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…
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…
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…
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…
As the impact of COVID-19 grows, many individuals in our communities are feeling the effects of this unprecedented pandemic. Our local non-profit organizations assisting those most affected by the pandemic feel the strain and burden on their resources. These frontline care givers and service providers need our support as they face the day to day…
A project known as Operation Dragonfly honored a hometown hero on March 2nd, dedicating the Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial on the grounds of the Hampton Memorial Library in Easley. Attended by scores of veterans, legislators, community members and friends of Captain Hampton, the ceremony was dwarfed by the towering replica helicopter on the site. “This…