Third Quarter Newsletter
Third Quarter 2021 Newsletter
Steve Kay, 2020 Rainey Award Recipient
Foothills Community Foundation honors Steve Kay as the 2020 recipient of the Robert M. Rainey Philanthropy Award. Steve Kay grew up in rural Anderson County in a farming, textile family. Working on the farm and later at Riverside Abney Mill, he learned early about hard work and earning his own way. On his 18th birthday…
Foundation Earns Four Star Rating From Charity Navigator
Foothills Community Foundation’s strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator. This is the third consecutive year that the Foundation has earned this top distinction. Since 2002, using objective analysis, Charity Navigator has awarded only the most fiscally responsible organizations…
It’s Sunflower Season!
Mark your calendars for these two weekends! June 26 and 27; July 3 and 4 Sol Flowers is a nonprofit sunflower farm located in Anderson, SC founded on the concept of giving back to the Anderson-Pickens-Oconee community. Each Spring since 2016, 10 acres of sunflowers are planted, grown, and harvested so that visitors can come…
Brighter Christmas Fund Gives to Children in Foster Care, Homeless Students
Billy Wilkes, of the Brighter Christmas Fund presents a donation to DSS Director Chad McBride and DSS staff members alongside Dean Woods Brighter Christmas Fund board member Butch Hughes coordinated a grant distribution event at the Foundation on December 8th attended by Chad McBride, Anderson County DSS Director and five homeless student coordinators from Anderson…
It’s Sunflower Season
Sol Flowers in Anderson, SC Sol Flowers of Anderson, SC is a sunflower field grown so that visitors can enjoy and purchase gorgeous sunflowers. Pre-bundled sunflowers are exchanged for a donation to the Foothills Community Foundation. They have an open house around the first of July every year, so check their Facebook page for up…
