limits for gifts of stock or
real property
30% of adjusted gross income
20% of adjusted gross income
Source: National Philanthropic Trust / 2011
* See the Foundation’s Fee Schedule.
‡ For Donor-Advised Funds
WE’RE GROWING!
As The Community Foundation’s work
expands, so has our staff – and, as a
result, our space. We now also occupy
the second floor of our home, Foundation
Place, including offices for our grants and
marketing teams and space for our civic
leadership efforts. Stop by and see us!
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SAY YES
Community Foundation
helps lead ‘Say Yes’
education efforts to
promising outcome
Throughout 2014, The Community Foundation played an active
leadership role, along with other area organizations, in exploring
a possible revolutionary new approach to education in Guilford
County. As a result, Guilford is the nation’s leading contender for this
special opportunity.
Last year, Guilford County Schools and the Guilford Education
Alliance – with the support and assistance of the Foundation and
the High Point Community Foundation – launched a thoughtful
and conscientious exploration of a potential partnership with Say
Yes to Education.
Founded in 1987, Say Yes is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that organizes and
galvanizes communities around the goal of every student in the public
school system graduating high school, and then helps those students
access, afford and complete a college or other post-secondary
education. A key component of a Say Yes partnership focuses on how
a community effectively addresses the social, emotional and financial
barriers that prevent students from achieving this goal. The initiative
will provide “last dollar” scholarships for all students graduating
from Guilford County Schools.
needs and opportunities. Say Yes is a perfect fit with this work.
By ensuring that all of Guilford’s high school graduates have
an opportunity to go achieve college or other post-secondary
education, we are, in turn, greatly improving our local workforce
base in the relatively near future and long-term.”
Others agreed.
“Our manufacturing history in Guilford County did not require
extensive post-secondary education for an individual to work
and enjoy relatively high pay,” said Chuck Cornelio, president of
Retirement Services at Lincoln Financial Group and chairman of
GEA. “As our economic base has changed, so has the demand for
job candidates with post-secondary certifications and degrees. This
partnership with Say Yes is a long-term effort that would transform
our culture over the next 15 to 20 years. It is the fuel that can drive
economic growth in Guilford County. Individuals, families and the
whole community would benefit.”
Say Yes college scholarships and services currently are available
to nearly 65,000 public school students in grades K-12 in Buffalo
and Syracuse, N.Y. Most are from low-income or other backgrounds
historically underrepresented on the nation’s college and university
campuses. A partnership with Guilford County would more than
double the number of students Say Yes now serves.
Say Yes is planning to add at least one Say Yes community to
its program in 2015 – and to do so outside New York State and
the Northeast. Say Yes has informed Guilford County that it is the
leading candidate to be the nation’s next Say Yes community.
“Last November, the National Board of Say Yes to Education voted
to authorize the organization’s Chief Operating Officer and me to
provide guidance and support to an array of community partners
throughout Guilford County, as it seeks to become the nation’s
next Say Yes Community,” said Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey, president
of Say Yes to Education. “We’re very excited about the prospect
of collaborating with students, parents and so many others in
Greensboro, High Point and the surrounding townships – which
collectively would become the first Say Yes partner community
outside of the Northeast United States.”
The Community Foundation’s involvement is a reflection of one
of its key strategic goals: To help lead efforts that result in greater
economic vitality for greater Greensboro – in this case, workforce
development.
“Our community’s long-term economic vitality is a leading
issue for The Community Foundation,” said Walker Sanders,
Foundation president. “We have devoted a great deal of
effort, especially, on addressing local workforce development
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“The possibility of this unprecedented opportunity for students,
families and employers throughout all of Guilford County is
very exciting!” Sanders said. “There is another important and
unique opportunity, as well – to bring together in an inclusive and
collaborative way many different organizations and support services
throughout our county to build on our work together. This would
truly be a community undertaking.”
Organizers are gaining valuable insight into how Say Yes works and
look forward to inviting representatives of many other organizations
to join in this important and ongoing learning process evolves.
For more information about Say Yes to Education,
visit sayyestoeducation.org.
GIVING
Donors make more than $15 million
in generous gifts to Foundation in 2014
More than 1,100 donors contributed more than $15 million to
the Foundation supports needs it has identified. In all, the
support the work of The Community Foundation in 2014.
Foundation received nearly 1,500 individual gifts in 2014.
And this did not include the many gifts toward the record
“This was a banner year for giving in Greensboro,” said Gordon
$35 million-plus support for the Steven Tanger Center for the
D. Soenksen, chief development officer. “Without this support,
Performing Arts that began to come in!
the Foundation could not carry out its mission to support the
Individuals, families, foundations and businesses made generous
contributions to their own funds for later grantmaking or to
many needs and strong causes in our community. We are
incredibly grateful for the generosity of so many in our area.”
strategic endowments, such as Women to Women, Public Art or
Below are various ways by which people and organizations can
Future Fund, to special interest funds such as the Thanksgiving
partner with The Community Foundation. If you would like to
Fund or to the Foundation’s own discretionary funds, with which
learn more, please contact Gordon Soenksen at (336) 790-7789.
PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
The Community Foundation makes it easy to establish a charitable fund. You can choose when and how to make
gifts from your fund or you can rely on the Foundation to determine how to best make an impact in the community.
Outright Gifts
Split-Interest Gifts
Remainder Gifts
More Options
• Cash
•C
haritable Gift Annuities
• Bequests
• Donor-Advised Funds
• Appreciated Securities
(Stocks and Bonds)
•C
haritable Remainder
Trusts
• Retirement Plans
• Unrestricted Funds
• Retirement Plans
•C
haritable Lead Trusts
• Field of Interest Funds
• Life Insurance
• Scholarships
• Other Property Interests
• Designated Funds
• Real Property
• Supporting Organizations
• Call our office to consult
with our Gift Planning
experts or visit CFGG.org
for more details
• Business Interests
•O
ther Assets
“This was a banner year for giving in Greensboro...
We are incredibly grateful for the generosity of so many in our area.”
– Gordon D. Soenksen, Chief Development Officer
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The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, Inc.
330 S. Greene St., Suite 100, Greensboro, NC 27401
Tel 336.379.9100 Fax 336.378.0725
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COMMUNITY GAME CHANGER AWARD
Th e C omm uni t y F o u n d a t i o n i s e x c i t e d t o a nno unce a new pa rtnership w ith
the Greensboro Grasshoppers through which we will recognize local residents who
have made a big difference to our community – truly, a “Community Game Changer.”
At each Saturday home baseball game this year, we will present the Community
Game Changer Award to someone who has worked hard to make Greensboro an
even greater place to live and work. These are people who have, in some special
and meaningful way, given back to Greensboro and made a tangible contribution –
perhaps through significant volunteer work or community leadership or fundraising.
And we want your suggestions to help us hit this right out of the park!
If you know someone you think is a Community Game Changer, please visit
our website at CFGG.org and complete a brief online suggestion form. Let us know!
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